Bill Clinton in 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want To Read, by Jesse Ventura

On Foreign Policy: 1994: Briefed on Rwandan genocide but claimed ignorance

The callousness of our government is shockingly clear when you look back at the Clinton administration's position on the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994. For the three-month period starting in April that year, Hutu death squads slaughtered an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate members of their own tribe.

A few years later, when Clinton visited Rwandan capital of Kigali, the president said: "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 the offices, day after day after day, who did fully appreciate the depth and speed with which you were being engulfed by this unimaginable terror."

The CIA's national intelligence daily, a secret briefing that went to Clinton and Vice President Gore and hundreds of senior officials, had almost daily reports on what was happening in Rwanda.

Source: 63 Documents, by Gov. Jesse Ventura, p.103 Apr 4, 2011

The above quotations are from 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want To Read by Gov. Jesse Ventura. Click here for other excerpts from 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want To Read by Gov. Jesse Ventura. Click here for other excerpts by Bill Clinton. Click here for a profile of Bill Clinton.
Please consider a donation to OnTheIssues.org! Click for details -- or send donations to: 1770 Mass Ave. #630, Cambridge MA 02140 E-mail: submit@OnTheIssues.org (We rely on your support!)

Page last updated: Dec 12, 2018