Igazi Alilihlambi Igazi

NguKathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, Matshi 14, 2023

Isibhengezo esingaqhelekanga somhla we-10 kuMatshi ka-2023 sokuba unozakuzaku waseTshayina, uMnu. Wang Yi, wanceda umrhwebi kubudlelwane phakathi kweSaudi Arabia ne-Iran ucebisa ukuba amagunya amakhulu anokuzuza ngokukholelwa ukuba, njengoko. Albert Camus wakha wathi, “amagama anamandla ngakumbi kunezixhobo zemfazwe.”

Le ngcamango yavunywa nguGeneral Mark Milley, uSihlalo we-US Joint Chiefs of Staff owathi ngoJanuwari 20.^th, 2023, ukuba ukholelwa ukuba imfazwe yaseRashiya e-Ukraine iya kwenza kugqiba ngothethathethwano kunakwithafa ledabi. NgoNovemba ka-2022, ebuzwa ngamathemba ozakuzo eUkraine, uMilley waphawula ukuba ukwala ukuthethathethana kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi Yokuqala kwandisa ukubandezeleka kwabantu kwaza kwakhokelela kwiingxwelerha ezingakumbi kwizigidi.

“Ngoko xa kukho ithuba lokuthethathethana, xa uxolo lunokufumaneka ... linamithandathu ngalo mzuzu,” utshilo uMilley kwi-Economic Club yaseNew York.

Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini eyadlulayo, e-Baghdad, ndabelana ngeendawo zokuhlala kunye nabase-Iraqis kunye namazwe aphesheya kwihotele encinci, i-Al-Fanar, eyayiyindawo yokuhlala abantu abaninzi. Amazwi Entlango abathunywa abasebenza ngokudelela ngokuphandle izohlwayo zezoqoqosho ezichasene ne-Iraq. Amagosa karhulumente aseMelika asimangalela njengabaphuli-mthetho ngokusa amayeza kwizibhedlele zase-Iraq. Ekuphenduleni, sabaxelela ukuba siyaziqonda izohlwayo abasisongela ngazo (iminyaka elishumi elinesibini entolongweni kunye nesohlwayo se-1 yezigidi zeedola), kodwa sasingenakulawulwa yimithetho engalunganga eyohlwaya abantwana. Yaye samema amagosa karhulumente ukuba abe kunye nathi. Kunoko, ngokuthe ngcembe sathelelwa ngamanye amaqela oxolo awayelangazelela ukuthintela imfazwe eyayisiza.

Ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari 2003, ndandisenethemba lokuba imfazwe yayinokuthintelwa. Ingxelo ye-Arhente yaMandla eAthom yaMazwe ngaMazwe yayikufuphi. Ukuba ibhengeze ukuba i-Iraq ayinazo izixhobo zokutshabalalisa (i-WMD), amahlakani ase-US anokuthi aphume kwizicwangciso zohlaselo, ngaphandle kolwakhiwo olukhulu lomkhosi ebesilubona kumabonakude wasebusuku. Kwandula ke kwafika ingcaciso kaSosiba weLizwe uColin Powell ngoFebruwari 5, 2003, iZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, xa wa gxi ninisa ukuba i-Iraq ngokwenene yayinayo i-WMD. Intetho yakhe yaba ekugqibeleni wangqineka enobuqhophololo kwibala ngalinye, kodwa ngelishwa yanika i-United States intembeko eyaneleyo yokuba iqhubele phambili ngokupheleleyo ngephulo layo lokuqhubhisa ibhombu elithi “Shock and Awe”.

Ukuqala phakathi kuMatshi ka-2003, uhlaselo oloyikekayo lwasemoyeni lwahlasela i-Iraq imini nobusuku. Kwihotele yethu, abazali noomakhulu nootatomkhulu bathandazela ukuba basinde kugqabhuko-dubulo lweendlebe nezithonga ezigulisayo. Intombazana edlamkileyo, neneminyaka esithoba ubudala yaphulukana ngokupheleleyo nokulawula isinyi sayo. Abantwana abasacathulayo bayila imidlalo yokulinganisa izandi zeebhombu baze benze ngathi basebenzisa iithotshi ezincinci njengemipu.

