Rwanda needs real reconciliation, says 'Hotel Rwanda' manager

[kirundo1]

every body keeps saying that Rwanda needs this or that! You guys need to get life. those days are over, and no one really gives rat ass about your outdated political predictions. we have had 3 Golden rules that no one else ever had on African continent: Education, Economy, Army. That's why we rebuilt a nation in unprecedented way, when every so-called think-tank had already counted Rwanda out of existance. You people are NAIVE. just wait only 5 years to come, we will be bailing out entire world

[kirundo1]

If it wasn' for Kagame and his well educated and trained Army, this man would never had been in the News, because the killers could have stayed in power just like Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Now every extremist Hutu is of cause angry for losing positions since they have only GED's or High School Diplomas. The sheer level of corruption in previous Hutu government is the cause of their demise. All educated moderate Hutu who were left behind by extremist Hutu, are now in power and happy. Get life

[kirundo1]

Now Hutu extremists want to sit down with Tutsi? After being defeated. Kagame is a Dictator who dictated to have clean water, food security, health care for all, national security like never before. a dictator who dictated to eradicate crime, rape , corruption, and above all: to stop foreign Aid. I beg Americans and Europeans to please change the definition of DICTATOR in their dictionaries, because we now have a solid proof that some times a Dictator is the solution. That's what Africa needs

[Briannakeza]

He is wanted in Rwanda! guys you should not be convinced by people like Rusesabagina who are just manipulative and confused!

[Briannakeza]

This guy is horrible, who killed hutu?

[SuperLilyGaga27]

@Briannakeza This guy is not horrible he saved alot of familys just by letting them stay in his hotel he also gave up alot of money that he could have used to save his own family so he is indeed a great man. I have met a person from Rwanda who survived the genocide he had to seperate from his family he still does not know where they are he is currently living in Massachusetts and is currently a student at Umass where he hopes to save lives since he had seen so many taken away. R.I.P

[VikingSlymer]

I have been to Rwanda and it is a very beautiful country and it is democratic. In my experience critics of rwanda post genocide haven't visited the country and seen the progress, nor have they really seen the problems that truly exist. Look up SIna Girard or how they are doing Radical Terracing. It is easy to criticize them from a far. However, in the USA we still haven't admitted that our treatment of Native Americans was a genocide and race is still an issue.

[satyricon55]

Well genocide was horrible.Do not forget the non action of UN in New York.And France role to arms tutsis.And Sarkosy visiting Rwanda never apologize.International community was a part of those facts.The manager P.R received recognition as a living hero and his dream for Rwanda is waiting.

[Wadhato1]

He says that Tutsis killed Hutus!!

Strange! How many Hutus did the Tutsis kill?

[PATRICELUMUMBAS]

no killing in congo for enjoy in kigali.no no non

[nilespring9]

You want the truth when you hate the Tutsis so much. How many years have the Tutsis been working as slaves all around Africa? Is this the time you are concerned about the Tutsis.

Who has brought development to Rwanda today? Hutus you don't like to live like people. During Habyarimana's regime, millions of Rwandans were living like dogs. Now witness the new leader Kagame what he has brought to Rwanda. Peace and unity.

You should all love each other as brothers and sisters.

[EUXTV]

The EU still fails to properly recognize the lack of democracy in Rwanda. It's hard to believe, but the KGB and Stasi are peanuts compared to Kagame's policing of the country. Why are people who question his policies still jailed? And why does the EU not care about this? My eyes were opened in November 2007 when visiting Rwanda on a EU parliament job. Asking questions about this in Brussels is still no appreciated. /RF

[lechat100]

paul rusesabagina is a lier please stop lying we are not stupid to believe what you are saying the current rwanda government is better than the previous genociadal regime and president paul kagame and his government are the real heroes

[captianrex501]

argh i hate these advertizments

[stratos1337]

There is a movie about this and its called Hotel Rwanda, you can watch it free at Voddler.com (U have to get a invite (Take about 1-2 months, but u can watch several, SEVERAL free movies, some real good to)

[NatashaDumbeldore]

At my school we were watching the movie. It was so sad! In the part where they evacuated the whites and tourists I started crying a little.

