Man, that movie was heavy. An awesome movie, just heavy. I really don't remember hearing much about that, but that was 11 years ago. Was I just under a rock then or was it publicized very much. Anyone else see the movie?
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yeah i saw it, it was a great move, but hard
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Yeah, it was very good. There was a Time Magazine cover on Rwanda back in '94.
There's a chapter on Rwanda in Jared Diamond's new book "Collapse" which looks at things from a different perspective.
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I have been wanting to see that movie - just haven't had time to make it to the theater. I knew it had heavy content, but that's a good thing for awareness when bad things go on in the world.My sig was changed cause I don't know how to read the rules on this page
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Awesome movie.
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You must have been under a rock. It was the most shameful lack of action on the part of the US (and the rest of the world) that has ever been. Reporting in my view was a little anemic, but then without any effective peacekeepers in the country, what safety would reporters have had?
Following so shortly after Task Force Ranger's epic battle in Somalia (does anyone else realize that TFR inflicted over 1000 enemy casualties that night? -- a resounding military victory that the press turned into a "defeat") the cowardly Clinton administration was loathe to get involved in Africa. Without US leadership, the rest of the world simply let it go as well.
Now, for those of you who would razz me for claiming it was a lack of US leadership, just think about the alternative explanation for the lack of action by the rest of the civilized world, eh?Comment
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Great movie!
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It was amazing a movie about a massacre could have such little gore. I applaud them for being able to tell a story and show the horror without the blood.Comment
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any genocide is horribleComment
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my girlfriend saw it and i saw her afterwards and she seemed depressed and out of it.... was it that much of a moving movie?I like turtles.Comment
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i wanna see that movieComment
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from where I can download it ?FreeOnes
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Originally posted by sonofsam
Think Schindler's List and you are in the right area.
The woman that played his wife was excellent. I wouldn't have been upset if she had been given the Oscar for it.
The only slight comedy moment for us was when the head of the Belgian airline asked who he could call. We all yelled 'you ARE Leon - you sort it out!'.Comment
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How could a decisive UN security resolution have possibly passed with US and British interests on one side and French on the other - with both sides having veto power?Originally posted by Workshop_Willy
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I've been doing a little research today and found some great articles on the situation. Guess I must have been under a rock then. Anyone know of any other archives, newspapers, ect. I can go to?Comment
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I haven't seen it yet. But am looking foward to it.Comment
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I'll rent itI post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
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It would have been worth a try. The decisive intervention would have been the key, I think. If France had objected to stopping the slaughter in Rwanda, well, let's just say that I think International pressure would have probably brought them around. In the meantime, a lot of lives would have been saved, which is what's important, right?Originally posted by Almighty ColinComment
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I gotta go see that oneComment
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No I have not seen that movie yet!!. Anyone wants to send it to me?
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Ahh of course, the cowardly Clinton administration. Of course, George Bush and his brave group of heros would have rush in and saved the day. Just like they're doing in Sudan right now.Originally posted by Workshop_WillyComment
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Some interesting US (PIPA) poll results from July, 1994
61% favored contributing troops to a large UN force to "occupy the country and forcibly stop the killing."
62% thought genocide was being commited in Rwanda (25% said "don't know")
80% said that if the United Nations concluded that genocide was indeed being committed, the United States should participate in U.N. intervention to stop the genocide.
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Originally posted by Rich
not to mention Sri Lanka....
maybe if we could somehow prove they had terrorists like Iraq did we could get the brave, noble, Bush Administration (AKA assclowns) to invade Sudan and Sri Lanka and even Haiti and spread democracy while ousting horrible dictators and terroist elements.Last edited by Icon; 03-07-2005, 02:00 PM.Comment
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Come on. Someone blame the real culprits. The Hutus.
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However we have no need for their resources, so fuck 'em.Originally posted by Almighty ColinComment
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Is that why Canada didn't stop the genocide? I thought Canadians are proud of their peacekeeping heritage.Originally posted by Rich
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What do you see or want as the solution?Originally posted by Icon
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Ideally, U.N. intervention. Unfortunately, God stopped speaking to me about 8 years ago so I don't have any solutions. People seemed surprised about the slaughter in Rwanda. The CBC had pretty good coverage. No surprises.Originally posted by Almighty Colin
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I would assume that's why, yes. I suppose some Canadians are proud of our "peacekeeping", just like some Americans are proud of their "liberating". On the otherhand a lot of us realize our government is not a whole lot better in some cases. The main difference is, in Canada, the people have more control over their government.Originally posted by Almighty Colin
Canada hasn't done anything about Sudan, and we didn't do enough in Rwanda. I don't know that we had the ability to do anything, but that's not the point.
