US chose to ignore Rwandan genocide Classified papers show Clinton was aware of 'final solution' to
US chose to ignore Rwandan genocide: Classified papers show Clinton was aware of 'final solution' to eliminate Tutsis
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/31/usa.rwanda
See also:
The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994: The Assassination of the Presidents and the Beginning of the "Apocalypse"
April 7, 2004 : http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB119/
The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994: Information, Intelligence and the U.S. Response
March 4, 2004 : http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB117/
The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994: Evidence of Inaction
August 20, 2001 : http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB53/
The Rwanda "Genocide Fax": What We Know Now
New Documentation Paints Complex Picture of Informant and his Warnings
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB452/
First Publication of "#Rwanda20yrs" project by U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Security Archive
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 452
choie
(4,112 posts)forces on the ground in Rwanda, expressed nothing but disgust for Clinton and Albright.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)in addition to Apartheid? This is getting ridiculous.
synergie
(1,901 posts)IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)He later publicly apologized, as did Madeleine Albright.
The dead did not rise.
I referenced this particular point last week. http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511911471
She did not speak out for them - she was as silent about their suffering as Nancy Reagan was about AIDS. To be fair, they and the whole country were dealing with gate this and gate that, so genocide was probably pretty low on their priority list.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)synergie
(1,901 posts)It's funny how Bernie is never responsible for the people his votes sent to war, or the people his votes imposed sanctions on, or bombed.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)The Catholic Church has barrels of blood on its hands in Rwanda - especially the murderous Hutu Catholic priests like Seromba and nuns who slaughtered the Tutsi people seeking refuge in Catholic churches. I wonder if the Church pressed the President to take a low key stance on the Final Solution to the Tutsi People as it was called?