Sivame ukucabanga ngempi njengomphumela wolaka noma ukungahleleki noma ukuvukela umbuso. Izifundiswa zaseNtshonalanga zizingela izakhi zofuzo zabantu bakwamanye amazwe futhi zifunde izimfene ukuze zithole umsuka walo bubi.
Kodwa kungaba nzima ukubala inani labantu abaye balahlekelwa ukuphila kwabo ngenxa yobugwala obudlulele emahholo e-United States Congress. "Leli gumbi ligcwele igazi," kusho uSenator uGeorge McGovern, obezoshaqeka kabusha kuleli sonto.
NgoSuku Lomthethosisekelo, iNdlu yabaMeli - elandelwa ngakusasa yiSigele - yanquma ukuhlehlisa kuze kube ngemva kokhetho olulandelayo lwase-US ngoNovemba noma yikuphi ukucatshangelwa kwempi entsha yase-US kakade eqhubekayo e-Iraq naseSyria, kodwa yavotela okwamanje. ukugunyaza ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali eSyria ukuze kubhebhethekise udlame.
Nakhu iwebhusayithi lokho kukutshela ukuthi Ummeleli wakho namaSenatha bavote kanjani futhi ikuvumela ukuthi ubathumelele umlayezo ofanele ngokuchofoza okukodwa.
Uthe uKhongolose uJim McDermott, ovotele Cha: “Lesi sichibiyelo, esisebenza kuze kube sekuqaleni kukaDisemba, sisebenza njengesigunyazo esingumgunyathi esiklanyelwe ukuthola iCongress phakathi nenkathi yokhetho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ikhuluma yingxenye eyodwa kuphela yesu uMongameli alivezile ngesonto eledlule. Leyo akuyona indlela eqotho yokwenza inqubomgomo yomphakathi.”
Ngakho-ke, uMongameli umemezele impi yeminyaka emithathu, ngokusekelwe ohlelweni lwezikhathi olukhiqizwe muntu ngaphandle kwalolo lokhetho lukamongameli wase-US. Futhi iCongress imemezele ukuthi izocubungula lolu daba ngemuva kokhetho olulandelayo lweCongress. Kodwa akunjengokungathi asazi sonke ukuthi bavumela impi ukuthi iqhubeke futhi ibe yimbi usuku nosuku. Amalungu amaningi eCongress lahla UKhongolose ngalokho bona ngokwabo abakubiza ngesenzo sobugwala esiyihlazo. Kodwa obani kubo abaphikisa “ubuholi” babo? Ibaphi phakathi kwabo abahambisa isicelo sokukhishwa ngenkani ukuze kuvotwe? Ibaphi kubo abasebenzisa i-War Powers Resolution ukuze baphoqelele ivoti kungakhathalekile ukuthi “ubuholi” bufunani?
Emuva zingama-25 kuJulayi iNdlu yasiphasisa kakhulu isinqumo sikaMcGovern-Jones-Lee esasidinga uMongameli ukuthi afune isigunyazo sikaKhongolose ngaphambi kokuthumela amasosha e-Iraq. UMengameli waqhubeka wakushaya indiva lokho. Ngabe iCongress izolunqamula uxhaso? Gwema? Impeach? Cha. ICongress ivotele ukugunyaza izikhali nokuqeqeshwa kwabantu baseSyria abasondelene kakhulu namabutho u-Obama asevele elwa impi yomoya nephansi e-Iraq.
USenator uTim Kaine ubehola icala efuna ukuthi iCongress ivote ngaphambi kwanoma iyiphi impi entsha. (Njengoba kuphawuliwe, iNdlu yenza, futhi iSenethi ayizange ilandele okufanayo.) Manje uKaine uthi ingxoxo yalokho kulandela ukhetho lweCongress of US izokwanela. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, i-United States izobhebhethekisa udlame ezinhlangothini zombili zempi eyinkimbinkimbi, kuyilapho iphindaphinda ngokuqhubekayo "Asikho isisombululo sezempi" futhi ihambisa izikhali zempi nezempi emzamweni ophikisayo wokuthola isisombululo.
Kuphawule uKhongolosekazi uBarbara Lee, ovotele uCha ngezikhali eSyria: “Imiphumela yaleli voti izoba ukunwetshwa kwempi ekhona njengamanje kanye nokubandakanyeka kwethu empini yamahlelo. . . . Okushodayo kule mpikiswano izisombululo zezepolitiki, ezomnotho, zezokuxhumana neziholwa yisifunda ezizoba amathuluzi ezokuphepha esifundeni kanye nanoma yiziphi izinsongo ezingase zibe khona e-United States esikhathini esizayo. "
Okunye okwakungekho yiqembu eliphikisayo elihleliwe. AmaRepublicans avotele u-yebo no-cha, kanjalo namaDemocrats, kanjalo ne-Progressive Caucus, kanjalo ne-Black Caucus. Laba bantu kumele bezwe umyalezo wokuthi ubugwala akulona iqhinga lokukhankasa. Kumele babhekane nesidingo sokuthi bayeke le mpi, njengoba kwakunjalo ngonyaka odlule, lapho amavidiyo asabekayo e-ISIS ayengasebenzisi abantu baseMelika ukuthi baphinde benze intando yabashokobezi abathola amandla ekuhlaselweni kwe-US. Ngonyaka odlule sakhuluma. Sabhekana namalungu eCongress emihlanganweni yamahholo edolobha. Sabamisa.
Manje sebesike bagijima ngokoqobo. Bathatha iholidi lezinyanga ezimbili ukuze benze sengathi abahlangene nodlame olukhulayo. Badinga ukuzwa ngathi mathupha. Kodwa singaqala ebathumelela inothi ukubazisa esikucabangayo.
Khumbula, umsebenzi wabo awukona ukuvotela imvume yempi entsha, okuzokwenza ukuthi ngandlela thize konke kulunge. Umsebenzi wabo uwukusekela i-Kellogg-Briand Pact, i-UN Charter, ukuhlakanipha kweningi lezwe, izifundo zeshumi leminyaka elidlule, kanye nokuziphatha okujwayelekile okuyisisekelo ngokumisa impi.
