Summative: Hotel Rwanda and Citations Exercise

1. Summative: Hotel Rwanda and Citations Exercise

2. PART B - Editorial(AP) Written Reflection: Write an editorial to the newspaper concerning genocide in Rwanda comparing it to the current situation in Syria or another example of Genocide in the world. ***You must research your topic and include a minimum of 3 sources within your text and include a bibliography.

3. Example #1 Syria: another Rwanda? As the death toll has all ready made its impact in Rwanda, the same effect is taking place in Syria. With a total of 500,000- 1,000,000 casualties over the course of 100 days, there is no doubt in mind that the Rwandan massacre is one of the worst acts of genocide the world has ever seen. Syria as of date comes up with a total of 110,00 casualties and counting. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said that this is a "29 month uprising" which now stands at 110,371 people dead with at least 40,146 being civilians. This includes "nearly 4,000 women and more than 5,800 children" (Craggs, Huff Post, 2013). The Syrian civil war can possibly make its way to the top of the lists alongside the Rwandan genocide if something isn't done right away. During the Rwandan genocide, there was little to no help from the international community to put an end to the Rwandan chaos. There was barely any support from the UN or any neighbouring countries. Much like in Syria as their chances of having the United States military come in and launch strikes is very unlikely due to the fact of "the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons"(Obama, Voice of America, 2013). Although the United States is taking its time to get an approval from the UN to take out Assad's air force, airfields or any other bases, innocent people are dying during this wait. All of this is "so that the slaughter could be minimized and Assad personally punished" but something else should be done during this downtime (Boteach, The Jerusalem Post, 2013). As for Rwanda, nobody offered to help other than a couple soldiers from the UN who could only do so much. Than under still chaotic circumstances, the Rwandan genocide ended but moved the violence across the border to Congo due to the Tutsi rebels.

4. Example #1 Bibliography "Obama Raises Rwanda to Justify Possible Syria Action." VOA. Voice of America, 6 Sept. 2013. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. Boteach, Shmuley. "Will Syria Be Obama's Rwanda?" Www.JPost.com. Te Jerusalem Post, 16 Sept. 2013. Web. 23 Sept. 2013. Craggs, Ryan. "Syria Death Toll: More than 110,000 Dead In Conflict, NGO Says. "The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 01 Sept. 2013. Web. 23 Sept. 2013.

5. Example #2 Is the Syria civil war a repeat of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide? September 23rd, 2013 As we know, Syria faces a key civil war which will either make or break the fight for democracy. Currently, the Assad family still holds power in Syria and has kept it for “four decades.” In 2011, Sunni Muslims protested in hopes of joining the democratic movement around the world. In order to counteract this protest, the government reacted with force, “killing many protesters” (BBC, 2013). Because of this, the citizens were forced to “take up arms.” In the beginning it was only to defend the movement, however, gradually it turned into self defense against their civilizations’ security forces. The Free Syrian Army obtained help from Turkey, but eventually some radical Islamists like the Al Qaeda noticed an opportunity for power themselves (Stack, 2013). So as Syria fights for freedom, most of the world sits back and watches. The situation remains the same as when the Rwandan Genocide occurred in 1994. The Rwandan Genocide could have been stopped with adequate help from more powerful countries or organizations such as the United States or the United Nations. As Rwanda kept calling to us all for help, we sat back and decided that since we were not directly involved, it would be better for us to ignore it and feel sympathy from afar. Thus far, we have not aided Syria. Most of us have comfortably pitied them over our laptop screens and that’s about it. On the Rwandan genocide’s 18th anniversary, “Obama promised” there would never be a repeat of what happened again. Although the USA is still inactive at the moment, will there be hope for Syria? Will this be a repeat of the Rwandan genocide? (Jamison, 2013).

6. Example #2 Works Cited “Nationwide Uprising.” BBC News. BBC, 19 Sep, 2013. Web. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world- middle-east-14703995> Jamison, Anne. “Syria Civil War: Could Syria become Obama’s Rwanda?” Policy Mic. Policy Mic, 24 May, 2013. Web. < http://www.policymic.com/articles/43853/syria-civil-war-could-syria-become-obama-s-rwanda> Stack, Liam. “Key Questions on the Conflict in Syria.” New York Times. NY, Times 27 Aug, 2013. Web. <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/world/middleeast/the-conflict-in-syria.html?_r=0>

7. Bibliography A note about in text sourcing - it is last name of author then year (Smith, 2013) if the article doesn't have a year it is the year you viewed it. (Smith, 2014).  If it doesn't have a author, the organization of the website is used. For example - let's say you used the following website: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sy.html It would be sourced (CIA, 2014) In the bibliography it would be: CIA (2014); The World Fact Book: Syria; Washington D.C. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sy.html Bibliography is alpha ordered by last name or organization.