nguTom H. Hastings
Hlaziya kwakhona, hlala kwakhona, kwaye utshabalalise kwakhona i-Iraq. Eso sisisombululo kwimfazwe yamakhaya engenakuphepheka eyenzekayo xa i-US ikhupha? Ngaba siya kuyenza de i-Iraq yenziwe kwakhona emfanekisweni wethu okanye de uqoqosho lwase-US, imeko yezopolitiko, kunye nenkcubeko itshatyalaliswe?
Kwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo iqela labaphembeleli boxolo basePortland baphakamisa imali yokuhlanganisa inani leengcali ukuvelisa iqhinga lokuphuma e-Iraq. Olwethu lwenziwa, njengoko kwavela, kwangaxeshanye ukuba Iqela lokufunda e-Iraq benze umsebenzi wabo. Besingazi ukuba urhulumente ekugqibeleni ugqibe ekubeni lixesha lokuba sicinge ngokuPhuma kwiSicwangciso. Duh. Ndilindele ukuba sonke sikhuthazwe kwaye sacelwa umngeni ngokuqonda kunye iqhinga cogent epapashwe kwamsinyane ngaphambili kwijenali ephononongwe ngoontanga, Itswele.
Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kokucacileyo-kunye neqela lethu, elaxelelwa ziingcali zomkhosi kunye neengcali zoguqulo lweengxabano ngokufanayo, kuphawulwe kakuhle ukuba nokuba i-US ishiye nini na i-Iraqis iya kuba nemfazwe yamakhaya enegazi kwaye izinze kurhulumente omtsha we-autocratic odubule indlela yakhe. emagunyeni kwaye yacinezela abemi bayo-yathatha i-US iminyaka emithathu eyongezelelweyo ukuba iqalise ukuhamba, ixesha elide ukugqiba ukuhamba, kwaye ngoku inkqubo yokulungiswa kobundlobongela exelwe ngokuchanekileyo yenzeka ngokunyanisekileyo.
Ngokwendalo, ishishini lemfazwe lase-US liyothuka xa i-US ingachithi yonke isenti yokugqibela kwizixhobo kunye nezinye iikontraka zokwenza inzuzo emkhosini. Ixesha lokuphendula! Hamba ibhombu! Thumela "abacebisi." Uhlaselo olungabhabhayo, zingela abavukeli ngeedrone kunye neejethi zemfazwe. Hlanganisa kwakhona imikhosi yase-US kuba ukuba kukho inyaniso ecacileyo, imikhosi ye-proxy ayisasebenzi kweli xesha lasemva kweMfazwe ebandayo. Babonakala belungile kwaye beyindlela entle yokukhupha umrhafi waseMelika xa ukuthembeka kwabo bekuxhomekeke ngokufanelekileyo. Kodwa ixesha elithi "inokuba ngunyana wenjakazi kodwa ngunyana wethu wenjakazi" (ichazwe ngokuthandabuzekayo kwi-FDR malunga nenkwenkwe yethu. Somoza, uzwilakhe waseNicaragua) uphelile. Ii-SOB zethu ngoku ziqhutywa rhoqo kulawulo ngevoti, imbumbulu, okanye imizimba-oko kukuthi, ngonyulo esingasalulawulanga, ngoqhushululu olunobundlobongela, okanye ngoguquko olungenabundlobongela eluntwini.
Yiyeke. Yeka ukuphazamisa kwamanye amazwe. Yeka ukuthumela izixhobo. Misa iidrones. Xhasa nje uluntu ngoncedo oluluncedo noluceliweyo, ungaze ube nemipu okanye iitanki okanye iijethi zemfazwe okanye iihelikopta ezichasene nabavukeli okanye iziqhushumbisi ezichasene norhulumente. Kwaye ngalo naliphi na ithuba lempumelelo, gcina imikhosi yase-US ekhaya. Vumela ama-Iraqi ayisebenze kwaye emva koko azame ukuba ngumhlobo kubemi babo ngezinto zethu zobomi. Isenokungakhawulezi njengokuthi “Ndiphethe umpu entloko ke hamba uyokuvota!” imodeli yokusasaza "idemokhrasi" ethandwa ziinkokeli zethu kunye nendibano yethu yezomkhosi, kodwa yiyo kuphela esebenzayo. Singanceda siqale ngoku?
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