rwanda

[Tim Kugel <guitardo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At the UN
those who rejected assisting Rwanda are on the rocord

"We can't do everything - not all is militarily possible..."

- Bill Clinton, William Cohen et al including all major foreign policy
Republicans and Democrats

plus there would have been some national raccism, which would have made it
politiacally impossible, and there was no oil

no vendetta for poppa either

no "strategic need" or "WMD" (this last point is sublimely silly)
I think the Rwandans get it
"::)" wrote:

> someone should explain to the rwandans what it is that makes an iraqi child
> more important than a rwandan child in the eyes of the UN.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Thomson" <hellomynameisphil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 10:21 PM
> Subject: [microsound] [ot] war
>
> > A recent speech by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi
> > Annan:
> >
> > http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=295
> >
> > Excerpt: "Thank you very much, Mr. President,
> >
> > "It is exactly a week since I last had the honour to address this
> > Council. During that week we have all been watching hour by hour, on our
> > television screens, the terrifying impact of modern weaponry on Iraq and
> > its people.
> >
> > "We not only mourn the dead. We must also feel anguish for the living,
> > and especially for the children. We can only imagine the physical and
> > emotional scars that they will bear, perhaps for the rest of their
> > lives.
> >
> > "All of us must regret that our intense efforts to achieve a peaceful
> > solution, through this Council, did not succeed.
> >
> > "Many people ask why the Iraqi government did not take full advantage of
> > the last chance they were given by the Council, by cooperating actively,
> > wholeheartedly - in substance as well as procedure - with the inspectors
> > that the Council sent to ensure that Iraq was disarmed of weapons of
> > mass destruction.
> >
> > "But, at the same time, many people around the world are seriously
> > questioning whether it was legitimate for some member states to proceed
> > to such a fateful action now - an action that has far-reaching
> > consequences well beyond the immediate military dimensions - without
> > first reaching a collective decision of this Council.
> >
> > "The inability of the Council to agree earlier on a collective course of
> > action places an even greater burden on you today...."
> >
> > (continued at site)
> >
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