Train or shun?

ARTICLE: UN requires 'better' peacekeepers, BBC, 28 July 2007

Sounds good, at first blush, but then you ask yourself: How best to raise professionalism of suspect militaries? By cutting them off from interacting with better militaries or by drawing them into such situations?

If you isolate these militaries from such learning situations, how do you expect them to improve?

You'd think the focus should be on better training, and not on excluding suspect militaries.

Thanks to Terence Hill for sending this.

Comments

[Michael]

Another question: after eliminating troops from suspect countries, will you have enough left to do the job you need? If not, how can you make up the shortfall?