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Ulawulo lukaBush luzibonakalisa kwihlabathi njenge-juggernaut - "amandla amakhulu angenakushukunyiswa aqhubela phambili ngokungenakuthintelwa, etyumza nantoni na esendleleni." UBush's National Security Strategy ubonisa "imfazwe yakhe ngokuchasene nobunqolobi" "njengeshishini lehlabathi lexesha elingaqinisekanga." Ithi i-US izakwenza ngokuchasene "nezoyikiso ezivelayo ngaphambi kokuba zenziwe ngokupheleleyo." Ulawulo lukaBush lubona amashumi eminyaka ezayo njengokuqhubeka kweemfuno zamva nje zase-US, izoyikiso kunye neemfazwe. Ijonge ukuqhubeka nokuziphatha okundlongondlongo esele kubonisiwe yimfazwe e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq, ungenelelo oluxhobileyo kwiiPhilippines naseColumbia, kunye nezoyikiso nxamnye neSyria, i-Iran, kunye neNorth Korea. Ulawulo lukaBush kunye nabangena ezihlangwini zabo kusenokwenzeka ukuba baqhubeke nale juggernaut de bayekwe ukuba bayeke.
Njengoko ulawulo lukaBush lwalufuna inkxaso yehlabathi jikelele kuhlaselo lwayo lwase-Iraq, iNew York Times yabhala, โUkuqhekeka komanyano lwaseNtshona eIraq kunye noqhanqalazo olukhulu lokulwa imfazwe kwihlabathi liphela kule mpelaveki zizikhumbuzo zokuba kusenokubakho amagunya amakhulu amabini emhlabeni. : iUnited States kunye nombono wehlabathi. " Kodwa ngaba loo "mandla amakhulu" awathi uMongameli uBush wabonakala "kwibhola yeliso kwiliso" ngobusuku bemfazwe yase-Iraq ngenene "lutshaba olutsha olunenzondelelo" okanye uqhanqalazo nje lwe-flash-in-the-pan ngokuchasene nenkqubela phambili engenakuxelwa ye-Bush juggernaut?
Nazi ezinye izicwangciso ezinokwenza intshukumo entsha yoxolo yehlabathi iqine kwaye isebenze kwixesha lasemva kwemfazwe yase-Iraq:
Ukwandisa ugxininiso: I-US ibilelona gunya libalaseleyo kwihlabathi kwinkulungwane yama-20 kwaye ibisoloko isebenzisa amandla ayo omkhosi ngokuchasene nabachasi ababodwa. Kodwa amandla aso ayesoloko exhomekeke kwinkqubo yomanyano namanye amagunya, ukuhlonelwa kwehlabathi lonke ngenkqubo yawo yolawulo, neyantlukwano phakathi kwabo babeya kuyicelโ umngeni.
Embindini womgaqo-nkqubo omtsha wolawulo lukaBush kukutshintshwa โkobugocigociโ obunjalo ngomyalelo wehlabathi osekelwe kumyalelo othe ngqo wase-US. Olu tshintsho luchazwe kuxwebhu lweSicwangciso soKhuseleko lweSizwe lukaBush. Endaweni yokuzimela geqe nokuba nezininzi, ithi kukho โumzekelo omnye ozinzileyo wempumelelo yesizwe: inkululeko, idemokhrasi noshishino olukhululekileyo.โ
Endaweni yokhuseleko ngentsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe, ithi i-US "ayiyi kuthandabuza ukwenza yodwa, ukuba kuyimfuneko, ukusebenzisa ilungelo lethu lokuzikhusela ngokwenza kwangaphambili" kunye "namazwe aqinisekisayo okanye anyanzelisayo" ukuba amkele "iimbopheleleko" zabo. njengoko i-US ibachaza. Olu tshintsho lunokubonwa ekuhlaselweni kwe-Afghanistan ne-Iraq; izisongelo nxamnye neSyria, i-Iran, iNorth Korea, iCuba, nkqu neBelgium neFransi; ukujongelwa phantsi kwe-UN; kunye nempatho edelelayo yamahlakani ase-US ixesha elide.