[Gademanyak]

@NatashaDumbeldore I watched that movie @my school too :D and yeah it was a sad movie that such things had happened ;<

[AncientSpeech]

@NatashaDumbeldore They also evacuated the dogs. 

[AncientSpeech]

@NatashaDumbeldore The part where they had the dog in the bus I heard showed how they evacuted the dogs and left the Rwandan people.

[meleszenawi1111]

he is a fake the rwandan government has proof that he did not do nearly as much as he said he did.

[papicooler]

ask paul if tutsi killed hutus then why he was savin' tutsis from hutus n' is hutu why tutsis didn't kill him.

[CrimsonRain11]

He's my hero. I wish I could be more like him.

[jmhustla]

Martin you have to know that thousands of hutus were also killed by extremists RPF soldiers that is what Rusesabagina is saying.

So for reconciliation, boths ethnics have to seat down and talk

[MartinIDavies]

@jmhustla you are right... both sides need to come together and try and transcend this brutal nonsense. All Africa is staring at the abyss.. somehow they need to figure out what makes a modern world function and that murdering neighbors is not the way. What confusses me is that the Africans I have known personally are intelligent, resourceful, resilient, full of initiative and enterprise... so why are their cultures so chained to these tribal hatreds and killings. Time is short

[streetsinger11]

we just finished the movie in school it was amazing and so sad

[luukje111]

omg he rocks

[Bubbleriderlbp]

@luukje111

ikr totally!

[mrkisangani]

Rwandens dying is a KARMA...they've kill so many congolese that is why God cause confuse among them...this is nothing, Rwandese will pay more than this for what they've don in east congo!!

[vlana123]

Why did this fighting occur? Africans were living so peacefully for hundreds of years. I don't understand. My heart goes out to Mother Africa.

[LUVFAMILIA]

nah man. there was no peace for a hundred years. feudal system before that. then colonization and then the present. shaka zulu is an example of the feudal system of Africa

[MartinIDavies]

vlana you think africans lived in peace for hundreds of yaers... what planet are you on.. african society is savage and violent... check out what the Zulus did to other bantu tribes... check out what Mugage did to the Matabele in Zim... teh congo... Anglo etc etc... killing going on and on. read a book or two

[vlana123]

MartinLDavies,

Who write the books? Your uncle? I will believe it the books were written by Africans, but they are not. Yes, their will always be WARS between tribes. No more savage than the WARS from American history. They don't have GENEVA LAWS, but their own AFRICAN Laws. To outsiders, who know nothing about their culture or customs will write books with false-facts, which is usually the case. Therefore, I will pass on a book or two.

[MartinIDavies]

vlana123... of course violent histories - European WW1 WW2. that is why we need effective accountable governance. To fantasize about Europeans killing large numbers of Africans is delusional and not a valid reason 4 blaming poor performance of post-independent African states. On the contrary in countries run by Britain bantu populations exploded, rising living standards, increased life expectancy. These are how to measure if a society is of benefit to its inhabitants. Not race rants

[1individeo]

Yes europeean countries are STILL killing large numbers of Africans. For exemple the western countries do not release the malaria vaccine because it has cure. Since there is a cure, for those who can afford it, they make more money with the cure because if people were vaccined they would not get malaria. And since malaria is a tropical desease they let the poor die to 'control' the population of the world.

[MartinIDavies]

@1individeo this is  nonsense...

[1individeo]

@MartinIDavies The UN said the rwanda election in 2003 were democratic while the prsident were elected with 98% of the votes! not even jesus christ were this popular and remember the president is tutsi and as you and the media say most of them died. Don't say the hutus voted him because you also said that the moderates ones were killed too.

The UN is a joke! they only do what the USA allow/wants them to do.

[MartinIDavies]

@1individeo no... Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by a eukaryotic protist of the genus Plasmodium. that is what kills people not European Govts... aiding the infection rate is many African Govts ineptitude and inability to deliver remedies.. like quinine and bed nets..

