nguAlison Broinowski, Iiparele kunye nezicaphukiso, Agasti 27, 2021
I-Australia ibonakala ibambe imibuzo emininzi kuyo phantse kulo naliphi na ilizwe. Sibuza ngayo yonke into, ukusweleka kwabomthonyama eluvalelweni, ukuphathwa gadalala kwabantwana ngokwesondo, kunye nomtshato wesini esifanayo ukuya kwizenzo ezibi zebhanki, ukusebenza kwekhasino, iimpendulo zesibetho, kunye nolwaphulo mthetho lwemfazwe. Inye into eyahlukileyo kule nto siyithandayo ngokuzihlolisisa: Iimfazwe zase-Australia.
In Iimfazwe ezingeyomfuneko, Umbhali-mbali uHenry Reynolds ukhumbula ukuba emva kwemfazwe iOstreliya ayikhe ibuze isizathu sokuba silwe, kwaphumela entwenini, okanye ngeendleko. Siyabuza kuphela njani sasilwa, ngokungathi imfazwe yayingumdlalo webhola.
ISikhumbuzo seMfazwe sase-Australia asiyiboni injongo yaso yantlandlolo yokukhumbula, kunye nesilumkiso sombre 'singaze silibale'. Ukuzixakekisa kwe-AWM, noBrendan Nelson njengoMlawuli, yaba kukubhiyozelwa kweemfazwe ezidlulileyo, kunye nokukhuthazwa kwezixhobo, ubukhulu becala ezithengwe kumazwe angaphandle ngeendleko ezinkulu ezivela kwiinkampani ezixhasa i-AWM. Ibhodi yayo, ekhokelwa nguKerry Stokes kwaye ibandakanya uTony Abbott, ayibandakanyi umbhali-mbali omnye.
Urhulumente unciphisa ukufundisa ngembali kwiidyunivesithi. Endaweni yokufunda into esisenako kwimbali yethu, i-Australia iyaphinda kwaye iyiphinda. Asizange siyiphumelele imfazwe ukususela ngo-1945. E-Afghanistan, e-Iraq, naseSiriya, siphulukene nezinye ezintathu.
Abantu base-Australia bacele uphando ngemfazwe yase-Iraq, efana neBritane phantsi kweSir James Chilcot, eyabika ngo-2016 malunga neentsilelo ezikhokelele kuloo ntlekele. ECanberra, akukho Rhulumente okanye iqela eliphikisayo eliya kuba nebar yalo. Endaweni yoko, bayalela imbali esemthethweni yeemfazwe zase-East Timor, nakuMbindi Mpuma, engekaveli.
I-debacle yale nyanga e-Afghanistan yayiqikeleleke ngokupheleleyo, kwaye yayixelwe kwangaphambili, kubandakanywa nabantu baseMelika emkhosini, njengoko 'i-Afghanistan Papers' yabonisa ngo-2019. Ngaphambi koko, 'i-Afghan War Logs' epapashwe yi-WikiLeaks ibonise ukuba 'imfazwe yanaphakade. ' iya kuphelela ekoyisweni. UJulian Assange usavalelwe indima yakhe ekwenzeni oko.
Kwanabo bancinci kakhulu ukuba bangayazi iVietnam ekuqaleni banokuyibona ipateni e-Afghanistan: isizathu esingeyonyani semfazwe, utshaba olungaqondwayo, icebo elingalunganga, uthotho lwezityholo eziqhuba urhulumente owonakeleyo, ukoyiswa. Kuzo zombini ezi mfazwe, oomongameli baseUnited States abalandelelanayo (kunye neenkulumbuso zaseOstreliya) abazange bavume ukuvuma ukuba umphumo uya kuba yintoni na.
I-CIA e-Afghanistan iphinde yaphindaphinda imisebenzi yorhwebo ye-opium eyayiqhuba eVietnam naseCambodia. Xa iTaliban MKI yathatha indawo ngo-1996, bavala ukulinywa kwepoppy, kodwa emva kokufika kwe-NATO ngo-2001, ukuthunyelwa kwe-heroin kumazwe angaphandle kwaba lishishini njengesiqhelo. Abakhi-mkhanyo baseMelika bathi i-Taliban MKII ngo-2021 inokufuna ingeniso kumachiza ukuze iqhube ilizwe labo elitshatyalalisiwe, ngakumbi ukuba i-US kunye namahlakani ayo bawisa izohlwayo, okanye banqumle inkxaso yeBhanki yehlabathi kunye ne-IMF e-Afghanistan.
