Ngu-Tom H. Hastings, I-Hastings mayelana Nokungabikhona Udlame
Lapho bephonselwa inselele mayelana nokuhlasela kwezindiza ezibulala izakhamuzi—kungaba ngezindiza ezizindizayo noma ezindizeni ezinomshini “ohlakaniphile”—izaba ezinikezwa izikhulu zikahulumeni nezempi zikabili. Kungaba iphutha elidabukisayo noma kube umphumela odabukisayo wokukhomba “umuntu omubi” owaziwayo—umholi we-ISIS, amaphekula e-al Shabaab, umphathi we-Taliban noma umkhuzi we-al Qaeda. Umonakalo wesibambiso. Impendulo ye-LOADR. I-lipstick egundwaneni elifile.
Ngakho ukwenza ubugebengu bempi KULUNGILE uma uthi kuyadabukisa?
"Yebo, kodwa labo bafana banquma izintatheli futhi bagqilaze amantombazane."
Kuyiqiniso lokho, futhi i-ISIS izuze inzondo nokunengwa abantu abaningi abahloniphekile emhlabeni abazizwa ngayo. Futhi, lapho amasosha ase-US ehlaselwa futhi eqhumisa izibhedlela, singazibuza nakancane ukuthi kungani i-US izondwa ngobuthi obanele bokunqoba isimilo? Yebo, kuyiqiniso, lapho i-US ihlaba izakhamuzi ibiza ngokuthi iphutha futhi uma i-ISIS yenza njalo bakhala njengezingane eziziqhenyayo ezineminyaka emibili ezingenangqondo yokuhle nokubi. Kodwa umbuzo wami uthi, abantu baseMelika bazoyeka nini ukuvumela amasosha ethu—amele thina sonke embusweni wentando yeningi—ukuba enze amacala esintwini?
Abaphathi baka-Obama bathi okuwukuphela kwezakhamizi okufanele zikhathazeke ngazo zisemazweni angaqokiwe njengezindawo zempi nokuthi, kulawo mazwe I-US ibulale kuphela phakathi "kwezakhamizi ezingama-64 nezingu-116 ku-drone nokunye ukuhlasela komoya okubulalayo kubasolwa bobuphekula." Lawo mazwe ahlanganisa iLibya, iYemen, iSomalia nePakistan. Azikho izinombolo okudingeka zinikezwe i-Iraq, Afghanistan, noma iSyria. Cishe izakhamuzi kukhona umdlalo fair.
Okungenani izinhlangano ezine zigcina izibalo ezizimele futhi zonke ziphakeme kakhulu ekugomeni kwazo kokufa kwabantu abambalwa kulezo zindawo ezingezona impi.
Kuthiwani ngesithombe esibanzi?
I-Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs eBrown University yenza ucwaningo olukhulu kakhulu futhi ilandelela ukushona kwezakhamuzi ngenxa yezenzo zempi; isifundo sabo izilinganiso ezivela kuma-akhawunti abhaliwe ukuthi kusukela ngoMashi wonyaka odlule kuye kwabulawa abangamasosha abangaba ngu-210,000 ku-Global War on Terror eyasungulwa ngo-Okthoba 2001.
Ngakho, ngesikhathi esithile, kufanele sizibuze; Uma izinsiza zezobunhloli zase-US zinquma ukuthi umholi wasekhaya we-ISIS uhlala esakhiweni esiseQueens noma eNyakatho yeMinneapolis noma e-Beaverton, e-Oregon ingabe kuzolunga ukukhomba leso sakhiwo ngomcibisholo we-Hellfire othulwe kundiza eyi-Predator?
Kuhlekisa kangakanani, akunjalo? Asisoze sakwenza lokho.
Ngaphandle kokuthi senza njalo, eSyria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, nasePakistan. Kuzoyeka nini lokhu?
