Talk:Foreign policy of the Clinton Administration
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[edit] Fox News Section
It is too anti-clinton. This is becuase of the statements opinions from people who do not like Clinton were put in this section. I deleted all of them. I think they can be put back if the other side is shown as well. and just to note, a 9/11 commision guy (forget his name) came on FOX news after Clinton's interview and validated everything Clinton said. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.120.230.238 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Northern Ireland Section
It wasn't just 'the IRA' that 'claimed' that all of its weapons were decomissioned. The IICD and two members of the clergy, one representing each community, verified it. --Eamonnca1 02:45, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Changes Should Be Made to Rwanda Paragraph
I propose making several changes in the paragraph about Rwanda. Several additions could clarify the Clinton Administrations handling of the genocide. Additions that I would like to see added are in the bold font:
In April 1994, a civil war erupted in Rwanda between Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups. Over the next few months, an estimated 500,000 to 1 million Rwandans, mainly Tutsi, were massacred. A few weeks after the war began, millions of HutusA had fled the country for safety, spawning the growth of refugee camps in neighboring countries. President Clinton brilliantly managed a public relations exercise aimed at minimizing public awareness of the atrocities thus enabling the policy of non-intervention in non-strategic conflicts to be pursued unchallenged, although the Clinton Administration was fully aware of what was happeningB. All use by US government officials of the explosive word "Genocide" was forbidden and the US put pressure on the United Nations to back Belgian demands for a complete withdrawal of UNAMIR soldiers despite the heroic resistance of the force commander on the ground, the Canadian General Dallaire and the willingness of Ghana and Ethiopia to provide troops to replace the Belgian contingent. As thousands more died of disease and starvation in these refugee camps, Clinton ordered airdrops of food and supplies for Hutu refugees and geoncidairesA. In July, he sent 200 non-combatant troops to the Rwanda capital of Kigali to manage the airport and distribution of relief supplies. These troops were subsequently withdrawn by October 1994. Clinton and the United Nations faced criticism for a weak response to the massacre. When Clinton traveled to Africa in 1998, he apologized for the international community’s failure to respond to the massacres. When speaking about the Rwanda Crisis, Clinton called it his worst failure, admitting "I blew it."C
A = BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1288230.stm, 1 April, 2004
B = The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1182431,00.html, 1 March, 2004
C = The New Yorker - http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060918fa_fact1, September 18, 2006
Mvblair 21:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
