Sociology

Rwandan genocide was characterized by inaction from both the U.S and the United. This was due to a variety of reasons. To the U.S, their inaction was attributed to the bureaucratic infighting that was present in Rwanda. Also, the U.S saw it as an expensive affair to intervene in calming the genocide. Moreover, the United States saw it as a violation of the international criminal law to jam the radio that was being used by the extremists (Jones, 2001).

To the UN, they had rules to peacekeeping. According to them they could only engage in peacekeeping if at all there was peace to keep. Rwandan genocide was way above their defined limits. Also, the UN treated the Rwandan genocide as a case of internal politics. According to their mandate, they were not supposed to interfere with the internal politics of a country. In addition, the U.N could not intervene since there was lack of proper political leadership which led the international community to be indifferent (Jones, 2001).