NguDavid Swanson
Ohlotsheni lwezincwadi zokuqeda impi okufanele wonke umuntu azifunde engeza Inkathi Entsha Yokungabi Nobudlova: Amandla Enhlangano Yomphakathi Ngaphezu Kwempi nguTom Hastings. Leli yincwadi yezifundo zokuthula ewela ngempela kumbono wokulwela ukuthula. Umbhali ukhuluma ngezitayela ezinhle ngaphandle kwezibuko ezinombala orozi noma obomvu-omhlophe noluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. U-Hastings akagcini nje ngokulandela ukuthula enhliziyweni yakhe noma ukuthula endaweni yakubo noma ukuletha izwi elihle lokuthula kuma-Afrika. Empeleni ufuna ukuqeda impi, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuhlanganisa nokugcizelela okufanele - okungakhethekile - e-United States kanye nempi yayo engakaze ibonwe. Ngokwesibonelo:
“Ngokwempendulo eqondile yemiphumela engemihle, umjaho wezinto ezimbiwa phansi ezisele emhlabeni uzoveza ukungqubuzana okwengeziwe futhi udinga uphethiloli owengeziwe ukuze uwine umjaho . . . ‘[T] yena U.S. Air Force, umthengi oyedwa omkhulu kaphethiloli emhlabeni, muva nje umemezele uhlelo lokushintsha amaphesenti angu-50 okusetshenziswa kwawo kukaphethiloli nezinye izinto zokubasa, kugcizelelwa ikakhulukazi ama-biofuels. Nokho, ama-biofuels ngeke akwazi ukunikeza uphethiloli wemoto amaphesenti angaba ngu-25 [futhi lokho kungenxa yokweba umhlaba odingekayo ukuze kutshalwe izitshalo zokudla -DS] . . . ngakho ezinye izifunda lapho kutholakala khona uwoyela cishe zizobona ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu kwezempi nokungenelela.’ . . . Ngokushoda okwandayo kwezinqolobane zikawoyela amasosha ase-US angene enkathini yempi yaphakade yase-Orwellian, enengxabano eshisayo emazweni amaningi njalo. Kungase kubhekwe njengesidlamlilo esikhulukazi, esibaswa uwoyela, sizungeza njalo uMhlaba, sifuna ukudla kwaso okulandelayo.”
Abantu abaningi abathanda “ukuthula,” njengoba nje abantu abaningi bethanda ukuvikela imvelo, abafuni kukuzwa lokho. I-US Institute of Peace, isibonelo, ingase icatshangwe njengensumpa emlonyeni we-raptor enkulu, futhi-ngicabanga ukuthi - izibona ngokwanele kuleyo migomo ukuphikisa isigaba esandulele. Eqinisweni, uHastings uyibonisa kahle indlela iWashington, D.C., ezicabanga ngayo ngokucaphuna amazwi avamile, kodwa asefakazelwe kakade ukuthi anephutha yizenzakalo ezaziwayo. Lona kwakunguMichael Barone US News and World Report ngo-2003 ngaphambi kokuhlaselwa kwe-Iraq:
“Bambalwa eWashington abangabazayo ukuthi singahlala e-Iraq phakathi namasonto ambalwa. Bese kulandela umsebenzi onzima wokuyisa i-Iraq kuhulumeni wentando yeningi, onokuthula, nohlonipha umthetho. Ngenhlanhla, izikhulu ezihlakaniphile kuyo yomibili iminyango yoMnyango Wezokuvikela kanye Nombuso sezinesikhathi esingaphezu konyaka zenza umsebenzi onzima wokuhlela lokho.”
Ngakho, ungakhathazeki! Lesi kwakuyisitatimende somphakathi esivulekile ngo-2003, njengabanye abaningi, nokho iqiniso lokuthi uhulumeni wase-US wayehlela ukuhlasela i-Iraq isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ngaphambi kokuba lokho kuqhubeke kube "izindaba eziphuthumayo!" kuze kufike kuleli viki.
Ukuthi izimpi zingavinjelwa ngisho nase-United States kuyacaca kuHastings ongavumelana noRobert Naiman's. ukuphikisa kwakamuva lapho i-CNN iphakamisa ukuthi ukuphikisana nempi ye-Contra kuhulumeni waseNicaragua kufanele kukhishwe umuntu ekugijimeni umongameli wase-US (ikakhulukazi umuntu omi eduze kwe-warmerer enamahloni evotela impi yase-Iraq). Eqinisweni, uHastings ukhomba, imizamo emikhulu yenhlangano yokuthula e-United States ngaleso sikhathi yavimbela ukuhlasela kwe-US eNicaragua. “[H]izikhulu zase-U.S. ezisezingeni elifanele ukufinyelela [kuMongameli uRonald] Reagan kanye nekhabhinethi yakhe beziqagela ukuthi ukuhlasela iNicaragua cishe kwakungenakugwenywa - futhi . . . akuzange kwenzeke.”
