Uyikhupha njani iMfazwe eMelika

NguBrad Wolf, Iindoda eziqhelekileyo, Julayi 17, 2022

Umgaqo-nkqubo wokuphilisa endaweni yokulwa imfazwe awuzange ucingelwe nzulu, uchazwe, okanye usetyenziswe ngayo nayiphi na indlela leli lizwe.

Namhlanje ndithethe nomncedisi womgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle weSenator yase-United States kumnxeba ocwangcisiweyo wokuphembelela umbutho wethu ochasene nemfazwe. Endaweni yokusebenzisa amanqaku aqhelekileyo okuphembelela malunga nenkcitho eyinkcitho yePentagon, ndiye ndacela ingxoxo ecacileyo malunga neendlela umbutho wethu onokufumana ngayo isicwangciso esiyimpumelelo sokusika uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon. Bendifuna imbono yomntu osebenza eNduli kwiSenator egcinayo.

Umncedisi weSenator wandinyanzela. Amathuba alo naliphi na ibhilikhwe edlula omabini amagumbi eCongress anokucutha uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwePentagon nge-10%, ngokutsho komncedisi, ibiyi zero. Xa ndabuza ukuba oku kungenxa yokuba imbono kawonke-wonke yayikukuba sasiyifuna le mali ukuze sikhusele ilizwe, umncedisi waphendula ngelithi yayingeyombono yoluntu kuphela kodwa yinyani. USenator wayeqinisekile, njengoko bekunjalo kwiCongress, ukuba uvavanyo lwezoyikiso lwePentagon lwaluchanekile kwaye luthembekile (oku ngaphandle kwembali yePentagon yokusilela kokuxela kwangaphambili).

Njengoko kuchaziwe kum, umkhosi uvavanya izoyikiso kwihlabathi liphela kubandakanya amazwe anje ngeTshayina neRussia, emva koko uyila iqhinga lomkhosi ukulwa nezo zoyikiso, usebenza nabavelisi bezixhobo ukuyila izixhobo zokudibanisa kweso sicwangciso, emva koko uvelise uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olusekwe kuloo nto. iqhinga. ICongress, iDemokhrasi kunye neRiphabhlikhi ngokufanayo, ivuma kakhulu uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali. Ngapha koko, ngumkhosi. Bayazi ngokucacileyo ishishini lemfazwe.

Xa umkhosi uqala ngengcinga yokuba kufuneka ujongane nazo zonke iingxaki ezivela kuzo zonke iindawo kwihlabathi liphela, emva koko uphuhlisa isicwangciso somkhosi wehlabathi. Esi ayisosicwangciso sokuzikhusela, kodwa sisicwangciso sobupolisa behlabathi kulo lonke ulwaphulo-mthetho olunokucingeleka. Xa yonke ingxabano okanye indawo yokungazinzi ibonwa njengesongelo, ihlabathi liba lutshaba.

Kuthekani ukuba ezo ngxwabangxwaba okanye ezo ngxwabangxwaba zijongwa njengamathuba kunokuba zibe zizisongelo? Kuthekani ukuba siye sathumela oogqirha, abongikazi, abafundisi-ntsapho neenjineli ngokukhawuleza njengoko sisasaza iinqwelo-moya, iimbumbulu neebhombu? Oogqirha kwizibhedlele ezihambahambayo babiza ngaphantsi kakhulu kunejethi yokulwa ye-F-35 evalayo ngoku. Ixabiso lexabiso le-1.6 yezigidigidi zeedola. Kwaye oogqirha ababulali ngempazamo abangalwiyo kumsitho womtshato okanye kwimingcwabo ngaloo ndlela bephembelela ubu-anti-Americanism. Enyanisweni, ababoni abo balwayo nabangengawo, babona abantu. Banyanga izigulane.

Ikwayara ebiza ingcamango efana nethi "naïve" ivakala ngokukhawuleza, amagubu emfazwe anika isingqi sokutshaja. Ke ngoko, uvavanyo lulungile. Ngoku ka Merriam-Webster, i<em>naïve isenokuthetha “okuphawulwa ngokulula okungachatshazelwayo,” okanye “ukungabi nabulumko behlabathi okanye ugwebo olunolwazi,” okanye “ongazange avavanywe ngaphambili okanye kwimeko ethile yolingelo.”

