The United States Foreign Policy for Genocide

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The United States Foreign Policy for Genocide

• By James Wilkins

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Genocide

• n. The systematic and planned extermination of an
  entire national, racial, political, or ethnic
  group.
• n. the deliberate and systematic destruction of a
  racial, political, or cultural group
• n . systematic killing of a racial or cultural
  group

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20th Century Genocide

• 1992- 1995 Bosnia- Herzegovina- 200,000 deaths
• 1994 Rwanda- 800,000 deaths
• 1938- 1945 Holocaust- 6,000,000 deaths

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Bosnia- HerzegovinaWhat the US Did.

• The Serbs in Bosnia were confident that the U.N.,
  United States and the European Community would
  not take militarily action, so they freely
  committed genocide to the Muslims.
• August 30, 1995 U.S. finally led a massive NATO
  bombing campaign in response to the killings at
  Srebrenica
• President George Bush chose not to get involved
  militarily
• (Want more information go to) http//www.historypl
  ace.com/worldhistory/genocide/bosnia.htm

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RwandaWhat the U.S Did.

• Nothing
• The United Nations peace keepers consisted of
  United States, France, Belgium, and Italy
• Ten of the soldiers from Belgium were captured by
  the Hutus, tortured and
• killed, so they all began evacuating their own
  personnel from Rwanda.
• (Want more information go to)
• http//www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide
  /rwanda.htm

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HolocaustWhat the U.S Did.

• When the United States noticed that Germany were
  becoming too powerful they reacted.
• They took too long to react.
• (Want more information go to)
• http//www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide
  /holocaust.htm

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The Proper Foreign Policy

• The foreign policy that the United States should
  take is when there are signs that there are a
  connection to mass killings in a country, they
  should react. The U.S. waited too long in the
  time of the holocaust and the Bosnia- Herzegovina
  genocide. In the Rwandan genocide they didnt do
  anything.

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Current Status of GenocideBackground Information

• Recently their were signs of a genocide in
  Darfur, Sudan. Reporters were quick to label this
  as being a genocide. On the Website labeled (1)
  it says
• 1.2 million people have been displaced from
  their homes in Sudan while at least 200,000 have
  fled to neighboring Chad. As many as 405 villages
  have been destroyed and and more than 100 others
  significantly damaged. The United Nations High
  Commissioner for Refugees reports at least 50,000
  people have died as a result of the conflict
  between government-backed Arab militias and
  Africans in western Sudan.
• This conflict have been going on since the
  1970s. The dispute between these two are over the
  resources in Darfur.

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Current Status of GenocideWhat's Happening?

• There are Arabian militia backed by the
  government is killing the Africans living in
  Darfur. The Arabians are even raping and killing
  the refugees.

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Current Status of GenocideWhat the U.S is or
could be Doing.

• On July 22, 2004 the United States House of
  Representatives and the Senate declared the
  events in Darfur a genocide. The United States
  are helping the refugees of Darfur. Some
  reporters think that the United States could stop
  this in Darfur by taking a stronger role in
  stopping further altercations.

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Current Status of GenocideWhat the U.S is or
could be Doing. Cont.

• Some things they could do is freeze of assets
  and sanctions against those who have committed
  crimes of genocide. The United States could get
  involved by sending support relief groups to
  Darfur. The United States current foreign policy
  for the for genocide has to be determined from
  past experiences. History shows that America have
  been a little too late with assisting others with
  Genocide.

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What the U.S should do about the genocide in
Darfur

• The United States should continue the their
  involvement in Darfur. In a couple of months or
  so if it starts to get worse then we need to
  bring in troops. We have to act soon and cautious
  because casualties are the last thing that
  America needs right now.

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Other Countries

• I noticed that when I posted my questions about
  genocide only three of the schools knew what
  genocide was. In Togo and Brazil they thought
  that the United States should of got involved in
  the genocide in Rwanda. Also that they should be
  involved in preventing all genocides. The country
  in Germany believed that the United States did
  the right thing in not being involved in the
  Rwandan genocide.

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Bibliography

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