IWashington esemthethweni iyangxola malunga "neemitha." Ngaba imfazwe yaseAfghanistan ingaphumelela?
Musa ukubabuza abafileyo.
Ngomhla we-7 ka-Agasti, phantsi kwesihloko esithi "I-White House izama ukulinganisa iMpumelelo yase-Afghan," ibali leNew York Times lenze i-splash. "Njengoko umkhosi waseMelika uza kumandla apheleleyo kwi-Afghan buildup, ulawulo luka-Obama luyasokola ukuza nesicwangciso esele sithenjisiwe sokulinganisa ukuba imfazwe iyaphumelela."
Musa ukubabuza abafileyo. Ababali.
Inqaku leThe Times liqhubekile lathi: "Ezo 'metrics' zempumelelo, ezifunwa yiCongress kwaye zilindelwe ngumkhosi ngomdla, zibonwa zibalulekile ukuba umongameli uyakuqinisekisa uCapitol Hill kunye nelizwe ukuba iqhinga lakhe elihlaziyiweyo liyasebenza."
Musa ukubabuza abafileyo. Abayi kuba nalizwi.
"Ngaphandle kweempawu eziphathekayo zenkqubela phambili, uMnumzana u-Obama unokungabi naso isitokhwe sezopolitiko - ngakumbi phakathi kwamaDemokhrasi kunye nesiseko sakhe senkululeko - ukwenza ityala lokuqhubeka nomzamo wezempi okanye ukwandisa ubukho baseMelika."
Musa ukubabuza abafileyo. Abakuva.
โSonke sabelana ngeenjongo zikamongameli zokuphumelela e-Afghanistan,โ utshilo uSenator uJohn Kerry. "Umceli mngeni apha kukuba siza kuyichaza njani impumelelo kwixesha eliphakathi, ngenxa yobunzima bemeko yokhuseleko esijongene nayo."
Musa ukubabuza abafileyo. Awunakuva.
I-White House "iyazabalaza ukulinganisa impumelelo yase-Afghanistan." Abantu embindini wemfazwe yase-Afghan bazabalazela ukusinda.
Isilingi entsha ye-68,000 yamajoni ase-US e-Afghanistan ayikafikelelwa okwangoku, kodwa ukuvuza ngoku kusixelela ukuba umphathi omkhulu wePentagon uza kucela i-45,000 ngaphezulu. Kuyabonakala ukuba, ukunyuka kwemfazwe kunomtsalane ngakumbi kubaqulunqi bomgaqo-nkqubo baseWashington kunokucela umngeni kubaxhasi abaphambili beTaliban eAfghanistan - urhulumente wasePakistan.
"Ngobudlelwane base-US kunye nePakistan zisavaleleke kwimfazwe ebandayo evumayo kwiimfuno zasePakistan ngeendleko ze-Afghanistan, ukuseka i-metric yayo nantoni na ayinamsebenzi ngaphandle kokuvavanya kwakhona iingcamango ezisisiseko," u-Elizabeth Gould noPaul Fitzgerald kwiveki ephelileyo. Bangababhali bencwadi entsha ethi "Imbali engabonakaliyo: i-Afghanistan's Untold Story," epapashwe emva kweminyaka engama-30 yophando.
"Ngokudala kwePakistan iTaliban, umbono weMelika wokuphumelela" ungene kwinqanaba elintsonkothileyo eliqhubeka nokukhathaza ukwenziwa kwezigqibo zaseMelika kumbindi wayo," bongeze watsho uGould noFitzgerald. "Ingqondo yasePakistan iyazi kakuhle inkqubo yezopolitiko yaseMelika, imbali yayo yokuthobela iminqweno yabo kunye nokungabi nambulelo ngokuzimela kwe-Afghan. Imfazwe yaseMelika e-Afghanistan yinto eqhubekayo kunye nokutshintsha apho i-US ilwa neminqweno yayo kunye nePakistan idlala iBeltway. njengevayolin."
UGould kunye noFitzgerald bayaphikisana: "I-metric kuphela ebalulekileyo kukuba umkhosi wasePakistan uhambele kude kangakanani ekuxhaseni i-Islamic extremism. Ngobudlelwane bangaphakathi i-United States inabo nobukrelekrele bezempi basePakistan, loo nto akufanele ibe yimetric enzima ukuyiseka."
Ngeli xesha, bambalwa abademokhrasi abaneeprofayili eziphezulu abanokuzizisa ukuba bacele umngeni ekunyukeni kukaMongameli Obama emkhosini e-Afghanistan. Kodwa ingxelo ebalulekileyo isanda kuvela kuJohn Burton, usihlalo weCalifornia Democratic Party.
โKwanele,โ wabhala uBurton kwi-imeyile ye-11 ka-Agasti eya kubaphembeleli bepati kwilizwe liphela. "Lixesha lokuba sifunde izifundo zembali. Ubukhosi baseBritani, obona bukhosi bunamandla emhlabeni, abukwazanga ukuyoyisa i-Afghanistan. Kananjalo iSoviet Union, ilizwe lesibini elinamandla ngelo xesha kunye nommelwane wase-Afghanistan. Imikhosi emikhulu kwimbali ifumene i-Afghanistan ilula ukuyoyisa kodwa akunakwenzeka ukuba abantu base-Afghanistan bathathe ulawulo olupheleleyo lwelizwe labo inyathelo lokuqala licebo lokuphuma."
UBurton wenze unxibelelwano oluphambili phakathi kweendleko ezinyukayo zomzamo wemfazwe wase-US e-Afghanistan kunye noqoqosho lwasekhaya: "Sele, i-223 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ezinokuthi ziye kwizinto ezinjengohlaziyo lwezempilo ziye zatshona kule mfazwe. . . "
Ngokuqhelekileyo, i-calculus ebalaseleyo yezopolitiko kunye nemidiya inika abafileyo njengamadijithi kunye namawijethi, ajikelezayo kwiispredishithi kunye namaphepha eendaba. Amaxhoba emfazwe awafane ajongwe njengabantu abachubekileyo abangakwaziyo ukulinganisa yonke into ngaphandle kwexabiso lobomi bomntu.
Abafileyo abakwazi kuthetha. Sithini isizathu sethu?
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