Hotel Rwanda

Monroe: When these little African countries get into a dispute, they tend to just murder everybody. They live for the opportunity to settle scores... and they have a lot of scores to settle.
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We just finished watching the movie ‘Hotel Rwanda’. As you can see we’re not exactly staying current on Hollywood’s output these days.  Overall I found this movie outstanding with a few caveats.  Don Cheadle was amazing as was the rest of the cast and of course it was a heartbreaking tale.

However, a couple of things occurred to me while watching.

The first is kind of weird.  We in America have seamlessly moved from being the world’s only superpower to becoming the world’s superparent.

When the good folks of Rwanda started killing each other like Mardi gras revelers throwing out beads, what did they do?  They simply expected the great father to come swooping in and save everyone.  Totally ignoring the reality that no matter what action we took we would be damned.  No matter what we’d be killing black folk and I can just hear Congressman Charles Rangel pontificating to Bill O’reilly about how America just loves to kill black people.  Thanks Charlie you’re a peach!

Of course the fact that the Clintonistas were in power didn’t help a thing.  The exempt media also made a point of not sharing with the world what was going on in Rwanda, earning the exempt title in spades.  Clinton handed this hot potato off to the UN, who managed to set a new level of callous indifference, this from a group not world renowned for effective action or basic decency.

To be fair, and it pains me to excuse a democrat or liberal at any time.  It’s not as if there isn’t a comparable situation in the world today.  Darfur in the Sudan seems to have a lot of the same ingredients, a local population killing fairly indiscriminately  Luckily the religion of peace has made another bold entry into it’s ledger of suffering and misery.

And I will ask the question that ‘Hotel Rwanda’ leaves hanging.  What exactly are we supposed to do?

Go in and kill all the bad guys?  I’m all for it, however, can we reasonably take this course of action every time some country decides to go bugnuts and starts killing its own?

Sanctions?  Well and good, but, frankly with the paragon of virtue (the UN) at the helm, forgive me if I don’t hold my breath.  Any organization that would place the Sudan on the human rights committee, oddly, doesn’t seem to warrant any respect.

I find it pretty interesting that local race hustlers such as Louis Farrakhan can’t seem to bring themselves to condemn what’s going down in the Sudan-

1. He added, "I should condemn (slavery) and certainly will, but I will not allow myself to be used as a pawn for the West in a political game that is being used by Western government to destabilize the Islamic government of Sudan… Let it be known, that as a descendant of slaves I stand ready to condemn slavery in all its forms…A lot of what I have been reading, when it comes to life in Sudan, are vicious lies…"

This to me is especially interesting in light of the alleged ‘ethnic cleansing’ that is being reported from the region.  What’s the matter Louis?  Can’t decide which hate group is more deserving in this situation?  Nice!

The White House has condemned the situation in Darfur in no uncertain terms. But the question remains, what, exactly are we supposed to do?

Jesse Jackson is on record saying America needs to solve the problem.  Fine, but Jesse, it’s your pals, the Muslims doing most of the bad stuff.  What, no condemnation for your buddies.  Are you afraid if you ever once spoke out against a villainous regime you may not be invited to the next vicious killers soiree?  Wasn’t there even one nasty killer like Castro or Yaser Arafat for you to put your arms around and love up a little?  Must’ve been a tough trip.  I feel your pain.

Well if no one else is prepared to offer a solution, I will.

Okay, see, what we do is make an aerosolized anti-psychotic drug and use crop dusters to blanket the region.  It seems as reasonable as anything else that’s been suggested.

What do you think?