Feature History - Rwandan Genocide (2/2)

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Intro Song
Ross Bugden - Ghibli's Waltz
Music
Marc Canham - The Eyes Move Out
Marc Canham - There Is Only War
Marc Canham - Speak to the Dead
Marc Canham - Ghost in the Drug
Marc Canham - Let it Burn
Marc Canham - Main Theme

[@traktortarik8224]

"Cut the tall trees" That's such a weirdly eerie and downright unsettling expression, it just makes me feel uncomfortable.

[@merrittanimation7721]

These things usually are. The phrase "final solution " comes to mind considering context

[@Rakaan1994]

Tutsi tribe were targeted and they were notable of being taller than the opposing hutu tribe, is that what explains that phrase

[@Y2ANJ]

It screams of the resentment that drives these ethnic violence.

[@DrEdgarr]

@@Rakaan1994 so basically manlet uprising?

[@vurkzy8432]

@@DrEdgarr sounds about right

[@theravingtimes9582]

It's worth noting that General Dallaire initially requested over 100,000 peacekeepers to seize parts of Kigali in an effort to create a massive safe-zone in Rwanda, but that request ultimately cut his force by 90% of their manpower. He nonetheless created multiple safe zones across the capital of Rwanda that saved several thousands Rwandans, but even to this day he still struggles to overcome his PTSD even going as far as to attempt suicide in 2000. On the brighter side of the spectrum, he was one of the flag bearers during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

[@aramhalamech4204]

Dean Wynn wasn't he also senator for some years?

[@Gonza-lh2vo]

Oh my god, that's horrible. I can't imagine how he must have felt trying to stop that massacre while his superiors ignored his requests.

[@anonymousnameless1835]

I am a Rwandan born after the Genocide. I would love to meet this man.

[@theravingtimes9582]

He was the senator representing Quebec (that French part of Canada that almost gained independence) for almost a decade, but he retired in 2014, some say he retired due to the stress associated with his PTSD at such an old age. He was even in a car accident due to the effects of his stress, which caused him to lose consciousness on the wheel.

[@HrafnkelHarthrathi]

I legitimately had a panic attack while watching this film, remembering what I had seen, growing up in the early 2000s, with footage from documentaries and the film based on Dallaire`s book.

[@twinturbo3461]

What floors me is how the Hutus went on to kill their own friends, even wives if they were Tutsis and children. This is a form of hate that knows no boundaries.

[@renjurichard]

@@Dyl482 you should stop promoting hatred. Jesus christ love your neighbor.

[@AV-dd1tf]

This is what blm would imagine they’re world be like lol that’s their paradise in America 🗡

[@xxjr8axx]

@@AV-dd1tf are you trying to be this stupid or does it just come naturally to you at this point?

[@DocterWaffles]

@@xxjr8axx the latter. these people genuinely think blm hates white people and it is so, SO fucking stupid

[@niepowaznyczlowiek]

Just like the Volhynian genocide... I hate genocide

[@reddeimon475]

Belgium despite never an empire is one of worst colonizers of all time

[@Plug_Art]

@Usecriticalthinking Colonialism is not even about race but here you are blaming the black man

[@amerlad]

@Usecriticalthinking yes all belguim was good for is stealing a country's riches like the rest of the western countries and just bailing out when things got serious. i WISH the arabs were the ones who held control over the area rather than belguim

[@DoReMi123acb]

Guess they were trying to compensate for their small.....size

[@comradesillyotter1537]

@Usecriticalthinking >dat name >dat belief wowee moma

[@dreamerthief2216]

@Usecriticalthinking Your nickname is very very very ironic

[@spencer871]

Gen. Dallaire (sp sorrry I'm engish) is a legend here in Canada, we are taught about his moral courage in high school. Or at least I was. Of course western governments don't want to fight for principles anymore no matter what. Gen. Dallaire represents the highest quality of a Canadian: selflessly trying to help people when both the UN and all world leaders disappeared. So proud of him.

[@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122]

Gen. Dallaire did not stop the genocide.

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 He did his best with what he had. To this day his troops (most of whom were from Cameroon) talk about how much they respect him for not abandoning them like the Belgians did.

[@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122]

@@TheBrainSpecialist Did he sent his troops to fight the people who started the genocide ? The answer is No. What's the point of being a military commander?

[@midgint]

@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 Yeah, because a general has the authority to deploy troops where ever he pleases, right? Fuck off

[@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122]

@@midgint "because a general has the authority to deploy troops where ever he pleases, right?" sometime he does. Look at all military coup in recent history, the generals don't need orders and the troops follow him rather than the politicians.

[@maxyaedo1267]

The Akazu were pretty much the Nazis of their time.

[@BifronsCandle]

They were a little closer to the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

[@michaelgray5768]

@@samfraley4570 Or the Jews with the Palestinians.

