<The general assumption seems to be that this mess is not already killing people in the rest of the world. But these economic hiccups kill people in many countries through simple disruption of their local economies -

You mean, sorta like any other form of globalized terrorism?

Amazing.

Also amazing is that fact that the rest of that world you talk about wishes to dump the war against global terrorism as a purely American-thing. We made the whole thing up, and it really doesn’t concern them anyway. Sure, they'll arrest suspects on their soil as an immediate threat, but they won't join the effort of rooting the soul of the problem out of the Middle East.

So -- what glorious nations do you have in mind, and just what will this UN force provide -- other than a standby baby-sitting service posted between two warring nations? What will be done, not to "stop" terrorism, but to "end" terrorism?

Dan