Ibhalwe nguRobert Fantina, World BEYOND War, Okthoba 27, 2022
Ilungu leDemocratic Congress uPramila Jayapal, usihlalo we-Progressive Caucus, uhoxise isitatimende esisanda kukhishwa ngamalungu ekhokhasi, futhi sisayinwe ngamalungu angamashumi amathathu eNdlu yabaMeli. Isitatimende sokuqala sidale ukukhala okukhulu nokulila nokugedla kwamazinyo phakathi kwamalungu amaningi eDemocratic Party, okwenza kudingeke ukuthi ihoxe ngokushesha.
Yini, umuntu angase ayibuze ngokunengqondo, i-Progressive Caucus eyathi yabangela ukungezwani phakathi kwe-Congressional Democrats yezinga nefayela? Yikuphi ukusikisela okucasulayo, kwesokunxele okwenziwe esitatimendeni esibangele impikiswano enjalo?
Nokho, nakhu ikhokhasi eyayinokusikisela: I-Progressive Caucus yacela uMongameli uJoe Biden ukuthi ahlanganyele ezingxoxweni nohulumeni waseRussia ukuze aqede impi yawo ne-Ukraine. Nansi ingxenye eyinhloko yencwadi ecasulayo:
“Uma kubhekwa ukucekelwa phansi okudalwe yile mpi yase-Ukraine nomhlaba wonke, kanye nobungozi bokudlondlobala kwenhlekelele, sikholwa futhi ukuthi kuzuzisa i-Ukraine, i-United States kanye nomhlaba ukugwema ukungqubuzana okuhlala isikhathi eside. Ngalesi sizathu, siyakunxusa ukuthi ubhangqe ukwesekwa kwezempi nezomnotho i-United States eyinikeze i-Ukraine ngomkhankaso oqhubekayo wobunxusa, imizamo ephindaphindayo yokufuna uhlaka olungokoqobo lokuqeda ukudubulana. "
Umuntu angakuqonda ukucasuka: kungani uhlanganyela kulowo mkhuba ongathandeki - idiplomacy - lapho amabhomu ezokwenza umsebenzi wenziwe? Futhi kwikhokhasi eqhubekayo ukuphakamisa into enjalo eduze nokhetho lwaphakathi nonyaka akunakuthethelelwa! Njengoba amaRiphabhulikhi ephikisana nezigidigidi ezithunyelwa e-Ukraine, umqondo wokuxoxisana udlala ezandleni zawo! Futhi kufanele sihlale sikhumbula ukuthi umgomo omkhulu, isisekelo esingcwele sanoma yiluphi ukhetho, ukugcinwa kwesimo esikhona, lapho iqembu eliphethe lihlala liphethe.
Ephendula incwadi ye-Progressive Caucus, ukuhlaziya kwe-CNN kuveze isihloko esikhulu esithi: 'UPutin ubebukele futhi elinde lesi sikhathi eWashington.' Lesi sihloko esihlekisayo sithi uPutin ubebukele futhi enethemba lokuthi uzophuka "... ukuvumelana okumangalisayo kweWashington okwakhiwe UMongameli uJoe Biden ngesidingo sokwenza konke okudingekayo ukuvikela intando yeningi e-Ukraine.” Manje, ngokwalokhu 'kuhlaziya', lokho kuphuka sekuvele. (Isihloko esithi 'intando yeningi e-Ukraine' singesinye sezinye indaba).
Sicela uqaphele ukuthi isitatimende se-Progressive Caucus asizange siphakamise ukuhoxiswa kokusekelwa kwezempi yase-US (njengoba kufanele kube njalo). Imane yakhuthaza uhulumeni wase-US ukuthi ahlanganise lokho kusekelwa ngemizamo yokuqeda impi. Kodwa cha, lowo bekuwumbono oqine kakhulu futhi kwadingeka uhoxiswe, izitatimende eziyimpinda ngawo zithunyelwe 'ngengozi'.
Ake sicabangele umzuzu 'isiphakamiso' se-Progressive Caucus, uma sishaywa, singadala:
- Isibalo sokufa kwabesilisa, abesifazane nezingane abangenacala singase sehliswe. Uma izikhulu zikahulumeni wase-US zingaxoxisana nozakwabo eRussia, ukubulawa kwabantu kungase kuphele.
- Ingqalasizinda yase-Ukraine ingase igweme ukulimala okwengeziwe. Imigwaqo, izindlu, amabhuloho nezinye izakhiwo ezibalulekile ezihlala zimile futhi zisebenza zingase ziqhubeke nokuba njalo.