[@localbigfoot8217]

Big lez was a good man rip

[@davidnumwami735]

@@samfraley4570 is there any reason of killing a neighbor a wife a husband or your own children

[@Panzerbunn]

@@samfraley4570 this is the kind of rethoric that drives genocides. My "reason" for killing my own is just. The ends justify the means. There's never a good reason for killing your own brothers, you're just making up excuses for you own hatred.

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

Great stuff as always Feature History!

[@taptiotrevizo9415]

Hi dude

[@dervvy]

It feels strange having a youtuber as big as you not be noticed in the Comments Section.

[@MA-ty6xr]

@@dervvy ikr

[@a.n.ga.n.g1551]

Hi

[@Thesil.]

Daddy?

[@degenerate3288]

Just the happy video i needed today

[@LuisSierra42]

oh man, oh man

[@StevioGaming1]

Osiris Ikr agreed

[@DaL33T5]

Hashim WOOSH

[@josephstalin6283]

@@hashim3777 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOŒOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

[@soniairak80]

Joseph Krakowski I m tutsi n I found ur comment funny.

[@nickbrowne3286]

It’s weird to hear stories from my dad who was at the Battle of Mogadishu and was in the U.N. Peace keeping force in Rwanda. He told me that one day he came across a piles of different body parts, one was arms, one was legs, the other was the torsos.

[@rutonde]

The UN incinerated a large number of victims’ bodies, according to Gen. Dallaire. Which means there were a lot more dead than the ones who’ve been found after the genocide. Still, over 250K are buried at the Kigali memorial alone!

[@brecibros2469]

Who was your dad if you don't mind me asking

[@davidpeniel7168]

Thank you for mentioning the 400 Ghanaians who stayed when the world turned it's back on Rwanda. They usually get forgotten in this. How Gen Anyidoho and Col. Yaache through pleas and negotiations alone saved about 30k lives.

[@davidpeniel7168]

This is simply untrue. Stop lying

[@airdiarmuid]

@Danny Tallmage Romeo Dallaire multiple times noted the Ghanaians as some of his best troops, Belgium shat themselves and ran after their troops died

[@marsneedstowels]

@dannytallmage2409 Go fucking tell that to Romeo Dallaire. I dare you. Edit: Seen your other posts, you're just a troll.

[@Deriak27Forever]

Fun fact: Kagame is STILL the ruler of the country TODAY. Although at least he doesn't hide it anymore, and calls himself president. I guess that's the only sunny part out of this video?

[@namingisdifficult408]

Deriak27Forever interesting

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Well pretty surprisingly Rwanda is actually doing pretty well these days. It’s alarming that power has not changed hands regarding the future where it must but maybe there would have been instability already if there had been major political changes.

[@hlary8320]

and you didnt mention that under his rule rwanda is one of the fasted growing countrys in the world

[@marylandman12]

Deriak27Forever at least the economy is picking off, so at least that is good

[@mirkowolf5897]

the majority of rwandans want him gone, it is amazing how many of u think of rwanda. that is not reality my friend. one day the real sun will shine on rwanda when all sufferings and killings are no longer there. u can never talk about a bed u never slept in.

[@TheFiresloth]

In France, we had a lot of migrants from Rwanda traumatized by the massacres. Fortunately, they're pretty well integrated nowadays.

[@MrViki60]

TheFiresloth Lol

[@hazzmati]

A piece of fucking sliced white bread! They don't have a right to live in france? Get outta here you crypto nazi

[@TheFiresloth]

Sure, it couldn't possibly be the fault of the people who actually did the genocide. Also, I never complained about the rwandan refugees. Or any other, for that matter.

[@Cristian-bu5qo]

Good good good

[@JenkemSuperfan]

Considering france's history of funding the people who enacted the genocide, they're probably traumatized by their own actions

[@dieterdejonghe4822]

Again, this whole mess started when someone said "Hey, this guy's skin is just a tad fairer than this guy", even though they were culturally and genetically similar

[@ipodtouch495]

This has been a recurring theme throughout history.

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

that's a gross oversimplification

[@BlasaGo]

@@neo-filthyfrank1347 yeah, if you watch part I, it said before even the Europeans came into the picture, the Tutsi were the minority who were in power while the Hutu were the majority who worked for the minority. I think a similar case can be seen in India. Muslims who came to India ruled over the Indians before Europeans came into the picture. The Hindu majority were colonized by the invading Muslims, then the British came and replaced them. After the British left, the nation fractured.

[@FunkeFresh01]

@@ipodtouch495 I mean even the early slavers bought them from tribes that ruled others or just didnt like "those different dudes overe there"

[@ipodtouch495]

@@FunkeFresh01 I never denied that.

