Impi Yinhlekelele, Hhayi Umdlalo

NguPete Shimazaki Doktor no-Ann Wright, I-Honolulu Civil Beat, Ngo-September 6, i-2020

Njengamalungu we Ama-Veterans for Peace, inhlangano yomakadebona bezempi base-US nabasekeli abalwela ukuthula, asikwazanga ukuphikisa kakhulu isihloko se-Aug. 14 Civil Beat “Kungani Amasosha Kufanele Adlale Imidlalo Ngamunye” ngumsebenzi woMnyango Wezokuvikela e-Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies kanye nosonkontileka we-DoD RAND.

Imidlalo ingeyokuzijabulisa lapho abaphikisi abacatshangelwayo benza konke okusemandleni abo ukuze badlulele komunye nomunye ukuze uthole owinile ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ukuphila.

Impi ngakolunye uhlangothi iyinhlekelele edalwa ukwehluleka kobuholi ukuxazulula izingxabano ngendlela eyakhayo, futhi imvamisa ikhipha okubi kakhulu kwabamelene nabo ngenhloso yokucekelana phansi; ayivamisile ukukhiqiza abawinile.

Ababhali balesi sihloko basebenzisa isibonelo sabaholi bezempi abavela ezizweni ezahlukene ababambisana enkingeni yokucabanga yamazwe ngamazwe, okubhekwa njengokuzivivinya okuzuzisayo ukuze balungiselele izinkinga ezizayo.

Kodwa-ke, kungokuhlangenwe nakho okuphilayo kokubili kwamasosha kanye nezakhamuzi ezimpini ezedlule nezamanje ukuthi impi ngokwayo ingenye yezinsongo ezibulala kakhulu ekuphileni kwabantu, nabanye. abantu abayizigidi ezingu-160 kulinganiselwa ukuthi babulawa ezimpini phakathi nekhulu lama-20 kuphela. Ngokukhula kobuchwepheshe bempi, izakhamizi ziye zanda ukwakha iningi labalimale ezingxabanweni zezikhali kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II.

Kunzima ukuphikisa ukuthi impi ngeyokuvikela abantu lapho izimpi zanamuhla ziphawuleka ngokubulala ngokungakhethi, nakuba kuvame ukuhlungwa ngemithombo yezohwebo futhi kubhalwe kabi ngohulumeni nezikhulu zezempi ngokuthi “umonakalo owenzelwa isibambiso.”

Impikiswano eyodwa kokuthi “Kungani Amasosha Kufanele Adlale Amageyimu” ukusindiswa okungaba khona kwezimpilo ngokusebenzisana kwamazwe ngamazwe phakathi nezinhlekelele zemvelo. Lo mbono omfishane ushaya indiva impi yezinhlekelele uqobo, nenani lezimpilo ezilahlekile ngenxa yomsebenzi oyinhloko wezempi, ingasaphathwa eyomphumela ongahlosiwe wokusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi kwaminyaka yonke kwezigidigidi eziyi-1.822 ezisusa izinsiza ezidingweni zomphakathi.

Lokhu kucwebezela iqiniso lokuthi lapho kukhona izizinda zamasosha, kunezinsongo ekuphepheni nasekwelapheni komphakathih ngenxa yokuphindisela kanye nobungozi bemvelo obudlulela ukusabalalisa izifo eziwubhadane njengomkhuhlane ka-1918 kanye ne-COVID-19.

Imiphumela Emihle Ngokuhlanganyela?

Okunye okucatshangelwayo kokuthi i-Civil Beat op-ed iwukuthi ukusebenzisana kwe-US nezinye izizwe kuveza imiphumela emihle ngokulinganayo, kusetshenziswa ukuqeqeshwa nokuzivocavoca kwe-US ePhilippines ne-Hawaii National Guard njengesibonelo. Kodwa-ke, ababhali behlulekile ukuvuma ukuthi ibutho laseMelika lalivumela bani: umphathi-sikhulu wamanje wasePhilippines kulahlwa umhlaba wonke ngokwephula amalungelo abantu ayisisekelo, mhlawumbe ngokunikela ngokuqeqeshwa nokusekelwa kwezempi kwe-US.

