NguNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, UEpreli 14, 2021
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UDenis Halliday ngumntu okhethekileyo kwilizwe lozakuzo. Ngo-1998, emva kweminyaka engama-34 esebenza kwiZizwe Ezimanyeneyo — kuquka noMncedisi-Nobhala-Jikelele kunye noMququzeleli woBuntu we-UN eIraq — warhoxa xa iBhunga lezoKhuseleko le-UN lala ukukhupha isohlwayo.
U-Halliday wazibonela ngawakhe amehlo impembelelo etshabalalisayo yalo mgaqo-nkqubo okhokelele ekufeni kwabantu abangaphezulu 500,000 abantwana Ngaphantsi kweminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu kunye namakhulu amawaka abantwana abadala kunye nabantu abadala, kwaye wabiza isohlwayo njengohlanga ngokuchasene nabantu base-Iraq.
Ukusukela nge1998, uDenis ebelilizwi elinamandla loxolo kunye namalungelo oluntu kwihlabathi liphela. Wahamba ngenqanawa kwi Inkululeko Flotilla ukuya eGaza ngo-2010, xa abalingane bakhe abali-10 kwinqanawa yaseTurkey badutyulwa babulawa kuhlaselo lomkhosi wase-Israeli.
Ndadlan 'indlebe noDenis Halliday ekhaya lakhe eIreland.
UNicolas Davies: Ke, Denis, kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini emva kokuba urhoxile kwi-UN ngenxa yezohlwayo e-Iraq, i-United States ngoku inyanzelisa into efanayouxinzelelo oluphezulu”Isohlwayo ngokuchasene neIran, iVenezuela, iCuba neNorth Korea, ukuthintela abantu babo ukuba bafumane ukutya kunye namayeza phakathi kobhubhane. Yintoni ongathanda ukuyithetha kumaMelika malunga nefuthe lehlabathi lokwenyani lale nkqubo?
UDenis Halliday: Ndingathanda ukuqala ngokuchaza ukuba izohlwayo ezibekwe liBhunga lezoKhuseleko ngokuchasene ne-Iraq, zikhokelwa kakhulu yi-United States ne-Bhritane, zahlukile ngengqondo yokuba zazibanzi. Babephelile, oko kuthetha ukuba bafuna isigqibo seBhunga lezoKhuseleko ukuba sibaphelise, esingazange senzeke-kwaye balandela kwangoko kwimfazwe yase-Gulf.
Imfazwe yase-Gulf, eyayikhokelwa ikakhulu yi-United States kodwa ixhaswa yi-Bhritane kunye nabanye, baqala ukuqhushumisa i-Iraq kwaye bajolisa kwiziseko zophuhliso, ekwaphula umthetho we-Geneva Convention, kwaye bathatha onke amandla ombane kweli lizwe.
Oku kuyisingele phantsi ngokupheleleyo inkqubo yokunyanga nokusasazwa kwamanzi e-Iraq, exhomekeke kumbane ukuyiqhuba, kwaye iqhube abantu ukuba basebenzise amanzi angcolileyo avela kwiTigris nase-Ewufrathe. Esi yayisisiqalo sokufa kwabantwana abancinci, kuba oomama babengancancisi, babesondla abantwana babo ngobisi olungumgubo lwabantwana, kodwa beludibanisa namanzi amdaka avela kwiTigris nase-Ewufrathe.
Ukuqhushumba kwezixhobo zokusebenza, kubandakanya iinkqubo zonxibelelwano kunye namandla ombane, kutshabalalise imveliso yokutya, i-horticulture, nazo zonke ezinye izinto eziyimfuneko ebomini. Baye bavale nokuthumela kunye nokungenisa elizweni, kwaye baqinisekisa ukuba i-Iraq ayinakho ukuthumela i-oyile yayo, eyayingoyena mthombo wengeniso yayo ngelo xesha.
Ukongeza koku, bazisa isixhobo esitsha esibizwa ngokuba yi-uranium esele iphelile, esetyenziswa yimikhosi yase-US ukuqhuba umkhosi wase-Iraq ngaphandle kwe-Kuwait. Oko kwasetyenziswa kwakhona kumazantsi e-Iraq kwindawo yaseBasra, kwaye kwakhokelela kuqokelelo olukhulu lwenyukliya ekhokelele kwi-leukemia ebantwaneni, kwaye kwathatha iminyaka emithathu, emine okanye emihlanu ukubonakala.
