ridenrain ridenrain:
Wow boot, do you twist you're wrist when you type that ammount of spin?
I think Canadians had pride in the UN and peacekeeping when it worked.
Let's face facts, Korea and Cypress were a hell of a lot better than Rwanda, Bosnia and Somolia. I think the Liberal party would just as soon Canadians forgot about those missions and dream up some fictional ideal where Canadian peacekeepers (I guess soldiers is just too violent a word to use?) walked around handing out candy to kids.
So let's examine you examples for a second. Korea worked only because the Soviets walked out and the US (yes the US) was able to get a positive vote in the Security Council. That actually was a case of war or peace-making, not peacekeeping. Cypress might have turned into a UN show, but who were the first nations there? NATO nations trying to prevent a full scale conflict in southern Europe between two other NATO countries. That was how the mission was originally framed, not as a UN peacekeeping mission.
Rwanda was a disaster because the US refused to assist smaller nations go in there and do something. Canada wanted to send troops but lacked the ability to get them there and to support them. Little old Belgium had over a thousand troops there but had to pull them out. The lack of consensus in the Security Council, led by the USA, was what prevented the world from doing anything.
Somalia didn't work out because the US insisted on running the show and not sharing info with its UN partners. Look at the failed attempt to get Aided as an example. Had it used cooperation rather than going it alone, Somalia could have turned out different.
Peacekeeping in Bosnia was a success. It didn't happen overnight and it took an awful lot of work but Bosnia is very stable now.
ridenrain ridenrain:
The UN is now filled with more countries I have no time for and the security counsel is just the same. The non-perminant members are picked by a bingo game so we get great places like Croatia, Libia and Burkina Faso. Seriously: Libia and Croatia really don't have great human rights records and no one has ever heard of Burkina Faso.
Yeah democracy sure is a bitch isn't it. Why should we give everyone a vote when we can just give the important nations a vote? I wonder if you would feel the same if Canada was run that way. Sorry, Prince Albert, you're not important enough to vote in federal elections. Same goes for Barrhead, Terrace and a host of other small places. Because that's essentially what you're suggesting. Only big important places deserve to have a say in things.
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