Black Hawk copter pilot details lessons learned in Somalia,
tells vets to never give up  Michael Durant speaks about what
led to conflict in Somalia.    • To learn more about Michael
Durant or to buy one of his books, go to  If he had it to do
over again, he would.  A broken femur, crushed vertebrae,
shattered cheek, 11 days captive - and that's just what Army
veteran Michael Durant could fit into an hour-long talk at
Victoria College's Lyceum Lecture Thursday night.  "My opinion
is, we've learned from this. It's a tough price to pay, but if
that's what it took to set us up for success in Iraq and
Afghanistan, then sign me up," Durant said at the end of his
presentation about his experiences in Mogadishu, Somalia, in
1993.  Durant was a Black Hawk helicopter pilot sent in to the
African nation that had been at civil war for 10 years. A U.N.
relief operation to bring food to the nation's people had just
been upgraded to a manhunt for the Somali leaders who were
hindering peace.  Durant detailed the lessons lea