NguAlison Broinowski, Ixesha leCanberra, Matshi 18, 2023
Ekugqibeleni, emva kwamashumi amabini eminyaka, iOstreliya ayilwi imfazwe. Leliphi ixesha elingcono kunangoku kwezinye "izifundo ezifundiweyo", njengoko umkhosi uthanda ukuzibiza?
Ngoku, kwisikhumbuzo se-20th sohlaselo lwethu lwase-Iraq, lixesha lokuthatha isigqibo malunga neemfazwe ezingeyomfuneko ngelixa sisenako. Ukuba ufuna uxolo, lungiselela uxolo.
Ukanti iinjengele zaseMelika kunye nabaxhasi babo baseOstreliya balindele imfazwe esondele ngokuchasene neTshayina.
Umntla weOstreliya ujikwa waba yinkampu yaseMelika, ekubonakala ngathi ukuzikhusela kodwa uqhelisela ubundlongondlongo.
Ngoko sifunde ntoni ukususela ngoMatshi 2003?
I-Australia yalwa iimfazwe ezimbini ezimbi e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq. Ukuba urhulumente wase-Albanese akachazi ukuba njani kwaye kutheni, kunye nesiphumo, ingenzeka kwakhona.
Akunakuba nethamsanqa okwesithathu ukuba urhulumente ubophelela i-ADF ukuba ilwe neChina. Njengoko imidlalo yemfazwe yase-US ephindaphindiweyo iqikelele, imfazwe enjalo iya kuphumelela, kwaye iya kuphelela ekubuyeleni, ukoyiswa, okanye okubi ngakumbi.
Okokonyulwe i-ALP ngoMeyi, urhulumente uye wahamba ngesantya esincomekayo ukuphumeza izithembiso zakhe zotshintsho kumgaqo-nkqubo wezoqoqosho nezentlalo. Umphathiswa wezangaphandle uPenny Wong's flying fox diplomacy iyamangalisa.
Kodwa ekukhuseleni, akukho tshintsho luqwalaselwa. Imithetho yeepartisanship.
Umphathiswa wezoKhuselo uRichard Marles waqinisekisa nge-9 kaFebruwari ukuba iOstreliya izimisele ukukhusela ulongamo lwayo. Kodwa inguqulelo yakhe yokuba kuthetha ukuthini ulongamo eOstreliya iyaphikiswa.
Umahluko kunye nabandulelayo baBasebenzi uyothusa. Imifanekiso nguKeegan Carroll, uPhillip Biggs, uPaul Scambler
Njengoko abagxeki abaninzi baye babonisa, phantsi kwe-2014 Force Posture Agreement Australia ayinalo ulawulo lokufikelela, ukusetyenziswa, okanye ukuchithwa kwezixhobo zase-US okanye izixhobo ezimiswe emhlabeni wethu. Ngaphantsi kwesivumelwano se-AUKUS, i-US inokunikwa ukufikelela nokulawula ngakumbi.
Oku kuchasene nolongamo, kuba kuthetha ukuba i-US inokuqalisa uhlaselo ngokuchasene, ithi, i-China evela e-Australia ngaphandle kwesivumelwano okanye nolwazi lukarhulumente wase-Australia. I-Australia iya kuba yindawo ekujoliswe kuyo kwimpindezelo yaseTshayina ngokuchasene ne-US.
Yintoni ekwathetha ngayo ulongamo kuMarles lilungelo likarhulumente olawulayo - iNkulumbuso kunye nomnye okanye ababini - ukwenza njengoko iqabane lethu laseMelika lifuna. Lisekela le-sheriff yokuziphatha, kunye ne-bipartisan.
Kumangeniso ali-113 kuphando lwasepalamente ngoDisemba ngendlela iOstreliya egqiba ngayo ukungena kwiimfazwe zaphesheya kweelwandle, angama-94 achaza ukusilela kumalungiselelo okukhetha ukapteni, kwaye acela uhlaziyo. Abaninzi baye babona ukuba bakhokele ekubeni i-Australia ibhalisele iimfazwe ezingenangeniso ezilandelelanayo.
Kodwa uMarles uqinisekile ukuba amalungiselelo angoku e-Australia okuya emfazweni afanelekile kwaye akufuneki aphazamiseke. Usekela-sihlalo wekomitana yolu phando, u-Andrew Wallace, ekubonakala ukuba akayikhathaleli imbali, uthe le nkqubo yangoku isisebenzele kakuhle.
Umphathiswa wezoKhuselo uxelele iPalamente nge-9 kaFebruwari ukuba amandla okuzikhusela e-Australia akwisigqibo esipheleleyo sikarhulumente olawulayo. Liyinene: kudala iyimeko.
U-Penny Wong wamxhasa uMarles, wongeza kwi-Senate ukuba "kubalulekile kukhuseleko lwelizwe" ukuba iNkulumbuso kufuneka igcine ilungelo lobukhosi lemfazwe.
Ukanti isigqeba solawulo, wongeze watsho, “kufuneka siphendule kwiPalamente”. Ukuphucula ukuphendula kwepalamente sesinye sezithembiso apho abo bazimele bonyulwe ngoMeyi.
Kodwa iinkulumbuso zinokuqhubeka nokuzibophelela e-Australia emfazweni ngaphandle kokuphendula konke konke.
AmaLungu ePalamente kunye neeSenenja azinalizwi. Kangangeminyaka amaqela amancinane afuna uhlaziyo lo mkhwa.
