Ibhalwe nguCole Harrison, I-Massachusetts Peace Action, Juni 16, i-2022
Njengoba ukuhlasela kweRussia okuyisigebengu e-Ukraine kungena enyangeni yayo yesine, ukunyakaza kokuthula nokuthuthuka kunokucabanga kabusha okunzima ukukwenza.
ICongress yabele amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-54 ngempi yase-Ukraine - amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-13.6 ngoMashi kanye namaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-40.1 ngoMeyi 19 - kuwo ama- $ 31.3 enzelwe izinjongo zempi. Ivoti likaMeyi lalingama-368-57 eNdlu kanye nama-86-11 eSenate. Wonke amaDemocrats kanye nabo bonke Abameleli baseMassachusetts kanye namaSenenja avotele uxhaso lwempi, kuyilapho inani elikhulu lama-Trumpist Republican livotele cha.
Ngaphambilini amaDemocrat alwa nempi afana nama-Reps. U-Ayanna Pressley, uJim McGovern, uBarbara Lee, uPramila Jayapal, u-Ilhan Omar, no-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, kanye namaSenatha uBernie Sanders, u-Elizabeth Warren, no-Ed Markey, baye bamukele ngokungagxeki impi yommeleli eyandayo Yokuphatha ngokumelene neRussia. Kuncane abakushoyo ukuchaza izenzo zabo; uCori Bush kuphela wakhululwa isitatimende ukungabaza izinga losizo lwezempi, noma ngabe uyivotela.
E-Ukraine, alikho izwi lokuthula kuCongress.
I-Administration ibilokhu ithumela ngocingo kusukela ngo-Ephreli ukuthi izinhloso zayo zihamba ngaphezu kokuvikela i-Ukraine. UMongameli Biden uthe uMongameli uPutin "akakwazi ukuqhubeka ephethe". UNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Austin uthe i-US ifuna ukwenza buthaka iRussia. Futhi uSomlomo uNancy Pelosi uthe silwa kuze kube “sinqoba”.
I-Biden Administration ayizange iveze isu lokuqeda impi - elilodwa kuphela lokubuyisela eRussia. UNobhala Wezwe uBlinken akakaze ahlangane noNobhala Wezangaphandle waseRussia uLavrov selokhu kwaqala ukuhlasela kweRussia esikhathini esingaphezu kwezinyanga ezimbili ezedlule. Ayikho irempu ephumayo. Akukho diplomacy.
Ngisho no New York Times Abahleli, labo, njengomnyango wabo wezindaba, ngokuvamile abaye baba ngabasekeli bempi, manje bafuna ukuqapha, bebuza, “Liyini Isu LaseMelika E-Ukraine?” ohlelweni lwangoMeyi 19. "I-White House ayigcini nje ngokubeka engcupheni yokulahlekelwa intshisekelo yabantu baseMelika ekusekeleni abantu base-Ukraine - abaqhubeka nokulahlekelwa izimpilo nezindlela zokuziphilisa - kodwa futhi ibeka engcupheni ukuthula nokuvikeleka kwesikhathi eside ezwenikazi laseYurophu," babhala.
NgoJuni 13, uSteven Erlanger ku Times ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi umongameli waseFrance uMacron kanye noshansela waseJalimane uScholz abaceli ukuthi kunqobe i-Ukraine, kodwa bafuna ukuthula.
Robert Kuttner, Joe Cirincione, Matt Duss, Futhi UBill Fletcher Jr. baphakathi kwamazwi aqhubekayo aziwayo ajoyine ikhwelo lokuthi i-US isekele i-Ukraine ngosizo lwezempi, kuyilapho amazwi okuthula e-US anjengoNoam Chomsky, Codepink, kanye ne-UNAC exwayisa ngemiphumela yokwenza lokho futhi acele izingxoxo esikhundleni sezikhali.
I-Ukraine iyisisulu solaka futhi inelungelo lokuzivikela, kanti ezinye izifundazwe zinelungelo lokuyisiza. Kodwa akulandeli ukuthi i-United States kufanele inikeze i-Ukraine izikhali. I-US isengozini yokudonselwa empini ebanzi neRussia. Iphambukisa imali edingekayo ukuze kusizwe i-COVID, izindlu, ukulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu nokunye emzabalazweni wamandla eYurophu, futhi ithululela okuningi esikhwameni sezakhiwo zezempi nezimboni.
Pho kungani abaningi kangaka abathuthukayo bewele emgqeni ngemuva kwenqubomgomo yoHlelo Lokunqoba iRussia?
Okokuqala, abaningi abathuthukayo, njengoBiden kanye neDemocratic centrist Democrats, bathi umzabalazo oyinhloko emhlabeni namuhla uphakathi kwentando yeningi nokugunyazwa, lapho iMelika ingumholi wentando yeningi. Kulo mbono, uDonald Trump, uJair Bolsonaro, kanye noVladimir Putin bayisibonelo sokuthambekela okungahambisani nentando yeningi okumele imibuso yentando yeningi imelane nayo. Bernie Sanders wabeka inguqulo yakhe yalo mbono e-Fulton, e-Missouri, ngo-2017. Exhumanisa inqubomgomo yangaphandle ephikisana nokugunyazwa ne-ajenda yakhe yasekhaya, uSanders uxhumanisa ubushiqela nokungalingani, inkohlakalo, kanye ne-oligarchy, ethi bayingxenye yesistimu efanayo.
Njengoba u-Aaron Maté Uchaza, ukusekelwa nguSanders kanye nabanye abakhethiwe abaqhubekayo be-Russiagate conspiracy theory kusukela ngo-2016 kwabeka isiteji sokuba bamukele ukuvumelana okuphambene neRussia, okwathi, lapho impi yase-Ukraine iqala, yabalungiselela ukusekela ukulwa ne-US ehlomile neRussia.
