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World Army/Global Rapid Reaction Force
Global Rapid Reaction Force or Army
A global rapid reaction force or a global army can be created to
enable security in the world.
Security of Global Army
What we have now (2002) is a
helter-skelter method of protection of the security of the world. What we
need is a Global Army; a global Rapid Reaction Force to enable security
for the nations of the world.
World Army
The presence of an army in each country implying that the nation
must be ready for war at some time is a belief that can generate
subconscious tension in the people. The tension Cold War generated was
palpable in the sixties and seventies. Also, the relief when Cold War
ended was equally tangible.
It was Robert Van Harten, the Member from Holland, who mooted the idea
of a world army at Moscow at the meeting of the International Commission
on Peace and Food. The Commission endorsed it.
Recently, the European Union is considering the idea of one Army for all
its members. It is at the stage of an idea. An idea is valuable. But
people in the field have to implement it. They see all the practical
issues they will face in implementing an idea. No idea is practised
before it is fully prepared in all its details anticipating all the
hurdles.
When an idea becomes a scheme or a programme, it meets with not only
obstacles but opportunities. The realities are accepted and a working
scheme is prepared. In other words, an idea is organically dynamic. So
its growth is organic too, not fully prepared previously.
The World Army that will replace the national armies is one such dynamic
idea capable of organic growth. If it ever comes into existence, it will
be the world police or a Peace Army. It is worth examining again in the
present context of the post-Iraq war.
Rapid Reaction Force to Terrorism
-The security solution to terrorism
must come internationally.
-There
needs to be an international force of some kind. Perhaps we can call it
a World Army, or perhaps better yet a Global Rapid Reaction Force. It
can go into any area and create stability, i.e. security.
-There should also be a global "rapid
reaction force" to end the roots of terrorism -- poverty.
-Both military and social
development solutions must be implemented. One without the other is
unlikely to succeed.
World Army
Article by Robert Van Harten (ICPD)
Thoughts on World Army
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Potential of World Parliament
