ngu-Patrick T. Hiller, Januwari 10, 2018
Umhlaba usalelwe yinyanga kusukela kuma-Olympics Wasebusika e-PyeonChang 2018 e-South Korea. Abangane bami eSouth Korea sebewathengile amathikithi emicimbi eminingi. Yeka ithuba elimangalisayo kubazali lokuveza abafana babo ababili ekubonisweni kwamakhono okusubatha nokuncintisana kobungane phakathi kwezizwe ezinomoya wama-Olympic.
Konke kuhle, ngaphandle kokwesaba impi yenuzi eqalwa abaholi abaxhamazelayo eNyakatho Korea nase-United States. Izinkulumo zakamuva ezingavamile phakathi kweNyakatho neNingizimu Korea kusinika inhlansi yethemba lokuthi umoya wama-Olympic uyadlula le midlalo ungene kwezombusazwe. UPierre de Coubertin, umsunguli wemidlalo yama-Olympic yesimanje ucashunwa ethi “into ebaluleke kakhulu akukhona ukunqoba, kodwa ukuba nengxenye.” Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu engxabanweni ekhona phakathi kweNorth Korea neSouth Korea. Ingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu ayikona ukuvumelana kukho konke, kodwa ukukhuluma.
Ama-Olympics anikeza isikhathi esiyingqayizivele sokuqeda ukungezwani nokukhuthaza ukuthula eNhlonhlweni Yase-Korea. Izinkulumo zokuqala kakade kuholele ezivumelwaneni zokuthi iNorth Korea ithumele ithimba kuma-Olympics, ukubamba izingxoxo zokunciphisa ukungezwani emngceleni, nokuvula kabusha ucingo lwezempi. Noma yisiphi isinyathelo esincane esisuka onqenqemeni lwempi sifanelwe ukwesekwa yizo zonke izizwe nezinhlangano zomphakathi. Ochwepheshe bokuxazulula izingxabano bahlale befuna ukuvuleka ezingxabanweni ezingaxazululeki ezifana nalena. Amathuba engxoxo eqondile phakathi kwamaKorea adinga ukubhekwana nawo ngokwangempela.
Okokuqala, abangewona amaKorea kufanele bavumele amaKorea akhulume. AmaKorea angochwepheshe ezintweni abazithandayo nezidingo zabo. I-US ikakhulukazi kufanele ithathe isihlalo esingemuva, yenze ukusekelwa okuqhubekayo kwe-diplomacy eholwa yiKorea kucace. UMongameli uTrump usevele uthumele ukwesekwa kuTwitter, okuwusizo kodwa okuntekenteke. Nge-tweet eyodwa enempi, uMongameli angaphazamisa wonke umzamo. Ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthi amaqembu alwela ukuthula, izishayamthetho, kanye nomphakathi waseMelika uzwakalise ukweseka kwawo izingxoxo mayelana nempi.
Okwesibili, ngisho nempumelelo encane kakhulu empeleni inkulu. Isimo nje sokuthi ngemuva kweminyaka emibili singahlangani, izithunywa ezisezingeni eliphezulu zezinhlangothi zombili zahlangana siyimpumelelo. Kodwa-ke, lesi akusona isikhathi sokulindela ukuvunyelwa okukhulu, njengokumisa iNorth Korea kungazelelwe uhlelo lwayo lwezikhali zenuzi.
Lesi yisikhathi sokuvuma kahle ukuthi amaKorea womabili aphuma ngempumelelo onqenqemeni lwempi, okungenzeka ukuthi yahamba ngezikhali zenuzi ngokubandakanyeka kwe-United States. Lezi ziqalo ezincane sezivele zinciphise ukungezwani okusheshayo kanye nezindlela ezivulekile zokuthuthukisa isikhathi eside mayelana nezindaba ezibanzi ezifana nokumiswa kwezikhali zenuzi eNyakatho Korea, ukumiswa kokuzivocavoca kwezempi yi-US kanye neNingizimu Korea, ukuphela okusemthethweni kwempi yaseKorea, ukuhoxiswa kwempi yaseKorea. Amasosha ase-US avela esifundeni, kanye nemizamo yokubuyisana yesikhathi eside phakathi kwalezi zizwe ezimbili.
