UKhetho olulusizi lwase-US lokubeka phambili iMfazwe ngaphezulu koXolo

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NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, UEpreli 3, 2023

Ngendlela eqaqambileyo Op-Ed papashwa kwi ENew York Times, IQuincy Institute's Trita Parsi ichaze indlela iTshayina, ngoncedo oluvela eIraq, yakwazi ngayo ukulamla kunye nokusombulula impixano enzulu phakathi kwe-Iran neSaudi Arabia, ngelixa iUnited States yayingenandawo yokwenza oko emva kokudibana nobukumkani baseSaudi ngokuchasene. Iran iminyaka emininzi.

Isihloko senqaku leParsi, "I-US ayingoMenzi woXolo oNgafunekanga," bhe kisela kulowo wayesakuba nguNobhala weLizwe uMadeleine Albright wasebenzisa igama elithi “isizwe esiyimfuneko” ukuchaza indima yase-US kwihlabathi lasemva kweMfazwe ebandayo. Into ehlekisayo ekusetyenzisweni kukaParsi kwegama lika-Albright kukuba wayelisebenzisa ngokubanzi ukubhekisa kwimfazwe yase-US, hayi uxolo.

Ngo-1998, u-Albright watyelela uMbindi Mpuma emva koko e-United States ukuya kuhlanganisa inkxaso kuMongameli uClinton kwesoyikiso sokuqhubhisa i-Iraq. Emva kokusilela ukufumana inkxaso kuMbindi Mpuma, waphumelela Wamelana ngokuphoxayo nangemibuzo enzima ngexesha lomsitho kamabonakude kwiYunivesithi yaseOhio State, kwaye wabonakala kuMboniso wanamhlanje ngentsasa elandelayo ukuphendula inkcaso yoluntu kwindawo elawulwa ngakumbi.

Albright zifunyenwe, “..ukuba kufuneka sisebenzise amandla, kungenxa yokuba singaseMelika; singabo kubalulekile isizwe. Sima ubude kwaye sibona phambili kunamanye amazwe kwixesha elizayo, kwaye sibona apha ingozi kuthi sonke. Ndiyazi ukuba amadoda nabafazi baseMelika abanxibe iyunifomu bahlala bekulungele ukuncama inkululeko, idemokhrasi kunye nendlela yokuphila yaseMelika. "

Ukulungela kuka-Albright ukuthatha imibingelelo yemikhosi yaseMelika kunikwe wayesele emfake engxakini xa wabuza ngodumo uNjengele Colin Powell, "Yintoni eluncedo lokuba nalo mkhosi ubalaseleyo osoloko uthetha ngawo ukuba asikwazi ukuwusebenzisa?" UPowell wabhala kwiinkumbulo zakhe, "Ndandicinga ukuba ndiza kuba ne-aneurysm."

Kodwa uPowell ngokwakhe kamva wanikezela kwiineocons, okanye "amageza” njengoko wayebabiza ngasese, waza wafunda ubuxoki ababuqambileyo ukuzama ukuthethelela uhlaselo olungekho mthethweni lwe-Iraq kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko leUN ngoFebruwari 2003.

Kule minyaka ingama-25 idlulileyo, abalawuli bawo omabini amaqela baye banikezela “kumageza” ngalo lonke ixesha. I-rhetoric ye-Albright kunye ne-neocons 'ekhethekileyo, ngoku ihamba ngokusemgangathweni kwi-spectrum yezopolitiko zase-US, ikhokelela i-United States kwiingxabano kwihlabathi jikelele, ngendlela engathandabuzekiyo, ye-Manichean echaza icala elixhasayo njengecala lokulungileyo kunye nelinye icala njenge. ububi, ukuvala naliphi na ithuba lokuba iUnited States ingadlala indima yomlamli ongakhethi buso okanye othembekileyo.

Namhlanje, oku kuyinyani kwimfazwe yaseYemen, apho i-US yakhetha ukujoyina umanyano olukhokelwa yi-Saudi eyenze ubugwenxa bemfazwe obucwangcisiweyo, endaweni yokungathathi hlangothi kunye nokugcina ukuthembeka kwayo njengomlamli onokubakho. Ikwasebenza, eyona nto idume kakhulu, kwitshekhi engenanto yase-US yobundlobongela obungapheliyo bakwa-Israeli ngokuchasene namaPalestine, nto leyo ebangela ukuba iinzame zabo zokulamla zingaphumeleli.

