[sjy]

The need to rationalize the failure of one's mission by delegitimizing it is a fascinating phenomenon. It's interesting to see the different approaches to the problem taken by the likes of Rose and Mackenzie vs. Dalliare [sic] or Smith.

perhaps you could compare those different approaches for us. How does the approach of Dallaire contrast with the approach of MacKenzie, for example?

[Hoplite]

Dallaire [yup] didn't attempt to write off what was happening as simply an extension of 'historical animosities' or attempt to equalize the behavior of the sides in defiance of the facts on the ground.

The differences are painfully obvious, and they don't reflect well upon Mackenzie.