"For most countries, serving the UN's objectives has never seemed worth even the smallest of risks. Member nations do not want a large, reputable, strong and independent United Nations, no matter their hypocritical pronouncements otherwise. What they want is a weak, beholden, indebted scapegoat of an organization, which they can blame for their failures or steal victories from."
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Officers of the Order of CanadaSenators of CanadaUnited Nations officialsMilitary leaders from Canada
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Shake Hands with the Devil (2003)
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