Kodwa inkolelo yokuthi i-US ingumvikeli wentando yeningi inikeza isizathu sokuphikisa kwe-US neRussia, China, namanye amazwe angeke alandele iziqondiso ze-US. Abathandi bokuthula kumele bawunqabe lo mbono.
Yebo, kufanele sisekele intando yeningi. Kepha i-US ayikakwazi ukuletha intando yeningi emhlabeni. Idemokhrasi yase-US ibilokhu itshekisiwe ivuna abacebile futhi isinjalo nanamuhla. Isifiso saseMelika sokubeka eyayo imodeli "yentando yeningi" kwamanye amazwe siholele ekutheni idale izinhlekelele zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, kanye nokuphikisana okungapheli ne-Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, China, nokunye.
Kunalokho, amazwe anezimiso zezombangazwe ezihlukene kudingeka ahloniphane futhi axazulule ukungezwani kwawo ngokuthula. Ukuthula kusho ukuphikisana nezivumelwano zamasosha, ukuthengiswa kwezikhali okuphikisayo nokudluliselwa, kanye nokusekela iZizwe Ezihlangene eziqiniswe kakhulu. Akusho neze ukwamukela izwe elingelona ngisho uhlaka lwase-US, ukulikhukhumeza ngezikhali, nokwenza impi yalo ibe ngeyethu.
Eqinisweni, i-US iwumbuso, hhayi intando yeningi. Umgomo wawo awuqhutshwa yizidingo noma imibono yabantu bakhona, kodwa uqhutshwa yizidingo zonxiwankulu. I-Massachusetts Peace Action yaqala ukubeka lo mbono eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule ephepheni lethu lezingxoxo, Inqubomgomo Yezangaphandle Yabo Bonke.
Ukuqonda kwethu ukuthi i-US iwumbuso akwabelwa abathuthukisi beDemocratic Alliance abafana no-Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, McGovern, Pressley, Warren, noma abanye. Yize begxeka ukulawulwa konxiwankulu kwepolitiki yase-US, abakusebenzisanga lokhu kugxeka emgomeni wangaphandle. Empeleni, umbono wabo wukuthi i-US iyintando yeningi engaphelele futhi kufanele sisebenzise amandla ezempi ase-US ukuhlola amazwe ombuso emhlabeni jikelele.
Umbono onjalo awukude nomugqa we-neoconservative wokuthi i-US iyithemba lokugcina elingcono kakhulu lenkululeko. Ngale ndlela, amaDemocrat athuthukayo aba ngabaholi beqembu lempi.
Okwesibili, inqubekela phambili isekela amalungelo abantu kanye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Lapho izitha zase-US zinyathela amalungelo abantu noma zihlasela amanye amazwe, abathuthukayo bazwelana nezisulu. Baqinisile ukwenza njalo.
Kodwa abathuthukayo abanakho ukungabaza ngokwanele. Bavame ukusetshenziswa yiqembu lempi ukuthi basayine ezimpini zase-US nemikhankaso yenswinyo engasebenzi nhlobo ekusekeleni amalungelo abantu futhi iwabukela phansi ngempela. Sithi kufanele bajezise amacala e-US amalungelo abantu kuqala ngaphambi kokuzama ukufundisa amanye amazwe ukuthi amalungelo angagcinwa kanjani.
I-Progressives iphinde isayine ngokushesha kakhulu ukuze iphoqelele noma yezempi ukuzama ukulungisa ukuphulwa kwamalungelo abantu.
Ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu kwenzeka kuzo zonke izimpi, kuhlanganisa zombili lezo ezaqalwa yi-United States nalezo ezaqalwa yiRussia. Impi ngokwayo iwukuhlukumeza amalungelo abantu.
Njengoprofesa wezomthetho waseYale uSamuel Moyn ubhala, umzamo wokwenza impi ibe nobuntu ngokwengeziwe uye waba nengxenye ekwenzeni izimpi zase-US “zamukeleke kakhudlwana kwabaningi futhi kube nzima ukuzibona kwabanye.”
Kuze kube yilapho sebekulungele ukubona ukuthi izinhlelo zezombangazwe zamanye amazwe nazo zifanelwe ukuhlonishwa nokuhlanganyela, abathuthukayo abakwazi ukuphuma ohlakeni lweqembu lezempi. Kwesinye isikhathi bangayiphikisa ezindabeni ezithile, kepha basathenga ngokwehlukile kweMelika.
Ama-Progressives abonakala ekhohliwe ukulwa nokungenelela okwabasiza kakhulu ngenkathi bephikisana nezimpi zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kanye (ngezinga elithile) nokungenelela kweSyria neLibya eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule. Sebekhohliwe ngokungazelele ukungabaza kwabo inkulumo-ze futhi bathatha izigqoko zabo.
Umbono womphakathi wase-US usuqalile ukushintshela e-Ukraine njengoba kungena umonakalo kwezomnotho wezijeziso. Lokhu kubonakale kumavoti angama-68 eRiphabhulikhi ngokumelene nephakethe losizo lase-Ukraine. Kuze kube manje, abathuthukayo bafakwe ebhokisini ngemibono yabo ehlukile yaseMelika kanye ne-anti-Russian futhi benqabile ukulusukumela lolu daba. Njengoba imizwa yokulwa nempi ikhula, njengoba kuqinisekile, inhlangano eqhubekayo izokhokha inani elinzima ngesinqumo sethimba layo le-Congressional ukusekela umzamo wempi wase-US.
UCole Harrison ungumqondisi omkhulu weMassachusetts Peace Action.
