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...truth is, while I was worried about the danger of intervention in the Balkans, I didn't consider Somalia to be a problem for the Lone Remaining Superpower. I saw pictures of skin-and-bones Somali gunmen and scoffed. I thought we could walk in, mop the place up, and go home. I was wrong...
Clinton's plans for intervention in Bosnia met with a chorus of teeth-chattering. We fear the Balkans; we fear the fierce, tribal warfare and the lack of clear boundaries. Most of us opposed sending any troops to Bosnia, no matter how limited the mission's objectives. But in Somalia--a land of fierce, tribal warfare, where clear boundaries are hard to find--we feared...
...ever notice this weird disparity between our fear about the Balkans and our self-confidence about Somalia? Did we ever wonder about what attitudes might be underlying our different policy positions...
...saying that we should never have gone to Somalia. The society was crumbling down on the heads of the people, and they were suffering. Military intervention was necessary to avert even more unbelievable horror. Intervention was right...
...Clinton and the other leaders of the Somalia mission change their attitudes, we might end up being a force for good in that country. If we all change our attitudes, we won't have to relearn the lessons of Somalia somewhere else...