Ibhalwe nguWinslow Myers, World BEYOND War, Okthoba 2, 2022
"Sixhumane ngokuqondile, ngasese futhi emazingeni aphezulu kakhulu e-Kremlin ukuthi noma yikuphi ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali zenuzi kuzobhekana nemiphumela eyinhlekelele eRussia, ukuthi i-US kanye nabalingani bethu bazophendula ngokungananazi, futhi besicacile futhi sicacile ngalokho izongisiza.”
- UJake Sullivan, Umeluleki Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke.
Nakhu futhi, ngokunokwenzeka eduze nempi yenuzi engenzeka lapho wonke umuntu ezolahlekelwa khona futhi kungekho muntu ozowina njengoba sasinjalo ngesikhathi seCrisis Missile Crisis yaseCuba eminyakeni engama-60 edlule. Futhi namanje umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe, okuhlanganisa ondlovukayiphikiswa kanye namademokhrasi, awukafiki ezingqondweni zawo mayelana nengozi engamukelekile yezikhali zenuzi.
Phakathi kwalapho namanje, ngivolontiye amashumi eminyaka nenhlangano engenzi nzuzo ebizwa ngokuthi Beyond War. Umgomo wethu wawufundisa: ukwenza imbewu ekuqapheleni kwamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi izikhali ze-athomu zinikeze yonke impi njengendlela yokuxazulula izingxabano zamazwe ngamazwe-ngoba noma iyiphi impi evamile ingase ibe yinuzi. Imizamo enjalo yezemfundo iphindwaphindwa futhi yenwetshwa izigidi zezinhlangano emhlabeni wonke ezifinyelele eziphethweni ezifanayo, okuhlanganisa nezinkulu ngempela ezifana Nomkhankaso Wamazwe Ngamazwe Wokuqeda Izikhali Zenuzi, owazuza uMklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel.
Kodwa zonke lezi zinhlelo nezinhlangano akwanele ukuhambisa umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe ukuthi wenze iqiniso lokuthi impi isiphelelwe yisikhathi, ngakho-ke, ukungaqondi ukuphuthuma nokungazami cishe kanzima ngokwanele, "umndeni" wezizwe usesihawu. kokubili izifiso zikamashiqela ononya ozicabangela yena yedwa—nohlelo lwamazwe ngamazwe lokuqagela kwezokuphepha kwezempi okunamathele ebuphukuphukuni.
Njengoba iSenator yase-US ecabangayo futhi ehlakaniphile yangibhalela:
“. . . Emhlabeni okahle, angeke sibe khona isidingo sezikhali zenuzi, futhi ngisekela imizamo yezokuxhumana yase-US, kanye neyabalingani bethu bamazwe ngamazwe, ukukhawulela ukwanda kwezikhali zenuzi futhi kukhuthaze uzinzo emhlabeni wonke. Nokho, inqobo nje uma izikhali zenuzi zikhona, ukusetshenziswa okungenzeka kwalezi zikhali akunakugwenywa, futhi ukugcinwa kwesivimbeli senuzi esiphephile, esivikelekile, nesithembekile kuwumshwalense wethu ongcono kakhulu wokulwa nenhlekelele yenuzi. . .
“Ngikholwa futhi ukuthi ukugcina ingxenye yokungaqondakali kwenqubomgomo yethu yokuqashwa kwezikhali zenuzi kuyisici esibalulekile sokuvimbela. Isibonelo, uma umuntu ongase abe yisitha ekholelwa ukuthi unokuqonda okuphelele kwezimo zokuthunyelwa kwethu kwezikhali zenuzi, angaba nesibindi sokuhlasela okuyinhlekelele kufushane nje kwalokho akubona kuwumngcele wokuvusa impendulo yenuzi yase-US. Ngalokhu engqondweni, ngikholwa ukuthi inqubomgomo ethi Akukho Ukusetshenziswa Kokuqala ayinayo intshisekelo e-United States. Eqinisweni, ngikholwa ukuthi kungaba nemiphumela emibi kakhulu mayelana nokwanda kwezikhali zenuzi, njengoba abalingani bethu abathembele kwisambulela senuzi yase-US-ikakhulukazi iSouth Korea ne-Japan-bangafuna ukwakha izikhali zenuzi uma bengakholelwa ukuthi i-nuclear yase-US. ukuvimbela kungabavikela futhi kuzobavikela ekuhlaselweni. Uma i-US ingakwazi ukunqanda izithiyo kubalingani bayo, sibhekene nethuba elikhulu lomhlaba onezizwe eziningi zezikhali zenuzi. "
Lokhu kungashiwo ukuthi kumelela ukucabanga kokusungulwa eWashington nasemhlabeni jikelele. Inkinga iwukuthi ukucabanga kukaSenator akukho ndawo ngaphandle kwezikhali, njengokungathi sivaleleke unomphela exhaphozini lokuvinjelwa. Akukho ukwazi okusobala ukuthi, uma kubhekwa ukuthi umhlaba ungaphela ngenxa yokungaqondi okukodwa noma ukunyathela okungalungile, okungenani ingxenye encane yamandla ethu okudala nezisetshenziswa ezinkulu zingase zisetshenziswe ekucabangeni ngezinye izindlela.