Ndafika ke e-Iraq ngo-1998, izibhedlele zaseBaghdad, ngokunjalo nase-Basra nakwezinye izixeko, zazizele ngabantwana abaphethwe yi-leukemia. Ngeli xesha abantu abadala babefumene owabo umhlaza, ikakhulu hayi isifo somhlaza egazini. Abo bantwana, sicinga ukuba mhlawumbi ngama-200,000 abantwana, ababulewe ngumhlaza wegazi. Kwangelo xesha, iWashington neLondon babamba ezinye izinto zonyango ezinomdla we-leukemia ezifunekayo, kwakhona, kwabonakala ngathi, ngendlela ebulalayo, ukuvimba abantwana base-Iraq ilungelo lokuhlala bephila.
Kwaye njengokuba ucaphule i-500,000, yayiyingxelo eyenziwe nguMadeleine Albright, owayengummeli waseMelika ngelo xesha kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, owayehlala kwi-CBS, wabuzwa umbuzo malunga nelahleko yabantwana abangama-500,000, kwaye wathi ukulahleka kwabantwana abangama-500,000 "ikufanele oko, ”Ngokwehlise uSaddam Hussein, engakhange yenzeke de kwafika umkhosi wamajoni ngo-2003.
Eyona nto ke yile yokuba izohlwayo zaseIraq zazisohlwaya ngokukodwa kwaye zikhohlakele kwaye zandisiwe kwaye zibanzi. Bahlala endaweni nokuba abantu bathanda njani mna okanye abanye, hayi mna ndedwa, kodwa i-UNICEF kunye neearhente zenkqubo ye-UN-amazwe amaninzi kubandakanya iFrance, iChina neRussia-bakhalaza kabuhlungu malunga neziphumo kubomi babantu nakubomi be Abantwana baseIraq nabantu abadala.
Umnqweno wam wokurhoxa yayikukuya esidlangalaleni, ndenza njalo. Kwisithuba senyanga enye, bendiseWashington ndisenza ingxelo yam yokuqala yeCongressal yeziphumo zesohlwayo, esiqhutywa yiWashington naseLondon.
Ke ndicinga ukuba i-United States kunye nabantu bayo, abavotela aba rhulumente, kufuneka baqonde ukuba abantwana nabantu base-Iraq bafana nje nabantwana base-United States nase-England nabantu babo. Banamaphupha afanayo, amabhongo afanayo emfundo nengqesho nezindlu neholide kunye nazo zonke izinto abantu abalungileyo abazikhathaleleyo. Sonke singabantu abafanayo kwaye asinakho ukuhlala phantsi kwaye sicinge ngandlela thile, “Asibazi ukuba ngoobani, bangama-Afghani, bangamaIran, bangamaIraq. Ke ngoku? Bayasweleka. Asazi, ayongxaki yethu, oku kwenzeka emfazweni. ” Ndiyathetha, lonke olo hlobo lwesizathu sokuba kutheni le nto ingabalulekanga.
Kwaye ndicinga ukuba imeko yobomi kwi-sanction world iyaqhubeka, nokuba yiVenezuela, nokuba yiCuba, ebiqhubeka ngoku kangangeminyaka engama-60. Abantu abazi okanye abacingi ngokwempilo yabanye abantu efana nathi apha eYurophu okanye eMelika.
Ingxaki eyoyikisayo, kwaye andazi ukuba ingasonjululwa njani. Ngoku sinezohlwayo kwiIran naseMantla Korea. Ke ubunzima kukuzisa ukuziphilisa ukuba sibulale abantu ngesohlwayo. Aziyindawo yemfazwe - ziluhlobo lwemfazwe.
UNicolas Davies: Enkosi, Denis. Ndicinga ukuba oko kusizisa komnye umbuzo, kuba ngelixa isohlwayo e-Iraq samkelwe liBhunga lezoKhuseleko le-UN, into esijonge kuyo namhlanje emhlabeni, ubukhulu becala, i-US isebenzisa amandla enkqubo yayo yezemali ukwenza nyanzelisa Iingqingo zelinye icala kula mazwe, nanjengoko i-US isenza umlo ubuncinci ubuncinci beshumi elinambini lamazwe, ikakhulu kwi-Greater Middle East. IMedea Benjamin kunye nam kutshanje ziweyo ukuba i-US kunye nabalingane bayo bayiphose i-326,000 iibhombu kunye nemijukujelwa kwamanye amazwe kuzo zonke ezi mfazwe, ukusukela nge2001-ayibali iMfazwe yokuQala yeGulf.
