Kunokwenzeka ukuba uMongameli u-Al Gore akayi kuhlasela i-Afghanistan okanye i-Iraq. Umongameli uHenry Wallace kusenokwenzeka ukuba akazange akhuphe iHiroshima okanye iNagasaki. Umongameli uWilliam Jennings uBryan ngokuqinisekileyo ngekhe ahlasele iiPhilippines.
Abaongameli batyhalelwa emfazweni kwaye babanjwa emfazweni ngalo lonke ixesha, kodwa nabo bayatyhala kwaye batsale okwabo. Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa emva kokunikezelwa kweJamani kwiMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi, uWinston Churchill wenze isiphakamiso sokugaya amajoni aseJamani kwimfazwe entsha yase-UK/US kwiSoviet Union. Umbono awuzange uye ndawo kunye norhulumente wakhe okanye amahlakani, ngaphandle kokuba yiMfazwe Yomlomo. Kodwa yonke ingcamango ephambeneyo awayenayo iminyaka engaphambi kwaloo mzuzu yayithathwa yamkelekile kwaye yenziwa, kwaye omnye umntu wayengenazo iimbono ezifanayo.
Ngaba iintlobo zabantu abanamandla angaphakathi abonakaliswe liBhunga lezoBudlelwane baNgaphandle bahlala befumana indlela yabo? Ngaba iUnited States yioligarchy? Ngaba umahluko omncinane phakathi kwabagqatswa bonyulo unyusiwe kwaye ubaxo? Ngaba omabini amaqela amakhulu ezopolitiko e-United States abuyisela uhlobo olufanayo lomkhosi? Ngaba urhulumente wesithunzi osisigxina ngaphakathi kwePentagon, iCIA, iSebe likaRhulumente, njl. Ewe, ewe, zonke ezo zinto ziyinyaniso. Kodwa abantu ngabanye babalulekile.
Bangakhathali kangako kwidemokhrasi. Ukuba iCongress igqibe ngemfazwe njengoko uMgaqo-siseko wase-US ufuna, okanye ukuba uluntu luvotele imfazwe njengoko uLungiso lweLudlow beluya kufuna, okanye ukuba i-United States iye yancama imfazwe njengoko i-Kellogg-Briand Pact igunyazisa, ke umkhosi usengqondweni yesinye. Umntu akanakuthatha isigqibo ngesiphelo sobomi obuninzi kunye nokufa. Kodwa leyo asiyonyani ngoku.
UMongameli uLincoln Chafee okanye uMongameli uBernie Sanders okanye uMongameli uJill Stein, kunokuba nguMongameli uHillary Clinton okanye uMongameli uDonald Trump, iya kuba yinto enye phakathi kwabaninzi abanobunzima ukuya kwinqanaba elithile ngokuchasene nokubakho kweemfazwe ezinkulu neziyingozi ngakumbi. Ingaba ithuba kunye nenzuzo enokwenzeka yokunyula umongameli ongcono kufanelekile ukuphambukisa izixhobo ezisuka komnye umsebenzi ochasene nemfazwe kwisekisi yesizwe yonyulo lonyulo ngumbuzo owahlukileyo nontsokothileyo.
Le ngongoma, yokuba umntu ngamnye ubalulekile, yenziwe kwincwadi entsha Kutheni iinkokeli zilwa nguMichael Horowitz, uAllan Stam, kunye noCali Ellis. Baye benyuka ngokuchasene nesithethe semfundo sokuzama ukuchaza izigqibo zemfazwe ngayo nayiphi na inkqubo enokuthi ifane nesayensi yendalo. Eso siko sicace gca kuyo nayiphi na into emdaka njengomntu, ekhetha ukucamngca ithiyori yomdlalo okanye ukuzingela unxibelelwano olungekhoyo phakathi kwemfazwe kunye nokuxinana kwabantu, ukunqongophala kwezixhobo, okanye nantoni na enokulinganiswa.
Emva kokubuyisela umntu kwingqwalasela, ababhali be Kutheni iinkokeli zilwa ngokukhawuleza uzame ukwenza ukuba ifana ngokusondeleyo kangangoko kunokwenzeka iequation yemathematika. Ngaba lo mlawuli welizwe wayengumntu owayesemkhosini, yaye ngaba wayesemfazweni? Ayintoni amava abo okuqala ngemfazwe? Ithini inqanaba lemfundo yabo? Ingakanani iminyaka yabo? Ngowuphi umsebenzi wangaphambili ababenawo? Ngaba bakhuliswa ngabazali abalungileyo? Ngaba bakhuliswe bezizityebi okanye bengamahlwempu? Lwaluthini uluhlu lwabo lokuzalwa? Et cetera.
