Rwanda Genocide 2012

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Jake Knowles Mr. Dilmaghani American Studies, Period 2 5 June 2012 Rwandan Genocide & Kony 2012 In our world today, It's understandable that the United States military has done a fortune for our citizens and has protected us to the best they can but trying to expand and help other countries isn't such a bright idea. In October 1990, the RPF started an invasion of Rwanda. A National Security Archive Report points out five ways in which decisions made by the U.S. government contributed to the slow U.S. and worldwide response to the genocide(Garber). The U.S. have expanded even further to Africa to slow down Kony and destabilize their already unstable country, Syria. Our foreign policy should definitely be less active because we're just…show more content…
A nation should never fail to protect its citizens from mass killings, either intentionally or through inability to fight back , it is the countries military's responsibility to protect the citizens being affected. I feel many people think it's the United States fault for not helping Rwanda earlier but there's so many countries in Africa that could help. I understand wealth and food is an issue in Rwanda but United States shouldn't be at shame for any part of the Genocide. Many people blame the 800 deaths in the genocide on the United States of America(Rosenberg). The United States government should become less commanding and have less of an active role in world affairs because the benefits outmarch the cons. It's not worth our economic well-being and security to be at…show more content…
Multiple governments are currently working together to decide upon action. The U.S. is the main one as of today and I feel we are going to make the bad decision and try to capture him, possibly loosing thousands of troops. All his recent video did is add fuel to the fire and reveal years of international government collaborations just so he can get "richer". People need to research the "charities" they donate to before donating to them. There's a stereotype that the U.S. military should always get involved in conflicts in which human rights violations are occurring, regardless of our safety concerns(Garber). I understand that human rights violations, especially when they occur on a large scale by a rebel leader, the U.S. and other wealthy nations should sit up and take a stand and maybe even do something about it. However, to suggest that the U.S. should stop everything and capture this one man on the say so of three guys who went to Uganda once and outside of any other information about Uganda is ridiculous to

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