However, while our government didn't do enough, the only guy doing anything and trying to convince others do stop the Genocide, was in fact Canadian.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/dallaire/Last edited by Rich; 03-07-2005, 02:18 PM.Comment
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Originally posted by Almighty Colin
Yup. And the Clinton whitehouse specifically forbade their spokespeople and cabinet members from using the word "genocide" to the press. True story. They knew that the word "genocide" was the key obligating them under UN resolutions to intervene, and he was too chicken shit a president to do it. I was livid. That fucking clown actually hid like a pussy behind semantics to avoid stopping the killing of almost a million people in Africa. Nice job, Billy-boy! Here, have a rib.Comment
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There were to much bullshit politics involved for the Canadians who were there to be able to do anything.Originally posted by Almighty Colin
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L Gen. Roman Dallaire. He's Canadian. He went a little insane due to the fact the US chose to ignore the crisis and offered no support.
Rich - on the nose! thanks, I was looking for the link.Comment
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In order to be perfectly fair here, I want to add that no one in Washington, Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, displayed the courage and statesmanship necessary to bring enough heat on the government as a whole to act. I must admit that the period during which this genocide was taking place was a period in which I was ashamed of my country and it's behavior. There was no excuse.Comment
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Again, if the problem was Clinton, why isn't Bush stopping the genocide in Sudan? Why is he telling his people not to use the word genocide in that situation?Originally posted by Workshop_Willy
Don't you understand, it's not a black and white world, liberal vs. conservative, pussy vs. tough guy. Your government only fights wars to protect it's interests.Last edited by Rich; 03-07-2005, 02:27 PM.Comment
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There are more than 15k UN soldiers in the Congo now. The largest UN peacekeeping force in the world. Would 100k more help? I have no idea. Maybe not.Originally posted by Icon
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In fact America and the World Bank's policy is to destabilize and depopulate Africa, not help or modernize it. That's why no President under the current two party system will ever seriously try to help out Sudan, Congo, or any other African country. That's why they promote misinformation like condoms cause aids to Africans.
Unless there's a people's revolution of a violent dictator... then the US will do some liberating. Good thing they're too hungry, sick, and poor to pull that off.Comment
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The simple matter is that all the world's problems and conflicts can't be solved. There were 21 significant armed conflicts in the world last year. The UN has 65,000 troops involved in 16 operations from 103 countries costing billions of dollars last year. You can keep going down the list: Chechnya, Congo, Sudan, Somalia and so on. When those are done, more will arise.
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You missed the invasion of Afghanistan and IraqOriginally posted by Almighty ColinComment
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No I didn't. They are part of the 21 significant armed conflicts.Originally posted by Icon
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Fair enoughOriginally posted by Almighty ColinComment
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Originally posted by RichFair enough. But the brutality and speed with which the Rwandan genocide was taking place called for emergency action by then-President Clinton. The rapidity of Rwanda's genocide was FAR greater than this seems to be. I admit I'm not familiar enough with the Sudanese situation to make blanket statements, but it doesn't appear to be unfolding with the ferocity of the Rwandan situation, nor has the press covered this story to quite the same extent. However, I'll cop to the fact that something does indeed need to be done. Even though our military is a little stretched right now, and the political situation ie, the fact that we would be fighting Muslims in yet another theatre, do seem to make for a different situation from the US standpoint. Perhaps the State Department's actions will be enough to get things moving, but if not, I'd call for military intervention.Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said for the first time yesterday that genocide has taken place in Sudan and that the government in Khartoum and government-sponsored Arab militias known as Janjaweed "bear responsibility" for rapes, killings and other abuses that have left 1.2 million black Africans homeless.
Powell's long-awaited declaration -- the result of months of investigation and discussion within the State Department -- is intended to increase pressure on the Sudanese government to end the violence in Sudan's Darfur region. But refugee organizations and aid groups said it also will make it much harder for the Bush administration to step away from the problem if its diplomatic efforts are unsuccessful.
By the way, don't ever condascend to me that way. I've beaten your ass in every single discussion we've ever had. And follow your own advice, eh? --Originally posted by Rich
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I saw the movie this past weekend and can still barely wrap my mind around what I saw...this should have been the Oscar winner instead of the overrated Million Dollar Baby...amazing acting, writing and production...it was one of those movies that just stuck with me after I'd left the theater...Comment
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Originally posted by SykkBoy2
Couldn't agree more. Last year it was House Of Sand and Fog that I felt that way about. This year I really think they were especially robbed of best supporting actress if not best actor.Comment
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Originally posted by Rich
Do you have like, ANYTHING to back this claim up, or did you pull it off the top of your head? Now really, please give us a link that cites hard evidence, discovered documents, something.Comment
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The whole world can't be summed up with a two page article on the internet my friend, the real world isn't that simple. If you want to learn about the WB and IMF's policy for Africa I suggest taking a university course, or do a lot of reading. Unfortunately not everything can be explained to you in a five minute CNN summary or internet article.Originally posted by Workshop_Willy
Of course, we'd all be thrilled to hear what your idea of the World Bank's Africa policy is. I'm sure it's based on minutes of research.Comment
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