RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-08 Thread Tangorre, Michael
> On another subject: while I support our Armed forces, and > their dedication to their duty, the administration is really > dealing them a bad deal with how they are being used for > political purposes.  Fighting an aggressive war is not what I > would consider an appropriate use of reserves. 

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-08 Thread Doug White
That is a completely erroneous stretch. To suggest criminal responsibility for anyone other than the actual criminals themselves (perpetrators) is ludicrous. What would be criminally responsible would be for the US to kidnap one elected leader of a country and forcibly depose him to further their

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-08 Thread Lyons, Larry
35 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Rwandan Genocides > > > And that is precisely why one interpretation of aiding and > abetting the genocides by action/inaction with full knowledge > of the consequences, is considered Criminally Responsible. > Vetoing bills th

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-08 Thread Angel Stewart
And that is precisely why one interpretation of aiding and abetting the genocides by action/inaction with full knowledge of the consequences, is considered Criminally Responsible. Vetoing bills that would have increased the number and authority of UN forces in Rwanda makes one criminally responsibl

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-08 Thread Lyons, Larry
country's indifference and France's collusion, 800,000 people died. larry > -Original Message- > From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 4:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Rwandan Genocides > > >

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread Harkins, Patrick
"Who killed Davey Moore? Why and what's the reeeaason for?" -Original Message- From: Doug White Subject: Re: Rwandan Genocides No it isn't, but it must be killed anyway. :-) Outbound email scanned for viruses. (e232) [Todays Threads] [This Message] [S

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread Doug White
No it isn't, but it must be killed anyway. :-)   - Original Message -   From: Kevin Graeme   To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:15 AM   Subject: Re: Rwandan Genocides   - Original Message -   From: "Doug White"   > Not at all, perhaps crimin

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread Doug White
  To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:00 AM   Subject: RE: Rwandan Genocides   Actually the French were in Rwanda at the time. The role they played was   almost criminal. More on that shortly.   The UN was already in Rwanda, there were UN Peace Keepers from Poland,   Canada, and

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread John Stanley
I knew there was a reason I hated that big yellow f%&# as a kid. ;-) -Original Message- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:27 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Rwandan Genocides Well, it seems that the A.D.D. may have been caused by too

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread Jerry Johnson
owner. -Original Message- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:16 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Rwandan Genocides - Original Message - From: "Doug White" > Not at all, perhaps criminally negligent but not responsible -

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread John Stanley
lled George Washington elementary, but was renamed because g.w. was a slave owner. -Original Message- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:16 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Rwandan Genocides - Original Message - From: "Doug Whit

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread Kevin Graeme
- Original Message - From: "Doug White" > Not at all, perhaps criminally negligent but not responsible - the perpetrator > is the one criminally responsible.  By any logical measure. Hypothetical: Let's say someone has a tiger in a cage. That person doesn't feed it and pokes and prods t

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread Lyons, Larry
that tried to stop the massacre. larry > -Original Message- > From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:50 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Rwandan Genocides > > > That would be like substituting a misdemeanor for a felo

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread Harkins, Patrick
From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: April 7, 2004 8:50 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Rwandan Genocides >>Now tell me that it isn't hypocritical of the US to not go into Rwanda, >>and to openly state that 800,000 people being murdered is of no >.consequence t

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread John Stanley
? Rwanda's neighbors? Any carribean nation? The fact is did "anybody" help them? Nobody cared enough to help, and now everyone looks like asses because of it. -Original Message- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:22 PM To: CF-Commu

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread John Stanley
new thinking sweeping the world that people cant take responsibility for their own actions any more. It's always someone elses fault. -Original Message- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:04 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Rwandan Genocides Wel

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread brobborb
Clinton said he regrets for not going into rwanda, but did not apologize.   - Original Message -   From: Angel Stewart   To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 6:29 AM   Subject: RE: Rwandan Genocides   Cool.   And it wasn't only the US at fault. It was the entire sec

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-07 Thread Angel Stewart
Cool. And it wasn't only the US at fault. It was the entire security council. I picked the US because of the Iraq situation and the recent statements on the list that a large part of the reason was Morality. I thought it hypocritical because it was basically saying one thing, and doing (or not doi

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Doug White
That would be like substituting a misdemeanor for a felony. Had we not gone into Iraq, what would have happened to Vice-President Cheney's "shadow government?"  How would Halliburton make all that money?  and ad infinitum.  Why didn't we go into Saudi Arabia, or Syria the REAL sources of the terro