Umbutho omtsha woxolo wehlabathi ngoku unethuba lokuzichaza ngokutsha njengentshukumo echasene nalo mgaqo-nkqubo wokuyalela kunye nobundlongo-ndlongo, apho imfazwe yase-Iraq yayiyintetho enye nje. Inokuba yintshukumo yentsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe kunye nezithethe zehlabathi, imithetho, kunye namaziko athintela ukufudumala kwamazwe-kuquka awona anamandla kuwo. E-US loo ntshukumo inokuxhasa imigaqo-nkqubo ebonelela ngokhuseleko ngentsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngelixa ukuqwalaselwa kwekamva lombutho omtsha woxolo kusekumanqanaba okuqala, ingxoxo e-US igxile ekwandiseni ukusuka e-Iraq ukuya kwimiba ebanzi yomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US; ukufikelela kumaqela asekuhlaleni asekuhlaleni achatshazelwa yi-ajenda kaBush; ukukhuselwa kwamalungelo oluntu kunye nenkululeko yoluntu kwabo baphikisayo, ama-Arabhu, amaSilamsi, abaphambukeli, namanye amaqela asongelwayo; kunye nokomeleza unxibelelwano lwamazwe ngamazwe lwentshukumo.
Intshukumo iye yaqhubeka imiboniso kunye nezinye iindibano ezichasene nokubonakaliswa kwe-US ubundlobongela kunye nokulawula. Inxalenye enkulu yombutho ngokungathandabuzekiyo iya kugxila kunyulo oluzayo: I-MoveOn sele ibhengeze ukuba iza kudibanisa i-1 ยผ yesigidi sabafowunelwa abachasene nemfazwe ngaloo njongo. Imfundo kawonke-wonke ngemiba yomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle nayo inyanzelekile ukuba ibaluleke: Ukumanyana kuXolo noBulungisa kunye nemanyano yamaqela enkolo sele isungule iindibano zokufundisa kunye neeforam ezifundisayo malunga nemiba yemfazwe noxolo.
Ukusebenzisa iithagethi ezivelayo: Inkqubo yolawulo lukaBush ivelisa ingqumbo engapheliyo enokubonelela ekujoliswe kuko kwintshukumo yentshukumo. Ukuthatha nje imizekelo embalwa yamva nje, amaphulo ehlabathi angafuna ukurhoxiswa kwemikhosi yase-US e-Iraq okanye ukubekwa kwayo phantsi komyalelo we-UN; ukukhusela iFransi kwizoyikiso zase-US zokuphindezelwa kwezoqoqosho; kunye nokupheliswa kweziseko zomkhosi wangaphandle wase-US. Inani lamanyathelo alungileyo ehlabathi anokuxhaswa ngokunjalo, njengokubuya kwabahloli be-UN e-Iraq kunye nesindululo saseSyria sezixhobo zokutshabalalisa-ezingenambuqe kuMbindi Mpuma.
Ulungelelwaniso lwehlabathi: Amaphulo anjalo afuna ukukwazi ukwenza izinto ngokukhawuleza nangokuqhubekayo. Ngeenjongo ezininzi ulwakhiwo lwangoku lwentshukumo lugqwesile, kodwa luveze izikhewu ekufuneka zizaliswe. Amathuba amaninzi okwenza ulungelelwaniso lwehlabathi lwenzekile ukusukela ekupheleni kwemfazwe yase-Iraq engazange isetyenziswe ngenxa yokuba akukho ziseko zophuhliso apho iintshukumo kumazwe ahlukeneyo kunye namacandelo anokufunda kuzo, zigxile kuzo, kwaye zithathe isigqibo sokuthatha amanyathelo kuzo. kwikonsathi.
Ukufezekisa imisebenzi yawo, intshukumo ayifuni igunya lokwenza izigqibo elibekwe kwindawo enye, kodwa inokuxhamla "kwimibutho edibanisayo" enceda kwimisebenzi ethile ephambili. Oku kubandakanya ukubeka iliso kunye nokusasaza ngokukhawuleza ulwazi malunga nezenzo ezindlongo zase-US - uhlobo oluthile lwe-โUSA Watchโ; ukulungelelanisa iimpendulo ezikhawulezayo zehlabathi kuzo zombini ingqumbo kunye namathuba; kunye nokugcina ingxoxo esebenzayo malunga nesicwangciso kunye neenjongo zokukhokela imisebenzi yemihla ngemihla.
