Rwandan Genocide: Who did it?

My opinion on the conflict in Rwanda is that it was started by Belgium, but the Interahamwe are the ones who kept it going. This is because when Belgium gained control of Rwanda they had to have known about the ongoing conflict between the Tutsi’s and the Hutu’s. After they got into the country they caused more of a conflict by making identity cards, so that they would know who was a Hutu and who was a Tutsi. While in power, Belgium put the Tutsis in charge of the government, while the Hutus were not favored and acted as peasants. Finally as Belgium was leaving power they decided to change it up, and put the Hutus as the government.

After the conflict started up, the Interahamwe started their killings. They turned on their neighbors, families, and friends. They either killed for land, money, or simply because they were convinced to. One way they were convinced was by a radio station run by Juvenal. He was a Hutu, who wanted the Tutsis dead. On the radio station it said that you should kill the Tutsis, every chance you get. Some claim that the station brainwashed the Interahamwe. They turned their backs on people who considered them friends.

In the opinion of my assigned person, Paul Kagame, I would still blame the Interahamwe and Belgium. Another group I would blame is the Rwandan Armed Forces and the UN. I would blame them because neither of them did anything to help the problem.

The Rwandan Armed Forces were a Hutu army who was involved in the killings of a great amount of Tutsis and moderate Hutus. This group forced the Tutsis to leave their country, in order to live. As one of those people I, Paul Kagame, became the leader of the RPF(Rwandan Patriotic Forces). We were called Rebels and Terrorists, but the only thing we were fighting for was to be treated as an equal to the Hutus. Everything could have been resolved if the Rwandan Armed Forces would have just compromised with us and seen things from our point of view.

The UN did not start the genocide, nor did they help it continue on, but they also did nothing to stop it. The UN sent forces into Rwanda and were going to help the problem get resolved, but whenever help was needed they looked the other way. The UN soldiers were not allowed to use their weapons unless they were being shot at. They weren't allowed to use their weapons, even if someone was being killed right in front of them. Now, what help is that?

None of these groups or people did anything to stop this genocide and some helped to keep it going, this is why they deserve the blame for this horrific time in history.