NguRobert C. Koehler, World BEYOND War, UJanuwari 4, 2023
Yintoni idemokhrasi ngaphandle kweentetho kunye neempempe zezinja? Umkhomba-ndlela wesizwe ucwangciswe ngokuzolileyo kwangaphambili - akukho ngxoxo. Indima kamongameli kukuthengisela uluntu; unokuthi ungumlawuli oyintloko wobudlelwane noluntu:
“. . . Ulawulo lwam iya kubamba eli shumi leminyaka liqinisekileyo lokuqhubela phambili iimfuno ezibalulekileyo zaseMelika, ukubeka i-United States ukuba yoyise abo bakhuphisana nabo ngokwezelizwe, ijongane nemiceli mngeni ekwabelwana ngayo, kwaye ibeke ihlabathi lethu lizinzile kwindlela eya kwingomso eliqaqambileyo nelinethemba ngakumbi. . . . Asiyi kulishiya ikamva lethu lisengozini kwiminqweno yabo bangenasabelo kumbono wethu wehlabathi elikhululekileyo, elivulekileyo, elinempumelelo nelinqabisekileyo.”
La ngamazwi kaMongameli uBiden, kwintshayelelo yakhe yeSicwangciso soKhuseleko lweSizwe, esibeka izicwangciso zaseMelika zezopolitiko kule minyaka ilishumi izayo. Kuvakala ngathi kuyavakala, ude ucinge ngezinto ezingezizo iingxoxo zoluntu, ezinje, umzekelo:
The uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lokhuselo lwesizwe, kutshanje imiselwe i-2023 kwi-858 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwaye, njengoko kunjalo, inkulu kunohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi wehlabathi ludibene. Kwaye, ewe, ukwenziwa kwangoku - ukwakhiwa kwakhona - kwezixhobo zenyukliya zesizwe kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu izayo ngexabiso eliqikelelwayo malunga ne-2 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Njengoko Ukubukela kweNyukliya yathi: “Ngokufutshane, lucwangciso lwezixhobo zenyukliya ngonaphakade.”
Kwaye okokugqibela, ngokuqinisekileyo, kuya kuqhubela phambili nangona i-2017 amazwe ehlabathi - kakuhle, ininzi yawo (ivoti kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo yayiyi-122-1) - ivume iSivumelwano sokuVinjelwa kwezixhobo zeNyukliya, evala ngokupheleleyo ukusetyenziswa, uphuhliso kunye nokuba nezixhobo zenyukliya. Amazwe angamashumi amahlanu asivumile isivumelwano ngoJanuwari 2021, esenza ukuba ibe yinyani yehlabathi; kwiminyaka emibini kamva, isimbuku samazwe angama-68 aye asamkela, yaye angama-23 angakumbi esakwenza oko. Akunjalo kuphela, njengoko H. Patricia Hynes ibonisa, oosodolophu bezixeko ezingaphezu kwama-8,000 kuwo wonke umhlaba bamemelela ukuba kupheliswe izixhobo zenyukliya.
Ndikhankanya oku ukubeka amazwi kaBiden ngendlela. Ngaba “ingomso eliqaqambileyo nelinethemba elingakumbi” lizibetha ngoyaba iimfuno zenkoliso yehlabathi yaye liquka ubukho bamawakawaka ezixhobo zenyukliya, ezininzi ezisaxhotyiswe ngezixhobo zenyukliya? Ngaba ithetha ukubakho kwemfazwe ekhoyo kunye nokuveliswa okuqhubekayo kunye nokuthengiswa kwazo zonke izixhobo zemfazwe onokucinga ngazo? Ngaba uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lonyaka “lokhuseleko” lwezigidi-gidi zeedola yeyona ndlela iphambili esizimisele ngayo “ukugqwesa abo bakhuphisana nabo ngokwelizwe”?
Kwaye nantsi enye into eyinyani engekhoyo kumagama kaBiden: iindleko ezingeyiyo imali yemfazwe, oko kukuthi, "umonakalo wesibambiso." Ngesizathu esithile, umongameli uyasilela ukukhankanya ukuba bangaphi abantu abaswelekayo - bangaphi abantwana abaswelekayo - kuya kufuneka ukuze kugcinwe ingomso eliqaqambileyo nelinethemba ngakumbi. Zingaphi izibhedlele ezinokuthi ziyimfuneko, ngokomzekelo, ukuba siqhume ngengozi kwiminyaka ezayo, njengoko sabhobhoza isibhedlele eKunduz, Afghanistan ngo-2015, sibulala abantu be-42, i-24 kubo yayizigulana?
