UN Peacekeepers? (CM)

Since 1948, the U.N. has stepped into the Arab-Israeli maelstrom five  times. But few of these efforts have paid off. Unless it takes a radically different shape, a new intervention could well make matters  worse, not just for the parties on the ground, but for the U.N. itself. ...

If recent history teaches anything, it is that half-hearted efforts--which give a false sense that something is being done but only end up costing peacekeepers' lives--can be worse than none at all.

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