[1individeo]

@MartinIDavies yes, but if they release the vaccin there will be no need of delivering remedies since no one will need them

[MartinIDavies]

@1individeo you make an interesting and valid piont about pharmaceutical companies investing in desease and health conditions that will be profitable... and of course tropical desases from Africa are do not hold out much promise of profit and so they remain unaddressed...

[1individeo]

@MartinIDavies yes that is why I say that werstern countries are still killing thousands of africans that could be saved if money were not envolved

[MartinIDavies]

vlana.. educate me.. give me some examples of how AFRICAN Laws (2 or 3) would be nice.. that mitigates and prevents or minimize African tribal slaughters. I am all ears enquiring minds want to know

[1individeo]

@MartinIDavies if 800.000 tutsis were killed there would not be now 2 million of them only 16 years after since they were about 1.600.000 in 1994. So 800.000 tutsi left. it is not possible to double the population of a country in 16 years. Do the math before repeating what the TV tells you.

Think for yourself don't let the media think for you.

[MartinIDavies]

@1individeo I am not in the habit of allowing the media think for me... these figures are the figures quotes by UNICEF... they say that 1994, 800,000 people had been murdered 300,000 of these victims were children.

[MartinIDavies]

@1individeo Rwanada had an estimated population of 7 million, of which 800,000 were wiped out in the 1994 genocide

[1individeo]

@MartinIDavies the population at the time was 8.000.000 not 7.000.000. the tutsis were less than 20%. from these number just do the math. 20% of 8M equals 1.6M so the tutsis were 1.600.000 before the genocide. With your numbers and those from the UN 800.000 tutsis died so there were 800.000 left. How come, now16 years after, we have almost 2.000.000 tutsis in our country?

[MartinIDavies]

@1individeo i am not argueing I am just passing on information that UNICEF says ... still a lot of people killing each other for reasons that are opaque at best...

[1individeo]

@MartinIDavies yes, the UN also tells us that Hitler who killed 6.000.000 people is the Devil and Stalline wh defeated him is a Hero even if he killed 20.000.000 people most of them of his own country.

As you see all you have to do is step back a bit and analyse what the officials are telling us.

9-11 is another good example on how our goverment do not tell us always the truth.

The reasons are not opaque. The reason in each and every country is money/power.

[MartinIDavies]

@1individeo The UN is a WW2 winners club. I dont recall reading anywhere the UN mentioning Hitler as the devil..

of course the world turns on money and power... surely we all know this so I am failing to understand your piont... I can tell you I am not a believer in conspiracies which your comments imply that you do...

[1individeo]

@MartinIDavies I dont believe in conspiracy either. I only believe in facts. And ask explanations about what I do not understand. Some times I get explanations, sometimes I don't. Conserning 9-11 I am still waiting for answers, concerning Rwanda all I want is the truth to be told about what happened. The whole truth and not the winner's version.

[fallyjan]

wut fuck you sayin? kongo never have war with angola only those rwanda bitches

[MartinIDavies]

@MartinIDavies

Rwanda 1994 Hutu extremists killed some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus during the 100-day genocide

[LUVFAMILIA]

??????????

[MartinIDavies]

@mrkisangani Dolt god has nothing to we this... this is Africans hating and killing each other period

[mrkisangani]

Rwanda's "special" story can go to hell!

[LUVFAMILIA]

we own kisangani motherfucker, we own congo, so dont talk like ur shit cause we can fuck u over whenever the fuck we want to

[mrkisangani]

hahhahhah, i laugh because you funny. and you funny because you stupid. you stupid because you naive. and you naive because you rwandese, so i dont mind your insults. u guys dont get congo not because you do not want to but because you cant, so remain silence and keep yourself busy with serious things

[aime1456]

Mr. Paul,I'm thankful for what you did in 1994...no one can ever take that away from you. I worry about your conscious and your state of mind though. How can you sit there and say that the World took a side in 1994? it's as if you're saying that the GENOCIDE never happened!!! if you agree that it took place,you must acknowledge those who initiated it. Mr. Paul, open up and speak your mind coz we would like to know your true intentions? I still respect you, but mostly I pray for you. God bless u

[Bazompora]

The world IS taking sides:

the RPF is reported to have been a major participant in the 1994 massacres, yet the USA and Belgium unqestioningly support them now.

