Bill Clinton-Remarks to the People of Rwanda (March 25, 1998)

President Clinton offers his condolences for the genocide four years earlier and his promise to the people of Rwanda of an international effort to make reparations in the country and bring back safety and prosperity to the people.

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[Hperman09]

A lot of you here need to stop pointing fingers who's fault is it or not. As i remember, the UK/France blocked Belgians attempt to send more peacekeepers, France armed the Hutis, South Africa prevented most African nations to help, and the U.S. submit a resolution to pull out. The UK/France/China/Russia one of the permanent powerhouse, could have easily vetoed it but most of them agreed to withdraw.

This is the failure of international community as a whole, not just one nation and person.

[Blondewithtools]

I am not a fan of Clinton but, he was always very clear about his position of staying out of other countries war. Rwanda was not invaded by another country, the genocide resulted from tribal conflict with it's own people Tutsi and Hutu. Today of course, everyone wants the US out of these countries for fear of WW3. Clinton was also against going into Bosnia...another ethnic tribal genocide. A military power like the US should not be flexing it's military muscle around the world.

[gumboots44]

Let me be clear - Bill Clinton did not give a fuck about people in Rwanda. AT ALL.

[MrBatai]

@CarlosDCblog Inaction cannot make one a war criminal. If that's the case, we're ALL war criminals as we too stood by and did nothing. If you want to make amends, visit the country, listen to their stories, study what precipitated this madness. Labeling Clinton (and all nations of the UN) as war criminals is misguided.

[MrBatai]

@AriannaStar101 Of course it's disappointing. No apology or Mea Culpa can make up for the unconscionable loss of life, but his speech, his actions to bring awareness to what happened, and his foundation's support for the genocide memorial in Kigali, which I recently visited, can help in small ways, heal the people of Rwanda and bring greater attention and awareness to this instance and other locations where it is occurring around the world.

[OhTheAli]

"The United States has no friends, it has interest. It is not interested in Rwanda. And the United States has no interest in Rwanda. And we are not interested in sending young American marines to bring them back in coffins." Quote from the documentary the ghost of Rwanda.. I had no idea that in the military, dying was not in the job description!

[OhTheAli]

Selfish ass! After all evidence brought to his attention and he still said there was no evidence that it was a "genocide". When asked why he didnt help, he blamed it on his advisers. Am not pointing fingers, but as the U.S president, if he offered help, i feel that even the UN countries would have chipped in. ooh, wait! I am pointing fingers!

[bersaba]

@AriannaStar101

Whilst I agree with the sentiment, I find attacking Bill Clintion so viciously is missing the point (a little). Bill screwed up, America (and the rest of the world) should have helped, but damn it they weren't the ones actually doing the murdering.

Also from what I understand (though I will admit LARGE ignorance), the victims of the genocide were an invading group in the first place. That doesn't make mass murder correct, but there's a bit of "play with fire u get burnt" here.