Hotel Rwanda - Why Wasn't More Done?

Seeing the horrifying, emotionally stirring reenactments of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in "Hotel Rwanda", it is hard for us as individuals to imagine anyone who could sit there and do next to nothing about it, especially the elite nations of the world. However, very little help was administered to Rwanda, which leaves a question begging to be answered: Why didn't people help more? <Tab/>Those on the right wing of the political …

…that could have saved a good deal of the one million people killed in the Rwandan genocide. The Western Powers were caught, red-handed, betraying their rhetoric of altruism and internationalism. It should be noted that executive branches of both the US and French governments were controlled by the more liberal parties (Democrats in US and Socialists in France), who had a long-standing rhetoric of compassionate internationalism. This rhetoric was betrayed, along with the Rwandan people.