I've always read it as at least a little bit a comment on the Iraq war, but what's it's deal? It's the only anime I can think of that climaxes with a military coup, and its cool that mustang wants to put people on trial for war crimes, but then he gets in power and doesn't do it.
It's also just got a whole plotline about racism, but it feels slightly off? Like minorities are okay if they save your life.
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It made me feel a lot of things. I don’t think I’ve ever found a piece of media more adept at making you feel the outrage and sorrow of every single death in a genocide. Usually the giant numbers are numbing. Here the mythology gives them weight and perspective