Ukuchasana nomyalelo wase-US: Kumazwe amaninzi kwihlabathi jikelele imfazwe yase-Iraq yavelisa umlo phakathi kwabo bazimiseleyo ukuba zizixhobo zempembelelo yaseMelika kunye nabo bayichasayo. Ulonyulo olubalulekileyo eJamani, eMzantsi Korea, nakwezinye iindawo zajika umbuzo wobundlongondlongo bomkhosi wase-US. Kwiimeko ezininzi, ngakumbi iTurkey kunye noMzantsi Korea, ungquzulwano ezitalatweni kunye nemilo yezopolitiko epalamente yanyanzela oorhulumente ukuba bajike ukuxhasa imfazwe. Lo mzabalazo uqhubekile emva kwemfazwe. Oorhulumente abaninzi abaqinisekanga malunga nokuba kungakanani ukuxhathisa amandla kunye nemiyalelo yaseMelika. Isiphumo kukuba kwiimeko ezininzi ngumbuzo ovulelekileyo.
Umbutho woxolo wehlabathi unokwenza urhulumente ngamnye abe libala lomzabalazo wokuchasa ukunyanzeliswa kwe-US. Abantu banokuxelela oorhulumente babo ukuba bafuna ukuba baxhathise amabango ase-US, ngokukhetha barhoxe kwintsebenziswano ne-US, kwaye basebenzisane ngokukhutheleyo namanye amazwe ukuqulatha amandla ase-US.
Idemokhrasi: Ulawulo lukaBush luchase ngokucwangcisiweyo ukuchasana nomyalelo walo. Kodwa izoyikiso zase-US zingasetyenziselwa ukwenza umba woxolo ube ngumba wedemokhrasi kunye nokuzimela. Kwezinye iimeko - njengoko kwenzekileyo eTurkey ngobusuku bemfazwe yase-Iraq - oorhulumente banokwenziwa boyike ngakumbi abantu babo kunokuba bengabantu baseMelika. Ukuba azinjalo, loo nto ngokwayo ibonelela ngemeko eqinileyo yokutshintsha kolawulo ukuseka idemokhrasi kunye nokuzilawula. Uxinzelelo lwedemokhrasi lunokutshabalalisa โumdibaniso wokuzimiselaโ kaBush.
Akukho ndawo ibaluleke ngaphezu koku kuMbindi Mpuma. Apha uluhlu lolawulo lwentando yesininzi lucinezela abantu babo kwaye lukhanyela amalungelo abo oluntu ngenkxaso yezopolitiko, inkxaso-mali, kunye noncedo lomkhosi oluvela e-US; kwangaxeshanye bayasebenzisana nemigaqo-nkqubo yase-US phezu kwayo nje inkcaso engathethekiyo yabantu babo.
Kwimeko enjalo, umlo wedemokhrasi kunye namalungelo oluntu unokuhamba kunye nomlo ochasene nolawulo lwe-US. Umlo wedemokhrasi ngaphandle kolawulo lwase-US uya kuxhaswa luninzi lwabemi bamazwe amaninzi akuMbindi Mpuma - kubandakanya, kunokwenzeka, i-Iraq - ngelixa kwangaxeshanye ihlukanisa kwaye ibonelela ngenye indlela kwabo banqwenela ukuthatha indawo yolawulo olukhoyo ngoku. ezintsha zobuzwe kunye/okanye ezobuthixo.
