When we got on the ground in Mogadishu Somalia in 93' it was obvious that we needed armored vehicles. Every other country was driving around in Armored Personnel Carriers and tanks. We didn't even have bullet-proof glass on our HumVees. We were sitting ducks. We requested APCs and were refused by the Clinton Administration. Then the locals started shooting at us. They started gluing Kevlar blankets inside our vehicles, but all this did was cause them to slam into us when a round went into the side of the vehicle. This didn't protect us from anything. Then they started gluing 3/4 inch Kevlar plates on the outside weighing down the suspension so much that the vehicle was unsafe. This wouldn't even stop an RPG. It was just good against small arms fire. The Bullet-proof glass they installed on our vehicles didn't stop a straight on shot from a 7.62mm firing AK-47, which is what the locals all had. The windows also had a little note on them reading "Do Not Expose To Sunlight". I kid you not!!!
This is just a pattern that has continued under the Clintons. They are scared to death of insulting Muslims. This extreme political-correctness could put their people at risk, and possibly lead to their deaths, which it has on several occasions.
Last time I checked, it was George Bush who sent troops into Somalia's Civil War, not Clinton. So let me get this straight. Ronnie RayGun and George Bush spent TRILLIONS of dollars lavishing goodies on the Pentagon for a decade, and you are telling me that your equipment was still inadequate?
(Actually, you don't have to tell me. I was in from 1981 to 1992, and yeah, the equipment was inadequate.)
But somehow this is Bill Clinton's fault because he didn't want to send in tanks or something?
Hey, guy, reality check. Our problem with the Islamic World is not that we don't insult them enough.
Our problem is we keep sticking our nose in their countries and wondering why they shoot at us.
Here's a crazy idea. Why don't we stop invading and bombing Islamic Countries, and then see if they still attack us.