E-China, nangona kunjalo, ngumgaqo-nkqubo wayo wokungathathi hlangothi oye wayenza yakwazi ukulamla isivumelwano soxolo phakathi kwe-Iran ne-Saudi Arabia, kwaye kuyafana kuxolo oluyimpumelelo lwe-African Union. thethwano e-Ethiopia, nakwi-Turkey ethembisayo mbululo phakathi kweRashiya kunye ne-Ukraine, enokuthi iphelile ukubulawa kwabantu e-Ukraine kwiinyanga zayo ezimbini zokuqala kodwa ukuzimisela kwe-American ne-Bhritane ukuqhubeka nokuzama ukunyanzela kunye nokwenza buthathaka iRashiya.

Kodwa ukungathathi cala kuye kwaba sisiqalekiso kubaqulunqi bomgaqo-nkqubo baseMelika. Isoyikiso sikaGeorge W. Bush esithi, “Ukunye nathi okanye unxamnye nathi,” ibe yingcinga esisiseko, ukuba ayithethwa, yomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wenkulungwane yama-21 wase-US.

Impendulo yoluntu lwaseMelika malunga nokungavisisani kwengqondo phakathi kweengcinga zethu ezingalunganga malunga nehlabathi kunye nehlabathi lokwenyani abaqhubeka bengqubana nalo ibe kukuguqukela ngaphakathi kwaye bamkele i-ethos yobuntu. Oku kunokusuka kwiNew Age yokungabandakanywa ngokomoya ukuya kwisimo sengqondo se-chauvinistic America First. Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela ethatha ngayo ngamnye wethu, iyasivumela ukuba sizicenge ukuba ukuduma okukude kweebhombu, nangona ubukhulu becala. American abo, akuyongxaki yethu.

Imithombo yeendaba yase-US iye yaqinisekisa kwaye yandisa ukungazi kwethu ngokugqithisileyo ukunciphisa Ukuhanjiswa kweendaba zangaphandle kunye nokuguqula iindaba zikamabonwakude zibe ligumbi leecho eliqhutywa yinzuzo elinabantu abaziingqondi kwizitudiyo ababonakala besazi kancinci ngehlabathi kunathi sonke.

Uninzi lwezopolitiko zase-US ngoku ziphakama ngoku ukunyoba okusemthethweni inkqubo ukusuka ekuhlaleni ukuya kwilizwe ukuya kwezopolitiko zelizwe, kwaye ufike eWashington engazi nto malunga nomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle. Oku kubashiya besengozini njengoluntu kwi-neocon cliches efana neshumi okanye elinesibini elipakishwe kwizizathu ezingacacanga zika-Albright zokubhobhoza i-Iraq: inkululeko, idemokhrasi, indlela yokuphila yaseMelika, ukuma ubude, ingozi kuthi sonke, singaseMelika, sibaluleke kakhulu. isizwe, idini, amadoda nabafazi baseMelika abanxibe iyunifomu, kwaye "kufuneka sisebenzise amandla."

Ejongene nodonga oluluqilima olunjalo lokuqhubela phambili kwesizwe, amaRiphabhlikhi kunye neeDemocrats ngokufanayo bashiye umgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle ngokuqinileyo kwizandla ezinamava kodwa ezibulalayo ze-neocons, ezizise ihlabathi kuphela isiphithiphithi kunye nobundlobongela iminyaka engama-25.

Onke kodwa awona malungu eCongress anenkqubela phambili okanye alwela inkululeko ahamba kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo engqubana nelizwe lokwenyani kangangokuba abeka emngciphekweni wokulitshabalalisa, nokuba yimfazwe ehlala iqatsela okanye ngokungazibulali kwintlekele yemozulu kunye nelinye ilizwe lokwenyani. iingxaki ekufuneka sisebenzisane namanye amazwe ukuzicombulula ukuba siza kusinda.

Akumangalisi ukuba abantu baseMelika bacinge ukuba iingxaki zehlabathi azinakunyibilika kwaye uxolo alunakufumaneka, kuba ilizwe lethu lisebenzise kakubi ixesha lalo lolawulo lwehlabathi ukuseyisela ukuba kunjalo. Kodwa le migaqo-nkqubo lukhetho, kwaye kukho ezinye iindlela, njengoko i-China kunye namanye amazwe ebonisa ngokumangalisayo. Umongameli uLula da Silva waseBrazil uceba ukwenza "iklabhu yoxolo” wezizwe ezidalela uxolo ukuze zibe ngumlamli wokupheliswa kwemfazwe yaseUkraine, yaye oku kunika ithemba elitsha loxolo.

