Wed May 11, 2016, 05:37 PM
US chose to ignore Rwandan genocide Classified papers show Clinton was aware of 'final solution' to
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 US chose to ignore Rwandan genocide Classified papers show Clinton was aware of 'final solution' to (Original post) |
Baobab | May 2016 | OP |
| choie | May 2016 | #1 | |
| scscholar | May 2016 | #2 | |
| synergie | May 2016 | #4 | |
| IdaBriggs | May 2016 | #7 | |
| uppityperson | May 2016 | #3 | |
| synergie | May 2016 | #5 | |
| uppityperson | May 2016 | #6 | |
| shadowmayor | May 2016 | #8 | |
| Judi Lynn | May 2016 | #9 |
Response to scscholar (Reply #2)
Wed May 11, 2016, 11:25 PM
7. Her husband allowed it/chose not to interfere.
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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 "It is appropriate and honorable for the Clinton Administration to acknowledge the United States's failure to respond appropriately to the 1994 genocide, as Secretary Albright did in December and President Clinton did last month. (snip) (T)he West's refusal to suppress the genocide in Rwanda was extraordinarily costly in three ways: first and foremost, it was costly in the terrible loss of hundreds of thousands of Tutsi Rwandan men, women, and children and of the courageous Hutu civilians who sheltered them. A second casualty of the genocide was the image and thus the potential effectiveness of the United Nations and its various organizations. (more at link) -- https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/190/39203.html
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.  |
Response to Baobab (Original post)
Wed May 11, 2016, 05:57 PM
uppityperson (115,526 posts)
3. It was a shameful event of Bill Clinton's presidency. So many lives on his head
Response to synergie (Reply #5)
Wed May 11, 2016, 06:42 PM
uppityperson (115,526 posts)
6. That is rather a wild leap from what I actually said.
Response to Baobab (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2016, 12:57 AM
8. Did the Catholic Church work with President Clinton?
Response to Baobab (Original post)
Thu May 12, 2016, 01:40 AM
Judi Lynn (156,999 posts)
9. Thanks for catching this article and sharing it. n/t
