NguBill Lueders, April 13, 2019
UDonald Trump uthanda abashiqela. Uyazethemba ngokuphelele. Yena ukholelwa UVladimir Putin waseRussia phezu kweqembu lakhe lezokuphepha likazwelonke. Nguye kuphelile "ubuhlobo bakhe obukhulu" noMongameli wasePhilippines uRodrigo Duterte, umgqugquzeli owaziwayo wokubulala abantu abaningi. Unayo wayekhala ukuthi "kuyilungelo elikhulu nelungelo" lokusungula uMongameli waseTurkey uRecep Tayyip Erdoğan, ngokushesha nje ngemuva kokuba leli daba lime lapho libukele njengoba izithuthuthu zakhe zishaya ababhikishi ngaphandle kwe-embassy yaseTurkey eWashington, DC
Futhi konke kwakuthatha iTump ukuqeda Ummeli waseKorea waseKorea uKim Jong-un wemithwalo yemfanelo yokuhlukunyezwa okwaholela ekufeni komfundi wasekolishi yase-US u-Otto Warmbier kwakunguKim ukuphika: "Ungitshela ukuthi wayengazi ngakho futhi ngizomthatha . "Umbono kaTump kaKim, owengamela a ukucindezela ngokubulala umbuso, ungase uqinisekiswe ukuthi abaholi ababili, ku Amazwi kaTrump, "wamthanda."
Akunakuphikwa: I-Trump imelela ingozi ecacile neyamanje ekuvikelekeni kazwelonke kwe-United States. Kodwa inqubomgomo yangaphandle nje yinye yezizathu eziningi uTrump enikeze isizwe, ikakhulukazi abantu abahamba phambili, befuna ukuba asuswe ehhovisi. Iqembu lezishoshovu zikazwelonke I-RootsAction uye wabhala a inombolo ekhulayo izihloko zokuhlukumezeka (isimemezelo sikaMongameli somthethosisekelo esithile sokuthi isimo esiphuthumayo sokwakha udonga lwamangqamuzana sinomboro neshumi nesishiyagalolunye), iningi lalo alihlangene nokuphazanyiswa kweRussia ukhetho lwe-2016 noma olunye olulindele ukuphenywa.
"Kudingeka ukuba afakwe ngokushesha," kusho uDavid Swanson, umxhumanisi womkhankaso weqembu I-Progressive. "Usongela isimo sezulu seMhlaba. Uyisongo ekugwemeni impi yenuzi. Ngeke siphile njengezinhlobo eziqhubeka ngale ndlela. Asikwazi ukulinda iminyaka emibili noma emine ukuthola omunye umuntu. "
Izizathu zokubheka i-Trump bootworthy zihlanganisa: ukwephulwa kwemithetho ephikisana nokuhlomula komongameli, ukugqugquzela ubudlova, ukubandlulula ngesisekelo senkolo, ukusongela ngokungemthetho nokuqhuba izimpi, ukuhlukanisa izingane ezifuduka kubazali bazo, ukuhlukumeza amandla akhe okuxolela, ukukhohlisa intela, ukuhlakulela inkululeko emaphephandabeni, nasezindabeni zokushushisa.
Zonke lezi zizathu ezizwakalayo; UJohn Nichols, esakhe isingeniso kulo magazini ukucela ukuthi ikhethini liwe phansi ku-Trump, liza namanye ambalwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona izinto okungenzeka zenzeka kusukela sasizocindezela. [Yini ongayibona ukuthi iyini? Senze uhlu!] I-Trump iyi-fire dumpster umlilo. Udinga ukucinywa-ngokuhlakanipha nangokweqile, kunjalo.
Kodwa kukhona indawo eyodwa okumele iqhubekele ngayo ukukhumbula i-adage yakudala: Ngisho newashi eliphukile lilungile kabili ngosuku. Muva nje, i-Trump esibizwa ngenxa yokuxoshwa kwamabutho ase-US eSiriya nase-Afghanistan, okwenza kube nokukhathazeka okuvela ekilasini lesizwe sezombangazwe, kuhlanganise namaDemocrats amaningi.
USeninkulu uCory Booker, ummangameli weDemocratic Republic of New Jersey, ibhujiswe lokhu "kungenangqondo futhi kuyingozi," futhi wanezela, "Le ndlela yokubamba iqhaza kwamanye amazwe ehamba ngezinyawo iye yaphazamisa ithimba likaMongameli wezokuphepha likazwelonke, ukwesaba okwesabekayo nokudideka phakathi kwamalungu ethu, kanye nezingozi ezilimaza kakhulu imizamo yethu yokufeza ukunqotshwa okuqhubekayo kwe-ISIS . "
Abanye abagijima ithikithi leDemocratic ukuze bathathe isikhundla se-Trump-kubandakanya uSenators Kamala Harris waseCalifornia, u-Elizabeth Warren waseMassachusetts, u-Amy Klobuchar waseMinnesota, uKirsten Gillibrand waseNew York, noBernie Sanders waseVermont-bonke bathi basekela umgomo wokuxoshwa kweqembu kodwa hhayi ngendlela uTrump ehlongoze ngayo ukuhamba ngayo.
