So we've figured out the UN rapes girls, and all the sudden this signals the entire corruption, mis-management, and incapability of every single UN operation. Yeah, that's legitimate, fair logic. I'm not in any way defending the actions of the UNPKers, but discrediting the entire organization is going a bit far.
Despite its problems, the UN is still effective on some levels. While admitting that no one does respect the UN, it still carries the capability to do good in the world. Not every PKO is plagued by the incapability of soldiers to keep their hands off little girls. Kosovo and East Timor are PKOs in the final stages of their work, and have had no rapes to speak of. The UNMAS also is effective in mine clearance worldwide.
The problem in Congo is not based entirely on a fundamentaly flawed UN, but also on the countries from where the soldiers come. The UN is so deprived of good troops that it accepts not well-trained troops that are willing to commit crimes. However, the UN has to take some responsibility in its failure to include a sex-trafficking course for incoming PKers. Again, though, it does not help that the majority of troops are from countries such as Bangledesh (the largest troop supplier to the UN), especially when developed nations such as Britain, the U.S., France, and Germany supply the UN with practically nothing. The United States, for example, supplies the UN with a total of five troops...wow.
We need to recognize that incidents in one PKO do not discredit the entire UN, and that the UN does have some pretty major faults. All of you are so caught up in pushing your one-sided agendas that you fail to see the the problem exists on more sides than just that of which you oppose, and that's sickening.