Usebenze i-UN kunye ne-UNDP iminyaka engama-34, kwaye i-UN yamkelwa njengeqonga kunye neziko loxolo kunye nokujongana nokuphulwa koxolo ngawo nawaphi na amazwe kwihlabathi liphela. Kodwa iZizwe eziManyeneyo zingayisombulula njani ingxaki yelizwe elinamandla, elinobundlongondlongo njenge-United States eyaphula umthetho welizwe lonke lize emva koko lisebenzise kakubi i-veto kunye namandla alo ozakuzo ukuphepha ukuphendula?
UDenis Halliday: Ewe, xa ndithetha nabafundi, ndizama ukucacisa ukuba zimbini iZizwe eziManyeneyo: kukho iZizwe eziManyeneyo zeSecretariat, zikhokelwa nguNobhala-Jikelele kwaye zinabantu abanjengam kunye nama-20,000 30,000 okanye ama-XNUMX ngaphezulu kwihlabathi liphela. I-UNDP neearhente. Sisebenza kwilizwe ngalinye, kwaye uninzi lwayo luphuhliso okanye loluntu. Umsebenzi olungileyo, unefuthe lokwenyani, nokuba wondla abantu basePalestine okanye ngumsebenzi we-UNICEF e-Ethiopia. Oku kuyaqhubeka.
Apho i-UN iwa khona kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko, ngokokubona kwam, kwaye kungenxa yokuba, eYalta ngo-1945, uRoosevelt, uStalin noChurchill, bakuphawula ukusilela koMbutho weZizwe, bathatha isigqibo sokuseka iZizwe eziManyeneyo ezaziza Icandelo elilawulayo, abathi balibiza ngokuba liBhunga lezoKhuseleko. Kwaye ukuqinisekisa ukuba kuyasebenza, kwimidla yabo ndingathi, baseke eli qela lamagunya amandla amahlanu, kwaye bongeze iFrance kunye neChina. Kwaye ezo zintlanu zisekhona.
Ngu-1945 kwaye lo ngu-2021, kwaye basesemandleni kwaye basaqhuba iZizwe eziManyeneyo. Logama nje behlala apho kwaye besebenzisa ngobuqhetseba, ndicinga ukuba i-UN iyatshabalala. Intlungu kukuba amagunya amahlanu e-veto ngawona mazwe angamalungu aphula i-Charter, anyhasha imigaqo-nkqubo yamalungelo oluntu, kwaye akazukuvumela ukusetyenziswa kwe-ICC kulwaphulo-mthetho lwabo nakwezinye iindlela zokuphathwa gadalala.
Ngaphezulu koko, ngamazwe avelisa aze athengise izixhobo, kwaye siyazi ukuba izixhobo zemfazwe zezona mveliso zinenzuzo enkulu onokuzivelisa. Ke inzala yabo ebabelweyo lulawulo, ngumkhosi, kukuphazamiseka. Inzame ye-neocolonialism, ubukhosi ngokwenyani, ukulawula umhlaba ngendlela abafuna ukuyibona ngayo. Kude kube kutshintshiwe kwaye la malungu amahlanu angamalungu ayavuma ukunciphisa amandla abo kwaye badlale indima ethembekileyo, ndicinga ukuba siza kutshabalala. IZizwe eziManyeneyo azinako ukumisa ubunzima esijamelana nabo kwihlabathi liphela.
UNicolas Davies: Esi sisilumkiso esihle. Kule nkulungwane, sijamelene neengxaki ezintle, phakathi kotshintsho lwemozulu kunye nesoyikiso semfazwe yenyukliya esijingayo sonke, okunokuba yingozi kakhulu kunakuqala, ngenxa yokungabikho kwezivumelwano kunye nokungabikho kwentsebenziswano phakathi kwamandla enyukliya Ngokukodwa i-US ne-Russia. Ngokwenyani le ngu ingxaki ekhoyo eluntwini.
