NguWinslow Myers
Kutheni le nto impindezelo kufuneka ibe sisicwangciso esihlala sihleli ebantwini-eyona nto singayithandiyo nesiyoyika kakhulu ngabachasi bethu? Ulawulo lwehlokondiba sisilingo esicinga ukuba sikhule ngaphaya, kodwa ngaba siyenzile? Amajelo eendaba kunye nabathandi bemfazwe abanje ngoSenators uGraham kunye neMcCain bay ngegazi, bebeka uxinzelelo olukhulu kuMongameli ukuba angene kwimfazwe yesithathu yoMbindi Mpuma. Ukunqanda ileyibhile ye-wimp, uMnumzana Obama kwafuneka athethe into ayithethileyo kwintetho yakhe kwisizwe malunga neqhinga lakhe elichasene ne-ISIS, kodwa into awayeyithethile yayiyinguqulelo emnandi yeparadigm yempindezelo.
Intlungu yokulahlekelwa ngabazali bakaJim Foley kunye noSteven Sotloff ingaphaya kokuqonda. Kodwa ngaba intlungu yabo yahluke ngokupheleleyo kwintlungu egquba ehlabathini lonke yogonyamelo nemfazwe eye yaviwa ngabazali babantwana ababuleweyo ishiywe nje engqondweni?—Intlungu yase-Aleppo, intlungu yoomama baseGaza, intlungu yabamsulwa baseBaghdad abafumanisa Bona ngokwabo kwisiphelo esingalunganga somothuko kunye noloyiko, iintlungu zabathathi-nxaxheba bomtshato e-Afghanistan ziqhunyiswe phantsi kweliso elingenalusini le-drones, ukoyikeka kwabantu kufuneka batsibe kumawele eenqaba ukunqanda ukutshiswa bephila.
Xa sisala ukufunxa ingqondo yehlokondiba elinempindezelo, sibona umjikelo wogonyamelo ngokufanelekileyo, kuquka nendima yethu kuwo—njengamagunya obukoloniyali awadala imida engqongqo kuMbindi Mpuma ekupheleni kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I, kwaye kutshanje abahlali beniyo-koloniyali abangenakusebenza ngokulinganayo abaneenjongo ezingaqondakaliyo. Sibona i-atomization ye-Hobbesian yongquzulwano eye yafikelela kummandla: i-US kunye ne-Iran zixhasa i-Iraq. I-Iran, i-Iraq, iRashiya kunye nemikhosi yaseShia ixhasa uAssad. I-US kunye neGulf States zifuna ukuqulatha i-Iran kwaye ziyithintele ukuba ihambe ngenyukliya. I-Gulf States, i-US kunye nama-Sunni amajoni afuna ukoyisa u-Assad. AmaKurds, i-Iran, i-US kunye ne-Iraq bafuna ukunqoba i-ISIS, njengokuba amaKurds azuze kwisiphithiphithi esidalwe yi-ISIS. Kwi-United States, engazange ibonwe njengeqela elingenamdla, ukungenelela kwezomkhosi kwesi sityu yimpambano.
Asazi ngokwaneleyo malunga neenjongo ze-ISIS ukuze siqiniseke ukuba yintoni abafuna ukuyifeza ngokunqunyulwa kwentloko. Ebusweni bayo, izenzo ezinjalo ezinyanyekayo zibonakala ziyimpendulo eqhubekayo kumjikelezo ongapheliyo weso ngeso kunye nezinyo ngezinyo-njenge-9-11 ngokwayo. Inkokeli ye-ISIS yaphathwa kakubi e-Abu Ghraib. I-US yaphosa iibhombu kumajoni e-ISIS. Kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba bacinge ukuba inzuzo yobuchule inokufunyanwa ngokurhwebesha e-US kunye namahlakani ayo-mhlawumbi ukumanya amaqela aqhekekayo ngokuchasene notshaba oluqhelekileyo-thina, ukuba sikhetha ukufunxa kwakhona.
Okona kuqiniseke ngakumbi kukuba iinkqubo zokucinga zompindezelo ezinobundlobongela zinokuthatha ubomi obungaqhelekanga kumjikelo ongapheliyo wentiyo noloyiko, zisithintele ekucingeni ngaphandle kwebhokisi ebambekayo yokusabela okunyanzelekileyo emkhosini. Nokuba sidinwe kangakanani yimfazwe, siziva sithukwa kwaye singenamandla-kwaye oko kusikhokelela ekubeni sicinge ukuba asinayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokuzama imfazwe kwakhona.
Siyazi kumava anzima siya kugqiba ukuchitha imali eninzi ukoyisa i-ISIS ngeendlela zomkhosi, sicinga ukuba nayiphi na into ebizwa ngokuba yikoyiswa ayidali iintshaba ezininzi kunokuba itshabalalise. Sinezinye iindlela. Ukongezwa kumaphulo ethu angenasiphelo e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, khawufane ucinge isixa-mali esingekho mthethweni esiphantse salingana nekota yento esiyichithileyo kwezo mfazwe iba sisixhobo esikhoyo sokwenza into ngaphandle kwebhokisi yemfazwe. Kule paradigm ingenye, ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo, nakweliphi na iqela, kuya kuba yinombolo ezenzekelayo. Oko kugalela ipetroli kuphela emlilweni.
Enye imodeli engenye yiGlobal Marshall Plan kaRabbi uMichael Lerner (http://spiritualprogressives.org/newsite/?page_id=114), intshayelelo yayo ethi: “Kwinkulungwane yama-21, ukhuseleko lwethu nempilontle yethu ixhomekeke kwintlalo-ntle yabantu. bonke abanye abantu kwesi sijikelezi-langa kunye nempilo yesi sijikelezi-langa ngokwaso. Indlela ebalulekileyo yokubonakalisa le nkathalo nge-Global Marshall Plan eya kunikezela i-1-2% ye-Gross Domestic Product yonyaka ngamnye e-US kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini ezayo ukuphelisa ubuhlwempu basekhaya kunye nehlabathi jikelele, ukungabi namakhaya, indlala, imfundo engafanelekanga, kunye nokungonelanga. ukhathalelo lwempilo kunye nokulungisa umonakalo owenziwe kokusingqongileyo . . . ”
Ububele obunjalo obuqhelekileyo bunceda ukunciphisa iinjongo ze-ISIS zokuhlasela iithagethi zaseNtshona kwaye zihlukanise abantu abagqithileyo ngokwakha ubudlelwane kunye nesininzi sabantu abaya kuba nombulelo ngoncedo lokwenene loluntu. Lixesha elidlulileyo lokuba i-US iyeke ukucinga kwayo ukuba ukugalela umkhosi okrwada ngakumbi kunokuphelisa, kunokuba kuqiniswe, ubutshaba bezizwe buqhekeza lo mmandla. UGeorge W. Bush ngowama-2002: “Ndikhohlise kanye, shame—intloni. Ndikhohlise—awunakuphinda ukhohliswe.” Kungcono sithembe ukuba akunjalo.
UWinslow Myers, umbhali we "Living Beyond War: a Citizen's Guide," ubhalele i-Peacevoice kwaye ukhonza kwiBhodi yeeNgcebiso yePhulo lokuThintela iMfazwe.
