NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Okthoba 6, 2022
(Qaphela: Kanye nabanye abantu abambalwa, ngithumele leli nothi kuWashington Post, becela umhlangano nebhodi labo labahleli futhi begxeka ukubika kwabo okunonya nge-Ukraine. Banqabile ukuhlangana futhi baphakamisa ukuthi sithumele i-op-ed. Ngibathumelele i-op-ed futhi bakhononda ngokuthi ngibalule le nhlolovo abakuchithile ngokuthi “bavela enhlanganweni elwela amalungelo abantu.” Ngithumele kabusha (njengangezansi) ngaphandle kokukhuluma ngenhlolovo, noma ukuzama ukuchaza ukubaluleka kwayo, futhi basasho ukuthi cha. Ngikhuthaza abanye ukuthi bazame, futhi bathumele World BEYOND War ukuze sishicilele lokho i-WaPo enqabayo — sizokwengeza ibheji lokuhlonishwa elithi “I-Washington Post Rejected” phezulu.)
Yini embi kakhulu kunokubeka engcupheni ukuqothulwa kokuphila eMhlabeni ngempi yenuzi nokudala ubusika benuzi? Yini ebaluleke ngaphezu kokuvikela umhlaba ekuwohlokeni kwesimo sezulu okuya phambili okungaba i-apocalypse yenuzi?
Ingabe ufuna ngithi “isibindi” noma “ukulunga” noma “inkululeko”? Noma "ukuma kuPutin"? Ngeke ngikwenze. Impendulo esobala iyona efanele: lutho. Ayikho into ebaluleke ukwedlula ukulondoloza ukuphila. Abafileyo banenkululeko encane kakhulu futhi abamelani noPutin.
Uma ufuna ukuthi izigebengu zempi ziphendule, cela uhulumeni wase-US ukuthi asekele iNkantolo Yobugebengu Yamazwe Ngamazwe kanye nomthetho wabo bonke abantu, kuhlanganise nabaseMelika, njengoba nje umshushisi Omkhulu wase-US uJustice Robert Jackson athembisa eNuremberg. Kodwa ungayifaki engozini i-Armagedoni.
Uma ngiba nenhlanhla ebuhlungu yokuzithola ngingedwa emfucumfucwini nasebumnyameni bezwe elihlalwe ikakhulukazi amaphela, umcabango othi “Hhayi-ke, okungenani samelana noPutin,” ngeke uhambe kahle ku-monologue yami yangaphakathi. Izolandelwa ngokushesha yimicabango: “Ubani onqume ukwenza lowomshoshaphansi abe namandla kangaka? Bekufanele kube nezinkulungwane zeminyaka eyengeziwe yokuphila nothando nenjabulo nobuhle. Bekufanele abe umbhalo waphansi emibhalweni yomlando ongacacile.”
Kodwa yini ongase uyibuze, enye indlela yokufaka engozini impi yenuzi? Ukulala phansi nokunikeza amasosha ahlaselayo noma yini ayifunayo? Nakuba lokho bekungaba, yebo, kube enye indlela ekhethwayo, kukhona ezingcono kakhulu ezitholakalayo futhi bezilokhu zikhona.
Enye indlela kungaba ukuphishekela ukumiswa kwezikhali, izingxoxo, nokuncishiswa kwezikhali, noma ngabe kusho ukwenza isivumelwano neRussia. Khumbula ukuthi ukuyekethisa kungamabhizinisi anezindlela ezimbili; lokhu kuzobandakanya futhi iRussia ukwenza ukuvumelana ne-Ukraine.
Njengoba inqwaba yezizwe zisekela ukumiswa kwezikhali kanye nezingxoxo izinyanga manje, futhi emazwini akamuva eNhlangano Yezizwe, akufanele yini uhulumeni wase-US okungenani awucabangele lo mbono?
Noma ngabe ukusekela ukumiswa kwengxabano nokuxoxisana kungeyona imibono yeningi e-United States, akufanelekile yini ukucatshangelwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zomphakathi okuthiwa usekela udlame olukhulu ngenjongo yokuvikela intando yeningi?
OMongameli base-Ukraine naseRussia bamemezele ukuthi ngeke baxoxisane ngesiphetho sanoma yiziphi izindawo. Nokho zombili izinhlangothi zihlela izimpi ezinde, noma ezingapheli. Njengoba impi iqhubeka isikhathi eside, aba makhulu amathuba okuba sengozini yokusebenzisa izikhali zenuzi.
Zombili izinhlangothi bezizimisele ukuxoxisana futhi zingaphinda futhi. Zombili izinhlangothi zixoxisane ngempumelelo ngokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe nokuhwebelana kweziboshwa - ngosizo lwangaphandle, kodwa lolo sizo lunganikezwa futhi, kalula nje kungaba izikhali eziningi.
Njengoba sisondela emgubhweni weminyaka engama-60 we-Cuban Missile Crisis, imibuzo eminingi iyaphakama. Kungani siyivumele isondele kangaka? Kungani kamuva sacabanga ukuthi ingozi yayingasekho? Kungani uVasily Arkhipov engahlonishwa ngohlobo oluthile lwemali yase-US? Kodwa nalokhu: kungani uMongameli uKennedy kwadingeka afihle mayelana nokukhipha imicibisholo yase-US eTurkey kuyilapho efuna ukuthi amaSoviet ayikhiphe esidlangalaleni eCuba?
Siyaxolisa ngokwenza lokho? Besingeke yini sibe neminyaka engama-60 edlule, ukuze uKennedy enqabe ukunikeza i-intshi ku-Khrushchev? Imaphi amaphesenti amaMelika angasho nokuthi amagama amabili okuqala kaKhrushchev ayeyini noma ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe wawubukeka kanjani? Bekufanele ngabe sife sonke noma singazalwanga ukuze simelane nalowo mfana? Ngabe siyacabanga ngempela ukuthi ukukhetha ukulondoloza impilo eMhlabeni ngenkathi simelana nojenene bakhe kanye nezikhulu zakhe kwenza uKennedy waba igwala?
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