[Kory Yamashita]

Am I confused in thinking that I heard his name being floated for governor general? </p> And why CAN'T we vote for our ministers?? It would be one step closer to actually having the government's actions reflect the will of the people, although the bickering between ministries would be ridiculous.

[Dr Caleb]

If Lt Gen Romeo Dallaire (ret) can be DM, then I vote Major Gen. John De Chastellaine (ret) (?) as Prime Minister. If he can get the English and the Irish to stop blowing up each others cars, then he can tell the US to fold the FTAA till it's all sharp corners and stuff it.<p> Both are very fine men IMHO.<p>

[KevinGagnon]

Have you heard Dallaire speak yet? When he speaks you want to listen. He knows something that Pratt, Cheney, Bush, Martin, Harper can never understand about war, about evil and real terror. I think our defence minister should be someone who understands that the types of war that the U.S fight are not the path to peace. I think Dallaire understands this.

Kevin

[Dr Caleb]

[QUOTE BY= KevinGagnon] Have you heard Dallaire speak yet? <br> I think our defence minister should be someone who understands that the types of war that the U.S fight are not the path to peace. I think Dallaire understands this. Kevin[/QUOTE] Yes. Quite a man there, and I would have like to have heard more from him before his breakdowns after Rwanda.<p> Major General Lewis McKenzie also comes to mind here, also another battle scarred soldier who believes war is the absolute last line of action.<p>

[KevinGagnon]

<p>Here's some links about Dallaire. <p><a href="http://www.nsb.com/speakerbio.asp?i_speakerid=232">Lt. Gen Roméo Dallaire is a true hero and an outspoken leader for the 21st century, who is passionate about the humanism necessary in leadership and conflict resolution.</a> <p><a href="http://www.nsb.com/whatsnew.asp?i_newsid=334">Lt.-Gen. (Ret) Roméo Dallaire's book Shake Hands with the Devil exposes the failure by humanity to stop the genocide in Rwanda, despite timely warnings.</a> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/dallaire/">CBC Article: Quote "He describes the machete-wielding government-sponsored forces who went on a killing spree in 1994 and murdered 800,000 people in 100 days. It's a damning indictment of world leaders and UN bureaucrats who failed to stop the genocide. Even to write the story was painful."</a> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/national/magazine/dallaire/">Death And Duty - CBC Interview</a> <p><a href="http://tanadineen.com/COLUMNIST/Columns/Dallaire.htm"> To help, to pathologize this man, is to trivialize and depoliticize the issues. When we hear Dallaire speak, we no longer hear an esteemed general who could talk of ill-planned peace missions, poor military strategy and bad judgment at UN headquarters. Instead, we hear a psychological invalid who has learned to use words like stress and healing. Gen. Dallaire has lost his voice as an experienced soldier and now serves as a spokesperson for the therapy industry. I, for one, would like to hear him speak about the horrific reality of the situation and the inability of western political and military strength to intervene in ancient ethnic conflicts. I would like to know what he thinks about peacekeeping when there is no peace, and what he might say about the 11-year-old Rwandan boy, whose only surviving relative is a five-year-old sister, found among the bodies of their parents and other family members, and who said: ''I will hunt the killers to the end of the world. I will kill their children when I grow up. I know the killers; even 70 years from now, I will remember how they and their children look.''</a> <p>Kevin

[KevinGagnon]

<p>I found an article that mentions his name for the governor general job. Personally though I think he would be much better in a job that is related to peacekeeping military decisions. I think the defence minister would be the best job and get rid of David Pratt. <p><a href="http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040301/GOV01/National/Idx">globeandmail.com</a>

[Stymiest]

I've heard him speak in person in ottawa and he is trully amazing. i have also read his book and find it quite good. one thing I'd like to stress though is he does not blame the superpowers for everything all though they do play a part in the terror. Romeo lays blame on canada aswell for not taking a role as a leading military power and helping world peace grow. Whether you want to believe it or not canada has done little to actually help world peace. We didn;t evenm send any troops along with Dallaire too Rwanada (Thats a first usually a country sends atleast a battalion or two to help out) especially since Dallaire was leader of the mission <img align=absmiddle src='images/smilies/frown.gif' alt='Frown'> <br /> <br />The UN is a bureaucratic peace of shit organization. it has veyr little actual effect on world issues and ultimately it is upto the superpowers to decide which conflcits they get involved in. Its upto Us to change this though we as Canadians need too take an active role in conflict revolution we need tos et the bar of what is to be expected and we need more commitment. As Dallaire said "Without true peace and global cohesion humanity will never reach its full potential" <br /> <br />

