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Attempt to genocide an entire people, nothing meaningful happens.
Attempt to disrupt the global oil supply, the West puts together a 42-nation military coalition to go and push your shit in.
Human lives sadly have little value in realpolitik.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted the global oil supply, and yet the US has done comparatively little (so to speak) to stop it.
Probably because it's an election year, and also that a significant portion of one political party supports Russia.
You're not wrong, but tackling a nuclear power like Russia probably takes more nuance than taking on Saddam or Milosevic.
The Republicans definitely tie our hands even on measured responses, and I hope history remembers them as the degenerate traitors they are.
They failed the initial test
The international reaction to Rwanda was informed by the disastrous peacekeeping attempt in Somalia which was initiated in December 1992.
There was no political will amongst any nations to mire themselves in another costly and deadly intervention in Africa.
To point the finger at the US and allies is to ignore the historical and political context in which these events occurred.