NguDavid Swanson, February 2, 2018, kusukela Ake sizame ngentando yeningi.
Ingabe uke wayizwa leyo emayelana “nesivimbeli senuzi esiphephile, esivikelekile, nesisebenzayo”? Yebo, akukho lutho oluphephile noma oluvikelekile mayelana nokukhiqiza, ukunakekela, noma ukusongela ukusebenzisa izikhali zenuzi. Futhi abukho ubufakazi bokuthi bake bavimba noma yini i-United States eyayifuna ukuthi ivinjwe.
I-Trump State of the Union unikeze lesi sizathu sokwakha izikhali ezengeziwe:
“Emhlabeni wonke, sibhekene nemibuso ekhohlakele, amaqembu amaphekula nezimbangi ezifana neChina neRussia ezibekela inselelo izithakazelo zethu, umnotho wethu kanye nezindinganiso zethu. Ekubhekaneni nalezi zingozi ezimbi, siyazi ukuthi ubuthakathaka buyindlela eqinisekile yokungqubuzana namandla angenakuqhathaniswa kuyindlela eqinisekile yokuzivikela kwethu kweqiniso nokukhulu. . . . [W]e kufanele senze futhi sakhe kabusha izikhali zethu zezikhali zenuzi, ngethemba ukuthi asisoze sasisebenzisa, kodwa sisenze siqine futhi sibe namandla kangangokuthi sizonqanda noma yiziphi izenzo zobudlova ezenziwa esinye isizwe nanoma ubani omunye. Mhlawumbe ngolunye usuku esikhathini esizayo, kuyoba nomzuzu omangalisayo lapho amazwe omhlaba eyohlangana ukuze aqede izikhali zenuzi. Ngeshwa, asikabi lapho, okudabukisayo.”
Manje, imbangi into oyibiza ngembangi, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ingabekela inselelo “amanani” akho ngokungawahlanganisi. Mhlawumbe ingabekela inselele “intshisekelo” yakho “nomnotho” ngezivumelwano zohwebo. Kodwa lezo akuzona izenzo zempi. Azidingi izikhali zenuzi ngaphandle uma uhlose ukuthola izivumelwano zohwebo ezingcono ngokusongela ukuqothulwa kohlanga. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akukho umlingo mayelana nesikhathi lapho isivumelwano sokungavimbeli esiphulwa yi-US sidalwe, noma mayelana nesikhathi samanje lapho iningi lezizwe empeleni lisebenzela isivumelwano esisha sokuvimba ukuba nezikhali zenuzi.
I-Pentagon entsha "ukubuyekezwa kwesimo senuzi” inikeza izizathu ezihlukile kancane zokwakha ama-nukes amaningi. Ithi i-US yiyona ehamba phambili ekulahleni izikhali, njengoba iRussia neChina benqaba ukulandela. Ithi iRussia “ibambe” iCrimea (kungani lokho “kungazange kuvinjwe”?). Ithi iRussia ibilokhu yenza izinsongo zenuzi ngokumelene nabalingani baseMelika. Ithi iChina yakha izikhali zenuzi, ngaleyo ndlela "iphonsela inselelo ukuphakama kwezempi yase-US eNtshonalanga Pacific." Futhi: Izishoshovu zenuzi zaseNyakatho Korea zisongela ukuthula kwesifunda kanye nomhlaba wonke, naphezu kokulahlwa kwendawo yonke ku-United Nations. Izifiso zenuzi zase-Iran zisalokhu ziwukukhathazeka okungakaxazululwa. Emhlabeni wonke, ubuphekula bezikhali zenuzi buseyingozi ngempela.”
