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Ibhalwe nguCavan Hogue, Amaparele nokuCasulwa, Ngo-September 14, i-2022
Ngeke sicabange ukuthi amanye amazwe azokwenza okuthile ngaphandle kokubeka izithakazelo zawo ngaphambi kwezabanye futhi nathi kufanele senze okufanayo.
Inqubomgomo yethu yezokuvikela isekelwe embonweni wokuthi sidinga i-American Alliance nokuthi i-US ingethenjwa ukuthi izosivikela kunoma yikuphi usongo. Emazwini angafi e-Sportin' Life, "Akunjalo ngempela". Ukubukezwa Kwezokuvikela kufanele kuqale phansi ngaphandle kokuqagela okucatshangwayo ngaphambili noma kuhlanganiswe umkhuba nezinkolelo zangaphambili.
I-China kuthiwa yiyona eyingozi. Empini engapheli neChina, i-US ibingeke ibe naso isisusa noma amandla okukhathazeka nge-Australia ngaphandle kokuvikela impahla yayo lapha. Amaphupho ethu ayezohamba ngendlela yalabo ababecabanga ukuthi iBrithani izosivikela kuWW2. Kuze kube manje, i-Alliance yethu ibilokhu inikela futhi ayithathwa njengaseVietnam, Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Amaphoyisa ethu kanye nemishini yethu kusekelwe esenzweni njengomfowethu omncane waseMelika. Noma yikuphi ukubuyekezwa kokuvikela kufanele kuqala kuhlole izinto eziyisisekelo. Esikhundleni sokuqoqa abasolwa abajwayelekile ukuze bathole izeluleko, sidinga ukubona ukuthi kungani labo makhelwane abathatha indlela efanayo kithi benze njalo nokuthi kungani labo ababona izinto ngendlela ehlukile benza kanjalo.
Ngaphandle kokugcwala kwemidiya ngezinhlelo zase-US nezindaba, abantu abaningi base-Australia abayiqondi kahle i-USA. Akufanele siphambanise ubuhle kanye nempumelelo yayo yasekhaya ngokungangabazeki nendlela eziphatha ngayo emazweni omhlaba. UHenry Kissinger waphawula ukuthi iMelika ayinabo abangani, inezintshisekelo kuphela futhi uMongameli Biden wathi "iMelika isibuyile, isilungele ukuhola umhlaba."
Okokuqala okumele sikuqonde nge-United States ukuthi izifundazwe azibumbene nokuthi maningi amazwe aseMelika. Kukhona abangani bami ezweni lonke, abantu engangibazi ngesikhathi ngihlala e-Boston, abantu engibathandayo ubuhlakani babo nokuthakasela kwabo. Nabagxekayo abakhulumayo ukuthi yini engalungile ngezwe labo nokuthi yini okufanele yenziwe ukukulungisa. Ngaphezu kwalaba bantu abanomusa nabalungile kukhona ama-rednecks anobandlululo, abashisekeli benkolo, abaqambi bozungu abahlanya kanye nedlanzana elicindezelwe elinenzondo. Mhlawumbe into eyodwa bonke abafana ngayo inkolelo yokuthi kukhona okukhethekile ngeMelika kanye nabaseMelika; lokhu kubizwe ngokuthi i-manifest destiny noma ukuhluka. Kungathatha izinhlobo ezimbili. Ingasetshenziselwa ukuthethelela ulaka olubhekiswe kwabanye ukuze kuvikelwe izithakazelo zaseMelika noma ingase ibonakale njengokunikeza abantu baseMelika umsebenzi wokusiza abampofu.
Umsebenzi kaSuperman “kwakuwukulwela Iqiniso, Ubulungiswa kanye neNdlela yaseMelika”. Lokhu kwakuwukubonakaliswa okulula kwenkolelo nomoya wobuthunywa bevangeli osekuyisikhathi eside kuyisici ezweni nakubantu balo. Kusukela ekuqaleni, izimiso ezinhle ziye zasetshenziswa ngezinye izikhathi. Namuhla, i-Superpower ibhekene ne-China enokunikezwa okukhulu kwe-Kryptonite.
Uma Ukubukezwa Kwezokuvikela kuzoba okungaphezu kwengwe yephepha kufanele kubuyele ezintweni eziyisisekelo futhi kuhlole ngokucophelela ukuthi yiziphi izinsongo zangempela ezikhona nokuthi yini esingayenza ngazo. Singase sikhumbule isibonelo saseCosta Rica eyalahla amasosha ayo yachitha imali kwezemfundo nempilo esikhundleni salokho. Abakwazanga ukuyinqoba impi kodwa ukungabi namasosha kwakwenza ukuba kungabi namuntu ongahlasela ngesizathu sokuthi yayiwusongo. Bebelokhu bephephile kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
Konke ukuhlolwa kwezinsongo kuqala ekuhloleni ukuthi yiziphi amazwe anezisusa namandla okusabisa. Ngaphandle kokuhlasela ngezikhali zenuzi akekho umuntu onamandla okusihlasela ngaphandle kokuthi mhlawumbe i-USA engenanhloso. Kodwa-ke, iChina ingenza umonakalo omkhulu ngokuhlaselwa kwemicibisholo yebanga elide njengoba i-US ingenza. I-Indonesia, iMalaysia kanye neSingapore zingenza impilo ibe nzima ekuthumeleni kwethu njenge-China. Amandla anobutha angabangela ukuhlaselwa kwe-cyber okuyingozi. Impela, iChina yandisa ithonya layo emhlabeni wonke futhi ifuna inhlonipho enqatshelwe ngabaseNtshonalanga. Nakuba lokhu ngokungangabazeki kuwusongo ekuphakameni kwaseMelika, kungakanani lokhu okuwusongo lwangempela e-Australia uma singazange senze isitha seChina? Lokhu kufanele kubhekwe njengombuzo ovulekile.
