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...self-interest is a tainted, corrupting motive for intervention. It is not just a dispensable criterion for intervention; it is disqualifying. The apparent liberal flip-flops on intervention now begin to make sense. In the Persian Gulf, where American national interests are seriously engaged, they opposed armed intervention. In Somalia, where American national interests are not at all engaged, they supported armed intervention. And in Bosnia, where American national interests stand to be seriously jeopardized by intervention, they are positively enthusiastic for intervention...
...plainly on that other war, in Europe, when he greeted soldiers just home from Mogadishu in a photogenic ceremony on the White House lawn. The imagery was intentional: a President welcoming U.S. troops back from exemplary military intervention abroad. While the occasion was to honor their service in Somalia, its real object was to make Clinton look more like a Commander in Chief as he contemplates a much tougher operation in Bosnia. "Your successful return reminds us that other missions lie ahead for our nation," he said. "You have proved that American leadership can help to mobilize international action...
Well, yes and no, if Somalia is the example. When American Marines began landing there Dec. 9, armed bandits had made the country unsafe for anyone who had anything worth stealing. Five months later, as the U.S. pulled out almost all its remaining troops and handed over responsibility for Somalia to the United Nations, armed bandits were still making most of the country unsafe for anyone who had anything worth stealing...
After nearly five months in Somalia, U.S. troops, in preparation for the United Nations' assumption of full control of the country, handed over supervision of Mogadishu to more than 4,000 Pakistani soldiers. The U.S. will transfer the Somali peacekeeping mission this week to a 28,000-member U.N. force composed of troops from more than 20 nations. About 4,000 American Army troops will stay behind. At their base in Merca, 56 miles southwest of Mogadishu, Pakistani troops raise their flag while Americans salute in the background...
...joining international military missions that march off to make peace. Two weeks ago, German airmen were cleared to fly over Bosnia as crew members on AWACS surveillance aircraft. Now, after lengthy debate, Bonn has agreed to send 1,600 ground troops to join the United Nations mission in Somalia -- a recognition of Germany's emerging role in the new world order...