Reflection

In the movie watched in class regarding the Rwandan Genocide, we can clearly see the restrained US leadership when asked to send it peace keepers to help the Tutsi population. The US wanted to lower its costs and only sent in air campaigns and evacuated American Citizens. However, these air campaigns might have been just as destructive by killing Tutsi citizens being held hostage by the Hutus. I am very sure a lot of pilots were unable to recognize a Tutsi from a Hutu from so far away and therefore may have defeated its purpose. The best leadership the US could have had would probably held refugee camps (such as the failed camp tortoise) for Tutsi's and Hutu sympathizers. The United States proved to not be a world leader in this situation since it is not only recognized as the world police but also holding so much power in the United Nation Security Council.