FOREIGN POLICY TRAGEDY!THE FIRST BATTLE AGAINST AL-QAEDA!

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2002)

A tragic but accurate depiction of events that took place during the United States operations in Somalia in 1993.Blackhawk Down brings the full effect of front line action to the viewer.I believe this film to be one of the best war movies of all time.Perhaps the best.It shows just how terribly military operations can go when the military isnt given all the tools necessary to complete objectives.Once again with their hands tied the United States military is handcuffed by the politicians(President Clinton-foremost) by not being granted the weapons necessary that they requested when the objectives were changed.The original misson of why we went to Somalia in the first place was to help feed starving people .Turned into nation building politics and intervention into a civil war.Regardless of that this movie is still the best war movie ive seen in years.