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UN peacekeepers have always been essentially worthless for most purposes due to overly-restrictive ROEs. More and more, those ROEs will go out the window. Countries will also, as much as possible, try to get their troops home, especially in the lead-up to the war and early in the war. Others will be slaughtered, whether bravely or betrayed after "agreements" made with their adversaries. Some will melt into the countryside and become the nucleus for town and village defense force. Some will join the nearest friendly forces, whether they are from their home countries or not. Some will join the other side, thinking that at least they have some measure of protection there. Some will join local partisan forces. And of course, some will become marauders. But their role as UN peacekeepers will quickly end as general war begins;