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...world becomes increasingly integrated politically and economically. The instability in the Balkins made waves felt in the European Union and beyond. It is becoming increasingly difficult to identify where our strategic interests begin and end. Bush has repeatedly said that the U.S. should not be "the world's policeman." But in practice, the U.S. has both an interest and a responsibility to intervene in situations like Bosnia and Kosovo, a responsibility which Bush's policy does not admit...
...probably one of the few Republicans that have faith in the U.N., if they're run correctly," Robinson said, adding that the U.S. should pay the $1 billion it owes in dues. "The U.N. is the best policeman in the world to deploy in these hotspots and the U.S. should do what it can to support...
...rather have a policeman," she said. "They're not an obvious or oppressive force; it's not like they're patrolling. They're just like normal guys eating...
...3/504 was very heavy-handed with the people in Vitina," said an unidentified lieutenant colonel - also a military policeman - who witnessed the unit in action. "I tend to think that human dignity and respect are values, and not just rules of engagement," he said. "We, as Americans, have an innate feeling for what is right and wrong...
...because Western countries are unlikely to raise their enthusiasm for committing combat troops, they may be more inclined to foot a higher bill for improving the effectiveness of U.N. peacekeeping operations. That's the thinking, for example, in President Clinton's recent efforts to boost Nigeria as a regional policeman - while Washington is unlikely to send its own personnel into situations such as Sierra Leone, it may be prepared to create incentives for regional powers like Nigeria to play sheriff...