[@amostlypeacefulmassshooting]

"Cut the Tall Trees" The Tutsi were called 'tall trees' as they were on average taller than the Huthu In other words, the massacre was a manlet uprising

[@Freemusicwoohoo]

So you just read the top comments from two years ago and then tried to pretend like you thought of this yourself? cool

[@peterchung2262]

​@@Freemusicwoohoo It's not a copied comment, he gave an explanation for it. You came to this comment 8 months after it was posted only to insult it. Get a life you loser

[@Folfumis]

@@peterchung2262 "You came to this comment 8 months after it was posted only to insult it" Aren't you doing the same because his comment is two months old?

[@peterchung2262]

@@Folfumis I'm not hating him for simply making a comment 8 months after the original comment. I'm hating him for making an invalid argument against the original comment, and 8 months after it.

[@Folfumis]

@@peterchung2262 Why mention the age of the original comment at all, then?

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

Holy shit man, they talked about it in school here in Canada but they kind of just brushed over it all, this shit was more brutal then just "two people fighting each other". this was a bloody massacre.

[@hamzaferoz6162]

Romeo Dellaire is a hero a hero for all of us. While everyone left including the so called superpower he stayed to save as many lives he could. A true hero General Dellaire

[@heribertoruizjr.5296]

Hey Feature History Can you Do The congo Wars

[@filmcameras4evr45]

Heriberto Ruiz jr. this ^

[@newdivide9882]

I was hoping it’d been done by now since this video was old. Holding out hope though

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

yeah that'd be great

[@I_am_somebody_1234]

It would be taken down inmediately tho

[@theastrogamer710]

Ah the UN useless since 1945.

[@9inchpincher]

The Astro Gamer eww a gamer who identifies as a fat communist, what a shocker

[@tdfern1]

The Astro Gamer what did they do they had a hand in the Korean War but that is about it.

[@ieuanhunt552]

The Astro Gamer tell that to the South Koreans.

[@theastrogamer710]

It was mostly just US soldiers, they did not peace keep they were simple combat soldiers.

[@theastrogamer710]

How exactly am I a "fat communist"?

[@TM686K]

Fact: One of the main protagonists in the incitement of violence against the Tutsi over the radio was a Belgian named Georges Ruggiu who when was trialled claimed to be Italian to avoid the connection that his actions were Belgian orchestrated. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison but only served 9. He is walking around freely despite participating in inciting a genocide that would kill nearly 1 million people. Here is an excerpt of him speaking during an RTLM Broadcast on the 19th of June DURING the Genocide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jH_FhpiCo92Ee6s The broadcast was on the 19th of June and the Genocide started in April. By the time he broadcasted over 400,000 Tutsi were already killed.

[@th3sh3rm4n4]

He was born in Belgium, was of Italian nationality and even publically called for the killing of Belgians. The Italians left him out early, because he was imprisoned in Italy. It was not Belgian orchestrated.

[@TM686K]

@Danny Tallmage Yes he was one of the main instigators as he was already on board as a journalist, producer and broadcaster for the RTLM for over six months prior to him inciting mass killings. In fact he got the job through his connections with the Rwandan president at the time Juvenal Habyarimana and was one of the first people to blame the Tutsis and RPF for his assassination, you could even argue he was one of the people who helped start it.

[@Frixworks]

It really sucks that the United nations wouldn't let Romeo Dallaire do anything. :/

[@aceb4634]

The racism is clear. Sad and clear. The world let a genocide happen because these were people with black skin.

[@renzorodriguez7701]

That’s the UN for ya. Useless soft cucks

[@Prodgectz]

The UN always sucks, if you ask me. They go about their own business and don't care at all about others. Just watch what is about to happen in the eastern D.R.Congo, who is doing something about it?

[@syntheticsandwich190]

@Danny Tallmage tell that to the million people who got murdered

[@polskabalaclava]

Proof that UN is useless

[@SDGrave]

I read Romeo Dallaire's "Shake hands with the devil". Extremely powerful stuf.

[@corocorascringechannel6330]

Did you know that during the Genocide, every 60 seconds a minute passed?

[@dario-zg1jy]

*FAKE NEWS*

[@Denis-yz5dq]

Wow

[@jophielswings]

Not on a video about actual genocide please.

[@Robert-xq2yz]

Civilis Auditorium that's what bush wants you to think

[@josephjames.2277]

Ya see, it's statistics like this that make me sick!! How could we have done nothing to prevent there being 60 seconds in a minute?!? The horror.... The horror.....

[@madoxxxx06]

Romeo Dallaire is considered a hero in Rwanda because he cared enough to stay, and did all he could with the limited resources he had.

[@BlueZeroThree]

Sugestion: Pinochets Chile

[@thatrandomguy8157]

I agree with your name

[@cornwallacemontgomery]

Yes

[@lukecox2782]

Mi General

[@maru5235]

Yes. Finna throw some commies out of helicopters, yeet

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

No, I think it's best that Feature History makes videos on the Indonesian National Revolution, the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, rather than a video on Pinochet's Chile.

