Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
- U.N.-imposed ceasefires regularly fail to solve anything, and even prevent a violent but quick conflict solution.
The UN hardly ever "imposes" a ceasefire, and generally lacks the capability of doing so. Usually it is called in to monitor and implement a ceasefire that has been reached by the combatants themselves. (Certainly, the UN may help mediate the negotiations, but that's hardly imposition.)

I agree with the broader point, however--war is full of paradoxes.