The burden of truth

[HeXp£Øi±]

This is another of the forgotten stories that won't be told until those responsible(Bill Clinton & the current members of the U.N) are passed on and we have a desire to see our legacy for what it really is. Think Iraq is some terrible atrocity? Read on.

The Holocaust we let happen. I say we because although Clinton was at the helm, we put him there.

Case Study: Genocide in Rwanda, 1994

Summary

The genocide in the tiny Central African country of Rwanda was one of the
most intensive killing campaigns -- possibly the most intensive -- in human
history. Few people realize, however, that the genocide included a marked
gendercidal component; it was predominantly or overwhelmingly Tutsi and
moderate Hutu males who were targeted by the perpetrators of the mass
slaughter. The gendercidal pattern was also evident in the reprisal killings carried
out by the Tutsi-led RPF guerrillas during and after the holocaust.

Continued...

http://www.gendercide.org/case_rwanda.html

 

[chcr]

Yep. Read about Pol Pot in Cambodia sometime, or the Shah of Iran. These were people we (our government at the time) helped to put in or keep in power. Of course the current administration will do nothing of the kind...
*cough*saudiarabia*cough*

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

Yep. Read about Pol Pot in Cambodia sometime, or the Shah of Iran. These were people we (our government at the time) helped to put in or keep in power. Of course the current administration will do nothing of the kind...
*cough*saudiarabia*cough*

Aware of both however they happened before i could do anything about them. I hardly think You can compare SA to Rwanda where hundreds of thousands were slaughtered within a matter of weeks.
Actually there's just no comperison. We DID do something about it Iraq where the situation was beyond that of SA but no one seems to think it was the right thing to do. Go figure.

 

[ris]

there are sadly far too many wars and attrocities carried out worldwide [and especially in unstable african countries it would seem] that just don't appear to interest the first world countries the way that ex-yugoslavian countries or the middle east does.

rwanda is one that was particularly nasty but the dr congo wars have been just as bad [if not worse] with rwanda and uganda becoming involved there too. a real cynic might look at a lack of oil and rest their case but i think there is probably somehting in the lack of trade to those countries - if we aren't making money from them then our interest appears to be small. in cases like these genuinely altruistic 'doing it for the cause of peace' action seems all too scarce.

 

[chcr]

I hardly think You can compare SA to Rwanda where hundreds of thousands were slaughtered within a matter of weeks.

Considering the absolute dearth of anything remotely resembling reliable information out of Saudi, I don't feel like that can be said with any degree of certainty. As far as the before you could do anything about it, what have you done about Rwanda?

 

[freako104]

I could be wrong but my understanding is that PolPot isnt the only dictator we have helped put in power. I really hate to say this so I hope Im wrong and have my facts confused but didnt we also put Hitler into power as well as Castro?

 

[chcr]

I was unaware of a connection with Hitler freako, got linkage? The two I posted were just the first two that popped to mind.

 

[HeXp£Øi±]

what have you done about Rwanda?

Speaking out. Which is by far more than anything our government or the UN did. They scaled back again and again at this time. Not much but it's SOMETHING. As far as any comparison between Saudi Arabia and Rwanda being in any way on the same level as one another well it's just not accurate. Saudi Arabia is no worse than Iran or Iraq or we would simply know about it. I'm not saying it's not bad, murder and state sponsered opression are rampent just like much of the arab world, just that it in no way can be classified as a mass genocide which is an organized effort to eliminate a race, family or tribe.

 

[Inkara1]

I could be wrong but my understanding is that PolPot isnt the only dictator we have helped put in power. I really hate to say this so I hope Im wrong and have my facts confused but didnt we also put Hitler into power as well as Castro?

Hitler worked his way up his party's heirarchy, and was the top dog when his party took power.

 

[freako104]

I was unaware of a connection with Hitler freako, got linkage? The two I posted were just the first two that popped to mind.

this is one thing but not what i was thinking chcr


http://www.geocities.com/m_ghounem/usnz.html

 

[AlladinSane]

I really hate to say this so I hope Im wrong and have my facts confused but didnt we also put Hitler into power as well as Castro?

The only thing you did to put Castro in to power was support the former cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista

 

[Gato_Solo]

The only thing you did to put Castro in to power was support the former cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista

Actually, we gave weapons and support to Castro until he showed that he was communist/socialist. Most folks don't really know that. Most folks also don't know that Castro was a decent baseball player. He even tried out for the old Washington Senators (pitching). How different do you think the world would be today if Castro made the cut?

 

[AlladinSane]

I don't think Castro had any influence in the world outside Cuba...

 

[paul_valaru]

Actually, we gave weapons and support to Castro until he showed that he was communist/socialist. Most folks don't really know that. Most folks also don't know that Castro was a decent baseball player. He even tried out for the old Washington Senators (pitching). How different do you think the world would be today if Castro made the cut?

Actually he never tried out, it's an urban legend

http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/castro.asp