NguDavid Swanson
Intshumayelo yomuntu ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu kuLuka 7: 36-50 eyethulwe eSaint Joan of Arc eMinneapolis, Minn., NgoJuni 12, 2016.
Ukuthethelela kuyisidingo sonke, phakathi kwalabo abangakholwayo naphakathi kwamakholwa kuzo zonke izinkolo emhlabeni. Kumele sithethelelane ngokungafani kwethu, futhi kufanele sithethelele izenzakalo ezinzima kakhulu.
Ezinye izinto esingazixolela kalula - okuyizo, engisho ngazo, ukususa intukuthelo ezinhliziyweni zethu, singaniki umvuzo waphakade. Uma othile enganga izinyawo zami futhi ewathela ngamafutha futhi engincenga ukuba ngimxolele, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, ngibe nesikhathi esinzima sokuxolela ukwanga namafutha kunokumthethelela impilo yobufebe - okuyikho, phela, hhayi isenzo sonya mina kepha ukwephula umthetho wokuthi kungenzeka waphoqelelwa ubunzima.
Kepha ukuxolela amadoda ayengihlukumeza futhi engibulala esiphambanweni? Ukuthi bengingahle ngiphumelele, ikakhulukazi njengoba ukuphela kwami okusondela - ekungabikho kwesixuku esizoba nomthelela - kungangikhombisa ukungabi nalutho kokwenza umcabango wami wokugcina ube mkhulu. Uma nje ngisaphila, ngizimisele ukusebenzela ukuxolelwa.
Uma isiko lethu lihlakulela ngempela umkhuba wokuthethelela, kuzokwenza ngcono impilo yethu. Kungenza izimpi zingenakwenzeka, okuzoqhubeka nokuthuthukisa izimpilo zethu. Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele sibathethelele kokubili labo esicabanga ukuthi basiphathe kabi, futhi labo uhulumeni wethu asitshele ukuba sizonde, kokubili ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe.
Ngicabanga ukuthi ngingathola kahle kumaKristu ayizigidi eziyi-100 e-United States abangamzondi amadoda abethele uJesu, kodwa abathandekayo futhi bayothinteke kakhulu ngomqondo wokuthethelela u-Adolf Hitler.
Lapho uJohn Kerry ethi uBashar al Assad nguHitler, ingabe lokho kukusiza uzizwe uxolela u-Assad? Lapho uHillary Clinton ethi uVladimir Putin unguHitler, ingabe lokho kukusiza ukuthi uqondane noPutin njengomuntu? Lapho i-ISIS isika umphimbo wendoda ngommese, ingabe isiko lakho lilindele kuwe ukuthi uxolelwe noma uziphindiselele?
Ukuthethelela akuyona yindlela kuphela engayithatha ukuphulukisa impi yempi, hhayi yimi engivame ukuzama.
Imvamisa icala elenzelwe impi lihilela amanga athile angavezwa, njengamanga mayelana nokuthi ngubani owasebenzisa izikhali zamakhemikhali eSyria noma ngubani odubule indiza e-Ukraine.
Ngokujwayelekile kukhona ubuzenzisi obukhulu umuntu angakhomba. Ingabe u-Assad usuvele uHitler ngesikhathi ehlukumeza abantu i-CIA, noma ingabe waba uHitler ngokumhlonipha uhulumeni wase-US? Ingabe u-Putin usuvele uHitler ngaphambi kokwenqaba ukujoyina i-2003 e-Iraq? Uma umbusi othile ongekho othandwayo nguHitler, kuthiwani ngabo bonke abahlukumezi abanobudlova abase-United States ababopha futhi basekela? Ingabe nabo bonke uHitler?
Imvamisa kukhona ukuhlukunyezwa yi-United States okungakhonjwa kuyo. I-US ihlose ukuketula uhulumeni waseSyria iminyaka futhi yagwema izingxoxo zokususwa kwe-Assad ngokungenabudlova ngenxa yokuqothulwa ngodlame okukholakala ukuthi kuseduze unyaka nonyaka. I-US isikhiphe izivumelwano zokunciphisa izingalo neRussia, yandisa i-NATO emngceleni wayo, yenza ukuba kube nokuvukela e-Ukraine, yasungula imidlalo yempi emngceleni waseRussia, yafaka imikhumbi oLwandle Olumnyama neBaltic, yahambisa izindela eziningi eYurophu, yaqala ukukhuluma ngayo Izinduna ezincane, "ezisebenzisekayo", futhi zamisa izizinda zemicibisholo eRomania kanye (nasakhiwa) ePoland. Cabanga ukube iRussia izenzile lezi zinto eNyakatho Melika.