Ngoku ikho, ewe, iNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo, kwaye baye benyusa izixhobo zenyukliya ngesiVumelwano esitsha sokuThintelwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya (I-TPNW), esele ingene ngokusemthethweni ngokusemthethweni. Kwaye unyaka nonyaka xa idibana, iNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo rhoqo kwaye iphantse ngamxhelo mnye liyakulahla urhulumente wase-US wohlwaya iCuba.
Xa ndibhalayo incwadi yam malunga nemfazwe e-Iraq, izindululo zam zokugqibela zezokuba izaphuli-mthetho zemfazwe zaseMelika nezaseBritane ezinoxanduva lwemfazwe kufuneka zithathe uxanduva lolwaphulo-mthetho, kwaye i-US ne-UK kufuneka bahlawule imbuyekezo e-Iraq emfazweni. Ngaba iNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo inokuba yindawo yokwakha inkxaso e-Iraq ukubanga impindezelo evela e-US nase-UK, okanye ngaba ikhona enye indawo apho kufaneleke ngakumbi?
UDenis Halliday: Ndicinga ukuba ulungile kwithagethi. Intlungu kukuba izigqibo zeBhunga lezoKhuseleko zibophelela kwizigqibo. Ilungu ngalinye lelizwe kufuneka lisebenzise kwaye lihloniphe ezo zigqibo. Ke, ukuba wophula umthetho wezohlwayo omiselwe liBhunga njengelungu lelungu, usengxakini. Izigqibo ze-General Assembly azibopheleli.
Uthumele kwisigqibo esibaluleke kakhulu, esisigqibo malunga nezixhobo zenyukliya. Sinezigqibo ezininzi zokuthintela iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zezixhobo kule minyaka idlulileyo. Apha eIreland sasibandakanyeka kwimigodi echasene nabasebenzi kunye nezinye izinto ezilolo hlobo, kwaye yayiliqela elikhulu lamazwe angamalungu, kodwa hayi amaqela anetyala, hayi amaMelika, hayi amaRashiya, hayi amaTshayina, hayi amaBritane. . Abo balawula umdlalo we-veto ngamandla ngabo bangathobeli. Njengokuba uClinton wayengomnye wabacebisi, ndicinga ukuba, ye-ICC [Inkundla Yamatyala Olwaphulo-mthetho Yamazwe Ngamazwe], kodwa xa ifika esiphelweni sosuku, i-United States ayamkeli ukuba inendima yokuzibona kwaye ulwaphulo-mthetho lwabo lwemfazwe Kuyafana nakwamanye amazwe amakhulu angabantu abanetyala kula matyala.
Ke ndiza kubuyela kwisiphakamiso sakho malunga ne-General Assembly. Inokuphuculwa, akukho sizathu sokuba ingatshintshwa, kodwa ifuna inkalipho enkulu kumazwe angamalungu. Ikwafuna ukwamkelwa ngamagunya amahlanu okuvota ukuba usuku lwabo lufikelele esiphelweni, kuba, enyanisweni, i-UN ithwala i-cachet encinci kule mihla ukuthumela i-UN mission kwilizwe elifana neMyanmar okanye Afghanistan.
Ndicinga ukuba asinawo amandla aseleyo, asinampembelelo iseleyo, kuba bayazi ukuba ngubani oqhuba umbutho, bayazi ukuba ngubani owenza izigqibo. AyingoNobhala-Jikelele. Asingobantu abafana nam. Siyalelwa liBhunga lezoKhuseleko. Ndirhoxile, ngokufanelekileyo, kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko. Babengabaphathi bam ngeli xesha elithile lomsebenzi wam.
Ndinentetho endiyenzayo malunga nokuguqula iBhunga lezoKhuseleko, ukuyenza umbutho omele uMntla-Mzantsi, oza kufumana iLatin America kunye ne-Sub-Saharan Africa in situ, kwaye uza kufumana izigqibo ezahlukileyo, unokufumana uhlobo izigqibo esizifumana kwiNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo: ukulungelelana ngakumbi, ngakumbi ukuqonda umhlaba kunye noMntla noMzantsi kunye nazo zonke ezinye iiyantlukwano. Kodwa kunjalo, kwakhona, asinakuliguqula iBhunga de amagunya amahlanu e-veto avume kuloo nto. Leyo yingxaki enkulu.