Iimbono zobudlelwane boluntu azibonakali zinendawo yokuvuma iividiyo zokubulawa kwabantu e-US, njenge. Kathy Kelly's Inkcazo yevidiyo yokuqhuma kwebhombu yaseKunduz, ebonisa umongameli wooGqirha ngaphandle kwemida (owaziwa ngokuba yiMédecins Sans Frontières) ehamba ebhomeni kwithutyana nje elingephi kwaye ethetha, “ngosizi olungathethekiyo,” kusapho lomntwana owayenomntwana. usanda kufa.
UKelly ubhala athi: “Oogqirha baye bayinceda le ntombazana iselula ukuba ichache, kodwa ngenxa yokuba imfazwe yayigquba ngaphandle kwesibhedlele, abaphathi bancomela ukuba le ntsapho ize ngosuku olulandelayo. 'Ukhuselekile apha,' batsho.
"Umntwana wayephakathi kwabo babulawa luhlaselo lwase-US, oluphinda lwemizuzu elishumi elinesihlanu, iyure enesiqingatha, nangona i-MSF yayisele ikhuphe izicelo ezicela i-United States kunye ne-NATO ukuba iyeke ukuqhubhisa isibhedlele."
Abo bakholelwa kwimfuneko yemfazwe - njengomongameli - banokuziva bothukile kwaye belusizi xa umntwana, ngokomzekelo, ebulewe ngempazamo ngumkhosi wase-US, kodwa umbono wemfazwe uza uphelele ngeentyatyambo zokuzisola: Lityala. yotshaba. Yaye asiyi kuba sesichengeni kwiminqweno yakhe.
Inene, inja ikhwelo kwisicatshulwa esifutshane sikaBiden ngasentla kukuvuma okuzolileyo kweenjongo zase-US zokumelana namandla obumnyama emhlabeni, oozwilakhe, abangabelani ngombono wethu wenkululeko kubo bonke (ngaphandle kwamantombazana amancinci kwizibhedlele eziqhushumbisiwe). Abo, ngenxa yaso nasiphi na isizathu, bakholelwa kwimfuneko, kunye nozuko, lwemfazwe, baya kuva ukubethelwa kwebhajethi yomkhosi wase-US ngokusebenzisa amazwi akhe amnandi, onwabileyo.
Xa ubudlelwane boluntu buthintela ubunyani, ingxoxo enyanisekileyo ayinakwenzeka. Yaye iPlanethi yoMhlaba ifuna ingxubusho enyanisekileyo yokupheliswa kwezixhobo zenyukliya yaye, uThixo asincede, ekugqibeleni ayoyise imfazwe.
Njengoko uHynes ebhala: "Ukuba i-US inokuphinda ithathe indawo yamandla ayo obudoda ngomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle kwaye ifikelele eRussia naseTshayina ngenjongo yokudiliza izixhobo zenyukliya kunye nokuphelisa imfazwe, ubomi eMhlabeni buya kuba nethuba eliphakamileyo."
Ingaba eli lizwe linokuba lilizwe elinomgaqo-nkqubo wokuyila wangaphandle? Uluntu lwaseMelika lunokuthi luhambe njani ngaphaya kokuba ngababukeli kunye nabathengi kwaye lube ngabathathi-nxaxheba bokwenyani, abathathi-nxaxheba bokwenyani kumgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle wase-US? Nantsi indlela enye: i Abarhwebi boKufa INkundla yamaTyala eMfazwe, umsitho okwi-intanethi ocwangciselwe ukuba ngoNovemba 10-13, 2023.
Kunjengokuba uKelly, omnye wabaququzeleli, ekuchaza oku: “INkundla iceba ukuqokelela ubungqina obuphathelele ulwaphulo-mthetho olunxamnye noluntu olwenziwa ngabo benza, bagcine, bathengise, baze basebenzise izixhobo ukwenza ulwaphulo-mthetho olunxamnye noluntu. Ubungqina bufunwa kubantu abathwele ubunzima beemfazwe zanamhlanje, abasindileyo kwiimfazwe e-Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Gaza, naseSomalia, ukukhankanya iindawo ezimbalwa apho izixhobo zase-US zoyike abantu ababethetha. akukho nto isenzakalayo.”
Amaxhoba emfazwe kuya kudliwano-ndlebe. Abo benza imfazwe, kunye nabo bazuzayo kuyo, baya kuphendula kwihlabathi. Thixo wam, oku kuvakala njengedemokhrasi yokwenene! Ngaba eli linqanaba apho inyaniso iziphanzisa ngayo iingcamango zemfazwe?
URobert Koehler ungumklomelo, umlobi we-Chicago-based and writer's syndicated writer. Yakhe incwadi, Isibindi Siya Kukhula Kwisilonda iyafumaneka. Nxibelelana naye okanye undwendwele iwebhusayithi yakhe apha commonwonders.com.
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