[PhiPsiRuss]

I just saw this movie, and I feel somewhat changed as a human being. It was that good. I'm not really going to discuss this movie's details because I don't want to ruin it for anyone. It did remind me of Schindler's List in a few ways, including the way that it showed how the worst in humanity can bring out the best in it.

I feel a little bit angry at all of the silence that came from so many nations (US included) that could have done something. Silence. There was so much of it. Most people who protest wars, didn't protest this. Bill Clinton was an amoral coward who was more concerned with his political future. He was silent on the six words that could have saved the lives of hundereds of thousands of innocent people, "there is a genocide in Rwanda." He should have been investigated for this, but there were assholes on the other side of the aisle who were more concerned that he got a blowjob. They were more than happy to turn America's attention to Monica Lewinsky. When it came to Rwanda, something that happened while the Democrats controlled the Whitehouse and Congress, Republicans were silent because they were putting a ridiculous scandal in the news.

The French, as the movie points out, were more than happy to make money off of arms being sold to Hutu rebels. The movie also shows how the French were able to influence the actions of the rebels, but preferred to remain silent. The Belgians were silent. The English were silent, and so on.

Worst of all, I was silent. As were most of us.

I'm now determined to say something about Somalia. Even if no one listens to me, I will have tried. If enough people, who alone are insignificant, say something, people in power will be compelled to do something. Wheels are in motion to do something in Somalia, but stopping the horrors there are not yet a done deal.