Never again is a phrase used during the post WWII era by politicians world wide to promise that another genocide would not be tolerated. It sounded great theory, yet it has rarely been curbed.
Genocides in Iraq, Rawanda, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Sudan, to name a few, continued with little foreign intervention. The only major action from external forces came during the Yugoslavian situation in the 90's.
Even if the United States, for example, decided using troops was too expensive, very few because it didn't challenge American interest, few sanctions were even used.
Why have nations shyed from stopping genocide? Should, specifically the United States, intervene?
Genocides in Iraq, Rawanda, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Sudan, to name a few, continued with little foreign intervention. The only major action from external forces came during the Yugoslavian situation in the 90's.
Even if the United States, for example, decided using troops was too expensive, very few because it didn't challenge American interest, few sanctions were even used.
Why have nations shyed from stopping genocide? Should, specifically the United States, intervene?