I took my niece to a playground when out of the corner of my eye I noticed two boys fighting one another. I waited a few moments for a parent to intervene and sort it out. When no one presented themselves I decided that since I was the only adult witnessing this battle, it was my duty to do something before it turned really nasty. I approached the boys and politely asked them to stop fighting, as soon as I did they both looked at me in total surprise and quickly responded, "It's ok, we're brothers, we do it all the time, they both walked off. With all the international conflicts, war crimes, mass displacements, refugees and civilian casualties concurrently going on throughout the world many of us have felt angry, depressed and more importantly helpless. From civil wars in Syria, Somalia and Mexico to the Russian annexation of the Crimea, from the seemingly never-ending Palestinian-Israeli conflict to the disastrous and very questionable US "War on Terrorism" many have asked the question: "What can be done?"  In the devastating aftermath of the Second World War the United Nations was established to protect and ensure that a potential Third World War would not occur, to bring peace and cooperation between conflicting nations. In addition to this initial mandate the UN is designed to be a group of nations working together to make sure that no single government is corrupt and hurting its citizens. Of course the two boys fighting analogy is a far cry from the enormous gravity of the United Nation conducting a humanitarian intervention in any of these above mentioned war ravaged lands however it does illustrate a situation, civil conflict, that leads us to ask ourselves, "When do I/we stand back and when do we step in?" and "What will happen if I/we don't?" The United Nations asks itself the same question everyday and more importantly what may happen if they don't. Weighing in numerous factors, considering multiple perspectives and consequences on a massive global scale the United Nations seem geared in