Okwesithathu, qaphela abaphangi. Ingxabano yase-Korea iyinkimbinkimbi, ihlala njalo futhi ithonywa yizingcindezi kanye namandla e-geopolitics. Kuyohlale kukhona abantu ngabanye namaqembu azama ukubukela phansi izinyathelo ezakhayo. Ngokushesha nje lapho izingxoxo zaseKorea-Korea sezishiwo, abagxeki basola uKim Jong-Un ngokuzama "ukuhlukanisa phakathi kweNingizimu Korea ne-U.S.” ukuze kwehliswe ingcindezi yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezijeziso zaseNyakatho. UNdunankulu waseJapan uShinzo Abe futhi owayenguNobhala Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe uBan Ki-moon abavela eSouth Korea badweba isithombe seNorth Korea eyingozi futhi bafuna ukuthi ukuchithwa kwayo kube yiphuzu eliyinhloko lokukhuluma.
Izimiso eziyisisekelo zengxoxo eyimpumelelo ngokomlando ziphakamisa ukuthi ukukhuluma ngaphandle kwemibandela kuyindlela engenzeka kakhulu yokuthola ukudonseka phakathi kwezinhlangothi ezingqubuzanayo. Okokugcina, ukusekelwa kwamanje kwengxoxo kaMongameli wase-US uTrump kungase kuhlehliswe nge-tweet. Asikwazi ukuchitha ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi i-North Korea enedemoni ihlinzeka ngokuphambukisa okudingekayo ekusebenzeni kabi kanye nezilinganiso zokugunyazwa eziphansi. Ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukukhomba ngokuqhubekayo izinyathelo ezidingekayo ezincane nezihle.
Akekho owaziyo ukuthi umphumela wezinyathelo ezincane zamanje ezinhle futhi uzoba yini. Abaphangi ababhubhisayo bangasola abameli bezokuxhumana ngokunikeza imvume yamahhala ohlelweni lwezikhali zenuzi lwaseNyakatho Korea kanye nokuhlukumeza amalungelo abantu. Amazwi athi amaphakathi angase enqabe ukuvuma idiplomacy njengethuluzi elisebenzayo lokwehlisa ukungezwani kwamanje. Ukuphuma engxabanweni enkulu njengalena kuthatha isikhathi eside futhi ezinye izinyathelo ezincane eziningi zizodingeka ngaphambi kokuthi kuxazululwe noma yiziphi izinkinga ezinkulu. Izithiyo nazo kufanele zilindelwe. Okufanele kube sobala nokho, iqiniso lokuthi isikhathi eside kanye nokungaqiniseki kwe-diplomacy kuhlala kukhethwa kunokwesabeka okuthile kwempi.
Ngonyaka odlule, ukwesaba kukaMongameli uTrump "ngomlilo nokufutheka" phezu kweNyakatho Korea kwaphawula ukwanda kwempi. Izingxoxo phakathi kwamaKorea amabili kumongo wama-Olympics ziyi-pivot enhle kude nomlilo nolaka kanye nokubheke ekukhanyeni okunethemba kwethoshi le-Olympian. Emgudwini wokungqubuzana, sibheka iphuzu elibalulekile—ingabe siqhubekela ekwenyukeni okusha noma okukhulu nakakhulu noma singena endleleni eyakhayo esilindele izinto ezingokoqobo?
Vumela amaKorea akhulume. Njengesizwe i-U.S. yenze umonakalo owanele, njengabantu baseMelika singenza isiqiniseko sokuthi izwe lethu liyaseseka manje nangale kwama-Olympics. Le mantra kufanele ikhale ezindlebeni zezikhulu zethu ezikhethiwe: Abantu baseMelika basekela izingxoxo mayelana nempi. Khona-ke ngingatshela abangane bami baseKorea ukuthi sizamile ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi abafana babo abasebasha bangavakashela i-Olympic Winter Games bese bebuyela esikoleni ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngempi yenuzi.
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UPatrick. T. Hiller, Ph.D., obanjwe ngu PeaceVoice, isazi se-Conflict Transformation, uprofesa, osebenza eMkhandlwini Ophethe we-International Peace Research Association (2012-2016), ilungu le-Peace and Security Funders Group, kanye noMqondisi we I-War Prevention Initiative seJubitz Family Foundation.
