To intervene effectively in any conflict abroad a President must persuade the public that the United States has a national security interest there.

By all accounts, the incoming administration of George W. Bush will be more reluctant to intervene abroad if American interests are not directly at stake.

Such units may intervene abroad in varied cases such as a hostage crisis or the support of peacekeeping operations.

It holds that because there are no threats to the American homeland, the United States does not need to intervene abroad.

The success of the allied military operations and the capacity to intervene abroad does not mitigate the need to better appreciate intelligence and security failures.

In the 1980's Libya was aggressively intervening abroad, trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction, losing air battles with American warplanes and dabbling in terrorism.

Nasser was idolized by the Arab masses and aggressively intervened abroad.

Mr. Clinton seemed deeply affected by a question posed by a Ugandan reporter about when the United States should intervene abroad to save lives.

I think the U.S. ought to hesitate before intervening abroad.

It isn't just that we wonder whether to intervene in one trouble spot or another abroad, or whether to extend NATO's boundaries.