Umanyano oluninzi: Inkcaso yehlabathi lonke kuhlaselo lwase-US eIraq yayiquka uluvo loluntu lwehlabathi, intshukumo yentlalo yoluntu, oorhulumente bamazwe amaninzi, kunye nomanyano olufihlakeleyo lwamagunya amakhulu angengowase-US. Inkcaso ngaphakathi e-US ibandakanya ngaxeshanye okanye kwelinye uninzi loluntu, izigidi zamatsha ntliziyo, imibutho emidala nentsha yoxolo, imanyano yenkolo, yabasebenzi, yabasetyhini, yaseMelika yaseMelika, kunye neminye imibutho yabantu, kunye namanye amalungu omkhosi, ubukrelekrele, ipolitiki, kunye nabezoshishino. Kanye njengokuba ulawulo lukaBush luququzelela โimanyano zabavumayo,โ ngoko ke abo bafuna ukuphelisa inkqubo kaBush yokuyalela nokuba nogonyamelo kufuneka basebenzisane โkumanyano lwabangathandiyo,โ ngaphandle kokungqubana kwemidla kunye nezimvo zabo.
Izohlwayo zamazwe ngamazwe ezingenabundlobongela: I-Bush juggernaut inobuthathaka obuninzi. Ayinabasebenzi basemkhosini, amandla olungiselelo, kunye nabalawuli bobukoloniyali ukuze bahambelane namabhongo abo olawulo lwehlabathi. Ayinakuba semthethweni kwenkqubo enjalo ekhaya okanye kwihlabathi liphela. Kufuneka iboleke ngaphezulu kwe-550 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngonyaka ukusuka phesheya ukuze ihlawulele ukuthengwa kwempahla kumazwe angaphandle โ inika abo ibabolekayo amandla amakhulu kwimigaqo-nkqubo yayo.
Ihlabathi liphela kufuneka libonise i-US ngenkcaso engaguqukiyo, emanyeneyo, nenemigaqo kumgaqo-nkqubo kaBush wokuyalela kunye nobundlongondlongo. Le nkcaso idinga ukubonakaliswa kwizohlwayo ezingenabugorha ezibonisa i-US elites kunye nabantu ukuba umgaqo-nkqubo wokulawula umhlaba wonke uza neendleko ezingamkelekanga kubo.
Izohlwayo ezingezizo ezinokuthi zithathe uqoqosho, idiplomatic, umthetho, kunye nezinye iindlela, kwaye zinokumiselwa zombini ngoorhulumente kunye nabantu abasebenza kuluntu. Omnye umzekelo osele uqhubeka: IThe New York Times kaMeyi 18, 2003 inikela le ngxelo, โImfazwe eyayikhokelwa ngamaMerika eIraq yachaswa ngokukrakra yiIndonesia. USekela Mongameli uHamzah Haz, inkokeli yamaSilamsi, ukhuthaze abatyali-mali basekhaya ukuba batshintshe ukusuka kwiidola ukuya kwi-euro. Utshintsho olufanayo lwenzekile eSaudi Arabia nakwamanye amazwe akuMbindi Mpuma. โ
Kunye nezo zohlwayo, abantu baseMelika kufuneka banikwe enye inkqubo yentsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe ukubonelela ngokhuseleko kunye nokusombulula iingxaki zehlabathi. Kwaye abantu kunye noorhulumente kwihlabathi liphela kufuneka baqalise amaphulo eendaba kunye nabantu-kubantu ukufikelela kubantu baseMelika ngeso sipho.
Kunjengokuba uPhyllis Bennis wabonisayo kutshanje, โNgoku sibandakanyeke ekwakheni intlangano yehlabathi lonke yoxolo nokusesikweni.โ Loo ntshukumo yenguqu kwezentlalo iya kuxhamla kakhulu kwiphulo eliyimpumelelo elichasene neBush juggernaut. Impumelelo kwelo phulo ayinakwenzeka nje ukubuyisela isimo se-quo ante. Imigaqo-nkqubo yolawulo lukaBush iya kube isijongele phantsi iziseko zemveli ze-US hegemony ngelixa idibanisa intshukumo ebanzi yehlabathi yoxolo, ubulungisa, kunye nedemokhrasi. Oko kuya kuvula uluhlu olubanzi lwamathuba amatsha apho intshukumo yehlabathi yoxolo nobulungisa iya kuba nethuba lokuthatha inyathelo.
* UJeremy Brecher ngumbhali wembali kunye nombhali weencwadi ezilishumi elinambini eziquka uGqibelo! kunye ne-Globalization ukusuka Ngezantsi.