Actually, the world public should be deeply shocked every time the term "genocide" is mentioned somewhere.
Unfortunately, however, a certain blunting can be seen, which is partly due to people like Vladimir Putin.
In connection with eastern Ukraine, he fantasizes about an alleged “genocide” of people with Russian mother tongues.
The American government is finally drawing attention to what has been happening in Myanmar for years, and rightly so.
The behavior of the military there, unfortunately also with the approval of the civilian government that was overthrown by the soldiers in February last year, towards the Muslim minority of the Rohingya is in fact a crime that affects everyone and amounts to the offense of genocide.
Main culprit known by name
All measures were aimed specifically at this ethnic group.
Hundreds of thousands were driven across the borders, where they still have to eke out a living under inhumane conditions.
The US government's statement is clear.
What specifically follows from this for the perpetrators is less clear.
However, it is as clear as day who, in addition to many “small” perpetrators, will be heard in court: Former army chief Min Aung Hlaing, who was in charge of the 2017 offensive against the Rohingya.
Today he is the chief of the junta.