Laba baphoqeleli baphakamisa ukukhathazeka okusemthethweni-kodwa nabo bonke osombusazwe abathola izizathu zokuqhubeka belwa. Ukuhoxiswa kwamabutho ase-US eSiriya nase-Afghanistan akukaze kwenzeke uma siqhubeka sigxile ngezizathu ezingafaneleki. Ingabe kukhona umuntu ocabanga ukuthi amasosha ethu nemishini yokubulala yenza isimo esingcono sibe ngcono?
"Ngisekele ukuxosha amasosha eSiriya ngaphambi kokuba bangene, okufanayo ne-Afghanistan," kusho uSyanson, ongumqondisi weqembu World BEYOND War. "Futhi uma iTrump yenza sengathi ufuna ukwenza lokho, udinga ukukhuthazwa, futhi ngimkhuthazile. Kuyingozi, lo mbono wokuthi ukhetha iqembu noma ubuntu futhi usho ukuthi konke abakwenzayo akulungile, ngisho noma benza okuthile ocabanga ukuthi kulungile. "
U-Swanson uthi izinyathelo eziqhubekayo kufanele zizimisele ukunamathela ezinkolelweni zabo, ngisho noma iTrump ivuma futhi abaDemokhrasi abenzi, futhi banethemba lokuthi iTrump izoletha okungaphezu kokukhuluma nje.
"Ngifuna inqubomgomo engcono, angifuni amaqhawe ukukhulekela, "usho kanje. "Angikhathaleli uma othile enza into efanele ngenxa yezizathu ezingalungile. Uma edonsela amasosha eSiriya, angilindele ukuthi kungani. Lo ngumuntu ongakwazi ukuphikisana kathathu ngesikhathi somzuzu. Ngakho angikhathaleli kakhulu ukuthola ukuthi yini enhliziyweni yakhe yezinhliziyo, uma kukhona into enjalo. Ngifuna i-US iphume eSiriya. "
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, abacebisi bezokuphepha kazwelonke kaTrump banikeze izinkulumo kwiCongress lapho ngokuphikisana ngokuphikisana imibono kaMongameli ejulile ngokuphathelene nezwe asebenza kuyo. Cha, bathi, iNorth Korea ayizange iphelile. I-ISIS ayinqotshwe eSiriya. I-Iran ihambisana nemigomo yesivumelwano samandla enyukliya lapho i-Trump ihamba khona ngobuwula. I-Russia iyaqhubeka nokuzama ukuphazamisa intando yeningi yethu. Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kwenzeke ngempela futhi kubeka isizwe engozini.
I-Trump, ngokubikezelayo, yasabela ngokuxosha abacebisi bakhe, tweeting "Akulungile!" Futhi "Mhlawumbe Ubuhlakani kufanele babuyele esikoleni!" Kamuva, yena bathi "babedluliselwa ngokuphelele" -ukufakaza ababekunikeza ekukhulumeni okubukhoma ku-C-SPAN.
Ngaphansi kweTrump, izivumelwano zokunciphisa ingozi yempi yenuzi futhi zixazulule inkinga yokufudumala kwephasi ziye zaphonswa ngaphandle kwefasitela.
"Izinto zami ezimbili ezikhathazeka kakhulu yi-apocalypse yenuzi kanye nenhlekelele yesimo sezulu, futhi empeleni uyahamba ukuze aqhubekisele phambili izinkinga zombili," kusho uS Swanson. "Uye wanda, okungenani okwesikhashana, yonke impi azuze yona. Ukhulise ukubulawa kwe-drone. Wakhele izisekelo ezingaphezulu. Uqondisa ukwandiswa okuqhubekayo kwe-NATO, naphezu kwayo yonke into ekhuluma ngayo ngamazwi akhe amabi [ngakho]. "
Futhi, kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi iTrump iphikisana nento ethile namaDemokhrasi ikakhulukazi kuyo, akusho ukuthi kuhle.
"I-NATO ihlanganisa izingxenye ezintathu zokulwa kwezempi emhlabeni, ukusetshenziswa kwempi kwamalungu ayo," kusho uSyanson, echaza ukuthi kuvumela ukuhlukunyezwa okuhlangene i-United States ayikwazanga ukwenza ngokuvumelana. "Kuyisongo sokuthula eMhlabeni."
