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Should the United Nations Be Given Stronger Peacekeeping Capabilities? After reading the pro and con sides of issue #16, (Should the United Nations be Given Stronger Peacekeeping Capabilities?) in John T. Rourke’s Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in World Politics, I had no firm opinion towards the subject. I felt the two articles I was given, debated only the issue of a permanent peacekeeping force. When I read the issue I felt that “stronger” didn’t necessarily mean a permanent peacekeeping force. It wasn’t until after doing more research that I developed my current opinion; I feel the United Nations should have stronger peacekeeping capabilities, but not in the form of troops Lionel Rosenblatt and Larry Thompson discussed the need for a permanent peacekeeping force within the United Nations, while John Hillan made the opposite debate. Rosenblatt and Thompson feel that a standing U.N. peacekeeping force is very necessary due to unrest within weaker states. According to them, the permanent force would keep the United States Military from being spread to thin with peacekeeping around the world. The permanent force would also help keep U.S. lives from being lost. According to Rosenblatt