Genocide In Rwanda, and US action

James Heartfield Jim at heartfield.demon.co.uk
Mon Oct 23 22:49:07 PDT 2000


In message <d9.b3b640a.27260103 at aol.com>, LeoCasey at aol.com writes
>The fact of the matter is that this
>entire thread began when you objected to my position that the US had been
>guilty of gross inaction in the face of genocide, and that Americans should
>hold the US government responsible for that inaction.

And, as is well-known, the RPF, who, according to the source you cite, started the cycle of violence that led to the slaughter, were trained and armed by the US, having been recruited from the Ugandan army. Furthermore, having been defeated on the battlefield, they were saved at the negotiating table by the intervention of the US, France and the IMF who all demanded that the Habyarimana government recognise them. To carry on denying the evidence of US support for the RPF is to whitewash US involvement. -- James Heartfield



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