Who Could Have Predicted the U.S. War in Somalia Would Fail? The Pentagon.

US Marines take part in a military drill on the Golfe of Tadjoura beach in Djibouti, on March 23, 2016. / AFP / SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Who Could Have Predicted the U.S. War in Somalia Would Fail? The Pentagon.

A 2007 Defense Department study found glaring problems with America’s Horn of Africa campaign plan. The U.S. military plunged ahead anyway.