Ngaba yonke loo datha iya kuze ivumele ukubalwa ukuba iqikelele ngokuthembekileyo ukuxhobisa imfazwe okanye uxolo? Akunjalongo noko. Ngaba iimviwo zeenkokeli ezaneleyo zangaphambili ngale migca ziya kusivula amehlo kwiinkalo ezithile ukuze sizixhalabise okanye zisiqinisekise? Mhlawumbi. Kodwa ngaba ezo zifundo zenzululwazi zinokufikelela kwinqanaba lokuba sisikhokelo esilunge ngakumbi sento enokwenziwa ngumgqatswa wezobupolitika kunokuhlola oko akwenzileyo waza wakuthethayo umgqatswa? Andiyiqondi.
Ufundo ngononophelo lwamaqonga abaviwa, iintetho, kunye nentetho nje eqhelekileyo, kubandakanywa oko kugxininiswayo kunye noko kushiyiweyo, kwaye kulinganiswe ngokuchasene noko bebekwenzile ngaphambili, kuthatha enye kude kakhulu. Yongeza ukuba ngubani obaxhasa ngemali, leliphi iqela abafungele ukuthembeka kulo, banxulumana njani norhulumente kunye nabangaphakathi kwimithombo yeendaba, banxulumana njani neenkokeli zamazwe angaphandle, indlela abasingatha ngayo iimpazamo, indlela abajongana ngayo neentlekele, kwaye umntu angakwazi - ndiyacinga - ukuqikelela. ngokuchanekileyo ngowuphi umviwa oza kuba ngumthwalo omncinci okanye omkhulu ngokuchasene nemfazwe efunwa yiminqweno enamandla, kwaye ngowuphi umviwa oza kutyhalelwa ngokulula emfazweni okanye, enyanisweni, aleqe ukwenza omnye kwangoko. Akunjalo ukuba uGeorge W. Bush kunye noHarry Truman kunye noWilliam McKinley abazange babhengeze ukuba luhlobo luni lwezinto abaceba ukuzenza.
Izifundiswa ezizimisele ukwenza inzululwazi yezentlalo ibe yinzululwazi yothixo wokwenyani ishiye ngaphezulu kunosopolitiki omnye emva kwayo yonke loo nto. Bayishiya ngaphandle inkcubeko ebanzi. Umpolitiki omdala ozimisele ukwenza uphawu lwakhe ngaphambi kokuba ixesha labo liphele akayi kudala iimfazwe kwinkcubeko ehlonipha ukwenza uxolo. Igosa elineenkcukacha zalo zobuntwana kunye nemvelaphi yalo libonisa ukuba baya kuthatha umngcipheko omkhulu akufuneki bathathe konke konke ukuhamba kunye nomkhosi wesiqhelo wase-US wangoku, kodwa baya kucela umngeni kulo lonke ishishini lomkhosi kunye neshishini lonke lonxibelelwano ngokuzama izisombululo ezingenabugorha iingxaki. Ukuthotywa kwezixhobo kuthathwa njengomngcipheko kwinkcubeko yase-US, okwenza kube thandabuzekayo ulindelo lokuba abantu abathatha umngcipheko baya kukhuthaza impi. Ngamanye amazwi, ukutolika kunye nokulinganisa idatha kufuneka kutshintshe kakhulu kunye nenkcubeko ukuba umntu ungcono ngokujonga inkcubeko.
Umongameli u-Obama ngewayeqhubhise kakhulu iSyria ngo-2013 ukuba kwakungekho ubunzima benkcubeko yase-US ngokuchasene nayo. UMongameli uJohn McCain wayengenakukhululeka ukuphuhlisa uluhlu lokubulala kunye neprogram yokubulala i-drone ngaphandle kohlobo lwenkcaso enkulu yoluntu edibana namaRiphabhlikhi abenza izinto ezinjalo. Akukho mathandabuzo okuba umntu ubalulekile, ngakumbi amanani amakhulu abantu abafuna into ngenkuthalo. Kwaye akunakubakho nawuphi na umbuzo wokuba omnye waba bantu babalulekileyo nguwe.
