Word: vital
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...forcibly removing the dictators who have usurped power in Haiti." He went on to define the national interest in terms of a million Haitian Americans living in the U.S. and "an interest in stabilizing those democracies that are in our hemisphere." By any traditional measure, such interests are not vital to national security, and Americans are -- so far -- largely unconvinced. A TIME/ CNN poll last week asked if the U.S. should send troops to oust Haiti's military rulers. Only 31% of Americans supported the idea; 61% opposed...
...ground combat force would sustain casualties on the order of magnitude of Somalia or worse. And just like in Somalia, US forces would have to be committed to an area of no strategic or vital interest for an undetermined amount of time...
American men would end up giving their lives when no vital national interests are threatened. And America would be alone. Clinton has failed to convince key allies to join in or support an invasion. Even Aristide opposes United States armed intervention...
...jammed airport near refugee camps in the Zairian border town of Goma. The bottlenecked Goma has proved a frustrating place from which to launch a rescue effort, even though the largest contingent of refugees has gathered in and around the city. U.S. aircraft landed there today with vital equipment to purify contaminated water that has spread cholera among tens of thousands of the 1.2 million refugees...
...Administration would face a tough job justifying an invasion to Congress and the public. Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, urged Clinton to "think . . . very carefully" before ordering an invasion of Haiti, which he termed not a vital interest of the U.S. Even the 40-Democrat Congressional Black Caucus is not unanimous. While most of its members favor an invasion, California's Ron Dellums, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, insists that "the use of force is neither appropriate nor necessary...