Imvamisa umuntu angasho ukuthi noma ngabe umbusi wangaphandle ukhohlakele kangakanani, impi izobulala inani elikhulu labantu ngeshwa elanele ukubuswa nguye - abantu abangenacala ngamacala akhe.
Kodwa kuthiwani uma sizama ukuthethelelwa? Ingabe umuntu angathethelela i-ISIS ama-horror? Futhi ingabe ukwenza kanjalo kuyoholela ekubuseni mahhala ngenxa yokwesaba okukhulu okunjalo, noma ekunciphiseni noma ekuqedeni kwabo?
Umbuzo wokuqala ulula. Yebo, ungathethelela i-ISIS ukwethuka kwayo. Okungenani abanye abantu bangakwazi. Angizizwa nginenzondo nge-ISIS. Kunabantu abalahlekelwe ngabathandekayo babo ngomhlaka 9/11 abasheshe baqala ukugqugquzela noma iyiphi impi yokuziphindiselela. Kukhona abantu abalahlekelwe ngabathandekayo babo ekubulaweni kwabantu abancane futhi baphikisana nokujeziswa ngonya komuntu onecala, baze bazi futhi banakekele umbulali. Kunamasiko aphatha ukungabi nabulungisa njengento edinga ukubuyisana kunokubuyisela.
Vele, iqiniso lokuthi abanye bayakwazi ukukwenza akusho ukuthi ungakwenza noma kufanele ukwenze. Kepha kufanele ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi lawo malungu omndeni wezisulu ze-9/11 ayelungile kangakanani. Manje sekubulewe abantu abaningi ngokuphindwe kayikhulu, futhi inzondo nge-United States ebambe iqhaza ku-9/11 iphindaphindwe ngokufanele. Impi yomhlaba wonke yobuphekula ikhule ngokwandayo nangokungabazeki ubuphekula.
Uma sidonsa umoya kakhulu bese sicabanga ngokujulile, singabona futhi ukuthi intukuthelo efuna ukuxolelwa ayinangqondo. Ojahidada abanezibhamu babulala abantu abaningi e-United States kunabashokobezi bangaphandle. Kodwa asizondi izingane ezisacathula. Asazi ngamabhomu ezisacathula futhi ubani eduze kwabo. Asicabangi ngezingane ezisacathula njengezimbi ngokwemvelo noma ezihlehlela emuva noma ezisenkolweni engafanele. Siyabaxolela ngaso leso sikhathi, ngaphandle komzabalazo. Akulona iphutha labo izibhamu zishiywe zilele zizungezile.
Kodwa ingabe iphutha le-ISIS ukuthi i-Iraq yabhujiswa? Ukuthi iLibya yaphonswa yizingxabano? Ukuthi lesi sifunda sasizungeze izikhali ezenziwa e-US? Labo abaholi be-ISIS bekusasa bahlukunyezwa emakamu ase-US? Lokho kuphila kwakwenziwe kube yinto evulekile? Mhlawumbe hhayi, kodwa kwaba iphutha labo babulala abantu. Bangabantu abadala. Bayazi ukuthi benzani.
Ingabe kunjalo? Khumbula, uJesu wathi abazange. Wathi, babathethelele ngoba abazi ukuthi benzani. Bangazi kanjani ukuthi benzani lapho benza izinto ezinjengalezo abenzile?
Lapho izikhulu zase-US ziqeda umhlalaphansi futhi zisheshe zikhishwe ukuthi imizamo yase-US idala izitha eziningi kunokuba zibulala, kuyacaca ukuthi ukuhlaselwa kwe-ISIS kuyinzuzo. Kubuye kucace ukuthi okungenani abanye abantu abahlanganyela kulo bayakwazi lokho. Kodwa futhi bayazi ukuthi yini eyenza imisebenzi yabo iqhubekele phambili, enikeza imindeni yabo, lokho okujabulisa abangane babo, futhi yiziphi izinzuzo emkhakheni othile wezomnotho wase-US. Futhi bangakwazi ukugcina ithemba lokuthi mhlawumbe impi elandelayo iyoba yilabo ekugcineni esebenza. Ingabe bayazi ngempela ukuthi benzani? Babengaba kanjani?
