In April of 1994, the group of Rwandans which identified themselves as Hutu began brutal attacks against the other group within Rwanda, the Tutsis. Until the end of this genocide, in July of 1994, the Hutus murdered hundreds of thousands of Tutsis, and some moderate Hutus. This humanitarian crisis gained global attention, but nothing was done to stop it, and condemn it. This crisis has also had a lasting impact on how those who did not act are perceived, and how they will continue to be perceived around the world. The U.S. should have intervened in the Rwandan genocide to stop the murders of the hundreds of thousands of innocent people, as well as to demonstrate that attacks like this are impermissible and immoral, and lastly because the genocide has had a lasting impact on the people of Rwanda and how America and the UN is viewed. …show more content…
According to SURF, the Survivors Fund supporting survivors of the Rwandan genocide, an estimated 800,000 to 1,000,000 innocent civilians were killed. In the roughly 100 days that the crisis occurred nearly 6 men, women, and children were murdered every minute (CITE). When such a large scale mass murder occurs the U.S. and the global community has a responsibility to help fight it, and to stop it. Especially when it is an event of this magnitude one million people were killed. That is hundreds of thousands of families and children who were killed in cold blood, and that is simply unacceptable. After the holocaust during World War Two, the U.S. had a responsibility to stop events like that ever occurring again, and the fact that America did nothing to stop the Rwandan genocide is