Ukukhuluma ngezinsongo zokuthula emhlabeni: I-Trump. Akagcini nje ngokulandela ukubiza kwakhe ukuhoxisa amabutho ase-US eSiriya nase-Afghanistan, unayo esongelwa i-veto i-Congressional ishukumisela ukuphoqa ukuphela kokusekelwa kwe-US empini yase-Saudi Arabia e-Yemen. NgoFebhuwari, iNdlu idlulile Amandla Ampi isixazululo ecela ukukhishwa kweMpi yamazwe ase-United States kusukela empini eRiphabhuliki yaseYemen, ikakhulukazi ukusola amaSaudi Arabia ukubulala wephephandaba uJamal Khashoggi, okuyinto Trump kahle nje.
Kubonakala sengathi nanoma yisiphi isikhathi lapho noma ubani ofuna ukuyeka ukuhlanganyela ekubulaweni okungenangqondo, kukhona ukuhlehliswa kwemvelo.
U-Andrew Bacevich, isikhulu sezempi esasethathe umhlalaphansi esibhaliwe izincwadi eziningi emlandweni wezempi wase-US kanye nenqubomgomo yangaphandle futhi njengamanje uprofesa eBoston University, wakhuluma kamuva nje I-Progressive mayelana nenqubomgomo yangaphandle yakwaTrump, njengokuthi.
"I-Trump ayizange ibe nombono ongenakulinganiswa nawo wonke umhlaba futhi [ingabe ingazi kahle indlela umhlaba usebenza ngayo," kusho uBacevich. "Wazizungezile nabangaphansi kwakhe ababengazethemba. Ungumuntu ongafuni iseluleko. "
Kuze kube manje, kubi kakhulu. Kodwa, u-Bacevich uyaqhubeka, "Kunezimpikiswano lapho ngicabanga khona ukuthi izimo zakhe zingase zizwakala-uma zingashintshwa ezinkambisweni ezicatshangelwe kahle. Ngokuqondile, ukuhlakanipha kwakhe ukunciphisa ukutholakala kwempi yase-US kanye nokutholakala kwezempi yase-US emhlabeni jikelele. Kubonakala sengathi ucabanga ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle ngokusondela kumgomo wezokuphepha kazwelonke osiholela ekubandakanyekeni empini engapheli, futhi usithola ukuthi sisebenzisa imali esiphezulu yokuzivikela. Futhi ngibelana ngaleyo mbono. "
Faka ithikithi, iminithi idlule futhi iwashi ephukile iphinde iphutha. Kukhona, u-Bacevich uthi, "akukho bufakazi bokuthi uyakwazi ukuhumusha leso simvelo kunoma yini efana nenqubomgomo ehambisanayo. Ngakho-ke kuleso simo kufanele umlinganise njengokwehluleka. "
Kodwa u-Bacevich ukholelwa ukuthi umthelela wesikhathi eside weNqubomgomo yeTrans engekho ngaphansi kwezwe angase ingabi njengabantu abaningi abakholelwa. "UMongameli uzophuma ehhovisi ngokushesha noma kamuva, futhi ngisola ukuthi sizobe sibonakala njengamandla amakhulu amakhulu enza izinto eziphuthumayo ngezinye izikhathi." Izimemezelo nezenzo zokuphathwa okuthile ngeke ziguqule lokho.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi manje sekucacile ukuthi ezinye izizwe zithatha lokho uTrump akushoyo futhi akwenza ngokusanhlamvu kasawoti," kusho uBacevich. "Bayaqonda ukuthi umfana uyinto ethile ye-buffoon ngakho-ke akudingeki ukuba ithathwe ngokuphelele. Kungenzeka ukuthi banake kakhulu lokho okukhulunywe ngakho kanye nokusebenza okwedlula lokho abakwenzayo kulokho okwakushiwo nguMongameli. Ngoba babonile ukuthi lokho akushoyo akuhumushi okuningi ngokwezenzo. "
Futhi lokho kuphakamisa ibha ngokulandela ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo okufanele ziyenze ukuze kutholakale izwe eliphephile nelinamafutha. Ngemuva kokuthi i-Trump ilahliwe-ngenye indlela, ngethemba lokuthi maduzane kunakamuva-i-United States izobe isizwe esifudumayo, inqubomgomo yakhe yangaphandle eqhutshwa yi-imperialism yezinkampani, ikakhulukazi ukusekelwa kwe-bipartisan. Sisazobe sesidonsela emasimini ukuthi amabhomu amaningi nokubulala okuningi ngeke bakwazi ukuxazulula. Sisazoqhubeka sibhekene nenhlekelele engokwemvelo.
Kumelwe silondoloze ukulwa nentando yeningi yethu, inqubomgomo enengqondo engaphandle, ngokulingana nobulungiswa, nokucaca kokuziphatha esikudingayo ukwakha indlela eqhubekayo esikhathini esizayo.
UBill Lueders ungumhleli we-Progressive.
