By jove I think I’ve got it… Peace in the Middle-East, that is.

Well, I think I've discovered the answer to peace in the Middle-East, but since my knowledge of how these things work, I probably haven't. But in my opinion, the answer is simple and it's all down to the +United Nations.

Objectives

The UN's main objectives are peacekeeping and security, human rights, economic development and humanitarian assistance. If we look at the Middle-East, nearly all the countries are member nations, all of these are being violated by extremists and their own government.

The UN vetoed the latest war in Afghanistan when Blair and Bush were seeking vengeance (and profit, no doubt) for 9/11. They lied to their respective electorate at the existence of WMDs in the Middle-East.

Hans Blix refuted these claims as there was no evidence to prove this. Nearly a million people marched in London, 11 million people worldwide, against this war. Yet it still happened. An illegal war was waged and no one was held accountable for it.

If its main objective is peacekeeping and security, why didn't it call Blair and Bush into an international court, in front of judges from different nations to perform an Eichmann type trial. No one is above the law, so why were Blair and Bush allowed to get away with it? Why was it left to Chilcot to have an enquiry, instead of it being held in a formal court with formal punishments?

Right now, as we speak, Obama has sanctioned the JSOC to carry out night raids on backward villages in bumfuck nowhere in Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and across the Islamic world to "identify and eliminate terror cells". It's basically a kill list that comes with a lot of collateral damage. It's also secret, which makes it all the more wrong. These soldiers go into villages that have a whiff of Taliban, Al-Qaeda or anti-Western radicals, shoot everyone, cut the American bullets out of the bodies and leave. There's no evidence, there's no arrest and there's no trial. Isn't this against human rights laws or international laws? Surely, it's up to the UN to uphold these laws?

The problem with the Middle-East and the Arab Spring is that revolution to topple evil dictators may have happened, but where's the alternative? There may be huge popularity for a caliphate, but there are also swathes of Christians living in the Arab world. Getting rid of Mubarak in Egypt only left the door open for Morsi, another power hungry leader.

In Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, etc. where are the alternatives? They don't have a Tsipras or Obama to inspire and lead them into a second enlightenment. And I find it hard to believe that a region that was at the forefront of intellectualism, is incapable of finding a leader that is well versed in international politics and also wants an equal and fair democratic system.

So perhaps it's for an institution that has boots, personnel and investigators on the ground to step in, like the UN... 

Solution

Using Syria as an example. Check this out from +VICE

It's been 4 years since civil war broke out (proving that a lot of the people don't want Assad as their leader), the causalities have passed the quarter of a million mark, the country has been torn apart and the ancient metropolis of Aleppo resembles something from Mad Max.

Isn't it time the UN stepped in, got rid of the government for using chemical weapons, using force against people who are against the regime and not being able to find a resolution? A coup d’état, if you will.

They form a temporary government while different parties reform and present their manifesto on political and economic development to the UN who will approve their legitimacy. Then a UN controlled election will take place, the new government will step in and the UN will act on a consultative basis from that point onwards.

If the new government misbehaves, the UN will issue a warning. If the warning isn't adhered to, the UN will once against forcibly remove the government and hold snap elections for a new government. And with a new government in place, the UN could pacify groups like ISIS and June by holding them accountable in an international court for them to be fairly brought to justice and serve time in international jail.

Why? Because they're not working for any particular nation and every member state has a say. Toppling regimes and rebuilding countries can happen. Look at Japan, Russia and Germany. It's not an impossible mountain to climb. But since we have the UN, why not use them to stop countries that clearly don't have an alternative.

A true world police - where action is agreed on the majority of the member states, like all good democracies. All people need is alternatives to believe in Just as we ask politics to reform in order to meet the demands of changing society, so does the most powerful weapon we have to fight human rights violations, terrorism and illegal wars, the UN.

First published on 04/03/2015