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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (23546)	4/4/2002 10:03:48 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

However, global television and the connected economy hasn't prevented any of the other massive genocides which have occurred over the past several decades. (Ruwanda being more noteworthy in that regard). Good point but I think it underlines my point. Where you have the pervasive presence of international television, as you do now in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the dynamics of war are completely different. The absence of such in Rwanda show just how much of a difference its presence makes. Why was it not around during Rwanda. There is a rather long chapter in Samantha Powers' new book A Problem From Hell on Rwanda. Have yet to read it but it might answer that question in a serious manner. As for the oil embargo weapon, I simply don't know. It was a rather effective weapon in the early 70s. Perhaps it could be used again but my sense is that we are some distance from that at the moment.