Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:
I'm sorry, I have to agree in part with what Bart is saying aswell.
Reason for this is not that we are a bunch of stereotypical pricks. The reason is that, if no genocide occured, or even if Dallaire had managed to stop it, troops under his command would have died, and he would have gone against the orders of the UN.
When the media get ahold of that, thats all they would have focused on. They wouldn't have given two shits about the genocide, only that our peacekeepers were used as war machines (what we train to be, but who'd have guessed that). This in turn, is all that 90% of the Canadian public would hear about and base 90& of their opinions on.
So Bart is correct about what the Canadian public opinion would be; he is just incorrect in trying to fault the people. I believe the Canadian public to be a very smart group that can make very sound opinions when based on sound information. But no one can form a sound opinion when they only get half the story.
I believe if Dallaire had tried to stop the genocide, even if he was unsuccesful, and had the people been properly informed, it would have been a point of pride for the Canadian people: That we litterally stood against the world to uphold our own values and save hundreds of thousands of people, whatever the outcome. Sadly that wasn't the fairy tale ending.
Thanks.
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