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Originally Posted by kane
I wonder if Rwanda had a very large amount of oil how fast the world would have acted? For that matter I wonder if any of these countries had any large amount of natural resources that the world wanted how much attention would be paid? It's sad, but many countries talk about human rights and protecting people that can't protect themselves but when it comes right down to it, unless there is something in it for them, they don't jump to act.
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If they had oil, they would be under the command of a US friendly dictator. As long as the oil was flowing, you wouldn't hear much about the genocide. As soon as the dictator stopped being friendly to the USA, the "liberation" would start, to "save the people". I'm not saying this to be "anti-American", it's an indisputable fact. If America actually cared about human rights they wouldn't prop up dictators like Nursultan Nazarbaev.
I wish more Americans would put their emotions and patriotism aside and take a real look at their foreign policy. That's why they're hated around the world, because they have this amazingly free society and they chose to let the government do whatever the hell it wants to whomever it wants as long as it doesn't disturb them, no matter how badly the foreign people are harmed.