Iqela lethu lityelele amagumbi esibhedlele apho abantwana abakhubazekileyo bancwinayo njengoko babechacha kuqhaqho. Ndikhumbula ndihleli kwisitulo ngaphandle kwegumbi likaxakeka. Ecaleni kwam, elinye ibhinqa laxhuzula elila libuza, “Ndiza kumxelela njani? Ndiza kuthini?” Kwakufuneka axelele umtshana wakhe, owayetyandwa ngokungxamisekileyo, ukuba akazange aphulukane neengalo zozibini nje kuphela kodwa ngoku wayekuphela kwesalamane sakhe esisindileyo. Ibhombu yase-US yabetha usapho luka-Ali Abbas njengoko besidla isidlo sasemini ngaphandle kwekhaya labo. Ugqirha wotyando kamva waxela ukuba wayesele exelele u-Ali ukuba bazinqumle zombini iingalo zakhe. “Kodwa,” uAli wambuza, “ndiya kuhlala ndinje?”

Ndabuyela kwiHotele iAl-Fanar ngaloo ngokuhlwa ndiziva ndinomsindo kwaye ndineentloni. Ndindedwa egumbini lam, ndabetha umqamelo wam, ndimbombozela, “Ngaba siya kuhlala sinje?”

Ukutyhubela iiMfazwe ezingunaphakade zamashumi amabini eminyaka adlulileyo, abaphezulu base-US kwindawo yezomkhosi-kwimizi-mveliso yeCongressional-media babonakalise umnqweno onganelisekiyo wemfazwe. Abafane bathobele intlekele abayishiye ngasemva emva “kokuphelisa” imfazwe yokhetho.
Emva kwemfazwe ka-2003 ethi “Shock and Awee” eIraq, umbhali wenoveli waseIraq uSinan Antoon wenze umlinganiswa ophambili, uJawad, Iwasha yesidumbu, owaziva egutyungelwe kukunyuka kwamanani ezidumbu amele azikhathalele.

UJawad uthi: “Ndaziva ngathi sibethwe yinyikima etshintshe yonke into. “Kangangamashumi eminyaka ezayo, besiya kuphuthaphutha kwingqushu eyayishiya ngasemva. Ngaphambili bekukho imisinga phakathi kwamaSunni namaShi͑ite, okanye eli qela kunye naleyo, enokuwelwa ngokulula okanye ibingabonakali ngamanye amaxesha. Ngoku, emva kwenyikima, umhlaba waba nazo zonke ezi ntanda kwaye imilambo yaba yimilambo. Imilambo yaba yimisinga ezele ligazi, yaye nabani na owayezama ukuwela wayerhaxwa. Imifanekiso yezo zingaphaya komlambo yayivuthelwe ngamandla yaza yonakele . . . iindonga zesamente zanyuka ukuze zivale loo ntlekele.”

"Imfazwe imbi ngaphezu kwenyikima," ugqirha wotyando, uSaeed Abuhassan, wandixelela ngexesha lokuqhushumba kuka-Israel ngo-2008-2009 eGaza, ebizwa. Umsebenzi weLast Lead. Wabonisa ukuba abahlanguli baphuma ehlabathini lonke emva kwenyikima, kodwa xa kusiliwa iimfazwe, oorhulumente bathumela kuphela izixhobo ezingakumbi, nto leyo eyandisa intlungu.

Uye wachaza ifuthe lezixhobo ezenze izigulana ezenza utyando kwisibhedlele saseGaza iAl-Shifa njengoko iibhombu ziqhubeka nokuwa. Iziqhushumbisi zentsimbi exineneyo banqumle amalungu amalungu ngendlela oogqirha botyando abangakwaziyo ukuyilungisa. Iziqwenga zebhombu ye-phosphorus emhlophe, efakwe ngaphantsi kwenyama yomntu, iyaqhubeka nokutshisa xa ibonakaliswe kwi-oxygen, i-asphyxiating oogqirha abazama ukususa izinto ezimbi.

