What really got to me was that the U.N. peacekeepers on the ground were fully aware of what was going on. Despite clear evidence of genocide, the U.S. voted against intervening. It wasn't that they didn't know what was happening; they knew and chose not to act. Why? Paul Rusesabagina suggests that part of the decision was based on our recent experience in Somalia.
This happened in 1994 during the Clinton years, before we became "a Christian nation." It couldn't possibly happen now, could it?