Imfazwe engapheliyo iyintlekele (kodwa inenzuzo)

Ngu-Lawrence Wilkerson, nge-11 kaFebruwari ngo-2020

ukusuka Uxanduva lokuphendula

"Ukuwa kwelizwe laseLibya kube nemiphumo ebanzi yommandla, nokuhamba kwabantu nezixhobo zithimbe amanye amazwe kulo lonke elaseNtla Afrika." La mazwi avela kwi-Intelbrief yeqela leSoufan, elinesihloko esithi "Ukulwela Ukufikelela kuRhulumente weLizwe ngooMbane" (24 NgoJanuwari 2020). 

Ngaba umamele, Barack Obama?

"Kukho umkhethe kule dolophu [iWashington, DC] ukuya emfazweni," Mongameli u-Obama wathi kum kunye nabanye abaliqela ababehlanganisene kwigumbi laseRoosevelt eWhite House ngoSeptemba 10, 2015, phantse iminyaka esixhenxe kubongameli bakhe. Ngeli xesha, bendicinga ukuba ucinga ngokukodwa ngempazamo ebuhlungu awazenzayo ngokujoyina ungenelelo eLibya ngo-2011, ngokoqobo ezalisa iSigqibo seZizwe eziManyeneyo seSecurity Council ngo-1973.

Unobhala welizwe lika-Obama, uJohn Kerry, wayehleli ecaleni komongameli njengoko wayethetha u-Obama. Ndikhumbula ndizibuza ngeloxesha ukuba wayefunda u-Kerry kunye nesicelo sakhe, kuba u-Kerry wayethetha ngelo xesha malunga nokuthatha inxaxheba kwe-US okunzima kwenye imfazwe engapheliyo kwaye eqhubeka eqhubeka eSyria. Nangona kunjalo, u-Obama wayebonakala engenayo loo nto.

Isizathu kukuba ukungenelela kweLibya kungakhokeleli ekufeni kwenkokeli yaseLibya, uMuammar Qaddafi - kwaye aqhubeka nohlaselo olunobuzwe kunye nokuqhubeka komkhosi wokulwa isihloko esithi "ngubani olawula iLibya," bameme amagunya angaphandle avela kulo lonke elaseMeditera ukuya. Joyina i-fray, kwaye uvulele indawo yokubaleka ebalekayo ukuwela ulwandle lwangaphakathi- ikwabeka nezixhobo ukusuka kwenye yeendlela ezinkulu zehlabathi kwizandla zamaqela anjenge-ISIS, al-Qa'ida, Lashkar e-Taibi, nabanye . Ukongeza, uninzi lwazo ngaphambili izixhobo zaseLibya zazisetyenziswa eSyria ngalo mzuzu.

Phambi kokuba sinike indumiso ethandabuzekayo ngo-Obama esifundile isifundo sakhe kwaye ngenxa yoko engathabathi sigqibo sokungenelela eSyria ngendlela ebaluleke ngakumbi, kufuneka sibuze lo mbuzo: Kutheni oongameli besenza izigqibo ezibi njenge-Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Afghanistan kwaye, ngomso mhlawumbi, Iran?

Umongameli Dwight Eisenhower wawuphendula lo mbuzo, ubukhulu becala, ngo-1961: “Masingaze sivumele ubunzima bokudityaniswa [kwempi yezomkhosi] bubeke emngciphekweni inkululeko yethu okanye iinkqubo zedemokhrasi. … Kuphela ngabemi abalumkileyo nabafundayo abanokunyanzela ukuthunyelwa kwemishini yezomkhosi kunye nezomkhosi kukhusela iindlela neenjongo zethu. ”

Ngamafutshane, namhlanje iMelika ayibandakanywa njengabemi abalumkisayo nabanolwazi, kwaye i-Complex ethi Eisenhower ichazwe ngokuchanekileyo iyinyani, kwaye nangeendlela apho i-Eisenhower ibingacingi, ibeka emngciphekweni inkululeko yethu kunye neenkqubo zedemokhrasi. IComplex idala “ukukhetha” okuchazwe nguMongameli u-Obama.  Ngapha koko, namhlanje i-US Congress inyanzelisa iComplex - $ 738 yezigidigidi kulo nyaka kunye nengxowa-mali engashukumiyo engange- $ 72 yezigidigidi ezingaphezulu - ukuya kuthi ga ekubeni incwadi kaComplex ngemfazwe ibe ingachaphazeleki, ihlala ihleli, kwaye, njengokuba i-Eisenhower isitsho, " kuvakala kuzo zonke iidolophu, zonke izindlu zikarhulumente, zonke iiofisi zikarhulumente. ”

Ngokuphathelele "kubemi bolwazi kunye nokwazi," isiphumo kungekuphela kwexesha elide elinxulumene nemfundo efanelekileyo kodwa kwixesha elifutshane ukuya kwelona xesha liphezulu libethelelwe ngu "Nxalenye yeZakhiwo ezine," kukho ukusilela okumangalisayo. njengokuba. 