[LUVFAMILIA]

major praticipant? u call executing and rightly so, a fucking savage interahamwe fuck a massacre, its justice. saddam hussein was executed, justice fuckin served

[Bazompora]

Less fuck and more thought, please;

I obviously didn't mean the interhamwe, but innocent civilians, killed by the thousands because they were hutu.

Don't forget that the RPF was founded within the objective to restore tutsi supremacy in Rwanda.

[LUVFAMILIA]

yes it was tutsi dominated because many hutus were dedicated to hutu power and thus made them only have a base of tutsi fighters, plus they were made of exiles from uganda like my father. but nonetheless, the innocent civilians that died were hutus fleeing who died of the long marches, or of disease in the camps, or starvation, or even just execution of criminals who had actvely participated. so ur sayin that the US wouldt execute Osama if he was found? or a chrony like Mehsud if he didnt die

[Bazompora]

You're making me repeat myself:

no, I am not including executed interhamwe / hutu war criminals. And I am talking specifically about innocent civilians murdered by the thousands by the RPF.

As for the US ...

The Bush government skipped strained its chances to capture Osama, for he was - just like the interhamwe are to Kagame - an excuse to invade other countries.

[LUVFAMILIA]

Excuse? when you live your life in exile how is it a lame excuse to want to go back to your country? The interahamwe killed or participated in killing 1000000 people +, how ware they an excuse? and the so called civilians who were killed by the RPA, some were innocent but very few, atleast 98% of the Hutu population in the genocide contributed to the genocide in one way or another, only few were innocent

[Bazompora]

That's not what independant sources state. But of course, Kagame's camp would say that his RPF "just happened" to be ready to invade when the massacres started and behaved like saints during their conquest, while the hutus killed each other by sheer diabolicalness.

No, there was no trial, no proof, no justice involved in the massacres by the RPF.

The RPF - a paramilitary organisation, may I remind you - was not founded in the aims of just returning, but of conquering and subjugating Rwanda.

[7ETRNL]

My believe is that Rwanda belongs to all rwandans people, and no one can chase away a human beings just becose he or her doens't belong to his (her) tribe. When you work on a laboratory, and you see blood all day long, noone can see the difference between Tutsies or Hutus blood, all blood are the same, Tutsies are human beings as well as Hutus, and ones that kills are just murderers. I'm not judging any one, you'll got a conscience for that.

[Rachulie]

his name is taboo?

[91en]

I don't understand why this man can't get Nobel's Peace Price.

[symphopiano]

me neither

[bestfriendprella]

i watched this movie at school...

[TheNz23]

captainJayD,tutsis never been a majority in rwanda n never killed hutus once,get real information before making stupid analysis

[TheNz23]

t'écris n'importes kw,on te croirait membre d'un jury,à la place d'une non informée ki groulle d impatience d écrire un mot,tu dis bravo à qui à hollywood ou cet imposteur

[CaptainJayD]

They didn't HAVE any reasonable excuse for killing those tutsies.. well, except their "excuse"; they were tutsies, they were dirt, they deserved to die, because they had once killed the hutus when the tutsies were a majority. Humans search for revenge, no matter what. It's sad to see millions of people die... they had the same culture, religion, and ethnic background - it was just the haunted past, I suppose.

[Gorillaz616]

He's an amazing man!

