rs. During this time, which the U.N. Security Council refused to refer to as genocide, tens of thousands of Tutsi’s have already been slaughtered. Major General Dallarie and the Force Commander of the UN troops were faced with a moral dilemma that was whether or not they should remove their troops out of the Don Bosco School. They realized that the removal of their troops would for sure mark the end of the refugees living there. However, they choose to obey orders and removed all the troops out of the School.On May 3, 1994, President Clinton signed the Presidential Decision Directive (PDD 25), which set strict conditions on the U. S. military involvement in international peacekeeping operations. The rescue mission, Operation Turquoise Operation took place late June, and consisted of 2,330 French troops. Immediately, the troops began deployment into the humanitarian protection zone in southwest Rwanda. By July 1994, Tutsi dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front had succeeded in waging armed war against the Interhamwe, authors of the genocide, and capture Kigali. ...