Ngexesha lephulo lakhe lonyulo kunye nonyaka wakhe wokuqala e-ofisini, uMongameli Biden ephindaphinda thembiso ukungenisa ixesha elitsha lozakuzaku lwaseMelika, emva kwamashumi eminyaka emfazwe kunye nokurekhoda inkcitho yasemkhosini. UZach Vertin, ngoku ongumcebisi omkhulu kuMmeli we-UN uLinda Thomas-Greenfield, wabhala ngo-2020 iinzame zika-Biden “zokwakha kwakhona iSebe leLizwe elidiliziweyo” kufuneka zibandakanye ukuseka “iyunithi yenkxaso yolamlo… enabasebenzi abaziingcali abagunya labo kukuqinisekisa ukuba oozakuzaku bethu banezixhobo abazidingayo ukuze baphumelele ukwenza uxolo.”

Ukuphendula okuncinci kukaBiden kolu mnxeba usuka eVertin nakwabanye ekugqibeleni yavulwa ngoMatshi ka-2022, emva kokuba ewachithile amanyathelo ozakuzo eRussia kwaye iRussia yahlasela iUkraine. IYunithi yeNkxaso yoNxibelelwano entsha yeSebe leSizwe inabasebenzi abancinci abathathu ababekwe kwi-Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. Lo ngumda wokuzibophelela komqondiso weBiden ekwenzeni uxolo, njengoko ucango lweshedi lujinga emoyeni kunye nezine. abakhweli bamahashe I-apocalypse - iMfazwe, iNdlala, uloyiso kunye noKufa - zibaleka emhlabeni wonke.

Njengoko uZach Vertin wabhala, "Kuhlala kucingelwa ukuba ulamlo kunye nothethathethwano zizakhono ezifumaneka lula kuye nabani na obandakanyeka kwezopolitiko okanye kwidiplomacy, ngakumbi oonozakuzaku abangamagqala kunye nabo baqeshwe ngurhulumente. Kodwa akunjalo: Ulamlo lobuchwephesha lishishini elikhethekileyo, elidla ngokuba nobuchule obuphezulu, ngokwalo lodwa.”

Ukutshatyalaliswa okukhulu kwemfazwe kukwayinto ekhethekileyo kunye nezobugcisa, kwaye i-United States ngoku ityala imali kufutshane ne- iitriliyoni zeerandi ngonyaka kuyo. Ukuqeshwa kwabasebenzi abathathu beSebe leLizwe abancinci ukuba bazame ukudala uxolo kwihlabathi eligrogriswayo kwaye besoyikiswa ngumatshini wemfazwe welizwe labo letriliyoni yeedola kuphela kuqinisekisa ukuba uxolo asiyonto iphambili kurhulumente wase-US.

By umahluko, I-European Union idale iQela layo leNkxaso yokuLamla kwi-2009 kwaye ngoku inamalungu eqela angama-20 asebenza namanye amaqela asuka kumazwe e-EU. ISebe leZizwe eziManyeneyo leMicimbi yezoPolitiko noLwakhiwo loXolo linabasebenzi be 4,500, yasasazeka kulo lonke ihlabathi.

Intlekele yediplomacy yaseMelika namhlanje kukuba yidiplomacy yemfazwe, hayi uxolo. Ezona zinto ziphambili kwiSebe likaRhulumente ayikokwenza uxolo, okanye nokuphumelela iimfazwe, nto leyo ethe iUnited States yasilela ukuzenza ukusukela ngo-1945, ngaphandle kokubuyiselwa kweendawo ezincinci zeniyo-koloniyali eGrenada, ePanama naseKuwait. Eyona nto iphambili kuyo kukuxhaphaza amanye amazwe ukuba ajoyine imanyano yemfazwe ekhokelwa yi-US kwaye athenge izixhobo zase-US, ukuthulisa. ibiza uxolo kwiqonga lezizwe ngezizwe, ukunyanzelisa umthetho ongekho mthethweni nobulalayo Izohlwayo ezinyanzelwayo, kunye nokukhohlisa amanye amazwe ukuba angene ukubingelela abantu babo kwiimfazwe zeproxy zase-US.

Isiphumo kukugcina ukusasaza ubundlobongela kunye nesiphithiphithi kwihlabathi liphela. Ukuba sifuna ukunqanda abalawuli bethu ukuba bahambe nathi ukuya kwimfazwe yenyukliya, intlekele yemozulu kunye nokutshabalala okukhulu, kungcono ukuba sisuse iimfama zethu kwaye siqale ukugxininisa kwimigaqo-nkqubo ebonisa ithuku lethu elingcono kunye nezinto esizithandayo, endaweni yeminqweno yabafudumala kunye nokufudumala. abarhwebi bokufa, abazuza ngemfazwe.

UMedea Benjamin kunye noNicolas JS Davies bangababhali be Imfazwe e-Ukraine: Ukwenza ingqiqo yongquzulwano olungenangqiqo, epapashwe ngabakwa-OR Books ngoNovemba ka-2022.

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