NguDavid Swanson, Julayi 7, 2017, kusuka Ake sizame ngentando yeningi.
NgoLwesine olwedlule iKomidi Lokwabiwa Kwezindlu Lase-US livumelene ngazwilinye ukuba liphasise isichibiyelo - uma siphasiswa yiCongress - esizohoxiswa, ngemuva kokubambezeleka kwezinyanga eziyi-8, Ukugunyazwa Kokusetshenziswa Kwebutho Lezempi (AUMF) kwaphasiswa yiCongress ngemuva nje kukaSepthemba 11, 2001. , futhi yasetshenziswa njengesizathu sezimpi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
Futhi ngesonto eledlule, iNgqungquthela YeziMeya zase-US ngazwi linye idlulile izinqumo ezintathu ezikhuthaza kakhulu iCongress ukuthi isuse uxhaso lwezempi luyise ezidingweni zabantu, kunokuba - njengoba isiphakamiso sesabelomali sikaMongameli uTrump sizokwenza - ukuhambisa imali kwelinye icala. Esinye salezi zinqumo, esethulwe yiMeya yase-Ithaca, NY, sasifana kakhulu nesokuqala Uhlaka engangikhiqize, nokuthi yibaphi abantu abaphumelele ukuhlukahluka okuthile emadolobheni amaningana.
Amanye amaphuzu ashiwo ezigatshaneni zesinqumo “kanti” awavamile ukuvunywa. Lokhu bekukodwa:
“NAKUBA, izingxenyana zesabelomali esihlongozwayo sezempi zinganikeza mahhala, ikhwalithi ephezulu imfundo kusukela enkulisa kuya ekolishi, ekupheleni ukulamba kanye nendlala emhlabeni, guqula i-US ibe amandla ahlanzekile, nikeza isiphuzo esihlanzekile amanzi yonke indawo edingekayo emhlabeni, yakha izitimela ezisheshayo phakathi kwawo wonke ama-US amakhulu imizi, kanye nosizo oluphindwe kabili olungezona ezezempi lwase-US kunokuba lunqamule.”
Ngizochaza ezinye:
Isabelomali sikaTrump sizokwenza Phakamisa ingxenye yezempi yokusetshenziswa kwemali kombuso isuka ku-54% yenani eliphelele laya ku-59%, singabali u-7% wokunakekelwa komakadebona.
Umphakathi wase-US umusa ukwehliswa kwezigidigidi ezingama-41 zamarandi ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi, hhayi ukwanda kukaTrump kwamabhiliyoni angama-54.
Osomnotho baye benza kanjalo ibhalwe phansi ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kukhiqiza imisebenzi embalwa kunezinye izindleko futhi ngisho nangaphezu kokungalokothi ukhokhise lawo madola.
UMongameli Trump ngokwakhe uyavuma ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwemali okukhulu kwezempi yeminyaka eyi-16 edlule kube yinhlekelele futhi kusenze saphepheka kakhulu, sangaphephile. Ngokufanayo, umholi we-UK Labour Party uJeremy Corbyn waphikisana ukuthi izimpi zidala ubuphekula, obaziwa nangokuthi i-blowback, kunokuba zibunciphise.
Ukuveza lelo phuzu elibalulekile kubukeka sengathi akulimazanga uTrump noma uCorbyn ngabavoti. Khonamanjalo amalungu amathathu eDemocratic Alliance kuCongress okhethweni olukhethekile kuze kube manje kulo nyaka avume kancane ukuba khona kwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle nhlobo, futhi bobathathu balahlekelwe.
Izizathu zokuhoxisa ukugunyazwa kwe-AUMF zihambisana nezizathu zokuthi sigudluze izinto eziza kuqala zethu zoxhaso. Kodwa kunezizathu ezengeziwe. I-AUMF yephule inhloso yababhali be Umthethosisekelo wase-US, okwakuzodinga ukuthi ivoti leCongress ngaphambi kokuba kuqale noma iyiphi impi, kanye nokuthi iCongress ikhulise futhi ixhase amasosha isikhathi esingeqile eminyakeni emibili ngaphandle kokuvota ukuze kwakhiwe enye imali.
I-AUMF iphinde ingqubuzane ne-Article VI yoMthethosisekelo eyenza izivumelwano zibe “umthetho ophakeme wezwe.” I-United Nations Charter kanye ne-Kellogg-Briand Pact yizivumelwano zase-United States uyingxenye. Owokuqala wenza izimpi eziningi, okuhlanganisa zonke izimpi zamanje zase-US, zibe ngekho emthethweni. Lesi sakamuva senza zonke izimpi zibe ngekho emthethweni. ICongress ayinawo amandla okwenza impi ibe semthethweni ngokuyimemezela kahle noma ukuyigunyaza.
Uma wamukela ukuvumelana okujwayelekile kokuthi imithetho emelene nempi kufanele ishaywe indiva, nokuthi i-AUMF yayamukeleka ekuqaleni, kusenzima ukubeka icala lokuthi i-AUMF ayikaphelelwa yisikhathi. Lokhu bekungasho ukugunyazwa kwanoma yimaphi amandla, kodwa ikakhulukazi “kulezo zizwe, izinhlangano, noma abantu [aba]hlela, abagunyaza, abenza, noma abasiza ukuhlasela kwamaphekula okwenzeka ngo-September 11, 2001.”
Uma izinhlangano ezinjalo zingakatholakali, sekuyisikhathi sokuyeka ukubulala abantu e-Afghanistan futhi uqale ukuhlinzeka ngemisebenzi kubaphenyi abambalwa abazimele. Amabhomu amaningi ngeke asize.
Esinye sezizathu ukuthi ukuzibulala sekube yimbangela ehamba phambili yokufa embuthweni wezempi wase-US cishe ngokuqinisekile ukuthi thina malungu omphakathi sinamandla amancane kunamalungu eCongress ukucabanga ukuthi ukulungisa impi engapheli unyaka nonyaka kuzothi ngandlela-thile, ekugcineni, kunikezwe unyaka owodwa nje, umphumela kumcimbi ongachazwanga obizwa ngokuthi “ukunqoba.”
Ngisho noma ucabanga ukuthi i-AUMF entsha kufanele idalwe futhi zonke izimpi ziqhubeka ngaphansi kwalokho kulungisiswa okusha, isinyathelo sokuqala sisusa i-AUMF endala eye yasiza ekudaleni izimpi eziqondwa kabanzi njengezingenangqondo nezingapheli.
Noma yiliphi ilungu leCongress elifuna isheke elisha elingenalutho lempi, kufanele libambe iqhaza engxoxweni, liveze udaba lwalo, futhi libeke igama labo phansi, njengoJohn Kerry, uHillary Clinton nabanye ababecabanga ukuthi bayazi ukuthi umphakathi ufunani, bethola kamuva. ukuthi abavoti babe nombono ohlukile.
UDavid Swanson ungumqondisi we WorldBeyondWar.org nezincwadi zakhe zihlanganisa Impi Ngamanga. Ungowe-2015, 2016, kanye no-2017 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee.