“Uyazi, eyona nto ibalulekileyo onokuyixelela abantu kwilizwe lakho kukuba abantu base-US bahlawule uninzi lwezixhobo ezisetyenziselwa ukubulala abantu eGaza,” utshilo u-Abuhassan. "Kwaye yiyo le nto imbi ngakumbi kunenyikima."

Njengoko ilizwe lingena kunyaka wesibini wemfazwe phakathi kweUkraine neRussia, abanye bathi akukho ngqiqweni ukuba abaphembeleli boxolo bakhalele ukuba kuyekwe umlilo kunye nothethathethwano olukhawulezileyo. Ngaba kubekeke ngakumbi ukubukela ukufumba kweengxowa zomzimba, imingcwabo, ukugrunjwa kwamangcwaba, iidolophu zingasahlali mntu, kunye nokwanda okunokukhokelela kwimfazwe yehlabathi okanye kwanokukhokelela kwimfazwe yehlabathi lonke? imfazwe yenyukliya?

Imithombo yeendaba yase-US ayifane idibane nonjingalwazi uNoam Chomsky, ocazululo lobulumko nolwepragmatic luxhomekeke kwiinyani ezingenakuphikiswa. NgoJuni 2022, iinyanga ezine kwimfazwe yaseRussia-Ukraine, uChomsky wathetha kwiinketho ezimbini, enye ibe luthetha-thethwano lothetha-thethwano lothetha-thethwano lozakuzo. “Enye,” watsho, “kukuyitsala nje kwaye ubone ukuba wonke umntu uya kubandezeleka kangakanani na, bangaphi abantu baseUkraine abaya kufa, iRussia iya kubandezeleka kangakanani, zingaphi izigidi zabantu eziya kufa yindlala eAsia naseAfrika, njani. kakhulu siza kuqhubela phambili ekufudumeni imeko-bume ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba apho kungasayi kubakho amathuba okuba umntu aphile.”

UNICEF Iingxelo indlela iinyanga zokutshatyalaliswa nokufuduswa ezibachaphazela ngayo abantwana baseUkraine: “Abantwana basaqhubeka bebulawa, bengxwelerheka, bengxwelerheka ngokunzulu lugonyamelo oluye lwabangela ukufuduka ngomlinganiselo nangesantya esingazange sibonwe ukususela ngeMfazwe Yehlabathi II. Izikolo, izibhedlele nezinye iziseko zophuhliso ezingabantu abaxhomekeke kuzo ziyaqhubeka zonakala okanye zitshatyalaliswe. Iintsapho zahlukene yaye ubomi buqhekeka.”

Uqikelelo Russian kunye Ukrainian iingxwelerha emkhosini ziyahlukahlukana, kodwa abanye baye bacebisa ukuba amajoni angaphezu kwama-200,000 XNUMX kumacala omabini aye abulawa okanye enzakele.

Elungiselela ukhubekiso olukhulu ngaphambi kokunyibilika kwentwasahlobo, urhulumente waseRussia wabhengeza oko ahlawule ibhonasi kumajoni atshabalalisa izixhobo ezisetyenziswa ngamajoni ase-Ukraine awayethunyelwe evela phesheya. Ibhonasi yemali yegazi iyabanda, kodwa kwinqanaba elikhulu kakhulu, abavelisi bezixhobo eziphambili baye bafumana ibhonanza "yebhonasi" okoko yaqalayo imfazwe.

