THEODORE E. BURTON

The United States did very little to stop the Armenian genocide that had been carried out by Turkey. We also did little to stop the Nazi genocide of the Jews and Gypsies, the extermination of the Cambodian urban and intellectual population and the Ruanda genocide of the Tutsies. The argument that we could not stop it tended to mean that we did little or nothing to diminish the murder. President Clinton stated that this failure was his greatest mistake in office.

Ironically, by the 21st century, the Republican Party had moved so far to the right that it rejected the earlier Republican position on the International Courts and opposed American participation. Many Republicans of that era are amazed that Republicans endorsed American participation in an International Court ever.

The United States did very little to stop the Armenian genocide that had been carried out by Turkey. We also did little to stop the Nazi genocide of the Jews and Gypsies, the extermination of the Cambodian urban and intellectual population and the Ruanda genocide of the Tutsies. The argument that we could not stop it tended to mean that we did little or nothing to diminish the murder. President Clinton stated that this failure was his greatest mistake in office.

Ironically, by the 21st century, the Republican Party had moved so far to the right that it rejected the earlier Republican position on the International Courts and opposed American participation. Many Republicans of that era are amazed that Republicans endorsed American participation in an International Court ever.