I agree with you view on crisis reaction, that is not intervention and hunman relief. And the UN does that most of the time. That is why Blue Helmets are usuall

I agree with you view on crisis reaction, that is not intervention and hunman relief. And the UN does that most of the time. That is why Blue Helmets are usually regarded as "useless" by many, because they don't fight. Unfortunately, that leeds to bad press and public opinion. The UN is important as a mechanism of creating trust between nations, as a standardized communication platform. That is its main purpose. It publishes treaties, it has specialized forums to deal with different policy topics and create common rules, etc. A loosely integrated system leads to the most physically powerful group to control everybody else, with no rules what so ever. Then Rumsfeld's "Enemy Fighters" (for who the Genevoa Convention does not count according to the Bush Government) would be the norm, not the shameful exception. That does not sound like a good idea. I agree that the UN and the ICJ have tons of shortcomings, but its the best humanity has been ably to come up with so far to organize the international system.