30-October-2007, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Doodler
Ya know, on the one hand, I can agree with that, its rough over there.
On the other hand, who made it that miserable?
This wound is pretty self inflicted. Regardless of what guilt and spite they think they can pass off on European colonial powers, the fact is, these hellholes were the creations of failed cultures too mired in tribalism to avoid collapse once free to make their own way in the world.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide
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Following the Berlin Conference, held in 1885, Rwanda and Burundi were ceded to Germany, who held it until the 1918 Treaty of Versailles, when it was ceded to Belgium.[5] The Belgians, seeking a non-indigenous explanation for the complex monarchy they found in the colony, framed the Hutu/Tutsi distinction as one of race, rather than economics or ethnicity. The Belgians issued racial identification cards to every Rwandan, giving preferential treatment to Tutsis for positions in education, politics and business.[6]
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The list goes on . . .
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