Did the author take into account that all of those presidents had a congress to answer to? A congress that could have taken action to prevent all of the atrocities mentioned. Then you have to take into account the national mood at the time. Such as, just prior to WW II, we were in a stance of isolationism and didn't want to get involved in any foreign wars.
What I find really odd is that the United States has been involved in one war after another ever since the revolutionary war and the founding of the republic.
What up with that BS?
