Comments on: Shake Hands with the Devil – Romeo Dallaire

By: stefan

stefan — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:29:37 +0000

Trevor, I have not read his new book but will be sure to pick it up.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:25:48 +0000

Hey Stefan Klopp have you read the new book by Romeo Dallaire called, ” They Fight like Soldiers, They Die like Children.” Very awesome insight to the history of Child Soldiers. And what people like Romeo Dallaire are doing to curb the use of children as weapons of war.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:22:15 +0000

to Anna: You criticize what you do not know. You must be a idiot. Romeo Dallaire wanted to raid an arms cash before the genocide started and it was the French and the UN that opposed it. The French because they did not want people finding out it was their weapons that were supplying the rebel forces. The UN are wimps…if there would have been oil in Rwanda they would have sent thousands of troupes in there. Romeo Dallaire stayed long after he was commanded to leave and it was Him that was credited for saving over 32ooo lives. He is a Hero that had to witness atrocities that no man should.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:37:42 +0000

What is the best quote he has said?

By: stefan

stefan — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:55:55 +0000

Jim, that quote is on page 521 of his conclusion.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:04:37 +0000

What page is the last quote from? I have Dallaire’s book here..

By: Alex and i am a proud canadian and human

Alex and i am a proud canadian and human — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:41:25 +0000

Romeo Dallaire is a man who was given an impossible mandate and suceeded where all else would fail. He fought for everyone he could and as far as i am concerned the majority of the comments above were written from the perspective of “Developed Country Citizens” who are far far away from such extreem circumstances and who will never experiance what Dallaire and the entire UN force. His and the actions of men under his command have resulted in a new modern and vastly more mobile diplomacy effort in the nation, which i doubt very much many people have looked into. In short the comments such as “being usless” I havnt even read fully because they were written by narrow people who have little knowledge or understanding. But hey at least were I am sitting now there is free speech… but that also comes with a healthy side of Judgment.

By: stefan

stefan — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:25:28 +0000

Hi Dean. That quote was actually taken from the introduction on page 6 of my book. I have the soft cover Canadian version published by Vintage Canada, which I think might be Random House. Hope that helps!

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:23:11 +0000

I am writing a thesis about that book and I need to know what page is that quote from:
“What I have come to realize as the root of it all, however, is the fundamental indifference of the world community to the plight of seven to eight million black Africans in a tiny country that had no strategic or resource value to any world power. An overpopulated little country that turned in on itself and destroyed its own people, as the world watched and yet could not manage to find the political will to intervene. Engraved still in my brain is the judgment of a small group of bureaucrats who came to “asses” the situation in the first weeks of the genocide: “We will recommend to our governments not to intervene as the risks are high and all that is here are humans.””

thanks

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:19:39 +0000

If anyone has watched the movie, ” Tears of the Sun”, you are familiar with this Quote – The only way for evil to succeed is if good men do nothing- This is the problem with the entire world, not enough good people willing to do something. I am about to begin my Canadian military career with the understanding that the greatest thing I can do, is to put my life on the line to save others. I can only hope to be as good a soldier as Gen. Dallaire. He is a hero, he and his men stood alone against a monster with no intention other then to save lives. It is our North American attitude that we only do something if we get something in return. Its wrong and we should all be ashamed.