Ukubethelela ekhohlo ukubambelela kwizilogeni ezilula ezinjengokuthi 'ubundlobongela buzala ubundlobongela,' aba bazibize ngokuba ziipragmatists banyanzelisa ukuba ngamanye amaxesha amandla amakhulu ayimfuneko kwaye kwimeko ka-Osama bin Laden kunye ne-al-Qaeda, incinci enye into enokuthi inciphise. isisongelo sohlaselo lwabanqolobi. Indibuyisela umva, yonke le nto yokuzithemba ekuzithembeni kwixabiso lohlaselo lwangaphambili. Ukuya ku-1986 ngokukodwa, xa umsebenzi endandisebenza naye wagxininisa ukuba nangona ukuqhushumba kwethu ibhombu eLibya kusilele ukubulala uColonel Quadafi, ukuba ngokubulala intombi yakhe nangona kunjalo siye sayisebenzela injongo yoxolo.
Ewe kunjalo, ufumanise ukuba iLibya ibingabandakanyekanga kwisehlo sobunqolobi esithi sibahlasele, kodwa kutheni uzikhathaza ngeenkcukacha? Kwaye kunjalo, kwiminyaka nje emibini emva kokuba umlingane wam enyanzelise ukuba uhlaselo lwethu lwaseLibya lusenze sakhuseleka ngakumbi, abantu abangama-259 kwinqwelomoya eLockerbie, eSkotlani-kunye nabalishumi elinanye emhlabeni apho-bafunde ukuba luyingozi kangakanani ukholo olunjalo. Baye baba ngamaxhoba abanqolobi bokwenyani baseLibya abacatshukiswa luhlaselo lwangaphambili lwase-US kwilizwe labo.
Kwelinye icala, ububhanxa kukunikela ingqalelo kwimbali yanamhlanje, esixelela ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuba ukuqhushumbiswa kwabantu ngeebhombu kusenokubangela umsindo, ingqumbo nomnqweno wabo wokuziphindezela.
Ukuba ne-nave kukubonisa ukuba abanqolobi abaxhomekeke kwelinye, okanye kumazwe amaninzi ukuba asebenze, kwaye ngenxa yoko, sinokuliphelisa lonke ilungu leTaliban ngomso ngaphandle kokulibazisa malunga nosuku naluphi na uhlaselo oluzayo elunxwemeni lwethu.
Kwaye into abayenzileyo xa babebanga ukuba iiSoviets zakha isiseko somkhosi eGrenada, okanye ukuba amaSandinistas eNicaragua ayesebenzisa iziyobisi (eneneni yayingabafana bethu, abachaseneyo, ababeyenza loo nto). Kwaye malunga nezihloko zanamhlanje, into abayenzayo xa bagqiba ukubiza iqela elithile lama-fundamentalist aziwa ngokuba yi-Mujahadeen, 'abalweli benkululeko.'
Ukuba nengqiqo kuthetha ukuthi, 'sazama uxolo noxolo asizange siphumelele.' Ukuba ne-nave kukubuza ukuba, kanye, i-US yazama nini uxolo: kummandla, okanye ngokukodwa e-Afghanistan? Ngaba kwakuxa sasithengisa imijukujelwa ye-Stinger kwi-Muj, ukuze sibancede balwe neeSoviets?
Okanye ngaba kwakuxa sasidibana neTaliban ngenxa yokuba babethembisa ukuba baza kutshabalalisa ukulima i-opium, besebenzisa iindlela zokulwa nolwaphulo-mthetho ezixhaphakileyo ze-Islam?
Ngapha koko, siye sabamba sade safundisa abanqolobi kunye neenkokeli zeqela lababulali kwisikolo saseMelika eFort Benning, eGeorgia. Sibambe abanqolobi baseCuba abaziwayo eMiami. Sade sakhulula irhafu iminyaka eliqela 'kwicawa' ye-neo-Nazi emanyene ne-National Alliance, inkokeli yayo ibicele ukuba kuhlanjululwe ubuhlanga kwihlabathi liphela, amagama abo azukiswa ngokukhuthaza u-Timothy McVeigh, namalungu ayo enze iziqhushumbisi, ukubulala kunye. abakhuthuzi bexhobile kwilizwe liphela.
