Thoughts

So I am reading the book on Rwanda (see below post for the very long title). It's rather depressing on multiple levels. Primarily of course is the fact that this was allowed to happen. It, of course, is not the first time this has happened since the Second World War and it certainly won't be the last but it's rather discouraging. I remember walking through Dachua and seeing the promises erected there to "Never Again" let this happen. Well it happened again. Not only that but countries were well aware of that on so many levels. The Clinton Administration specifically avoided doing anything about it. They even went as far as stalling attempts in the UN and then wrangled over money that's right money while thousands perished. I say thousands because by that time they had already probably hit a million deaths that's how successful America was stalling things. We weren't the only low-life's allowing this to happen though. The French, unwilling to be knocked out of the competition for most thoughtless country actually aided militarily (including sending in troops!) to the Rwandan Hutu Power government. They actually helped the people comitting genocide! If this had been inadvertent it might be considered okay on the extent that they were duped. However, the French government was fully aware and quelled opposition at home who questioned what they were doing. Sheesh, maybe the reason the US and France hate each other is they are so alike it scares them. That's an angle I haven't thought about much myself.

The UN was completely impotent. If anything has come about with this Iraq war mess it further shows that the UN is possibly one of the most useless aparatus to ever exist. Simply put it only seems to succeed on rare ocassions and it drops the ball on big ones. Usually a lot of people suffer, not just those the UN was trying to save but peacekeeper's and other UN personnel as well. The UN needs to be either re-thunk or abandoned. (Yes I meant to type re-thunk.)

The other thing for me which rather affects is the actions of a lot of church leaders in these massacares. It is disturbing at how many Pastors/Reverends/whatevers betray their Tutsi Congregation members to Hutu mobs. It reminds me that there are many problems within the Church here on Earth. It's frankly depressing because I put a lot of faith in the various Pastors I've had/have and other leaders in the groups I am involved with and it scares me to think that so many people who had similiar faith were so massively betrayed. Still a lot of problems with the Church folk but God still loves us. Far more then we deserve at times tis true. There are stories which exemplify true Christians at the same time here though so it shows that it's by no means all bad. Truly those people display all that is to be Christian. Some of these people basically held back (and died for it) huge groups of armed militiamen out for murder. To die in the middle of a genocide unnamed and forgotten for others (including many strangers) just seems to be about the max you can do.

That last thing turned into a ramble, maybe I'll edit later. This book is deep though and I recommend everyone pick it up and read it. A whole new sad world will be laid out for you.