And. yet. because we understood that important national interests could be put at risk if the fighting continued. we could not simply wash our hands of the matter. So America and our European allies took a series of halting steps and tentative measures that over 4 years tarnished our image and called into question our resolve. We imposed an arms embargo on Yugoslavia and later came to regret it. We established safe havens and then failed to protect them against assault. We promised to deliver food and humanitarian supplies to refugees and displaced persons but then failed to use the force necessary to deliver. Those efforts all failed. As a consequence of those failures. we had become involved in Bosnia.
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