conflicting views of academics as an inexorable reflection of the variances of contemporary schools of thought. 5. Consequences of non-Intervention Despite the UN’s role in ‘developing international norm’ towards internationalised intra-state conflicts through an increase in military interventions, the 1990’s also saw examples of a devast ating non-intervention policy. David Hollenbach makes reference to the biblical commandment; “Thou shalt not stand idly by thy neighbour’s blood” 326 when discussing the responsibility of international players such as the UN to act in order to save lives. The hesitancy to intervene where limited national interests could be served can, to a large extent, be attributed to the disastrous US peacekeeping efforts in Somalia from 1993. Following a just UN intervention in 1992, the following US-led operations went far beyond the initial, humanitarian aims of the UNSC, culminating in the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993 and the deaths of 18 servicemen. 327 The subsequent ‘Shadow of Somalia’ resulted in a Western policy of non -intervention in regions which did not serve national interests. 328 The subsequent reluctance was exposed only a year later, when over 800,000 members of the Tutsi and moderate Hutu tribes were slaughtered during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, with inadequate prevention and response measures from the international community. This non-interventionist approach has been described by some liberals as “condemning people to death” 326 David Hollenbach, ‘ David Hollenbach on the Consequences of Not Intervening During Genocide’, Berkley Centre, available at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR-yMdGdYJY> [accessed 29/04/2016] 327 Mark Bowden, ‘ A Defining Battle’, Philadelphia Inquirer, (16 th November 1997), available at <http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/somalia/nov16/rang16.asp> 328 Howard Adelman, The Path of a Genocide: The Rwanda Crisis from Uganda to Zaire, (Transaction Publishers, 2000), pp. xi.
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