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Originally Posted by Oddball
Well yeah if they depict shit that didn't happen then it's an insult to the veterans and the Somalian people cos it would just show em getting their arse whooped by the Americans which surprisingly didn't really happen.
For instance in the demo you practically shoot anything that moves in the street, I thought that Somalis would hide behind civilians to take advantage of Americans rules of engagements. I didn't see that in the game. Also you can get shot down by an RPG when your in the Little Bird. hake: didn't happen.
The situation in Somalia is a real touchy subject to make a game about though. It didnt happen all that long ago.
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Actually, the Somali's did get their ass whooped by the Americans. When the US went in with force, ie, US Marines, the warlords couldnt do a thing. Mixed with the Australians, Malays, Paki's, the Mog was shut tight and any militia fighting was quickly brought to an end. It was only when the large contingent of US Marines pulled out after their tour that things started to collapse and the UN sanctioned forces were targetted by the militias. The militia did always hide behind women and children, they did on the occasion in "BHD" but other than that, they would drive around in there "technicals" and cause trouble, ambush patrolling soldiers or loot and steal from Red Cross centre's.
The "BHD" incident was neither a loss nor a win. 1000's of Somali militia were killed by a relatively small force of highly trained soldiers. I hardly think that comes into the area of "getting their ass kicked". If anything, the Somali's should have come away with the lesson of "those US soldiers are good, we just got a hiding", instead they hooped and hollard like they won, which is not the case at all. The US objective for the mission was not met, but it hardly constitutes a loss. The US soldiers showed their worth, and they got themselves out of harms way, if thats not a minor victory, I dont know what it is.
Did the US learn from this...I hope they did. If the troops had been allocated the armour and air support that the General had requested, things would have been different, ALOT different.
And as far as insulting the Somali population...I really dont give a flying fuck about them. They shot the UN forces in the back after they went in there to try and feed them, to try and restore order, if they wont accept that then too bad for them. They did their part, and werent accepted, if the Somali's want to starve then thats their prerogative.