Do we need a global policeman?

Question

Do we need a global policeman?

Answer 1

Since there isn't global agreement on what constitutes a global standard for "crime" it would be dangerous to create a global policemen. Whenever the U.N. gets involved it appears to act as a GP but actually depends on individual states for staffing and usually winds up being ineffectual ( e.g. Rwanda, Darfur et al ) and subject to individual sovereignty, anyway ( e.g. Egypt's Nasser demanded that UN "peacekeepers" leave the Sinai stations in 1967 in order to attack Israel...and they left! )

The U.S. often acts as global policeman and gets little thanks and a lot of opprobrium ( and blood and treasure ) for doing so. Note what happened in Somalia in 1993. Even enforcing UN resolutions as in Iraq in 1991 and again in 2003 cost a lot and didn't get "us" much credit. Better would be to deploy US military only in areas where American interests are involved ( although the Middle East DOES significantly involve U.S. interests, certainly a helluva lot more than acting in Bosnia-Kosovo ).

Answer 2

No, but we have one... I'll give you a hint. Its called the USA. Getting its nose stuck in everyone else's business.

Answer 3

Already do.  It called the US Military

Answer 4

Yes in case anything bad to anything and everyone because pollution and crime is acted out everywhere.

Police are everywhere.

Answer 5

No what is good of a policeman when its not pysicaly possible to get to america to stop a crime.

Answer 6

Inter pol is exactly what global police or policeman is.