[@antitroller101]

Its is scary that this act of genocide was so dangerously organized despite its barbaric its application was one first glance. The build up of arms, the code word used to initiate the brutality and the tactic used to destroy any potential the UN forces might have had in doing anything outside of useless observation (i.e. military intervention). Granted the genocide could have been neutered in the build up phase if the UN allowed what General Dallaire requested including additional manpower and supplies as well as permission to raid caches of the weapons that were to be used in the up coming act of brutality...but we all saw how that morbid song and dance went -_-

[@leeham6230]

It's so sad... Dallaire saw what was coming and even came up with plans to stop it, but they ignored him and let it all happen.

[@nicholasrowe6322]

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[@anonymousnameless1835]

Rumor has it that Israel sold weapons to the pro genocide government.

[@anonymousnameless1835]

Google it

[@merrittanimation7721]

Probably not

[@anonymousnameless1835]

I love Jews.

[@dragosstanciu9866]

No.

[@gregorstamejcic2355]

You guys are damn good. I appreciate your efforts.

[@josephjames.2277]

"Was it the JEWS?!?" Lmao!!!! 😂😂😂Thanks for the upload. Excellent video.

[@michaelalexander3078]

I watch this channel's videos because he's got a fairly clever sense of humor and for the animations. The different rifles with each flag really cracked me up.

[@Isildun9]

From what I have read, Clinton actually said that one of his greatest regrets of his presidency was not intervening in the Rwandan Genocide.

[@5C2WMedia]

Mike Brammer fuck all of the clintons. greedy bastards.

[@samuelsmith9929]

Mike Brammer ,dude that shit was going down either way. ..the only way was permanent military occupation, then it would have been "white occupation "

[@peletsoivre9110]

That was before or after the cigar thing?

[@mirkowolf5897]

Mike Brammer all these comments about talking about a country, atrocities and actions they heard/saw from radios and TVs make me laugh. the reality is far different from what u were told. plotters, betrayars and actors are praised big time. it is not your blood that was shed, that is why u dont even care about what really happened, u can say whatever u want.

[@sorsocksfake]

He's definitely correct that it should be his greatest regret... one that he could never live with. I doubt it actually is, though.

[@gunterg7309]

Thanks I’ve been waiting for this yesssss...

[@theokchannel2081]

There's a lot of speculation that the future of America's *_'War on Terror'_* will lead us into Africa Sudan is one such area I hear about

[@varimatra2088]

theokchannel south sudan the funny part is muslim sudan is ok not a frase whe can say often

[@russianspy5307]

That'll be a bundle of laughs, i can't wait for the bombing campaign that lasts 50 years and costs billions

[@varimatra2088]

Da Komrade! Why when people think of african nations they think oh a place is ok to bomb and arm militias .... Fuck you whit a capital F

[@Makh927]

Get off your knees for ‘American war’ on terror.. they don’t want none

[@megawatt62]

Doubt it, popular sentiment from both sides of the political spectrum (Trump and Sanders notably) want to avoid any new wars/interventions and pull out of current ones. Just look at Trump pussyfooting in Syria.

[@nilloc93]

I met General Dallaire once, he's an amazing person

[@liammurphy4465]

Can you do a video on the Congo wars?

[@Riku-zv5dk]

The direct sequel

[@redmage8259]

Love the videos man

[@TheDarkBrethren]

A very informative video! Just about to study this im my genocide class so this is really helpful :D

[@ace7669]

Please do an episode on Rhodesia and South Africa.

[@ace7669]

But be fair on Rhodesia. Though in my opinion South Africa was blatantly racist. (I'm a coloured person myself so I may be a bit biased)

[@kagtkalem7115]

stickysoap South Africa is still racist. Against whites today.

[@SantomPh]

Inebolu Balikcisi that's nice.

[@kagtkalem7115]

SantomPh How is this nice!?

[@TrailerFocus]

Lmao. Nice try, pathetic piece of shit. Take that alt-right propaganda somewhere else. There is no such thing as reverse apartheid and reverse racism. You're an idiot.

[@guyhopkinson1367]

3:02 that legit gave me chills

[@pao.salamancah]

very good way to explain such difficult topic!

[@chel9190]

Watched the video for school, was really surprised of the Far Cry 2 music. Great job!

[@anon2427]

Last time I was this early Africa was still pre-colonial

[@johnyyonehand]

Last time I was thir early Soth Africa wasn't the second Zimbabwe

[@brunim987]

Fury Fury are you sure about that? You DO know that the slave trade was possiblr 'cause the europeans used africans agains't africans, right? And that europeans themselves made a lot of genocides

[@thatrandomguy8157]

Last time I was this early was when the Germans conquered the Soviet Union

[@anon2427]

Comment Review had to think of that shit in like 30 seconds AND I was on the shitter fuck off

[@carbonbased669]

3,4- Methylenedioxy The Fastest developing and fastest growing economies are in Africa (Rwanda is one of them too).On the Other hand Western European countries are literally becoming hell holes because of refugees,their economies may collapse because of socialist welfare policies, and many many other things.I genuinely struggle to actually have any sympathy for you guys honestly.

