How the US, the UK and France spend most of their forces
in private wars
After
several weeks of war in Mali, the United Nations has decided to discuss the
possibility of sending a contingent of peacekeepers to the African country.
France, which has so far led the offensive, has been willing to actively
participate in a hypothetical multinational force whose mission would be to
keep the peace in the region.
That is not
the norm. According to the latest UN report on peacekeeping missions, none of
the G8 countries are among the top contributors of personnel. They are the
biggest money donors, as several of them must endow an extra amount...