After consideration, I go back to my original thought on this topic, which is that we need a world body with TEETH which would function under the rule of law to deal with situations such as the one we currently find ourselves faced with. I cannot see any other option which would work. All other methods are just short termism, including assassinating bin Laden, which is just going to drive a large part of the Middle East crazy, and create yet more terrorists.
This is the perfect opportunity, whilst all nations are reeling from the shock of the events, for us to come together in relative harmony AGAINST all those who either commit, sanction or aid and abet human rights abuses worldwide. (This has implications for sales of arms, torture weapons, certain biological and chemical agents and so on.)
Such a body would have many weapons at its command, over and above military. Economic, for one. (Although I totally oppose sanctions on necessities such as foods and medicines, which just make matters far worse).
A world body solution would avoid countries taking unilateral action, which I believe is a big mistake. This would avoid overly hasty action being taken or the blaming of one single country when an action misfired. In addition, the expense in terms of human resources and financial costs would not have to be borne by any one country.
So I guess such a force would combine aspects of Nato, the security council and so on.
A world body could also be authorised to legislate (and prosecute) in regard to arms sales to corrupt and abusive regimes, something which is desperately needed. The company directors of any company who sells to a regime with arms sanctions would be prosecuted and jailed if found guilty.
A world body could also ban particular types of chemical and biological research, and prosecute offenders, (that includes in the West.)
This isn’t a particularly easy option, but this is the best time ever to start putting it in place, as awareness is pretty high right now in comparison with what it usually is. I think there would be a lot of support for such a body. It would take a lot to get it in place and get it to work, but to my mind, it would be very much worth doing. The overall impetus would be for peace and security for all peoples.
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Ascended Mistress of Illumination