Stop The Rwanda Genocide

Time has proven that when we neglect to offer aid or asylum to those in need, scenarios worsen and we come to regret our decision. This can be said with the Holocaust; even though the world was not fully aware of the full extent the Jewish (amongst other minorities) were facing, we did have some inkling that human rights were being infringed upon. The world didn’t intervene soon enough and as a result it was too late to save millions of lives, and in an attempt to halt the full blown massacre, millions more perished. In even more recent history, the same can be said of the Rwandan genocide in 1994. After the world was horrified of the mass slaughter in present day, the International Alliance to End Genocide (IAEG) was formed to prevent and stop forming and current genocides. …show more content…
The crisis in Syria is much more than people wanting to leave a less than idealistic life; their life is a never-ending nightmare filled with bloodshed and carnage. Everyday is filled with the uncertainty whether it will be the last, or whether they’ll be fortunate enough to continue living in a slaughterhouse of a country. The privileged citizens of the U.S. then have the audacity to question whether they have the right to flee their personal hell and seek asylum. Some believe the defenseless few should rise against the armed mass and have them fight for their own freedom if they want it so badly. Others assert that the surrounding countries should be the ones to provide shelter and aid, why should we care for another human who didn’t have the advantage of being born an