- Usongo lwempi yenuzi lungase lunciphe kakhulu. Nakuba impi yamanje ilinganiselwe eRussia nase-Ukraine, impi yenuzi izogubuzela ingxenye enkulu yomhlaba. Kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi ukukhuluma ngempi yenuzi 'elinganiselwe' kungamampunge. Noma iyiphi impi yenuzi ingadala ukucekelwa phansi kwemvelo okungakaze kubonwe, nokufa nokuhlupheka okungaziwa selokhu i-US yaqhumisa ibhomu iHiroshima neNagasaki.
- Amandla e-NATO angahle aqukethwe, okwenza kube usongo oluncishisiwe lokuthula emhlabeni jikelele. Ukwanda kwayo, manje okuthuthela emazweni engeziwe, kungase kumiswe, kunciphisa amandla okuba impi yethulwe ngokushesha cishe noma kuphi emhlabeni.
Kodwa cha, amaDemocrat akumele abonakale 'ebuthakathaka' eRussia, ikakhulukazi njengoba sekusondele ukhetho lwamaphakathi nonyaka.
Singase sibheke ukuthi i-US $ 17 billion eyithumele e-Ukraine nge-hardware eyenza impi ingenzani ngaphakathi kwemingcele yase-US.
- Cishe u-10% wabantu base-US baphila ngaphansi komugqa wobumpofu, okuwumbudane, izinga elakhiwe yi-US. Izinga lobumpofu lomndeni wabane lingaphansi kancane kwe-$35,000 ngonyaka. Noma yimuphi umndeni wabane onaleyo mali uzodinga uxhaso lwerenti, usizo lokudla, usizo lwezezimali ngezinsiza, ezokuthutha, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, njll. Izikhulu ezikhethiwe zihlala zithi izinhlelo 'zokuthola amalungelo' kufanele zinqanyulwe ukuze kulinganiswe isabelomali. Mhlawumbe izindleko zempi kufanele zinqanyulwe ukuze kuvunyelwe abantu ukuthi baphile ezingeni elithile lesithunzi e-US
- Izikole eziningi ezisemadolobheni ezweni lonke azinazo izinto ezinjengokushisa ebusika, amanzi ampompi, nokunye ‘okunethezeka’ okunjalo. Imali ethunyelwa e-Ukraine ingahamba ibanga elide ekuhlinzekeni lezi zidingo.
- Izakhamuzi zasemadolobheni amaningi e-US azikwazi ukuphuza amanzi aphuma kompompi bazo. Kuzothatha ngaphansi kuka-$17 billion ukulungisa lezo zinkinga.
Umuntu kufanele abuze ukuthi kungani iCongress yase-US, ngisho nango-2022, iwunyanya umqondo wediplomacy. Impendulo yalo yokuqala kunoma iyiphi 'inhlekelele' yamazwe ngamazwe - evame ukubangelwa noma esungulwe yi-US - izinsongo: izinsongo zokujeziswa, izinsongo zempi. Ngawo-1830, phakathi neMpi YaseMexico NaseMelika, kwashiwo ngoMongameli uPolk ukuthi “wayezidelela izinto ezinhle zokukhulumisana.” Lokhu akukashintshi cishe eminyakeni engama-200.
Umuntu uyasibona isidingo sokuyekethisa kunoma yimuphi uhulumeni, kodwa uyashoda ngokudabukisayo ekusebenzeni okuyindida kwalokho okuphasiswa ukuze kuthathwe izinyathelo zomthetho e-US Kodwa ngalo kanye igama layo, i-Progressive Caucus kufanele yethule izikweletu eziqhubekayo futhi ikhiphe izitatimende eziqhubekayo. Isitatimende esicashunwe ngenhla esicashunwe ngenhla asiwona neze umqondo omangalisayo, onamandla, ongabeka iCongress ezindlebeni zayo ezihlangene. Imane ithi i-US, ngenxa yamazwe ngamazwe (futhi, lo mbhali angase engeze, asebenzise kabi) amandla kanye nomthelela, kufanele okungenani azame ukusebenzisana nohulumeni waseRussia ukuqeda ubutha obukhona. Iqiniso lokuthi u-Putin, kanye nabo bonke abanye abaholi bomhlaba, abanasizathu sokuthemba amagama noma izenzo ze-US, ngeshwa, eceleni kwephuzu. I-Progressive Caucus yenze isiphakamiso, futhi yalulaza noma iliphi ithonya noma ukwethembeka okungenzeka ibe nakho ngokusihoxisa.
Lokhu 'ukuphatha' e-US: asikho isidingo sokwenza okuphusile nokulungile, kodwa kukhona zonke izizathu zokusho nokwenza okujabulisa isisekelo. Lena yindlela yokuphinda uqokwe futhi, ngemuva kwakho konke, kumalungu amaningi eCongress, yilokho okumayelana.