UNicolas Davies: Ewe, enyanisweni, xa eso sakhiwo sabhengezwa kwi-1945 kunye neBhunga lezoKhuseleko, aMalungu amahlanu aSisigxina kunye ne-veto, u-Albert Camus, owayengumhleli wephephandaba i-French Resistance. yaba sisiphelo sayo nayiphi na imbono yedemokhrasi yamazwe aphesheya.
Ke, njengakweminye imiba emininzi, sihlala kula mazwe olawulo lwentando yesininzi, kodwa abantu belizwe elifana ne-United States baxelelwa kuphela into efunwa ziinkokheli zethu malunga nokuba umhlaba usebenza njani. Uhlengahlengiso lweBhunga lezoKhuseleko luyimfuneko ngokucacileyo, kodwa yinkqubo enkulu yemfundo kunye nohlaziyo lwentando yesininzi kumazwe kwihlabathi liphela ukwakha ngokwanele umbutho odumileyo wokufuna olo hlobo lotshintsho. Okwangoku, iingxaki esijamelana nazo zikhulu kakhulu.
Enye into exelwe kakhulu e-US kukuba, ngenxa yokuphelelwa lithemba emva kweminyaka engamashumi amabini yemfazwe e-Afghanistan, uNobhala uBlinken ekugqibeleni kubuze iUN ukukhokela inkqubo yoxolo yokupheliswa komlilo phakathi kukarhulumente oxhaswe yi-US kunye neTaliban kunye notshintsho kwezopolitiko. Oko kungasusa ungquzulwano kummandla wezopolitiko kwaye kuphelise imfazwe yamakhaya ebangelwe kukuhlasela kwe-US kunye nokuhlala kunye nephulo lokuqhushumisa elingapheliyo.
Ke ucinga ntoni ngeli nyathelo? Kufanele ukuba kubekho intlanganiso kwiiveki ezimbalwa e-Istanbul, ekhokelwa ngumcebisi onamava we-UN, uJean Arnault, owanceda ukuzisa uxolo eGuatemala ekupheleni kwemfazwe yamakhaya, emva koko phakathi kweColombia ne-FARC. I-US ibuze ngokuthe ngqo i-China, i-Russia ne-Iran ukuba babe yinxalenye yale nkqubo. Omabini amacala eAfghanistan avumile ukuza eIstanbul kwaye ubuncinci babone ukuba bangavumelana ngantoni. Ngaba leyo yindima eyakhayo enokudlalwa yi-UN? Ngaba oko kunika ithuba loxolo kubantu base-Afghanistan?
UDenis Halliday: Ukuba bendililungu leTaliban kwaye ndacelwa ukuba ndithethathethane norhulumente osemandleni kuphela kuba ixhaswe yi-United States, bendizakubuza ukuba ingaba yi-keel. Ngaba sinamandla alinganayo, ngaba sinokuthetha omnye komnye? Impendulo, ndicinga ukuba, hayi.
Isahluko se-UN, nokuba ungubani na, indoda elihlwempu, nayo iya kuba nobunzima obufanayo. Umele iZizwe eziManyeneyo, iBhunga lezoKhuseleko elilawulwa yi-United States kunye nabanye, njengoko abantu base-Afghanistan besazi kakuhle. I-Taliban kudala ilwela i-helluva, kwaye ayenzi nkqubela phambili ngenxa yokungenelela kwemikhosi yase-US, esesemhlabeni. Andicingi ukuba yindawo yokudlala.
Ke ndingothuka kakhulu ukuba iyasebenza. Ndiyathemba ukuba inokuba njalo. Ndingacinga, ngokokubona kwam, ukuba ufuna ubudlelwane obungapheliyo kwilizwe, kuya kufuneka kuthethathethwane ngaphakathi kwelizwe, ngaphandle komkhosi okanye olunye uphazamiseko okanye uloyiko lokuqhubekeka nokuqhushumisa okanye uhlaselo okanye yonke enye into. Andiqondi ukuba sinokuthenjwa, njenge-UN, phantsi kwezo meko. Iya kuba sisilogi esinzima kakhulu.