IComplex ubukhulu becala yeenjongo zayo ezingabaniniyo inemithombo yeendaba ebaluleke kakhulu, kwiphephandaba lezwe, I-New York Times, ukuya kwisixeko esilikomkhulu lethu, iWashington Post, kwiphepha lesibhengezo loluntu, iWall Street Journal. Onke la maphepha uninzi lwawo akakaze ahlangane nesigqibo semfazwe angayithandiyo. Kuphela kuxa iimfazwe 'zingenasiphelo' apho abanye babo bafumana amanye amazwi abo - kwaye ke kusemva kwexesha.

Ukungahanjiswa nje ngokushicilelwa kobuntatheli, eyona nto iphambili kumabonakude weendaba zikwiintloko zentetho ezixoxayo, ezinye zazo zihlawulwe ngamalungu eComplex okanye uchithe ubomi babo bobuchwephesha ngaphakathi, okanye bobabini, ukubabonisa kwiimfazwe ezahlukeneyo. Kwakhona, bafumana kuphela amazwi abo ahlabayo xa iimfazwe zingapheli, ngokucacileyo ziyalahleka okanye zithotyiwe, kwaye zibiza kakhulu igazi kunye nobutyebi, kunye nezilinganiso ezingcono zilele kwicala lokuchasana nazo.

U-Marine General Smedley Butler, umamkeli imbasa yesibini ye-Honor, wavuma ukuba "ulwaphulo-mthetho lobungxowankulu." Inkcazo efanelekileyo yamaxesha kaButler ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20. Namhlanje, nangona kunjalo, nayiphi na ingcali yasemkhosini exabisa ityuwa yakhe njengommi ngokunjalo-ne-Eisenhower - kuya kufuneka ivume ukuba nabo banetyala le-Complex - ilungu eliphethe ikhadi lobungxowankulu, ukuba liqinisekile, kodwa lelo Injongo, ngaphandle kokukhulisa inzuzo yabaninizabelo, kukuqhubela ukufa kwabanye ezandleni zikarhulumente. 

Yenye indlela yokuchaza ngokuchanekileyo amadoda - kwaye ngoku abafazi - abanxibe iinkwenkwezi ezininzi ngokungahambiyo phambi kwabameli babantu kwiCongress kwaye becela ngaphezulu nangaphezulu kweerhafu zerhafu? Kwaye itshathi emsulwa yengxowa yeslush, eyaziwa ngokusemthethweni njengeNgxowa-mali yeOfisi yoLawulo lweNgxamiseko (i-OCO) kwaye ekucingelwa ukuba ingqongqo kwimisebenzi yeqonga lemfazwe, yenza amabala enkqubo yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali yomkhosi. Uninzi lwamalungu eCongress kufuneka axhome iintloko zabo kwiintloni ngento abayivumeleyo ukuba yenzeke minyaka le ngale ngxowa mali.

Kwaye amazwi kaNobhala Wezomkhosi uMark Esper kwiziko leSicwangciso-qhinga kunye neziFundo zamazwe aphesheya kule veki, ethethwe ngokucacileyo ukubonisa "ukucinga okutsha" ePentagon ngokubhekisele kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali, akacebisi ngotshintsho lwenyani kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi, ugxile nje - enye ethembisa ukungazukunciphisi ukukhutshwa kwemali kodwa ukuyinyusa. Kodwa kulungile kunjalo, uEsper akabonisi apho ikhoyo enye yezityholo njengoko emangalela iCongress ukuba yongeze kwizicelo esele zibaliwe zohlahlo-lwabiwo mali kwiPentagon: "Kudala ndicacisa iPentagon ngoku iminyaka emibini enesiqingatha ukuba uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali aluzukubangcono - belukhona apho bakhoyo - kwaye ke kufuneka sibengabaphathi abangcono bedola lomrhaji. … Kwaye, uyazi, iCongress isemva ngokupheleleyo kwalonto. Kodwa kukho loo mzuzu ngexesha laxa ifika emva kwendlu yabo, kwaye kuya kufuneka usebenze ngayo. ”

"[T] ixesha lomzuzu xa lifika emveni kwendlu yabo" sisityholo esifihlwe nje kancinci ukuba amalungu eCongress rhoqo adibanisa nezicelo zohlahlo-lwabiwo mali zePentagon ukwenzela ukubonelela ingulube kwizithili zabo zasekhaya (akukho bhetele kule Senethi Inkokheli enkulu uMitch McConnell, othe kwiminyaka emininzi kwi-Senate wanikezela ngezigidi zeedola zerhafu-kuquka ne-Defense - kwikhaya lakhe laseKentucky ukuqinisekisa ukubanjwa kwakhe okulawulwa lixesha elide apho. Kwaye akanguye imali yokufumana imali kwi icandelo lezokhuselo kwiphulo lakhe lokwenza umngcelele .. McConnell usenokwahluka, nangona kunjalo, evela kwamanye amalungu eCongress ngendlela ebuyela eKentucky aze aqhayise ngokurhabaxa malunga nezixa ezinkulu zeengulube azisa minyaka le kurhulumente wakhe ukuze azokuphelisa ububi bakhe. ukulinganisa ungcoliseko). 

