Comments on: Was the Rwandan War a Genocide or Just a Civil War? http://socyberty.com/history/was-the-rwandan-war-a-genocide-or-just-a-civil-war/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:04:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jason McCoy http://socyberty.com/history/was-the-rwandan-war-a-genocide-or-just-a-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-461561 Jason McCoy Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:49:10 +0000 http://socyberty.com/history/was-the-rwandan-war-a-genocide-or-just-a-civil-war/#comment-461561 It was absolutely genocide. To say otherwise is to deny mountains of evidence that clearly show that the extermination of Tutsi was premeditated and had been planned for a couple of years before Habyarimana's plane was shot down. It was absolutely genocide. To say otherwise is to deny mountains of evidence that clearly show that the extermination of Tutsi was premeditated and had been planned for a couple of years before Habyarimana’s plane was shot down.

]]> By: waste of time http://socyberty.com/history/was-the-rwandan-war-a-genocide-or-just-a-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-67753 waste of time Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:37:24 +0000 http://socyberty.com/history/was-the-rwandan-war-a-genocide-or-just-a-civil-war/#comment-67753 To argue semantics of whether it's pure genocide or genocide as a result of civil war is ridiculous. Then to compare Jewish genocide & Rwandan genocide is apples and oranges, both being tragic.<br /> <br /> Time on this article would have been better spent writing about details of mass crimes committed in Rwanda & neighboring states (i.e., genocide, ethnic cleansing, rape etc etc) instead of having a academic debate. To argue semantics of whether it’s pure genocide or genocide as a result of civil war is ridiculous. Then to compare Jewish genocide & Rwandan genocide is apples and oranges, both being tragic.

Time on this article would have been better spent writing about details of mass crimes committed in Rwanda & neighboring states (i.e., genocide, ethnic cleansing, rape etc etc) instead of having a academic debate.

]]> By: tonisan60 http://socyberty.com/history/was-the-rwandan-war-a-genocide-or-just-a-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-67755 tonisan60 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:41:21 +0000 http://socyberty.com/history/was-the-rwandan-war-a-genocide-or-just-a-civil-war/#comment-67755 I really don't know the Rweanda's situation, but to me a war has no winners and a genocide is the killing of lots of people, independently of who they are and what are they standars, so to me every war is a genocide. A very interesting article, thank you for sharing it I really don’t know the Rweanda’s situation, but to me a war has no winners and a genocide is the killing of lots of people, independently of who they are and what are they standars, so to me every war is a genocide. A very interesting article, thank you for sharing it

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