UNicolas Davies: Kulungile. Isimanga kukuba iUnited States Bekela ecaleni uMqulu weZizwe eziManyeneyo xa wahlasela iYugoslavia ngo1999 ukukrola into eyiyo ngoku yamkelwe ngokwesiqingatha ilizwe laseKosovo, kwaye emva koko lihlasele iAfghanistan neIraq. Inkqubo ye- Charter UN, kanye ekuqaleni, entliziyweni yayo, kuthintela isoyikiso okanye ukusetyenziswa kwamandla lelinye ilizwe ngokuchasene nelinye. Kodwa yile nto ibekwe bucala yi-US.
UDenis Halliday: Kwaye emva koko, kuya kufuneka ukhumbule, i-US ihlasela ilizwe elililungu leZizwe eziManyeneyo, ngaphandle kokuthandabuza, ngaphandle kokuhlonipha iCharter. Mhlawumbi abantu bayalibala ukuba u-Eleanor Roosevelt waqhuba, kwaye waphumelela ekusekeni, isiBhengezo samaLungelo oLuntu, impumelelo engaqhelekanga, esasebenza nangoku. Isixhobo seBhayibhile kubaninzi bethu abasebenza kwi-UN.
Ke ukungakhathalelwa kwe-Charter kunye nomoya we-Charter kunye namagama e-Charter, ngamalungu amahlanu e-veto, mhlawumbi e-Afghanistan yayiyi-Russia, ngoku yi-United States, i-Afghanis iye yangenelela kwamanye amazwe yaya kufikelela emqaleni wabo nangaphaya , kwaye iBritane ibibandakanyeka apho ukusukela kwinkulungwane ye-18 phantse. Banovelwano lwam olunzulu, kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba le nto ingasebenza, masithembe ukuba ingasebenza.
UNicolas Davies: Ndiyizisile le nto kuba i-US, ngamandla ayo asemkhosini emva kokuphela kweMfazwe ebandayo, yenze ukhetho oluqinisekileyo lokuba endaweni yokuphila ngokwe-UN Charter, iyakuphila ngekrele, ngomthetho ihlathi: "unokwenza ulunge."
Ithathe loo manyathelo kuba inakho, kuba akukho mkhosi wamajoni wawukhona ukumelana nayo. Ngexesha leMfazwe yokuQala yeGulf, a Umcebisi wePentagon uxelele iNew York Times ukuba, ukuphela kweMfazwe ebandayo, i-US yayiya kuthi ekugqibeleni iqhube imisebenzi yezomkhosi ku-Mbindi Mpuma ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngokuqala kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. Ke bathabathe ukubhubha kweSoviet Union njengokukhanya okuluhlaza kwezi zenzo zenkqubo, zisasazekayo ezophula i-UN Charter.
Kodwa ngoku, okwenzekayo eAfghanistan kukuba iTaliban iphinde ilawule isiqingatha selizwe. Sisondela entwasahlobo nasehlotyeni xa umlo usiya usiba mbi, kwaye ke i-US ibiza i-UN ngenxa yokuphelelwa lithemba kuba, ngokunyanisekileyo, ngaphandle kokupheliswa komlilo, urhulumente wabo eKabul uza phulukana nomhlaba ongaphezulu. Ke i-US ikhethe ukuhlala ngekrele, kwaye kule meko ngoku ijongene nokufa ngekrele.
UDenis Halliday: Yintoni ebuhlungu, Nicolas, kukuba, ebomini bethu, ama-Afghanis abaleke ilizwe labo. Babenobukhosi, babenepalamente-ndadibana ndenza udliwanondlebe nabaphathiswa abasetyhini abavela e-Afghanistan eNew York- kwaye bayilawula. Kwakunjalo xa amaRashiya aphazamisa, emva koko amaMelika aphazamisa, emva koko u-Bin Laden wamisa inkampu yakhe apho, kwaye eso yayisisizathu sokutshabalalisa okuseleyo e-Afghanistan.
Kwaye ke uBush, uCheney kunye nabafana abambalwa bathatha isigqibo, nangona bekungekho sizathu santo, sokuqhushumisa nokutshabalalisa i-Iraq, kuba bafuna ukucinga ukuba uSaddam Hussein wayebandakanyeka ne-Al Qaeda, eyayiyinyani leyo. Babefuna ukucinga ukuba unezixhobo zentshabalalo enkulu, ekwakungeyonto ingamampunge. Abahloli be-UN baphinda bathi kaninzi, kodwa akukho mntu ubakholelwayo.
