Xa abasebenzi bezoXolo baxhamla kunye neSizwe soxolo

NguDavid Swanson

Bendiyinxalenye yengxoxo ngoLwesibini ebandakanya ukungavisisani okukhulu kunayo nayiphi na iboniswe kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yabagqatswa bomongameli beDemokhrasi ngobo busuku. Iqela labalwela uxolo ladibana nomongameli, ilungu lebhodi, abanye oosekela mongameli, kunye nogxa omkhulu kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yi-US Institute of Peace, iziko likarhulumente wase-US elichitha amashumi ezigidi zeerandi minyaka le kwizinto ezinxulumene noko. eluxolweni (kubandakanya ukukhuthaza iimfazwe) kodwa okwangoku ayichasanga imfazwe enye yase-US kwimbali yayo ye-30 yeminyaka.

(Ifoto kaDavid Swanson kunye noNancy Lindborg ngu-Alli McCracken.)

Ngaphandle kwe-CNN's Anderson Cooper apho ukuze asikhwelise kwimiba kubizo lwegama kunye nobuncinci, sijuba ngqo kwinto. Umsantsa phakathi kwenkcubeko yabalweli boxolo kunye ne-US Institute of "Peace" (USIP) mkhulu.

Siye sadala kwaye sathatha ithuba lokuhambisa uxwebhu lwezikhalazo onokuthi ulusayine ukuba awukalutyikityi, ikhuthaza i-USIP ukuba isuse kwibhodi yayo abaqhubi bemfazwe abaziwayo kunye namalungu ebhodi zeenkampani zezixhobo. Uxwebhu lwezikhalazo lukwacebisa izimvo ezininzi zeeprojekthi eziluncedo i-USIP enokusebenzela kuzo. Ndabloga ngale nto ngaphambili Apha kwaye Apha.

Sibonise ngoLwesibini kwisakhiwo esitsha esihle se-USIP ecaleni kweSikhumbuzo saseLincoln. Ukukrolwa kwibhastile ngamagama abaxhasi be-USIP, ukusuka kwi-Lockheed Martin ukuhla ngezixhobo ezininzi eziphambili kunye nemibutho yeoli.

Kwintlanganiso yombutho woxolo kwakukho uMedea Benjamin, uKevin Zeese, uMichaela Anang, uAlli McCracken, kunye nam. Abamele i-USIP yayinguMongameli uNancy Lindborg, uSekela Mongameli obambeleyo kuMbindi Mpuma kunye ne-Afrika Centre uManal Omar, uMlawuli we-Peace Funders Collaborative Steve Riskin, iLungu leBhodi uJoseph Eldridge, kunye noMlingane oPhezulu wePolisi uMaria Stephan. Bathabatha imizuzu engama-90 nangaphezulu ukuthetha nathi kodwa babonakala bengenamdla wokuphumeza nasiphi na isicelo sethu.

Babanga ukuba iBhodi yayingengomqobo kuyo nantoni na abafuna ukuyenza, ngoko kwakungekho sizathu sokutshintsha amalungu ebhodi. Babanga ukuba sele bezenzile ezinye zeeprojekthi esizicelileyo (kwaye sijonge phambili ekuboneni ezo nkcukacha), ukanti babengenamdla wokulandela nayiphi na kuzo.

Xa sasicebisa ukuba bathethelele ngokuchasene nomkhosi wase-US nangaliphi na inani leendlela ezinokwenzeka, baphendula ngezizathu ezimbalwa eziphambili zokungakwenzi oko. Okokuqala, bathi ukuba benza nantoni na engamkholisiyo iCongress, inkxaso-mali yabo iya koma. Yinyaniso leyo. Okwesibini, babebanga ukuba abanakuthethelela okanye bachase nantoni na kwaphela. Kodwa asiyonyani leyo. Baye bakhuthaza indawo ekungabhabhiyo kuyo eSyria, utshintsho lolawulo eSyria, ukuxhobisa izixhobo kunye nokuqeqesha ababulali eIraq naseSyria, kunye (ngoxolo ngakumbi) nokuxhasa isivumelwano senyukliya neIran. Banikela ubungqina phambi kweCongress kunye namajelo eendaba ngamaxesha onke, bekhuthaza izinto ezisekhohlo nasekunene. Andikhathali nokuba bayibiza le misebenzi ngenye into ngaphandle kokukhuthaza, ndingathanda ukubabona besenza okuninzi koko bakwenzileyo e-Iran nangaphantsi kwento abayenzileyo eSyria. Kwaye ngokomthetho bakhululekile ngokugqibeleleyo ukuba bathethelele nakumthetho ukuba nje ilungu leNkongolo libacela ukuba benze njalo.

Xa ndandiqala ukunxibelelana malunga nesibongozo sethu kunye ne-USIP baye babonakalisa umdla ekusebenzeni kwenye okanye ngaphezulu kweeprojekthi esizicebileyo, mhlawumbi kuquka neengxelo esizicebisayo kwisibongozo abasibhalayo. Xa ndabuza malunga nezo mbono ingxelo ngoLwesibini, impendulo yaba nje abanabasebenzi. Banamakhulu abasebenzi, bathi, kodwa bonke baxakekile. Baye benza amawaka ezibonelelo, batsho, kodwa abakwazanga ukwenza enye into enjalo.

