Response to Taylor's Comment (Dec, 5)
Brian: The books seems limited in its approach to this idea of intervention, however i may shed some light on the subject. As the tensions grew in the areas in an around Rwanda, the world viewed this as a normal rise and fall of popular opinion. As we know now, this is untrue and nearly 500,000 Tutsi's lost their lives to this large miscalculation, and human vengeance. When the world realized what was happening people simply didn't react with speed or skill. The UN stood by, and claimed the struggle was internal and natural. From the US standpoint, a military intervention would be to costly and bold, and by the time UN leaders learned of the genocide one-quarter of the people had already been killed, and another two thirds would have died before full deployment. These facts by no means excuse the lack of action on the worlds part. They should not be excused, intervention should have happened and happened fast.
Labels: genocide, intervention, response
Who the F*ck Cared!?
"In September 1997, Gen. Roméo Dallaire, said, "I haven't even started my real mourning of the apathy and the absolute detachment of the international community, and particularly of the Western world, from the plight of Rwandans.Because, fundamentally, to be very candid and soldierly, who the hell cared about Rwanda?" Gourevitch's answers are sobering: No one much cared what happened in Rwanda. Not nearly enough is being done to solve the problems of the country, where politically motivated mass killings continue. And no one except Rwandans -- depleted, haunted, utterly alone in the world -- are living with the consequences" This excerpt came from a credible web site's book review section. It speaks logical truth about the nature of the response to the Rwanda crisis, and genocide. Gourevitch says that nobody cared, and those who cared to take notice sat around in foreign lands with tea and scones. A horrible way to treat a struggling country. A country where a certain group of people are treated as a different species. We have seen this in same thing happen in the past, it was called the holocaust. Hitler would smile upon this and say that the killers were trying to survive in this world. This notion is a dangerous and destructive logical fallacy. Hitler replaces the idea of race with that of species...
The Pain of Thought
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-Jim
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Professor Adams' 103 English class has been a ride I think I may never come to forget. As you all may have sensed, I have a deep appreciation the and wisdom imparted to us by Professor. Unlike Professors at larger and more "prestigious" institutions, he actually Professes. he has a profound his love and joy for English, and if even the smallest ounce of ether slips from him into you, you are blessed with a gift. He is the teacher who you unconciously thank every day for furthering you intelluctual depth, and understanding. On that note, I have set up a Blog in order to capture the essence of Gourevitch's book, in a simple and straightforward format.