Should U.S. Troops serve under United Nations Commanders ?

Question

Why or why not ?
Please state what country you are a citizen of .

Answer 1

no the united nations doesn't have any real authority they would put our boys in harms way with so many rules that they wouldn't be able to fight back. they have failed miserably all over the world. they can't stop waring tribes in Africa. they just don't have any real power.

proud citizen of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Answer 2

My veiw is a little different.
The US in my eyes used to be the only real free country in the world it HAD & i hope will still continue to have/keep its original American Constitution and original Bill Of Rights which were written for the benifit & Freedom of the American people (1776) i think.
Anyway, due to the extreme changes within its advancements ,as a new country , and its economy its government had to change its way of thinking and follow the rules of its actual leaders its rulers the ones that really OWN the US.

The Constitution is being changed&may even be dissolved its Bill of rights has been changed and may also be dissolved, the sad thing is the people of the US cannot see this.
the US is being primed for its biggest change and that is its possible takeover and become its governing body the UN

They will have no choice, HOWEVER the US troops will play the role of Teachers and the actual Order givers to the Multinational Forces, have you seen the figures of troop sent by all participating countries US?, the US will be the actual commanders of the entire UN FORCE including the POLICE force so the real rulers will still achive their goal of control the world its people its economy its infastructure its Trade under the flag ship of the UN.

Answer 3

The UN peace keeping operations are agreed upon by the security council before being implemented. As a member of the UN, and part of the forum that decides these issues, the US not only is able to serve on these operations - it has a moral duty to.

It is remarkable that countries like the Gambia can volunteer troops - but the US - who are quick to critisize - rarely puts their troops on the line with other countries. The fact is that peace keeping is regularly more challenging that just plain killing people.

The UN does great work throughout the globe. The US should work at improving the system if they are concerned. If they are really a 'super power' that would be a challenge worthy of their efforts.

I'm in the US.

Answer 4

America. No, we are more powerful than the United Nations and they do not support us most of the time. If we were to serve under them it would be a mess. They are a peaceKEEPING force and the United States is more of a police of peaceMAKING force. Obviously the world is not at peace, but the U.S. is more agressive than the U.N. and the only way they should be mixed is if the U.N. serves under a U.S. commander.

Answer 5

Absolutely not. The UN represents a totally different level of government (world government) which I personally do not recognize. If I were currently in the military though I would think that serving under competent commanders of allied nations (such as the UK, Austrailia, Canada) would be ok.(for specific campaigns)

Answer 6

No.

US troops should serve under US commanders. US commanders are accountable to the US public. How do the citizens of the US hold a commander from Ghana or Monaco responsible? Can we court martial them for blunders that get our troops killed?

Answer 7

There is no problem with US troops serving on detached service under a foreign commander. It's been happening since World War I.

{EDIT to loreric} Can you provide the cite to US Codes for your claim?

Answer 8

I find it really ironic that we expect the UN to be miracle workers and when they can't carry out their missions, we mock them for it... even though we never think about how all the troops the UN has are troops that countries volunteer to give. So, I think I'm one of the rare people who believes that if we want the UN to be actually productive, we need to give the UN commanders some authentic power instead of having ten different commanders from ten different countries directing ten different missions under the umbrella called the UN.

Oh yeah, I'm from the USA.

Answer 9

It is against the law, for American troops to serve under foreign commanders .
During WW1 U.S. forces were misused by British and French Generals ,so the law was passed .
I'm American , take your blue helmet and do what you're good at ,retreat.

Answer 10

The law of the USA forbids that US service serve under any over overall command but that of a US officer.