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...command greater diplomatic or military involvement. The travails in delivery last week were only a symptom of the lack of political will in Western capitals to act forcefully. Humanitarian aid feels good to those who insist that something must be done to stop the killing in Bosnia, in Somalia, in a dozen other bloody conflicts. And it is far more politically palatable than sending soldiers to fight and die in countries -- without strategic assets like oil or nuclear weapons -- that few people can locate on a map. But as Bosnia and Somalia show, aid by itself solves very little...
Never have so many aid workers paid such a high price for their commitment. Eleven U.N. relief staff members have died in Bosnia. Kidnappings, shootings and death threats are part of the job description in Somalia, where six aid workers have been slain. Although the Clinton Administration denies it, there is a perception that the U.S. has chosen to abandon Somalia rather than contend with the dangers. Turkish General Cevik Bir, leaving the command of the U.N. operation there last week, leaked an "eyes only" letter to U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, indirectly chastising the Americans and Europeans...
MacArthur said that the media also failed to cover adequately the U.S. intervention in Somalia. Only foreign photographers took pictures of the mutilation of American corpses after the failed kidnapping attempt of faction leader General Mohammed Farrah Aidid, MacArthur said...
Clinton's recent tour of Europe also helped him gain in the public view of his ability to handle foreign policy -- 57% say he is doing a good job, while 28% disagree, a near reversal of the numbers he got after the October debacle in Somalia. But the same poll shows that the future holds some problems. The President faces lingering doubts about his trustworthiness, which is probably attributable to the Clintons' handling so far of questions about their investment in a real estate partnership, Whitewater Development Corp. In the TIME/CNN poll, just 40% of those surveyed said Clinton...
When U.S. forces complete their withdrawal from Somalia on March 31, the nation may split in two. MOHAMMED IBRAHIM EGAL, President of Somaliland, was in Nairobi in recent weeks trying to win support for the notion that the region he rules in the north -- which no state recognizes as a country -- should remain independent and not be reincorporated into Somalia...