Within the past decade we have sent American military personnel to Somalia to protect United Nations" troops conducting a humanitarian operation to relieve the famine resulting from the civil war in that Country. ... According to Hoffman, in the event that a complete withdrawal is impossible in its respective phase, the priority simply turns to domestic concerns (p.19). ... Using generations as their premise, they suggest that one-generation and its particular leaders and decision makers may experience an intensive war, and by remembering its horrors and mishaps, avoid similar conflicts. .....

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Price of War Throughout history, disease, poverty, crime, and war have plagued Americans. ... In 1958, again it seemed our responsibility to come to South Vietnam's aid, and we came out of the war without victory and with 55,000 deaths. In both wars, the question was asked: Why are we here? ... And most important of all, many innocent men and women will go to war fighting for a cause they can't understand, striving to put their finger on why they are over there. ... Our nation cannot afford the extreme cost of such an event. ...

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