Reply #18: Here's a good documentary on the subject... [View All]

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"The Last Just Man," about Canadian Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire, the commander of UN forces in Rwanda when the genocide took place.

Dallaire BEGGED the UN to send him just 5,000 troops. He said that would have been enough for him to stop the genocidal rampage in April 1994.

Watching Dallaire talk about what he saw on camera is horrifying in itself. He twitches, his hands shake, etc. Very powerful.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355680/

There's a new documentary out I haven't seen about Rwanda, called "Shake Hands With The Devil." Dallaire also appears in that one.

Another reason to love Gen. Dallaire: he said Canada had proved it was a truly good and just nation because it hadn't thrown American ambassador/Bu$h toady Paul Cellucci out on his ass. Yet.