Ungayikhipha Kanjani Impi EMelika

NguBrad Wolf, Amaphupho ajwayelekile, Julayi 17, i-2022

Inqubomgomo yokwelapha esikhundleni sokulwa nempi ayikaze icatshangelwe ngokujulile, ivezwe, noma isetshenziswe nganoma iyiphi indlela yileli zwe.

Namuhla ngikhulume nomsizi wenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yeSigele sase-United States obizweni oluhleliwe lokunxenxa inhlangano yethu emelene nempi. Kunokuba ngisebenzise amaphuzu ajwayelekile wokunxenxa mayelana nokumosha imali kwePentagon, ngacela ingxoxo engagwegwesi mayelana nezindlela inhlangano yethu engathola ngayo isu eliphumelelayo lokusika isabelomali sePentagon. Bengifuna umbono womuntu osebenza e-Hill ukuze abe yilungu lephalamende elilondolozayo.

Umsizi weSigele wangiphoqa. Amathuba okuthi noma yimuphi umthethosivivinywa uphasise womabili amagumbi eCongress onganciphisa isabelomali sePentagon ngo-10%, ngokusho komsizi, abeziro. Uma ngibuza ukuthi ngabe lokhu kungenxa yokuthi umbono womphakathi wawuthi siyayidinga le mali ukuze sivikele izwe, umsizi waphendula wathi akuwona nje umbono womphakathi kodwa iqiniso elikhona. USenator wayeqiniseka, njengoba kwakunjalo kakhulu kuCongress, ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwezinsongo zePentagon kwakunembe futhi kuthembekile (lokhu naphezu komlando wePentagon wokubikezela okuhlulekile).

Njengoba ngichazelwe, amasosha ahlola izinsongo emhlabeni wonke okubandakanya amazwe anjengeChina neRussia, bese akha isu lezempi lokulwa nalezo zinsongo, asebenzisane nabakhiqizi bezikhali ukuklama izikhali ezizohlanganiswa nalelosu, bese ekhiqiza isabelomali esisekelwe kulokho. isu. ICongress, Democrats kanye namaRiphabhulikhi ngokufanayo, ayasivuma isabelomali. Phela amasosha. Balazi kahle ibhizinisi lempi.

Uma amasosha eqala ngombono wokuthi kufanele abhekane nazo zonke izinkinga ezivela kuzo zonke izindawo emhlabeni jikelele, abe esethuthukisa isu lezempi lomhlaba wonke. Leli akulona isu lokuzivikela, kodwa isu lomhlaba wonke lamaphoyisa kulo lonke icala elingenzeka. Lapho zonke izingxabano noma indawo yokungazinzi ibonwa njengosongo, umhlaba uba yisitha.

Kuthiwani uma izingxabano noma ukungazinzi okunjalo bekubhekwa njengamathuba esikhundleni sokusongela? Kuthiwani uma sithumela odokotela, abahlengikazi, othisha, nonjiniyela ngokushesha njengoba sikhipha ama-drones, izinhlamvu, namabhomu? Odokotela ezibhedlela ezingomahambanendlwana babiza kancane kunendiza yamanje ye-F-35 evala ucingo. Intengo ye- $ 1.6 trillion. Futhi odokotela ababulali ngephutha abangalwi emicimbini yemishado noma emingcwabeni ngaleyo ndlela bebhebhethekisa ukuphikisa kwamaMelika. Eqinisweni, ababoni abalwayo noma abangalwi, babona abantu. Belapha iziguli.

Ikhorasi ebiza umbono onjengokuthi “naïve” izwakala ngokushesha, izigubhu zempi ezinikeza isigqi sokushaja. Ngakho-ke, ukuhlolwa kulungile. Ngokuvumelana ne I-Merriam-Webster, i-naïve ingase isho “okuphawulwa ngobulula obungathinteki,” noma “ukuntula ekuhlakanipheni kwezwe noma ukwahlulela okunolwazi,” noma “okungafakwanga ekuhlolweni ngaphambili noma esimweni esithile sokuhlola.”

