NguDavid Swanson, American Herald Tribune
Kwiveki ephelileyo uDonald Trump ucebise into uBernie Sanders angaze abe nobuganga: ukukhupha iNATO. Ndithathe ixesha lokufunda izimvo zabantu kunye neetweets kwi-intanethi malunga nayo, kwaye inani elikhulu lalibonakala likholelwa ukuba i-NATO kunye nomkhosi wase-US bebesenza inkonzo eYurophu, kwaye lixesha lokuba iYurophu ihlawule amatyala ayo. Kodwa umntu angandicacisela ukuba yintoni inkonzo?
I-United States yatsalela i-NATO kwimfazwe-ukuza kuthi ga ngoku-iminyaka engaphezu kwe-14-imfazwe yabantu base-Afghanistan eguqule ilizwe lakwimeko embi kwisihogo emhlabeni, idibanisa umonakalo owenziwe yimigaqo-nkqubo yase-US (kunye neSoviet) ukususela oko. 1970s.
I-United States yatsalela amazwe aseYurophu kwimfazwe eyintlekele e-Iraq ngo-2003, ngaphandle kwe-NATO. Kodwa xa iBelgium ivumela ukutshutshiswa komphathi wase-US e-Iraq uTommy Franks ukuba aqhubele phambili, uDonald Rumsfeld woyikisa ngokususa ikomkhulu le-NATO eBrussels. Ulwaphulo-mthetho olubonakalayo lukaFranks ngequbuliso lwaba yinxalenye yemigudu ebekekileyo nesemthethweni yokunceda uluntu.
I-United States neFransi zasebenzisa i-NATO ukutshabalalisa i-Libya ngo-2011 kwaye zandisa izixhobo kulo mmandla. I-United States kunye neTurkey ziye zadibanisa isiphithiphithi ngokuvelisa izizathu zokuba i-NATO ibe khona eSiriya. Kwaye mhlawumbi ikomkhulu le-NATO lijonga iimfazwe ezadala i-ISIS, kunye nenkxaso ye-US ye-Al Qaeda eSiriya ngaloo miqathango. Kodwa kumntu oqhelekileyo obukeleyo, imfazwe yobunqolobi eqhubeka isanda ubunqolobi inesiphako esisisiseko.
Owayesakuba yintloko yeCIA Bin Laden yeZiko uMichael Scheuer uthi kokukhona i-US isilwa nobunqolobi kokukhona idala ubunqolobi. US Lt. General Michael Flynn, oyekile ukuba yintloko ye-Arhente yezobuntlola kwezoKhuselo yePentagon ngo-2014, uthi ukuvuthela abantu ngemijukujelwa kuvelisa iblowback eninzi, hayi ngaphantsi. Ingxelo yeCIA ngokwayo uthi ukubulawa kweedrone akunamveliso. UAdmiral Dennis Blair, owayesakuba ngumlawuli weNational Intelligence, uthi enjalo. UGen. James E. Cartwright, owayesakuba ngusekela-sihlalo we-Joint Chiefs of Staff, uthi Uqhankqalazo lwedrone lunokujongela phantsi iinzame zexesha elide: “Sibona oko kubuyela umva. Ukuba uzama ukubulala indlela yakho yokufumana isisombululo, nokuba uchane kangakanani na, uya kubacaphukisa abantu nokuba akujoliswanga ngabo.” Amagosa aphezulu asele esidla umhlala-phantsi vu melana.
Ke, kubonakala ngathi, uninzi loluntu lwaseYurophu, olujika uqhanqalazo lweentlanganiso ze-NATO, kunye neemfazwe, ezinobukhulu obungafane bubonwe eUnited States. Xa umkhosi wase-US usakha iziseko ezitsha e-Italiyane, uqhanqalazo lulukhulu kangangokuba babhukuqe oorhulumente basekhaya nabelizwe. Yayiyivoti yeNdlu yeeMimandla eLondon ukuba ingaqhushumbisi iSyria ngo-2013 eyanceda ukubuyisela umva isigqibo sikaMongameli Obama sokwenza oko. Ukuxelela abantu baseYurophu ukuba kufuneka baqale ukuthatha uxanduva lokuhlawula isabelo esikhulu somthetho oyilwayo wokubulala ama-Afghan, ama-Iraqi, amaLibya namaSiriya, kunye nokuvelisa i-blowback ebeka iibhombu kwizikhululo zabo zikaloliwe kunye nezikhululo zeenqwelo moya, kunye nokudala. Iingxaki zeembacu abajamelana nazo zisenokungqineka zilinyathelo nje elithe qelele ukuya kubuqhetseba.
Ukucinga ngale ndlela kufuna ukukhanyela umva, inkolelo kaTrumpian yokuba amaSilamsi enza izinto ezimbi kuba angamaSilamsi. Urhulumente wase-US wazi ngcono. I-Pentagon kaGeorge W. Bush yagqiba kwelokuba akukho mntu usithiyileyo “ngenxa yenkululeko yethu” kodwa endaweni yoko babeyithiyile iibhombu kunye nemikhosi ehlalayo, kunye nezixhobo ezikhululekileyo kunye nenkxaso yeemfazwe zakwaSirayeli. Omnye unqwenela ukuba bekungeyomfuneko ukuthetha ukuba ezo zinto zikhuthazayo azizithetheleli izenzo zokubulala, kodwa ulwazi lwezo zizathu lubeka igazi elongezelelweyo ezandleni zabo baqhubeka bezivelisa ngelixa besenza ukukhanyela ukubuyela emuva.
Ukukhanyela kwemozulu akwahlukanga kangako. Kanye njengokuba bonke abanqolobi abachasene nentshona bathi bacatshukiswa ziibhombu kunye neziseko kunye nemikhosi kunye needrones ezibhuqayo, lonke uphononongo lwezenzululwazi luthi imisebenzi yabantu engeyomfuneko neyinkcitho (eyokuqala phakathi kwabo: ukwenza imfazwe) ityhala indalo yomhlaba. Nangona kunjalo iibhiliyoni zabantu ziyasilela ukuvala yonke into de kube kuguqulwe imigaqo-nkqubo esisiseko. Yaye abaninzi bayasilela ukwenza nantoni na ukuxhathisa ukonakaliswa kwemekobume, ngokuzikhanyela ngokwabo ukuba oko kuyinyaniso.
Ngokucacileyo, uhlobo lwabantu lwavela ukuze luthande ukucinga kwasekuhlaleni okwexeshana. Ngelixa abantu baseMelika abaninzi bebulawa ziingozi ezingezizo, ungcoliseko, okanye abantwana abasafunda ngemipu kunabanqolobi bamazwe angaphandle abaneemela, le ngozi yongamele yonke inkqubo yokucinga yoluntu. Ngelixa umhlaba usemngciphekweni omkhulu wembubhiso yokusingqongileyo okanye yenyukliya, imozulu ibonakala intle ngaphandle namhlanje kwaye zonke iibhere namahlosi kubonakala ngathi kudala zabulawa, yintoni ke ixhala lakho?
Xa abantu babulala ezo zilwanyana kumawaka eminyaka eyadlulayo, bafaka oothixo endaweni yazo. Ngoku abantu bathandaza kwabo thixo kunokuba bacinge. Ngoku banqwenela into abayithandayo kwaye bayibize ngokuba yingqikelelo. Ngoku bavotela ithemba kunye notshintsho kwaye bayibiza ngokuba yinkqubela phambili. Kwaye lo mkhwa wokufuna ukucinga usenokuba yingcambu yezoyikiso ezinkulu zokuphelisa sonke.