[z_whalen]

It sure is nice that it took 800 000 deaths to get people to care. I believe Canada failed completely in Rwanda. What did we contribute? Our general may have commanded the operation, but we turned our back on him and the people of Rwanda by not sending our own detachment of peacekeepers to help. It seems like most of you don't know that Canada did not send any troops to Rwanda, even though it is customary for the force commander's nation to supply at least one battalion to help out. We should be ashamed of ourselves, instead of blaming anyone else. Where were we? Because of years of pacifism and underfunding, our military was just completely overstretched and under-supplied. We should have been there anyway, but the people of this country wouldn't be able to stomach the loss of any soldiers, even if they died honorably in protection of innocent human beings. It's funny how quick you are to blame America. It was our general in command and he needed our support, but we and the rest of the developped world chose to ignore him. Canadians especially should be ashamed of this horrible genocide. We need to make sure our military is strong and capable so we will never have to stand idly by and watch something like Rwanda happen again.

[civiltech]

[QUOTE BY= KevinGagnon] Have you heard Dallaire speak yet? When he speaks you want to listen. He knows something that Pratt, Cheney, Bush, Martin, Harper can never understand about war, about evil and real terror. I think our defence minister should be someone who understands that the types of war that the U.S fight are not the path to peace. I think Dallaire understands this. <br /> <br />Kevin[/QUOTE] <br /> <br />I think he would make an excellent defense minister. <br />However, the above post toying with the idea of him as Governor General has really peaked my interest. Truly he would make an excellent Commander in Chief! <br /> <br />I would hope the Prime Minister and the Queen agree to have him as our next Governor General!! Adrienne Clarkson has done a wonderful job, and if she was chosen to stay on for years to come she has my backing 110%. But down the road, Romeo would be an excellent candidate! <br /> <br />I know you want him as Defence Minister, but I want him as the big GG!!! <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

[civiltech]

[QUOTE BY= z_whalen] It sure is nice that it took 800 000 deaths to get people to care. I believe Canada failed completely in Rwanda. What did we contribute? Our general may have commanded the operation, but we turned our back on him and the people of Rwanda by not sending our own detachment of peacekeepers to help. It seems like most of you don't know that Canada did not send any troops to Rwanda, even though it is customary for the force commander's nation to supply at least one battalion to help out. We should be ashamed of ourselves, instead of blaming anyone else. Where were we? Because of years of pacifism and underfunding, our military was just completely overstretched and under-supplied. We should have been there anyway, but the people of this country wouldn't be able to stomach the loss of any soldiers, even if they died honorably in protection of innocent human beings. It's funny how quick you are to blame America. It was our general in command and he needed our support, but we and the rest of the developped world chose to ignore him. Canadians especially should be ashamed of this horrible genocide. We need to make sure our military is strong and capable so we will never have to stand idly by and watch something like Rwanda happen again.[/QUOTE] <br /> <br />Well said, and I agree with you totally.

[Stymiest]

[QUOTE BY= civiltech] [QUOTE BY= z_whalen] It sure is nice that it took 800 000 deaths to get people to care. I believe Canada failed completely in Rwanda. What did we contribute? Our general may have commanded the operation, but we turned our back on him and the people of Rwanda by not sending our own detachment of peacekeepers to help. It seems like most of you don't know that Canada did not send any troops to Rwanda, even though it is customary for the force commander's nation to supply at least one battalion to help out. We should be ashamed of ourselves, instead of blaming anyone else. Where were we? Because of years of pacifism and underfunding, our military was just completely overstretched and under-supplied. We should have been there anyway, but the people of this country wouldn't be able to stomach the loss of any soldiers, even if they died honorably in protection of innocent human beings. It's funny how quick you are to blame America. It was our general in command and he needed our support, but we and the rest of the developped world chose to ignore him. Canadians especially should be ashamed of this horrible genocide. We need to make sure our military is strong and capable so we will never have to stand idly by and watch something like Rwanda happen again.[/QUOTE] <br /> <br />Well said, and I agree with you totally.[/QUOTE] <br /> <br />Completely man its so true what you just said and i have been trying to preach it for a while bow.