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NguPaul Keating, Iiparele kunye nezicaphukiso, Oktobha 7, 2022
Ukwandisa indawo yomda wezomkhosi we-NATO ukuya kwa kanye kwimida yelizwe elalisakuba yiSoviet Union kwaba yimpazamo enokuthi ifakwe kuluhlu lweendlela ezigwenxa ezithintela iJamani ukuba ithathe indawo yayo epheleleyo kwinkqubo yamazwe ngamazwe ekuqaleni kwale nkulungwane.
UPaul Keating wathetha ezi zinto kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu eyadlulayo kwidilesi enkulu kwiYunivesithi yaseNew South Wales, ngomhla wesi-4 kuSeptemba 1997:
“Ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuthandabuza kwamalungu akhoyo ngoku ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza ekwandiseni ubulungu be-EU, ndiyakholelwa ukuba kwenziwa impazamo enkulu yokhuseleko eYurophu ngesigqibo sokwandisa iNATO. Akukho mathandabuzo ukuba oku kwabonwa ngabathile eYurophu njengokhetho oluthambileyo kunolwandiso lwe-EU.
I-NATO kunye nomanyano lweAtlantiki basebenze kakuhle unobangela wokhuseleko lwasentshona. Baye bancedisa ekuqinisekiseni ukuba iMfazwe yoMlomo ekugqibeleni yaphela ngeendlela ezibonisa umdla ovulelekileyo, wedemokhrasi. Kodwa i-NATO liziko elingalunganga lokwenza umsebenzi elicelwa ukuba liwenze.
Isigqibo sokwandisa i-NATO ngokumema iPoland, iHungary kunye neRiphabliki yaseCzech ukuba ithathe inxaxheba kwaye ibeke ithemba kwabanye - ngamanye amazwi ukushenxisa indawo yomda womkhosi waseYurophu ukuya kwimida yelizwe elalisakuba yiSoviet Union - ndiyakholelwa ukuba impazamo enokuthi ekugqibeleni ibekwe ngendlela engalunganga yokubala ethintele iJamani ekubeni ithathe indawo yayo epheleleyo kwinkqubo yezizwe ngezizwe ekuqaleni kwale nkulungwane.
Umbuzo omkhulu weYurophu awusekho indlela yokubethelela iJamani eYurophu - efunyenweyo - kodwa indlela yokubandakanya iRussia ngendlela ekhusela ilizwekazi ngenkulungwane ezayo.
Kwaye bekukho ukungabikho koburhulumente obucacileyo apha. Abantu baseRussia, phantsi kukaMikhail Gorbachev, bavuma ukuba iMpuma Jamani ingahlala kwiNATO njengenxalenye yeJamani emanyeneyo. Kodwa ngoku nje isiqingatha seshumi elinesibini leminyaka kamva i-NATO inyuke yaya kumda osentshona weUkraine. Lo myalezo unokufundwa ngendlela enye kuphela: ukuba nangona iRashiya iye yaba yintando yesininzi, kwi-consciousness yentshona yeYurophu ihlala ibukelwe, intshaba enokubakho.
Amagama asetyenzisiweyo ukuchaza ukwanda kwe-NATO anqabile, kwaye iingozi ziye zavunywa. Kodwa nangona kunjalo amazwi alumkileyo anjani, nantoni na ifestile ye-Permanent NATO-Russia Joint Council, wonke umntu uyazi ukuba iRashiya sisizathu sokwandiswa kwe-NATO.
Isigqibo siyingozi ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi. Iza kubangela ukungakhuseleki eRashiya kwaye iqinise ezo ngcinga zaseRashiya, kubandakanywa nabelizwe kunye namakomanisi angaphambili epalamente, achasene nokuzibandakanya ngokupheleleyo neNtshona. Iyakwenza ukuba kube lula ukubuyiselwa konxibelelwano lomkhosi phakathi kweRussia kunye nabanye ababexhomekeke kuyo ngaphambili. Iza kwenza ulawulo lwezixhobo, kwaye ngakumbi ulawulo lwezixhobo zenyukliya, kube nzima ukufikelela.
Kwaye ukwanda kwe-NATO kuya kwenza okuncinci kakhulu ekomelezeni iidemokhrasi ezintsha zasempuma Yurophu kunokwandiswa kwe-EU. "
