I'm a major political cynic and really feel that, unless we have an economic and political 'reason' to act, we stay out of other's business.
Couple that with the Somalian fiasco, among others, and it's easy for me to see why Rwanda got little notice.
I think the reasoning behind the Haiti preparations is a veil of sorts. We have interest in Haiti, we have a large Haitian immigrant and descendent population and being in the waters off the coast keeps us in shouting distance of Cuba and Central America.
Our political and economic interests in Africa aren't nearly as numerous as they are in the Middle East or this hemisphere.
Do I think we should always be in the know? Of course, even if it's just akin to an outline of what's happening. I have a tendency to just glance over the world news in the papers I read, but I get amazed at some people when they have that look of 'huh???' when something like Rwanda is talked about.
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