NguDavid Swanson
Kuhlobo lwezivumelwano zokupheliswa kwemfazwe ekufuneka wonke umntu azifunde zongeza Ixesha elitsha lokungaxhatshazwa: Amandla oMbutho woLuntu ngaphezu kweMfazwe nguTom Hastings. Le yincwadi yezifundo zoxolo ewela ngokwenene kwimbono yokulwela uxolo. Umbhali ujongana neendlela ezilungileyo ngaphandle kweeglasi ezibomvu okanye ezibomvu-ezimhlophe kunye neblue. UHastings akakho nje emva koxolo entliziyweni yakhe okanye uxolo kwindawo ahlala kuyo okanye ukuzisa ilizwi elilungileyo loxolo kuma-Afrika. Ngokwenene ufuna ukuphelisa imfazwe, kwaye ke kubandakanya okufanelekileyo-okungakhethwanga-kugxininiso lwe-United States kunye nemfazwe engazange ibonwe ngaphambili. Umzekelo:
“Kwingxelo eyakhayo yeziphumo ezibi, ugqatso lwezibaso eziseleyo zehlabathi luya kuvelisa ungquzulwano olungakumbi yaye lufuna amafutha angakumbi ukuze uphumelele ugqatso . . . '[T]uMkhosi woMoya wase-US, oyena mthengi mkhulu wehlabathi wepetroleum, kutsha nje ubhengeze isicwangciso sokubeka endaweni yama-50 epesenti yokusetyenziswa kwawo ngamafutha ngamafutha angamanye, kugxininiswa ngakumbi kwiifuel zebhayoloji. Ukanti, iifuel zebhayoloji aziyi kukwazi ukubonelela ngeepetroli ezimalunga nama-25 ekhulwini [yaye loo nto ibangelwa kukubiwa komhlaba ofunekayo kwizityalo zokutya –DS] . . . ngoko eminye imimandla apho kukho ioli efumanekayo iya kubona utyalo-mali olukhulu nokungenelela emkhosini.' . . . Ngokunqongophala okukhulayo koovimba beoyile umkhosi wase-US ungene kwixesha le-Orwellian lemfazwe esisigxina, kunye nongquzulwano olushushu kumazwe amaninzi rhoqo. Isenokugqalwa njengengxilimbela edlalwa yioli, ehlala ijikeleza uMhlaba, ifuna isidlo sayo esilandelayo.”
Abantu abaninzi abathanda “uxolo,” kanye njengokuba abantu abaninzi bethanda ukukhusela okusingqongileyo, abafuni kuyiva loo nto. Iziko loXolo lase-US, umzekelo, linokuthi licingelwe njengentsumpa emlonyeni we-raptor enkulu, kwaye ndiya-ndicinga-ndizibone ngokwaneleyo kuloo migaqo ukuchasana nomhlathi owandulelayo. UHastings, enyanisweni, uyibonisa kakuhle indlela iWashington, DC, ezicingela ngayo ngokucaphula uluvo oluqhelekileyo, kodwa olusele lubonakalisiwe luneziphene kwiziganeko ezaziwayo. Lo yayinguMichael Barone Iindaba ze-US kunye neNgxelo yehlabathi ngo-2003 ngaphambi kohlaselo lwase-Iraq:
"Bambalwa eWashington abathandabuzayo ukuba singahlala e-Iraq kwiiveki ezimbalwa. Emva koko kuza umsebenzi onzima wokuyisa i-Iraq kurhulumente wedemokhrasi, onoxolo, nonentlonipho kulawulo lomthetho. Ngethamsanqa, amagosa akrelekrele kuwo omabini amasebe eSebe lezoKhuselo neLizwe ebesenza ucwangciso lomsebenzi onzima malunga naloo nto isithuba esingaphezu konyaka ngoku.”
Ngoko, ungakhathazeki! Le yayiyingxelo kawonke-wonke evulekileyo ngo-2003, njengabanye abaninzi, kodwa inyani yokuba urhulumente wase-US wayeceba ukuhlasela i-Iraq ngaphezu konyaka ngaphambi kokuba iqhubeke "ziindaba ezilungileyo!" ngqo phezulu kule veki.
Ukuba iimfazwe zinokuthintelwa nase-United States kucacile kuHastings oya kuvumelana noRobert Naiman's. inkcaso yakutshanje xa i-CNN icebisa ukuba ukuchasa imfazwe ye-Contra kurhulumente waseNicaragua kufuneka kuthintele umntu ukuba angenele umongameli wase-US (ingakumbi umntu omi ecaleni kwendoda eshushu eneentloni evotele imfazwe yase-Iraq). Ngapha koko, uHastings uthi, iinzame ezinkulu zombutho woxolo e-United States ngelo xesha zazinokuthi zithintele uhlaselo lwase-US eNicaragua. "[H]amagosa ase-US anelungelo lokufikelela [kuMongameli uRonald] uReagan kunye nekhabhinethi yakhe babeqikelela ukuba ukuhlasela iNicaragua phantse kwakungenakuphepheka - kwaye . . . ayizange yenzeke.”
