Dr. Janice Stein

He invented peacekeeping.

He said we need some kind of force to put in because that's the only way that Britain would withdraw.

And it became the foundation of peacekeeping in the United Nations.

But that's not why he did it.

And that's the story where Canadians have to dig a little deeper here.

He had no commitment to the idea of peacekeeping more broadly.

Lester Pearson looked at this and said, oh, my God, our two closest allies, the United States and Britain, are in the middle of a terrible fight.

That is not a good thing, and it certainly doesn't serve our interests.

He was focused on managing a conflict between Canada's two most important allies.

And subsequently, he himself was surprised how the rest of the world looked at this and what became of the concept of peacekeeping.

So, you know, as Canadians, we tell ourselves we're peacekeepers, right?

And I say, well, that's not what he thought when he started this.

Yeah, five of us.

United States, Canada,

United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

Voices.

And you put your finger on a really dicey problem, frankly, Peter.

You know, let me just say that for us, the intelligence that we, the United States is the biggest provider of intelligence to the other four eyes.

Because, you know, it has access to intelligence that nobody else has.

Because it has the capacity to give only one reason, never mind it's people on the ground.