Here's some perspective right back at ya:
1972, Burundi
100,000-200,000 dead
1975-79, Cambodia
Approx 1-3 million killed
1965-6, 1972, 1999 East Timor
Approx. 500,000 killed in Indonesia, 500,000 arrested; 200-300,000 killed in East Timor
1994, Rwanda
Approx 500,000-1 million killed, 1.5-2 million refugees
1983 to present, Sudan
Approx 2 million killed, 4-5 million refugees
Present, Democratic Republic of the Congo
3.5 million+ dead over the last 4 and a half years, 30,000 deaths
PER MONTH
500,000 to 600,000 internally displaced persons, with another 100,000 refugees
Info from
The Campaign to End Genocide
Number of U.S. troops sent to the above countries: 0