Re: What about the UN? - Longish

Niall spake thusly upon matters weighty: 
> Well if they did have a covert ops division things would probably work
out
> better for them.  Since invariably it does not work out it stands to
reason
> that they don't have one (hows that for a display of spurious logic).
> Flying about in black helicopters would be a fairly silly thing to do
if
> you wanted to remain a "covert" operation in any case.  Just paint the
damn
> things with a local paint job (us, isreali, whatever) and you're much
> better hidden.

Hmm. Or how about the fact the UN has achieved what it needs - Core 
system stability. Perhaps they do covert ops after all. We haven't 
wiped ourselves out yet.... we can at least leave that to the Bugs. 
 
> I wonder what the role of the red cross/red crescent would be in the
FT
> universe?  Would they even still be around, would they have a fleet? A
few
> small escorts and crusiers with lots of transports?  Might present
some
> interesting scenarios for operating in warzones with small scale
warships.
> Perhaps breaking a blockade in the interests of humanitarianism?  Or
would
> that be a UN role again?

I'm thinking that is UN territory. Unless the Red Cross has opened a 
Sp*ce M*rine chapterhouse...  

Tom.  
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