Quote Originally Posted by Noncommunist View Post
But for any other conflict, Europe(And the US in many cases) refuse to fix the problem. Like in Rwanda where the Belgians pulled out all their peacekeepers after 10 or so died and then let nearly a million people die as the Hutu Interahamwe slaughtered them. Fortunately, the RPF was able to drive out the Interahamwe. However, so much death could have been avoided had the West decided to intervene. And of course, there are other situations where if European nations were more martial, a lot of terrible things wouldn't have happened.
You're approaching this the wrong way, if we weren't as badass, capitalistic, nationalistic and self-centered as we actually are, we wouldn't mind sending our soldiers to help others, but as it is, we rather watch others die if there is no money or glory to gain for us in helping them.