EARLY EPISODE: The Rwandan Genocide: Part 2
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I thought that at least Joe was quitting vaping?
Dallaire = Dah-lare for pronunciation
I didn’t fully understand why the UN pushed back on Dallaire going through with protecting the PM and others. Can someone explain the reasoning for this?
You guys know the story about Tim Walz' students naming Rwanda as a likely genocide site? IN 1993!?
just googled it super cool way to teach IT in Geography and also sociology, but man that had to be a fucked up feeling for the pupils when they realized that the genocide they predicted materialized only one year later...
What what is the band Tom mentioned at the beginning they sound sick lol
They're called Flagtitious Idiosyncrasy In The Dilapidation (Tom)
Well. I WAS in a good place lol.
Romeo Dallaire was in a bad spot… he did the right thing, with what he had… his downfall was correct, he had misplaced faith… he was a casualty of this genocide as well
We ever gonna know what happened to Nick??? Cmon tell us!!!
Nick? The first cohost? Joe ate him. That’s the joke. But no he had to leave because he’s an army lifer and this show is not uhh “ US Army approved”
Foxdie from Metal Gear Solid but for podcasters?
As soon as I seen episode 2 dropped for this I immediately went to the dispensary, picked up 4 8ths, got a 12 pack of Sam Adam’s, and a load of animal facts on stand by. Love listening to the show guys! Keep up the amazing work.
I feel like such a dick bringing this up, but it’s Da-lair, not Da-li-air. There used to be some weird Canadian identity tied up in UN peacekeeping, pre-Afghanistan invasion, that a lot of civilians still buy into, despite us basically contributing nothing for years. Even into the late 90’s in public school there was this idea that our military were the good guys, Canada was a force for good because we protected people, followed the rules, and saved the world during the Suez crisis (even had a prof saying the last bit in 2009 at university). It’s not surprising that someone like Dallaire trusted the UN to do the right thing. I’ve talked to veterans of Cyprus who were really proud of being peacekeepers, believed in the concept and just wished more resources were dedicated to it. They retired before the “Somalia Affair” and Rwanda though.
THE HORROR CONTINUES!
My high school history class made a big deal about the Rwandan Genocide and essentially spent three months teaching a 'tribal hatred' version of the history. So I can honestly say that this podcast is better than a high school history class.
What country was this?
Fun Animal Fact- The Aye-Aye is the only primate that uses echolocation to find its prey.
Super interesting, so thank you for doing the series. But man, this makes me feel like maybe humans were not that good of an idea.
Don't fall into the human hating nihilism. Remember that there were humans like Romeo Dallaire who did all they could do to stop this. And who knows how many humans who hid or helped tutsis escape or hide.
Did Bout deliver those Russian vehicles to the UN too? And I’m guessing Bosnia will be next animal facts themed episode.
Do the An Lushan rebellion next!
BELGIUM WTF?!?! I am just flabbergasted. I am holding out hope that there were consequences for that Belgian guy
You know it's gonna be a rough one when the ep description is just the part number.
I had to stop this episode after the comment about Modern Talking in the context of the Soviet-Afghan War. I tried to look it up and instead found another video of war footage from the war with "Cheri Cheri Lady" synced over it. Knowing everything I know now after reading "Boys in Zinc" by Svetlana Alexievich, it made me feel physically ill thinking of everything I read being done with Thomas Anders voice in the background.