NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Mashi 14, i-2022
Emashumini eminyaka, umphakathi wase-US wawubonakala ungenandaba nokuhlupheka okunyantisayo kwempi. Imithombo yezindaba ehlangene yayikugwema kakhulu, yenza impi ibukeke njengomdlalo wevidiyo, kwesinye isikhathi ikhuluma ngamasosha ase-US ahluphekayo, kwathi enyangeni eluhlaza yathinta ukufa kwedlanzana lezakhamizi zasendaweni njengokungathi ukubulawa kwabo kuwuhlobo oluthile lokungalaleli. Umphakathi wase-US uxhaswe ngemali futhi ujabule noma ubekezelela iminyaka neminyaka yezimpi ezichitha igazi, futhi waphuma ekwazi ukukholelwa amanga ukuthi iphesenti elikhulu lokufa kwezimpi kungamasosha, ukuthi amaphesenti amakhulu okufa kwezimpi ezimpini zase-US angamasosha ase-US, lokho Izimpi zenzeka endaweni engaqondakali ebizwa ngokuthi “inkundla yempi,” nokuthi ngaphandle kwalapho abantu ababulawa amasosha ase-US bangabantu abadinga ukubulawa njengalabo abanikezwa izigwebo zentambo ezinkantolo zase-US (ngaphandle kwalabo abadedelwa kamuva).
Sekungamashumi eminyaka, abameli bokuthula abahlakaniphile nabanamasu belulekwa ngokungazihluphi ngokukhuluma ngezigidi zamadoda, abesifazane, nezingane ezibulewe, ezilinyazwayo, ezingenamakhaya, ezethukile, ezihlukumezekile, ezidliswe ushevu, noma ezilanjwe yizimpi zase-US. Akekho owayengaba nendaba nabo, satshelwa, ngakho ukubakhuluma kwakungeke kubasize ngempela. Kungaba ubuhlakani ukusho amasosha ase-US kuphela, noma ngabe iqhubekisela phambili inkolelo engamanga yokuthi izimpi azikona ukubulalana kohlangothi olulodwa. Kungaba ubuhlakani nakakhulu, satshelwa, ukugxila ezindlekweni zezezimali zezimpi, nakuba uhulumeni wase-US umane asungula ukuthi ingakanani imali ayifunayo ngezimpi ezengeziwe. Imali, satshelwa, yinto abantu abangayikhathalela.
Yebo, inkinga esobala kwakungeyona into esasikhuluma ngayo, kodwa ukuthi sasingavunyelwe kumabonakude. Impela, umhlali ojwayelekile wase-US akayena umuntu ongenanhliziyo. Yebo, abantu ngaso sonke isikhathi banendaba ngabantu abakude nabahlukene. Lapho izisulu zesiphepho zethulwa kwabezindaba njengezifanelekile, abantu bayanikela. Uma kusolwa indlala emvelweni, imali iyagobhoza. Uma umdlavuza uboniswa njengovela endaweni ehlanzekile, engangcolisiwe, ngivele ngilokothe ukuthi uthole indawo engeke igijime ibanga elide ukuze iwelapha. Ngakho-ke, ngombono, ngangihlale ngikholelwa ukuthi abantu base-United States bangabakhathalela ngempela izisulu zempi. Njengoba nje babekwazi ukumemezela ukuthi "Sonke SingamaFulentshi" lapho kuqhuma ibhomu eFrance, bangase bathi "Sonke Singama-Yemeni" lapho amasosha ase-US kanye ne-Saudi ehlukumeza izingane zase-Yemeni, noma ememezela ukuthi "Sonke Singama-Afghan" lapho uJoe. I-Biden yeba izigidigidi zamaRandi ezidingekayo ukuze umuntu aphile.
