Glavin: We're off to Mali – but it's a meagre commitment

With the announcement this week that Canadian peacekeepers will be headed to Mali, perhaps as soon as August, Canada has finally come around to something like a consummation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s election campaign vow to revive this country’s purportedly starring role as champion and avatar of the United Nations’ blue-helmeted peace warriors.
With the long-awaited decision finally made, it should be useful to step back a bit for a clearer reading of the UN’s