Sierra Leone civil war

What I find the most disheartening about this war is that so many people lost their lives in this war and I had no idea it even happened, even though the United States was in it. It also seems interesting to me that the United States supported the civilians, makes me wonder how much the diamond rich region was a part of that. It seems like America loves to make sure their products are protected. It does seem like the revolutionary side had more followers. It does make me happy the United States supported them. I just wish we would have got involved sooner. I wonder how that would have made an impact. I think the UN does need to always be involved when a standing government is killing its own citizens. Government should always represent the people of that territory. I am interested to find out how the book ties in with this and I am glad I actually found out that something this horrendous happened to these people. To live in ignorance of it is to do these people who suffered from it a huge injustice.