NguDavid Swanson, uJanuwari 31, 2019
Kungenzeka ukuthi iCongress yaseMelika izosebenzisa i-War Powers Resolution yango-1973 ukuqeda impi - lena Yemen. Lokhu kungaba kuhle. Kukhona izixwayiso.
The bill manje kuzo zombili izindlu kunezintuba ezixakile nezixakile ngempela. Abanye babasekeli bayo nyakenye bebebonakala zizenza ukukusekela ngenkathi uvikela abaphikisana nempi, futhi ukusondela kwevoti elihlulekile akukaze kube yinkomba yokuthi umuntu angathola kalula kangakanani ivoti eliyimpumelelo. UTrump usabise ngokwenza i-veto. UTrump naye angamane ephule umthetho elindele ngokusobala ukuthi ngeke athweswe icala ngalokho. Futhi iYemen mancane amathuba okuthi iphinde ilulame ngokugcwele.
Kodwa akukho kulokhu okungikhathazayo.
Okungikhathazayo ezinye izimpi ezimbalwa zamanje kanye nenqwaba yemisebenzi engapheli, kanye ne-Congressional imizamo ukubeka umkhawulo wokuziqeda. Imithethosivivinywa manje yethulwe ukuvimbela ukuhoxiswa kwamasosha ase-US eSyria noma eNingizimu Korea ukuya kunoma yini engaphansi kwamazinga athile, ngaphandle uma kuhlangatshezwana nemibandela eminingi.
Ngakho-ke, iCongress kungenzeka, okokuqala ngqa, iziqinisekise ukuthi izoqeda impi futhi ngasikhathi sinye ukuvimbela ukuphela kwempi. Zombili lezi zinyathelo zingaba igalelo kubasekeli bobushiqela besikhashana. Kokubili kungaba impumelelo yombono woMthethosisekelo wezwe eliphethwe yisishayamthetho esikhethiwe. Ngokubambisana bangase badale ukuvuleka okwengeziwe ukuze bafune ukuthi iCongress ivotele ngandlela thile noma enye empini ngayinye ekhona kanye nabasha abangaba khona. Khona-ke thina, bantu, singase sithathe umzabalazo ongenabulungiswa okhuphukayo ngokumelene nabazuzi bempi ukuze siwine ngalinye kulawo mavoti.
Kodwa inhlanganisela yentuthuko isengaba ukulahlekelwa okuphelele. Amandla okukhipha isimemezelo sokuthi impi engapheli angase enze umonakalo omkhulu kunamandla okuqeda owodwa, ngenxa yezizathu ezine okungenani.
Okokuqala, iCongress izobe ithatha igunya lokunquma ukuthi kwenziwe ubugebengu. Ukufudumala kwe-US eSyria nakwezinye izindawo eziningi kwephula i-United Nations Charter, kanye ne-Kellogg Briand Pact. Lezi zivumelwano ziwumthetho ophakeme wezwe lase-United States ngaphansi koMthethosisekelo wase-US.
Okwesibili, ukwenza izimpi nemisebenzi kube unomphela ngokusebenzisa umthetho kusungula izinga elihlukile lombuso kanye nokucabanga kombuso. Kususa sengathi amasosha athunyelwe ndawana thize ukuyolungisa isimo, ngemuva kwalokho azogcina ehambile. Kwenza kucace emhlabeni nasemphakathini wase-US ukuthi umgomo uwumbuso waphakade. Kungani iNorth Korea kufanele ixoxisane noma ithathe izinyathelo zokuhoxiswa kwezikhali nohulumeni ongeke futhi ongeke aphinde enze okuthile?
Okwesithathu, izikweletu zokuvimbela ukuhoxiswa zisebenzisa amandla esikhwama. Bakwenqabela ukusetshenziswa kwezimali zase-US ukuhoxisa amasosha ase-US. Lokhu ukusetshenziswa okungajwayelekile kwamandla esikhwama, ngokombono kufanele kunconywe kakhulu. Nokho, ukungahoxisi amasosha kubiza imali engaphezu kokuhoxiswa kwamasosha. Ngakho-ke lokhu kuyisidingo sokusebenzisa imali eningi ngokucasha kwesithibelo ekusetshenzisweni kwemali. I-Pentagon izomane ithande lelo qhinga libe umkhuba ojwayelekile.
Okwesine, iCongress ibonakala iqhubekela phambili ekugomeni okubaluleke kakhulu kwamandla ayo ngenxa yobuwula bezizathu. Okusho ukuthi, ngenkathi abaningi kuCongress bangase baphendule isidingo somphakathi noma ukuziphatha e-Yemen, abaningi babonakala bephendula impi engangabazeki noma ukuhlanganyela noma okubi kakhulu eSyria naseKorea. Ukube umongameli wase-US ubeyiDemocrat, ngiyakuqinisekisa ukuthi isibalo samaDemocrats kuCongress azama ukumphikisa eKorea singashintshwa kakhulu ngokuchema. Akusona isikhathi eside i-United States yenza sengathi ayinawo amasosha eSyria, noma njengoba ukuba namasosha eSyria kwakubhekwa njengento edabukisayo. Manje, ngenxa yokuchema noma ukulwela impi noma ukuphishekela iMpi Yezwe III ngokumelene namaRussia, izimo zengqondo sezishintshile.
Mhlawumbe kukhona indlela ukusizakala ukusetshenziswa amandla isikhwama. Ingabe ukhona onesikebhe othanda ukuthula emhlabeni? Kuthiwani ngomkhumbi? Kuthiwani ngendiza? Ingabe zikhona izinkampani zezindiza ezingayithandi impi? Kuthiwani nganoma yiziphi izizwe? Kuthiwani ngeZizwe Ezihlangene? Kuthiwani ngabaphikisa intela yempi? Ngabe ukhona kubo ongabeka imali ethile yokuletha amasosha ase-US ekhaya ezimpini nasemisebenzini? Kuzobiza iNingizimu Korea imali encane ukuhlinzeka ngemikhumbi yokuhamba ngezinyawo ukuthatha amasosha ase-US eCalifornia kunalokho uTrump acela iSouth Korea ukuthi izikhokhele umsebenzi wayo. Ingabe kufanele siqale umkhankaso wokuqongelela imali nge-inthanethi? Ngisho, iPentagon ayikaze yenqabe imali ngaphambili, akunjalo?
Ngicabanga ukuthi asikwazanga ngempela ukudlula kukho. Uma iPentagon ingasebenzisa izimali ezizimele ukuqeda impi izoqiniseka ukuthi isebenzisa ezinye izimali ezizimele ukuze yethule ezinye ezinhlanu. Khumbula i-Contras? Kodwa asikwazanga ukwenza isitatimende? "Ngiyathembisa ukuthi ngizofaka isandla kuxhaso lukahulumeni wase-US ukuthi lusetshenziselwe kuphela ukuletha amasosha ekhaya ezimpini." ICongress kusazodingeka iguqule umthetho, noma kunjalo, futhi sizobe singena emaphaketheni ethu angashoni ngenkathi osozigidi bemi eceleni noma besihlola noma belwela umongameli. Ngakho-ke, ekugcineni, ikhambi elilula cishe lingcono kakhulu: Nikeza isichibiyelo kuzikweletu ze-permawar ezivumela ukuletha amasosha ekhaya ukuze akhokhelwe ngokukhetha i-F-35 eyodwa ehleliwe futhi angayakhi.
