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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
I'd find it interesting to compare out attitudes about the Lakota independence issue with our attitudes about Kosovo's independence or Chechnyan independence. I don't hold a uniform view, but it's hard for me to express what I think makes each situation different.
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The biggest difference is that the U.N. is stepping in to rectify wrongs which are
currently occurring. Whatever happened to the Lakota happened a long time ago. If in 2008, we embarked on a genocidal campaign against the Lakota, the U.N. might have something to say.
Of course, the reality is that the U.S. has enough guns, bombs, etc. to keep anyone from being able to do anything about something like that, so nothing happened. Perhaps that's the biggest difference between those two situations? Serbia is small enough that the international community can impose its will, the U.S. determines the national community's will.
Also, the Balkans have been known to be the starting point for serious international conflict. The western U.S.? Not so much.
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