KUKHO INTO ebalulekileyo emele ifundwe kumava akutshanje e-United States kunye ne-Israel kuMbindi Mpuma: ukuba uhlaselo olukhulu lomkhosi, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, alukho isimilo nje kuphela, kodwa alunamsebenzi ekuphumezeni iinjongo ezichaziweyo zabo bazenzayo.
I-United States, kwiminyaka emithathu yemfazwe, eyaqala ngokothusayo kunye noloyiko lokuqhushumba kwaye iqhubeka nobundlobongela bemihla ngemihla kunye nesiphithiphithi, iye yasilela ngokupheleleyo kwiinjongo zayo zokuzisa idemokhrasi kunye nozinzo e-Iraq. Uhlaselo lwamaSirayeli kunye nokuqhushumba kweLebhanon akuzisanga ukhuseleko kuSirayeli; inene ilwandisile inani leentshaba zayo, nokuba kuseHezbollah okanye kwiHamas okanye kuma-Arabhu angekhoyo kuwo amaqela.
Ndikhumbula inoveli kaJohn Hersey ethi, โUmthandi Wemfazwe,โ apho umqhubi wenqwelo-moya waseMerika okhaliphileyo, othanda ukuphosa iziqhushumbisi ebantwini nokuqhayisa ngoloyiso lwakhe ngokwesini, wafumaniseka engenamandla. UMongameli Bush, egxalathelana kwibhatyi yakhe yokubhabha kwinqwelo-moya ethwala inqwelomoya kwaye ebhengeza uloyiso e-Iraq, uye wafana kakhulu nomlinganiswa kaHersey, amazwi akhe eqhayisa ngokulinganayo, umatshini wakhe wasemkhosini awunamandla.
Imbali yeemfazwe ezaliwa ukususela ekupheleni kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II ibonisa ukuba lilize kogonyamelo olukhulu. I-United States kunye neSoviet Union, ngaphandle komlilo wabo omkhulu, abakwazanga ukoyisa intshukumo yokuchasa kumazwe amancinci, abuthathaka-i-United States eVietnam, iSoviet Union e-Afghanistan-kwaye kwanyanzeleka ukuba barhoxe.
โKwanoloyisoโ lwamagunya amakhulu asemkhosini lubonakala luyinto engenakwenzeka. Mhlawumbi, emva kokuhlasela kunye nokuhlasela i-Afghanistan, umongameli wakwazi ukubhengeza ukuba iTaliban yoyisiwe. Kodwa ngaphezulu kweminyaka emine kamva, iAfghanistan izele lugonyamelo, kwaye iiTaliban ziyasebenza kuninzi lwelizwe.
Awona mazwe mabini anamandla emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II, iUnited States neSoviet Union, ngamandla azo onke omkhosi, awakwazanga ukulawula iziganeko kumazwe awayecinga ukuba akummandla wawo wempembeleloโiSoviet Union eMpuma Yurophu. kunye neUnited States kwiLatin America.
Ngaphandle kwamampunge omkhosi oxhobileyo, kwaye ekugqibeleni kubaluleke ngakumbi, kukuba imfazwe kwixesha lethu ngokuqinisekileyo iphumela ekubulaweni okungakhethiyo kwabantu abaninzi. Xa sithetha ngokuphandle, imfazwe bubugrogrisi. Yiyo loo nto "imfazwe yobunqolobi" iphikisana ngokwemigaqo. Iimfazwe eziliwa ziintlanga, enoba yi-United States okanye yi-Israel, zibulala abantu abamsulwa ngokuphindwe kalikhulu kunohlaselo lwabanqolobi, olunogonyamelo njengoko benjalo.
Isizathu esiphindaphindiweyo, esinikwe ngabo bobabini izithethi zePentagon kunye namagosa akwa-Israel, ngokuwisa iibhombu apho kuhlala abantu abaqhelekileyo kukuba abanqolobi bazimele phakathi kwabantu. Ke ngoko ukubulawa kwabantu abamsulwa (e-Iraq, eLebhanon) kubizwa ngokuba ngengozi, ngelixa ukufa okubangelwa ngabanqolobi (ngomhla we-9/11, ngamarokhethi e-Hezbollah) kwenziwa ngabom.
Oku kukwahlula kobuxoki, ngokukhawuleza ukuchaswa ngengcinga encinci. Ukuba ibhombu iphoswe ngamabomu kwindlu okanye kwisithuthi ngenxa yokuba "umgrogrisi okrokrelwayo" ungaphakathi (qaphela ukusetyenziswa rhoqo kwegama elikrokrelwayo njengobungqina bokungaqiniseki okujoliswe kuyo), ukufa okubangelwayo kwabasetyhini kunye nabantwana abanako. yiba ngabom. Kodwa nazo azizenzekeli. Inkcazo efanelekileyo ithi "ayinakuphepheka."
Ngoko ukuba isenzo siya kubulala abantu abamsulwa ngokungaphephekiyo, kukuziphatha okubi njengokuhlasela ngabom abemi. Yaye xa ucinga ukuba inani labantu abamsulwa abafa ngokungenakuphepheka kwiziganeko โzengoziโ liye likhulu kakhulu kunako konke ukufa okubangelwa ngabom ngabanqolobi, ubani umele ayigatye imfazwe njengesicombululo sobunqolobi.
Ngokomzekelo, abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi eVietnam babulawa ziibhombu zase-US, mhlawumbi โngengozi.โ Dibanisa lonke uhlaselo lwabanqolobi kwihlabathi liphela kwinkulungwane yama-20 kwaye alulingani nolo hlaselo lubi.
Ukuba ukusabela kuhlaselo lwabanqolobi ngemfazwe ngokuqinisekileyo kukuziphatha okubi, ngoko simele sikhangele iindlela ngaphandle kwemfazwe zokuphelisa ubugrogrisi, kuquka ubunqolobi bemfazwe. Yaye ukuba impindezelo yomkhosi ngenxa yobugrogrisi ayipheleli nje ekuziphatheni okubi kodwa kulilize, ngoko iinkokeli zobupolitika, enoba ziluqilima kangakanani na izibalo zazo, kusenokufuneka ziphinde ziyihlolisise kwakhona imigaqo yazo.
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