NguRobert C. Koehler
"Unomuzwa ojulile ngesibopho sabo sangempela sokuqhakambisa inhlala-kahle yabantu. . . ”
Ini? Ingabe zazingathi sína?
Ngiguqa ngamadolo ngohlobo lokumangala njengoba ngifunda amazwi ka I-Kellogg-Briand Pact, isivumelwano esisayinwe ku-1928 - yi-United States, iFrance, iJalimane, iGreat Britain, iJapan futhi ekugcineni ngamazwe wonke abekhona. Isivumelwano. . . impi engekho emthethweni.
"Bakhungathekile ukuthi isikhathi sesifikile lapho kufanele kushiywe phansi impi kabusha njengethuluzi lenqubomgomo kazwelonke. . . ”
ISIHLOKO: Iqembu eliphakeme elinesivumelwano sokuphikisa limemezela ngamagama abantu bazo ukuthi liyakugxeka ukubuyela empini ukuze kutholakale isisombululo sezimpikiswano zomhlaba, bese likulahla njengethuluzi lomgomo kazwelonke ebuhlotsheni babo.
ISIQEPHU II: "AmaPhalamende Asezingeni eliphezulu avumelana ngokuthi ukuxazululwa noma ukuxazululwa kwazo zonke izingxabano noma izingxabano zanoma uluphi uhlobo noma okuvela kuzo, ezingase zivele phakathi kwazo, ngeke zifunwe ngaphandle kwezindlela ezizwakalayo."
Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoDavid Swanson usikhumbuze encwadini yakhe Lapho iMpi Yezwe Ephuliwe, isivumelwano sisasebenza. Akukaze kusindiswe. Kuseyikho, ukuthi lokhu kufanele ngani, umthetho wamazwe omhlaba. Yebo, lokhu amantongomane. Imithetho yezempi futhi wonke umuntu uyazi. Impi iyilungiselelo lethu lokuzenzakalelayo, inketho yokuqala eqhubekayo yokukungaboni ngasolinye okukhulu phakathi komakhelwane bomhlaba, ikakhulukazi lapho izinkolelo nezenkolo ezahlukahlukene ziyingxenye yokwahlukana.
Uyazi: "Isiphetho esingenakugwemeka ukuthi i-Iran ngeke iludingide uhlelo lwayo lwenyukliya." Lesi isicoco se-neocon uJohn Bolton, inxusa likaGeorge Bush owayengunxusa we-UN, ebhala epulpiti e-United States. New York Times evikini eledlule. “. . . Iqiniso elingenakuphikwa ukuthi isenzo samasosha kuphela njengokuhlasela kwe-Israel 1981 kuhlaselo lukaSaddam Hussein oserak e-Iraq noma ukubhujiswa kwalo kwe-2007 kwe-arhente yaseSyria, eklanyelwe futhi yakhiwa yiNorth Korea, ekwazi ukufeza okudingekayo. Isikhathi sifushane impela, kepha isiteleka sisengaphumelela. ”
Noma: "UMongameli u-Obama wazisa uMongameli u-al-Sisi ukuthi uzophakamisa ukuphatha obekukhona kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2013 ekulethweni kwezindiza ze-F-16, imicibisholo yeHarpoon, kanye nemishini yamathangi e-M1A1. UMongameli ubuye waxwayisa uMongameli u-al-Sisi ukuthi aqhubeke nokucela ukuthi kube ngu-$ 1.3 billion waminyaka yonke ozosiza ezempi eGibhithe. "
Lokhu kuvela a Ukukhishwa kwabezindaba eWhite House, ikhishwe ngosuku olwandulela uSuku luka-Ephreli Fool. "UMongameli uchaze ukuthi lezi zinyathelo nezinye zizosiza ekuvuseleleni ubudlelwano bethu bosizo lwezempi ukuze kube lula ukubhekana nezinselelo ezabiwe nezintshisakalo e-US naseGibhithe esifundeni esingazinza."
Lesi yingxoxo ye-amoral ye-geopolitics. Lokhu yilokhu kube yiso sonke isikhathi sokuphila kwami: ngethemba, ngakwethemba kwezempi. Impi, uma kungenjalo namhlanje ngalesosikhathi kusasa - endaweni ethile - kuthathwa kalula kuwo wonke ama-verbiage avela ezingcweleni zangaphakathi ezinamandla. Kuphonswa inselelo nje ngokuthi "umbhikisho," okuyinkulumo ebekelwa phansi, ikhululwe kusuka kumaphethelo wamandla, imvamisa iphathwa kwabezindaba njengezinkampani ezingenangqondo noma ukuzwela okungenamqondo.
Ulimi lokuthula alunamandla. Impela, "ukukhathala kwempi" komphakathi kungadala inkathazo ethile yenjini yezimboni yezempi ye-geopolitics. Ngemuva kokuqothuka kwempi okwaziwa nge-Southeast Asia, e-United States, njengeMpi yaseVietnam, ngokwesibonelo, iMpi yaseVietnam, amashumi amabili eminyaka "iVietnam Syndrome" yakhawulela umsebenzi wamasosha aseMelika wokulwa nezimpi zase-Central America kanye nokuhlasela kwaseGrenada, IPanama futhi, oh yeah, Iraq.
IVietnam Syndrome ibingaphezu nje kokudinwa komphakathi nokuphelelwa yithemba. Akuzange kugqoke ezombusazwe kube ushintsho oluhlala njalo, noma amandla ezepolitiki angempela kubaxhasi bokuthula. Ekugcineni yathathelwa indawo yi-9-11 nempi (eqinisekisiwe engapheli) yempi ngokwesabisa. Ukuthula kwehliswe ngokusemthethweni esimweni sokucabanga okufisayo.
Inani lencwadi yeSwanson, elandisa udaba lwe-Kellogg-Briand Pact, evunyelwe nguMongameli uCalvin Coolidge e-1929, ukuthi iletha inkathi ekhohliwe futhi empilweni, isikhathi - ngaphambi kokufakwa kwempi yezimboni yezempi kanye nezimboni ukuhlangana okuhlanganayo kwemidiya eningi - lapho ukuthula, okuwukuthi, izwe elingenampi, bekuyinto eqinile futhi evumelekile yomhlaba wonke futhi nezepolitiki ezivamile zazingayibona impi yalokho okwakukhona: isihogo esixubene nelize. Ukwehluleka okulimazayo kweMpi Yezwe I yayisiphezulu kakhulu ekuqondeni komuntu; ibingakaze yithandwe. Isintu sasifuna ukuthula. Ngisho nemali enkulu yayifuna ukuthula. Umqondo wempi wawususondelelweni wokuba semthethweni okungapheli futhi empeleni, ubugebengu.
Ukwazi lokhu kubalulekile. Ukwazi ukuthi inhlangano yokuthula yama-1920s ingafinyelela kakhulu kwezepolitiki yaphesheya kufanele iqinise zonke izishoshovu zokuthula emhlabeni. I-Kellogg-Briand Pact, ebhalwe uNobhala Wezwe wase-United States uFrank B. Kellogg kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseFrance u-Aristide Briand, basahlala indawo yokuhlala yezepolitiki.
"Unomuzwa ojulile ngesibopho sabo sangempela sokuqhakambisa inhlala-kahle yabantu. . . ”
Ungacabanga nje, okomzuzwana nje, ukuthi ubuqotho obunjalo bungakhanyisa zonke “izintshisekelo” ezingaphansi kakhulu ezigcwala imigqa yamandla?
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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