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- From: pdchapin@unix.amherst.edu (PAUL D CHAPIN)
- Subject: Re: What is United States of America like?
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:52:00 GMT
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- Jyrki Kuoppala (jkp@cs.HUT.FI) wrote:
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- : I hear reports of the U.S. military going to Somalia, then declaring a
- : prohibition on the Somalian's drug of choice, khat, while the
- : Somalians are worried that the U.S. drug of choice, alcohol (which
- : they report is brought to Somalia by the U.S. troops in great
- : amounts), will cause much more trouble and health hazards in Somalia
- : than khat does. The Somalians believe that alcohol is more dangerous
- : a drug than khat, and from everything I've heard it seems they're
- : probably right.
- :
- I just realized where you got this item. The UN Secretary General wants the
- US to do this. He also wants us the disarm the clans, train a new Somali
- police/military and help establish a new government. We turned him down
- flat. We're there to help food get through and stop the random looting
- and killing of civilians. As soon as that's done or somebody comes forward
- to take our place, we're out of there. Bush is talking two to three months.
- I suspect closer to six, since I expect it will be a long time before the
- Europo-wimps send enough people to make a difference. (1500 from Germany.
- Give me a break. There are football games that require more security than
- that. 30,000 are security. 3,000 are targets).
-