Bystanders to Genocide - Magazine - The Atlantic - 3 views
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With the grace of one grown practiced at public remorse, the President gripped the lectern with both hands and looked across the dais at the Rwandan officials and survivors who surrounded him. Making eye contact and shaking his head, he explained, "It may seem strange to you here, especially the many of you who lost members of your family, but all over the world there were people like me sitting in offices, day after day after day, who did not fully appreciate [pause] the depth [pause] and the speed [pause] with which you were being engulfed by this unimaginable terror."
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Felecia Russell on 04 Dec 11He did not make an apology, but instead an acknowledge of not knowing what was going on because of the job he had. I can understand this for people sitting in offices. Where are they going to hear about things like this? On the news and if not on the news? where? However, president Cllinton was as his name suggest, the president, he knew about it, but he did not know what to do about it. There is no way he was unaware of the genocide. However, i think he should have just admitted that he knew about it, but America did not know what actions to take, but once America wanted to help we did our best. That would have been better, because another country cannot hold another for not helping them.
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