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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
(3) I really think that the Green party makes a good point. There are many Muslim members of the United Nations. Having Canadian troops there makes it look like an occupation by overwhelmingly Christian countries. Canada should send supplies and money and help with the training, but these suicide bombers *might* think twice before blowing up other Muslims. Our troops are needed in other areas of the world where it wouldn't be seen as a Christian occupation.
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Well if that is the Green Party's stance then they haven't done their homework because the ISAF is a NATO force, not a UN force. The UN has no mission in Afghanistan, and I don't think it will any time soon.
The UN does allocate its security forces with a mind to cultural sensitivity. Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India are, I think, the top three providers of peacekeepers in the world.
I personally think the UN is much more urgently required in Darfur than anywhere else in the world, but that is another tragic matter altogether.