NguDavid Adler noStephen Wertheim, The Guardian, Disemba 27, 2020
Intando yeningi ayisebenzi. Eminyakeni emine eyedlule, uMongameli uDonald Trump wayihleka usulu imithetho nezinkambiso zayo, esheshisa ukubola kwezikhungo zentando yeningi e-United States. Asisodwa: ukubalwa komhlaba wonke kuyaqhubeka, nabaholi abanobukhosi basebenzise izithembiso ezingasetshenziswanga kanye nezinqubomgomo ezihlulekile.
Ukubuyisela emuva lo mkhuba, uMongameli-wakhetha uJoe Biden uphakamise ukubiza Ingqungquthela Yentando Yeningi. Umkhankaso wakhe wethula ingqungquthela njengethuba "lokuvuselela umoya nenjongo eyabiwe yezizwe zeFree World". Njengoba iMelika iziphinde yazibeka “enhloko yetafula”, ezinye izizwe zingathola izihlalo zazo, bese kuqala umsebenzi wokubuyisa abaphikisana nentando yeningi.
Kepha le ngqungquthela ngeke iphumelele. It is blunt futhi ithuluzi elincanyana kakhulu. Yize le ngqungquthela ingahle isebenze njengesithangami esisebenzisekayo sokuxhumanisa inqubomgomo emikhakheni efana nokuphathwa kwezezimali kanye nokuphepha kokhetho, inesibopho sokuqhuba inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US ize iye phansi inkambo eyehlulekile ehlukanisa umhlaba ube ngamakamu anobutha, ibeke phambili ukubhekana ngeziqu zamehlo ngokubambisana.
Uma uBiden ezokwenza kahle ukuzibophezela kwakhe "ekuhlangabezaneni nezinselelo zekhulu lama-21", abaphathi bakhe kufanele bagweme ukubuyisela izinkinga zekhulunyaka lama-20. Kuphela ngokunciphisa ukuphikisana nezizwe ezingaphandle "kwezwe lentando yeningi" lapho i-US ingatakula intando yeningi yayo futhi ihambise inkululeko ejulile yabantu bayo.
Ingqungquthela Yentando Yeningi ithatha futhi iqinisa ukuhlukaniswa koMhlaba phakathi kwezizwe zeFree World nezinye. Ivuselela imephu yengqondo eqale yadonswa ngabaphathi benqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US emashumini ayisishiyagalombili eminyaka edlule phakathi nempi yezwe yesibili. "Le yimpi phakathi kwezwe lezigqila nezwe elikhululekile," kusho iPhini likaMongameli uHenry Wallace ngo-1942, efuna "ukunqoba okuphelele kule mpi yenkululeko".
Kepha asisahlali emhlabeni kaWallace. Izinkinga ezibusayo zekhulu lethu leminyaka azitholakali empini ephakathi kwamazwe. Esikhundleni salokho, ajwayelekile phakathi kwabo. Abantu baseMelika ngeke bavikeleke nganoma yikuphi "ukunqoba okuphelele" kwabaphikisana nabangaphandle kepha ngokuzibophezela okuqhubekayo kokuthuthukisa impilo e-US futhi babambisane njengomlingani emingceleni yendabuko yezingxoxo zaseMelika.
Iphakanyiswe ngumfutho wokuphikisana, iSummit for Democracy inesibopho sokwenza umhlaba uphephe kancane. Kubeka engcupheni ukuqina kokuphikisana nalabo abangaphandle kwengqungquthela, kunciphise amathuba okusebenzisana okubanzi. I-coronavirus, isitha esibuhlungu kunazo zonke kulesi sizukulwane kuze kube manje, ayinaki ukuthi i-US ibheka umlingani wayo noma isitha sayo. Kungokufanayo nangesimo sezulu esishintshayo. Ngenxa yokuthi izinsongo zethu ezinkulu ziyiplanethi, kunzima ukubona ukuthi kungani iqembu lentando yeningi liyiyunithi elifanele "ukuvikela izintshisekelo zethu ezibalulekile", njengoba uBiden ethembisa ukukwenza.
Ukwengeza ngaphandle kokubandakanya abalingani abadingekayo, le ngqungquthela kungenzeka ukuthi isekele intando yeningi. “Umhlaba okhululekile” wanamuhla empeleni ngumhlaba okhululekile, ogcwele intando yeningi eneziphawulo, kunokuba kube yisibonelo esikhanyayo. Umongameli wase-United States, ukuthatha isibonelo esisodwa nje, njengamanje uhlanganisa abalandeli bakhe ukuba benqabe imiphumela yokhetho olukhululekile nolunobulungiswa, esikhathini esingaphezu kwenyanga ngemuva kokucaca komnqobi wayo.
