My opinion of this genocide is that everyone is at fault. I believe that each group involved in this genocide has had a part in what has happened, and has also had an ending part in the result of it.
Belgium, in my opinion was one of the main reasons for the beggining of this genocide. Belgium people emerged into Rwanda with no background or known history of the Rwandans. They entered the country because they were in charge. They proposed numerous economic, social, and political changes and even gave out identity cards to determine who was a Tutsi and who was a Hutu. This is when conflict started over who had more economic power, which resulted in wars being fought. The Interahamwe is also to blame because they were one of the main killers in this situation. Juvenal Habyarimana is also a huge contributer to this genocide. He & his radio station brainwashed the Hutu's which is why they killed so many people. They were brainwashed but some even say the Interahawe killed those to save their own lives because it was either kill or be killed. The Hutu's also killed others for advantage of food, and land.
Paul Kagame and The Rwandan Patriotic Front were also a contributer because they also killed many people. They killed the Interahawe because they wanted them to stop killing the Rwandan people. They felt it was neccesary to do this in order to stop the conflict when it fact it made it a little more worse. The United States decided to have no part in this genocide, but instead sat back and watched it happen. They wanted nothing to do with it, but wouldn't you want to try and protect those who are being killed for no reason? Apparently not. The United Nations also wanted no part in this conflict so they sat back and also watched the many people be killed. This is not right, which is why I feel all groups are at fault here.
During our first class discussion I was very surprised at how it turned out. I was afraid that the group I was representing,(The Interahamwe) was going to be mostly at fault, and that all the finers would be pointed torwards us. I sure was wrong. I watched as the first group stepped up and picked a discussion topic. It was as soon as they were done talking the bickering starting. People were all pointing fingers at different groups, all for different reasons. No one was afraid to say what they felt and I thought that was really neat. The bickering continued for awhile, until our group got picked on. I discussed the matter with my fellow partners, and we spoke what we felt was right in order to stick up for our group. People must have understood our point of view for awhile because the topic was quickly changed, moving on to a new discussion.
Overall, I felt this discussion was very fun and educational. I learned a lot about the Rwandan Genocide, and that every fight has many different people invloved, all with different viewpoints.
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