The Perils of Humanitarian Intervention

The Perils of Humanitarian Intervention

March 31,1994.
Something, it seemed, had gone very wrong with this exercise in humanitarian interven- tion-but what was it? Some analysts, such as John R. Bolton, writing in Foreign Affairs (Jan.-Feb. 1994), contend that Clinton erred in expand- ing the original, limited mission. Others, such as David Frornkin, writing in the New York Times Magazine (Feb. 27,1994), argue that Bush failed to face "the question of what would happen when the troops were withdrawn: would not the warlords go back...

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