and do some nation building it was here.
But of course, no oil. No strategic importance. no assistance.
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"KIGALI, Rwanda - Western powers bear �criminal responsibility� for
Rwanda�s 1994 genocide because they did not care enough to stop it, the
commander of the beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping force at the time said on
Tuesday.
The international community didn�t give one damn for Rwandans because
Rwanda was a country of no strategic importance,� Canadian General Romeo
Dallaire told a conference in Kigali marking the 10th anniversary of the
slaughter.
�It�s up to Rwanda not to let others forget they are criminally
responsible for the genocide,� he said, singling out France, Britain and
the United States. �The genocide was brutal, criminal and disgusting and
continued for 100 days under the eyes of the international community.�
The retired Canadian soldier has been deeply traumatized by his
mission�s failure to prevent the deaths of some 800,000 Tutsis and Hutu
moderates, butchered by Hutu extremists who often killed with machetes
and spiked clubs.
Rwanda�s genocide began on the night of April 6, 1994, after the
shooting down of a plane carrying the Rwandan and Burundian presidents,
who both died in the crash near Kigali.
Dallaire battled for a more robust U.N. peacekeeping mission with a
mandate to stop the killings, but Security Council members voted instead
to slash his force from 2,500 troops to 450 poorly trained and
ill-equipped men."
It would be interesting to hear from people who constantly profess that
America is before all else a Morally upright country-who's interest in
International affairs is first and foremost moral. Who claim that
America's charge into Iraq was because of a moral obligation to the
Iraqi people-it would be interesting to hear why action was not taken in
Rwanda. Where there was even *less* of a risk to American lives by
chemical or biological attack.
To be honest, back in 1994 I was not as interested in world affairs as I
am now, so I don't even have a firm grip on what happened in 1994 or why
:)
-Gel
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