Uzobe usuyibonile inkinga yangempela, kunjalo. Ayikho into enjengokuthuswa amasosha ase-US noma umongameli wase-US ontshontsha abantu bakwamanye amazwe. Cishe akekho, empeleni, owaziyo ukuthi ifulegi lase-Yemeni liyini imibala - ingasaphathwa eyokuwanamathisela yonke indawo. Kwabezindaba zase-US lezo zinto azikho. Kodwa ukunakekela izisulu zempi kukhona. Ngikhumbula kahle ukuthi abantu babenendaba kangakanani nezinsana eziqanjiwe ezisusiwe kuma-incubator ukuze kuqhubeke impi yokuqala, noma umthelela owenziwe amavidiyo ezisulu ze-ISIS. "I-Rwanda" bekuyimpikiswano engenangqondo yempi yaseLibya ngoba abantu baqondwa ukuthi banendaba nezisulu zempi lapho kudingeka. AmaSyria abe yizisulu zempi ezifanele lapho uhlangothi olungalungile lusolwa ngamanga ngokusebenzisa uhlobo olungalungile lwesikhali. Ukunakekela izisulu zempi kwakuhlale kuyinto engenzeka, futhi manje sekuqhume kwaphumela esiteji esimaphakathi. Manje siyabona, kuqondiswe kubantu base-Ukrainian, ukukhathazeka nozwela obekungenzeka ngaso sonke isikhathi ezinganeni ezincane kanye nogogo ababulawa yimpi e-Iraq noma inqwaba yamanye amazwe.
Kulabo bethu ukuphikiswa kwempi kwakuhlale kuqhutshwa ngokuyinhloko ukukhathazeka ngezisulu zayo eziqondile - kwengezwe ukukhathazeka kwabahlukunyezwa ngokuphambukisa izinsiza eziningi empini esikhundleni sezinto eziwusizo - leli yithuba lokukhuluma ngokwethembeka. Ukukhuluma ukwethembeka kuhlale kuthonya kunokukhuluma ngendlela ekhohlisayo. Ngaphandle uma unqume ukuhalalisela ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi baseRussia, nali ithuba lokusho emphakathini odla abezindaba: YEBO! YEBO! Sinawe! Impi iyesabeka! Impi ayinasimilo! Ayikho into embi njengempi! Kumele sibuqede lobu buqaba! Kufanele sikuqede kungakhathaleki ukuthi kwenziwa ngubani noma kungani. Futhi sizokwenza lokho kuphela uma sifunda amandla esenzo esingenalo ubudlova ukumelana nakho.
Izigidi zabantu baseRussia nabangewona amaRussia bakholelwa ukuthi iRussia yenza ngokuzivikela nokuthi noma yini eyenzayo ilungile. Izigidi zabantu base-Ukraine nabangewona abase-Ukrainians bakholelwa ukuthi noma yini eyenzayo iyazivikela futhi ifanelekile. Izimpikiswano zihluke kakhulu, futhi akudingeki sihloniphe ubuwula bokuphikisana nokuwalinganisa. Akukho okulinganayo noma okungalinganiswa ngezenzo zomuntu. Kepha iRussia yayinezinye izindlela ezingezona ubudlova zokumelana nokwanda kwe-NATO futhi yakhetha udlame. I-Ukraine yayinezinye izindlela ezingezona ubudlova zokumelana nokuhlasela kweRussia, futhi omabonakude base-US abasitsheli ukuthi abantu base-Ukrainian empeleni bakhethe kangakanani, ngokusekelwa okuncane noma inhlangano, ukubazama.
Uma sonke sisinda kule nkinga, isifundo esisodwa okudingeka sisithathe kuso ukuthi abantu baphila ngaphansi kwalezo zindlela zokukhanya ezinhle umabonakude okhuluma ngazo. Futhi uma labo bantu bebukeka bengenandaba kangako, singazama nje ukucabanga ngabo njengokungathi bangama-Ukraine. Khona-ke singasebenzela ekuqondeni ukuthi isitha akubona abantu abawa amabhomu ngamagama. Isitha yimpi.
