In the 1990s, the US got involved in Bosnia and Kosovo and fought against the Serbs who used to rule the area beforehand. However, I can't think of any resources in the area of any geopolitical advantages there are in that region. So it would seem that reasons for involving ourselves in those countries was humanitarian. Yet, at the same time, there were plenty of other nasty ethnic conflicts going on. What made Bosnia and Kosovo different that they would warrant attention? Could it have been timing? That we would have some collective guilt about not interfering in Rwanda that we would try to make up for it in Bosnia? Or did the media just care more about white people than black or brown people? Proximity to NATO allies as we wouldn't want destabilization in their area? Or just plain luck on behalf of the Bosniaks, Croats, and Kosovars?
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