NguWinslow Myers
Ukugomela kukaRonald Reagan emuva ngo-1984 kokuthi “impi yenuzi ngeke yanqotshwa futhi akufanele neze ilwe” kubonakala sengathi sekwamukelwe kuyo yonke imikhakha yezepolitiki e-US nakwamanye amazwe. Izinga lokucekela phansi okungase libe umphumela lingenza ukuthi kungenzeki ngezinhlelo zezokwelapha ukuthi zisabele ngendlela efanele futhi okubi kakhulu kuholele ekushintsheni kwesimo sezulu emhlabeni wonke. UReagan waqhubeka: “Okuwukuphela kwenzuzo emazweni ethu amabili anezikhali zenuzi uwukuqinisekisa ukuthi azisoze zasetshenziswa. Kodwa-ke bekungeke yini kube ngcono ukuwaqeda ngokuphelele?”
Ngemva kweminyaka engu-9, indida yokuvimbela—imibuso yenuzi engu-11 enezikhali ezigcinwe ikulungele ngokuphelele ukusetshenziswa ukuze kungadingeki zisetshenziswe—ayisekude ukuxazululeka. Ngaleso sikhathi i-XNUMX-XNUMX ijikise imicabango yethu ebuphekula benuzi obufuna ukuzibulala. Ukuba nezikhali zethu ezinkulu nezinhlobonhlobo zezikhali zenuzi ngeke kumvimbe untamo-lukhuni ozimisele. Ukwesaba kwaba namandla kangangokuthi akuzange kushukumise nje ukwanda okushaqisayo kwezinhlangano eziqoqa ukwaziswa kodwa futhi nokubulawa nokuhlushwa. Anything kwaba nokuthetheleleka, okuhlanganisa nezimpi ezinqanyuliwe zamadola ayizigidigidi, ukuze kugwenywe isitha esingalungile ekutholeni izandla phezu kwe-nuke.
Ingabe akhona ama-flashpoints lapho amasistimu adizayinelwe ukuvinjelwa okuthembekile kanye nokufiphala kwaphakade endaweni entsha yokuhlukaniswa kokuvimbela? Isibonelo se-du jour iPakistan, lapho uhulumeni obuthakathaka egcina ukuzinza—sethemba—ukuvimbela ibhalansi yamabutho enuzi ngokumelene neNdiya. Ngaso leso sikhathi iPakistan ihambisana nabashisekeli benkolo abanokuxhumana okungaba nozwelo embuthweni wezempi wasePakistan kanye nezinkonzo zezobunhloli. Lokhu kugxila ePakistan kuwukuqagela. Kungase kungabi nabulungisa. Isikhali senuzi singaphuma kalula nje ekulawuleni umbuso ezindaweni ezifana neCaucasus noma—ngubani owaziyo?—ngisho nakwezinye izizinda zase-US lapho ukuphepha kwakuxege. Iphuzu liwukuthi ukwesaba izimo ezinjalo kuhlanekezela ukucabanga kwethu njengoba sizabalaza ukuphendula ngobuhlakani iqiniso lokuthi ukuvimbela izikhali zenuzi akuvimbi.
Ukubona izithelo zalokhu kwesaba kumema ngokugcwele ukubona inqubo phakathi nesikhathi, okuhlanganisa nesikhathi esizayo. Impikiswano evamile yokuthi ukuvimbela izikhali zenuzi kusigcine siphephile amashumi eminyaka amaningi iqala ukuwohloka uma nje sicabanga imihlaba emibili engenzeka: umhlaba esiphokophele kuwo esihogweni uma singashintshi indlela, lapho ukwesaba ukuzikhukhumeza kushukumisa khona. izizwe eziningi zinezikhali zenuzi, noma izwe lapho kungekho muntu onazo. Imuphi umhlaba ofuna izingane zakho ziwuthole?
