Should the United Nations form a permanent army?

Question

It has been suggested that an emergency peacekeeping force should be created with approximately 15,000 to 18,000 soldiers. If such a standing force is created, who should fund it and should all citizens of military age be allowed to volunteer?

Answer 1

The Useless Nations is NOT a country and has NO AUTHORITY to act as one.  Read the UN charter and tell me what part allows it to have a "standing force".  Most of the Useless Nations' "peacekeeping forces" are AMERICAN soldiers.  No one should fund any type of "standing force" for this socialist, collectivist group of cry babies that thinks of itself as some kind of world government.

Answer 2

Absolutely!  And every nation should respect and abide by United Nation's decisions.  In the light of a new age, this old idea of country and individual nations is a dying concept of old world origin.  It is time to move forward and stop this insane killing each other over political, social, economic, religious, and cultural differences.  This is, after all, the 21st. century and the age of information technology. The old 18th., 19th., and 20th. century concepts and ideas are just plain out-dated anymore, and requires serious re-evaluation and change.  We are a one world society and it is d**n time that we wake up to that reality and start doing thing in a rational and modern way, in my opinion.

Answer 3

Won't happen, the troops would be more loyal to their country of origin than the UN. Nice idea though.

Answer 4

The UN should be eliminated.  They have failed at everything they have tried to accomplish.  The addition of a peace keeping force will do nothing unless the structure and leadership is overhauled.

Answer 5

And then what's to stop the UN from seizing control of the major countries?

Answer 6

Their is already UN peacekeeping army which has been deployed in various countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone etc. Different countries are participating in this programme. Having combat troops under the banner of UN won't happen as every country has its own agendas and motives.

Answer 7

No

Answer 8

No, armies can only be used for one thing - war.

Answer 9

To maintain the status of the UN as a peacekeeper, it must organize an army for this purpose.

Answer 10

Hey...good idea!  

Let  them hire the mercenaries of Blackwater...a Hallliburton subsidiary who will pay have them big bucks.  Money talks.  That done we won't  feel so bad when they get themselves killed...We can then mentally dissassociate ourselves and say..."Well, the fool risked his life for the big bucks and lost... another fool conned by the incompetent and corrupt UN who 'believed" and drank the Kool Aid. I personally don't see much difference between them and those suicide bombers and their virgins.  It's a choice.

Great idea man!  They can all wipe themselves out for their beliefs.

Yeah, I like it...leaves me guilt free.

Answer 11

What country is UN? Where does one become a citizen of UN? Other than a paycheck, can soldiers of UN get citizenship and vote in the mythical land of UN?

Answer 12

considering that one country alone practically runs the UN its a tough task to ask for

Answer 13

there is already a U.N peace keeping force... but NO i do not think they should make a permanent army because it would be a source of conflict between countries.

Answer 14

No.  The soldiers would end up being misused.