Did anybody else read Blackhawk Down? I am wondering if I just imagined the link made between Butros-Butros and a competing clan? The book raised the question of the motives behind the UN and therefore US military involvement. Please correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the book come right out and accuse the then Secretary General of the UN, Butro-Butros Ghali(sp) of using the might of the UN, (the US Military), for personal gain? The presumption was that Butro-Butros had family that were high ranking members of a clan led by a warlord opposing Aidid, and that their interests would be served if the Aidid led clan would fall. In fact, didn't Osama bin Laden finance this rival clan?
I'm sorry but I lent out my copy of BHD and can't look up specifics, just going by memory.
Maybe I'll begin another thread, so not to dilute this one.