Utshintsho olunokwenzeka oluya kuvela kuphando lwangoku sisiphakamiso sokulungelelanisa iingqungquthela - oko kukuthi, urhulumente kufuneka avumele ukuphononongwa kwepalamente yesindululo semfazwe, kunye nengxoxo.
Kodwa okoko kungekho voti, akukho nto iza kutshintsha.
Umahluko kunye nabandulelayo baBasebenzi uyothusa. U-Arthur Calwell, njengenkokeli yenkcaso, wathetha ixesha elide ngoMeyi 4, 1965 ngokuchasene nokuzibophelela kwemikhosi yase-Australia eVietnam.
Isigqibo sikaNkulumbuso uMenzies, uCawell wabhengeza, sasingenabulumko kwaye asilungile. Ayinakuqhubela phambili umlo ochasene nobukomanisi. Yayisekelwe kwiingcamango zobuxoki malunga nobume bemfazwe yaseVietnam.
Ngobulumko obukhulu, uCalwell walumkisa "ikhosi yethu yangoku idlalela ezandleni zaseTshayina, kwaye umgaqo-nkqubo wethu wangoku uya kuthi, ukuba awutshintshwanga, ngokuqinisekileyo kwaye ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukhokelela ekuthotyweni kweMelika e-Asiya".
Wabuza, yeyiphi eyona nto ikhuthaza ukhuseleko nokusinda kwelizwe lethu? Hayi, waphendula, wathumela umkhosi wabase-Australia abangama-800 eVietnam.
Ngokuchasene noko, uCawell waxoxa, ukubandakanyeka emkhosini eOstreliya ngokungakhathaliyo kunokusongela ukuma kweOstreliya namandla ethu ngokulungileyo e-Asiya, kunye nokhuseleko lwelizwe lethu.
Njengenkulumbuso, uGough Whitlam akazange athumele abantu base-Australia emfazweni. Wayandisa ngokukhawuleza inkonzo yangaphandle yase-Australia, wagqiba ukurhoxiswa kwemikhosi yase-Australia eVietnam ngo-1973, kwaye woyikisa ngokuvala i-Pine Gap ngaphambi kokuba asuswe ngo-1975.
Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini eyadlulayo kule nyanga, enye inkokeli yeqela eliphikisayo, uSimon Crean, wasigxeka isigqibo sikaJohn Howard sokuthumela i-ADF e-Iraq. “Njengoko ndithetha, siluhlanga olusemlonyeni wemfazwe”, uxelele Iqela leendaba zeSizwe ngoMatshi 20, 2003.
I-Australia yayiphakathi kwezizwe ezine kuphela ezijoyine umfelandawonye okhokelwa yi-US, phambi koqhanqalazo oluxhaphakileyo. Yayiyimfazwe yokuqala, uCrean wachaza, ukuba iOstreliya yajoyina njengomhlaseli.
IOstreliya yayingenaso sisongelo sithe ngqo. Akukho sigqibo seBhunga Lokhuseleko leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo sayivumayo imfazwe. Kodwa i-Australia yayiza kuhlasela i-Iraq, "kuba i-US isicelile".
UCrean wathetha, wathi, egameni lezigidi zabantu baseOstreliya ababechasa imfazwe. Imikhosi ibingamelanga ukuba ithunyelwe kwaye ngoku kufuneka iziswe ekhaya.
Inkulumbuso uJohn Howard wayebhalisele imfazwe kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo, utshilo uCrean. “Wayesoloko elindele umnxeba. Lihlazo le ndlela yokulawula inkqubo yethu yangaphandle”.
UCrean wathembisa njengenkulumbuso ukuba akanakuze avumele umgaqo-nkqubo wase-Australia ukuba umiselwe lelinye ilizwe, angaze azibophelele kwimfazwe engeyomfuneko ngelixa uxolo lunokwenzeka, kwaye angaze athumele abantu base-Australia emfazweni ngaphandle kokubaxelela inyani.
Iinkokeli zanamhlanje zezaBasebenzi zingayicingisisa loo nto.
UGqr. Alison Broinowski, owayesakuba ngunozakuzaku wase-Australia, ungumongameli wabase-Australia kwi-War Powers Reform, kunye neLungu leBhodi World BEYOND War.
I mpendulo
Njengommi welinye ilizwe "eliqhelekileyo", eCanada, ndiyamangalisa indlela iMelika eye yaphumelela ngayo abantu abaninzi behlabathi ukuba bamkele imfazwe njengesiphumo esingenakuphepheka. I-USA isebenzise zonke iindlela enazo kule njongo; kwezomkhosi, kwezoqoqosho, ngokwenkcubeko nakwezopolitiko. Isebenzisa isixhobo esinamandla samajelo eendaba njengesixhobo sokukhohlisa uluntu luphela. Ukuba le mpembelelo ayizange isebenze kum, kwaye andilulo uhlobo oluthile lwe-fluke, ngoko akufanele isebenze nakubani na ongomnye ovula amehlo ukuze abone inyaniso. Abantu baxakeke kukutshintsha kwemozulu (elungileyo) kunye neminye imiba emininzi entsonkothileyo, kangangokuba abakuva ukubethwa kwamagubu emfazwe. Ngoku sisondele ngokuyingozi kwiArmageddon, kodwa iMelika ifumana iindlela zokuthi chu kancinci ukuba kungabikho mvukelo ukuze ingabi lukhetho lokwenyani. Iyonyanyeka ngokwenene. Kufuneka siyeke ukuphambana!