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The set up of both these institutions, the League and the U. N. ,
could have been workable to some degree though, by the aid of proper
pooling of forces, armed forces. Had there been a 'really'
integrated army instead of a united one, i.e. consisting of donated
soldiers from all countries 'BUT' properly mixed, this 'superpower'
had been able to enforce peace in the case of Mantshuria, Abbesynia,
Germany, (and today, Lebanon, Iracque, Shri-Lanka, Ireland, Punjab
&c,). A single such integrated company of say 150 soldiers, could
have consisted of e.g. 20 Americans, 10 British, 10 Germans, 10
French, 1 Dutch, 20 Indian, 20 Chinese, etc. all mixed in sergeants
and captains and so on. Naturally this would have lead to a
necessity for world-headquarters, although the chances are that this
would have been a diplomatic one, a debating club. After all, the
illegality of the national governments would soon bring them to
clash with this world army, this world-police-force. What if the
forces of, say, Operation 'Overlord', the invasion on the Normandy
coast, had been by a cleverly organized army, as fully 'integrated'
as all that? Poles, Canadians, British, Irish, French, etc. fully
mixed up, thoroughly integrated, using the 'same' weapons, tools,
transport, ammunition, uniforms, distinctives, signals, codes, etc.,
etc. would certainly have not suffered half of the casualty lists.
Organisation always must start with standardization. This, of
course, introduces the element of inflexibility, inelasticity,
rigidity, but this is only where rigidity is of no consequence.
Standardisation, making a habit of-, a custom-, relieves one of
thinking and deliberating efforts, of searching for an answer to a
problem. Once you have made it a habit to have your keys always in
the same pocket (standard), you never have to think or search, in
fact, reaching for them follows fully automatic. When all rifles are
the same calibre, and so is the ammo, the cartridges fit all, no
searching for 'good' uns. This is only a first step. The next would
have been, 'only one type rifle for Overlord, only one type a rifle
ammo', and so through the whole gamut. A war or invasion, of
necessity, needs very, very much flexibility of course. But a
flexibility based upon a rigid-, strong-, standardization in ALL
tools for it, humans as well as cannon, and preferably the best (the
German Panzer faust for instance), gives the optimal scope for utter
flexibility. When you have to put so many costly lives, against
superior soldiers, who are in the advantageous position of defence
(and on dry land), the organization of your army should not stop at
one step over random. On the contrary, as many steps in
standardization as possible, should diminish the waste of lives. The
first intelligent act of man 'in socio', in co-operation, was
standardization (sounds for ideas), why not intelligize it further
when so much is at stake? See also, Hastings, Churchill, Ryan, etc.
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2007-09-11