Ukudlala ikhadi lamalungelo oluntu kuhlala kuyindlela yokugqibela yabantu baseNtshona aboyisiweyo. Sivile malunga neTaliban ekhohlakeleyo enyathela amalungelo abasetyhini kunye namantombazana ngalo lonke ixesha umdla womanyano e-Afghanistan wehla. Kuya kwandula ke kulandele umkhosi, nto leyo eyaphumela ekubeni kubulawe amawaka abantu abangakumbi, kuquka abafazi namantombazana.
Ngoku, ukuba sisonga izandla zethu ezihlangeneyo kwakhona, inokuba kukubhideka: ngaba uninzi lwabafazi base-Afghan basacinezelwe yi-Taliban efanayo, kunye nabantwana abaninzi abathwaxwa kukungondleki kunye nokukhula okudodobala? Okanye ngaba uninzi lwabafazi base-Afghan bayaxhamla kwiminyaka engama-20 yokufikelela kwimfundo, imisebenzi, kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo? Ukuba ezo zinto bezibaluleke kakhulu, kwakutheni ukuze uTrump anqumle inkxaso-mali yase-US yeenkonzo zocwangciso-ntsapho? (Biden, kwityala lakhe, wayibuyisela ngoFebruwari).
Ngabaninzi ababhubhileyo kunye nabenzakeleyo, amandla abo bonke abafazi kunye namadoda aya kufuneka, njengoko iinkokeli zeTaliban zitshilo. Ukuba imigaqo yamaSilamsi iya kusebenza kangakanani ayisiyiyo yethu, amazwe aphulukene nemfazwe, ukuba athathe isigqibo. Ke kutheni i-US icinga ngezohlwayo, eziya kuthi zihlwempuzeke ngakumbi ilizwe? Ewe kunjalo, njengazo zonke iimfazwe zaseMelika ezidlulileyo, akukhange kukhankanywe kubuyiselwa, okuya kunceda i-Afghanistan yenze eyayo ilizwe-isizwe ngendlela yayo. Oko kuya kuba kuninzi kakhulu ukulindela kwabo baphulukene nentlungu, kubandakanya iOstreliya.
I-Afghanistan sele iinkulungwane ikwiziko lobuchule 'lomdlalo omkhulu' phakathi kweMpuma neNtshona. Ngemfazwe yamva nje elahlekileyo, ibhalansi yamandla ijinga ngokugqibeleleyo isiya eMpuma Asia-into uKishore Mahbubani waseSingapore ebeyixela kwangaphambili isithuba esingaphezulu kwamashumi amabini eminyaka. I-China iqesha iintlanga kwi-Asia Ephakathi, kungekhona ukulwa neemfazwe, kodwa ukuzuza kwi-Shailand Cooperation Organisation, i-Central and Eastern Europe Community, kunye ne-Belt and Road Initiative. I-Iran kunye nePakistan ngoku zibandakanyeka, kwaye i-Afghanistan inokulindeleka ukuba ilandele. I-China ifumana impembelelo kuwo wonke ummandla ngoxolo nophuhliso, hayi imfazwe nentshabalalo.
Ukuba abantu base-Australia bayayihoya utshintsho kwibhalansi yamandla ehlabathi eyenzeka phambi kwamehlo ethu, siya kubandezeleka kwimiphumo. Ukuba asikwazi ukoyisa iTaliban, siya koyisa njani kumlo ochasene neTshayina? Ilahleko yethu iya kuba nkulu ngokungenakuthelekiswa nanto. Mhlawumbi xa bedibana eWashington ngoSeptemba, i-PM inokunqwenela ukubuza ukuba uMongameli uBiden usakholelwa ukuba iMelika ibuyile, kwaye ufuna imfazwe ne China. Kodwa uBiden akazange azikhathaze ngokufowunela uMorrison ukuba axoxe ngendlela yaseKabul. Kuninzi kutyalo-mali lwethu kwimfazwe yase-Afghanistan, ebifanele ukuba isithengele ukufikelela eWashington.
Izifundo zembali yethu zicacile. Ngaphambi kokuba siphinde siphinde sithathe iChina kwaye simeme intlekele embi, i-ANZUS kwi-70 idinga ukuphononongwa ngokucokisekileyo, kwaye i-Australia idinga enye inhlolo-vo ezimeleyo, yoluntu - ngeli xesha kwiimfazwe e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq naseSiriya.
