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Read an article from a Radio Free Europe website titled, "Where are the Blue Helmets." Of course, that asks, where are UN peace keepers? The article explained why they aren't in Ukraine. My take, among many other UN member state's reps takes, is what is the UN for if it can't step in to face an aggressor committing obvious war crimes? Good question.
The reason that stepping in with a joint force, like the UN did in the Balkans when Serbia was committing Genocide in Kosovo, in Ukraine is that the discussion of doing so didn't involve an aggressor state that was a voting member of of the UNSC. It does in this case and Russia can veto such a resolution and would surely do that. Right now, that circumstance is a hot topic of debate at the UN. Can't you just expel Russia for their current atrocities? The short answer is no.
Apparently, the question of doing something about Russian aggression came up during their involvement in Syria, their support of Russian separatists in Donbas and Luhansk and the land grab of Crimea. UN member state's reps have been particularly outspoken about Russia using the UN to spread disinformation and the bull-shit they've tried to spread about biological weapons sites in Ukraine (as the Russians laugh out loud about Colin Powel, Iraq and Yellow cake).
My position on the UN is that it serves little purpose in keeping the peace, especially in this case, but it is better than nothing. One UN rep said attempts to oust Russia as a UN member/voting member of the UNSC may produce unwanted blow back from Russia. He recalls what happened after Japan, Germany and Italy were roundly condemned for their aggression and promptly stormed out of the League of Nations and then accelerated it ..... and this was before nuclear weapons. There is no telling what Putin might do if such an attempt to kick Russia out of the UN were made.
We're in uncharted territory here but it sure seems like a good idea might be to call Putin's nuclear bluff in the UN, nullify a Russian veto of a joint UN peace keeping force, pass a resolution to activate it and, not involving NATO administratively at all, create a global call for Russia to stop it's military operations and withdraw from Ukraine. This call would be on the basis, much like the basis that a UN authorized joint peace keeping force intervened in the Balkans, asserting that Russia's current military operation in Ukraine is a crime against humanity.
The reason that stepping in with a joint force, like the UN did in the Balkans when Serbia was committing Genocide in Kosovo, in Ukraine is that the discussion of doing so didn't involve an aggressor state that was a voting member of of the UNSC. It does in this case and Russia can veto such a resolution and would surely do that. Right now, that circumstance is a hot topic of debate at the UN. Can't you just expel Russia for their current atrocities? The short answer is no.
Apparently, the question of doing something about Russian aggression came up during their involvement in Syria, their support of Russian separatists in Donbas and Luhansk and the land grab of Crimea. UN member state's reps have been particularly outspoken about Russia using the UN to spread disinformation and the bull-shit they've tried to spread about biological weapons sites in Ukraine (as the Russians laugh out loud about Colin Powel, Iraq and Yellow cake).
My position on the UN is that it serves little purpose in keeping the peace, especially in this case, but it is better than nothing. One UN rep said attempts to oust Russia as a UN member/voting member of the UNSC may produce unwanted blow back from Russia. He recalls what happened after Japan, Germany and Italy were roundly condemned for their aggression and promptly stormed out of the League of Nations and then accelerated it ..... and this was before nuclear weapons. There is no telling what Putin might do if such an attempt to kick Russia out of the UN were made.
We're in uncharted territory here but it sure seems like a good idea might be to call Putin's nuclear bluff in the UN, nullify a Russian veto of a joint UN peace keeping force, pass a resolution to activate it and, not involving NATO administratively at all, create a global call for Russia to stop it's military operations and withdraw from Ukraine. This call would be on the basis, much like the basis that a UN authorized joint peace keeping force intervened in the Balkans, asserting that Russia's current military operation in Ukraine is a crime against humanity.
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