So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.
Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great.
The Rwandan policy of putting the genocide behind them is incredibly effective in many ways. But it's also incredibly frightening to think that this nation is being asked put this mass slaughter behind them.
The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador.
The U.N. has been so disappointing to date on the whole Rwanda issue that despite the people they've sent through, and I have no doubt their competence, in the end, the decision is going to be made by other people and not by them.
All we hear about Africa in the West is Darfur, Zimbabwe, Congo, Somalia, as if that is all there is.
Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.
Africa has 53 countries. And you find that three or four countries in these 53 are dominating the news.
I love Africa in general South Africa and West Africa, they are both great countries.
Rwanda is a landlocked country, but it hasn't stopped developing. They built a high-end tourism industry around the mountain gorillas.