Soviet 124th MRD

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull

When did the UN ever run the show. Since 1951 when US Forces landed the US has called many of the military calls. The way the unified military command is set up, it would be pretty much the same. The only thing is in Korea their is UN Mandate that and they have been more than happy leaving the US in charge of it.

Yes, the 1950's Korean war was essentially led by the US, but it was, and remains a UN issue.
Also, the US is definitely not involved in a great deal of UN actions - take the following current actions:
MINURSO - Western Sahara
UNMIL - Liberia
UNMIS - Sudan
UNAMID - Darfur
MONUC - Congo

And that's just in Africa.... Of those, the US are only involved in Sudan and only have a handful of civilian police. That are certainly NOT running the show.

The same can be said for the majority of UN operations throughout the world. At best the US has a presence, but are NOT in command.

[Abbott Shaull]

Yeah that is the problem with the US. They don't like to play well with other unless they have the troops are general under US Command.

Besides in general many places in Africa and the Middle East don't take well to US troops being deployed, even as peace keeping and observers.