RE: Mercs as Peacekeepers

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:
> However, we have those miniatures to account for.  So how about let's
> assume the UN does have its permanent forces but they are legally
> restricted in the number of troops under arms.   Then you'd have
> ambitious bureaucrats illegally or semi-legally using mercs to carry
out
> their agenda, and UNBOSS using "intelligence operatives" who are
really
> grunts, possibnly even fighting between different UN factions (blue
hats
> under one minister's control on one side, another UN	minister's
private
> troops on another, and UNBOSS squads against both). 

You know, the US Marines manage not to shoot up the US Army too often.
They even manage not to shoot up the US Navy, and the reverse is
generally
true too. They even manage not to get shot by the CIA, amazingly.

Give the UN some credit for organization; at least as much as any other
nation's military, for crying out loud...

Sorry, I'm clearing out old emails and this irritated me again...

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