Ingabe iCanada ingaphuma eBhizinisini Lempi?

NguDavid Swanson

ICanada iba yikhulu umthengisi wezikhali, umlingani onokwethenjelwa ezimpini zase-US, futhi okholelwa ngokweqiniso ekulondolozeni ukuthula kuhlonyiwe njengempendulo elusizo kukho konke ukubhujiswa okubangelwa ukuthengiswa kwezikhali.

UWilliam Geimer I-Canada: Icala lokuhlala kwezinye izimpi zabantu incwadi enhle kakhulu yempi yempi, isebenziseka kunoma ngubani ofuna ukuqonda noma ukuqeda impi noma kuphi emhlabeni. Kepha kwenzeka ukuthi kubhalwe ngumbono waseCanada wokubaluleka okuthile kubantu baseCanada kanye nabahlali bakwamanye amazwe e-NATO, kufaka phakathi ukubaluleka njengamanje njengoba izimfuno zikaTrumpolini kubo zandisa ukutshalwa kwemali emishini yokufa.

Ngokuthi “izimpi zabanye abantu” uGeimer usho ukukhombisa iqhaza laseCanada njengongaphansi kokuhola impi e-United States, nangokomlando isikhundla esifanayo seCanada ngaseBrithani. Kepha futhi usho ukuthi izimpi eCanada ezilwa nazo azibandakanyi ukuvikela iCanada empeleni. Ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuthi wazi ukuthi ababandakanyi empeleni ukuvikela i-United States noma, ukukhonza kunalokho engozini isizwe esibaholayo. Zingobani izimpi?

Ama-akhawunti acwaningisiswe kahle kaGeimer ngempi yamaBhunu, izimpi zomhlaba, iKorea ne-Afghanistan afana nokukhombisa ukwethuka nokungabi nangqondo, njengokuhlehlisa udumo, njengoba uzothola.

Kuyishwa-ke ukuthi uGeimer uphakamise ukuthi kungenzeka kube nempi efanelekile yaseCanada, uphakamisa ukuthi Umsebenzi Wokuvikela udinga ukuthi usetshenziswe ngendlela efanele ukugwema "ukuhlukunyezwa" njengeLibya, ulandisa indaba ejwayelekile yempi Rwanda, futhi ifaka ukugcinwa kokuthula kuhlonyiwe njengokuhlukile empini konke ndawonye. "Kwenzeka kanjani," kubuza uGeimer, "iCanada e-Afghanistan ishelele ezenzweni ezihambisana nombono owodwa, zaya kulokho okuphambene nakho?" Ngingaphakamisa ukuthi impendulo eyodwa kube yile: ngokucabanga ukuthi ukuthumela amabutho ahlomile ezweni ukuba lihlale kuwo kungaba okuphambene nokuthumela amasosha ahlomile ezweni ukuba lihlale kuwo.

Kepha uGeimer uphakamisa nokuthi akukho msebenzi ozoholela ekubulaweni komuntu oyedwa owenziwayo, umthetho ozoqeda impi ngokuphelele. Eqinisweni, ukusabalalisa ukuqonda komlando okulandiswa yincwadi kaGeimer kungenzeka kufeze lowo mgomo.

IMpi Yezwe I, esesifinyelele kuyo iminyaka eyikhulu, ngokusobala inganekwane yemvelaphi eCanada ngokuthile ngendlela iMpi Yezwe II ephawula ngayo ukuzalwa kwe-United States kwezokuzijabulisa zaseMelika. Uyenqaba Impi Yezwe I ngakho-ke, ingaba nenani elithile. ICanada nayo ifuna ukuqashelwa komhlaba wonke ngeminikelo yayo kwezempi, ngokusho kohlaziyo lukaGeimer, ngendlela uhulumeni wase-US angaze azilethe ngayo ukuze anikeze lokho okucatshangwa omunye umuntu. Lokhu kusikisela ukuthi ukuqaphela iCanada ukukhipha izimpi noma ukusiza ukuvimbela amabhomu agqitshwayo noma ukuvikela abenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza (kanye nababaleki abavela e-US), ngenkathi kuhlazisa iCanada ngokubamba iqhaza emacaleni aseMelika, kungaba nomthelela.

Ngenkathi uGeimer elandisa ukuthi inkulumo-ze ezungeze zombili izimpi zomhlaba wathi ukuzibandakanya kweCanada kuzozivikela, kufanelekile ukuthi aziphikise lezo zimangalo njengezinqabile. Ngale kwalokho uGeimer akanakusho okuningana mayelana nenkulumo-ze yokuzivikela, engisola ukuthi inamandla kakhulu e-United States. Ngenkathi izimpi zase-US sezakhiwe njengosizo lwabantu, lelo phuzu lokuthengisa lodwa alilokothi lihlomise iningi labantu baseMelika. Yonke impi yase-US, ngisho nokuhlaselwa kwamazwe angenazo izikhali maphakathi nomhlaba, kuthengiswa njengokuvikela noma kungathengiswa ngempumelelo nhlobo. Lo mehluko ungikisela izimbangela ezimbalwa.

Okokuqala, i-US icabanga ukuthi isengozini ngoba ikhiqize imizwa eminingi elwa ne-US emhlabeni wonke ngazo zonke izimpi zayo "zokuzivikela". Abantu baseCanada kufanele bacabangele ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo lotshalo-mali ekuqhumeni kwamabhomu nasemisebenzini engabathatha ukuze bakhiqize amaqembu amaphekula aphikisana neCanada nemibono ngezinga lase-US, nokuthi ngabe bazophinda kabili yini ekuphenduleni, kubhebhethekise umjikelezo omubi wokutshalwa kwezimali "kwezokuvikela ”Ngokumelene nalokho konke" ukuvikela "okukhiqizayo.

