Roméo Dallaire
Born 25 June 1946
Roméo Antonius Dallaire OC CMM GOQ MSC CD is a Canadian humanitarian, author, retired senator and Canadian Forces lieutenant-general. Dallaire served as force commander of UNAMIR, the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda between 1993 and 1994, and attempted to stop the genocide that was being waged by Hutu extremists against the Tutsi people and Hutu moderates. -- Wikipedia
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Quotes
“I know there is a God, because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists and therefore I know there is a God.”
Shake Hands with the Devil 2003 “For most countries, serving the UN's objectives has never seemed worth even the smallest of risks. Member nations do not want a large, reputable, strong and independent United Nations, no matter their hypocritical pronouncements otherwise.”
Shake Hands with the Devil 2003 “I think the people in the field were magnificent. And they got the stories, and I put troops at risk to get their stories out every night. But the copy people and the editing people back home, they're the ones who put Tanya Harding on and O.J. Simpson, not the guys in the field.”
On The Charlie Rose Show giving his opinion of the media's coverage of the Rwand
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Books by Roméo Dallaire in order
Books by Roméo Dallaire in the order they were published, from Shake Hands with the Devil (2003) to Waiting for First Light (2019).
