Ghosts Of Rwanda (5/12)

A history of the Rwandan genocide in which the Hutu Racial extremists the Interahamwe systematically slaughtered the Tutsi people and non-racist Hutu's. Told through documentary evidence and interviews with every major figure involved it documents the incredible brutality but also the kindness and heroism of those involved.
A gruesome, grotesque and deeply powerful documentary which tells of the horrors of the events and of the reaction to mass murder by each major Western government. To turn away, to not care or to pull support from them.
On a personal note I have taken the time to do this as no documentary has meant more to me than this and as Darfur rages on its message has never been more important.
For information on Darfur may I recommend and urge you to read "The Death and Rape of Darfur" in the British Journal Of Criminology

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News & Politics

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• Rwanda
• Genocide

[rabbitwho]

@LordMalice6d9 not true. look it up. Thanks.

[Hperman09]

@ToiletseatPhilosophy That's why we need to accept the fact that the world failed to act on Rwanda. A lot of historians pointed out that the Black Hawk Down incident in Somalia in 1993 may have contributed the UN not to act. I also find it hypocritical that the U.S. got criticized that they just watch the massacres happened. When i remember Rwanda happened, the world blamed this on the U.S. for not acting rather than the world.

[LordMalice6d9]

@rabbitwho Not quite accurate exactly. The African territories and countries that were colonized were mostly in Western Africa.

[sumguhsounds]

Carl Wilkens = what a fucking dude

[sumguhsounds]

@SuperBenzid stfu

[ToiletseatPhilosophy]

@nightcrawlerrr And before you respond to this, if you do at all, realize I, as a Belgian, was, and still am, heavily opposed to packing up and leaving. But the ordinary man in the street has got fuck all to say about what goes on in the highest echelons of power, regardless what country you live in.

[ToiletseatPhilosophy]

@nightcrawlerrr Yeah, you're right. We Belgians so big cowards, not like you strong and fearsome Americans. Not like the soldiers themselves have anything to say about it, right? The order to leave comes from politicians my friend, not soldiers. Policticans that have to survive elections if they want to stay in power. Anyway, how did that UN mission to Somalia work out after the US lost 18 soldiers there? Oh right... I guess Somalia is still in a state of civil war to this day.

[SuperBenzid]

@rabbitwho Liberia, Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia are the countries and they are evidence for what I said. Note two of those countries repulsed and resisted real colonization efforts and remained largely uncolonized. How can you say Liberia is not worse off than most African countries?

[rabbitwho]

@SuperBenzid There are only 2 African countries which were never colonized, and they aren't any worse off than most of the others.

[KasirRham]

@SuperBenzid this is true