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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
No, the real criminals are those that massacred the Tutsis. There are currently over 130,000 people, the majority of whom are or were members of the Interahamwe, awaiting trial for crimes against humanity and genocide.
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I stand by what I said. It was not a dismissal of the incredibly wrong actions of the murderers. The people that represent me and you and pretty much everyone on TFP were the people that knew what was happening and decided to ignore it. The people that are supposed to provide me and you and everyone TFP with the information we need to make informed decisions decided to ignore it.
The murderers are murderers. There is no excuse for that. The criminals are those who know what is happening and very specifically do nothing about it when they could have done so much. They are the real criminals because they have gotten away with their crime scot-free.
I do believe that the conflict in pretty much every country in Africa that is experiencing internal conflict is directly related to how Western countries have, through the ages, manipulated the people of those countries. In the case of Rwanda, in simple terms, the Belgians created a class division between the Hutus and the Tutsis.
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Or do you believe the Hutus were mere pawns in the hands of Western nations?!
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Of course not.
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Certainly the international community are guilty of not intervening, but to claim they are the real criminals in the genocide is extremely disingenuous.
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Not at all. They had every ability to prevent it and did not.