Ukuba ne-nave kukubonisa ukuba ukutya okuhlayo-ngokwee-arhente zoncedo-akwanelanga ukuhlangabezana nesidingo, ngakumbi njengoko ukuqhuma kwethu ibhombu kuye kwandisa ingxaki yababaleki ukuya kumlinganiselo omangalisayo.
Ukuba ne-nave ukuya kwinqanaba lokungathembeki, ndicinga ukuba, kuya kubuza ukuba ngaba amajoni aseMelika ePearl Harbour ayeza kuziva ngcono malunga nokuqhunyiswa kwebhombu ngoDisemba 7, 1941, ukuba abaqhubi beenqwelomoya baseJapan benze umtsi wesibini ukulahla i-sushi kunye ne-sushi. edamame.
Ukuba nobukrelekrele kukubonisa ukuba kwimbali akuzange kubekho isizwe esihlaselwayo sityhola iinkokeli zalo ngohlaselo, kodwa endaweni yoko, ngokuchaseneyo. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, emva kwe-9/11, abantu baseMelika abazange babhalele uMongameli ngobuninzi befuna ukuba avumelane neminqweno ka-Osama bin Laden.
Ukuba nenave kukubonisa ukuba ukuba siqhubeka siqhushumbisa, ngakumbi kwinyanga engcwele yeRamadan, kuya kuba mbalwa amaSilamsi emhlabeni ayakukholelwa oko. Mhlawumbi ndim kuphela. Kodwa into ibonakala iyingozi u-Alice e-Wonderland, xa uMcebisi kaClinton u-Dick Morris enokuthi kumabonwakude kazwelonke kufuneka sibhengeze imfazwe e-Afghanistan, emva koko i-Iraq, iLibya, iSudan kunye ne-Columbia-kwaye ingajongwa njenge-paragon yokugula ngengqondo-kodwa amaQuaker. kwaye abantu abathanda ukulwa bahlekwa njengamabhodlo angenalwazi.
Kodwa Hey-Kumkani, Ghandi, Yesu: yintoni ababeyazi? Abaphuphi bonke: i-nave, ilula, imsulwa, kwaye ayiphantse yaziswa okanye icace gca njengoko kutshiwo, uDonald Rumsfeld, okanye uStephen Ambrose, okanye uTom Clancy, okanye isithethi seWhite House uAri Fleischer.
URichard Falk-ixesha elide ingcaphephe yoxolo yamazwe ngamazwe-ubize i-Operation Enduring Freedom, 'imfazwe yokuqala ngokwenene enobulungisa ukususela kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini.' Oku, ngaphandle kwento yokuba ngokwemigangatho yena ngokwakhe uyibekele imfazwe yobulungisa, ukuqhushumbiswa kwe-Afghanistan-kunye nengxaki yeembacu iyodwa ukuba iye yabangela ukungaphumeleli ngokupheleleyo kuvavanyo lobulungisa (jonga uStephen Shalom, 'Imfazwe Yobulungisa? A Critique kaRichard Falk.' e, http://www.zmag.org/shalomjustwar.htm).
Kwaye umntu akazi ukuba enze ntoni na ngo-Eleanor Smeal, weNgxowa-mali yaBaninzi ababhinqileyo. Kutshanje uye wangqina kwiCongress malunga ne-Afghanistan, ukuba angacengi ukuba kupheliswe i-macho militarism eqhubekayo ngoku, enokuthi ikhawulezise indlala mhlawumbi isigidi sabasetyhini kunye namantombazana apho, kodwa ukucebisa ukuba abafazi base-Afghanistan bangalibaleki. nawuphi na urhulumente wokwakha ngokutsha.
Kwakhona, mhlawumbi ndim kuphela. Okanye mhlawumbi i-1984 yayo, kwaye iMfazwe iLuxolo, kwaye ubukhoboka yiNkululeko, kwaye ukungazi kungamandla. Okanye yonke le nto yibullshit, ihanjiswa kwisitya sesilivere, ngelixa iiseva zisixelela ngeGoose Liver Pate yayo. Indikhumbuza into ethile uMakhulu wam wathi: 'Ungayibiza iesile lakho ngokuba yiturkey, kodwa oko akukwenzi kube nguMbulelo.' Ngokukwanjalo, ungabiza imfazwe yakho nje, kwaye sonke sihambe, kodwa oko akwenzeki ukuba kube njalo.