NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Septemba 18, 2023
Xa uJoe Biden ebhabha ephuma eHanoi kwiveki ephelileyo, wayelishiya ilizwe apho imfazwe yase-US yabangela ngokurhabaxa. 3.8 million Ukufa kweVietnam. Kodwa, njengaye wonke omnye umongameli ukusukela kwiMfazwe yaseVietnam, akazange abonise zimpawu zokuzisola. Ngapha koko, uBiden ukhokelele kutyelelo lwakhe ngokongamela umsitho we-White House owawuzukisa imfazwe njengomzamo oncomekayo.
Ukunikezela ngeMbasa yembeko kumqhubi wenqwelomoya owayesakuba nguMkhosi uLarry L. Taylor ngobugorha ngexesha lokulwa, uBiden. dumisa igqala elincomekayo ngokubeka ubomi balo esichengeni eVietnam ukuze lihlangule amanye amajoni “kutshaba.” Kodwa obo bugorha babakho kwiminyaka engama-55 eyadlulayo. Kutheni unikezela imbasa kumabonakude wesizwe kwiintsuku nje ngaphambi kokuya eVietnam?
Ixesha laqinisekisa ibhongo elingenazintloni kwimfazwe yase-US eVietnam ukuba umongameli emva komnye uzamile ukuyinikela njengembali. Unokucinga ukuba - emva kokubulala inani elikhulu kangaka labantu kwimfazwe ubundlongondlongo obusekelwe kwiinkohliso eziqhubekayo - ukuthobeka nokuba nenguquko ethile kuya kufuneka.
Kodwa hayi. Njengoko uGeorge Orwell esitsho, "Ngubani olawula ixesha elidlulileyo ulawula ikamva: ngubani olawula okwangoku olawula ixesha elidlulileyo." Kwaye urhulumente ojonge ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa amandla omkhosi ngokufanelekileyo ufuna iinkokeli ezenza konke okusemandleni azo ukugqwetha imbali ngentethelelo enenkungu kunye nokushiya okunenjongo. Ubuxoki kunye nokuphepha iimfazwe ezidlulileyo zifuzisela iimfazwe ezizayo.
Kwaye ke, kwi-a ikhonfirensi yepresi eHanoi, eyona Bhiden ikufutshane yeza ekuvumeni ukubulawa kunye nokuphanziswa kweVietnam ngumkhosi wase-US yayisisigwebo: “Ndinebhongo elimangalisayo ngendlela izizwe zethu nabantu bethu abazakhele ngayo ukuthembana nokuqonda kumashumi eminyaka kwaye basebenza ukulungisa imeko. ilifa elibuhlungu imfazwe elishiye kuzo zombini izizwe zethu. "
Kuloo nkqubo, uBiden wayezenza ukulingana kokubandezeleka kunye netyala kuwo omabini la mazwe-ukuzenzisa okudumileyo kubaphathi-mkhosi ukusukela okokuqala entsha emva kokuphela kweMfazwe yaseVietnam.
Kwiinyanga ezimbini ekuba ngumongameli ekuqaleni kowe-1977, uJimmy Carter wabuzwa kwinkomfa yeendaba ukuba wayevakalelwa kukuba “unembopheleleko yokunceda ekwakhiweni ngokutsha kwelo lizwe.” Carter phendula ngokuqinileyo: “Ewe, intshabalalo yayimacala omabini. Uyazi, siye eVietnam singenawo nawuphi na umnqweno wokubamba indawo okanye ukunyanzelisa intando yaseMelika kwabanye abantu. Saya apho ukuze sikhusele inkululeko yabantu baseMzantsi Vietnam. Yaye andivakalelwa kukuba sifanele sicele uxolo okanye sizigxeke okanye sithabathe imeko yokuba netyala.”
Kwaye, uCarter wongeze, "Andiziva ngathi sinatyala, okanye nokuba kufuneka sinyanzeliswe ukuba sihlawule imbuyekezo konke konke."
Ngamanye amazwi, kungakhathaliseki ukuba bungakanani na ubuxoki obubuthethayo okanye bangaphi na abantu ababulawayo, ukuba ngurhulumente waseUnited States kuthetha ukuba ungaze ucele uxolo.
Xa uMongameli uGeorge HW Bush wayebhiyozela uloyiso lwase-US kwiMfazwe yeGulf ka-1991, yena ezibhengeziweyo: “NgoThixo, siye sayiphelisa kwaphela isifo saseVietnam.” UBush wayethetha ukuba ukubulawa ngoloyiso kwabantu baseIraq- kuqikelelwa kuma-100,000 kwiiveki ezintandathu - waye wazisa uvuyo lwaseMelika malunga nentshukumo yasemkhosini eyathembisa ukucima ukuthandabuza ukuqalisa iimfazwe ezizayo.
Ukusuka eCarter ukuya eBiden, abongameli abakaze beze naphi na kufutshane nokubonelela ngengxelo enyanisekileyo yeMfazwe yaseVietnam. Akukho mntu wayenokucinga ngokubandakanyeka kuhlobo lokuthetha ngokuphandle njengoko umpempe wePentagon Papers uDaniel Ellsberg ni kezelwe xa wathi: “Asizange sibe njalo on icala elingalunganga. Thina zaye icala elingalunganga.”
Iingxoxo zezopolitiko eziphambili azinikeli ngqalelo encinci kwi ukufa nokulimala yabantu baseVietnam. Ngokufanayo i umonakalo owoyikekayo kwindalo kwaye iziphumo zetyhefu ukusuka kwiArsenal yePentagon baye bafumana i-shrift emfutshane kakhulu kwimidiya yase-US kunye nezopolitiko.
Ngaba imbali enjalo ibalulekile ngoku? Ngokuqinisekileyo. Iinzame zokubonisa izenzo zomkhosi worhulumente wase-US zineenjongo ezintle nezilungileyo azipheli. Uhanahaniso olukhohlisayo lwexesha elidlulileyo lufanekisela izizathu zemfazwe yexesha elizayo.
Ukuthetha iinyaniso eziphambili malunga neMfazwe yaseVietnam isisongelo esisisiseko kumatshini wemfazwe wase-US. Akumangalisi ke ngoko ukuba iinkokeli zelizwe lemfazwe zikhetha ukuqhubeka zizenzisa.
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UNorman Solomon ngumlawuli kazwelonke weRootsAction.org kunye nomlawuli olawulayo weZiko lokuChaneka koLuntu. Ungumbhali weencwadi ezilishumi elinambini kuquka Imfazwe yenziwe lula. Incwadi yakhe yamva nje, Imfazwe Yenziwe Ingabonakali: Indlela iMelika Eyifihla Ngayo Umrhumo Woluntu kumatshini Wayo Womkhosi, yapapashwa ehlotyeni ngo-2023 yiThe New Press.
