NguRobert C. Koehler
Izibulala zethu zihlanzekile futhi zingezomhlaba; Okwabo kudidekile futhi kuyinkolo.
"Emzamweni wabo wokwenza ikhokhalo ezingxenyeni ezithile ze-Iraq naseSyria," I-CNN iyasitshela, "Abalwi be-ISIS babulale izakhamizi njengoba zithatha amadolobha kuwo womabili amazwe.
"ESyria, leli qembu lafaka amakhanda alo aphungwe yizisulu ngezigxobo."
Ukuqina kwesisu njengalokhu, umongo lapho kubikwa khona - njengokuqondisa okulula kombono womphakathi - ungifaka ekuthuseni, ngoba buthula buthule obukhulu obukhulu, obukhulu ekujuleni okulindile emaphikweni. Ukuboleka ibinzana kuBenjamin Netanyahu, lobu ngesihluku be-telegenic. Yilokho nje imishini yezempi yase-US idinga ukuthethelela ukuhlaselwa okulandelayo okuvela e-Iraq.
"Kwesinye isigameko esithathwe kwikhamera," kusho umbiko weCNN, "indoda ibaphoqeleka ukuba iguqe ngamadolo, izungezwe ngamasosha omaskandi aziveza njengevidiyo ngamalungu e-ISIS. Baphoqa lo mlisa obhekene nezibhamu ukuthi 'aguqukele' e-Islam, bese bemnquma ikhanda. "
Lokhu kuphakathi kwesikhathi esihle. Ngokuphambene nalokho, lapho sibulala i-Iraqis, kuyashesha futhi kucocekile, akunangqondo njengokuhamba chess. Indaba efanayo ye-CNN isitshela ukuthi: "Iziphathimandla zase-Iraq zathi i-airstrikes yase-US Saturday Abulale izitha ze-16 ISIS, kwathi indiza yase-Iraq e-Sinjar yabulala amanye ama-45 ISIS, kusho abezindaba zesifundazwe sase-Iraq. "
Yilokho kuphela. Akunankinga enkulu. Abafileyo esibhekene nakho abanazo izimfanelo zomuntu, futhi ukubabulala akukho mahhala njengokuhlanza isiqandisi. Kuyadingeka ngempela, ngoba laba bantu bangama-jihadists, futhi, kahle. . .
"Okuphambili ekusetshenzisweni kwe-US manje kufanele kube ukubuyela emuva nokunqoba i-ISIS ngakho-ke ngeke ikwazi ukukhombisa ubuqili babashokobezi," I-Wall StreetJournal ihlelwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule. "Umbuso onjalo uzoba yi -ecececi ye-jihadists ezoqeqesha bese ihlakazeka ukubulala emhlabeni jikelele. Bazozama ukushaya abantu baseMelika ngezindlela ezibamba ukunakwa komhlaba, kubandakanya nezwe laseMelika. Isu lokuqukatha i-ISIS aliqedi lokhu kusongela.
Nayi iSouth Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, besho into efanayo ne-hysteria ethe xaxa kwiFox News, njengoba icashunwe nguPaul Waldman kuWashington Post: Umsebenzi ka-Obama njengomongameli ukuvikela lesi sizwe. Uma engahambi ekuhlaseleni ngokumelene ne-ISIS, ISIL, noma yini ofuna ukuyibiza laba bantu, beza lapha. Lokhu akugcini nje ngeBaghdad. Lokhu akugcini nje ngeSyria. Kumayelana nezwe lakithi. . . .
"Ngabe uyafuna ngempela ukuthi iMelika ihlaselwe? . . . Mnu Mongameli, uma ungashintshi isu lakho, laba bantu beza lapha. ”
Umbango odlula lapho wokuthanda izwe awukaze ube budlabha kakhulu. Ngamangazwa yilezi zingxabano eminyakeni eyishumi edlule; iqiniso lokuthi babuya ngomqondo omuhle impela, bavuka umlotha wabo bafuna impi entsha yokuqothula izinto ezesabekayo ezenziwe ngudala, kungishukumisela ezingeni elisha lokuphelelwa yithemba. Ukwesaba kuqubuka kwaphakade futhi kungabizwa njalo. Impi idla izifundo zayo.
As U-Ivan Eland ubhale muva nje eHuffington Post: “Empini, amaqembu anonya kakhulu abamba izikhali azisebenzise kuwo wonke umuntu. Uma kungabazeka ukuthi kukhona ngale ndaba, lapho i-ISIS isanda kuhlasela e-Iraq, yahlakaza amabutho ase-Iraq ahlome kahle futhi ayithumela ukuba ibaleke. Emkhankasweni wakhe wamanje wokulwa nemikhosi yamanje ebizwa ngokuthi yi-IS, inkampani yezindiza yaseMelika ilwa nezayo izikhali. ”
Ubuye wengeza wathi: “Ngomrekhodi omkhulu wakamuva, umuntu angacabanga ukuthi osopolitiki baseMelika bangaba namahloni kakhulu ukuthi baphinde bazibandakanye nezimpi e-Iraq. Kepha manje bacabanga ukuthi badinga ukulwa nesilo abasidalile. Kodwa uma u-AMA edonsa ngokwedlula ukhokho wayo, i-al Qaeda e-Iraq, yisiphi isidalwa esinamandla manje abasidalayo abaphikisana namabhomu ase-US? "
Masikuyeke lokhu kungene. Siyiqinise ngokuphelele i-Iraq 'esiyikhohlwe ngokusemthethweni impi' yokwesaba, sahambisa izigidi zabantu, sabulala amakhulukhulu ezinkulungwane (futhi abanye balinganisela ngaphezu kwesigidi), sibhidliza ingqalasizinda yezwe futhi singcolisa nemvelo yaso impi engapheli yempi yobuthi. Ngenkathi sikwenza konke lokhu, savusa amazinga angenakucatshangelwa, okuthi kancane kancane kube ngamasosha futhi kube yi-Islamic State ekhona, ethatha izwe ngokukhohlakala nangonya. Manje, ngokungazi kwethu ngobulukhuni bezenhlalo nezepolitiki zase-Iraq, asiboni okunye ngaphandle kokuphindela emuva emkhankasweni wamabhomu wokulwa nakho, uma kungeyona impi ebanzi.
UMongameli Obama kanye namaDemocrat alinganiselayo babona lokhu njengokungenelela okulinganiselwe, "kokusiza abantu", ngenkathi amaRepublican ne-hawjik Dems bekhalaza ngokubulawa okukhulu, futhi, ukuvikela "izwe", okungenjalo bebengathanda ukulishiya ngezinhloso zentela.
Futhi ukuhlaziya okwenziwa kuqala kuhlala kushubile njengokuphawula kwezemidlalo. Ukungenela kwezempi, noma ngabe kugcwele, amabhuzu-emhlabathini, noma kubekelwe amabhomu nemicibisholo, kuhlale kuyimpendulo, ngoba impi ihlala ibukeka njengesisombululo. Okungekho ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye ukusesha komphefumlo kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo.
Okwamanje, i-Iraq nabantu bayo bayaqhubeka nokuhlupheka, kungaba ngqo ezandleni zethu noma ezandleni zezilo esizenzile. Njengoba abathengisi bezikhali bezingasho, i-mission ifezekile.
URobert Koehler ungumlobi we-Chicago-based journalist kanye nomlobi ohlanganyelwe ngokomthetho. Incwadi yakhe, Isibindi Sakhula Esiqhingini (I-Xenos Press), isatholakala. Xhumana naye koehlercw@gmail.com noma uvakashele iwebhusayithi yakhe commonwonders.com.
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