ULostestar of Peace

NguRobert C. Koehler

"Ukuqonda ngokucacileyo umsebenzi wabo wokunyusa intlalo yoluntu. . . "

Intoni? Ngaba babenzulu?

Ndiguqa ngohlobo lwentloni xa ndifunda amagama ka- Kellogg-Briand Pact, umnqophiso osayinwe kwi-1928 - yi-United States, eFransi, eJamani, eBrithani enkulu, eJapan kwaye ekugqibeleni yilo lonke ilizwe elasekho. Isivumelwano. . . imikhosi yemfazwe.

"Kucetyiswa ukuba ixesha lifikile xa kukhankanywa inkululeko yokulwa nemfazwe njengesixhobo somgaqo wesizwe. . . "

ISIQEPHU I: "Amaqela aPhakamisayo awamemezela ngokucacileyo ngamagama abantu abachaphazelekayo abagweba ukukhangela imfazwe isisombululo seengxabano zamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye siyilahle njengesixhobo somgaqo-nkqubo wobuzwe phakathi kwabo."

IINKCUKACHA II: "AmaQumrhu aPhakamileyo aVumelanayo avuma ukuba ukulungiswa okanye isisombululo sazo zonke iingxabano okanye iimbambano naluphi na uhlobo okanye nayiphi na imvelaphi engaba yiyo, enokuvela phakathi kwabo, akasoze afunwa ngaphandle kweendlela zepasifiki."

Ngaphezu koko, njengoko uDavid Swanson isikhumbuze kwincwadi yakhe Xa iMfazwe yeHlabathi iHlabathiwe, umnqophiso usasebenza. Akukaze kuhluthwe. Sekunjalo, kuba oko kukufanelekile, umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Le yintambo, kunjalo. Imfazwe ilawula kwaye wonke umntu uyazi. Imfa yindlela esilungelelanisa ngayo, inketho yokuqala eqhubekayo yonke into engavumelaniyo phakathi kwabamelwane bomhlaba wonke, ingakumbi xa iinkolelo zonqulo ezahlukeneyo kunye neentlanga ziyingxenye yokwahlukana.

Uyazi: "Isiphetho esingenakukhunjulwa kukuba i-Iran ayiyi kuxoxisana nayo kwinkqubo yenyukliya." Lo yi-neocon nutcase uJohn Bolton, owayengummeli we-UN uBeorge Bush, ebhala epulpiti ENew York Times kwiveki ephelile. ". . . Inyaniso engathandekiyo kukuba impi kuphela ye-Israel yokuhlasela kwe-1981 kwi-reactor ye-Osirak yase-Saddam Hussein e-Iraq okanye ukutshabalaliswa kwayo kwe-2007 ye-reactor yaseSiriya, eyakhiwe yakhiwa yiNorth Korea, ingafezekisa oko kuyimfuneko. Ixesha lifutshane kakhulu, kodwa isiteleka sinokuphumelela. "

Okanye: "UMongameli uBrazil wazisa (waseYiputa) uMongameli al-Sisi ukuba uya kuphakamisa iziphathamandla ezilawulayo eziye zaqala ukususela ngo-Oktobha 2013 ekunikweni kweenqwelo-moya ze-F-16, iinqwelo ze-Harpoon, kunye ne-M1A1 tank kits. UMongameli wabuye wacebisa uMongameli al-Sisi ukuba uza kuqhubeka nokucela i-$ 1.3 yezigidi ngezigidi ezixhaswa ngumkhosi eJiputa. "

Oku kuvela kwi Ukushicilelwa kweNdlu ye-White House, ikhishwe ngosuku ngaphambi koSuku luka-Aprili Fool. "UMongameli wachaza ukuba le nyathelo kunye namanye amanyathelo kuya kunceda ukuphucula ubudlelwane bethu bezempi ukuze kulunge ngakumbi ukujongana nemingeni ekwabelwana ngayo kwi-US kunye naseYiputa kwimimandla engaqinisekanga."

