My Heros
Some of you might have actually been listening to me over the past few weeks, so you might be aware of some of my newfound heros.
Another joins the list: Lt. Gen. Dallaire.
He is a firm believer in God, a soldier by profession but a human by any other measure. He was medically discharged from the Canadian armed forces after having himself relieved from command.
What makes him so important?
The anguish and suffering he experienced as he watched almost 1 million people executed in genocide.
The world looked on, and told him we don't care.
He could not stage armed resistance, and was starved of resources, troops, and international support. At the very start of the UN mission, he ordered 10 of his best troops to protect the new president: they were murdered almost immediately. Outraged, countries withdrew their troops.
After witnessing things that neither you nor I could ever imagine, he drank himself into a drug fuelled breakdown, ending up under a park bench suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
He began recovering, and now is trying to warn the world of future genocide in Sudan, something he calls Rwanda in slow motion.
To this day he can't go near raw meat, as it reminds him of the mutilation and horrors of Rwanda.
Lt. Gen. Dallaire joins many others on my list of heros.
So, who are your heros, and what do you aspire to do?
Another joins the list: Lt. Gen. Dallaire.
He is a firm believer in God, a soldier by profession but a human by any other measure. He was medically discharged from the Canadian armed forces after having himself relieved from command.
What makes him so important?
The anguish and suffering he experienced as he watched almost 1 million people executed in genocide.
The world looked on, and told him we don't care.
He could not stage armed resistance, and was starved of resources, troops, and international support. At the very start of the UN mission, he ordered 10 of his best troops to protect the new president: they were murdered almost immediately. Outraged, countries withdrew their troops.
After witnessing things that neither you nor I could ever imagine, he drank himself into a drug fuelled breakdown, ending up under a park bench suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
He began recovering, and now is trying to warn the world of future genocide in Sudan, something he calls Rwanda in slow motion.
To this day he can't go near raw meat, as it reminds him of the mutilation and horrors of Rwanda.
I find that quietly uttered statement one of the most disturbing concepts: why should any person ever have to make discoveries like that.
"A machete rarely ever kills outright. So... many of these people... suffered."
Lt. Gen. Dallaire joins many others on my list of heros.
So, who are your heros, and what do you aspire to do?
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