This refers the Rwandan genocide in 1994 where nothing was done yet the UN knew it was happening & pulled their troops out! It is estimated that at least 800 000 innocent people were murdered in Rwanda! And there is at present a genocide happening in Darfur, Sudan. Why isn't anything being done? How many lives have to be lost!?
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The United Nations has become a political lobbying organization for a way of life its leaders feel is the way it should be.  Its a quasi democratic socialistic system much like those in Western Europe (France, Holland, etc).  As such they are not able to handle serious issues like the one you present.  Handling these issues will cost them political capital and force them to lose ground on their political agenda.  \n\nThis was the same reason they would not do anything about Iraq.  It was not because they didn't think Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction it was because doing something about it would cost them political capital...look at all the countries Saddam paid oil profits too (France, Germany, Russia, China)
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The Rwandan Genocide lasted 100 days from April 6th through mid-July 1994.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_genocide\nRwandan Patriotic Front\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Patriotic_Front#The_Rwandan_Genocide_and_Civil_War
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I've heard plenty of the Armenian Genocide. I have a few Armenian friends, and they've told me stories that has been passed on by theyre grandparents and great grandparents. Its sad that the Turkish government denies that the genocide ever took place. I dont doubt the U.S. would do such a thing either, I mean, c'mon, what about the genocide done to the Native tribes? You never hear about them, like they never happened.
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The U.N. has got to step in and protect the people of Darfur.\n\nIt is just unacceptable what is going on with the slaughter of   innocent civilians.
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For whatever reason, many incidences of genocide and war in Africa are minimalized and do not receive the same amount of publicity that other world conflicts do (Rwanda, Uganda, DRC). They often involve third world countries that have little or no history of stable democracy and no valuable natural resources to speak of.\n\nI also believe that this incident demonstrates the ineptitude of the U.N. in dealing with international incidents. The media determines what is news and they do not wish for this to become a widely held opinion by making a big story out of it.\n\nThirdly, this is not a big political issue. Very few people have vested interests in Sudan (especially as compared to the current immigration controversy), meaning that very few votes can be gained/lost by action/inaction on the subject. As sad as it is to say, the primary responsibility of a politician (a politician, not a statesman mind you) is to get reelected, and so many politicians will not waste their time on an issue that will not earn them any votes.
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Are you kidding...you think Americans care what's happening in Rwanda?...Most couldn't even find it on a map!\n\nI see you had to get that from the BBC.....it's a shame, but you don't really hear about that on the news here....do you?\n\nsad,sad,sad
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look at Rwanda.  it is in a terrible place:  a landlocked country in central Africa and is so small.  it is in no way a tactical place to be.  it has no shore to dock ships and no oil or mineral reserves.  unfortunately, helping them would have been a waste of time and funds (military and tactically speaking).  \n\nso, on to Hitlers genocide.  Hitler was a very clear threat and was more than capable of taking over all of mainland Europe during the beginning of the war.  thats why we stopped Hitler.  \n\nalso, Clinton tried helping an African country back in 1993.  remember Somalia and Black Hawk Down?  Clinton didnt help Rwanda in '94 because he wanted to avoid a similar incident.
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they didn't help Rwanda because they won't gain anything so they let it happen. \n\ni remember the movie "Hotel Rwanda". in a scene the mediamen said that when the see what is happening in Rwanda, they will say "oh..too bad" then they will go on their dinner. i think it is true.
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I asked that question here and I was castigated for doing so. Apparently they do not have any oil and the US is too busy fighting the Iraqis to intervene in mass genocide of the worst kind, in which Arab Islamic fighters from the North of Sudan are using every despicable tool of warfare, including rape and torture, to wipe out the black population of the South. Usual African brotherhood stuff.
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Genocide is killing a group.\n\nThe Shoah (Holocaust) was a specific genocide carried out under Law by the NAZI regime.\n\nThe Turks have never acknowleded their genocide against the Armenians.  The Germans and Austrians have apologized for their mega-murders of innocent men, women, and 1,500,000 children.\n\nBTW Japan has never apologized for their genocide against the Chinese.
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it's disgusting to know how evil the human mind can be.... I remember a video about the survivors ... and how so many bodies just disintegrated on the spot.... I hope that never happens again.... 2 or 3 more bombs like that can wipe out many nations.... how awful
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What is the U.N. doing about the genocide in Darfur?\nWhat they do about everything else..They are siting around in 1000 dollar suits paid for by American Tax dollars talking about the problem.
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Nope.  Not unless there's a serious national uprising to stop the genocide in various African countries, like the Sudan.  \n\nIt's important.  And it's very surely genocide, don't let anyone tell you it's not.  Genocide, by definition, is killing a group of ppl based on their ethnicity, religion, belief systems, etc.\n\nLike Gandhi said, "be the change you wish to see in the world".  If you are concerned about the genocide in Africa, speak out about it.  Tell everyone you know.  Organization information parties.  Petition your congressman.  Do whatever you can as a responsible citizen of the world to stop what's happening in Africa for continuing..  \n\nAnd remember how easily it could've been you who was born to a mother in subsaharan Africa.  and what it would be like for you.
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Here's some helpful articles about it. The death toll they are estimating is 937,000\n\nhttp://in.news.yahoo.com/040404/137/2cdu3.html\n\nhttp://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_rwanda1.html
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Why aren't the militaries of the world in Uganda rescuing children from Joseph Kony's "Lord's Resistance Army?"\n\nI'm not saying I don't think we should be helping to rescue them. I'm saying why I think we aren't. \n1) It would be hard to "package" Joseph Kony as a threat to US citizens. His victims are mainly 4 - 10 years old, and the methods he uses are not threatening to the US (wait til the kids Kony is brainwashing grow up though...scary.)\n2) There isn't any oil in Uganda, it really isn't in a strategic position.\n3) Uganda isn't Kosovo. Pictures of suffering children were shown to drum up support for American's interference in  the Balkans--an area that really IS strategic in terms of access to the Middle East and various oil sources. The US wanted to build a permanent military base in the Balkans. It's very hard to get the straight scoop on why we were in Kosovo, who were the bad guys vs. the good guys. As in all wars, there is much propoganda to wade through.
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Ah, Kofi. Before being SG, Kofi was in charge of UN peacekeeper forces. While there he kept getting urgent messages from the UN troops in Rwanda. He promptly ignored them, and 800,000 people were brutally murdered. What a hero Kofi is.\n\nAnd in reviewing the atrocities in Darfur, Kofi has seen no genocide, despite over 1,000,000 blacks being killed by the Arab Muslim government and its agents. Heck, he has no problem with Sudan being on the UN Human Rights commission. And, he seems to have no problem with the fact that over $25 billion was kicked back to Saddam in the UN Oil-for-Blood Money scandal.\n\nSo, as far as I can see, Kofi is a typical useless tea-sipping corrupt and uncaring sack of manure.\n\nThat's why Clinton loved him so much. So alike.
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Violence as a solution to any problem should only be a last resort. In a perfect world there would be no war, but we do not live in a perfect world. The United States cannot police the whole world it is just unworkable and unrealistic. The problem in the way we choose our fights. Wars we engage in are the ones where we perceive a vital national interest rather than a humanitarian one. Iraq is a good example. While there is a humanitarian side of the conflict, we would not be there if the country did not possess a large oil supply. Oil is central to the US economy and therefore represents a vital national interest. Compare this with Dafur. A terrible genocide is occurring there, but honestly speaking they have nothing we want. The optimum world military situation would be one where nations acted together against tyrants, but unfortunately political realities do not allow for this.