Iyadara wrote:This resolution would establish a largely toothless peacekeeping force that would only be able to operate in zones where there is no current ongoing conflict. Should conflict begin or restart within such a zone containing WA peacekeepers, said personnel would be entirely limited to a defensive posture using non-lethal weaponry that is designed for controlling relatively low numbers of ill-equipped belligerents. A peacekeeping force equipped with gas grenades/sprays, rubber bullets and tazers would be very ineffective against a numerically superior militia or other opposing force equipped with small arms, machine weapons and RPGs. At best, the peacekeepers would be forced to surrender or withdraw. At worst, the entire peacekeeping mission would be massacred.
"The Peacekeepers should be equipped with portable Weapons Nullifiers, such as we have here at the World Assembly Headquarters. The enemy's lethal weapons would be of no use. No massacre would result. On top of that, you describe non-lethal weapons below even my own nation's advancement, and the Peacekeepers were specifically granted the authority to conduct research into advanced non-lethal weapons systems and defense technology to increase the safety of WA personnel. You fears are unfounded."