Council's flawed strategy

New depth to the issues of Iran and Sudan. It's why it's called the The American Thinker.

In the early 90s, Somalia was in chaos, and there was a humanitarian crisis of massive proportions. Iran's agents took advantage of this situation, and quickly allied themselves with General Mohamed Farah Aidid to provide materiel, training, and intelligence support. The UN deployed forces to the region, but there were continuing firefights, hijacking of vehicles, and looting of convoys and warehouses. Bush '41 responded on December 4, 1992 to UN resolution 794, by starting Operation Restore Hope, under which the US deployed 28,000 troops to the Horn.

Even though the US had effectively stymied, at least for the short-term, the Iranian maneuver to control the strategically significant Horn of Africa, the new Clinton Administration's strategic retreat of US forces from Somalia, as a result of the "Blackhawk Down" ambush in October of 1993, allowed Iran to finally secure its influence in Somalia.