NguDavid Swanson
Unokuxolelwa ngokucinga ukuba imithetho zizinto ezinzulu. Xa ubaphula, ungatshixelwa ehokweni amashumi eminyaka. Ayinyani kubathengisi bezixhobo zexesha elikhulu njengorhulumente wase-US.
Kwiminyaka emibini emva kokudalwa kweArms Trade Treaty, iindaba Ngaba iyasilela eYemen. Ndicinezelwe ukuba ndibone ukuba kutheni kungenjalo, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ukusilela kuyo yonke indawo. Abathengisi beempahla baqhubeka bejongana nezixhobo ngamashumi amabhiliyoni eedola ngokuchanekileyo ngokungathi akukho nto ishintshile.
Lapha (ukuhlonishwa kwefayile ye-Amazon yedatha exhaswa nge-CIA) kuyisitshixo itekisi yomnqophiso:
". . . Umbutho kaRhulumente awuyi kugunyazisa naluphi na ugqithiso lwezixhobo eziqhelekileyo. . . ukuba unolwazi ngexesha lokugunyaziswa ukuba izixhobo okanye izinto ziya kusetyenziswa kwikhomishini yohlanga, ulwaphulo-mthetho ngokuchasene noluntu, ulwaphulo-mthetho olubi kakhulu kwiiNdibano zeGeneva zika-1949, uhlaselo olujolise kwizinto zabantu okanye abantu abakhuselweyo njalo, okanye enye imfazwe ulwaphulo-mthetho njengoko luchazwa zizivumelwano zamazwe aphesheya apho iliqela. . . . ”
Umthengisi wezixhobo ophambili, urhulumente wase-US, akasamkelanga isivumelwano seArms Trade. Umthengisi kwindawo yesibini kwizixhobo zokufa, iRussia, akanayo. Akunjalo neChina. Ngokuqinisekileyo iFrance, i-United Kingdom, kunye neJamani ziyivumile, kodwa kubonakala ngathi zinobunzima bokuyihoya. Baye bayivuma indibano kwiibhombu ezisebenzisanayo kodwa, ubuncinci kwimeko yase-UK, ungayihoyi naloo nto. (I-US iye yanqumama okwethutyana ukuthengisa kwayo iibhombu ezisebenzisanayo, kodwa ayasivuma isivumelwano.)
Kwaye nezinye iindibano ze-87 ziye zavuma iSivumelwano soShishino lwezoLimo, akukho naluphi na izixhobo ezibalulekileyo ezijongene nomlinganiselo we-6 ephezulu, kodwa ininzi ephulaphula umnqophiso ngezindlela zazo ezincinci.
I-US inemithetho efanayo efanayo kwiincwadi zayo sele zide kwaye zide. Ukungayithobeli, okanye ukusebenzisa iikhono lokuzikhupha, kuye kwaba yinto eqhelekileyo. I-United States ikude kwaye ingekho umthengisi omkhulu, izixhobo, umvelisi wezixhobo, umthengi wezixhobo, umhlanguli wezixhobo kumazwe ahluphekileyo, kunye nomhlanguli wezixhobo kuMbindi Mpuma. Ithengisa okanye inike izixhobo kuzo zonke iintlobo zeentlanga ngokungathi akukho zithintelo ezisetyenziswayo. Sekunjalo, nantsi iminye imithetho yase-United States iphantse ihle ngokwaneleyo ukuba ifake eludongeni:
Alukho uncedo oluza kunikezelwa phantsi lo Mthetho okanye uMthetho woLawulo lokuThumela ngaphandle kweArms kunoma yiphina iyunithi yemikhosi yokhuseleko yelizwe langaphandle ukuba uNobhala kaRhulumente unolwazi oluchanekileyo lokuba inyunithi yenzile ukuphulwa ngokubanzi kwamalungelo abantu. . . .
