NguDavid Swanson, I-American Herald Tribune
Ngesonto eledlule uDonald Trump uphakamise okuthile uBernie Sanders angalokothi alinge: ukuqeda i-NATO. Ngithathe isikhathi ukufunda imibono yabantu kanye nama-tweets ku-inthanethi ngakho, futhi inani elikhulu lalibonakala likholelwa ukuthi i-NATO kanye nebutho lezempi lase-US bebesebenzela i-Europe, nokuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi iYurophu izikhokhele izikweletu zayo. Kodwa kukhona ozongichazela ukuthi iyini inkonzo?
I-United States idonsele i-NATO empini - kuze kube manje - iminyaka engaphezu kwe-14 kubantu base-Afghanistan ephendule izwe elibi laba isihogo emhlabeni, ihlanganisa umonakalo owenziwe yizinqubomgomo zase-US (neSoviet) kusukela 1970s.
I-United States yadonsela izizwe zaseYurophu empini eyingozi e-Iraq ngo-2003, ngaphandle kwe-NATO. Kodwa lapho iBelgium ivumela ukushushiswa komkhuzi waseMelika e-Iraq uTommy Franks ukuthi aqhubekele phambili, uDonald Rumsfeld wasabisa ngokususa indlunkulu ye-NATO eBrussels. Ubugebengu obusobala bukaFranks ngokungazelelwe baba ingxenye yomzamo omuhle nongokomthetho wokusiza abantu.
I-United States ne-France basebenzisa i-NATO ukubhubhisa i-Libya ngo-2011 futhi bandise izikhali esifundeni sonke. I-United States neTurkey bebelokhu behlanganisa lezi zinxushunxushu ngokudala izizathu zokuthi i-NATO ibe khona eSyria. Futhi mhlawumbe ikomkhulu le-NATO libuka izimpi ezakha i-ISIS, kanye nokusekelwa kwe-US kwe-Al Qaeda eSyria ngaleyo mibandela nje. Kodwa kusibukeli esivamile, impi yobuphekula eqhubeka yandisa ubuphekula inephutha eliyisisekelo.
Owayengumphathi we-CIA uBin Laden uMichael Scheuer uthi lapho i-US ilwa kakhulu nobuphekula yilapho idala khona ubuphekula. U-Lt. General Michael Flynn, owashiya isikhundla sokuba yinhloko ye-Pentagon's Defence Intelligence Agency ngo-2014, uthi ukuqhumisa abantu ngemicibisholo kukhiqiza i-blowback eyengeziwe, hhayi ngaphansi. Umbiko weCIA uqobo uthi ukubulawa kwe-drone akusizi. U-Admiral Dennis Blair, owayengumqondisi weNational Intelligence, uthi okufanayo. U-Gen. James E. Cartwright, owayengusekela sihlalo we-Joint Chiefs of Staff, uthi iziteleka zedrone zingase zibukele phansi imizamo yesikhathi eside: “Siyakubona lokho kubuyela emuva. Uma uzama ukubulala indlela yakho yokuthola isixazululo, noma ngabe unembe kangakanani, uzocasula abantu noma bengaqondiwe.” Inqwaba yezikhulu eziphezulu ezisanda kuthatha umhlalaphansi ziyavuma.
Ngakho-ke, kubonakala sengathi, iningi lomphakathi eYurophu, eliveza imibhikisho yemihlangano ye-NATO, kanye nezimpi, ezinobukhulu obungavamile ukubonakala e-United States. Lapho amasosha ase-US akha izisekelo ezintsha e-Italy, imibhikisho mikhulu kangangokuthi iketule ohulumeni basekhaya nabakazwelonke. Kube yivoti leHouse of Commons eLondon ukuthi ingaqhunyiswa ngamabhomu eSyria ngo-2013 okwasiza ekuguquleni isinqumo sikaMengameli Obama sokwenza lokho. Ukutshela abantu baseYurophu ukuthi kumele baqale ukuthatha umthwalo wemfanelo wokukhokha ingxenye enkulu yomthethosivivinywa wokubulala ama-Afghan, ama-Iraqi, amaLibya, namaSyria, kanye nokudala i-blowback eqhuma amabhomu eziteshini zabo zesitimela nasezikhumulweni zezindiza, nokudala izinkinga zababaleki ababhekana nazo zingase zibe yisinyathelo nje esidlulele endaweni yokuduka.
Ukucabanga ngale ndlela kudinga ukuphika i-blowback, inkolelo kaTrumpian yokuthi amaSulumane enza izinto ezimbi ngoba angamaSulumane. Uhulumeni wase-US wazi kangcono. I-Pentagon kaGeorge W. Bush uqobo yaphetha ngokuthi akekho owayesizonda “ngenxa yenkululeko yethu” kodwa kunalokho babezonda amabhomu namabutho ahleziyo, nezikhali zamahhala nokusekelwa kwezimpi zakwa-Israyeli. Omunye ufisa sengathi bekungadingekile ukusho ukuthi ukugqugquzela okunjalo akuzithetheleli izenzo zokubulala, kodwa ulwazi lwezisusa ezinjalo lubeka elinye igazi ezandleni zalabo abaqhubeka bezakha ngenkathi bephika i-blowback.
Ukuphika kwesimo sezulu akuhlukile kakhulu. Njengoba nje wonke amaphekula amelene nentshonalanga ethi acasulwe amabhomu nezisekelo namabutho kanye nezindiza ezidonsa umoya, lonke ucwaningo lwesayensi luthi imisebenzi yabantu engadingekile nemoshayo (okokuqala phakathi kwazo: ukwenza impi) iphusha imvelo yomhlaba ekuwohlokeni. Nokho izigidigidi zabantu ziyehluleka ukuvala yonke into kuze kube yilapho kushintshwa izinqubomgomo eziyisisekelo. Futhi abaningi bayehluleka ukwenza noma yini ukuze bamelane nokucekelwa phansi kwendawo ezungezile, ngokuziphika bona ukuthi kungokoqobo.
Ngokusobala, uhlobo lwabantu lwavela ukuze luthande ukucabanga kwendawo yesikhashana. Nakuba abantu baseMelika abaningi bebulawa izingozi eziyizimungulu, ukungcola, noma izingane ezisacathula eziphethe izibhamu kunamaphekula angaphandle aphethe imibese, le ngozi ibusa yonke inqubomgomo yomphakathi. Nakuba umhlaba usengozini enkulu yokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo noma kwenyukliya, isimo sezulu sibukeka sisihle ngaphandle namuhla futhi wonke amabhere nezingwe kubonakala sengathi kudala abulawa, pho yini ekukhathazayo?
Lapho abantu bebulala lezo zilwane ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka edlule, bafaka onkulunkulu esikhundleni sazo. Manje abantu bathandaza kulabo nkulunkulu kunokuba bacabange. Manje bafisa lokho abangathanda futhi bakubize ngesibikezelo. Manje bavotela ithemba noshintsho futhi bakubize ngentuthuko. Futhi lo mkhuba wokufisa ungase ube umsuka wezinsongo ezinkulu zokusiqeda sonke.
