Shake Hands With the Devil
An excellent film about the General of the UN Peacekeeping operation in Rwanda during the genocide, Romeo Dallaire. I saw it with some friends last night, felt so horrible I could barely contain my rage that we let Rwanda and Dallaire down so much.
I know that at least myself and one other person who went to see it could not help but draw the obvious parallel to the situation in Darfur. For example, in a part of the film they showed Bill Clinton visit Rwanda on the 10th anniversary, an obvious publicity stunt amounting to nothing more than moral embarassment. Then, in the Washington Post today they praised a Bush aid for making his 7th or so trip to the Darfur area. That'll show the janjaweed, I'm sure. "Kill one more person and we'll buy a first-class plane ticket!"
I feel so sick. Does everyone in genocide studies become a misanthrope?????
I know that at least myself and one other person who went to see it could not help but draw the obvious parallel to the situation in Darfur. For example, in a part of the film they showed Bill Clinton visit Rwanda on the 10th anniversary, an obvious publicity stunt amounting to nothing more than moral embarassment. Then, in the Washington Post today they praised a Bush aid for making his 7th or so trip to the Darfur area. That'll show the janjaweed, I'm sure. "Kill one more person and we'll buy a first-class plane ticket!"
I feel so sick. Does everyone in genocide studies become a misanthrope?????
posted by Alex S. at 11:21 PM
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