[TheNz23]

bullshit,so sorry to see people claim some one hero after watching a film played according to his biography wrote by him self,what do you think he could write:i asked for money to people who needed to drink water from the swimming pool or i ve tried to get food for them??and he has nads to talk about the futur of rwanda??why can t he go to rwanda and try to explain the inpiration of his shit of book,try to get the truth by your self

[RacheyBabeyy]

i watched this film at school and it was amazing but terrible at the same time ... im so happy he tried to save everyone but we all no thats not possible but he saved thousands of people

i also found out that in 1004 1 million bodies were found in one tiny grave and thats all they were looking for.

but i dont get why the hutu and the tutsies had to fight ... theres no reason to fight and kill millions of people :(

[BrianNeathery]

Paul is a true hero he saved 1,268 people not caring wether Hutu or tutsi now wether you are religous or not a miricle took place there at the hotel wether you want to believe it or not

[Arelak]

And because of it he can never return home because of how many enemies he made. Also for him just the idea of what happened is probably enough to keep him away.

[1individeo]

@BrianNeathery I was one of those in the Hotel and I can garantee you that the number you said is pure Hollywood. We were not more than 800 people in that hotel

[Clemequerry]

@BrianNeathery .Contradiction in Rusesabagina's talks.First he claims to save Tutsis who were being targetted by Hutus then he says that even Tutsis were killing Hutus.So paul,if Hutus were also killing why didnt you hide the Hutus from the Tutsi.Atleast one of then was avictim.

[sheadagirl25]

@Clemequerry Maybe he didn't hide Hutus because murders of Hutus by Tutsis at the time was very sparse, but the murder of Tutsis was fierce. The main source of media at the time (radio) was full of messages to kill Tutsis. Tutsis killing of Hutus in the time period of the genocide was in self defense or revenge, not just to eliminate their ethnicity. Still doesn't make it right, but it's understandable.

[nbcable]

@sheadagirl25 Yes, it is true that Tutsis were not killing Hutus much at the time of the genocide. Still I think he was talking about the entire history of the the two groups and I can assure you that in the histories of the Rwanda and Burundi(which has the same ethnic makeup) hundreds of thousands of Hutus have been massacred by Tutsis as well.

[himynameisXD]

One cannot truly say, if this man is a hero of not. Unless there is enough proof shown for one of the two cases. Both sides can be debated. In my opinion, I think he is a hero worth listening to

[rwagacogo]

Bullshit, true heros don't claim it, this guy wants to be noticed so bad, that he is willing to do whatever it takes. Let the people do their judgement. Take example of mandela, tutu, ghandi, and many more, they don't claim who they are, we know who they are without them reminding us of who they are.

[theCamelCase]

Whether or not Rusesabagina was a hero, he saved the lives of 1,268 people.

Also, I credit him for his honesty: he didn't sacrifice truth for any reason, even for modesty. Truth has become pretty rare under Kagame.

[LivvieMayGraham]

DONT CHAT SHIT. this guy saved so many lives. what have you ever done for anyone? no one deserves to take anyone elses life just cos of their tribe. thats bull. you idiot. you just dont get it

GO WATCH THE FILM.

foo'

[rwagacogo]

remember you are asking me to go watch the movie, and watching the movie doesn't make the matter true. A movie is a movie at the end of the day, it's meant for entertainment. I haven't done anything for you, but i have done, alot for other people. I served in the military for 6 years of my life. don't misjudge me because i disagree with you.

[Arelak]

Then go look up Lt. General Romeo Dlere who was the UN commander in Rwanda in 94 and ALSO wrote a book AND did a documentary on it.

[rwagacogo]

I agree with you, no one deserves to take any one's life because they have different opinions or are of a different tribe from their own. We don't have initiative of deciding which tribe to be born in or which country to be born in. We should just respect each others as God's creatures.

[skircator]

real hero

[annangabire]

he is looking for a window of oportnity... I am hutu live in rwanda during genocide and i know what hutu did was out of the line..at least Kagame is trying to help united the country by taking those stuped ID cars thats says who is hutu and who is not. we all human being. im not saying that everything he is doing is right think.. but at least he tryinn

[1970tee]

this man is a true hero.

