"I'm still not sure there's a right way to intervening in places where there is rampant genocide and brutality that won't backfire. On the one hand, the capacity to stop it is likely in the grasp of our military. It may not be pretty, but we can most likely put out a fire."

there is no right way, but theres the human way. Intervening in Genocide before and during its course is always a boon to humanity imo, with or without the politics...i reccomend reading Gen. Romeo Dallaire's book "Shake Hands with the Devil".