By UDavid Swanson, Februwari 14, 2018
Incwadi emangalisayo ka-Ana Baltzer Ingqina ePalestine: Umfazi ongumJamani waseMelika kwiiNdawo eziSebenza ihlaziywe kwiminyaka edlulileyo, kwaye ndiyifunde okokuqala. Endaweni engenabulungisa, kwaye -kuba kwenzeka nje - ngokungalunganga, impendulo yam yokuqala xa ndijika amaphepha okuqala yayisithi: Ngaba siyayidinga enye nenye yezi? Umntu ongumYuda ukholelwa inqwaba yeentsomi. Umntu ongumYuda uphikisana nenyani. Umntu ongumYuda uzama ukuvula amehlo abanye. Iqhelekile njenge "Ukulunywa zizinja." Ngaba asinokwabelana nje ngencwadi enye endaweni yokuba wonke umntu abhale eyakhe, emva koko sibeke imali yethu de sikwazi ukufikelela kwisikhululo sikamabonwakude ukuze abantu benziwe bavuke phezulu ngamanani amakhulu?
Kodwa nantsi into. Ngelixa bendiye ndaqhela ukuchaza incwadi nganye njengeyona ibalaseleyo okanye eyona ibalaseleyo, zonke azifani. Enye yezona zinto zininzi ezifanelekileyo zale nto kukuba iya kwenza-kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba iya kwenza ukuba ayisiyiyo-incwadi ebalaseleyo ezikolweni. Kwaye inani elikhulu labantu are Ukuvuka, ngaphandle komabonwakude, kwaye unokukhumbula ngokuyinxalenye ngenxa yazo zonke iincwadi, kunye nodliwanondlebe neziganeko ezihamba nencwadi. Intshukumo e-US ngokuchasene neemfazwe zakwa-Israeli (kunye nemisebenzi yocalucalulo) zibonisa intshukumo yokulwa nazo zonke iimfazwe, nokuba ziimfazwe zase-US, ukuba izinto ezinokwenzeka zinokwenzeka. Ingabonisa nakubabhali ukuba imizamo yabo inyani ixabiseke ngaphezulu kunokuba ichitha ixesha labo bencedisa iFox News ibamba iindawo ezifihliwe kumzobo kamongameli.
Ndi futshane kuxoxwa ngazo Unjingalwazi wase West Point malunga nokuba imfazwe ingaze ixhaswe, kwaye ndazama ukumnika igama ezinye zeemfazwe ezifanelekile (ngokuchasene neemfazwe zobugcisa). Ubange ukuba iMfazwe yeentsuku ezintandathu yakwaSirayeli yayiyeyona "imfazwe" ayinto. Ke kwinto yethu Ingxoxo yesibini, Ndamfundela a Los Angeles Times ikholamu nguMiko Peled ebonisa ukuba abo baqalise loo mfazwe bakwenza oko ngenxa yokuba bebona ithuba lokuphola nokoyisa. Iinyani ezatyhilwa nguPeled ziya kusasazeka ngokubanzi kwaye ziya kwaziwa kwihlabathi liphela ukuba bangqina ukuba i-United States yadalwa nguThixo ukuba ibamisele umzekelo abantu abasemhlabeni. Ulwazi luyaziwa ukuba luyimfuneko. Kodwa kutheni le nto ingeyiyo yonke imfazwe eyake yenzeka ukuba ibe yeendaba ezinganqwenelekiyo, njengoko ivumela umhlaba ukuba wenze into eluncedo nge $ 2 trillion ngonyaka?
Umlingane endixoxisana naye yayiyindoda eyathatha inxaxheba kwiimfazwe zase-US kwi-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kodwa zenqaba ngokugqithileyo ukutsho ukuba zilungile okanye zilungile. Ngexesha lengxoxo yethu yesibini wathi kuphela ngabantu abanokuthi baxolelwe bengavumi ukuthatha inxaxheba kwezo mfazwe, kodwa amajoni aqeqeshiweyo anamava kufanelekile ukuba azi ngcono. Nangona kunjalo, uthethe into ebonakala ingaqondakali malunga naloo nto, xa, emva kwengxoxo, ndambuza kwakhona ukuba i-Iraq 2003-on yayiyimfazwe efanelekileyo, ewe okanye hayi? Uye wathi akunakuphikiswa kwaphela emva kwenyani ngenxa yolwazi olutsha. Ukanti wayenyuse esidlangalaleni kwaye ethatha inxaxheba kuloo mfazwe kwakude kudala naluphi na ulwazi olucingelwa ukuba lukhona (kucingelwa ukuba ukungabikho kwee-WMDs) besaziwa ngokubanzi kwaye isibakala sokuba ubuxoki babusenziwa ngenjongo ziweyo, kwaye abo babebonise ubuxoki obucacileyo ngaphambili bekungqinelwe kulungile.
Umlingane wam odidayo onomdla wokukhetha ukuthetha malunga nama-analogies kuma-Samariya amahle kunye nogqirha kunye ne-mugger kuneemfazwe zangempela, ndiye ndamxelela ukuba ukukhathazeka kwe-Israeli kwi-1967 ukuba kwiinyanga ze-18 i-Egypt inokwazi ukuyihlasela ayizukuthanani nokuhambelana okukhawulezayo kunye nokuxakeka kwexhoba lokuphangwa. Ekwenziweni kolu luvo ndikwakhankanye “amashumi eminyaka wokuhlaselwa kohlanga” emva kwemfazwe. Umntu othile kamva wandityhola ngokusebenzisa kakubi igama elithi ukutshutshiswa. Ndiye ndakhomba uvula ku khuthaza yokutshutshiswa kohlanga ngama-Israyeli aphezulu. Incwadi kaBaltzer ichaza ukubhengeza okuchasene nokubulawa kwabantu ngokutshutshiswa kwabaninzi (ngokucacileyo ayingabo bonke) abahlali bakwa-Israyeli kunye namajoni. Kodwa ke ndaxelelwa ukuba ulwaphulo-mthetho 'lokuxhokonxa intshabalalo "alufani nohlanga. Ke, kucacile ukuba kufanelekile ukumangalela u-Israel "ngokuvuselela ukubulawa kwabantu ngohlanga" kodwa angenzi nto ngohlanga. Andinalwazi lokujonga kukaBaltzer kwaye andifuni ukugxininisa umbuzo osisidenge wokusetyenziswa kwegama elithile, kodwa ndicebisa ukuba afunde incwadi yakhe.
Le ncwadi ibhala ukugcinwa kwesiqhelo kohlanga olucothayo lwexesha elide, olo kwixesha layo lusebenza njengesixhobo sentengiso kwizizukulwana zemikhonto emitsha. Ii-ambulensi ziyema kwiindawo ezijonga abantu de umntu afe. Abantwana badutyulwa ngokuduka kufutshane necingo besukela ibhola ekhatywayo. Unikezo luvinjelwe. Ukungondleki kwenziwa ngabom kwaye kwenziwe ngempumelelo. Ukuloba kuyathintelwa. Ilali igcwele amanzi amdaka ahambisa amanzi amdaka ngabantu abahlanu. Ezi kunye namakhulu obunye bobuchwephesha busebenza ukuqinisa ubungqingqwa emva kocalu-calulo, kunye nokwenza into ngendlela engaqhelekanga ibaxeka ngakumbi kunokuba kubhujiswa ngokukhawuleza kohlanga: ukuthintela ububi. Yibize nantoni na ngesihogo segazi ofuna ukuyibiza. Kodwa masingavumeli ukungonwabi kwayo kusithintele ekusebenzeni ukuyiyeka.