[NbKIPreCiSioN]

i HATE how god has something to do with EVERYTHING.look i have no disrespect for religious people because everyone is entilted to there view,opinion.but come on,this was a war between 2 tribes over power.which went to far,and people were manipulated by there leaders,or who they followed into all this genocide.i bet you out of about them 800 thousand people died.3/4 prayed to god to survive and they never,where was he then?it was a war,people die,people live,leave it at that.

[jlpmoose]

it was GENOCIDE in which one tribe attempted to take out another as REVENGE. if people were followers of God and they prayed, then He was with them! He was there to hold them and take them into Heaven, paradise, if they died.

[rwagacogo]

I agree with you. I wish everyone leaving a comment here would make sense like you do. People like to claim God even when they know God wouldn't approve their actions. I remember when the Iraq war began in 2003, bush was saying God will help him win the war and sadam said the same thing. They should do whatever they do and leave God outside of their business, especially when they are distroying his creations.

[rwandankunda]

Break the silence Paul. Tell them Hutu have killed Tutsi and Tutsis have done the same. I am thankful for Rev. Jesse Jackson and telling the truth. Paul is an ordinary man trying to bring justice and peace. I wish many could support his course. As for haters, Even Jesus faced tough opposition during his days.

[mastertianmat]

remember Oskar Schindler?.

both had personal interests but still saved all those people, of course they deserv respect

[cbella93]

it is amazing how many people are not even grateful for their lives being saved.

i bet most of the people who commented this saying i was in the hotel are liars, because after going through something like the rwandan genocide you would be so lucky and grateful that you actually survived through it because SO many people didn't.

this man is a true hero, he risked his and his families lives to save others, money can't do that can it?

this man is worth respecting.

[tberm83]

Paying or not paying u are alive and thank God for that. Also we need to stop labeling ourselves. There is no hutu or tutsi anymore. It was this labeling and of thinking that one is better then the other that led to so much hate and the cause of such innocnt lives. When will we learn to speak in honor rather then in dishonor of our brothers and sisters.

[subha042001]

I respect you for what you did those days to save thousands of lives as I heard or saw in the movie 'Hotel Rwanda'

[yafireman07]

hate him or love him!when will u understand that all is about business here on earth??? punk assholes!

[eatthisicecream]

he no help us in rwanda he made us people pay to enter hotel.

[rwakig]

yes i m rwandese and I m a tusi but wat i m is not that important I was in that hotel and he made people pay to get in that hotel and if you didn t get the money you had to leave the hotel and he was not the manager of the hotel ge made his self manager you should read a book call HOTEL RWANDA OR THE TUTSI GENOCIDE AS SEEN BY HOLLYWOOD

[bagelmsu]

i have visited rwanda and heard the same sentiments from many people in Kigali. The depiction in "Hotel Rwanda" seems to be quite off from what happened.

[NaturalSelection2]

I'm completely against charging people for that..seems to exploit the crisis, and it's not a system I support anyway.

Still, a painful admission must be made. Were conditions in that hotel good enough to support the people there for long? Seems that letting anyone in would be a dangerous policy..

That aside, I am Canadian, and proud of Roméo Dallaire who did what he could to persuade the U.N..

[capitainesa]

demon 666

[rwakig]

i m sorry but he is not a hero i was in that hotel in 1994 and he didn t help and many people died because of him he is a killer not a hero

[NotesCollector]

are you from rwanda?are you a tutsi or hutu?do you have actual proof that he is a fraud?then if you do prove it.how do you represent rwanda.why do you hate him so much?

[NaturalSelection2]

"There were many people who died trying to help their neighbors. And all of those who died, no one calls them heroes. Because if there are many Tutsis who survived, they were saved by their neighbors. To me, those neighbors, those victims, are the heroes. And, unfortunately, they seem to be forgotten."-PAUL RUSESABAGINA!

[NaturalSelection2]

One other thing..in one instance, I do recall, he had to bribe Hutu extremists to delay assaults long enough for international assistance. He also had to have a way to get enough supplies.

Oh and I've seen the movie, and I'm quite certain it shows him assuming the role of manager for the duration of the genocide.

