Well, I guess that's it. Prudence, our mission was not to intervene while the system...
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Prudence Bushnell: [Appalled at the outcome] Well, I guess that's it.
Lionel Quaid: Prudence, our mission was not to intervene while the system functioned perfectly. A few years down the road, the President will ask for forgiveness and make the promise of "never again", but in terms of national interest we did everything right.
Prudence Bushnell: [Exasperated] We were loyal to a policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of people to be killed! As far as moral imperative, we did not do the right thing.
Lionel Quaid: We're bureaucrats, not the political leadership.
Prudence Bushnell: [Hesitates] Is it because they're Africans?
Lionel Quaid: Let's not do that, Pru. It was Rwandans killing Rwandans
Lionel Quaid: Prudence, our mission was not to intervene while the system functioned perfectly. A few years down the road, the President will ask for forgiveness and make the promise of "never again", but in terms of national interest we did everything right.
Prudence Bushnell: [Exasperated] We were loyal to a policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of people to be killed! As far as moral imperative, we did not do the right thing.
Lionel Quaid: We're bureaucrats, not the political leadership.
Prudence Bushnell: [Hesitates] Is it because they're Africans?
Lionel Quaid: Let's not do that, Pru. It was Rwandans killing Rwandans
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Is it because they're Africans Let's not do that Pru
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It was Rwandans killing Rwandans
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Movie Summary
When the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000 people.