[@user-cp9id1mj8b]

4:17 Face of the soldier on the right says it all.

[@eyesofstatic9641]

How am I _NOT_ subbed to you already!? Well, now I am!

[@TrunkyDunks]

How did I JUST FIND THIS CHANNEL?! I've been binging it for the past 4 hours. Help.

[@cow_tools_]

You will do the First and Second Congo Wars right??? The way you focus on these very recent, but sadly lesser focused on conflicts is really valuable.

[@Daniel-br4nc]

DMZ doesn't have the same ring to it when you use "zed" instead of "zee" :P

[@FeatureHistory]

Yes, but I refuse to give the Americans an inch.

[@AkatsukiEmpire]

Feature History what about a centimeter?

[@FeatureHistory]

Ah rats

[@namingisdifficult408]

AkatsukiEmpire brilliant

[@frankishe23]

Daniel well that’s how you say the letter, Unless your American that is

[@delonrawson4542]

I love your videos man. Great stuff. History must never be forgotten.

[@thecolbinator5531]

*New video comes out, instantly stops what I am doing and opens KZbin to watch this*

[@eliegbert8121]

This is crazy considering how far Rwanda has come

[@genghiskhan6809]

Do either the congo wars or Rhodesian Bush wars next.

[@yathusanthulasi]

Genghis Khan680 Rhodesian Bush War comments would be cancer

[@yathusanthulasi]

Sheldon Robertson Lol

[@leedent6796]

YathytheCanuck *inhales* RHODESIANS NEVER DIE

[@yaboistefan1206]

@@yathusanthulasi true dat

[@genghiskhan6809]

@@yathusanthulasi but the memes would be legendary.

[@meriuwi1]

I love the honesty in this video!!

[@palmeramusic4838]

Such an amazing video

[@agapeniyobuhungiro6407]

This video, while largely accurate, has several serious flaws that are worth pointing out. As of 2018, it is no longer impossible to deny that a campaign of genocide was conducted against the Tutsi minority in Rwanda in 1994. However, there are several worrying revisionist trends in academia that seek to change the narrative into one of “everyone committed horrible crimes” and paint the RPF in the same light as the genocidaires. I would classify this video as leaning in that direction because it intentionally fails to mention key historical points that made the genocide possible. 1) This video characterizes Habyarimana as a moderate who tried his best to protect the Tutsi and eventually lost the reins of power. We are to believe there was a bit of discrimination but overall Rwandans lived in harmony and reconciliation until the war in 1990. Nothing could be further from the truth. From his rise to power in 1973 to the beginning of the war in 1990, he kept in place a strict system of quotas that effectively discriminated against Tutsi by limiting them to 10% in schools and the civil service. By 1990 the army was almost entirely Hutu, as were senior positions in the government. Of the 12 prefectures prior to the genocide, only one had a Tutsi governor. With the outbreak of the war, there were state-organized massacres of Tutsi in various regions of the country in 1990, 1991 and 1992 in which thousands were killed. Habyarimana was implicated in these massacres by several human rights organization (FIDH, Survie, etc.) and it is known he supported the training and arming of the militia that killed in 1994. How - in the light of such policies - are Habyarimana and the government of the Second Republic described as moderate and pro-reconciliation? How can we say he feared the Akazu when he was deeply implicated in their actions? Why is this important to mention? Because although the genocide occurred in 1994, the radicalization that led to it would not have been possible had the foundations of impunity and violence not been laid by the successive regimes of the 60s, 70s and 80s. By neglecting this history, we shift the responsibility for the genocide away from those who planned it and made it possible. 2) The video strives to make parallels (although it doesn't go as far as to equate) between the actions of the RPF and those of the genocidal regime. We’re to believe they’re all a bunch of bad guys. Although no one denies that Hutu civilians died, to even remotely equate this with a planned, systematic campaign of genocide is both insulting to survivors and incredibly dishonest. The figures speak for themselves: 1 million Tutsi and moderate Hutu killed in 3 months, 250k - 500k women and girls raped (rape was a systematic weapon of genocide in Rwanda) and the destruction of 75-80% of the pre-1994 Tutsi population. By contrast, even the most widely cited figure for civilians killed in reprisals is around 30-45K out of a Hutu population of more than 6 million (

[@sorsocksfake]