UHastings uvavanya oonobangela bemfazwe ngaphandle kwePentagon ngokunjalo, ukulandelela, umzekelo, isifo esosulelayo sibuyela kwisizathu esiqhelekileyo sobuhlwempu, kwaye siphawula ukuba isifo esosulelayo sinokukhokelela kubutshaba kunye nobuzwe obukhokelela emfazweni. Ukusebenzela ukuphelisa izifo kunokunceda ekupheliseni imfazwe. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo inxalenye encinci yeendleko zemfazwe inokuhamba indlela ende ekupheliseni izifo.
Loo mfazwe akuyomfuneko ukuba ibe sisiphumo songquzulwano kucacile kuHastings obalisa imizekelo ebalaseleyo efana nokuxhathisa okudumileyo kwiiPhilippines ukusuka phakathi kwiminyaka yee-1970 ukuya phakathi kwiminyaka yee-1980. NgoFebruwari 1986 kwaqalisa imfazwe yamakhaya. “Abantu bangenelela phakathi kwemikhosi emibini yeitanki kwintshukumo emangalisayo yeentsuku ezine engenabundlobongela. Baye bayeka imfazwe yamakhaya eyayivela, bahlangula idemokhrasi yabo, kwaye bakwenza konke oku ngokungafiyo.”
Ingozi ihleli ekuqapheliseni okukhulayo kwamandla okungabikho kobundlobongela endicinga ukuba kuboniswa sisicaphulo esivela kuPeter Ackerman kunye noJack Duvall endiyoyikayo ukuba uHastings ungabandakanyiwe ngaphandle kwengqiqo. U-Ackerman noDuvall, kufuneka ndikhankanye, abayi-Iraqi kwaye ngexesha lokwenza le ngxelo ayizange ikhutshwe ngabantu base-Iraq ukuba benze isigqibo ngekamva labo:
"USaddam Hussein uye waxhaphaza kwaye wacinezela abantu base-Iraqi iminyaka engaphezu kwe-20 kwaye kutshanje uye wafuna ukufumana izixhobo zokutshabalalisa ezingenakuze zibe luncedo kuye ngaphakathi kwe-Iraq. Ngoko uMongameli Bush ulungile ukumbiza ngokuba sisongelo samazwe ngamazwe. Ngenxa yezi nyani, nabani na ochasa umkhosi wase-US ukumsusa esihlalweni unoxanduva lokucebisa ukuba angakhutshelwa njani ngaphandle komnyango ongasemva waseBaghdad. Ngethamsanqa kukho impendulo: Ukuxhathisa okusekelwe ekuhlaleni, ukungaxhatshazwa kwabantu baseIraq, kwaphuhliswa kwaye kwasetyenziswa ngesicwangciso sokujongela phantsi isiseko samandla kaSaddam.
Ngalo mgangatho, nasiphi na isizwe esinezixhobo ezisetyenziselwa kuphela iimfazwe zangaphandle kufuneka ngokungagqibekanga sihlaselwe yi-United States njengesoyikiso samazwe ngamazwe, okanye nabani na ochasa eso senzo kufuneka abonise enye indlela yokubhukuqa loo rhulumente. Le ngcinga isizisela i-CIA-NED-USAID "ukunyuswa kwedemokhrasi" kunye "nokuguqulwa kwemibala" kunye nokwamkelwa ngokubanzi kokuxhokonxa uvukelo kunye novukelo "olungenalo ugonyamelo" oluvela eWashington. Kodwa ngaba izixhobo zenyukliya zaseWashington ziluncedo kuMongameli Obama ngaphakathi eUnited States? Ngaba ebeya kuba enyanisile xa ezibiza ngokuba sisisongelo sezizwe ngezizwe aze azihlasele ngaphandle kokuba sinokubonisa enye indlela yokuzibhukuqa?
Ukuba iUnited States ibinokuyeka ukuxhobisa nokuxhasa ngemali abona rhulumente bambi emhlabeni, imisebenzi yayo “yokutshintsha ulawulo” kwenye indawo bekuya kulahlekelwa luhanahaniso. Ziya kuhlala zineziphene ezingenademokhrasi, eziphenjelelwe yidemokhrasi yangaphandle. Umgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle ongekho mthethweni, ngokuchaseneyo, awuyi kusebenzisana noBashar al Assad ekuthuthumbiseni abantu okanye kamva uxhobise amaSiriya ukuba amhlasele okanye aququzelele abaqhankqalazi ukuba bamxhathise ngokungenalunya. Kunoko, bekuya kukhokela ihlabathi libe ngumzekelo ekuthotyweni kwezixhobo, inkululeko yoluntu, ukuzinziswa kwemekobume, ubulungisa bamazwe ngamazwe, ukwabiwa kobuncwane ngokufanelekileyo, nakwizenzo zokuthobeka. Ihlabathi elilawulwa ngumenzi woxolo kunokuba ngumenzi wemfazwe liya kuba nolwamkelo oluncinane kakhulu kulwaphulo-mthetho lwe-Assads yehlabathi.