Izoyeka lapho singaphikisani nje ngokuziphatha kuphela kodwa lapho sinquma ukuphumelela. Ukusabela kwethu ngodlame kubuphekula kuyanda ngaso sonke isikhathi, okuqinisekisa ukuthi, futhi, ubuphekula obumelene ne-US nabo buzokhula. Sekuyisikhathi sokwenqaba umbono wokuthi indlela ecashile, engenabudlova ayisebenzi. Ngempela, kusikhumbuza kancane lokho uWinston Churchill akusho ngentando yeningi, ukuthi iwuhlobo olubi kakhulu lukahulumeni—ngaphandle kwabo bonke abanye. Ukungabi nodlame kuyindlela embi kakhulu yokulawula ukungqubuzana—ngaphandle kwazo zonke ezinye.
Asigcini nje ukudala amaphekula amaningi lapho sikhipha isibhedlela ngephutha noma ngephutha, cishe okubaluleke kakhulu, sakha ichibi elikhulayo, elijulile lokuzwelana nanoma yiluphi uhlobo lokuvukela umbuso olumelene ne-US. Nakuba kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukuzwelana nokusekelwa kwamaphekula akukho eduze nokusekelwa kwezihlubuki ezihlomile-futhi kunomehluko omkhulu-kungani eMhlabeni sizoqhubeka nokuqinisekisa ukuthi le mpi yomhlaba wonke yobuphekula ingunaphakade?
Kungani ngempela? Kukhona labo abazuza ngezinga, amandla, nemali ngokuqhubeka kwale mpi ewubukhazikhazi. Laba ngabantu abafuna impi enzima kakhulu.
Labo bantu kufanele banganakwa ngokuphelele. Kudingeka sikulungise lokhu ngezinye izindlela. Singakwazi, futhi kufanele.
Uma i-US ingacabanga kabusha izindlela zayo zokulawula izingxabano ingase ifinyelele izixazululo ngaphandle kokuchitheka kwegazi. Enye inkinga ukuthi ubani ocelwa ukuba eluleke abanqumayo. Kwamanye amazwe izikhulu zithintana nezazi ezingongoti kanye nabasebenzi bezokulamula, ukuxoxisana, usizo lokusiza abantu kanye nentuthuko esimeme. Lawo mazwe agcina ukuthula kube ngcono kakhulu. Iningi—isb i-Norway, i-Denmark, i-Sweden—linamamethrikhi angcono enhlalakahle yesakhamuzi kunathi e-US.
Singasiza. Njengesibonelo enkabeni yethu, amavukela-mbuso kanye nohulumeni waseColombia balwa impi yeminyaka engu-52, uhlangothi ngalunye lwenza izenzo zonya eziningi kanye nenhlalakahle yabantu baseColombia abavamile abahlupheka isikhathi esingaphezu kwengxenye yekhulu leminyaka. Ekugcineni, izazi zokuthula nezingxabano ezivela e-Kroc Institute bamenywa ukuba basize—okokuqala noma yisiphi isimiso semfundo emkhakheni wethu simenywa ukuba senze kanjalo eNtshonalanga. Bethula imibono emisha futhi umphumela ojabulisayo uwukuthi ekugcineni—ekugcineni—abaseColombia banesivumelwano sokuthula esayiniwe. Yebo, abavoti bakwenqaba kancane, kodwa othishanhloko babuyele etafuleni, hhayi enkundleni yempi, ukuze basebenze esivumelwaneni esivumelana kakhulu.
Ngiyacela. Sinolwazi lokuqeda lo mdanso omubi wokufa owaziwa ngempi. Manje isintu siyazi ukuthi kanjani. Kodwa ingabe sinayo intando? Singakwazi yini ukukhuphuka njengabavoti futhi sifune ukuthi abaphumelele ukhetho bayeke ukuziqhayisa ngokuthi bazoba lukhuni futhi babulale kangakanani futhi esikhundleni salokho sigcizelele ukuthi lowo ophumelele uzochaza futhi azibophezele enqubweni yokuthula ephumelelayo efakazelwa ukuthi ikhiqiza inzuzo eyengeziwe ngobuhlungu obuncane kakhulu ?
