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Romeo Dallaire, the former force commander for the United Nations mission to Rwanda, last night condemned the U.N.’s and United States’ failure to intervene in the Rwandan genocide...
...Lots of those eyes still haunt me,” Dallaire said in the clip. “How come I failed? How come my mission failed? How come I lost my soldiers and 800,000 people died...
...forum featured a seven-minute clip from “Ghosts of Rwanda” in which journalists and Red Cross volunteers recounted how the Rwanda mission was “devoid of support from New York,” where U.N. headquarters is located, and that “everyone knew what was going on in the country...
...after prematurely declaring “mission accomplished,” Bush seems determined to proclaim democracy established as soon as possible—before Iraq is adequately prepared for it. Mired in the paranoia of an election year, Bush has set a firm date for the transfer of power to local authorities—June 30, well in time to disassociate his presidency from the volatile situation on the ground in Iraq. The president will be able to blame the mess—the suicide bombings, random violence, rampant unemployment and poor social services that plague the country?...
...rings do much more to separate students by social class than to unite them as a graduating class. The council was right to seek to an official ring, but it should not overestimate the breadth of the benefits. Assisting students impoverished by their own financial pretentiousness is a noble mission, but fostering community through the shared experience of purchasing class rings is nothing more than a pipe dream...