Regardless, he undeniably saved many people.

Hating this man is a waste of energy..it won't help stop any suffering.

[desirejoseph26]

only God is the healer of Hearts,Brothers and Sisters! Only God is perfect and not Human!

[Jesusisyhwh]

Jesus is both God and man!

[rwagacogo]

This nigga is talking about truth, as if he knows what it means. He promissed to give the orphans money from the movie, but never gave anything. He's giving an example of rev jackson who is an idot himself, he's been joke to Obama. This fool wants to be a president of rwanda, but that will never happen. He collected money from the so called people he saved. Do lie no body dies innocently in Rwanda. I Hate to hear him speak. I met him in boston and just saw lies in his face.

[lotzik]

There are Wikipedia articles and other sources on the facts. I suggest people that really want to post something well concluded, try some.

Always keep in mind that the facts are there, but you can only discover them using sources. *choosing* sources is totally subjective, either you see the movie, listen to Mr.Rusesabagina speak or read youtube comments.

The one fact we can all agree upon is the death of many people under multiple excuses of people guiding blind armies.

Keep that in mind.

[mkjhartmann]

What a man. He is corrupting all of Rwanda. Like a former Soviet commisar. Paul Kagama is the true leader of Rwanda, this man is a criminal trying to hijack the peace.

[budetski]

Hey, just to clarify a few points: firstly Paul Rusesabagina managed the Mille Collines in 1994 and created a refuge and zone of neutrality in a country racked with violence which the corrupt government and rebel forces let lead to ethnic clensing of Tutsi's and moderate Hutu's. He made his hotel a safehaven. His neutrality resultd in over 1200 refugees escaping imminent death.

In this turbulant time the UN all but left the country due to underfunding and no international intervention took place

[kameyafils]

Are you sure Rusesa is telling the truth?????

He has taken you for a ride just keep feeding his big tummy.....

One dog bark does not stop the caravan to go on.

[Prodozul]

he's a good person

[whenfreedomfell]

freak..

[donthate9909]

that was the saddest movie i've EVER seen!

i think this world is hell and we all just need to work our problems out instead of taking it out on everyone else! I think the Hutu's were wrong for what they did!

[rukara7]

If there was God on this hell earth, Rusesabagina couldn't have sat on dat chair and talk bull-shit and he knows all bout how he used to give out tutsi people to his hutu mad dogs maybe his wife and sister-in laws BAZIRILA,COSSY.JESSY,and gave away my 2 beloved sisters for their dinner in front of my sight even u remember u full when i follewed u up working in hotel DES DIPLOMATES i wanted to jump on u mother fuck and they kill me but i leave u for almighty will answer u what u did .

[SushiSayWhat]

Shut up you psycho..

[mkjhartmann]

He speaks the truth!

[germaincubaks]

this guy is talking sense. there needs to be reconciliation in rwanda otherwise that country is doomed.

[rakataos]

All power hungry politicians are soft spoken and speak "genuinely" to attain their motives. Give them your trust and get doomed. Rusesabagina is one of them. If he used this persuasive talk to work with Rwandans to build the country he would be a better celebrety in Rwanda rather than outside Rwanda. Did he speak out against killers? My only appreciation to him for coming up with the idea of a movie that gave the world a glimpse of what happened although opitomized himself as the "savior."

[Rockbandslidepostsch]

I never saw Hotel Rwanda but I don't think you can judge the movie if you didn't see the whole thing. Some things are common to life but aren't cliche necessarily. Despite all these things i think the story is important, is what I would say to Barrabas. To hingabugabo, I don't know who you refer to when you say "this man" but Rusesabagina asserted many times that the killings were organized by a tutsi minority. And scobbey in oppose to doing the research can you just tell me what bad hes done?