Into enokunceda ekucaciseni intaphane yezizathu zokungxengxeza esiye sazinikwa yenye into endingekayichazi. I-USIP ibonakala ikholelwa ngokwenene emfazweni. Umongameli we-USIP uNancy Lindborg waba nempendulo engaqhelekanga xa ndacebisa ukuba ukumema uSenator uTom Cotton ukuba eze kuthetha e-USIP ngesidingo semfazwe ende e-Afghanistan yayiyingxaki. Uthe i-USIP kufuneka ikholise iCongress. Ewe kulungile. Emva koko wongeze ukuba ukholelwa ukuba kukho indawo yokungavumelani malunga nendlela esiza kulwenza ngayo uxolo e-Afghanistan, ukuba kukho iindlela ezingaphezu kwenye zoxolo. Ewe andikhange ndicinge ukuba "thina" siza kwenza uxolo e-Afghanistan, bendifuna ukuba "thina" siphume apho kwaye sivumele abantu base-Afghan baqalise ukusebenza kuloo ngxaki. Kodwa ndambuza uLindborg enoba enye yeendlela zakhe zoxolo yayiyimfazwe. Wandicela ukuba ndichaze imfazwe. Ndathi imfazwe kukusetyenziswa komkhosi waseUnited States ukubulala abantu. Wathi “imikhosi engalwi” inokuba yimpendulo. (Ndiyaqaphela ukuba kuko konke ukungalwi kwabo, abantu basatshiswa de bafe esibhedlele.)

ISiriya yavelisa imbono efanayo. Ngelixa uLindborg wabanga ukuba unyuso lwe-USIP lwemfazwe eSyria ibingumsebenzi ongekho semthethweni womsebenzi omnye, wayichaza imfazwe yaseSyria ngendlela esecaleni kwaye wabuza ukuba yintoni enokwenziwa ngozwilakhe onoburhalarhume njengo-Assad obulala abantu “ngomgqomo. iibhombu,” bekhalazela ukungabikho “kokwenza okuthile.” Wayekholelwa ukuba ukuqhushumba kwebhombu esibhedlele e-Afghanistan kuya kwenza uMongameli Obama abe mathidala ngakumbi ukusebenzisa amandla. (Ukuba oku kukuthandabuza, ndiyakuthiya ukubona ukulangazelela!)

Ke i-USIP yenza ntoni ukuba ayichasi imfazwe? Ukuba ayizukuchasa inkcitho yasemkhosini? Ukuba ayizukukhuthaza ukutshintshela kumashishini anoxolo? Ukuba akukho nto inokuyibeka emngciphekweni inkxaso-mali yayo, nguwuphi umsebenzi olungileyo ewukhuselayo? ULindborg uthe i-USIP ichithe ishumi leminyaka layo lokuqala isenza intsimi yezifundo zoxolo ngokuphuhlisa ikharityhulamu yayo. Ndiqinisekile ukuba yi-anachronistic kwaye iyabaxa, kodwa iya kunceda ukuchaza ukungabikho kwenkcaso yemfazwe kwiinkqubo zokufunda zoxolo.

Ukusukela ngoko, i-USIP isebenze kwiintlobo zezinto ezifundiswa kwiinkqubo zezifundo zoxolo ngamaqela axhasa ngemali emhlabeni kumazwe anenkathazo. Ngandlela ithile amazwe anenkathazo afumana ingqwalaselo enkulu adla ngokuba ngalawa afana neSyria urhulumente wase-US afuna ukuwabhukuqa, kunokuba lawo afana neBahrain urhulumente wase-US afuna ukuwaxhasa. Nangona kunjalo, mninzi umsebenzi olungileyo oxhaswa ngemali. Ngumsebenzi nje ongachasanga ngokuthe ngqo ukulwa ne-US. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba i-US ingoyena mthengisi wezixhobo eziphezulu kwihlabathi kunye nomtyali-mali ophezulu kunye nomsebenzisi wemfazwe emhlabeni, kwaye ngenxa yokuba akunakwenzeka ukwakha uxolo phantsi kweebhombu zase-US, lo msebenzi ulinganiselwe kakhulu.

Imiqobo i-USIP ephantsi kwayo okanye ekholelwa ukuba iphantsi okanye ayinangxaki nokuba phantsi kwayo (kwaye abathanda ukudala “iSebe loXolo” kufuneka bathathele ingqalelo) zezo zidalwe yiNkongolo yobuqhophololo neyomkhosi kunye ne-White House. USIP yatsho elubala kwintlanganiso yethu ukuba eyona ngxaki lunyulo lobuqhophololo. Kodwa xa elinye icandelo likarhulumente lenza into engaphantsi komkhosi kunelinye icandelo, njengokuthethathethana ngesivumelwano neIran, i-USIP inokudlala indima. Ke indima yethu, mhlawumbi, kukubakhuthaza ukuba badlale indima kangangoko, kunye nokuba kude kwingqumbo enjengokukhuthaza imfazwe eSyria (evakala ngathi banokushiya ubukhulu becala kumalungu ebhodi yabo ngoku).

Xa sasixoxa ngamalungu ebhodi ye-USIP kwaye asizange sifike ndawo, sacebisa ibhodi yengcebiso enokuthi ibandakanye amatshantliziyo oxolo. Ayizange ihambe loo nto. Ngoko ke sicebise ukuba benze unxibelelwano kumbutho woxolo. U-USIP wayeyithanda loo mbono. Ke, zilungiselele ukunxibelelana neZiko. Nceda uqale ngokusayina uxwebhu lwezikhalazo.