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The reaction to this must be bittersweet. I followed Sen. Dallaire's story in a video documentary, and it was both frustrating and sad to learn about this haunting chapter of our history.
Both the title and subtitle to Dallarie's book and documentary are very fitting for the event from a world-wide perspective:
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rawanda
Failure, indeed.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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