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GO!!! said:YES!
Lets concentrate on his behaviour when he came home! How he became a drunk, wandering the streets of Ottawa.
How he continually drew attention to the tragedy in Rwanda, but failed to take any responsibility himself, or place it where it is arguably more deserved, on Maurice Baril and Kofi Annan, presumably in an effort to ensure his gold - plated pension.
Lets concentrate on how he is now advocating the deployment of Canadians to Darfur, where there will definitely be casualties on our side. And for what? The temporary cessation of tribal warfare on a continent that is rife with it? To secure the goodwill of a handful of riduculously poor African dictatorships, ruled by despots who actively encourage the strife?
If we are going to expend treasure and lives, it should at least be in a country or region in which we have a significant national interest.
Just because a retired, failed general said so, does'nt make it so.
Way to show your ignorance regarding PTSD. I have friends who still can't stand the smell of rotting leaves or Vic's Vapour rub because of what they had to deal with on the job. They also drank, some got divorced, etc. I guess they are all drunks too then.
As for his taking responsibility, what do you think is the major issue he deals with every day wrt his PTS? He's been very open about wishing he had done things differently.
Comparing him to Mackenzie is ludicrous. The Balkans had a helluva lot more cash/people/equipment/political support than Rwanda ever had. I'm sure if he had had the same support network things would have turned out differently.
As for your comment about Darfur, you are just propagating the whole problem that came up with Rwanda -- no economical benefit and they're always going to fight, so why not just leave them alone? Who cares that they're also human, children are being recruited to fight, women are being raped and mutilated, and other atrocities are happening?
I hate to be so blunt, (and I'm sure the mods will have something to say to me about this, hopefully past posts will prove that this is an isolated incident) but are you even human?