Re: [GZG] Interesting mercenary idea

At 4:11 PM -0500 12/10/08, Damo wrote:
>On Dec 10, 2008, at 3:51 PM, emu2020@comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Is the USNC still just peacekeepers or have they adopted a more 
>> active role? It's hard to imagine todays UN touching the issue of 
>> mercenaries.
>>
>
>The UN has a group for everything don't they -- they certainly have 
>one covering mercenaries today.  I could see the USNC bowing to the 
>inevitable and forming groups to track (and perhaps contract work to) 
>PMCs in the far-flung GZG universe.
>
>I see them taking the stance of "If we can't stop 'em we may as well 
>try to work with them."

Doesn't the UN Technically already do this? After all, they get money
from member nations to fund the troops. Member nations provide troops
for peacekeeping duty and get funding for this. IF that's not mercenary
by proxy, I don't know what is.

Toss in some good old Quid Pro Quo corruption and I can see the
Secretary General and some Key countries sending "UN forces" to a
mission for a third party.

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