Quote Originally Posted by Noncommunist View Post
And of course, there are other situations where if European nations were more martial, a lot of terrible things wouldn't have happened.
Really? TBH I imagine more horrible things would have happened if Europe was more martial. Millitarism is not the answer, that is the key lesson from WW1 and WW2. It's a dead end for hummanity of en escalating horror and sacrifice.

Rwanda and other forgein "police-like" (peace-keeping) interventions are more complex than you seem to grasp -and deserving of a much more nuanced examination than you've given them there.

Furthermore, I cannot see how a millitaristic society would improve peacekeeping in any way, beyond the most excellent* recourse of "everyone against the wall".

*To be clear, that is a deeply sarcastic comment.