Well, now I am worried. Putin has done it again- after one invasion a few years ago, he has promulgated and is in the midst of another. Blatant, but of course fully justified in his own mind. But that is the very problem, fully justified. That is PC for rationalized. Now we see that the world order is fragile, very fragile. In China the leadership is moving forward with their plan: in Europe Putin is moving forward with his plan, in South-East Asia, Kimmie -Poo is puffing out with his plan. Iran is just moving right along although with severe pain, yet moving towards their goal.
So what in the world is the United Nations all about? A paper tiger. I think it's mission is a safe platform to wave and shout, but not to act as any real deterrent to anything. Maybe what I originally suggested in my very first book (Things of Concern) would make real sense at this point- the UN should have military powers. But it should not be simply representative of each country, it should be the culmination of the contributions of these countries into an independent body that acts as humanity, that has thinking and authority at a global level. It would be the brain-child of all of them, chartered after careful and binding consideration thereby defining agreed-upon charter, rules, policies, procedures. That means diplomacy to attain the best for each of us, and that means the capability to look at upstarts and trouble-makers and do something about them. Overall goals can be borrowed from the Declaration of Independence: the authority to assure its citizens the rights to life, liberty, and the ability to pursue individual happiness.....without imposing on the rights of others. What a goal!!!
