A NATO role in keeping the peace?

[DemFromMem]

NATO chief: We could send troops once treaty is signed
By Amir Oren, Haaretz Correspondent

NATO would consider stationing peacekeeping troops here to facilitate the peace process only if an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty were signed, both sides requested a NATO presence, and the UN Security Council endorsed the request, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in an interview with Haaretz Wednesday.
"The peace process as such is not currently on the NATO agenda," Scheffer said, speaking during the first official visit by a NATO secretary general to Israel. "The Allies believe that the lead for that process rests with the Quartet... But I believe that should one day the two parties in conflict come to an agreement, and should they request some sort of NATO assistance to help them achieve the objectives of that agreement, with a UN mandate, then NATO would certainly need to discuss such a request."

Following his arrival in Israel Wednesday night, Scheffer will meet Thursday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon. On Thursday night he will lecture at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and then return to NATO headquarters in Brussels.

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/544241.html

[Maple]

1. NATO

should become...with a few changes...the military of the UN.

NATO has no role anymore, and the UN could use a properly trained and equipped military that has worked together before, instead of the mishmash they often get when they have to call for volunteers.

[Englander]

2. Why not?

After you've gone through all the Members,
& ruled out most of the European countries & the US,
why shouldn't there be NATO Peacekeepers? /end sarcasm.

A tip for future threads-the title of the thread should be
the headline of the posted article.