Rwanda is located in central Africa and is not very big, you could compare it to the state of Massachusetts in the United States. It has little arable land and has no important natural resources that the United States could use. “The US arguably chose to ignore the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Rwanda was not an oil, gold or diamond rich country and from an economic perspective, the US did not have a lot to gain by intervening.” I found this quote in an article I was reading, it shows us how the United States decided to ignore the genocide due to to the fact that Rwanda had nothing of value to offer. They basically said that intervening would not benefit them in any way so they had no reason to help. President Bill Clinton's administration knew Rwanda was being engulfed by genocide in April 1994 but buried the information to justify its inaction, according to classified documents made available for the first time. The president did not think Rwanda was important enough to be thought about. Him not saying that he knew about the genocide gave him an excuse not to intervene and made it okay. He allowed the massacre to go on and acted as if he did not know, in fact senior officials privately used the word genocide within 16 days of the start of the killings, but chose not to do so publicly because the president had already decided not to step in and help. The United States let the genocide happen with no intention of helping all because Rwanda had nothing of value to give back. President Clinton was basically saying resources were worth more than human life. "Our conclusion is there is one overriding failure which explains why the UN could not stop or prevent the genocide, and that is a lack of resources and a lack of will - a lack of will to take on the commitment necessary to prevent the genocide.” The United Nations didn't want to help
Rwanda is located in central Africa and is not very big, you could compare it to the state of Massachusetts in the United States. It has little arable land and has no important natural resources that the United States could use. “The US arguably chose to ignore the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Rwanda was not an oil, gold or diamond rich country and from an economic perspective, the US did not have a lot to gain by intervening.” I found this quote in an article I was reading, it shows us how the United States decided to ignore the genocide due to to the fact that Rwanda had nothing of value to offer. They basically said that intervening would not benefit them in any way so they had no reason to help. President Bill Clinton's administration knew Rwanda was being engulfed by genocide in April 1994 but buried the information to justify its inaction, according to classified documents made available for the first time. The president did not think Rwanda was important enough to be thought about. Him not saying that he knew about the genocide gave him an excuse not to intervene and made it okay. He allowed the massacre to go on and acted as if he did not know, in fact senior officials privately used the word genocide within 16 days of the start of the killings, but chose not to do so publicly because the president had already decided not to step in and help. The United States let the genocide happen with no intention of helping all because Rwanda had nothing of value to give back. President Clinton was basically saying resources were worth more than human life. "Our conclusion is there is one overriding failure which explains why the UN could not stop or prevent the genocide, and that is a lack of resources and a lack of will - a lack of will to take on the commitment necessary to prevent the genocide.” The United Nations didn't want to help