NguDavid Swanson, uJanuwari 31, 2019
Kungenzeka ukuba i-US Congress iya kuqala isebenzise iSigqibo seMpi se-1973 ukuphelisa imfazwe-enye Yemen. Oku kuya kuba kuhle. Kukho ezinye izicathulo.
The Mthetho Ngoku kwindlu zombini zinezinto ezinqabileyo kwaye ziyinqaba. Abanye abaxhasi balo nyaka odlulileyo babonakala zizenza ngathi ukuxhaswa ngenkqubela i-anti-war challengers, kwaye ukutshatyalaliswa kwevoti engaphumelekanga akuyikho na inkcazo yokuba kulula kangakanani ukufumana ivoti ephumelelayo. I-Trump isongela i-veto. I-Trump ingaphinda iphulaphule umthetho ngokulindelekileyo ukuba akayi kubakholelwa. Kwaye iYemen ayinakwenzeka ukuba iphile kwakhona.
Kodwa akukho nto yinto endikhathazayo.
Yintoni eyikhathazayo ngamanye emimandla yeemfazwe kunye nemininzi yemisebenzi engapheliyo, kunye neCongressal imizamo ukumisela ukuvalwa ekupheleni kwabo. Iingxowa-mali ziye zaziswa ngokuthintela ukurhoxiswa kwemikhosi yase-US eSiriya okanye eSouth Korea kunanoma yintoni ngaphantsi kwamanqanaba athile, ngaphandle kokuba iimeko ezininzi zidibene.
Ngako oko, iCongress yayingacinga ukuba, okokuqala ngqa, iyazama ukuphelisa imfazwe kunye kunye nokuthintela ukuphela kwemfazwe. Amanyathelo omabini aya kuba yintlungu kubalandeli bexeshana lexeshana. Zombini ziza kuphumelela kwingcamango yomgaqo-siseko welizwe elilawulwa yilo mthetho. Ababambene banokudala ngaphezulu kokuvula ukufuna ukuba iCongress ivote enye indlela okanye enye kwimfazwe nganye ekhoyo kunye nokutsha. Emva koko thina, abantu, sinokubamba ngokukhawuleza umzabalazo ongekho mthethweni malunga nabaxhasi bemfazwe ukuphumelela nganye yezovoti.
Kodwa ukuhlanganiswa kwentsebenzo kusenokuba lulahleko lwenetha. Amandla okumisela ukuba imfazwe engapheliyo ingenza umonakalo omkhulu kunamandla okuphelisa enye, ngenxa yezizathu ezine.
Okokuqala, iCongress yayiza kuthatha igunya lokumisela ukuba kwenziwe ulwaphulo-mthetho. Ukufudumala kwe-US eSiriya kunye nezinye iindawo ziphula umthetho weZizwe eziManyeneyo, kunye neKellogg Briand Pact. Ezi zivumelwano ngumthetho ophakamileyo welizwe e-United States phantsi komgaqo-siseko wase-US.
Okwesibini, ukwenza iimfazwe kunye nemisebenzi esigxina ngokusemthethweni kusekela inqanaba elithile lobukhosi kunye nokucinga komkhosi. Isusa inkohliso yokuba amabutho empi athunyelwe kwindawo ethile ukuphucula imeko, emva koko ekugqibeleni baya kuhamba. Icacisa ihlabathi kunye noluntu lwase-US ukuba iinjongo zobukhosi zisesigxina. Kutheni kufuneka ukuba iNorth Korea ixoxisane okanye ithathe amanyathelo ekuthintela uxhatshazo kunye noorhulumente ongeke aze akwazi ukuphindaphinda?
Okwesithathu, iindleko zokuthintela ukurhoxiswa zisebenzisa amandla esikhwameni. Bavuma ukuchitha imali ye-US ukuxosha ama-US amabutho. Oku kusebenziseka ngokungaqhelekanga kwimbane yekhredithi, kwimbono eyanconywa kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo, ukungahoxisi imikhosi kubiza imali engaphezulu kunokuba ihoxise imikhosi. Ngoko ke kuyimfuneko yokuchitha imali eninzi ngokukhawulwa kwemali yokuchitha imali. I-Pentagon iyakuthi iyancoma ukuba inkohliso ibe ngumgangatho oqhelekileyo.
Okwesine, iCongress ibonakala ihamba ngokubhekiselele ekuqinisekiseni okubalulekileyo kwamagunya ayo ngezizathu ezingenangqondo. Okokuthi, ngelixa abaninzi kwiNgqungquthela banokuphendula kwisidingo somntu okanye ukuziphatha kwi-Yemen, abaninzi banokuthi baphendule ukungabikho kwempi okanye ukungabambiselani okanye okubi nakakhulu eSiriya naseKorea. Ukuba umongameli wase-US wayengumdemokhrasi, ndiqinisekisa ukuba inani lamaDemokhrasi kwiCongress elinga ukumchasa eKorea liya kuguqulwa ngokugqithiseleyo ngokubambisana. Akunjalo okokuba iUnited States yayizenza ngathi ingenayo impi eSiriya, okanye ekubeni imikhosi yaseSiriya yayicatshukiswa. Ngoku, ngaphandle kokuqhathaniswa okanye ukulwa nempi okanye ukuphikisana neRussia yeHlabathi yeMfazwe ye-III, isimo sengqondo sitshintshile.
Mhlawumbi kukho indlela yokusebenzisa ubuchule bekhredithi. Ngaba umntu onesikebhe uthanda uxolo emhlabeni? Kuthiwani ngomkhombe? Kuthiwani ngeendiza? Ngaba nayiphi na iinqwelo zeenkampani ezingathandi imfazwe? Kuthiwani ngeentlanga? Kuthiwani ngeZizwe eziManyeneyo? Kuthiwani malunga nabahlaseli berhafu bemfazwe? Ingaba kukho nawuphi na onokufaka inkxaso-mali ukuze abuyele ama-US amabutho avela kwiimfazwe kunye nemisebenzi? Kwakuza kuhlawula i-South Korea ibe yincinci ukubonelela ngeenqanawa zokuthabatha ama-US ukuya eCalifornia kunokuba iTump icela iSouth Korea ukuba ihlawule umsebenzi wayo. Ngaba kufuneka siqalise umkhankaso we-online fundraising? Ndiyathetha, i-Pentagon ayizange ilahle imali ngaphambili, kunjalo?
Ndiyicinga ukuba asikwazi ukuhamba nayo. Ukuba i-Pentagon ingasebenzisa iimali ezizimeleyo ukuphelisa imfazwe kuya kuqinisekiswa ukuba isebenzise ezinye iimali ezizimeleyo ukuze ziqalise ezinye ezihlanu. Khumbula i Contras? Kodwa asikwazanga ukwenza ingxelo? "Ndiyathembisa ukuba negalelo kwi-Rhulumente wase-US ukuze isetyenziswe kuphela ukuzisa abantu ukuba baye ekhaya bevela kwiimfazwe." Inkomfa yayiya kufuneka ishintshe umthetho, nokuba kunjalo, kwaye siza kuba zimbala kwiipokethi zethu ezingezantsi ngelixa izigidigidi zimile okanye zihlolwe nathi okanye sibalekele umongameli. Ngoko, ekugqibeleni, isisombululo esilula sinokubaluleke kakhulu: Ukunikezela isilungiso kwiindleko ze-permawar ezivumela ukuzisa imikhosi ekhaya ukuba ihlawulwe ngokukhetha enye ehleliweyo ye-F-35 kwaye ingayakhi.
