Word: interventionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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He also announced that he was considering the need for military intervention in the war-torn Balkans with extreme caution, calling the situation there "the most difficult foreign policy problem this country faces."
That option cannot and should not be lightly considered, since armed intervention could end the humanitarian aid effort that is keeping hundreds of thousands of Bosnians alive. But having schooled the Serbs for so long in the idea that it is unwilling to translate threat into action, the West, with...
The Quagmire Argument: This line of reasoning says that Western intervention will quickly bog down, and could trap thousands of NATO forces in a never-ending struggle, resulting in little gain and significant loss of life.
This argument cannot be proven wrong. Military predictions are always speculative. But the argument remains insufficient in several ways. Western military intervention would not aim at conquering land, but instead at two other goals: putting real pressure on Serbia to halt the fighting, and leveling the playing field if they...
Realizing the fallacies of arguments against intervention will not, however, make the path clear for military intervention. Many problems remain. Most importantly, Russia appears unwilling to support any Security Council Resolution authorizing force against Serbia, its traditional ally. Britain also appears to have serious reservations because of worries over the...