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Nitram

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1. Bigotry is one factor, and certainly played a role for the failure to act during WWII.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2018, 07:56 AM

May 2018

We've had a number of genocidal events since then, and the country has not been eager to intervene. Cambodia, Rwanda, Serbia, Burma, Syria, and probably others. Are there not other factors that play a role in this reluctance in addition to bigotry?

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Bigotry stopped Americans from intervening before the Holocaust. Not much has changed [View all] Behind the Aegis May 2018 OP

Bigotry is one factor, and certainly played a role for the failure to act during WWII. Nitram May 2018 #1

We did intervene in Serbia. We bombed the shit out of Serbia. SunSeeker May 2018 #2

Yes, but there was a lot of opposition to it. The fact that NATO was involved made it more Nitram May 2018 #4

Good post Rustyeye77 May 2018 #3