Because my crying somehow exposed his brutality to him.

Well, then why did you go to the closet and get your gun and load it?

And even in the moment he didn't want to be reminded of what he was doing.

The victims were Salvadorians and foreigners of all backgrounds and all social and economic classes, for in its blind cruelty violence leaves everyone equally defenceless.

The women and children whose limbs Taylor ordered to be hacked off bear testimony to his brutality, and the countries left in turmoil make clear that there can be no durable peace in West Africa unless the man who unleashed these conflicts is stopped.