If the word "genocide" was used, the UN would have been legally obligated to intervene according to the 1948 Geneva Convention. Everyone was careful NOT to say "the G word"...not in Cambodia, not in Rwanda, not in Darfur :(
@chocolatefountain95 but was true at the time. The US as well as many other countries of the Global North knew it was happening and didn't do shit to stop it.
Western countries have specifically avoided using the word genocide to describe what happened in Rwanda and Darfur because the 1948 Geneva Protocol outlaws genocide and requires signatories to intervene in a genocide. Even if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it isn't a duck if you don't *call* it a duck. :(
The actor who played the colonel did a fantastic job showing the emotion in his character. His character is practically radiating with regret/guilt and disgust towards himself for what his commanders are ordering him to do.
@LordSupremion Would you have done something? Face it, if you saw this story on the news, you would just say "oh this is terrible" and go back to what you were doing.
you're people... not your
jacibennett 3 days ago
Your not even a Nigger... Your an African.
cae4th 2 weeks ago
This is one of the greatest dramatic "delivering bad news" scenes ever filmed. Nick Nolte deserves way more accolades than he receives.
Gregrg7 1 month ago
Your not even a NIGGER
VIETNAMM60GUNNER 4 months ago
if rwanda had oil they woulda been 100% committed kmt
TIMAYYY88 5 months ago
Every day I think of this line.
Amafixer 6 months ago
this clip just makes my heart sink...
lakersmvp13 9 months ago
this clip just makes my heart sink...
lakersmvp13 9 months ago
Nick Nolte was born to say these two lines... perfect!
abuhilalify 9 months ago
The way he says those two lines.
Perfection, such a perfect scene, I love it.
SmexiAnimeBoy 9 months ago
If the word "genocide" was used, the UN would have been legally obligated to intervene according to the 1948 Geneva Convention. Everyone was careful NOT to say "the G word"...not in Cambodia, not in Rwanda, not in Darfur :(
acer3573 11 months ago
Forget an International relations degree.... this right here is Western Foreign Policy summed up.
GerudoUK 11 months ago
You're not even a nigger. You're an African.
Such a powerful line!
thestranger4812 1 year ago
your not even a nigger, your an african! both are horrible
fookinator10 1 year ago
the colnel's not saying what HE thinks he's saying what the West thinks which is really unfair
chocolatefountain95 1 year ago
@chocolatefountain95 but was true at the time. The US as well as many other countries of the Global North knew it was happening and didn't do shit to stop it.
cooch555 1 year ago
Western countries have specifically avoided using the word genocide to describe what happened in Rwanda and Darfur because the 1948 Geneva Protocol outlaws genocide and requires signatories to intervene in a genocide. Even if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it isn't a duck if you don't *call* it a duck. :(
acer3573 1 year ago
lol this line stayed with me ever since i watched the movie. i know its messed up, but the way he says it just crackes me up. ahahaha
tutorialplease 1 year ago
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more anti-white liberal propaganda .. 'oh those evil unsympathetic white devils' smh
steelermia 1 year ago
Really memorable scene.
The actor who played the colonel did a fantastic job showing the emotion in his character. His character is practically radiating with regret/guilt and disgust towards himself for what his commanders are ordering him to do.
SpartanXLVIII 1 year ago 5
@SpartanXLVIII I believe its Nick Nolte. Hes an amazing actor
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NIGGERS! KKK!
reff335 2 years ago
"your not even a nigger. Your an AFRICAN"
that is messed up. the world is so dumb for not doin anything about it when it happened
LordSupremion 2 years ago 28
@LordSupremion Would you have done something? Face it, if you saw this story on the news, you would just say "oh this is terrible" and go back to what you were doing.
ShamamalamaSama 3 months ago
@ShamamalamaSama i would've done everything i can. unlike those heartless people out there i have a heart.
LordSupremion 2 months ago
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NIGGERS!@#
DeepFriedPatatas 2 years ago
great performance by nick nolte!
xGH3x 2 years ago 19
That speech has always stayed with me. Amazing film.
Dieselpunk1945 2 years ago 4