In 1993, a botched intervention in Somalia seemed to put the US off such projects for good. Three years later, it sent more than 16,000 troops to Bosnia. The failure to avert mass killings there revived the trope of a halfhearted superpower. Three years later, it led the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia. The reluctance to commit ground forces there was final proof of an inward-turning nation. Four years later, it was occupying both Afghanistan and Iraq.
1993年出兵干预索马里事务搞砸（当时美军在摩加迪沙市区陷入与当地民兵的巷战，结果付出阵亡18人的代价——译者注），似乎让美国永远放弃此类项目。三年后，美国向波斯尼亚派遣1.6万多名军人。未能阻止那里的大规模杀戮，重燃了有关一个“半心半意超级大国”的比喻。三年后，以美国为首的北约(NATO)轰炸南斯拉夫。不愿向那里投入地面部队被视为一个内向型国家的终极证据。四年后，美国出兵占领了阿富汗和伊拉克。
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