When the U.N. Fails, We All Do

摘要

You have never heard of paul rusesabagina. but if you watch the stunning new movie "Hotel Rwanda," you will never forget him. The movie tells the true story of Rusesabagina, an "ordinary" Rwandan, a hotel manager, who was able to shelter and save more than 1,200 people-Tutsis and Hutus-in the midst of the Rwandan genocide. He is a Rwandan Schindler, who in a series of amazing improvisations-using contacts, skills and herculean effort-managed to keep his flock alive. In the movie, as in real life, the world does nothing. Actually, perhaps worse than nothing. Belgian peacekeepers, under the United Nations flag, watched as the carnage unfolded. In the 100 days beginning April 6, 1994, Hutu gangs, aided by the Hutu Army, killed almost 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus-the fastest genocide in human history.