"Black Hawk Down" is the culmination of war films in American film history. To this day, the reputation of "Black Hawk Down" is still quite high, and this movie can also be described as "applauded and applauded". However, the content in this movie is all based on real events, and the United States did have such a "mistake" in Somalia.
However, only 18 people were killed in battle, but it was regarded as a fiasco by the entire United States. This is somewhat unreasonable, so what is the American view of "Black Hawk Down"?
Somalia) Many people would argue that the U.S. military operation in Somalia is a minority of military operations motivated by morality, not by its own position. But in fact, the US military action in Somalia is still based on its own position. In 1991, the Soviet Union completely collapsed, and the United States won a complete victory in the ideological battle.
And in the early nineties, after Clinton came to power, Clinton began to raise the question of "what role the United States should play in the world." Clinton's own answer was, "an exporter of democratic ideology." Of course, this is a nice way to put it, and in layman's terms, it actually means "world police".
But if the United States wants to establish itself as a "world policeman," it first needs to do something in the world that "looks morally appropriate." At that time, the Somali warlord Aideed was constantly creating a humanitarian crisis in Somalia. At that time, Audrey Hepburn, the American actress, happened to pay attention to the problem of Somalia.
The actress went to Somalia for a while, shed a few tears, and the old men of the United States screamed that they were going to Somalia to "open a film" with the warlords. As soon as Cliton saw the situation, he knew that there was a playThis is a good opportunity to put into practice your vision of a "world policeman"!And with Audrey Hepburn's "endorsement", the whole United States will definitely support the United States to send troops.
Audrey Hepburn).
On December 9, 1992, U.S. Marines landed in Mogadishu and Operation Hope was officially launched. However, instead of restoring hope, the operation completely destroyed itdestroyed the hopes of all, even Clinton.
This operation is fundamentally different from any previous US military operation, that is, Operation "Restore Hope" is a "law enforcement operation" and a peacekeeping operation. The U.S. military needs to ensure the safety of local civilians first, not fight against various armed forces on the ground. Even as a peacekeeping force, the U.S. military has to avoid conflicts with local armed forces as much as possible.
Black Hawk Down) For the United States, which is "used to being rampant" all over the world, it is really a little uncomfortable when it first arrives in Mogadishu. But the U.S. military finally found a reason to do what it "does best". The U.S. military believes that there is such a terrible humanitarian crisis in Somalia todayThis is mainly due to the Somali warlord Aideed.
Therefore, the U.S. military only needs to capture Aideed, and then the embarrassing situation in Somalia can naturally be improved. And if we can catch this big warlord leader in Somalia, we will create an image of the United States as a "world policeman".Naturally, it is also of great help.
The U.S. side manipulated the United Nations to pass Resolution 794 in order to obtain authorization for military action"The U.S. needs to make sure that all relief supplies can actually be distributed to refugees."。In order to achieve this well-intentioned goal, the United States will be allowed to use all necessary means, including military means, on its own.
It was against this background that the battle for Mogadishu broke out. But whatever the intentions of the United States, in Mogadishu, the United States is on the side of justice. General Aideed of Somalia not only connived at his men to seize United Nations aidThey were even allowed to shoot UN staff and even peacekeepers.
It can be said that this General Aideed is indeed a *** person who everyone has to be punished. Although the purpose of the United States is not pure, if it can catch General Aideed, it will be a good result after all. However, the process is not so simple.
We all know very well what the outcome of the final US military action will be. We won't go into detail about the specific process here. To briefly mention two points, the reason why the US military will lose in Mogadishu has a lot to do with the complex environment on the ground. The performance of the U.S. military in previous battles has proved that it is not good at street fighting.
Somali warlord forces).
Whether in Baghdad or Kabul, the U.S. military is often weak in the face of law and order warfare. The situation in Mogadishu is different, as the U.S. military was not authorized to attackSo there are a lot of enemies in Mogadishu.
And because the U.S. is only a peacekeeping force, the U.S. military can only receive limited support. A series of reasons contributed to the final result of the collapse of Mogadishu by the United States.
Although the American losses were only 18 people, and thousands of enemy soldiers were killed and wounded. But there is no doubt that the operation of the US military is still a fiasco. First of all, the first reason is that the U.S. military did not catch Aideed, which is the key to the U.S. military's operation.
The second point is that the huge ** of the US military has allowed the isolationism of the American people to sprout again, and Clinton's purpose has been shattered.
UN Peacekeeping Forces).
Third, in retaliation against the warlords, the U.S. military launched a follow-up large-scale military strike in Mogadishu. Mogadishu, however, is the capital of Somalia and has a large number of civilian lives. The military operations of the U.S. military inevitably affected civiliansThe U.S. military has not even accomplished its original goal.
What's more, after harming civilians, the U.S. military not only did not stay to help, but directly withdrew from Somalia. This also caused the United States to slip from the moral high ground to the moral "trough" all of a sudden. It can be said that the US action in Mogadishu can indeed be regarded as "stealing chickens and rice."
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