Re: Mercs as Peacekeepers

That makes sense to me.  I've long considered putting blue helmets on a 
couple of divisions and writing their budget off against our UN 
obligations (or doing that accounting for our past peacekeeping 
contributions, say Korea, at least for the interest on our late 
payments). Add in the others on the security council, even just an 
airmobile division each, and the UN would have an effective striking 
force. Of course, they would be dependant on outside logistics support.

K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:

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>Lord Owen, former UN emissary, in his book "Balkan Odyssey" put forward
an
>iinteresting idea. Create a UN force with contingents from the forces
of the
>security council's member states. Any state that is permanently or
>temporarily a member of the security council has to provide a
contingent.
>Command is centralized under a UN staff. This would put a brake on
reckless
>use of that force, because the politicians are sending some of their
own
>nation's people into harms way.
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>Greetings
>Karl Heinz
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