The Change Began In Somalia, Where We Discovered That We Were Involved In An Operation Where There Was No Peace, So There Was No More A Peacekeeping Operation Because There Was No Peace. - SearchQuotes

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The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace.

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