>You're not really advocating that the UN put itself in the position of possibly having to do something for real, are you? The UN had a wonderful opportunity to do just that in Rwanda. No; the UN is a sabre rattling organisation. They might be talked into standing on the border of Iraq and shaking their collective fist, but I wouldn't really expect more than that.

It is a big a dangerous step to go from peace keeping to peace making. Rwanda looks like it could have been case of where peace making could have worked.