The uhlu lwabahlanganyeli engqungqutheleni kaBiden ngakho-ke nakanjani izovela ngokungafanele. Ngabe izimemo zizophuma ziye eHungary, ePoland naseTurkey, abalingani bethu beNato abaqala ukungabi nandaba? Kuthiwani ngeNdiya noma iPhilippines, abalingani emkhankasweni waseWashington wokulwa neChina?
Mhlawumbe ngokubona le nkinga, uBiden uphakamise Ingqungquthela ngoba Intando yeningi kunokuba yiNgqungquthela of Intando yeningi. Kodwa-ke uhlu lwakhe lwezimemo luzobeka eceleni abanye, okungenani uma efisa ukugwema ubuwula bokukhuthaza intando yeningi ngabantu abafana noJair Bolsonaro noma u-Mohammed bin Salman.
Ngaphakathi kohlaka lwengqungquthela, ukukhetha kukaBiden akunakugwenywa futhi akunakulinganiswa: kusemthethweni ukuzenzisa kwentando yeningi kwabaholi abangohlonze noma ukubabheka njengabangenalutho.
Intando yeningi akungabazeki ukuthi isongelwa: IBiden ilungile ngokuhlaba umkhosi. Kepha uma Ingqungquthela Yentando Yeningi kungenzeka iqinise umjikelezo ononya wobutha bamazwe wonke kanye nokunganeliseki ngentando yeningi, yini engasibeka esimeni esihle sokulungiswa kwentando yeningi?
"Intando yeningi ayisona isimo," owedlule kuCongressman John Lewis ubhale kuleli hlobo. "Kuyisenzo." Abaphathi beBiden kufanele basebenzise ukuqonda kukaLewis kokuhlukanisa hhayi kuphela ngokubuyisela izinkambiso zentando yeningi kepha futhi futhi ikakhulukazi ngokukhuthaza umbuso wentando yeningi. Esikhundleni sokugxila ezinkingeni zokunganeliseki ngentando yeningi - "abantu abadumile, abashisekeli bezwe kanye nabademagogue" uBiden athembise ukubhekana nabo - abaphathi bakhe kufanele bahlasele lesi sifo.
Angaqala ngezinguquko kwezombusazwe nakwezomnotho ukwenza uhulumeni wentando yeningi aphendule futhi entandweni ethandwayo. Le ajenda idinga inqubomgomo yezangaphandle eyayo: ukuzibusa kuhulumeni ekhaya kukhipha izindawo zokukhokha intela phesheya, ngokwesibonelo. Izwe laseMelika kufanele lisebenzisane namazwe emhlabeni wonke ukuze ususe ingcebo engasetshenziswanga nezimali ezingekho emthethweni ukuze intando yeningi eMelika - nakuyo yonke enye indawo - ikwazi ukusebenzela izifiso zezakhamizi.
Okwesibili, i-United States kufanele yenze ukuthula emhlabeni, kunokuba ilwe izimpi zayo ezingapheli. Ukungenelela amashumi amabili eminyaka kulo lonke elaseMpumalanga Ephakathi enkulu akuhlazisanga nje kuphela isithombe sentando yeningi ababebizwa ngegama laso. Banazo futhi Intando yeningi ethanda ukuzinza e-US. Ngokuphatha inqwaba yamazwe angaphandle njengezinsongo ezibulalayo, abaholi bamaqembu womabili ezepolitiki bajova inzondo yokucwaswa kwabokufika emithanjeni yomphakathi waseMelika - okwenza ukuba idemagogue efana noTrump ikwazi ukubusa ngamandla ngesethembiso sokuqina. Ukulungiswa kweDemokhrasi ngakho-ke kuzodinga abaphathi beBiden ukuthi basebenzise inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US.
Ekugcineni, i-United States kufanele ivuselele kabusha uhlelo lokubambisana kwamazwe omhlaba olungahlukaniswa ngumugqa wephutha "wentando yeningi" le ngqungquthela efuna ukuwubeka. Ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nesifo esiwumshayabhuqe kudinga isenzo esihlanganyelwe ngezinga elibanzi. Uma ngabe Ukuphathwa kweBiden ihlose ukuvuselela umoya wentando yeningi, kumele ilethe lowo moya ezikhungweni zokubusa zomhlaba i-United States ebelesele ukuthi ibuse esikhundleni salokho.
Ukuzimela ekhaya, ukuzimela phesheya kanye nokubambisana ngaphesheya - lokhu kufanele kube amagama asezingeni elisha kuhulumeni wentando yeningi. Ukudlulela ngale kwengqungquthela nje, lolu hlelo luzokhulisa izimo zentando yeningi kunokuba luphoqe izinhlobo zalo. Izodinga i-US ukuthi isebenzise intando yeningi ebudlelwaneni bayo bangaphandle, ingafuni ukuthi abokufika babe ngentando yeningi noma kungenjalo.
Ngemuva kwakho konke, intando yeningi yilokho okwenzeka ngasetafuleni, kungakhathalekile ukuthi ngubani ohlezi - okwesikhashana - ekhanda lakhe.
