NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Januwari 15, 2021
Enye yezinto eziningi okufanele siyifune ngokufanelekile kuhulumeni wase-US ozayo ukushiya isimo esinamandla, ukubamba iqhaza okukhulu ezivumelwaneni, ubudlelwano obubambisanayo nobukhiqizayo nomhlaba wonke.
Sonke sizwile ngesivumelwano sase-Iran, okufanele siphinde sihlanganiswe futhi senziwe isivumelwano - futhi unswinyo kufanele luphele. IBiden ingakwenza lokhu yodwa, ngaphandle kwengxenye yokuphela unswinyo.
Sonke sizwile ngesivumelwano sezulu saseParis, okufanele siphinde sihlanganiswe futhi senziwe isivumelwano - nokungcola kwamasosha kufakiwe. UBiden angakwenza lokhu yedwa ngeSuku 1.
Kodwa kuthiwani ngezinye? Kuthiwani ngezivumelwano uTrump azikhiphe ngokungemthetho (ngokungekho emthethweni ngoba izivumelwano zidinga iCongress, futhi ngoba lezi zivumelwano zinezinqubo ezakhelwe ngaphakathi zokubhekana nezinkinga ezisolwa ngokuthi uTrump azisebenzise njengezaba zokuzihoxisa)? UBiden angabajoyina futhi ngokuthanda. Ingabe unayo intando?
Angaba nayo ngezivumelwano eziyinhlekelele zokuhweba ezinkampanini, kepha kuthiwani ngezivumelwano zokulwa nezikhali ezandisa amathuba esintu okusinda? Sikhuluma ngeSivumelwano Samandla Aphakathi Esiphakathi Nebanga, kanye ne-Open Skies Treaty, esidinga ukuhlanganiswa futhi, kanye neSivumelwano SOKUQALA Esisha esidinga ukuvuselelwa. Ngabe ubuhlanya beRussiagate buzophumelela ekuhlanzekeni kokulwa nezikhali kanye nokuguqulwa (ngokuvamile okulungile) kukaTrump? UTrump uphinde wakhipha iMelika eMkhandlwini Wamalungelo Abantu we-UN, naku-UNESCO, okudinga ukuhlanganiswa futhi. UTrump ugunyaze izikhulu eziphezulu ze-International Criminal Court. Lokho kudinga ukuhlehliswa futhi inkantolo ijoyine.
Isimo se-United States esinamandla asizange siqale ngoTrump. Ezivumelwaneni ezinkulu ze-United Nations eziyi-18 zamalungelo abantu, i-United States uyingxenye 5, incane kunanoma isiphi esinye isizwe emhlabeni, ngaphandle kweBhutan (4), futhi iboshwe neMalaysia, iMyanmar, neSouth Sudan, izwe elihlaselwe yizimpi selokhu lasungulwa ngo-2011. I-United States ukuphela kwesizwe emhlabeni esingakaze yaqinisekisa Isivumelwano Samalungelo Engane. Kungenxa yezindlela eziningi umchithi ophezulu wemvelo, kepha ubengumholi ku ukuxhaphaza izingxoxo zokuvikelwa kwesimo sezulu amashumi eminyaka futhi azikaze ziyiqinisekise Isivumelwano se-UN Framework mayelana nokulawulwa kwesimo sezulu (i-UNFCCC) kanye ne-Kyoto Protocol. Uhulumeni wase-US akakaze aqinisekise ukuthi Isivumelwano Sokuvivinya Isivumelwano Esiphelele futhi wahoxa Isivumelwano se-Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) ngo-2001. Ayikaze isayine i- Isivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwemayini noma Umhlangano Wezinhlangano Zamaqembu.
Izwe laseMelika lihola ukuphikisana nentando yeningi yeNhlangano Yezizwe futhi liphethe kalula irekhodi lokusetshenziswa kweveto eMkhandlwini Wezokuphepha phakathi neminyaka engama-50 edlule, ngemuva kokuphikisa i-UN ngokulahla ubandlululo lwaseNingizimu Afrika, izimpi nemisebenzi yakwa-Israyeli, izikhali zamakhemikhali nezamagciwane, ukwanda kwezikhali zenuzi nokusetshenziswa nokusetshenziswa kokuqala ngokumelene nezizwe ezingezona ezenuzi, izimpi zase-US eNicaragua naseGrenada nasePanama, ukuvinjelwa kwe-US eCuba, ukubulawa kwabantu eRwanda, ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali endaweni engaphandle, njll.
Ngokuphambene nombono odumile, i-United States ayiyona insizakalo ehola yokusiza ekuhluphekeni kwezwe, hhayi njengephesenti imali engenayo kazwelonke or i-capita noma njengenani eliphelele lamadola. Ngokungafani namanye amazwe, i-United States ibala njengamaphesenti angama-40 alokho okubizwa ngokuthi usizo, izikhali zamasosha angaphandle. Usizo lwayo luphelele luqondiswe ezinhlosweni zalo zempi, futhi izinqubomgomo zalo zokungena kwamanye amazwe kudala zakhiwe ngombala wesikhumba, futhi muva nje ezungeze inkolo, hhayi ezidingweni zomuntu - ngaphandle kwalokhu okuphambene nalokho, kugxile ekukhiweni nasekuvuleni izindonga ukujezisa abaphelelwe yithemba kakhulu . UBiden angaqeda ukuvinjelwa kwamaSulumane kanye nezinqubomgomo ezimbi zokufuduka kanye nezakhamuzi. Ubengaqeda izimpi eziningana, amise ukuthengiswa kwezikhali eziningi, avale izisekelo eziningi.
Kodwa-ke, cishe akukho ezingxoxweni zalokho okudingeka kakhulu ngalesi sikhathi soguquko lukahulumeni - ngokwengxenye ngoba kuningi kakhulu okudingekayo, kepha ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokushiyeka esikweni lase-US - noma iyiphi ingxoxo yokuphoqa uhulumeni omusha wase-US ukuba abe ngumhlaba omuhle isakhamuzi.
* Siyabonga ku-Alice Slater ngolwazi oluningi oluwusizo.
