Seeking Answers

From Never Again

This page is intended to gather information and provide a meaningful, detailed answer to the following question:

Why do the world's most powerful nations — namely the United States and the United Kingdom — do nothing to stop genocide when it occurs, even when evidence of wide-scale atrocities is obvious and relatively little resources (for these countries) are necessary to end the crimes?

We will attempt to respond to this question because the answer holds the key to identifying the forces which prevent powerful leaders from acting against genocide — and either removing those forces or replacing them with a much more powerful force: morality.

It is obvious that there is a lack of political will among the leaders of these nations. But what does this void stem from? Possible factors include:

Political organizations (including companies) which exert the greatest influence on political leaders.
- It is also noteworthy that these groups' interests are in achieving monetary—rather than moral—stakes.
Amount of coverage in the media.
Reliance on powerful sources such as governments (which may have their own interests in the conflict), rather than direct knowledge and intelligence of situations on the ground and human suffering going on.
Lack—or perceived lack—of will amongst populations of powerful countries to commit troops to troubled regions.

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