Word: somali
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trial an essential part of the mission." But back in June, while warning of a potential quagmire, the Times said, "Threatening General Aidid with arrest seems a minimal way of expressing international condemnation." And "Mr. Clinton dare not flinch . . . If the world's might cannot prevail against a Somali warlord, then what hope is there for collective security...
...arguments against the dubious proposition that television violence is an important cause of real violence in America are legion, and fairly obvious. Somali children gleefully fire grenades at clan rivals, while Bosnians and Serbs rape and kill each other, all without encouragement from television. Homo homini lupus--"man is a wolf to man"--was Plautus' lament long before NYPD Blue...
...March 31, 1994, withdrawal date of U.S. troops is "etched in stone," there is little doubt Somalia will revert to the ruinous state that inspired America's intervention in the first place. But a policy that truly cared about ends would be open- ended. However one defines the Somali mission, Clinton's desire to finish it "in the right way" ought to mean staying until the possibility of reversion is more than just "reasonably" foreclosed. Seeking an exit strategy before sailing in harm's way is smart, but it must be related to the mission's goal; an arbitrary deadline...
Maybe so. But it is misleading to blame the diversity of the new world for the confusion in Somalia. The chaos has been there a long time. And it is also a very old story when the most wholesome moral intentions (such as the American desire to feed starving Somali children) lead down a road into nightmares of entanglement and unintended consequences. The best, brightest American policy thinking went off a cliff in Vietnam, for example...
...obviously futile to march Americans into the midst of long-standing Somali blood feuds. To do so creates an explosive dynamic in which the Americans are the new villains and targets: more Americans die, more Somali civilians die as Americans grow frustrated and retaliate with bigger gunships, hatreds grow deeper, and the tragedy is compounded...