Clinton’s multilateral humanitarianism masked unilateral US militarism and genocidal sanctions

Evidence

UN troops, under the leadership of the United States, were sent to address the food crisis and feed the hungry—yet the troops arrived months after those most threatened by hunger had already died of starvation. While the United States and UN justified the invasion on humanitarian grounds, US interests in Somalia’s geostrategic location and oil resources played a more significant role in the US decision to intervene. When eighteen US soldiers were killed (in an incident that formed the basis for the film Black Hawk Down), US troops departed and left the East African nation worse off than when they arrived. The United States also killed hundreds of Somali citizens. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 464 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Clinton’s multilateralist foreign policy claimed a morally righteous humanitarian purpose; The Clinton era reframed US hegemony as humanitarian democracy promotion — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 459; Clinton’s foreign policy fused free trade with a claimed humanitarian mission (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• US humanitarian justifications masked strategic interests in the Somalia intervention #exemplifies (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 464
• Clinton’s foreign policy fused free trade with a claimed humanitarian mission #expands (0.85)