[Daveinyork]

I heard from someone who was there, and barely escaped with his life, that the French had armed the Hutus, and re-armed them after they were driven out in the wake of the genocide.

[The KG9 Kid]

If I understand this correctly, the Tutsi who now control Rwanda (after slaughtering millions of Hutu with machetes) are now blaming France for their alleged part in the genocide that the Tutsi started when the murdered the Hutu president and sparked the Rwandan Civil War.

Did I miss anything aside from the witchcraft, cannibalism, and baby rape?

[Slump Tester]

"... threatening to further mar relations between the two countries, which severed diplomatic ties in November 2006."

2006? So how much longer before they surrender?

[Libertarianize the GOP]

France armed the Hutus, had to know what was going on, declined to intervene to stop it which amounts to complicity; but it is very unlikely that they in anyway took part.

[marron]

When Dallaire was begging for help, no one could spare any troops. The French finally intervened, however, to cover the Hutu retreat.

There is a war crimes trial in there somewhere, if anyone wants to go there.

[rivercat]

The Army gave me shots to go there, then Clintoon wussed out and we never went.

[KC Burke]

I remember listening on a Canadian radio station that I used to get, a summary of this genocidal rampage as it started. The first hand reports were horrificly heart rending.

I would not be surprised if it was found that France was very dirty in this thing. They haven’t ever had a bit of common sense in their African conduct.