[scobbey]

I'm a tutsi living in london and Rusesabagina is far from a good man only that the good was easy to see than the bad and before anyone hit me back with stupid remarks if you care dat much make the research

[ab435]

yo bra fk rusesabagina man.hes a punk asss nigga that doesnt reprent rwandans at all.we will get him soon or later

[camelnat]

are you from rwanda?are you a tutsi or hutu?do you have actual proof that he is a fraud?then if you do prove it.how do you represent rwanda.why do you hate him so much?

[ab435]

rusasafkin gina hes a lier,thift,hollywood wanna be.a monster, who does not represent anything better than genocide idiology.anybody whos a genicide denier must not even live in this planet period.rusasabigina idiot you being watched and you r rwanda #1 enemy with your propaganda wich doesnt make you a hero instead a genocider like your ppls

[hingabugabo]

My goodness! It's up to you if you loved the movie and think that Rusesabagina is your hero. What I just say is I was there and wouldn't have any problem if Rusesabagina's played the role he is being celebrated for in your movies. Keep him as your hero but we have a monument in Rwanda where people who helped others survive during the genocide are celebrated. Rusesabagina is simply not on the list. P'ease stop lousy censorship and let other testimonies be heard. Why are you scared of reality?

[kayb0226]

those 1200 people in the hotel have something to say because paul saved them. and with the whole "american cliche" thing, why must people ruin stuff like this? i mean, what if thats how it was, his wife really was supporting and obviously he was pushed to courageous limits.. i dont know whats with the world anymore, one guy stands up and saves 1200 and some people and all you guys can do is trash it.. and for the record, europeans did cause it. we're not good guys

[MarquisdeBarrabas]

Mr. Rusesabagina's work is in no way diminished by the piss-poor "Hotel Ruanda".

I never claimed it was. Read my first comment and stop being obtuse.

[kayb0226]

i'm not saying you did i'm just saying enjoy the movie and admire what he did, there is no point in pointing out every cliche in the movie.. it doesn't matter if there was a cliche every three seconds, it isnt about the movie its about what he did

[hingabugabo]

OH HOLLYWOOD! Rusesabagina a real life hero? Better check what those 1200 people in the hotel have to say. He had connections with the killers and only protected those who could pay. Also check the itvw he says genocide was a organised by America using Canadian General Dallaire... And he was offered the highest US award by BUSH! Childish. The killings were organised by the then governement against Tutsi minority. Not a tribal war as the killers and... this man want the world to believe.

[missjjaayy]

Omg I love hotel rwanda. Its so sad to think that it actually happened.

[MarquisdeBarrabas]

It's nice to hear from the man himself.

"Hotel Ruanda" was so riddled with American clichés I couldn't watch it all the way thorugh.

[musichistory]

like what? ...not disagreeing at all. i am just wondering.

[MarquisdeBarrabas]

"Hotel Ruanda"'s Rusesabagina is an apolitical entrepreneur and a loving father who lives in a house with a nice green front lawn.

In describing the conflict, the movie blames the Tutsi-Hutu enmity on Europeans ("it was the Belgians who were responsible for this" Rusesabagina says); the U.N. is personified by Nick Nolte, a well-meaning bufoon.

Let's recapitulate: a populist rejection of political engagement, a business-solves-all approach to the countries problems...

[MarquisdeBarrabas]

... non-American whites as the ideal scapegoats/"bad guys", and the notion that the UN is useless.

Lastly, the hero of the movie is an honest-to-God family man with an idyllic home life and an ever-supporting one-dimensional wife.A peace-loving man, he is pushed to courageous limits by exceptional circumstances (Air Force One, The Patriot, etc)

And that was all in the first half-hour!

[MarquisdeBarrabas]

... non-American whites as the ideal scapegoats/"bad guys", and the notion that the UN is useless.

Lastly, the hero of the movie is an honest-to-God family man with an idyllic home life and an ever-supporting one-dimensional wife.A peace-loving man, he is pushed to courageous limits by exceptional circumstances (Air Force One, The Patriot, etc)

And that was all in the first half-hour!

[dipeter]

at least someone who tells it like it is!!! why cant rwandans admit that they all made mistakes.... and that is time to forgive and built up a good future for our children!!!