Okwesibili, mhlawumbe kunengozi encane kakhulu futhi kuningi okungatholwa ekuthatheni umlando wempi waseCanada kanye nobudlelwano bayo namasosha aseMelika kancane emuva emuva ngesikhathi. Uma ubuso bukaDonald Trump bungeke bukwenze, mhlawumbe ukukhunjulwa kwezimpi zase-US ezedlule kuzosiza abantu baseCanada ukuba balwe nendima kahulumeni wabo njenge-poodle yase-US.

Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisithupha ukufika kweBrithani eJamestown, lapho abahlali bezabalaza bephila futhi bengakwazi ukuthola ukuqothulwa kohlanga lwendawo, la maVirginia amasha aqasha amasosha ukuba ahlasele i-Acadia futhi (ahluleke) ukuxosha amaFrance kulokho abakubheka njengezwekazi lawo . Amakoloni ayezoba yi-United States anquma ukuthatha iCanada ngo-1690 (futhi ahluleka, futhi). Bathola abaseBrithani ukuthi babasize ngo-1711 (futhi behluleka, futhi futhi). UGeneral Braddock noColonel Washington baphinde bazama ngo-1755 (futhi bahluleka nokho, ngaphandle kwalokhu kuhlanzwa kobuhlanga okwenziwa kanye nokuxoshwa kwama-Acadians kanye nabomdabu baseMelika). AbaseBrithani nabaseMelika bahlasela ngo-1758 bathatha inqaba yaseCanada, bayiqamba kabusha bathi yiPittsburgh, futhi bagcina sebakha inkundla enkulu yomfula enikelwe ekukhazinyulisweni kwe-ketchup. UGeorge Washington wathumela amasosha aholwa nguBenedict Arnold ukuba ahlasele iCanada futhi ngo-1775. Uhlaka lokuqala loMthethosisekelo wase-US lwahlinzeka ngokufakwa kweCanada, yize iCanada yayingenantshisekelo yokufakwa. UBenjamin Franklin ucele abaseBrithani ukuthi badlulisele iCanada phakathi nezingxoxo zeSivumelwano SaseParis ngo-1783. Cabanga nje ukuthi lokho kwakungayenzelani imithetho yezempilo yaseCanada kanye nemithetho yezibhamu! Noma ungakucabangi. IBrithani yanikezela iMichigan, iWisconsin, i-Illinois, i-Ohio ne-Indiana. Ngo-1812 i-US yaphakamisa ukumasha eCanada futhi yamukelwe njengabakhululi. I-US yasekela ukuhlaselwa kwe-Ireland eCanada ngo-1866. Uyayikhumbula le ngoma?

Isigaba sokuqala wayezobeka phansi
Konke naphakade,
Futhi kamuva kusuka emqhele waseBrithani
Yena eCanada wayezohlukanisa.
I-Yankee Doodle, yigcine,
I-Yankee Doodle dandy.
Cabanga ngomculo nesinyathelo
futhi namantombazane abe usizo!

ICanada, kwi-akhawunti kaGeimer, iswele isifiso sokubusa umhlaba wonke ngombuso. Lokhu kwenza ukuqeda impi yayo kube yinto ehluke kakhulu, ngiyasola, ekwenzeni okufanayo e-United States. Izinkinga zenzuzo, inkohlakalo, kanye ne-propaganda zihlala, kepha ukuvikelwa kokugcina kwempi okuvela njalo e-United States lapho lezo zinhloso ezithile zehlulwa kungenzeka kungabikho eCanada. Eqinisweni, ngokuya empini nge-leash yase-US, iCanada izenza is servile.

ICanada yangena ezimpini zomhlaba ngaphambi kokuthi i-US yenze, futhi yayiyingxenye yokuxhokonxwa kweJapan okwangenisa i-US kweyesibili. Kepha kusukela lapho, iCanada ibisiza i-United States ngokusobala nangokuyimfihlo, inikela okokuqala ngqangi ukwesekwa "kobumbano" oluvela "emphakathini wamazwe omhlaba." Ngokusemthethweni, iCanada yahlala ngaphandle kwezimpi phakathi kweKorea ne-Afghanistan, kusukela lapho ijoyina ngokulangazela. Kepha ukugcina leso simangalo kudinga ukungazinaki zonke izinhlobo zokuzibandakanya empini ngaphansi kwesibhengezo seZizwe Ezihlangene noma i-NATO, kubandakanya neVietnam, Yugoslavia, kanye Iraq.

Abantu baseCanada kumele baziqhenye ngokuthi lapho undunankulu wabo egxeka imfazwe yaseVietnam, uMongameli waseMelika uLyndon Johnson kubikiwe wambamba, wasukumisa phansi, wamemeza wathi “Ungicasulile qhuzu lami!” Undunankulu waseCanada, ngemodeli yomfana uDick Cheney uzodubula ebusweni, waxolisa kuJohnson ngalesi sehlakalo.

Manje uhulumeni wase-US wakhela ubutha ngaseRussia, futhi kwakuseCanada e2014 ukuthi iPrince Charles iqhathanise uVladimir Putin no-Adolf Hitler. Iyiphi isifundo iCanada ezothatha? Amathuba akhona eCanada enikeza i-United States i-Icelandic yokuziphatha nokusemthethweni futhi esebenzayo, isibonelo seCosta Rican indlela ehlakaniphile enyakatho nje komngcele. Uma ingcindezi yontanga enikezwa uhlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo eCanada ingumhlahlandlela, iCanada ebisudlulele ngale kwempi ibingazukuqeda ngokwazo impi yase-US, kepha izodala impikiswano ngokwenza lokho. Lokho kungaba isinyathelo sezwekazi ngaphambi kwalapho esikhona manje.