Kukungahoywa ngabom kwethemba lokugqibela. UManyano lweZizwe aluphumelelanga, kwaye i-UN yaba lelona themba lilandelayo kwaye siye sabuya umva ngabom, sayityeshela kwaye asayithemba. Xa sifumana uNobhala Jikelele olungileyo njengaye Ukuhla kwezinto, siyambulala. Ngokuqinisekileyo wabulawa, kuba wayephazamisa amaphupha amaBritane ngokukodwa, kwaye mhlawumbi nabantu baseBelgium, eKatanga. Libali elibuhlungu kakhulu, kwaye andazi ukuba sivela phi apha.
UNicolas Davies: Kulungile, kulungile, apho kubonakala ngathi sihamba apha kukuphulukana namandla aseMelika kwihlabathi liphela, kuba i-US inezinto ezimbi kakhulu belisebenzisa kakubi igunya lalo. E-US, sihlala sisiva ukuba le yiMfazwe ebandayo phakathi kwe-US ne China, okanye i-US, i-China ne-Russia, kodwa ndicinga ukuba sonke ngethemba sinokusebenzela ilizwe elinamacala amaninzi.
Njengoko usitsho, iBhunga lezoKhuseleko le-UN lifuna ukulungiswa, kwaye siyathemba ukuba abantu baseMelika bayayiqonda into yokuba asinakulilawula ilizwe ngokungahambelani, ukuba umnqweno wobukhosi behlabathi lase-US liphupha-eliyiphupha eliyingozi elikhokelele kwisiphelo.
UDenis Halliday: Mhlawumbi ekuphela kwento elungileyo ephuma kwiCovid-19 kukuqonda kancinci ukuba, ukuba wonke umntu akalufumani ugonyo, siyasilela, kuba thina, zizityebi nabanamandla ngemali kunye nezitofu zokugonya, ngekhe sibe sikhuselekile de siqinisekise ukuba umhlaba wonke ukhuselekile, ukusuka kwiCovid nakwenye elandelayo eza kulandela umkhondo ngokungathandabuzekiyo.
Kwaye oku kuthetha ukuba ukuba asithengisi ne China okanye amanye amazwe sinezikhewu malunga, kuba asibathandi oorhulumente babo, asibuthandi ubukomanisi, asibuthandi ubusoshiyali, nokuba yintoni, si Kuya kufuneka siphile nayo, kuba ngaphandle komnye asinakuphila. Ngobunzima bemozulu nayo yonke eminye imiba enxulumene noko, siyadingana kunangaphambili, kwaye sidinga ukusebenzisana. Yinto nje eqhelekileyo esisiseko ukuba siyasebenza kwaye sihlala kunye.
I-US inento efana neziseko zomkhosi ezingama-800 kwihlabathi liphela, ngobukhulu obahlukeneyo. I-China ngokuqinisekileyo ijikelezwe kwaye le yimeko eyingozi kakhulu, engeyomfuneko kwaphela. Kwaye ngoku kulungiswa kwakhona ngezixhobo zenyukliya ezintsha xa sele sinezixhobo zenyukliya eziphindwe kabini kunaleyo yatshabalalisa iHiroshima. Kutheni Emhlabeni? Bububhanxa obungekho ngqiqweni bokuqhubeka nezi nkqubo, kwaye ayisebenzi nje eluntwini.
Ndiyathemba ukuba i-US izakuqala mhlawumbi ibuyele umva kwaye isombulule iingxaki zayo zasekhaya, ezibaluleke kakhulu. Ndikhunjuzwa yonke imihla xa ndijonga kwi-CNN apha ekhayeni lam malunga nobunzima bobuhlanga nazo zonke ezinye izinto oziqonda kakuhle ukuba zifuna ukulungiswa. Ukuba lipolisa kwihlabathi yayisisigqibo esibi.
UNicolas Davies: Ngokuqinisekileyo. Ke inkqubo yezopolitiko, ezoqoqosho kunye nezomkhosi esiphila phantsi kwazo ayisiyiyoyokubulala kuphela ngeli xesha, kodwa iyazibulala. Enkosi, Denis, ngokuba lilizwi lokuqiqa kweli hlabathi ligeza.
UNicolas JS Davies ngumphandi weCODEPINK, umbhali ozimeleyo kunye nombhali we Igazi Kwizandla Zethu: iAmerican Invasion and Destruction of Iraq.
