Now Found on Boutros Boutros Hill

Or

Boutros Boutros, Boutros? Oh golly.

(Props to Peter)

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the 6th Greatest Sounding Word James Earl Jones could say, has died of complications of a broken hip at the age of 93. The Egyptian diplomat was the grandson of an assassinated Prime Minister, and while World War II raged, he was able to graduate from Cairo University, then secured his PhD in international law from the University of Paris. After working with various international organizations, he returned to serve Anwar El Sadat and helped broker the piece with Israel that allowed Egypt to stop getting its ass kicked, but did get his boss killed. He was elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations in 1991, where he oversaw such golden moments in global politics as the frenzied dissolution of Yugoslavia, the continuing civil war in Angola and the genocide in Rwanda that left more than 800,000 dead while the world shrugged. As Egypt’s Foreign Minister in 1990, Boutros-Ghali had sent $26 million in arms to the Hutu regime as they were preparing for their ethnic cleansing, so I guess he did a little more than shrug. He also ordered a helicopter attack on a meeting among Somalia clansmen who were trying to arrange peace and rein in warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The attack ended the peace initiative and united the clansmen against the US, culminating in the Battle of Mogadishu, dramatized in Blackhawk Down. Despite this sterling resume, the US vetoed his bid for a second 5 years at the helm, ignoring worldwide support and Boutros-Ghali became the 1st one-term UN Secretary-General in history. Still, he provided Ali G's best interview ever and produced Jerry Seinfeld's go-to phrase when his friend's paramours walk around topless.