On the recordFebruary 18, 2011
I'm sitting here hearing what a wonderful organization the U.N. is, and I can't help but wonder: Where in the heck were they during Rwanda? Where were they? I would love to yield the floor to anybody out there. You know, that was the most miserable failure and genocide that the world has seen in modern times. Where was the U.N.? And we all know they were absolutely nowhere. There were 800,000 people killed, slaughtered, an absolute genocide; and it went from, I think, April until July 6, 800,000 people killed with machetes on the street, and the U.N. spent the whole 3, 4 months debating the definition of genocide. The U.N. is not there when you need them. The U.N. spends lots of time condemning Israel, lots of time on anti-United States jabs. They aren't being helpful so far that I can see on Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, or anywhere else in the Middle East where the pot seems to be boiling over. But I just remember so vividly genocide in Rwanda and the U.N. not being there. I would suggest to people, you know, we all want to read books. Read the book ``Hotel Rwanda.'' Read the book, ``We Regret to Inform You, But Tonight They Are Coming for Our Children,'' about the genocide in Rwanda. There are lots of books, and it's well documented on how absolutely worthless the U.N. was.
