Anti-Bush author David Corn (note my special forwarding url) has a replacement for the “Bush Lied, People Died” bumper sticker, after watching Hotel Rwanda this weekend:
As I watched the film, it occurred to me that Bush’s misadventure in Iraq–which has consumed the lives of nearly 2000 American soldiers and tens of thousands (maybe over 100,000) Iraqi civilians–has rightly prompted widespread outrage here and abroad, while Clinton’s indifference (and that of other Western leaders), which in a way allowed Hutu extremists to kill so easily hundreds of thousands of Tutsis in one of the most time-efficient massacre of the 20th Century, prompted hardly a burp of indignation.
I wonder, has Corn seen Black Hawk Down?
August 29th, 2005 at 5:16 pm
In your opinion, does Black Hawk Down undercut or support Corn’s assessment of our complacency toward genocide on the African continent? I tend to think the movie supports Corn’s position. The film starts with scene showing the complete passivity of the U.N. troops in the face of violence, and this theme is reinforced several times throughout the movie. Another theme of the movie is the lack of proper equipment or sufficient support provided to the U.S. soldiers. Maybe Corn has had his first flash of rational thought.
August 29th, 2005 at 5:20 pm
I don’t know if it’s his very first flash of rational thought, but yes I agree.