Ilhan Omar: Americans Were Black Hawk Down Villains

Most will be surprised to learn that the American soldiers involved in the Black Hawk Down incident were actually the bad guys. This shocking information comes straight from a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ilhan Omar.

In a 2017 tweet that just came to light, Rep Omar shouted about “the thousands of Somalis killed by the American forces that day!” before signing off with the tag #NotTodaySatan.

Despite being a refugee from the perpetual hellhole Somalia herself, Omar could use a refresher course on what actually happened. The Investigative Project on Terrorism provides it:

Only 133 Somali militiamen died in the fighting with U.S. Rangers and Delta Force soldiers, Capt. Haad, a representative of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) said in a 2001 interview with Author Mark Bowden. He estimated 500 Somali deaths in his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, considered the definitive account of the Battle of Mogadishu. Others put the Somali death toll closer to 1,000. A 2000 Rand Corporation report estimated 300 noncombatants were killed.

That Somali casualties were even that high was due to the use of swarm tactics, which are favored in countries where life is cheap. It wasn’t only men who took part in overwhelming the American troops by sheer numbers.

Women and children also attacked the U.S. troops, carrying everything from machine guns to knives and machetes.

Delta Force members Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon were among the Americans killed. A mob of savages dragged their bodies through the streets of Mogadishu.

American troops were there as part of Operation Restore Hope, to allow food aid to reach starving Somalis without getting stolen by warlords. It was a humanitarian mission, carried out at considerable expense out of pure altruism.

Two years after the Battle of Mogadishu, Ilhan Omar’s family settled in the USA. The rabidly anti-American Omar has since gone out of her way to make clear the thanks we can expect for noble but foolish humanitarian gestures.

On a tip from Dragon’s Lair.

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