A few recent diary entries have mentioned Rwanda in one context or another. Most people probably don't realize that a huge amount of blame can be assigned to the mind-blowingly awful policies of the French government. For example, see this link. (I'm not sure what axes this author might have to grind, but his account basically matches what I've read in other places.) An excellent book about Rwanda is We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch. I recommend it highly.
In all fairness, the U.S.'s role in the tragedy in Rwanda is nothing to be proud of. In March 1998, during his trip to Africa, Clinton said:
"All over the world, there were people like me sitting in offices who did not fully appreciate the depth and speed with which you were being engulfed by this unimaginable terror."(Source: http://www.alternet.org/story.html? StoryID=9494. This analysis in this link may be biased, but I'm assuming that the quote is accurate.) This statement by Clinton is demonstrably false: the Hutus made very little attempt to conceal what they intended to do. Most of the world just didn't want to know.
Efficient Use of Resources
I think most people agree that we need to greatly increase the amount of money and manpower devoted to law enforcement in order to investigate terrorist threats and to provide additional security on airplanes, at airports, at government buildings, and at other public places. Let's stop wasting our resources on the idiotic War on Drugs, and instead apply those efforts to actually protecting American lives and property.