Ngo-Tom H. Hastings
Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi i-diplomacy iyindlela ebuthakathaka yokubhekana nezingxabano nezimpi zombango, izigwegwe ezinzima zilandela, futhi uma ufuna ngempela ukuqeda impi yombango, sorry, udinga amasosha.
Awu, wonke umuntu ucabanga lokho.
Kulungile, akunjalo wonke umuntu.
Kuyavela ukuthi lolo hlelo lokusebenza luhlehle impela. Ososayensi abathathu bezepolitiki benza umlando i-metastudy yazo zonke izinhlangano zokuzibusa ezazibukeka njengezimpi zombango noma empeleni zaba yizimpi zombango phakathi kuka-1960-2005 ezaholela ezinqumweni zoMkhandlu Wezokuphepha WeZizwe Ezihlangene.
Imiphumela yayicacile. Ukusebenzisa amasosha e-UN cishe akubanga namphumela ekunqandeni impi yombango. Izijeziso bezingcono, kodwa izinhlelo zezokuxhumana zaphumelela kaningi kunanoma iyiphi enye indlela.
Ingabe lokhu kuyiqiniso njalo? Akunjalo, kodwa uma ufuna ukuhamba nokubheja kwakho okuhle kakhulu ukuze uvimbele izimpi, khipha u-Ban Ki-Moonies kanye nabasizi bakhe. Thina e-US ngokuvamile siyayishaya indiva noma sihleke i-Kofi Annan, noma i-Boutrus Boutrus-Ghali. Ama-wimps angasebenzi! Thumela Osolwandle.
Enye inganekwane iluma uthuli.
Cabanga nge-matrix yezindleko/yenzuzo. Kuthiwani uma ngabe sithumele uNobhala Wezwe waseMelika ngaleso sikhathi uJames Baker noma mhlawumbe uNobhala Jikelele we-UN uJavier Pèrez de Cuèllar ukuthi abhekane noSaddam Hussein ngo-Agasti we-1990 esikhundleni sokuhlanganisa ngokushesha ukuya empini? Leso kwakuwumzuzu owenzelwe idiplomacy owawungagwenywa 383 US efile, 467 US abalimele, $102 billion ezindlekweni zase-US futhi izilinganiso eziphansi kakhulu balinganiselwa ku-20,000 abantu base-Iraqi ababulewe, ingxenye yabo eyizakhamuzi. Esikhundleni salokho, uGeorge Bush the Elder waqala ukumunca uSaddam ngo U-April Glaspie uyaqhuma, enikeza uSaddam ukukhanya okuluhlaza kwe-US ukuthi ahlasele i-Kuwait bese esho ngokushesha ukuthi "Lokhu ngeke kume,” eqala ukunqwabelana bese ehlasela. Konke kungenzeka kugwenywe ngokuphelele.
Lena enye yezimpi zase-US ezibiza kancane, egazini nasemcebo. Kuthiwani uma i-diplomacy ibingavimbela ngisho nempi eyodwa? Ingabe lokho akuwufanele ngempela umzamo ongathi sína? Ingabe izimpilo zabantu kanye nezindleko ezinkulu zamandla/imali/yezinsiza ziwufanele umzamo othile onzima owenziwa osomaqhinga, ngabalamuli, ngabaxoxi abangochwepheshe? Emkhakheni wami weConflict Transformation sihlala sikukholelwa lokho, futhi ucwaningo luya ngokufakazela ukuthi izindlela zethu zingcono kakhulu (ngaphandle uma umzuzi wempi, isigaba esikhethekile sabantu abasiza ekulolongeni umlayezo wemithombo yezindaba esingenawo umkhondo, leyo nkulumo ibuthaka, futhi isebenza ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu nokuhlasela).
Ingabe ngiyaphikisana nenqubomgomo yempi yase-US? Yebo, ngingasho kanjalo, futhi lokho kungenza ngibe imbuka futhi ngibe yisisulu esisemthethweni sokuhlaselwa kwe-drone, ngokusho kukaprofesa wezomthetho waseWest Point. Ingabe kufanele ngixwayise engisebenza nabo endlini? Linda-uthi kuphela izazi zezomthetho eziphikisayo ziyizinhloso ezisemthethweni. Ngiyisifundiswa sokuthula nokungabi nodlame, ngakho-ke ukuphikisa kwami akukakafaneleki njengokuqondiwe, ngokusobala, noma mhlawumbe uthatha ngokuthi izifundiswa zezishoshovu njengami bezilokhu zihlosiwe ngokusemthethweni ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Kufanele mhlawumbe ngibuze ukuze ngibone ukuthi ngingaluthola yini usizo oluncane ku-UN kulokhu. Amathuba ami angathuthukiswa, okungenani ngokwesayensi.
UDkt. H. Hastings uyinhlangano eyinhloko eMnyangweni Wokuxazulula Izingxabano ePortland State University futhi uMqondisi oMsungula PeaceVoice.
