NguRobert C. Koehler, World BEYOND War, May 19, 2019
"Phakathi nale minyaka embalwa edlule, njengoba kunikezwe izimpi eziye zaphazamiseka futhi izivumelwano zomhlaba wonke ziye zavuselela ngokuqinile, uhulumeni wase-United States uvumelane ngokuphelele nencazelo yakhe yesimo esibucayi." - Arundhati Roy
Unomkhosi omkhulu kakhulu emhlabeni, uzowusebenzisa, akunjalo? UDonald Trump kanye neqembu lakhe, eholwa ngumeluleki wezokuphepha kuzwelonke uJohn Bolton, badlala manje njengamazwe amabili okwamanje engaphansi kokulawulwa kwe-US, i-Iran ne-Iran Venezuela.
Kulabo abasebevele bazi ukuthi impi ayisihogo kuphela kepha ayize ngokuphelele, umbuzo obalulekile oweqa ngalezi zivivinyo ezishayako zokubulala ekunciphiseni umbuzo ozwakalayo: Ungagwetshwa kanjani? Umbuzo okhudlwana uqala ngegama elithi "kungani" bese liphuka libe izingcezu eziyizinkulungwane.
Kungani impi ibe yinto yokuqala - futhi ibonakala iwukuphela kwezinto ezisebenzisana ngazo ezingavumelani eziningi zezwe? Kungani isabelo sezimali sesabelomali saminyaka yonke sesigidigidigidi? Kungani singafundi emlandweni ukuthi izimpi zisekelwe emangeni? Kungani imithombo yezinkampani ihlala ingena empi "elandelayo" (noma ngabe iyini) ngentshiseko enjalo, ngokungabaza okuncane kangaka? Kungani ukuthanda izwe kubonakala sengathi kudinga ukukholelwa esitheni? Kungani kunjalo we usenakho izikhali zenuzi? Kungani (njengoba umlobi wezincwadi uColman McCarthy wake wabuza) singabe sinobudlova kodwa singafundi?
Ake sibheke i-Iran embi, embi. Njengoba CNN usanda kubikwa:
"Umeluleki wezokuPhepha koMphakathi uJohn Bolton uthe esitatimendeni esibhaliwe ngeSonto ukuthi i-US ayifuni ukulwa ne-Iran, kodwa ibesebenzisa i-USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group kanye nesibhamu sabasebenzi beBomber esifundeni sase-US Central Command eMiddle East ' ukuthumela umyalezo ocacile futhi ongaqondakali embusweni wase-Iranian ukuthi noma yikuphi ukuhlaselwa kwezithakazelo zase-United States noma kulabo ababambisana nabo kuyobe kuhlangene namandla angenamandla. '"
UNobhala kaHulumeni uMike Pompeo, ekhuluma ngalolu daba nge-candor ephazamisayo nangenhloso, utshele izintatheli, ngokusho kuka-CNN, "Yini esizama ukuyenza ukukwenza i-Iran ukuba iphathe njengesizwe esivamile."
"Isizwe esivamile" sasizophendula kanjani ezinsongweni ezingapheli kanye nezigwebo? Kungakabiphi kwakuzobuyela emuva. UNgqongqoshe wezangaphandle u-Javad Zarif, ekhuluma nje eNew York, wachaza kanje: "Inhloso ukuphoqa u-Iran ukuba athathe isinyathelo. Bese usebenzisa lokho. "
Sebenzisa, ngamanye amazwi, njengesizathu sokuya empini.
Futhi ukuya empini ngumdlalo wezombangazwe, isinqumo esenziwe noma esingenziwa ngabantu abambalwa abalulekile - iBolton, iPompeo, Trump - kuyilapho umphakathi jikelele ubheka noma ukusekela noma ukuthukuthela, kodwa noma iyiphi indlela njengababukeli. Lesi simo senza kube nzima kakhulu, kungabonakali "kungani?" Kungani impi ingumyalelo ophansi kakhulu kunokuba isinqumo somphakathi, esinqunyiwe? Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi impendulo yalowo mbuzo icacile: Asikwazanga ukuya empini eyayingakahlelwa ngaphambili yiqembu elincane labantu abanamandla. Wonke umphakathi kufanele akwenze. . . kuhle kakhulu, akukho lutho.