Ukuvimbela impi ebandayo kwabizwa ngokufanelekile ngokuthi ibhalansi yokwesaba. Ukwehlukana kwamanje kwaboshisekeli abangazibophezeli kanye nezwe elinomthwalo wemfanelo, nezwe elizithandayo kukhuthaza ukuguquguquka kwengqondo ye-Orwellian: siphika kalula ukuthi izikhali zethu zenuzi ziwuhlobo olunamandla lokwesaba—zihloselwe ukwesabisa izimbangi ngokuqapha. Siwenza abe semthethweni njengamathuluzi okusinda kwethu. Ngaso leso sikhathi siveza lokhu okwesabisa okwenqatshelwe phezu kwezitha zethu, sizikhulisa zibe iziqhwaga zobubi. Usongo lwamaphekula lwe-suitcase nuke lunqwabelana nosongo oluvuselelwe lwempi ebandayo eshintshashintshashintshayo njengoba iNtshonalanga idlala inkukhu yenuzi noPutin.
Ukuthula ngamandla kufanele kuchazwe kabusha—ukuba ukuthula njengamandla. Lesi simiso, esisobala emibusweni eminingi emincane, engeyona eyenuzi, sibonwa ngokungabaza futhi sinqatshwe ngokushesha amandla akhona. Impela amandla akhona awajabulile ukuba nezitha ngoba izitha zikulungele ngokwepolitiki empilweni eqinile yohlelo lokukhiqiza izikhali, uhlelo oluhlanganisa ukulungiswa okubizayo kwezikhali zenuzi zase-US ezimosha izinsiza ezidingekayo kunselelo ezayo yokuguqulwa. emandleni aqhubekayo.
Ikhambi legciwane elifana ne-Ebola lokwesaba ukuqala esimeni sokuhlobana nokuncikana—ngisho nezitha. Impi yamakhaza yaphela ngoba abaseSoviet nabaseMelika baqaphela ukuthi babenesifiso esifanayo sokubona abazukulu babo bekhula. Noma ngabe kubonakala sengathi abashisekeli bokufa, abanonya nabanonya babonakala kithi, singakhetha ukungabalulazi. Singagcina umbono wethu ngokukhumbula izenzo zonya emlandweni wethu siqu, okuhlanganisa neqiniso lokuthi singabokuqala ukusebenzisa izikhali zenuzi ukubulala abantu. Singavuma eyethu indima ekudaleni isidleke samagundane sokubulala eMideast. Singamba umnyombo wemicabango eyeqisayo, ikakhulukazi entsheni. Singakwazi ukusekela imizamo esengozini kodwa efanelekile njengokwethulwa kwesinyathelo sokuzwelana e-Iraq (https://charterforcompassion.org/node/8387). Singagcizelela ukuthi zingaki izinselelo esingazixazulula ndawonye kuphela.
Ezigabeni zokuqala zomkhankaso wokuba ngumongameli wase-US, abantu abangenele ukhetho bafinyeleleka ngendlela engavamile—ithuba lokuthi izakhamuzi zibuze imibuzo ephenyayo engena ngaphansi kwezimpendulo ezibhalwe phansi kanye nama-bromide aphephile ezepolitiki. Ubungabukeka kanjani umgomo waseMpumalanga Ephakathi uma ubungasekelwe ekudlaleni izinhlangothi eziningi ngokumelene nomunye kodwa kunalokho usekelwe emoyeni wozwelo nokubuyisana? Kungani singakwazi ukusebenzisa enye yenqwaba yemali esihlela ukuyisebenzisa ukuze sivuselele izikhali zethu ezingasasebenzi ekutholeni izinto zenuzi ezixegayo emhlabeni jikelele? Kungani i-US iphakathi kwabathengisi bezikhali abaphezulu esikhundleni somhlinzeki ophezulu wosizo lwabantu? Njengomongameli, yini ongayenza ukuze usize isizwe sakithi sifeze izibopho zaso zokuhoxiswa kwezikhali njengoba sisayine Isivumelwano Sokunqanda Ukusabalala Kwezikhali Zenuzi?
UWinslow Myers, umbhali wencwadi ethi "Living Beyond War, A Citizen's Guide," ubhala ngezindaba zomhlaba futhi usebenza ku-Advisory Board of the War Prevention Initiative.
