[CaptainCrunch]

You're never ever going to get away from the power of the state because frankly if you gave the UN universal power then you can bet that things will get worse because the UN is a weak organization that would quickly be over run by voting blocks run by dictators and monstrous rogue states.

The problem with the UN is a lack of strong leadership and the ability to back up its mandates.

If you want peace anywhere in the world then you should back it up with guns, tanks, artillary and air and sea power, not a bunch of guys in jeeps with rifles praying to god that they're not going to get shot.

You want to define a peace in the middle east? fine, then you split up Israel from Palestine and you put 2 tank divisions between the countries, and you warn the Palestinians that if a rocket launches towards Israel you'll destroy the city block that the rocket launched from, and you tell Israel if they launch an air strike the airstrip will be destroyed.

Think of what would have happened in Rwanda if the UN would have used rapid response armor and AC 130 gunships. There would have been no genocide.

Peace Keeping is a concept that needs to be defined as an early 21st century failure and then redefined with a tougher mandate. If you're the leader in charge of a rampaging army committing acts of genocide or worse, then say hello to either a bomb coming through your bed room winder or hello to the muzzle of a rifle carried by a JTF-2 or Army Ranger or Seal attached to a UN special forces group.

But in its current state, with its current leadership, the UN is rapidly approaching the same fate as the league of nations, a well meaning failure.


The idea of a global diplomatic body with the goal of peaceful resolution is laudable, but it utterly fails if you don't have the strength to enforce your vision.