POL101Y1 : Notes for Jan 10 reading
Document Summary
January 10, 2011 [rwanda in retrospect by kuperman] Support for intervention to stop genocide is voiced out. us troops could"ve saved the victims of genocide in rwanda. But they would"ve be able to save half the lives the genocide killings even if a large force is deployed upon reports of genocide. rwandan politics were dominated by tutsi before 917% of the popn, the rest were. Hutus and less than 1% were aboriginal twa) hutu overtook the country in a violent struggle that forced the tutsi popn to move to neighbouring states. hutu groups: a) parmehetu assumed power upon independence. Tutsi refugees invaded rwanda many times trying to return to power. nw hutu came into power and dominated rwanda"s pol, eco and military life. Large-scale violence against domestic tutsi disappeared for 15 yrs (invasions by refugees stopped) rpa (rwandan patriotic army) invaded northern rwanda and rpf (front) invaded north rwanda.
