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The statements regarding alleged rapes by General MacKenzie are extremely biased. These allegations have not been proven, and could represent a retribution for what is seen as his 'pro-Serbian' stance by the government in Sarjevo


This page needs some work. It's absurd to talk about the possibility of the PCs winning in 1997 without some qualification: nobody expected them to.

There should also be some mention of the criticism levelled at him for his performance in Bosnia.

The only criticism "levelled at him for his performance in Bosnia" stems from Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) sources, and they are biased for political reasons and agendas. Stop The Lies 22:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)Stop_The_Lies[reply]

Finally, I would expect to see some mention of the letters between him and Dallaire (his was called something like 'O Romeo, wherefore art thou partisan') after Dallaire became a senator earlier this year.

I'll see what I can do. --Saforrest 14:36, 17 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]


"Tory Leader Jean Charest" makes no sense. Jean Charest was a candidate for the PC party leadership in 92 or 93, but left federal politics to join the Quebec provincial Liberal party. The Tory leader in 97 was Joe Clark. However, we need a source for the claim that he was tapped as a possible deputy PM. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Warspite (talk • contribs) .

Agreed about the need for a source. However, though Charest was indeed a candidate in 1993 and lost to Campbell, after the 93 election and Campbell's resignation he did become the leader. Joe Clark didn't take over as PC leader until 1998. --Saforrest 04:38, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The rape allegation are allegations and nothing else, unproved and unsubstantial. The whole line is actually slanderous not only to MacKenzie but to Canada as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mr.Flint (talk • contribs).

Agreed. Stop The Lies 21:58, 5 December 2006 (UTC)Stop_The_Lies[reply]
Methinks you mean libellous. And I don't think you can libel a country. --Saforrest 04:57, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the external link because it had absolutely no significance. It was a link to a site criticizing Gen Mackenzie for not making sure he disciplined his troops enough... There is no mention of this in the main article (as there shouldn't be), therefore to include the link is absurd. Stop The Lies 21:58, 5 December 2006 (UTC)Stop_The_Lies[reply]

Srebrenica massacre

If anyone here remembers anything about those ancient bogus rape allegations, can you take a look at Talk:Srebrenica massacre#Lewis MacKenzie? (If someone has once more changed the section title, it's near the bottom of the page) -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 16:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Money from Serbian lobby group

I am really interested how is possible to defeat statement from this link [1] --Rjecina (talk) 23:28, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Source number 4 is from a second-rate BLOG! What kind of source is that, if you're accusing someone of taking money from lobby groups! What biased character assassination.... --24.150.77.3 (talk) 04:16, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Now there is 2 new sources. It is not possible to defeat all sources which speak about that. All in all I am surprised that he has spoken about that--Rjecina (talk) 07:07, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Slobodanka Borojevic is a Biased Serb Commentator

She cannot be used as a valid claim that Borislav Herak's confession was "faked." Only courts can decide whether confessions were faked. Please keep objective point of view without one-sided web references from self-serving commentators. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.82.176.183 (talk) 01:45, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy section

Some of the assertions made about him in the controversy section come from some really sketchy sources, and are absurd to say the least. The claim that he raped a Bosnian woman is particularly ridiculous. This is a Canadian general we're talking about and if there was even a remote possibility this was true it would have been all over the news in the entire western world. Wikipedia cannot include every accusation ever made against someone. The section needs to be cleaned up. Edrigu (talk) 02:19, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Story about recieved payments is OK and in my thinking can't be disputed. Because of never ending POV pushing of multiple users this 4 lines of text are having 5 sources. Other 30 lines of text are having 3 sources. This is telling everything.--Rjecina (talk) 03:20, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]


This whole section is grammatically horrid and the content is clearly politically biased. The goal is to discredit the General as a reliable source in the Balkan conflicts simply because he takes a more sympathetic stance towards the Serbs. --24.226.16.137 (talk) 00:46, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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