1) Constructive criticism: try using paragraphs. Unformatted textwalls are unlikely to be read at all - indeed, pretty hard to. 2) I think the main part you miss are Kagame's subsequent actions in the Congo. I'm not particularly informed on the matter, but I do know that he sent his troops in there, supposedly (and plausibly) to hunt down hutus who had fled in fear of reprisals. To what extent those were the radicals, I do not know... I would imagine any hutu would have tried to flee. It's a damn miracle that Kagame didn't do as expected. Anyway, massive ongoing conflict, gods only know how many dead have been swallowed in that one. Rarely mentioned at all in the West. 3) A final question (actual question, I don't know the answer) is how moderate the old president was. Obviously he wasn't a beacon of neutrality. But reports do say he held back the radicals, and one must wonder if those radicals killed him for that. Likewise one must consider whether the RPF was guiltless (also, whether it changed under Kagame, which is possible). Did they originally seek peace, or to subjugate the Hutu again? Did their violence help stir the "racial" hatred, and majorly help justify the violence? Basic end note: Kagame is a hero. Not just for what he did, but especially for what he refused to do. Nonetheless, we shouldn't overlook the darkness for the sake of that: no human being should ever be worshipped as a god, especially not by overlooking the bad.

[@agapeniyobuhungiro6407]

My response is a bit long but I hope you'll bear with me. 1) Thank you very much for that. It really was hard to follow without paragraphs and I've tried to make it more visually palatable. 2) I didn't address the Congo wars for two reasons. Firstly, the Congo wars and Rwanda's involvement there began in 1996, a full two years after the genocide. Although the genocide led to the events in the Congo and is important for context, I didn't feel that the Congo wars were important to understanding the genocide as they were a consequence rather than a cause of the latter i.e. I didn't want to interpret 1994 through the lens of 1996. The second reason is that my knowledge of what occurred there is much more limited and I don't want to do injustice to that incredibly complex conflict. 3) I acknowledge that Habyarimana was moderate, but only in comparison to the genocidal Akazu (which isn't exactly the conventional definition we would usually have of moderation). In his 17 years in power before the RPF invasion, Habyarimana (who was undoubtedly the most powerful figure in Rwanda) did nothing to solve the refugee crisis, nor did he try to achieve true peace and reconciliation. Instead, he upheld and entrenched a stringent system of both ethnic and regional discrimination. After the RPF invasion, he was implicated in state-sponsored massacres of thousands of Tutsi civilians in 1991, 1992 and 1993 as well as in the arming and training of militias. I believe his agreeing to negotiate with the RPF and reigning in of the extremists (to a certain degree) were born out the enormous political pressure of the international community and the increasing insistence that aid be tied to democratization in the early 1990s. Oh, and the military pressure of the RPF (especially after the 1993 offensive). In other words, I think he was moderate due to the circumstances rather than any personal convictions. Of course the RPF was not perfect. In any armed conflct, it is impossible to be blame-free. However, the responsibility for the genocide lies squarely on the shoulders of the Hutu extremists because they chose to resort to hate propaganda and portray the RPF invasion as a return of the monarchy when this was in fact not the case. Most civil wars don't lead to genocide but this one did precisely because the extremists resorted to rallying Rwandans around ethnicity and was determined to hold the Tutsi population in Rwanda hostage. As for the original goals of the RPF, there is little evidence to suggest their aim was to subjugate Hutu. The RPF grievances were based on the unresolved refugee problem (at least 600,000 refugees in the region by 1990) and the continued persecution inside Rwanda. Although the majority of RPF members were Tutsi given the composition of the exiled population, the RPF was never a monoethnic organization.

[@rutonde]

sorsocksfake About your paragraph on the congo - I think the problem starts with the impression you seem to have about the motives of the parties involved in the 1996 war. You question the new govt’s motives [“supposedly, plausibly, to hunt down fearful hutus”] while basically vindicating the genocidaires [fled in fear, their radicalism is in doubt]. But two facts should give you pause about that: 1) The genocidaires had just finished exterminating the majority of the Tutsi population in 1994; 2) They had just spent the two subsequent years relentlessly raiding Rwanda from the Congo to hunt down and kill any survivors they could find in order to complete the genocide. If you look at the substantial document trail for those two years, you will be compelled to notice just how reluctant the new govt was to go to war in the Congo. It did all it could to avert it. On one hand it begged the UN to obey its own rules which say that refugees should be either allowed to go back home or else moved away from the border. But the UN simply continued to ignore its own rules. Instead, it set up just a few yards from the border where it created and financed an environment that favored and encouraged the relentless daily raids into Rwanda that I have just mentioned. Rwanda also pled with the Congo to (A) disarm the genocidaires, and (B) move them away from the border. But President Mobutu simply and persistently scoffed at the requests. Let’s not forget that he had been a major purveyor of weapons for the genocide in 1994, in direct defiance of the UN arms embargo. In early June alone, he had shipped 80 tons of weapons from Goma to Rwanda! But Rwanda continued to plea while burying its freshly murdered compatriots for two full years. The genocidaires would make their deadly incursions at night, then go back to the Congo before daybreak to eat UN food, rest, re-arm, and return again at nightfall. The situation became simply untenable until Rwanda decided to take action against the genocidaire bases which were all located in the Congo. This was done in coordination with Congolese forces that were opposed to Mobutu’s government. That’s how the 1996 war started.