Le ngxubusho yecandelo le-geopolitics. Yiloo nto yinto yonke yam yokuphila: ngokungaqinisekiyo, kungenakucholwa kwi-militarism. Imfazwe, ukuba kungenjalo namhlanje ngomso - kwindawo ethile - ithathwa ngokungenakufumaneka kuyo yonke i-verbiage evela kwii-sanctums zangaphakathi zamandla. Kunzima nje ngokuba "ukubhikisha," okuyiyo intsingiselo ebhaliweyo, ikhutshwe kwii-corridors of power, ngokuqhelekileyo iphethwe kumajelo aseburhulumenteni njenge-tirade engenasiphelo okanye ukungathandabuzeki.

Ulwimi loxolo alukho amandla. Eyona ndlela, "ukuxhalaleka kwemfazwe" yoluntu kunokubangela ubuninzi beengxaki kwi-injini yemveliso yezempi ye-geopolitics. Ekuvukeni kweNtshonalanga ye-Asia ye-holocaust eyaziwayo, e-United States, njengemfazwe yaseVietnam, ngokomzekelo, iminyaka engamashumi amabini e "Vietnam Syndrome" yayinganiselwe kwimikhosi yaseMerika ukuba iqhube iimfazwe kwiMbindi yaseMelika kunye nokungena kwe-Grenada, I-Panama kwaye, ewe, e-Iraq.

I-Vietnam Syndrome yayingekho ngaphezu kokutshiswa komntu kunye nokuphelelwa ithemba. Akuzange ibe yimihlaba yezopolitiko ibe yinguqu ehlala njalo, okanye amandla okwenene ezopolitiko abaxhasi bezoxolo. Ekugqibeleni yaxhaswa yi-9-11 kunye ne-(eqinisekisiweyo) emfazweni. Uxolo luye lwahlulwa ngokusemgangathweni ukuba lube nesimo sokucinga.

Inani leencwadi zikaSwitanson, ezithetha ibali lePact Kellogg-Briand Pact, eligunyazisiweyo nguMongameli uCalvin Coolidge kwi-1929, kukuba lizisa ixesha elilibalekileyo ebomini, ixesha-ngaphambi kokugxininiswa kwezakhiwo zemikhosi yemikhosi kunye ukuguqulwa kwamashishini ombane - xa uxolo, oko kukuthi, ihlabathi elingenanto yemfazwe, liyimpumelelo kwaye iphela yimihlaba kwaye abapolitiki abaqhelekileyo babenokubona imfazwe into eyayiyiyo: isihogo esixutywe nongento. Ukungaphumeleli kwintlekele yeMfazwe Yehlabathi I kwakusasaweni enkulu ebuntwini; kwakungazange kuthandwe. Ubuntu bufuna uxolo. Nangona imali enkulu yayifuna uxolo. Ingcamango yemfazwe yayisecaleni lesigxina esingenamthetho kwaye, ngokwenene, ubugebengu.

Ukwazi oku kubalulekile. Ukwazi ukuba ukunyakaza uxolo lwe-1920s kunokufikelela ngokugqithiseleyo kwiipolitiki zamazwe ngamazwe kufuneka kuqinisekiswe wonke umlindi wokuthula emhlabeni. I-Kellogg-Briand Pact, ebhaliweyo nguNobhala weeNkokheli kaRhulumente wase-United States uFrank B. Kellogg kunye nomphathiswa wamazwe angaphandle waseFransi u-Aristide Briand, uhlala e-political lodestar.

"Ukuqonda ngokucacileyo umsebenzi wabo wokunyusa intlalo yoluntu. . . "

Ngaba unokucinga, nje ngomzuzwana nje, ukuba ingqibelelo leyo ingadlula yonke "iminqweno" emncinci enokuthi ihlwele iikorori zamandla?

URobert Koehler ungumklomelo, umlobi we-Chicago-based and writer's syndicated writer. Yakhe incwadi, Isibindi Siya Kukhula Kwisilonda (I-Xenos Press), iyafumaneka. Nxibelelana naye koehlercw@gmail.com okanye tyelela iwebhusayithi yakhe commonwonders.com.

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