USenator ngokuqinisekile angaphikisana ngokucabanga kwakhe ukuthi izinsongo zikaPutin zenza lesi sikhathi esingalungile sokukhuluma ngokuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi - njengosopolitiki abangabalwa ngemuva kokunye ukudubula okukhulu ukusho ukuthi akusona isikhathi sokukhuluma ngokuphepha kwezibhamu. uguquko.
Isimo sikaPutin kanye ne-Ukraine sijwayelekile futhi singabalwa ukuthi siphindaphindeka ngokuhlukahluka okuthile (cf. Taiwan) alukho ushintsho oluyisisekelo. Inselele ifundisa. Ngaphandle kolwazi olucacile lokuthi izikhali zenuzi azixazululi lutho futhi aziholeli ndawo enhle, ubuchopho bethu bezibankwa buphendukela ngokuphindaphindiwe buvimbele, okuzwakala njengezwi eliphucuzekile, kodwa empeleni sisongelana sodwa: "Isinyathelo esisodwa phambili futhi ngizokwehla. kuwe ngemiphumela eyinhlekelele!” Sifana nendoda ephethe ibhomu esongela ngokuthi “izosiqhumisa sonke” uma ingenzi ngendlela yayo.
Uma sekwanele umhlaba usubona ubuze bale ndlela yokuvikela (njengamazwe angama-91, ngenxa yokusebenza kanzima kwe-ICAN, asayine isivumelwano. Isivumelwano seNhlangano Yezizwe ku-Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons), singaqala ukubeka engcupheni ubuhlakani obutholakala ngaphandle kokuvinjelwa. Singahlola amathuba esinawo okwenza ukuthinta okuvumayo ukungabi nalusizo kwezikhali ngaphandle kokubeka engcupheni “ukuphepha” kwethu (“ukuphepha” osekubekwe engcupheni ngokuphelele uhlelo lokuvimbela izikhali zenuzi ngokwalo!).
Isibonelo, i-US ingakwazi ukumisa phansi lonke uhlelo lwayo lwemicibisholo olusekelwe emhlabeni, njengoba uNobhala Wezokuvikela uWilliam Perry ephakamisile, ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa okubalulekile kwamandla okuvimbela. Noma ngabe uPutin wayengazizwa esongelwa ngaphambili futhi wayesebenzisa nje ukukhathazeka kwakhe nge-NATO ukulungisa "ukusebenza" kwakhe, ngokuqinisekile uzizwa esongelwa manje. Mhlawumbe kuyintshisekelo yomhlaba wonke ukumenza azizwe esongelwa kancane, njengenye yezindlela zokuvikela i-Ukraine ekwesabeni okukhulu kokuba nqunu.
Futhi sesidlulile isikhathi sokubiza ingqungquthela yamazwe ngamazwe lapho abamele amandla enuzi athembekile bekhuthazwa khona ukusho ngokuzwakalayo ukuthi uhlelo alusebenzi futhi luholela ohlangothini olulodwa olubi kuphela—bese beqala ukudweba uhlaka lwendlela ehlukile. UPutin wazi nanoma ngubani ukuthi usocupheni olufanayo nolwesikhulu saseMelika eVietnam kubikiwe, “Kwadingeka kucekelwe phansi idolobha ukuze kulisindise.”
Winslow Myers, ehlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, umbhali we "Living Beyond War: A Citizen's Guide," ukhonza ku-Advisory Board of the I-War Preventive Initiative.