Kunyaka ophelileyo kuphela, eUnited States thaliseki I-27.5 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kuncedo lwasemkhosini eUkraine, ibonelela "ngezithuthi ezixhobileyo, ezibandakanya abathwali bezixhobo ze-Stryker, iimoto zokulwa zaseBradley, iimoto eziKhuselweyo kwiMine-Resistant Ambush Protected, kunye neMobility Multipurpose Wheeled vehicles." Iphakeji ikwabandakanya inkxaso yokhuselo lomoya eUkraine, izixhobo zombono wasebusuku, kunye neembumbulu ezincinci.

Kungekudala emva kokuba amazwe aseNtshona avumile thumela Amatanki e-Abrams kunye neLeopard e-Ukraine, umcebisi weSebe lezoKhuselo laseUkraine, uYuriy Sak, wathetha ngokuzithemba malunga nokufumana iijethi zokulwa ze-F-16 ngokulandelayo. Abazange bafune ukusinika iinkanunu ezinzima, emva koko benza. Abazange bafune ukusinika iinkqubo ze-Himars, ngoko benza. Bebengafuni kusinika amatanki, ngoku basinika amatanki. Ngaphandle kwezixhobo zenyukliya, akukho nto iseleyo esingayi kuyifumana, ”uxelele iReuters.

I-Ukraine ayinakukwazi ukufumana izixhobo zenyukliya, kodwa ingozi yemfazwe yenyukliya yayinjalo caciswa kwi I-Bulletin ye-Atomic Scientists Ingxelo ye-24 kaJanuwari, ebeka iClock yeDoomsday ka-2023 ukuya kwimizuzwana engamashumi asithoba ngaphambi komfanekiso othi "ezinzulwini zobusuku." Izazinzulu zalumkisa ngelokuba imiphumo yemfazwe yaseRashiya neUkraine ayipheleliselwanga kulwando olothusayo lwengozi yenyukliya; zikwajongela phantsi iinzame zehlabathi zokulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu. Le ngxelo ithi: “Amazwe axhomekeke kwi-oyile negesi yaseRashiya aye afuna ukwahlula-hlula iimpahla zawo kunye nababoneleli, nto leyo ekhokelela ekwandiseni utyalo-mali kwigesi yendalo kanye ngelo xesha utyalo-mali bekufanele ukuba lube lucutheka ngalo.”

UMary Robinson, owayesakuba nguMkomishinala oPhakamileyo weZizwe Ezimanyeneyo wamaLungelo oLuntu, uthi iWotshi yeDoomsday ivakala njengesilumkiso kubo bonke abantu. “Siselunxwemeni lomwonyo,” watsho. “Kodwa iinkokeli zethu azisebenzi ngesantya okanye isikali esaneleyo ukukhusela iplanethi enoxolo nenokuhlala kuyo. Ukusuka ekunciphiseni ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ukuya ekomelezeni izivumelwano zolawulo lwezixhobo kunye notyalo-mali ekulungiseleleni ubhubhane, siyayazi into ekufuneka yenziwe. Inzululwazi icacile, kodwa intando yezopolitiko ayikho. Oku kufuneka kutshintshe ngo-2023 ukuba sifuna ukunqanda intlekele. Sijongene neengxaki ezininzi ezikhoyo. Iinkokeli zidinga ingqondo yengxaki. ”

Njengoko sisenza sonke. IClock yeDoomsday ibonisa ukuba siphila ngexesha elibolekiweyo. Akufuneki “sisoloko sinje.”

Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, ndibe nethamsanqa lokusingathwa kuhambo oluninzi oluya eKabul, eAfghanistan, ngabantu abancinci baseAfghan ababekholelwa ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba amazwi anokuba namandla kunezixhobo. Baxhasa umzekeliso olula, nosengqiqweni othi: “Igazi alilihlambi igazi.”

Sityala izizukulwana ezizayo ngazo zonke iinzame zokuyeka yonke imfazwe nokukhusela umhlaba.

UKathy Kelly, umlweli woxolo kunye nombhali, ulungelelanisa iNkundla yamaTyala aBarhwebi boLwaphulo-mthetho lokufa kwaye ungumongameli webhodi World BEYOND War.