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EDIT: missed the "drugs" part, so I'm changing this to say Somalia, 1994.

When I read that passage in this book , the writing about more recent events that came to mind was William Langewiesche's "Welcome to the Green Zone" in a recent Atlantic, among other things, and, obviously, the entire situation in Iraq.

I am more gratified at having posted this edited excerpt than I thought I might be given the range of other historical situations (all of them incorrect mind you!) to which people have been able to draw parallels in their guesses. Maybe I took out too much. The more you take out, the easier some parallels become, but I still think it is interesting. I seriously considered removing the "drug" reference, as it would have opened up a broader swath of history.
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Jim


'Tis the exceptional fellow who lies awake at night thinking of his successes.