Proponents of the AE framework and it’s use of the Somalia analogy make valid points about why the American public felt that the two conflicts were so similar. The geographic location of the two coupled with the historical proximity understandably was enough to make the public wary of risking American lives a second time. As Brunk asserted, “In confusing contrast to this early media backdrop of U.S. troops feeding hungry Somali children and of Gulf War-style casualty-free warfare, the images of dead U.S. servicemen gunned down by lightly-armed street gangs in the autumn of 1993 was a jolt to the U.S. public’s understanding of Somalia, and America’s place in Africa more broadly.” However, this assertion does not have give the AE framework as much strength as the evidence does for Offensive
Proponents of the AE framework and it’s use of the Somalia analogy make valid points about why the American public felt that the two conflicts were so similar. The geographic location of the two coupled with the historical proximity understandably was enough to make the public wary of risking American lives a second time. As Brunk asserted, “In confusing contrast to this early media backdrop of U.S. troops feeding hungry Somali children and of Gulf War-style casualty-free warfare, the images of dead U.S. servicemen gunned down by lightly-armed street gangs in the autumn of 1993 was a jolt to the U.S. public’s understanding of Somalia, and America’s place in Africa more broadly.” However, this assertion does not have give the AE framework as much strength as the evidence does for Offensive