UN Reinforcements to the Congo? Will it Matter?

Reports from the UN indicate that the mission to the Congo is asking for more troops, and we're guessing that Spanish generals need not apply:

The UN Security Council must agree quickly to send extra peacekeeping troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the humanitarian crisis hits the 'absolute extreme,' the US envoy to Africa warned Thursday.
Jendayi Frazer, the assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, said she was hopeful that resistance within the council to sending more troops could be overcome now that Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was fully behind it.
'The crisis among the civilian population is at the absolute extreme and that's why we think the Security Council needs to take quick action to get an additional two battalions of forces,' she told AFP.
'I'm hoping within a week or two that there can be a decision of the Security Council,' said Frazer who is back in Washington following intensive weeks of diplomacy in the DRC and neighboring countries.
But she added it could take several more weeks before the extra forces could be deployed in the war-ravaged eastern part of the country where 250,000 people have reportedly been displaced by recent fighting.
She said Pakistan, Bangladesh, Latin America and Africa might help provide the 3,000 extra troops needed to protect civilians and ensure relief groups gain access to them.

By: Brant