of peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention. Thomas Weiss comments that the failures in Somalia have led to this concept of "Somalia syndrome": "multilateral interventions to thwart starvation, genocide, the forced movement of peoples, and massive violations of fundamental rights are no longer politically or operationally feasible”. Peacekeepers are more likely to be involved in peace enforcement in more warlike conditions as unlike traditional peacekeeping; there is not always consent from all the conflicting parties. Such was the case in Somalia as the men were hypervigilant with a sense of fear and frustration as they were trained for combat yet charged with providing humanitarian aid. Faced with this strong Somali opposition and resentment and yet being responsible for providing aid meant that Canadian peacekeepers "increasingly could not find meaning in their activities". A "Somalia syndrome" sentiment lingered in the international community after the failures in the war-torn country. Weiss, however, reminds us not to take Somalia out of context or draw upon the wrong lessons leading to isolationism or eschewing necessary humanitarian intervention. The debacle in Somalia would be so paralyzing that it would lead to an unwillingness from the international community to respond to future problems, like the Rwandan genocide. The United States under the Clinton administration would need to rethink its foreign policies and the rest of the world just did not want another Somalia affair. The Somalia affair thus had a direct impact on how the international community made foreign policy with a crippling "Somalia syndrome" that led to the sense of caution in intervening in the Rwanda genocide and in the Balkans. See also Bystander effect Command responsibility List of Canadian military operations List of Canadian peacekeeping missions Operation Deliverance References Further reading Sherene Razack, "From the 'clean snows of Petawawa': The violence of Canadian Peacekeepers in Somalia." Cultural Anthropology 15.1 (2000): 127–163. Mock, Karen R. U.S. Department of Education, The Somalia Inquiry: What Does It Have to Do with Us?, 1996 External links Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, Canada AM: Airborne Hazing, complaint brought by a viewer to CTV's decision to broadcast hazing footage she deemed "too explicit". CBC Archives - The Somalia Affair Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia 1993 in Somalia Military history of Canada Military prisoner abuse scandals Human rights abuses in Canada United Nations operations in Somalia Political scandals in Canada 1993 crimes in Somalia