Ubani onesisusa? Alikho izwe elinentshisekelo yokuhlasela i-Australia nakuba kunombono osabalele wokuthi iChina inobutha. Ubutha baseShayina bubangelwa ukusebenzisana kwethu ne-USA amaShayina ayibona njengosongo embusweni wawo njengoba nje ne-US ibona i-China njengosongo esikhundleni sayo njengombuso ohamba phambili emhlabeni. Uma iShayina ne-USA beya empini, iChina izoba nesisusa sokuhlasela i-Australia futhi ingakwenza lokho uma nje ikhipha impahla yaseMelika efana nePine Gap, iNorthwest Cape, Amberly mhlawumbe neDarwin lapho osolwandle base-US. zisekelwe. Izoba nekhono lokwenza lokhu ngemicibisholo ngokumelene nethagethi cishe engavikelekile.
Kunoma yikuphi ukungqubuzana neChina sizolahlekelwa futhi i-US cishe nayo izolahlekelwa. Ngeke neze sicabange ukuthi i-USA izowina futhi akunakwenzeka ukuthi amabutho ase-US aphambuke ukuze avikele i-Australia. Esimweni esingenakwenzeka kakhulu sokuthi i-Australia iye empini ngaphandle kwemvume yase-US bebengeke basisize.
Izimangalo zokuthi sibhekene nokungqubuzana phakathi kokuhle nokubi noma ukugunyazwa ngokumelene nentando yeningi aziqiniseki. Imibuso emikhulu yentando yeningi emhlabeni inomlando omude wokuhlasela amanye amazwe okuhlanganisa nawo abusa ngentando yeningi nokweseka ondlovukayiphikiswa ababewusizo. Lena inhlanzi ebomvu okungafanele ibe isici ekubuyekezweni. Ngokufanayo, inkulumo-ze mayelana nokuhleleka okusekelwe emithethweni ihlushwa ukugxekwa okufanayo. Imaphi amazwe aphula imithetho enkulu futhi ubani odale imithetho? Uma sikholelwa ukuthi imithetho ethile iyizintshisekelo zethu, siwenza kanjani amanye amazwe, okuhlanganisa namadlelandawonye ethu, ukuthi ayigcine? Senzenjani ngamazwe angayivumi leyo mithetho nalawo angenzi sengathi leyo mithetho iyasebenza kuwo.
Uma ukuvikela i-Australia kuwukuphela kokukhathazeka kwethu, ukwakheka kwamandla ethu amanje akubonisi lokho. Akucaci, ngokwesibonelo, ukuthi amathangi angenzani ngaphandle kokuthi empeleni sihlaselwe, futhi imikhumbi-ngwenya yenuzi iklanywe ngokusobala ukuthi isebenze ngaphakathi kohlaka oluholwa yiMelika ngokumelene neShayina ezobe ingaphambi kwayo kakhulu ngesikhathi igcina iqala ukusebenza. Izitatimende eziqinile zasesidlangalaleni zabaholi bethu bezombusazwe zibonakala ziklanyelwe ukujabulisa i-US kanye nokusungula izifakazelo zethu njengozakwethu othembekile ofanelwe ukwesekwa, kodwa, uma uhola ngesilevu sakho, uzothinteka.
Isibuyekezo sidinga ukubhekana nemibuzo ethile eyisisekelo, noma yiziphi iziphetho ezingase zifike nazo. Okubaluleke kakhulu yilezi:
- Luyini usongo lwangempela. Ingabe iChina iwusongo ngempela noma sikwenze kwaba njalo?
- Uthembeke kangakanani umcabango wokuthi i-USA ingumfelandawonye othembekile okwaziyo ukusivikela futhi onesisusa sokwenza kanjalo? Ingabe lena inketho yethu engcono kakhulu futhi ngani?
- Yiluphi uhlaka lwamandla nezinqubomgomo zezepolitiki ezizovikela kangcono i-Australia ezinsongweni ezingaba khona?
- Ingabe ukuhlanganiswa okuseduze ne-US kuzosifaka empini esikhundleni sokusikhipha kuyo? Cabanga ngeVietnam, Iraq ne-Afghanistan. Ingabe kufanele sisilandele iseluleko sikaThomas Jefferson sokufuna “ukuthula, ezentengiselwano, nobungane obuqotho nazo zonke izizwe—okungahlangani noyedwa”?
- Sikhathazekile ngokubuya okungenzeka kukaTrump noma u-Trump clone e-USA kodwa u-Xi Jin Ping akafi. Ingabe kufanele sithathe umbono wesikhathi eside?
Azikho izimpendulo ezilula noma ezisobala kuyo yonke le mibuzo kanye neminye, kodwa kufanele kubhekwane nayo ngaphandle kwemibono noma inkohliso. Ngeke sicabange ukuthi amanye amazwe azokwenza okuthile ngaphandle kokubeka izithakazelo zawo ngaphambi kwezabanye futhi nathi kufanele senze okufanayo.
