Hillary "We came, we saw, he died" (yes, smiling gleefully)

[neverforget]

614. Let's take a look at the possible military solutions to that problem

1) Put thousands of troops on the ground to separate the Hutus and Tusti. It would take weeks/months to get enough forces into Central Africa to stop the genocide
2} An air campaign to stop Hutus. Not as long getting troops on the ground but finding and using airfields to launch an air campaign would take weeks plus the overflight rights to Rwanda from aircraft carriers.

The genocide literally started overnight. By the time the US could have gotten any troops on the ground to stop them, it would have been over as the genocide lasted a little over 2 months. It takes time to plan such a mission because of logistics.

Having said that, we could have done more with the UN which was already on the ground to stop them. We could have done more, but militarily our options were limited due to time and distance.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/us/politics/in-africa-bill-clinton-works-to-leave-a-charitable-legacy.html?pagewanted=all

"I don't think we could have ended the violence, but I think we could have cut it down. And I regret it." Mr Clinton told CNN during one of his stops in Rwanda.