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this is the problem you run into with the idea of a global government and a world military. it's popular to say that "the world" is doing this or that... but what is really taking place is a faction of governments doing one thing for their own benefit. that's fine, governments should do what is in the best interest of their constituents. however, you run into a kind of ceiling when you run into an all-encompassing human government. there can never be a "world" action taken against a country... because the word describes both parties. the term is merely fodder for politicians, it does not take into account the fact that the "world" cannot represent what it tries to describe... or no action would be necessary.
this is why the UN can never be more than a forum for discussion. when it tries to extend itself furthur it runs into nation-state barriers that will either destroy the UN in total or paralyze it when it is needed to perform the mission it claims to have moral authority over. the paradigm for our time is still the nation-state with groupings based along civilization lines. ignoring that truth in a form of idealized UN worship has only resulted in paralysis when international intervention is needed.
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