Ngisasebenza umkhankaso wokuqeda impi, kuyasiza futhi kuyabongeka ukuthi umbhali wengosi yesinye sezikhungo ezithuthukisa impi emhlabeni, New York Times, ngeSonto bacubungula ngokuzwakalayo ukuthi kungani kusaliwa izimpi zomhlaba.
UPaul Krugman wabhekisela ngokufanelekile esimweni esibhubhisayo sezimpi nakubanqobi bazo. Wethule ngendlela encomekayo imininingwane kaNorman Angell owathola ukuthi impi ayizange ikhokhe ngokwezomnotho eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. Kodwa u-Krugman akazange aqhubekele phambili kunalokho, isiphakamiso sakhe esisodwa sokuchaza izimpi ezilwiwa yizizwe ezicebile njengenzuzo yezombangazwe kubakhi bempi.
Robert Parry uye wabonisa amanga wokuzenzisa kukaKrugman kokuthi uVladimir Putin uyimbangela yezinkinga e-Ukraine. Omunye angase futhi angabaze isimangalo sika-Krugman sokuthi uGeorge W. Bush empeleni “uwine” ukuqokwa kwakhe kabusha ngo-2004, uma kubhekwa okwenzeka ekubalweni kwamavoti e-Ohio.
Yebo, impela, iziwula eziningi zizohlangana zizungeze noma yisiphi isikhulu esilwa impi, futhi kuhle ukuthi u-Krugman akuveze lokho. Kepha kuyamangaza nje ukuthi usomnotho ukhale ngezindleko (e-US) zempi yaseMelika e-Iraq njengoba ifinyelela cishe ku- $ 1 trillion, futhi ungalokothi uqaphele ukuthi i-United States isebenzisa cishe ama- $ 1 trillion ngamalungiselelo empi unyaka nonyaka ngokuyisisekelo. ukusetshenziswa kwemali okujwayelekile kwezempi - ngokwako kulimaza umnotho, kanye nokulimaza ngokokuziphatha nangokomzimba.
Yini eqhuba ukusetshenziswa kwemali u-Eisenhower axwayise ngokuthi kuzoqhuba izimpi? Inzuzo, ukufumbathisa okusemthethweni, nesiko elifuna izimbangela zempi ikakhulukazi phakathi kwamaphesenti angama-95 abantu abatshala imali encane kakhulu ekwenzeni impi kunase-United States.
UKrugman uchitha ukuzuza kwezomnotho njengokufanelekile ezimpini zangaphakathi zamazwe ampofu kuphela, kodwa akachazi ukuthi kungani izimpi zase-US zigxile ezindaweni ezinothile ngowoyela. “Ngiphatheke kabi,” kubhala u-Alan Greenspan, “ukuthi akulungile kwezombusazwe ukuvuma lokho wonke umuntu akwaziyo: impi yase-Iraq ikakhulukazi imayelana nowoyela.” Njengoba ngokungangabazeki uKrugman azi, ukukhuphuka kwamanani kawoyela akukhalelwa ngakho wonke umuntu, futhi izindleko eziphakeme zezikhali azikona ukwehla ngokombono wabenzi bezikhali. Izimpi aziyizuzisi imiphakathi ngokwezomnotho, kodwa zicebisa abantu ngabanye. Lowo mgomo ubalulekile ekuchazeni ukuziphatha kukahulumeni wase-US kunoma iyiphi indawo ngaphandle kwempi; kungani impi kufanele ihluke?
Ayikho impi ethile, futhi ngokuqinisekile akusona isikhungo sisonke, sinencazelo eyodwa elula. Kepha kuyiqiniso impela ukuthi ukube ukuthengiswa okuphezulu kwe-Iraq bekuyi-broccoli ngabe ibingekho impi ka-2003. Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi ukube ukwenza inzuzo ngempi bekungekho emthethweni futhi kuvinjiwe bekungeke kube nempi. Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi uma isiko lase-US lingabavuzi osopolitiki abenza impi, kanye/noma New York Times kubikwe ngempi ngokwethembeka, futhi/noma iCongress yenze umkhuba wokugxeka abenzi bempi, kanye/noma imikhankaso yaxhaswa ngokomphakathi, kanye/noma isiko lase-US lagubha ukungabi nabudlova kunodlame bekungeke kube khona impi. Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi ukube uGeorge W. Bush kanye/noma u-Dick Cheney nabanye abambalwa babephile kahle ngokwengqondo ngabe ayikho impi.
Kufanele siqaphele ukudala umcabango wokuthi kuhlale kunezibalo ezinengqondo ngemuva kwezimpi. Iqiniso lokuthi asisoze sabathola akukona neze ukwehluleka kokucabanga, kodwa kuwukungabaza ukuqaphela ukuziphatha okungenangqondo nokubi kwezikhulu zethu zezombusazwe. Ukubusa komhlaba wonke, i-machismo, ukudabuka, kanye nokukhanukela amandla kunomthelela omkhulu ezingxoxweni zabahleli bempi.
Kodwa yini eyenza impi ibe yinto evamile emiphakathini ethile hhayi kweminye? Ucwaningo olunzulu lusikisela ukuthi impendulo ayihlangene nokucindezela kwezomnotho noma indawo engokwemvelo noma amanye amandla angeyena umuntu. Kunalokho impendulo ukwamukelwa kwamasiko. Isiko elamukela noma eligubha impi liyoba nempi. Lowo oxosha impi njengento engenangqondo futhi enobuqaba uzokwazi ukuthula.
Uma u-Krugman nabafundi bakhe sebeqala ukucabanga ngempi njengento endala, njengento edinga incazelo, lokho kungaba yizindaba ezinhle kuphela zenhlangano yokuqeda impi.
Igxathu elikhulu elilandelayo lingase lifike maduze uma sonke singazama ukubona umhlaba isikhashana ngombono womuntu ongaphandle kwe-United States. Phela, umqondo wokuthi i-US akufanele iqhume ngamabhomu e-Iraq kuphela kuzwakala njengokuphika ukuthi kunenhlekelele enkulu e-Iraq edinga isinyathelo esisheshayo, kubantu abacabanga ukuthi izinkinga zidinga amabhomu ukuzixazulula - futhi iningi lalabo bantu, ngabanye. ngokuqondana, kubonakala sengathi uhlala e-United States.