Ngenkathi uMongameli u-Obama ethumela umcibisholo ovela kwi-drone ukuqhuma umfana waseMelika ovela eColorado ogama lakhe lingu-Abdulrahman al Awlaki, umuntu akufanele acabange ukuthi ikhanda lakhe noma amakhanda alabo abahlezi eduze kwakhe ahlala emizimbeni yabo. Ukuthi lo mfana akazange abulawe ngommese akufanele kwenze ukuthi ukubulala kwakhe kuxoleke futhi. Akufanele sifune ukuziphindiselela kuBarack Obama noma uJohn Brennan. Kepha akufanele sikhawulele isidingo sethu esithukuthele seqiniso, ubulungiswa bokubuyisela esimeni esifanele, kanye nokushintshwa kokubulala ngezinqubomgomo zomphakathi ezinokuthula.
Isiphathimandla Sezindiza Sezindiza saseMelika muva nje sithe ithuluzi elizovumela ukulahla ukudla ngokunembile kubantu ababulawa yindlala eSyria ngeke lisetshenziselwe ukwenza lo msebenzi wobuntu ngoba kubiza ama- $ 60,000. Kodwa-ke amasosha aseMelika afutha amashumi ezigidigidi zamadola ngokubulala abantu lapho, kanye namakhulu ezigidigidi zamadola minyaka yonke ekugcineni amandla okwenza okufanayo emhlabeni wonke. Sinamasosha aqeqeshwe yi-CIA eSyria elwa namasosha aqeqeshwe yiPentagon eSyria, futhi - ngokomthetho - asikwazi ukusebenzisa imali ukuvimbela indlala.
Cabanga uhlala e-Iraq noma eSiriya bese ufunda lokho. Cabanga ufunda imibono yamalungu eCongress asekela impi ngoba kuthiwa inikeza imisebenzi. Cabanga uhlala ngaphansi kwesidonsa esivuthayo e-Yemen, ungabe usavumela izingane zakho ukuba zihambe esikoleni noma ziphume ngaphandle kwendlu.
Manje cabanga ukuxolela uhulumeni wase-United States. Cabanga uzilethele ukubona ukuthi kubukeka kanjani njengobubi obukhulu njengoba empeleni kwenzeka iziphatho zomthetho, umfutho wesistimu, ubumpumputhe bezinhlangano, kanye nokungazi. Ungakwazi yini ukuthethelela njengomuntu wase-Iraq? Ngibonile ama-Iraq ekwenza.
Thina eMelika singayixolela iPentagon. Singakwazi yini ukuthethelela i-ISIS? Futhi uma kungenjalo, kungani kungenjalo? Singakwazi yini ukuthethelela amaSaudis abukeka futhi azwakala njengathi, futhi ngubani osekelayo, i-ISIS, kepha obani omabonakude bethu abasitshela ukuthi bangabalingani abaqotho abaqotho? Uma kunjalo, yingoba asikaziboni izisulu zaseSaudi zokunqunywa ikhanda noma ngenxa yokuthi lezo zisulu zibukeka kanjani? Uma kungenjalo, kungenxa yokuthi amaSaudis abukeka kanjani?
Uma ukuthethelela kuvela ngokwemvelo kithi, uma singakwazi ukukwenza ngokushesha ku-ISIS, ngakho-ke masinyane umakhelwane owenza umsindo omkhulu noma amavoti kumuntu omele ukhetho, khona-ke imikhankaso yokumaketha yezimpi ngeke isebenze. Futhi angeke umkhankaso wokupakisha amaMelika amaningi emajele.
Ukuxolelwa bekungeke kuqede ukungqubuzana, kepha bekuyokwenza izingxabano zibe ngezomphakathi nezingavumelani nodlame - okuyiyona nto inhlangano yokuthula yama-1920 eyayinayo engqondweni lapho ihambisa uFrank Kellogg waseSt. Paul, eMinnesota, ukudala isivumelwano esivimbela yonke impi.
Namuhla ntambama ngo-2 ntambama sizobe sinikezela isigxobo sokuthula lapha emagcekeni aleli bandla. Njengoba kunempi yaphakade emasikweni ethu, sidinga kabi izikhumbuzo zomzimba zokuthula. Sidinga ukuthula kithina nasemindenini yethu. Kepha kudingeka sixwaye isimo sengqondo esithathwe yilungu lebhodi lesikole eVirginia esithe sizokweseka umgubho wokuthula inqobo nje uma wonke umuntu eqonda ukuthi akaphikisani nanoma yiziphi izimpi. Sidinga izikhumbuzo ukuthi ukuthula kuqala ngokuqedwa kwempi. Ngiyethemba uzosijoyina.