Lesi siphakamiso esingenhla sodokotela ngama-drones sizwakala silula futhi singathinteki. Ukondla abantu abalambile, ubanakekele uma begula, ubahlalise lapho bengenandawo yokufihla ikhanda, kuyindlela eqondile. Ngokuvamile indlela engathinteki, elula iyona engcono kakhulu. Unecala njengoba kubekwe icala lapha.

Mayelana “nokuntula ekuhlakanipheni kwezwe noma ukwahlulela okuqondisiwe,” siye sabona iMelika isempini njalo, sabona abahlakaniphileyo, bezwe, nabanolwazi befakazelwa ukuthi banephutha ngokuphindaphindiwe ngokubulala amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu. Abalethanga ukuthula, nokulondeka. Sinecala ngenjabulo lokuntula ohlotsheni lwabo oluthile lokuhlakanipha kwezwe nokwahlulela okunolwazi. Thina, abangenalwazi, siqoqe okwethu ukuhlakanipha nokwahlulela ekubekezeleni amaphutha abo ayinhlekelele, ama-hubris abo, amanga abo.

Mayelana nencazelo yokugcina ye-naïve, "engafakwanga ekuhlolweni ngaphambilini," kusobala ukuthi inqubomgomo yokwelapha esikhundleni sokulwa nempi ayikaze icatshangelwe, ikhulunywe, noma isetshenziswe nganoma iyiphi indlela yileli zwe. Naïve futhi, njengoba icala.

Ukube sakha izibhedlela ezingama-2,977 e-Afghanistan ngokuhlonipha wonke umuntu waseMelika owashona ngo-9/11, ngabe sisindise izimpilo eziningi kakhulu, sakha i-anti-Americanism kanye nobushokobezi okuncane kakhulu, futhi sasebenzisa imali engaphansi kakhulu kwenani lama- $ 6 trillion labangaphumelelanga. War on Terror. Ukwengeza, isenzo sethu sobukhulu nesihawu sasiyoshukumisa unembeza wezwe. Kodwa sasifuna ukuchitha igazi, hhayi ukuhlephula isinkwa. Sasihalela impi, hhayi ukuthula. Nempi sayithola. Iminyaka engamashumi amabili yayo.

Impi ihlezi iyingxabano ngezinsiza. Umuntu ufuna lokho omunye umuntu anakho. Ezweni elingenayo inkinga yokusebenzisa ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6 ku-War on Terror ehlulekile, ngokuqinisekile singahlinzeka ngezinsiza ezidingekayo zokudla, indawo yokuhlala, nemithi ukuze abantu bangahlukani, futhi kule nqubo, sizisindise ekuvuleni okwamanje. esinye isilonda esophayo. Kufanele senze lokhu okuvame ukushunyayelwa emasontweni ethu kodwa okungajwayelekile ukuthi kwenziwe. Kufanele senze imisebenzi yesihe.

Kufika kulokhu: Ingabe siyaziqhenya ngokunqoba izwe ngamabhomu, noma ukulisindisa ngesinkwa? Yikuphi kulokhu okusivumela ukuthi sibambe amakhanda ethu phezulu njengamaMelika? Ikuphi kulokhu okwakha ithemba nobungane “nezitha” zethu? Ngiyayazi impendulo mina nabangane bami abaningi, kodwa kuthiwani ngathi sonke? Siyikhipha kanjani impi eMelika? Ayikho enye indlela engiyaziyo ngaphandle kokungabi nangqondo nokwamukela imisebenzi yesihe elula, engathinteki.

UBrad Wolf, owayengummeli, uprofesa kanye nomphathi wasekolishi lomphakathi, ungumsunguli we-Peace Action Network yeLancaster futhi ubhalela World BEYOND War.