“The UN lacked the ability to act without the support of its more powerful members, notably the United States. The American government wanted to avoid a repetition of its unsuccessful intervention in Somalia, in which thirty American troops were killed. President Clinton issued a directive on UN military conditions. The operations would also have to be directly relevant to American interests. These conditions excluded American support for UN intervention to stop the genocide [in Rwanda].” AmericaGenocideUnited NationsRwandaAmerican Foreign PolicyRwandan Genocide Book:Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century Source: Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
“The genocide [in Rwanda] was not a spontaneous eruption of tribal hatred, it was planned by people wanting to keep power. There was a long government-led hat campaign against the Tutsis.” HatredTribalismRwandaRwandan Genocide Book:Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century Source: Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century