I-Hastings ihlola izimbangela zempi ngaphandle kwePentagon futhi, ilandelela, isibonelo, isifo esithathelwanayo emuva kwesizathu esivamile sobumpofu, futhi siphawula ukuthi izifo ezithathelwanayo zingaholela enzongweni yokucwaswa kwabokufika kanye ne-ethnocentric eholela empini. Ngakho-ke ukusebenzela ukuqeda izifo kungasiza ekuqedeni impi. Futhi-ke ingxenye encane yezindleko zempi ingahamba ibanga elide ekuqedeni izifo.
Leyo mpi akudingekile ukuba ibe umphumela wokungqubuzana kusobala kuHastings olandisa ngezibonelo ezinhle kakhulu ezifana nokuphikiswa okudumile ePhilippines kusukela maphakathi nawo-1970 kuya maphakathi nawo-1980. Ngo-February 1986 kwaqala impi yombango. “Abantu bangenela phakathi kwamabutho amabili amathangi esigamekweni esimangalisayo sezinsuku ezine esingenalo udlame. Bamisa impi yombango eyayisafufusa, bahlenga intando yeningi yabo, futhi bakwenza konke lokhu ngaphandle kokushona kwabantu.”
Ingozi ihlezi ekuqashelweni okukhulayo kwamandla okungabi nabudlova engicabanga ukuthi kuboniswa amazwibela avela ku-Peter Ackerman no-Jack Duvall enginovalo lokuthi u-Hastings angase afake ngaphandle kwanoma yimuphi umqondo wokuhlekisa. U-Ackerman noDuvall, kufanele ngibalule, abawona ama-Iraqi futhi ngesikhathi sokwenza lesi sitatimende abantu base-Iraq babengazange bakhishwe abantu base-Iraq ukuze banqume isiphetho sabo:
"USaddam Hussein uhlukumeze futhi wacindezela abantu base-Iraq iminyaka engaphezu kwe-20 futhi muva nje ufuna ukuthola izikhali zokucekela phansi ezingasoze zaba usizo kuye ngaphakathi kwe-Iraq. Ngakho uMongameli Bush ulungile ukumbiza ngosongo lwamazwe ngamazwe. Uma kubhekwa la maqiniso, noma ngubani ophikisana nesenzo samasosha ase-US sokumsusa esihlalweni unomthwalo wemfanelo wokuphakamisa ukuthi angakhishwa kanjani ngomnyango ongemuva wase-Baghdad. Ngenhlanhla kunempendulo: Ukuphikiswa kwabantu base-Iraq okusekelwe emphakathini, okungenabudlova, kwathuthukiswa futhi kwasetshenziswa ngesu lokubukela phansi isisekelo samandla kaSaddam. "
Ngaleli zinga, noma yisiphi isizwe esinezikhali ezisetshenziselwa izimpi zangaphandle kuphela kufanele ngokuzenzakalelayo sihlaselwe yi-United States njengosongo lwamazwe ngamazwe, noma noma ubani ophikisa leso senzo kufanele abonise enye indlela yokuketula lowo hulumeni. Lokhu kucabanga kusilethela i-CIA-NED-USAID "ukukhuthazwa kwentando yeningi" kanye "noguquko lwemibala" kanye nokwamukelwa okuvamile kokuvukela umbuso nokuvukela umbuso "ngokungenabudlova" okuvela e-Washington. Kodwa ingabe izikhali zenuzi zaseWashington ziwusizo kuMongameli Obama ngaphakathi e-United States? Ngabe uzobe elungile lapho azibize ngosongo lwamazwe ngamazwe futhi azihlasele ngaphandle uma singabonisa enye indlela yokuziketula?
Uma i-United States ibingayeka ukuhlomisa izikhali nokuxhasa abanye ohulumeni ababi kakhulu emhlabeni, ukusebenza kwayo “kokushintsha kombuso” kwenye indawo bekuyolahlekelwa yilolobuzenzisi. Bazohlala benamaphutha ngendlela engenantando yeningi, ethonywe amazwe angaphandle kwentando yeningi. Inqubomgomo yezangaphandle engenalo udlame ngempela, ngokuphambene, yayingeke isebenzisane no-Bashar al-Assad ekuhlukumezeni abantu noma kamuva ihlomise abaseSyria ukuthi bamhlasele noma bahlele ababhikishi ukuthi bamelane naye ngaphandle kobudlova. Kunalokho, bekungaholela umhlaba ube isibonelo sokuhoxiswa kwezikhali, inkululeko yomphakathi, ukusimama kwendawo ezungezile, ubulungisa bamazwe ngamazwe, ukwabiwa kwezinsiza ngendlela efanele, nasezenzweni zokuthobeka. Umhlaba obuswa umenzi wokuthula esikhundleni sokuba umenzi wempi ubungeke wamukeleke kangako ngobugebengu be-Assads bomhlaba.
