Word: interventionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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As students of draft age, we recognize the risks of war. We are wary of entering a conflict with an uncertain end. But we also recognize that there are sometimes compelling reasons for military intervention. The situation in Bosnia-Herzegovena justifies force.
Their opposition was music to the ears of the Serbs, who wanted nothing more than a guarantee against outside intervention while they continued their drive for a greater Serbia.
Above all, Clinton does not want to make an open-ended commitment of U.S. blood and treasure. Most of the Congress is not behind intervention, partly because no one is sure what might work. "Given the resources you're willing to devote to the problem," says Lee Hamilton, chairman of...
One way or another, though, Clinton says, he will do more. In deciding how to step up the pressure, he must contend with three major problems. First, he will have to sell his plan to Britain, France and Canada, all of which oppose military intervention because they have troops on...
In the main theater, quiet, of a sort, came to the Serb-besieged town of Srebrenica under a United Nations-arranged truce. Still, pressure mounted in the U.S. for intervention: a dozen Balkan desk officers in the State Department urged air strikes, unilateral if necessary, to protect besieged cities. President...