https://www.unitedforpeace.org/2014/08/22/no-time-for-silence/ From the local to the global, connecting movements for justice and peace. Tue, 09 Jun 2015 01:12:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.unitedforpeace.org/2014/08/22/no-time-for-silence/#comment-2248 Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:41:56 +0000 http://www.unitedforpeace.org/?p=1895#comment-2248 I’m in the UK, not the US, but we are in the same boat = on the same planet and we desperately need a radical change of gear. When military threats like those in Syria/Iraq and E Ukraine burst on the scene it is tempting to respond militarily. The problem is that, if we go on like this, there will be no end to the long streams of fleeing civilians, warring bands of insurgents, radicalization of youngsters, escalating casualties, insane violence and seeding of new hatreds.
This scenario might suit arms traders and power-hungry politicians but it disgusts most of the rest of us. It is also lethal for the planet.
It is ordinary people like ourselves who have to bring about change. The immediate aim is to get all military power into UN hands, transforming it from being the war machine of nation states to a global peacekeeping force under international control. It is high time that the UN should be able to take firm executive action in all matters transcending national boundaries, never to wage war but always to secure the peace and protect the planet .
See http://www.garrettjones.talktalk.net
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