I-Elham Pourtaher, isi-Iranian esiya esikoleni eNew York, senza lesi sicelo sokuqwashisa okuphakanyisiwe: "Umphakathi womphakathi wase-US udinga ukufaka imibono yomhlaba jikelele enjongweni yangaphandle yezwe. Izakhamuzi zase-US kumele ziqaphele ukuthi amavoti abo anemiphumela emibi ngaphezu kwemingcele yezwe labo. . . . (Inkokhelo yabo) yokuphathwa komthetho wangaphandle yindaba yokuphila nokufa kwabakhileyo kwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi eMpumalanga Ephakathi. "
Uthi futhi "impi isiqalile kakade. Izigwegwe zase-US ziveza izinga lokuhlupheka elilingana nelesimiso sempi. Imikhawulo eqinisweni impi eyenziwa yi-United States ngokumelene nama-Iranian esebenzayo- namakilasi aphakathi. La maqembu ahlukumezela ukufeza izidingo ngoba ukungasebenzi kunyuke kakhulu njengoba izinga lokukhuphuka kwezinga lokukhuphuka kwamanani. Abantu abanjalo abaphathi beTrump bazenza sengathi bafuna ukukhululeka yibo abathinteka kunzima kakhulu yizinqubomgomo zamanje zase-US eMpumalanga Ephakathi. "
Futhi, yebo, labo abazuzwa emidlalweni yempi yase-US "yizingxenye ezingenakuphikisana nombuso we-Iranian." Yileyo ndlela isebenza ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ukuhlukunyezwa okuhlukumezayo kuqala ukuhlukunyezwa okunonya. Impi yokwesaba iyabangela ukwesaba. Kungani singasazi lokhu okwamanje?
Okungenani, ukucasula, kuhlanganise neqiniso lokuthi iTrump ihlose ukuthumela amasosha endaweni, "yenze isimo lapho wonke umuntu manje ekhathazekile kakhulu ukuthi uhlobo oluthile lwempi yengozi okungenani kakhulu ngoba nawe unakho amabutho amaningi ase-United States namabutho ase-Irani abe yindawo encane kakhulu, " I-Trita Parsi, umsunguli weNational Iranian American Council, kusho inkhulumomphendvulwano yamuva.
Umphakathi wesintu uhlelwe ngendlela yokuthi impi, inhloso noma ingozi, ingenakugwema njalo. Futhi ekuqhumeni kulezi zimpi, kuphela imibuzo encane kunazo zonke ezibuzwa yizindaba, ezizungezile: Ingabe lokhu kulungile? Ungalokothi, "Ingabe lokhu kuhlakaniphile? Ingabe lokhu kungcono kakhulu ukukhetha? "Uma kukhona okwenzakalayo okwenyusa isitha - iNyakatho Vietnam ihlasela umkhumbi wase-US eTinkin Gulf, i-Iraq ithengisa amashubhu e-aluminium - khona-ke" asikwazi ukukhetha "kodwa ukuphindisela ngesilinganiso esikhulu.
Imibuzo emikhulu ifika kamuva, njengaleli cala elivela kumama waseSiriya ngemuva kokushaya kwemimoya ehlangene edolobheni likaRaqqa, ocashunwe Amnesty International umbiko:
"Ngabona indodana yami ishona, ishiswa ngophuzuzi phambi kwami. Ngilahlekelwe yilowo nalowo othandekayo kimi. Izingane zami ezine, umyeni wami, umama, udadewethu, umndeni wami wonke. Kwakungeyona yini umgomo wokukhulula izakhamizi? Babefanele basindise, ukuze basindise izingane zethu. "
URobert Koehler, ogunyazwe yi PeaceVoice, ungumlobi nomhleli we-award winner waseChicago.