[@ieuanhunt552]

Wow people actually being informative and civil in the comment section. Well done everyone keep it up.

[@thecalmclone2813]

The fastest genocide in history is the holodomor i think

[@rachard]

How the fuck did i discovered this channel accidentaly this is top notch content.

[@bdartylar3169]

Came for old videos, found this posted 3 minutes ago. Not disappointed.

[@Miamcoline]

Very well done again! Even your horrendous pronunciations are much much better! Keep it up.

[@VexillologyHub]

You should do a video about the Acadian expulsion during the seven years war. Very interesting.

[@mardasman428]

There is a happy ending though, Kagames reforms have made Rwanda one of the strongest growing economy of the whole of Africa.

[@aaronthomas2789]

Mardas Man Although listening to certain media, people regard Kagame as a vile dictator.

[@mitchmazamez1989]

Aaron Thomas He helped defeat the genocidaires. I wouldn’t expect them or their followers to thank him! And the world being what it is, it’s inevitable that even they will get some media to listen to them.

[@gabrielfraser2109]

People are far too harsh to Kagame. He's put enormous effort into trying to get rid of the ethnic divide, and made it illegal for any party to run on a platform heavily based on race, sex, or religion, something I think every country needs.

[@williamthompson2941]

Wow, i did not know half of that. Thanks for filling in my gaps.

[@AdiR0707]

Wow. You deliver facts in a very cheerful way. Hurts my soul somehow.

[@salokin3087]

Farcry 2 music? Nice

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

Thank God I'm not the only one who noticed.

[@troyvincent8933]

Driving in that game was a real pain in the ass.

[@GlamStacheessnostalgialounge]

+thealmightypotato Well I think you might be the only person to think that.

[@patmcgroin4me]

The Mad Marxist not the only one, at the time I hated the driving

[@MaartenvanRossemLezingen]

Driving was hella slow and constantly interrupted by mercenaries. You couldn't take a party of buddies with you, let alone one buddy and the scenery wasn't very impressive mostly because of the fact you were basically driving through corridors of rock that all looked the same and the color scheme was comprised of 50 shades of brown. It wasn't a very good game.

[@senorsiro3748]

Nice Far Cry 2 music in the background. I'm playing through the game myself.

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

I love the nonchalantness of the part 2 openings

[@tdfern1]

Great video. So you are doing the Congo Wars next?

[@math2222322]

Dallaire was a great man, wish you talked about him a bit more, but great video none the less.

[@lima153330]

You cant end the series there. As you alluded to in the video, this set the stage for the Congo Wars which are not very well known in the outside world. Please finish the story with the peace accords that "ended" the 2nd congo wars in 03. If you did it would be ending a history of the Russian Revolution after the Fall of the Tsar.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

It probably is a new series. It does not mean it’s the end if this part ends. But he might do that later.

[@frapippo420]

The "Great War of Africa".

[@anthonymanderson7671]

Great video.

[@spartanpawn007]

I would actually be really interested in a video on the Congo Wars.

[@codingwithzak09]

Do the battle of Mogadishu next

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Hey Feature History, can you please make videos on the Indonesian National Revolution, the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation. Thanks.

[@fathursoebono7857]

Ekmal Sukarno don't forget the indonesian coup that started the commie purge, more deaths by machetes! Well, the interesting thing is that the suharto regime made sure the soldiers weren't operating in their native province and encouraged the people to join in the fun. An estimated 1-3 million suspected commies were 'cleansed', atleast the nazis were good at counting their victims. Guess who helped?

[@fathursoebono7857]

The indonesian-malaysian confrontation was boring as fuck, just two immature countries waving their dicks around, an internal political struggle is much more entertaining than plain old war.

[@GorrilazWarfare]

no that's a shit idea

[@beanboy860]

Lol tb to when Indonesia sent a couple of terrorists to set off a bomb in the MacDonald’s house in Singapore to kill a bunch of civilians, just cause they were opposed to the idea of Singapore’s merger with Malaysia

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

+Kraft durch Freude Freude The reason I suggested the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation is so that people from all the world can understand the sometimes negative relationship between the two countries and understand the reasons as to why Indonesia and Malaysia seem to get on each other's nerves.

[@germandestroyzeppelin4432]

What a lovely video

[@ReDFootY]

You always know how to end these videos on a happy note. /s.

[@msgtvarela]

could you do a video on the sierra leone civil war?

