contributing troops to the u.n. is good business. look at the other side of the ledger. according to the u.n., the total peace keeping budget comes to $7.5 billion. more than a quarter of that is funded by american taxpayers. that s more than the next three top contributors combined, japan, france and germany. china and russia are in sixth and eight places respectively. each funder has its own agenda. for example, if the u.n. would propose an aggressive role in syria, china and certainly russia would likely oppose it or take another example. u.n. peace keeping forces could never police parts of the area because it s a reminder that everything at the u.n. has to be sanctioned by its member states. u.n. cannot act without political will, resources and mandates from these countries and their national interest will