Responsibility for the Rwandan Genocide can't really be put all on only one person: everyone is responsible for what happened in Rwanda. The Hutus and Tutsis are definitely to blame for the massacres of the Tutsis, and the Tutsis are responsible as well, even though they were the targets (due to them oppressing the Hutus for so many years prior). Belgium, King Leopold (King of Belgium) especially, is definitely to blame for the genocide; even though they were never part of the actual massacres, they are responsible for the very first steps of the genocide, as they favored the Tutsis and organized the discrimination and oppression of the Hutus.
The US government and the United Nations are definitely to blame. Because of their "lack of interest in Rwanda" and fear of armed conflict, both decided not to intervene and possibly save the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. It almost seems as if the US and the UN are allowing the Hutus to get away with genocide. Therefore, both the US and UN are to blame, if not have the most blame. The Rwandan genocide, like many other genocides, comes with responsibility, and when it comes to this genocide, everyone's guilty.
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