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By Ben-Peter Terpstra, published 5/10/2007History wars: our students are encouraged to marinate in the West’s sin.
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Rwanda wasn’t stuffed up by westernised borders. The Tutsi and the Hutu are both part of the Kinya-rwanda. They speak the same language and have the same cultural and religious background.
The problem was the Belgian colonialists who, through the pseudoscience of the time, elevated the Tutsis because of their more Caucasian appearance.
The Rwandan Genocide can be laid squarely at the feet of the UN, who had forces ON THE GROUND, prior to the massacre. There was plenty of intelligence available which suggested that a large scale ethnic cleansing was being planned. Yet the UN did nothing. Clinton likewise did nothing and it is to his eternal shame.
As for Israel having a say over the whole Middle East, what evidence do you put forward for this assertion? Israel has threatened no-one with nukes? Indeed they have hardly even admitted having them.
The current push against Iran is American policy, not proxy for Israeli strategic benefit. Whilst their interests might well align on this issue, there is little doubt Bush has been actively pursuing policies to reduce the Iranian threat in the Middle East for American benefit.
If you recall BushBred the Saudi regime invited US troops into the country when they were being menaced by Saddam. Without American troops the Saudis could well have lost a significant portion of their country. Virtually every nation in the UN supported the coalition during the Gulf War. The US fought beside Arab armies from of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, And now you are trying to rewrite this episode as an Oil grab. The new left is rewriting history to better fit their dearly held beliefs
Whoever is right in this debate, there can be little doubt that children are being taught versions of history which are not even remotely universally agreed upon. In fact society is fairly closely split on either side of this divide. Surely it would be far better to teach children both views and then let them decide for themselves.