MAJOR-GENERAL (ret'd) LEWIS
MACKENZIE
Considered the most experienced peacekeeper in the world, Major-General (ret'd) Lewis MacKenzie encapsulates what being a leader truly is.

"General MacKenzie speaks from experience. He has commanded ground troops in some of the world's most dangerous places: the Gaza strip, Cyprus, Vietnam, Cairo, Central America and Sarajevo. It was in Sarajevo that his superior leadership skills and courage came to the fore. At the start of the Bosnian Civil War he created and assumed command of Sector Sarajevo and, in the midst of a brutal civil war, with a contingent of troops from 31 nations, and under fire from all sides, managed to open the Sarajevo airport for the delivery of humanitarian aid. During that period, Martin Bell of the BBC said MacKenzie was interviewed more that any other human being in the history of television over a thirty day period."



He was a man with fortitude, and he took no crap from anyone--and that included the UN leadership, Ottawa or commanders from any other outfit of any other army. His troops loved him, and if this shit had happened on his watch, he would have resigned, no question. Where are the people who came after he left military life? And why are we not hearing from them?