". . . Kwimali enikezelwe kwiSebe lezoKhuselo, akukho nanye enokusetyenziselwa naluphi na uqeqesho, izixhobo, okanye olunye uncedo kwiyunithi yomkhosi wokhuseleko welinye ilizwe ukuba uNobhala Wezomkhosi unolwazi oluchanekileyo lokuba iyunithi yenze ulwaphulo mthetho amalungelo. ”
Kwaye kukho le:
“Izithintelo eziqulathwe kwi eli candelo Faka isicelo malunga nelizwe ukuba uNobhala welizwe ugqiba ukuba urhulumente welo lizwe unikezele ngenkxaso kwizenzo zobunqolobi zamanye amazwe. . . . ”
Le nto ingabhalwa ngokuncediswa ngogonywa lwezokwelapha:
Akukho sixhobo siza kuthengiswa okanye sihlawulwe nguRhulumente wase-US phantsi kwesi sahluko nakweliphi na ilizwe okanye umbutho wamazwe ngamazwe. . . ngaphandle kokuba -
(1) uMongameli ufumanisa ukuba ukubonelela. . . kwilizwe elinjalo okanye intlangano yamazwe ngamazwe kuya kuqinisa ukhuseleko lwe-United States nokukhuthaza uxolo lwehlabathi. . . . ”
Oku kunokuza njengeendaba ezothusayo, kodwa akukho nasinye kwizixhobo zentengiso ezenziwe yi-United States okanye naliphi na ilizwe okwangoku kwimbali yehlabathi ekhuthaze uxolo lwehlabathi. Akukho namnye unciphise-ngokuchaseneyo, bonke bonyukile-ubunqolobi. Zonke zenze ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo abantu. Zonke zigqithisiwe ngolwazi lokuba ziya kusetyenziswa ngokuchasene nabemi kunye nokuphula imithetho yamanye amazwe. Nazi ezinye zezo mithetho:
". . . Amandla asayinayo ayavuma ukusebenzisa yonke imizamo yokuqinisekisa ukuzinziswa koxolo kweeyantlukwano zehlabathi. Kwimeko yokungavisisani okunzulu okanye ungquzulwano, ngaphambi kokubhena kwezomkhosi, aMagunya asayinayo ayavuma ukuba afune uncedo, kangangoko iimeko zivuma, kwiiofisi ezilungileyo okanye kulamlo lweGunya elinye okanye nangaphezulu elinobuhlobo. ”
The I-Kellogg-Briand iPact ye-1928:
AmaQela aThintelweyo aPhezulu ayavuma ukuba ukusonjululwa okanye ukusonjululwa kwazo zonke iimbambano okanye ungquzulwano lwalo naluphi na uhlobo okanye nayiphi imvelaphi enokuthi ivele, enokuvela phakathi kwabo, ayinakuze ifunwe ngaphandle kweendlela zoxolo.
The Umqulu weZizwe eziManyeneyo:
“Onke amaLungu aya kusombulula iimbambano zawo kwilizwe lonke ngendlela yoxolo ngendlela yokuba uxolo kunye nokukhuseleka kwezizwe ngezizwe, kunye nobulungisa, zingabinabungozi. Onke amaLungu aya kuyeka ubudlelwane bawo bamanye amazwe kwisoyikiso okanye ukusetyenziswa kwamandla ngokuchasene nomhlaba okanye inkululeko yezopolitiko yalo naliphi na ilizwe. . . . ”
I-United States iye yanqumamisa okwethutyana ezinye izixhobo zayo zokuthengisa eSaudi Arabia, ngelixa iqhubeka nezinye kwaye iqhubeka nokwenza imfazwe kunye ne-Saudi Arabia ngokuchasene nabantu base-Yemen. Oku akukho ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi kokophula umthetho kunye nokuziphatha kunokuthengisa izixhobo zase-US e-Iraq okanye eSouth Korea okanye (izipho) kwa-Israyeli okanye e-United States uqobo. Akukho sixa sigqwetha sokuphinda siguqule isigama, inkcazo ekhethiweyo "yobunqolobi," okanye ukunciphisa into ebalwa "njengelungelo lomntu" inokutshintsha loo nto.
Ukanti oonovenkile baya entolongweni ngelixa abathengisi bezixhobo behamba bekhululekile. Akukho nanye kwezi zizwe zibulala abantu ezisombulula okanye nokuzama ukusombulula iimbambano zayo ngendlela ye-pacific ngaphandle kokuba wonke umntu osebenzisa i-heroin engumzekelo ongummi, kodwa izixhobo-ezifana neziyobisi-zihlala zihamba.
INkundla yamaTyala oLwaphulo-mthetho yaMazwe ngaMazwe iyalivuma ilungelo lokutshutshisa ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe (kuphela "ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe") okanye ukucela umngeni kumagunya aphezulu e-UN (ngokufanayo abathengisi bezixhobo abaphambili behlabathi) okanye ukutshutshisa ulwaphulo-mthetho ngabantu abangengawo amalungu e-ICC imimandla yabangengomalungu. Ukanti xa u-Barack Obama ebulala abantu kwii-Philippines (ilungu), i-ICC ithe cwaka. Kwaye e-Afghanistan (elinye ilungu) icebisa ukuba ngaminazana ithile ibone kufanelekile ukuvula umtshutshisi.
Kucacile ukuba impendulo yalo mxokelelwano ayiyikuthi ingabi namthetho. Nazi izimpendulo ezithile:
Tshela i-ICC ukuba ityhutshise bonke abaphuli-mthetho ngokulinganayo.
Yenza uxinzelelo lolwahlulo lwabathengi bezixhobo.
Xelela umongameli olandelayo wase-US ukuba asizukulwa mfazwe.
Joyina intshukumo yokubuyisela imfazwe ngokuziphatha okubulumko.
