Moreover, only a dozen or so countries, the usual industrialized states, have militaries capable of serious action. To rely on anyone else is foolish. Especially in a world so full of tragedy. After all, Ethiopia and Eritrea are fighting again. The Angolan civil war has erupted again.
Conflict pervades the Democratic Republic of the Congo again.
Killing and slavery continue in Sudan. Rwanda and Uganda are threatening each other. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has unleashed thugs on the white minority and black opposition in an attempt to maintain his hold on power. There's Sri Lanka, where fighting between Tamils and Sinhalese is intensifying. Kashmir, over which India and Pakistan have verged on war.