nguDavid Swanson, Ake sizame ngentando yeningi, Agasti 25, 2021
Ngezindlela eziningi, impi ibonakala ingabonakali. Vele e-US academia, ukuzenzisa kukaPinkerist ukuthi siphila esikhathini sokuthula okukhulu kufezwa yizo zonke izinhlobo zokukhohlisa kwezibalo, kodwa okokuqala nokumemezela ukuthi izimpi zombango azizona izimpi, nokumemezela izimpi zase-US njengezimpi zombango - into ekhohlisayo ukuyenza lapho umzuzu i-US ishiya, ama-Afghans, ngokwesibonelo, enqaba ukuqhubeka nokubulalana (baqalekise!).
Kepha e-United States, impi nezempi - noma ezinye izithunzi eziyinqaba zazo - zikuyo yonke indawo: ukubonga okungapheli, izindawo ezikhethekile zokupaka nokugibela izindiza, izikhangiso ezingapheli zokuqasha nezikhangiso zezikhali, amabhayisikobho amaningi nezinhlelo zethelevishini. Impi ijwayelekile ngokungapheli. Futhi, ngokumangazayo, ukutholakala kwemikhosi yempi kukwenza impi ingabazeki ukuthi kunezimpikiswano ezimbalwa lapho impi hhayi okukhulunyiwe - ngisho nangezikhathi lapho kufanele kube njalo.
NgoNovemba, amazwe omhlaba azoxoxisana ngezivumelwano zesimo sezulu ngenkathi ecacile ukushiya ngaphandle nokunikeza ukuyekelwa kwengubo yokulala kuwo wonke amasosha. Lesi isenzo se-pro-US ngoba ingxenye enkulu yemali esetshenziswa emhlabeni kwezempi yenziwa yi-US noma izikhali zase-US. Kepha ngasikhathi sinye ukubekwa phambili kokungathathi hlangothi, okujwayelekile, okungabazeki kwamasosha abo bonke abantu, ngoba amasosha abaluleke kakhulu kunesimo sezulu somhlaba.
Futhi kuyingxenye yephethini ejwayelekile. Amasosha kukhona shiyeka phandle wokuhlaziywa kokusabalala kwe-COVID. Ngaphandle kokwenza iningi lokusetshenziswa kwemali yombuso, kunzima ukuthola ingxoxo yokusetshenziswa kwemali yomphakathi, noma iwebhusayithi yomkhankaso yelungu le-US Congress elikhuluma ngobukhona bokusetshenziswa kwempi, impi, ukuthula, izivumelwano, uMnyango Wezwe, noma ama-96% ubuntu. Sinama-movie ngamakhemikhali e-PFAS ashiya i-spreader esikhulu sawo. Sinamaqembu ezemvelo akhathazekile ngezindawo zezinhlekelele ezinkulu kodwa hhayi ibhizinisi elibhekele iningi lazo. Sinemikhankaso elwa nobandlululo engenandaba nokukhula okungaguquguquki kokucwasana okunikezwa yizimpi. Omakadebona bempi bangabadubuli abaningi baseMelika kakhulu, kepha inani lemibiko yezindaba elisho lelo qiniso lingabalwa eminweni yomuntu onezingalo zombili ezishayiwe. IGreen New Deal, njengenkokhelo yengqalasizinda kanye neyokubuyisana, ayinaki ukuthi ngabe uxhaso olutholakala kwezempi noma umonakalo wezempi wenza - kahle, hhayi umthethosivivinywa wokubuyisana ophakamisa ukwanda kwemali esetshenziswayo kwezempi ngonyaka ngamunye we-10 olandelayo, into ejwayelekile kanye ne-pro forma yokuthi abaphikisi bokukhuphuka kwemali esetshenziswa kwezempi batusa ukuthi bangakuqapheli. Amaqembu wenkululeko yomphakathi awaphikisani nezimpi eziqeda inkululeko, futhi aze asekele ukwengeza abesifazane eqenjini labantu abangaphoqelelwa ukuba balwe izimpi zabo ngaphandle kwentando yabo. Ukuhlangana okuningi kwezimbangela zezimbangela eziqhubekayo kuvame ukushiya ukuthula - futhi kufanele ngicabange abathengisi bezikhali abaningi bengakunaki lokho kancane, ngoba lapho usula ukuthula usiza nokusula impi.
Kwesinye isikhathi impi ayinakugcinwa ngaphandle kwezindaba. Kepha noma kunjalo ayizivezi njengempi. Kuguqulwe - esimweni sakamuva - kube ukuphatha kabi abantu ukuba bathuthe, okunikeza isithombe sokuthi izinto ezimbi kakhulu zempi yeminyaka engama-20 zizotholakala ezinsukwini zayo zokugcina. Sihlala sibonakala silikhumbula iqiniso lokuthi izimpi zingabantu ababulala uhlangothi olulodwa lwezinombolo ezinkulu zabantu - ngezinombolo ezinkulu ngokulinganayo ezilimele, ezihlukumezekile, futhi ezingenamakhaya futhi ezisengozini.
Ukuqoqa imibiko ngokufa kwempi e-Afghanistan kusuka ebudloveni obuqondile kwanikeza iBrown University's Cost of War Project cishe 240,000. UNicolas Davies uye wabonisa ukuthi e-Iraq ngo-2006 kwakudingeka uphindaphinde ukufa okwabikwa ngo-12 ukuze uthole inombolo efinyelelwe yizinhlolovo zesayensi ezenziwa e-Iraq, kuthi eGuatemala ngo-1996 kwakudingeka uphindaphinde ngo-20. kungenzeka ukuthi ufile ngqo ebudloveni bempi e-Afghanistan. Phindaphinda ngama-240,000 bese uthola, esikhundleni salokho, u-12 million. Inzalo yalo mbuzo ilinganiselwe ngokweqile. Azikho izifundo ezibucayi ezenziwa e-Afghanistan. Imibiko yabezindaba yase-United States ngezihloko ayikho njengezimpi zokusiza abantu. Futhi ngokusho kuMongameli Biden,
"Amasosha aseMelika akakwazi futhi akufanele ngabe alwa empini futhi afe empini amasosha ase-Afghanistan angazimisele ukuzilwela."
Ngobulungiswa, uBiden wacasulwa okwamanje ukwehluleka kwempi yombango entsha ukuze kwenzeke. Yize kunjalo, othile ubengamtshela ukuthi ukufa kwamasosha ase-Afghan bekuphindwe okungenani ama-10 okwamasosha ase-US. Noma wonke umuntu obizwa ngokuthi ukuhlakanipha okuthiwa umphakathi ubengathathelwa indawo yisazi-mlando esisodwa noma isishoshovu sokuthula, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi isiphetho semisebenzi yakwamanye amazwe sasingabanjwa eminyakeni engama-20 edlule.
