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Old 09-16-2004, 01:24 AM   #39
bluesdave
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Originally Posted by Pi
There are always countries like Pakistan or India, wanting to participate in a UN mission.
That is all well and good, but for a UN mission to have any chance of working it would mean the complete replacement of US troops by UN troops. That is a *lot* of people. They can't afford to leave US troops there because they will continue to be targets. I'm pretty sure that UN troops will be targeted too, at least initially, because the radicals want all outsiders out of the country.

On a related thought - can you imagine Pakistani and Indian troops working peacefully together? That would be something to see!
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