Us out, un in. juan cole argue...

us out, un in. juan cole argues for the u.s. force in iraq to be replaced with a un peace enforcement force: the united states will eventually have to go to the united nations and request that it send a peace-enforcing mission to iraq, as the us military withdraws. the relevant model is the untac experience in cambodia, which, while it had substantial flaws, was also a relative success. in the long term, perhaps 5-10 years, the iraqi government may develop its own military that could keep order. that development is far enough off, however, that there is likely to be a significant gap between the time the us leaves and the time the iraqis can fend for themselves. a us withdrawal without a united nations replacement would risk throwing iraq into civil war... ...the united nations force pu...