Lokhu kuwukungathembeki ngendlela emangalisayo. IPentagon, ngokungafani noMongameli, okungenani ikhomba izinto ezihlobene nempi nokuthula. Kodwa lokho mayelana nakho konke okungashiwo ngezimangalo zayo. AmaSoviet ayefuna ukukhipha izikhali, lapho uRonald Reagan ephikelela ethi “Star Wars” yakhe. KwakunguBush Junior owashiya iSivumelwano se-ABM sokubeka imicibisholo eYurophu. I-Russia yagunyaza Isivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Okuphelele Kokuhlolwa, kuyilapho i-US ingakasigunyazi noma ingasithobelanga. I-Russia ne-China bahlongoze ukuvimbela izikhali emkhathini kanti i-US yenqabile. I-Russia ihlongoze ukuvala impi ye-cyber, futhi i-US yenqabile. I-US ne-NATO bandise ukuba khona kwabo kwezempi emingceleni yaseRussia. I-US isebenzisa izikhathi eziyishumi kulokho iRussia echitha ngamalungiselelo empi.
Akukho kulokhu okuvumela iRussia ukuthi iphume ehhuku ekukhiqizeni nasekuthengiseni izikhali, kanye nokwenza kwayo impi. Kodwa isithombe se-United States njengomphisheli ongenacala wokwehlisa izikhali singamanga anyanyisayo. "Ukuthunjwa" okubi kweCrimea kube nabashonile abaningi kunokuthathwa kwe-Iraq yi-US njengenani eliphelele labashonile e-Iraq. Alibulalanga muntu futhi alizange lithathwe. I-United States iqhelelene nokuhamba phambili emhlabeni ekusongeleni impi yenuzi. Omongameli baseMelika abenze izinsongo ezithile zenuzi eziyimfihlo emphakathini noma eziyimfihlo kwezinye izizwe, esizaziyo, bahlanganisa uHarry Truman, uDwight Eisenhower, uRichard Nixon, uGeorge HW Bush, uBill Clinton, noDonald Trump, kanti abanye, okuhlanganisa noBarack Obama, baye. izinto ezivame ukushiwo njengokuthi "Zonke izinketho zisetafuleni" maqondana ne-Iran noma elinye izwe.
Kungani kufanele sibuse isizwe esingekho eNtshonalanga Pacific? Kungani u-Lockheed Martin engakwazi ukumangalelwa ngokubekela inselele ukubusa kwe-China kwe-Chesapeake Bay? INorth Korea ifuna ukusinda. Kuyiqiniso kakhulu ukuphishekela ama-nukes njengokuvimbela. Asikho isiqinisekiso sokuthi bazosivimba. I-Iran ayikaze ibe nohlelo lwezikhali zenuzi. Futhi indlela engcono kakhulu yokwandisa ubungozi bokusetshenziswa kwezikhali zenuzi okungezona ezombuso ukwakha ama-nukes amaningi, ukusabisa ukusetshenziswa kwawo, ukweqa umthetho, nokwandisa ubuchwepheshe - lokho kanye okwenziwa yi-United States.
Kunzima, eqinisweni, ukuthola umugqa othembekile ku-Nuclear Posture Review.
“Ukuzibophezela kwethu ezinhlosweni zeSivumelwano SeNuclear Weapons (NPT) kusaqinile.”
Cha akunjalo. Kuhlala kuwukwedelela okungenamthetho ngokuphelele imfuneko yokuphishekela ukuhoxiswa kwezikhali.
“Izikhali zenuzi zase-US azigcini nje ngokuvikela abalingani bethu ezinsongweni ezivamile nezenuzi, futhi zibasiza ukuba bagweme isidingo sokuzakhela ezabo izikhali zenuzi. Lokhu-ke kuthuthukisa ukulondeka komhlaba wonke.”
Ngakho-ke, kungani iSaudi Arabia kanye nabanye omashiqela base-US abahlangene ne-Gulf besebenza ngamandla enuzi?
“[Ama-Nukes] afaka isandla kulokhu:
Ukunqanda ukuhlasela kwenuzi nokungeyona eyenuzi;
Ukuqinisekiswa kwabalingani nabalingani;
Ukufezwa kwezinjongo zase-US uma ukuvimbela kwehluleka; futhi
Amandla okuvimba ikusasa elingaqinisekile.”
Ngempela? Yini eyenza ikusasa libe lincane kakhulu kunokwakha izikhali zenuzi?
Mhlawumbe sonke kufanele sicabange okwesikhashana ukuthi yiziphi izinjongo zase-US ezingafezwa ngezikhali zenuzi “uma ukuvinjelwa kwehluleka.”
