The experience in Somalia exacerbated internal debates around the role of U.S. military power in the Post – Cold War era . In a victory for those who favored non-intervention , the Clinton administration placed new limits on the deployment of U.S. troops , especially as part of U.N. peacekeeping missions . In April 1994 , the Hutu of Rwanda engaged in a genocide against the minority Tutsi , killing 800,000 people in a three-month span . The UN sent a small force to provide aid , but the U.S. , with no strategic or economic interest in the country , did not intervene . Clinton would later describe the non-intervention in Rwanda as the worst mistake of his administration
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