| Mako11 | 28 Apr 2016 1:33 a.m. PST |
No sense bothering. It'll just be a waste of money. |
| skippy0001 | 28 Apr 2016 1:45 a.m. PST |
Everyone's waiting for a typhoon or two to solve the problem. |
| Mute Bystander | 28 Apr 2016 3:39 a.m. PST |
The UN track record? Forget about it. Unless you want the PRC to take off the mask… |
| Winston Smith | 28 Apr 2016 4:49 a.m. PST |
This begs the question that the UN does anything useful. |
| Florida Tory | 28 Apr 2016 4:49 a.m. PST |
And with a PRC veto, the task force gets authorized how? Rick |
| Col Durnford | 28 Apr 2016 10:29 a.m. PST |
Better UN troops than US. |
| TunnelRat | 28 Apr 2016 11:51 p.m. PST |
The UN mandate would mean that they were toothless & couldn't deal any issues. Take Bosnia as an example – the UN were unable to handle the ongoing fighting, massacres & other attrocities so NATO had to step in and take over. |
| Mako11 | 29 Apr 2016 2:09 a.m. PST |
Yea, the UN actions are pretty much just dog and pony shows, and the poor troops under their command are usually just targets for the opposition. I've read that frequently they don't even have bullets for their rifles, almost always never have enough bullets, and have rules of engagement so bad that they'll likely be killed before they can fire back at any attackers, since they don't want to risk going to jail. |
Frederick  | 29 Apr 2016 6:15 a.m. PST |
Have to agree – UN forces operate under very constrained rules of engagement and especially on the sea I can see that it would be difficult for a UN force to be operationally effective |
| Toronto48 | 29 Apr 2016 6:19 p.m. PST |
It is a waste of time talking about it as it will never happen China has a veto |
| ranger6 | 02 May 2016 3:17 p.m. PST |
"It is a waste of time talking about it as it will never happen China has a veto." And even if it didn't veto, a UN task force would be just about useless (unless it contained a good portion of the USN). That said, I voted "yes," since a useless task force is better than no task force at this particular point in time. |
