No one asked the American people about it. I don't believe the whole story behind our intervention has been written. What was going on was certainly nasty but I don't think it deserves to be called genocide.
If the American government cared so much about genocide why didn't we intervene in Rwanda? That was an indisputable genocide.
Clinton said it was genocide, that was the justification. Whether it was really or not is immaterial in the context of the question of whether America would stand for such a war. The fact is we were told we were going to war to prevent genocide and collectively America yawned. Certainly there was no general uprising about it at the time.
If the American government cared so much about genocide why didn't we intervene in Rwanda? That was an indisputable genocide.
As I stated, it appears we draw the line at "genocide" in Europe.