Ehrenreich on Nader

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Sat Sep 30 13:57:11 PDT 2000



>In message <39D4DC87.22DE0636 at tao.ca>, Chuck0 <chuck at tao.ca> writes
>>The Clinton/Gore record
>
>>* Didn't lift a finger concerning the Rwandan genocide
>
>Not so. The US military trained and advised the RPF guerillas who
>invaded the country just prior to the slaughter, provoking the ethnic
>conflict. This Tutsi minority seized control of the country by force of
>arms, and remains in power despite having foresworn any democratic
>elections. US agent Paul Kagame is the PM to this day.
>
>--
James Heartfield

The RPF would say that the ethnic conflict had been going on for a long time before their invasion.

And people who don't know the history might think that the RFP played a role in the slaughter itself...

Brad DeLong



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