Kodwa u-Esper uqhubekeke ngendlela ethe kratya ethi: “Okwangoku ngeli xesha. Sinecebo elitsha. … Sinenkxaso eninzi evela kwiCongress. ... Kuya kufuneka siwubambe ngoku umsantsa phakathi kwenkqubo yexesha leMfazwe ebandayo kunye ne-inshurensi, idabi elinamandla lokulwa le minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, kwaye senze lo mgxobhozo kukhuphiswano olukhulu lwamandla neRussia ne China - China ikakhulu. "

Ukuba uMfazwe obandayo udlulile ngamanye amaxesha urekhoda uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi, singalindela ukuba imfazwe entsha ebandayo neChina ikhuphe ezo zixa ngokomyalelo wobukhulu. Kwaye ngubani owenze isigqibo sokuba sifuna imfazwe ebandayo entsha?

Sukujonga phambili kuneComplex (apho i-Esper ivela khona, hayi ngokudibeneyo, njengomnye wababhengezi abaphezulu bakaRaytheon, ilungu eliqaqambileyo leComplex). Enye ye-Complex's sine qua nons yinto eyifundileyo malunga nenkulungwane yemfazwe ebandayo kunye neSoviet Union: akukho nto emhlabeni ihlawula kakuhle kwaye ingaguquguquki kumzabalazo wexesha elide unamandla amakhulu. Ke, akukho bungqina buqilima, obunamandla ngakumbi bemfazwe entsha ebandayo neTshayina- kwaye iphose iRussia kumxube nayo ngeedola ezingaphezulu- kuneComplex. 

Nangona kunjalo, ekupheleni kosuku, eyona ngcinga yokuba i-US kufuneka ichithe ngonyaka imali ngaphezulu komkhosi wayo kunokuba izizwe ezisibhozo ezilandelayo zehlabathi zidibeneyoUninzi lwamadlelane aseMelika, kufuneka abonise ummi ongaziwayo kwaye engalumkisi ukuba into ethile iphosakele kakhulu. Ukukhuphela umlo omtsha obandayo; ikhona into ephosakeleyo kakhulu.

Kodwa ngokubonakalayo amandla e-Complex maninzi kakhulu. Imfazwe kunye nemfazwe ngakumbi ikamva leMelika. Njengokuba u-Eisenhower esitsho, "ubunzima bokudityaniswa oku" bubeka emngciphekweni inkululeko yethu kunye neenkqubo zedemokhrasi.

Ukuqonda oku ngokucacileyo, sifuna kuphela ukuvavanya imizamo engeyongozi kwiminyaka embalwa edluleyo ukubuyisa amandla okwenza imfazwe kwisebe elilawulayo, isebe elixhome amandla okulwa, njengoko uJames Madison esilumkisile, kakhulu kunokwenzeka ukuzisa ubuzwilakhe.

UMadison, "ipeni" lokwenyani ekubhaleni uMgaqo-siseko wase-US, waqinisekisa ukuba ubeka amandla emfazwe ezandleni zeCongress. Nangona kunjalo, ukusuka kuMongameli uTruman ukuya kuTrump, phantse wonke umongameli wase-US uye wayibhuqa ngandlela-thile.

Imizamo yakutshanje yamalungu athile eCongress yokusebenzisa eli gunya lomgaqo-siseko ngokulula ukususa iMelika kwimfazwe eyayikho Yemen, iwele kumandla amangalisayo eComplex. Ayinamsebenzi ukuba iibhombu kunye nemitshini yeComplex iwele kwiibhasi zezikolo, ezibhedlele, kwimingcwabo, nakweminye imisebenzi engenabungozi kwilizwe elinemfazwe. Iidola zingena kwiibhokisi zeComplex. Yinto ebalulekileyo leyo. Yiyo yonke loo nto ibalulekileyo.

Kuya kuza umhla wokubalwa; kuhlala kukho kubudlelwane bezizwe. Amagama ee-hegemons zehlabathi ezingaphantsi komhlaba abhalwe ngokukhuselekileyo kwiincwadi zembali. Ukusuka eRoma ukuya eBritane, arekhodwa apho. Akukho ndawo, nangona kunjalo, kubhaliwe ukuba nayiphi na kubo isekhona nanamhlanje. Zonke zingene eluthulini lwembali.

Ke siya kwazi ngenye imini kungekudala, sikhokelwa nguComplex kunye neemfazwe ezingapheliyo.

U-Lawrence Wilkerson ngumhlali wase-United States Umkhosi weColonel kunye nomphathi wokuqala wabasebenzi kwi-United States Unobhala we-Colin Powell.