Word: somalia
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...area of foreign policy, Clinton has concededly not been as successful. He has seemed to waver on what, if anything, to do in Bosnia and Croatia. The Somalia mission has been at times unfocused. And the President has seemed unsure of what to do in Haiti. In general, Clinton's foreign policy is undefined and seems to lack a strong sense of direction...
Warring Somali factions met in neighboring Ethiopia to discuss the fate of Somalia. Chances for success in the negotiations were improved by the late arrival of powerful clan leader Mohammed Farrah Aidid, who boycotted a U.N.-sponsored humanitarian-aid meeting earlier in the week. Aidid, only recently the target of a manhunt by U.S. forces, flew to the conference aboard an American military plane...
Instead, Clinton has settled into a foreign policy that looks suspiciously like Bush's. He has muted his criticism of China's human-rights record; such concerns were quietly pushed to the sidelines during the Seattle summit. His uneven policies in Bosnia, Haiti and Somalia have raised serious questions about U.S. leadership in international affairs...
...central problem is that the U.N. is still finding its footing, and in both Haiti and Somalia, it has leaned heavily on America. In both places, the U.S. has retreated, leaving the U.N. tottering...
Obviously, this was an idealistic goal. Nobody thought the world would suddenly become a cradle of justice and peace. But Somalia and Haiti represented cases of blatant abuse where intervention seemed reasonable...