A New Report Puts France at the Center of the Rwanda Genocide The genocide scarred Rwanda, but Rwandan society has emerged from the ashes. Full reconciliation, however, requires a willingness to acknowledge the truth. No French rhetoric about human rights will have meaning until Paris comes clean in its role in the 1994 anti-Tutsi genocide.
There is a peculiar tendency among many progressives and internationalists to blame the United States as responsible for human rights abuses globally. This trend is particularly acute among European intellectuals who criticize the United States for unilateralism, militarism, and disrespect for international institutions.
The irony, however, is they often bare more culpability than Washington. Take, for example, late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds. The Reagan administration might have explored rapprochement with Saddam, but it was a Dutch businessman Frans van Anraat who supplied the Iraqi dictat
Rwandan report says France bears significant responsibility over genocide
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France bears significant responsibility for Rwandan genocide, US report says
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