[marron]

Dallaire was the Westerner on the scene with the loaded gun. He stood by and watched it happen. He did so because Kofi Annan told him to stand down.

So while I agree that the West bears responsibility, I would say that first responsibility goes to the Hutus with the machetes, and a distant second responsibility goes to Dallaire and Annan. Third responsibility goes to other Western leaders who pretended it wasn't happening.

UN responsibility is significant because of the insane desire so many have to place Iraq back under UN auspices. I guess they forget Rwanda, and Bosnia, and the present situation in the Congo.

[Sacajaweau]

There was an excellent program on the other day. A Rwandan spoke. He said...All Clinton had to do was pick up the phone and tell them "don't you dare". In the meantime, Kofi is taking the hit. My, isn't that interesting. Reminds me of Janet Reno and Waco.

[Alberta's Child]

Interesting perspective.

I was once dumped off a talk radio show when I called up the host and suggested that the Clinton administration was more interested in the Balkans than Rwanda because it had such high expectations of white European nations and such low expectations of black African nations. LOL.