Word: interventionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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If Aidid's purpose was to convince the American public of the same thing, he succeeded. Thousands of horrified citizens wrote and phoned the offices of congressional representatives, posing angry questions: What was the U.S. doing in Somalia? How did an intervention to feed the starving that began with handshakes...
The exact mix of motives that prompted George Bush to launch the Somali intervention is still not altogether clear. The immediate causes were, of course, ghastly TV pictures of famine in that country and U.N. Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's pleas for help to get food past the guns...
"Each episode that suggests intervention should fully be considered," Fein said.
Former President Bush and President Clinton, Fein said, have justified the lack of intervention by pleading insufficient public support for the cause.
While Fein said he doesn't necessarily advocate intervention, he said the U.S. could help create a "solid framework" to ensure the protection of all cultures.