John-DubyaH/peace

Nothing is more important today than Peace - but how can individuals do their bit? Maybe this site opens up some realistic possibilities. I'm not saying this outfit has all the answers or has enough influence but we have to start somewhere. One thing I notice is that they base their argument on what level of defence does the UK need to defend itself. I feel we have a responsibility for the people outside our own Nation who need the support and defence capability of stronger Nations. After all that is what saved us and many other people from Nazi tyranny in the second world war. But they do argue that we need a stronger UN - and that I agree with. But that in itself poses the problem of the major powers finally learning to trust one another and let their national interests become subservient to the greater good of international peace. Now who said anything was ever easy!
But I'm not all starry eyed - there are bad people everywhere in every community and we see them killing their own for apparent sectarian reasons in Iraq and Palestine - and Africa, just like in the Balkans and even our own close-to-home Ireland, and many other places. It's these extremists we have to somehow overcome and control. I'm not sure you can make a good person out of a bad one, when they are as bad and evil as some of these people. But maybe. Whose to say? We can't give up. What we need, at least, is a strong organisation to really enforce peace where necessary. Up to now the UN and other peace-keeping forces have failed because they have not had the mandate or resources to defend the ordinary civilians when threatened by war lords and genocide. There are good people even in politics who are trying to make peace - but international politics and conflicting interests somehow always seem to get in the way.