I Think To A Certain Extent In Bosnia And Among The Hutus In Rwanda And Also Among The Tutsis In Rwanda Who Then Took Revenge On The Hutus, There Is A Sense Of Being Swept Up And A Sense That The Society In Which They Live Has Gone Mad. - SearchQuotes

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I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who then took revenge on the Hutus, there is a sense of being swept up and a sense that the society in which they live has gone mad.

John Pomfret

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