The UN and the Concept of Security.

The United Nations organisation was founded after the devastation of WWII in order to keep the peace in the world, and at the head of the UN is the Security Council made up of the five major combatants on the Allied side during the war – USA, UK, France, Russia and China. So let’s see what’s been happening lately.

In 2003 the US and UK engaged in the probably unwarranted invasion of Iraq, Russia is currently engaged in the unwarranted invasion of Ukraine, and China is dedicated to taking full sovereignty of Taiwan by force if necessary. It’s quite absurd, isn’t it? So much for the concept of security. It only needs France to do something dastardly and we’d have a full set.

It got me thinking about which countries I would trust to do the job properly, and I came up with three – New Zealand, Iceland, and Bhutan. So there’s my new Security Council. Sorted.

(You might think I’m joking because this is inconceivable, but joking? Not quite.)