[@alperene8528]

Kevin Varela And Liberia

[@namingisdifficult408]

Kevin Varela interesting

[@zacharygraham9419]

Kevin Varela updooted

[@christarubayiza5724]

Please don't call this a "civil war" it's the 1994 GENOCIDE against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It was well planned out and executed, it was no accident.

[@calvinware7957]

The genocide was a part of the civil war tho

[@kingethan3797]

You should do a video on the Boer War

[@ses694]

Do a video on the spanish flu. It's quite overlooked by many and it would be cool to try a video that wasn't about some kind of conflict.

[@fatheranthony4pope]

Most untrue when you claimed the small peacekeeping force that left could have prevented the genocide.

[@LuisSierra42]

learning history just depresses me more and more, i don't want to be human

[@-caesarian-6078]

Well, this is one of the darkest events in world history, so, it won’t get any worse than this!

[@LuisSierra42]

@@-caesarian-6078 Sadly it does sir, the congo wars was worse

[@nerf.zombiemikula1394]

Still waiting for the Congo wars video.......... hope you'll do it one day

[@adw123mgee2]

Did you use the far cry 2 soundtrack? Great video by the way.

[@HassanSra]

Quick addendum, Rwanda rebound like crazy in the years after the genocide and is now one of the most productive countries in Africa with one of the strongest and fastest growing economies on the continent!

[@doridore1234]

Read Dallaire's book, _Shake Hands with the Devil_. It's an amazing book that tells in detail his struggles with the incompetent bureaucracy of the UN. Dallaire is a hero of Canada.

[@nicksoley]

Well, you set it up. Now we NEED a video on the Congo Wars. Whose with me?

[@undolf4097]

At first i was excited for another video but now I’m just sad after watching it

[@HueWave]

Paraguayan war or Dominican civil war or Araguayan guerillas

[@HueWave]

Merritt Animation yes my man

[@big04member]

Agathe Uwinligiyemana's death was brutal. Before she died her children where escorted out and she was left alone with her husband (prolly not). Her children were taken to Milles Collines (hotel) and where later on escorted out of the country. They are alive right know in the Netherlands or Belgium.

[@nichirinbullets]

@Danny Tallmage you really think people would prioritize the killing of 10 white dudes over the genocide of 40% of Rwanda's population? sure, that's what the UN did, but seriously grow up

[@jungkookwillbethedeathofme]

@Danny Tallmage HUH... the hutu definitely didn't torture those guys more than their enemies LMFAOO that's probably the stupidest thing you could've said. ik ur just baiting but tone the racism down lmfaoo

[@jungkookwillbethedeathofme]

@Danny Tallmage you’re literally racist i doubt you know what you’re talking about

[@Fkallyall]

​@dannytallmage2409for real who would of thought Belgians would be the victim of the own rage they instilled in Hutu extremists. George ruggiu look him up.

[@HMASbogan]

Can you do a video/s on the Punic Wars and their battles?!!?

[@1993TheDuke]

A video on the Argentinian civil war would be really interesting.

[@kameronjones7139]

Can you do one on the Congo wars please

[@namingisdifficult408]

Kameron Jones that would make sense

[@bigbirb340]

Isnt there only one war to begin with? ____ till today

[@genghiskhan6809]

@@bigbirb340 No. There were multiple Congo Wars but so much spillover occurred since the country went to utter fucking shit that they may as well be one.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Well, here's to that never happening again.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Tell that to the Rohigya and Yazdis. I apologize for the spelling errors

[@michaelsimpson3574]

Only the dead know the end of war

[@redplanet2720]

Mm yes a video on both congos from leopold up until now would be amazing

[@MrZiva82]

Baaba Maal and his score for the Far Cry 2 worked wonders here. Great video as always.

[@priatalat]

The UN is literally the League of Nations but with a different logo. Once the UN is replaced, people will look back at it like the same way we look back at the League today.

[@Dyl482]

Who is "We' and why should some lobby made up of bourgeous aristocrats have the power to send young men of my community to go die fighting somewhere.

[@priatalat]

@@Dyl482 We as in us humans. And I think you misunderstood me, I'm saying the UN is worthless

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

Gen. Delaire: I am asking permition to engage. They are upon us! UN: No. *Ten troopers are killed* UN: Omg Delaire! It's court martial for you. The UN really care for its personnel doesn't It?

[@samuelademeso9041]

Kagame: don't worry Romeo I got this* get his men to engage the Hutu forces

[@antonsmirnov9420]

Can you make an episode on War in Transnistria?

[@LogicalMan6]

Will you do the Congo Wars next?

[@freedomstar3930]

I just hope that things improve for Rwanda. God rest the victims of the genocide.

[@johnalexander651]

Somewhat happily after all the darkness is that Kagame turned out to be quite a good ruler for Rwanda.

[@steven_cfc7844]

Could you do a video on the rhodesian bush war

[@grigoryzinoviev244]

Can you do the Mali conflict next??