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Angel Stewart
Fair Enough. So substitute "Criminally Negligent" for "Criminally responsible". Now tell me that it isn't hypocritical of the US to not go into Rwanda, and to openly state that 800,000 people being murdered is of no consequence to the US because Rwanda has no strategic value to the US, but charg

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Doug White
Not at all, perhaps criminally negligent but not responsible - the perpetrator is the one criminally responsible.  By any logical measure.   Actually a better analogy would be, what if you had the power AND the   authority to prevent the act.   Would it not be understandable for the victim's famil

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Angel Stewart
Actually a better analogy would be, what if you had the power AND the authority to prevent the act. Would it not be understandable for the victim's family and relatives to term you as 'Criminally Responsible'. -Gel -Original Message- From: brobborb >>While we should have helped, at

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Raymond Camden
> > If you look on as a woman is raped and beaten, and you have > the power and authority to prevent it... > does that make you in some way responsible? >   > 'criminally responsible' in this article was clearly > emotional rather than a factual statement. By international > law the US/UN was

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Doug White
unity     Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:36 PM     Subject: Re: Rwandan Genocides     What a bunch of BS - Why in the world doesn't the finger point where it belongs,     that is to the criminals in Ruwanda that are doing the genocide?     I get so sick and tired of the "God made me

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Raymond Camden
> >>While we should have helped, at the end of the day, only those who > >>commit > the murder are responsible for it. > > > Hmm i dunno.  What if I saw your daughter/wife being > kidnapped and about to get shot, but I just went about my > way.  Ya know, not my problem, dont want to get > in

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Angel Stewart
6, 2004 5:56 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Rwandan Genocides While we should have helped, at the end of the day, only those who commit the murder are responsible for it. -rc --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.614 /

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread brobborb
Yes, i should have helped, and yes, at the end of the day, only those who committ the murder are responsible.  But, how would you feel about me??   - Original Message -   From: Raymond Camden   To: CF-Community   Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:55 PM   Subject: RE: Rwandan Genocides   >

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Jerry Johnson
I think we are screwed regardless of what we do or don't do. I don't know enough about it to decide if I approve, if I believe, or if I care. He wasn't a very nice guy. He had a LOT of people killed. Regardless of how he left, he got off easy. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/06/04 04:5

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Raymond Camden
> Speaking of Haiti... >   > what do you think about the accusations that US Special > forces abducted Aristide and removed him from power, because > the US decided it was the best course of action? > Actually I heard the A-Team did it. Seriously though - people will accuse the US of just about

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Raymond Camden
> What does that have to do with the question of why the UN > Security council, or the united states failed to act against > something which was beyond a doubt 'morally reprehensible' ? > While we should have helped, at the end of the day, only those who commit the murder are responsible for it.

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Angel Stewart
Speaking of Haiti... what do you think about the accusations that US Special forces abducted Aristide and removed him from power, because the US decided it was the best course of action? Bear in mind that Aristide was at the time considered to be the duly elected leader of Haiti after a democ

RE: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Angel Stewart
What does that have to do with the question of why the UN Security council, or the united states failed to act against something which was beyond a doubt 'morally reprehensible' ? No one is saying that the UN/US was responsible for the killings, the question is simply why did they not move to st

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Jerry Johnson
  Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:04 PM   Subject: Rwandan Genocides   Well. If it was anywhere that was 'morally' correct to invade, protect,   and do some nation building it was here.   But of course, no oil. No strategic importance. no assistance.   HYPERLINK   "http://www.msnbc

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread brobborb
It's the fact that we could have gone in and help.  Instead we just looked away.   - Original Message -   From: Doug White   To: CF-Community   Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:36 PM   Subject: Re: Rwandan Genocides   What a bunch of BS - Why in the world doesn't the finger p

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Doug White
  Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:04 PM   Subject: Rwandan Genocides   Well. If it was anywhere that was 'morally' correct to invade, protect,   and do some nation building it was here.   But of course, no oil. No strategic importance. no assistance.   HYPERLINK   "http://www.

Re: Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread brobborb
  Subject: Rwandan Genocides   Well. If it was anywhere that was 'morally' correct to invade, protect,   and do some nation building it was here.   But of course, no oil. No strategic importance. no assistance.   HYPERLINK   "http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4668624/"http://w

Rwandan Genocides

2004-04-06 Thread Angel Stewart
Well. If it was anywhere that was 'morally' correct to invade, protect, and do some nation building it was here. But of course, no oil. No strategic importance. no assistance. HYPERLINK "http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4668624/"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/466862 4/ "KIGALI, Rwanda - Western po