nguTom H. Hastings
Phinda uhlasele, hlala futhi, futhi ucekele phansi i-Iraq. Leso yisixazululo sempi yombango engenakugwemeka eyenzeka lapho i-US iphuma? Ngabe sizokwenza kuze kube yilapho i-Iraq yenziwe kabusha ngomfanekiso wethu noma kuze kubhujiswe umnotho wase-US, indawo yezepolitiki kanye namasiko?
Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili eyedlule iqembu lezishoshovu zokuthula e-Portland laqoqa izimali ukuze kuhlanganiswe inqwaba yochwepheshe ukuze kukhiqizwe isu lokuphuma e-Iraq. Okwethu kwenziwa, njengoba kuvela, ngesikhathi esifanayo ukuthi Iqembu lokufunda lase-Iraq benze umsebenzi wabo. Besingazi nje ukuthi ekugcineni uhulumeni usenqume ukuthi mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sokucabanga Phuma Uhlelo. Duh. Ngilindele ukuthi sonke sigqugquzelwe futhi siphonselwa inselelo ngabanokuqonda kanye isu elihle eshicilelwe ngaphambi nje kwalokho kujenali ebuyekezwe ontanga, iThe Onion.
Noma kunjalo, naphezu kokusobala-kanye neqembu lethu, elaziswa ochwepheshe bezempi kanye nochwepheshe bezokuguqulwa kwezingxabano ngokufanayo, baphawule kahle ukuthi noma ngabe i-US ishiya nini ama-Iraqis izoba nempi yombango echitha igazi futhi izinze kuhulumeni omusha wobushiqela owadubula indlela yawo. ukubusa futhi kwacindezela isakhamuzi sayo-kwathatha i-US iminyaka emithathu ngaphezulu ukuthi iqale ukuhamba, isikhathi eside ukuqeda ukuhamba, futhi manje inqubo yokuxazulula udlame eyayibikezelwe kahle yenzeka ngobuqotho.
Ngokwemvelo, imboni yengxabano yase-US iyadumala lapho i-US ingachithi yonke isenti lokugcina ezikhalini nakwezinye izinkontileka zokwenza inzuzo kwezempi. Isikhathi sokuphendula! Hamba ibhomu! Thumela "abeluleki." Ukuhlasela okungahambi kahle, ukuzingela abashokobezi ngama-drones namajethi empi. Hlanganisa amasosha ase-US ngoba uma kuneqiniso elilodwa elisobala, amasosha abamba iqhaza awasasebenzi kule nkathi yangemva kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Babonakala belungile futhi beyindlela enhle yokukhipha umkhokhi wentela waseMelika lapho ukwethembeka kwabo kuthembekile. Kepha inkathi yokuthi “kungenzeka ukuthi uyindodana yonondindwa kodwa uyindodana yethu yenja” (ichazwe ngokungabaza ku-FDR mayelana nomfana wethu. Somoza, umashiqela waseNicaragua) uphelile. Ama-SOB ethu manje akhishwa ngokujwayelekile emandleni ngevoti, inhlamvu, noma izindikimba-okungukuthi, ngokhetho esingasalulawuli, ngokuvukela umbuso okunodlame, noma ukuvukela umbuso ongenalo udlame.
Kuyeke. Yeka ukugxambukela kwamanye amazwe. Yeka ukuthumela izikhali. Misa ama-drones. Vele usekele izinhlangano zomphakathi ngosizo oluwusizo noluceliwe, ungalokothi ube nezibhamu noma amathangi noma izindiza zempi noma izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezilwa nabashokobezi noma iziqhumane eziqhunyiswa ngamarokhethi ezimelene nohulumeni. Futhi nganoma yiliphi ithuba lempumelelo, gcina amasosha ase-US ekhaya. Vumela ama-Iraqi akusebenzele bese uzama ukuba umngane wezakhamizi zawo ngezimpahla zethu zokuphila. Kungase kungasheshi njengokuthi “Nginesibhamu ekhanda lakho ngakho hamba uyovota!” imodeli yokusabalalisa "intando yeningi" ethandwa abaholi bethu kanye nenhlangano yethu yezimboni zezempi, kodwa iyona kuphela esebenza ngempela. Ngicela siqale manje?
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