Muziso redutu rehondo yeBalkin makapinda Rev. Jesse Jackson, uye, zvakare,
inobuda nevasungwa vehondo. Kushandisa izvo zvakanzi nenyanzvi "citizen's
diplomacy," apo vanhu vanopindira mumamiriro ezvinhu epasi rose kune mumwe munhu
zvikonzero zvezvematongerwo enyika, zvepfungwa, kana zvetsika, Jackson akapfuudza nzira dzakajairwa dze
diplomacy uye akaisa shanduko isina kugadzikana muequation.
Sezvaakaita kuSyria (1984), Cuba (1984) neIraq (1990), Jackson akasundira nzira yake kupinda muhondo.
mhirizhonga yazvino yeUS yekune dzimwe nyika. Kusvika muSerbia nenhume dzinenge 20
vechitendero nevezvematongerwo enyika, Jackson akazosangana nemutungamiri weSerbia Slobodan
Milosevic uye akakurudzira kusunungurwa kwemauto matatu akabatwa eUS.
Iyo Jackson mishoni yaive kusangana kwemukana padivi raJackson, Milosovic,
uye kunyangwe kuna Clinton neNATO. Kuna Jackson, akakwanisa kuzvipinza pamusoro
nyaya yegore, ita chiito chekubatsira vanhu, uye edza kushandura hurukuro ye
kukakavara kurugare. Kuna Milosovic, kusunungurwa kwevasungwa kwakamubvumira kutarisa
hukuru mukutarisana nekubhomba kweNATO uye kuenderera mberi kwekuparadzwa. Izvo zvisina musoro
zvinoratidzika zvine musoro. Kuna Clinton neNATO, vakakwanisa kudzosa mauto matatu
pasina kumisa hondo (kana kuvauraya netsaona mukukanganisa kuri kuramba kuchiwedzera
kubhomba).
Nepo mishoni yaJackson yakanga isina hunyanzvi hwekuita, yaive nehunyanzvi hwekuita
kuisa rubatsiro rwevanhu pahondo yave yakareba pakutaura uye dhimoni. It
akabvisawo imwe pfungwa ("unza vakomana vedu kumba") kuti vakumbirwe naClinton
mukuda kwake kupembedza hondo.
Mamiriro aJackson pahondo anga asina kujeka uye achipokana. Kurumidza kupinda
muhondo, Jackson akapinda mumutambo wakakurumbira wemadhimoni Milosevic. Muna Kubvumbi 2 yake,
1999 tsamba yenhau, akanyora kuti "Hitler naMilosevic vakafanana,"
uye kuti Milosevic "akaipa. Acharamba achiuraya kusvikira amiswa."
Nepo Milosevic ari zvechokwadi ane hutsinye, ane ropa rinotonhora mhondi ine vazhinji
Akamupomera mhosva, mazwi aJackson ekutanga anoratidza zvakawanda zveNATO naClinton
kupfuura chimiro chaJackson chemazuva ano. Chimiro chake chepakutanga chairatidza kuti hapana chimwe chazvo
zvinhu zvakaoma uye zvisina kujeka zvekukonana izvo zvisingape mhinduro dziri nyore.
Kubva parwendo rwake, Jackson akadaidzira kumisa mhirizhonga muKosovo, kudzoserwa kumusha
vapoteri, nekuiswa kwemauto anovimbika, uye emarudzi akawanda ekuchengetedza runyararo.
Aya mazwi akanyatsogadzirwa anodzivirira kukakavara zvimiro zvekudaidzira zvakakwana
kumisa mabhomba nekumisikidzwa kwemauto anenge ari pasi peUnited Nations kana
Sangano reSecurity and Cooperation muEurope (OSCE) masimba. Jackson
inobvuma kuti "mabhomba ega haasi kuwana zvishuwo" uye
anoratidza "kumbomira" mukumhan'arira kwegakava, uye anofarira
kuunza United Nations muhurukuro dzerunyararo.
Zvinofanirwa kuyeukwa kuti Jackson mushandi weClinton manejimendi, uye,
kunyangwe White House antagonism, ingangove ichigara ichisangana nehutungamiriri
parwendo rwake. Muna 1998, Jackson akagadzwa Mumiriri Akakosha kuAfrica. Kubva panguva iyoyo,
akaenda kune akati wandei akamiririra White House uye State Dhipatimendi kuti
Nigeria, Liberia, nedzimwe nzvimbo dzeAfrica. Muzviitiko izvi, Jackson akataura nezveUS
mitemo yakananga kudunhu uye dzimwe nyika dzakadai sekudzivirira Clinton's Africa Growth
uye Mukana Act. Anoramba akamira seNhumwa Yakakosha.
Kupikisa basa raJackson kwaive nezwi uye kwakapararira. Kubva kuNew York Times kuenda
"kunze kwerekodhi" zvirevo kubva kuvakuru veDhipatimendi reHurumende, maverick aJackson
maitiro akashoropodzwa nehasha. Majee airatidzwa kwese kwese (muenzaniso: Chii chakanyanya
nzvimbo ine ngozi muSerbia? Nzvimbo iri pakati paJesse Jackson nemakamera eTV.)
Munzanga yevatema, kunyanya mumapepanhau evatema uye paredhiyo, vakawanda vanonzwa
kuti kushorwa kwakavakirwa paruvara rwaJackson, uye maonero enguva refu ayo ekunze
mutemo unofanirwa kunge uri kunze kwechikamu chekodzero dzevanhu uye vatungamiri vevatema. Kana hondo
enderera uye kunyanya kana mauto epasi akaunzwa, masoja eruvara achatoita
kuwedzera kumanikidza kodzero dzevanhu uye vatungamiriri vevatema vanofambira mberi kuti vapikisane
Clinton. Kana kusawirirana pakati peNATO naMilosevic kuchienderera mberi, Jackson anogona kuzviwana
kuunganidza kazhinji kubhururuka mamaira kuenda kuSerbia kune imwe nguva iri kuuya.