NguGerry Condon, uSekela Mongameli, amagqala oXolo
Njengegqala lexesha laseVietnam, ndanikela ingqalelo kakhulu kuNobhala Wezomkhosi uChuck Hagel Intetho yoSuku lwamagqala, inikezelwe kwiVietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. Unobhala uHagel, igqala lokulwa laseVietnam, ubhengeze ukuba kufuneka sifunde izifundo zeemfazwe ezidlulileyo, kwaye singenzi imikhosi yase-US kwiingxabano ezingathandekiyo, ezingaphumeleliyo. Wayebhekiselele kwiMfazwe yaseVietnam, kodwa wayenokuthi ngokulula wayechaza imisebenzi yase-US e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan.
Urhulumente wase-US kunye nomkhosi ngokucacileyo bazilahlekisile njengoko babelahlekisa abantu baseMelika, besithi le misebenzi yayiyimfuneko, ineenjongo ezicacileyo kwaye yayinokuphumelela. NjengaseVietnam, baxoka ngenkqubela phambili yabo e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Kwabakho ukukhanya ekupheleni kwetonela, saxelelwa, ukuba nje sinokuvumela “utyando” olunye.
Imisebenzi yase-US e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan ize ngexabiso elikhulu. Iibhiliyoni kwiibhiliyoni zeedola, ezifuneka kakhulu ekuphuculeni umgangatho wobomi babantu baseMelika, zachithwa kwiinkokeli ezinobuqhophololo kunye neekontraka zokhuselo. Kangangesigidi se-Iraqis kunye nama-Afghan, uninzi lwabantu abangabemi, baphulukana nobomi babo. Izigidi ezingakumbi zaba ziimbacu ezingenamakhaya neenkedama.
Amawaka amathandathu amajoni ase-US aphulukana nobomi bawo e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq, kwaye inani elikhulu ngakumbi lithathe ubomi babo ukusukela ekubuyeni kwabo emfazweni. Amakhulu amawaka amagqala aya kuqhubeka ehlupheka ngenxa yamanxeba asemzimbeni, ngokwasengqondweni nangokwesimilo, kwaye abaninzi bajoyina amagqala aseVietnam asahlala ezitratweni zezixeko zethu.
Eyona mpumelelo iphambili yale misebenzi yase-US ibe kukomelezwa kweTaliban e-Afghanistan, ukuyilwa komkhosi we-ISIL osisiseko e-Iraq naseSyria, kunye nokuphembelela igazi, iimfazwe zamakhaya eziya kuqhubeka iminyaka ezayo.
Ke ngaba sizifundile izifundo zembali njengoko uNobhala uHagel walumkisa ngoMhla wamaGqirha? Kuyabonakala ukuba akunjalo. Umongameli u-Obama ubhengeze kule veki ukuba ugunyazise ukuthumela imikhosi eyongezelelweyo ye-1500 e-Iraq ("ngesicelo sikaNobhala uHagel"). Jikelele uMartin Dempsey, uSihlalo weeNtloko zaBasebenzi abaManyeneyo, uxelele iCongress kule veki ukuba “ngokuqinisekileyo siyacinga” ukuthunyelwa kwemikhosi yokulwa yase-US e-Iraq.
Okwangoku, i-US iqhuba iphulo elinzima lokuqhushumba ngokuchasene nethagethi ye-ISIL kungekuphela nje e-Iraq, kodwa eSyria, apho abantu abangaphezu kwe-850 babulewe ziibhombu zase-US, kubandakanya nabemi abaninzi.
Iinkokeli zethu zasekuhlaleni kunye nemikhosi yomkhosi ngokucacileyo zisityeshela isifundo esisembindini sokunqotshwa kwe-US eVietnam: iibhombu zase-US kunye nemikhosi ayinakoyisa ukuvukela kwamanye amazwe; ngabantu baloo mazwe kuphela abakwimeko yokugqiba ikamva labo. Ngapha koko, i-US ayinalo ilungelo, ngokusemthethweni okanye ngokuziphatha, lokuhlasela ezinye izizwe.
Ukuba urhulumente wethu uyala ukufunda ezi zifundo, ngoko abantu kufuneka bavakalise amazwi ethu ngokuvakalayo nangokucacileyo. Asinakuvumela urhulumente wethu ukuba aqhubeke nokungcakaza ngegazi lethu elixabisekileyo kunye nobutyebi bethu, ephinda kabini kwimigaqo-nkqubo engaphumelelanga.
Amanqwanqwa Oxoloithumela umyalezo kwi-White House kunye neCongress. Sidiniwe ziimfazwe ezingenangqondo. Sifuna ukurhoxiswa kwangoko kwayo yonke imikhosi yase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Siyachasa ukubandakanyeka ngakumbi kwe-US kwimfazwe yamahlelo eSyria.
Njengezigidi zamagqala eemfazwe ezininzi zase-US, sikholelwa ukuba lixesha lokuba urhulumente wethu afunde izifundo zembali. Kunokuba sibuyele ngokuphindaphindiweyo kungenelelo lomkhosi egameni lezinto ezibizwa ngokuba "yiminqweno yase-US" (ngokuqhelekileyo iminqweno ye-1% ecebileyo, ethengwe ngegazi le-1%), sikholelwa ukuba ukubonisa intlonipho yokuzimela kwezinye iintlanga indlela eya kwikamva elingcono kubo bonke abantu, ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe.
