Talk:Roméo Dallaire

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The Life after Rwanda Section contained a vandalized portion of text in the 2nd paragraph, and needs to be fixed with the pre-existing information. (I just removed the Blah, Blah, lol... that was written over it) - Deathsythe 11/20/06 6:30 EST

The dust jacket from "Shake Hands with the Devil" describes him as having post-traumatic stress disorder, not clinical depression.

Contents 1 Tragic Telegram 2 Hotel Rwanda 3 Military Rank Abbreviations 4 OC 5 Image 6 A 7 With great admiration 8 Gen. Dallaire's mother's name

[edit] Tragic Telegram

This article should mention the trafic telegram the Dallaire sent the UN headquarters warning of the imminent genocide, and requesting permission to raid arms depots. Axeman89 21:01, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hotel Rwanda

I wouldn't think LGen.Dallaire would like that Hotel Rwanda's Major was based on him to be included in the entry. Read for yourself, from MacLean's:

Q&A with Romeo Dallaire

'Mr. Nolte never talked to me. I feel slighted.'

BRIAN D. JOHNSON

More than a decade after witnessing genocide as the commander of a neglected UN force in Rwanda, Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire now has to endure the indignity of seeing himself loosely portrayed -- very loosely -- by a shambling Nick Nolte in Hotel Rwanda. Like other veterans of African disasters, he's also distressed by the discrepancy between the tsunami relief and aid for crises in Rwanda and Darfur. This week, Dallaire visits the Sundance Film Festival as the subject of Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire, a documentary based on his bestselling book (it airs on CBC Jan. 31). mu5ti/✏ 18:28, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Well, it's still important for the article that Hollywood made this 'adaptation'. So it should be included. --Saforrest 00:47, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)

The "based on" probably alludes to the fact that both were astonished at the horrible events, were limited by their governments in what they could do about it, yet both tried to do as much good as they possible could. Aside from that, there really aren't many similarities. Wouter Lievens 09:33, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military Rank Abbreviations

After much digging, I've found the official rank abbreviations for Canadian Army. [1]

[2]

Perhaps this belongs on Canadian Armed Forces??? Cburnett 23:15, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Was meant for my edits on the main article page. Thanks. mu5ti/✏ 03:35, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] OC

What do the letters "OC" stand for after his name? This should be linked properly. Paradiso 05:18, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

He's probably a member of the Order of Canada. --Spinboy 05:23, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The article mentions that he was an Officer of the Order of Canada, so are we sure this is what OC stands for? Paradiso 05:27, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it's on the page for the Order of Canada. --Spinboy 05:32, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Please note that the current picture is taken from The Canada Council for the Arts webpage, and is NOT under Crown copyright as the uploader suggests: "All artworks, photographs and other images used on this site are the property of the artist and/or photographer who have contributed them. ". Please see [3] for details. mu5ti/talk 16:27, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

Dealt with, I took a free-use photograph this afternoon - issue resolved. Sherurcij ^{(Speaker for the Dead)} 04:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A

What does the "A" in "Roméo A. Dallaire" stand for? LeoDV 15:45, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Somebody added "Alain"; do we have a reference for that? A Google search for 'Roméo Alain Dallaire' turned up only the Wikipedia page. --Saforrest 18:16, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] With great admiration

It is with great admiration and respect that I write this note. The humanity of General Dallaire and his troops humbles me. God Bless.

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In a similar note, I'm quite ashamed that our government and troops chickened out. We had and and still have a moral obligation to protect the people of our formal colonies and have up till today failed to do so. Wouter Lievens 09:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gen. Dallaire's mother's name

Just a detail: general Dallaire's mother is consistently referred to, in his book as well as in this Wikipedia article, as Ms Catherine Vermeassen. There is no such name in Dutch. It should be corrected to 'Vermaesen', a surname referring to the (beautiful) river Maas. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.32.204.145 (talk • contribs) .

Hmm, it looks like you're right. Though every English source consistently gives "Vermeassen", there is this and also this, which gives her name as "Catherina Vermaesen" (the fully Dutch form). --Saforrest 03:45, 31 July 2006 (UTC)