Had Clinton tried to send American troops, he would have encountered stiff resistance in the US Congress. Coming so soon after the death of US soldiers in the 1993 humanitarian intervention in Somalia, the American public was in no mood for another military mission abroad.
如果克林顿尝试派兵，他将在美国国会遇到重大阻力。当时，年美国士兵刚刚在在索马里人道干预中伤亡惨重，美国公众没有想法再进行海外军事任务。