CNN The Situation Room September 5, 2013 22:34:00
Lives and where in the end a modest investment of military power ended up being the thing that was able to achieve a peace agreement and ended up saving a lot of lives. i don't think that there is any clear ideological answer to whether or not military toolbox works. i think it's a case-by-case basis. it did not work in iraq in 2003. it did work in bosnia in 1995 and 1999. it worked in sierra leone in 2000. i think one has to make a case-by-case decision in each case. >> bosnia seems to be the template at least for now. thanks, nicholas kristof. always a pleasure to talk to you. >> my pleasure...