Ababhali be-"Militaries Should Play Games" bathi lapho i-US isebenzisana nezinye izizwe - iqamba izivivinyo zezempi ze-RIMPAC eziyiminyaka emibili ezifika ezizweni ezingama-25
I-Hawaii - kuhle ukukhumbula ukuthi umsebenzi obanzi, wamazwe ngamazwe uthinta amandla omhlaba, kodwa kunezinye izizwe eziyi-170 ezingamenywanga ukuba zibambe iqhaza. Uma kuphela i-US ibeka ingxenye yamandla nezinsiza zayo ekukhulumeni ekwenzayo ekulungiseleleni izimpi, mhlawumbe ngeke idinge ukulawulwa komonakalo wezempi obiza kangaka ngenxa yokulwa kwezepolitiki kwasekuqaleni?

Kunokufaneleka kwephuzu lokuthi kudingeka ukusebenzisana okwengeziwe namazwe ngamazwe - kodwa umsebenzi wamasosha ngokuklama awukona ukusebenzisana kodwa ukuqothula ngemva kokuba ipolitiki yonakalisiwe noma yehlulekile, njengokusebenzisa imbazo ekuhlinzeni. Izibonelo ezimbalwa nje zamanje zezingxabano eziqhubekele phambili - i-Afghanistan, i-Syria kanye namaKorea - zisebenza njengezibonelo zendlela amasosha angavamile ngayo ukuxazulula ukungqubuzana kwezombusazwe, futhi uma kukhona okwandisa ukungezwani kwesifunda, kuthuntubeze umnotho futhi kugxilise ukweqisa kuzo zonke izinhlangothi.

I-agumenti yokusebenzisana namazwe ngamazwe ngokuqeqeshelwa impi ehlangene ingenziwa kanjani ngokuzijwayeza okungcwele Pohakula ekukhanyeni kwe ubukhosi obuphikisiwe phakathi koMbuso ophethwe waseHawaii nombuso wase-US?

Umuntu angasongela kanjani noma acekele phansi imithombo yemvelo ebalulekile yabantu futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo athi uvikela ukuphila komhlaba?

Cabanga ukuthi amasosha ase-US asongela amanzi angaphansi komhlaba aseHawaii kanye Oahu eziqhingini, nokho i-US Navy inenyongo yokuthengisa lokhu “njengezokuphepha.”

Okuhlukile kwakamuva kwaseMelika wabekwa kubantu baseHawaii lapho abahlali baseziqhingini kanye nezivakashi begunyazwe ngenxa ye-COVID-19 ukuthi bazivalele yedwa izinsuku eziyi-14 - ngaphandle kwamalungu ebutho lezempi nalabo abathembele kubo. Njengoba kwanda amacala e-COVID-19, abantu abebethembele emasosheni kwadingeka ukuthi balandele imiyalo yokuvalelwa bodwa, kepha amasosha aseMelika ayaqhubeka nokulandela isethi yezindinganiso ezihlukile kunomphakathi yize leli gciwane lidelela ngokusobala ukuhlukanisa phakathi kwempilo yezempi neyomphakathi.

Njengoba cishe izikhungo zezempi ze-800 emhlabeni wonke, i-US ayikho esimweni sokuphoqelela ukwakha ukuthula. Ngaphakathi, uhlelo lwamaphoyisa lwase-US lubonakale luhlukumeza futhi luphukile. Ngokufanayo, ukuma kwe-US "njengephoyisa lomhlaba" nakho kufakazele ukuthi kuyabiza, akunasibopho futhi akuphumeleli ukuthula kwamazwe ngamazwe.

Ababhali bethi "Kungani Amasosha Kufanele Adlale Amageyimu" basekela izivivinyo ezihlanganyelwe ze-RIMPAC njengokuthi "ihlombe nehlombe, kodwa ngamafithi angu-6 ngokuhlukana." Kuwubuwula ukungazinaki izigidi eziye “zingcwatshwa amafidi ayi-6 ngaphansi,” ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, njengomphumela oqondile nongaqondile wezempi, inkolelo yokuphakama kwezempi ukuxazulula izinkinga zomphakathi nezomnotho.

Buyisela impi futhi utshale imali kubadali bokuthula uma ukuxazulula izingxabano kuyinhloso ngempela. Yeka ukuchitha imali “ngemidlalo”.

I-Veterans for Peace isanda kuvotela izinqumo eziqondile I-RIMPAC futhi I-Red Hill Naval Fuel Tanks Emhlanganweni wabo Wonyaka ka-2020.