Esi sindululo singentla soogqirha ngaphezulu kwedrones sivakala silula kwaye singachaphazeleki. Ukondla abantu abalambileyo, ubanyamekela xa begula, ubahlalise xa bengenandawo yokufihla intloko, yindlela ethe ngqo. Ngokufuthi indlela engachatshazelwanga nelula yeyona ilungileyo. Unetyala njengoko kuhlawuliswa apha.

Ngokuphathelele “ukuswela ubulumko behlabathi okanye umgwebo osekelwe kulwazi,” siye sayibona iMerika ngokuqhubekayo esemfazweni, sabona izilumko, zehlabathi, nanolwazi zingqineke ziphosakele ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngeendleko zamakhulu amawaka obomi. Abazange bazise luxolo, akukho lunqabiseko. Ngovuyo sinetyala lokusilela kuhlobo lwabo oluthile lobulumko behlabathi nomgwebo onolwazi. Thina, bangama-naïve, siqokelele ubulumko bethu kunye nomgwebo ekunyamezeleni iimpazamo zabo eziyingozi, i-hubris yabo, ubuxoki babo.

Ngokubhekiselele kwinkcazo yokugqibela ye-naïve, "engafakwanga kuvavanyo ngaphambili," kucacile ukuba umgaqo-nkqubo wokuphilisa endaweni yokulwa imfazwe awukaze uqwalaselwe nzulu, uchazwe, okanye usetyenziswe ngayo nayiphi na indlela leli lizwe. Naïve kwakhona, njengoko kuhlawuliswa.

Ukuba besakhe izibhedlele ze-2,977 e-Afghanistan ngokuhlonipha wonke umntu waseMelika osweleke nge-9/11, besiya kusindisa ubomi obuninzi kakhulu, sidale ubuncinci bokuchasana nobunqolobi baseMelika kunye nobunqolobi, kwaye sichithe ngaphantsi kwe-6 yezigidigidi zexabiso lethegi yabangaphumelelanga. Imfazwe Yokugrogrisa. Ukongezelela, isenzo sethu sobungangamsha nemfesane ngesasishukumise isazela sehlabathi. Kodwa sasifuna ukuphalaza igazi, kungekhona ukuqhekeza isonka. Sasinqwenela imfazwe, kungekhona uxolo. Kwaye imfazwe siyifumene. Iminyaka engamashumi amabini kuyo.

Imfazwe isoloko ingquzulwano ngezixhobo. Umntu ufuna into anayo omnye umntu. Kwilizwe elingenangxaki yokuchitha i-6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiMfazwe yoBugrogrisi, ngokuqinisekileyo sinokubonelela ngezixhobo eziyimfuneko zokutya, indawo yokuhlala, kunye namayeza ukugcina abantu bangakrazulani, kwaye kwinkqubo, sizisindise ekuvuleni okwangoku. elinye inxeba elophayo. Kufuneka senze into esoloko ishunyayelwa ezicaweni zethu kodwa kunqabile ukuba imiselwe. Kufuneka senze imisebenzi yenceba.

Ifikelela koku: Ngaba sinebhongo ngokoyisa ilizwe ngeebhombu, okanye ukulisindisa ngesonka? Yeyiphi kwezi esivumela ukuba sibambe iintloko zethu phezulu njengamaMelika? Yiyiphi kwezi evelisa ithemba nobuhlobo ‘neentshaba’ zethu? Ndiyayazi impendulo yam kunye nabahlobo bam abaninzi, kodwa kuthekani ngathi sonke? Siyifumana njani imfazwe eMelika? Ayikho enye indlela endiyaziyo ngaphandle kokungabi nalwazi nokwamkela imisebenzi elula, engachaphazelekiyo yenceba.

UBrad Wolf, owayesakuba ligqwetha, unjingalwazi, kunye nomphathi wekholeji yoluntu, ungumseki-ntsebenziswano we-Peace Action Network yeLancaster kwaye ubhalela World BEYOND War.