Nginesithombe esiqhubekayo emqondweni senqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US, engihluphayo ngisho ngisebuthongweni. Ibutho lokuqala lebutho elikhulu liyamasha lizungeza imbulunga yonke, lifuna isitha salo. Ibona inqwaba yamabutho buqamama, ehlehla kuyo. Ivulele ngenhlamvu ingazi ukuthi idubula eyayo ngemuva.
Ingabe lesi yisithombe esimnandi kakhulu? Bobabili u-Osama bin Laden noSaddam Hussein baqeqeshwa futhi bahlonywa yi-United States. Kuze kube kuhlasela i-Iraq, kwakungekho ukuxhumana phakathi kwamaBaathists ne-Al Qaeda: manje uhulumeni kaBush usedale lesi silo esasithi siyasibulala. Ibutho laseMelika lakha i-anthrax enezikhali ezisezingeni eliphezulu ukuze lithole ukuthi kuzokwenzekani uma omunye umuntu enza okufanayo. Akekho omunye owayekwazi ukuyikhiqiza: iphekula elafaka izimvilophu ze-anthrax ngo-2001 layithatha kwenye yezindawo zokucwaninga zamasosha.(1)
Manje abacwaningi base-US balungiselela izinhlobo zengxibongo ezishintshwe izakhi ngezaba elifanayo, futhi ezinemiphumela efanayo engase ibe nayo.(2) Uhlelo lwe-Pentagon lwezikhali ezisekelwe emkhathini luyathuthukiswa ngenxa yosongo olungakabi bikho, kodwa olusesikhaleni. kungenzeka ukuthi uqhamuke. Uhulumeni wase-US ubambe iqhaza empini yomhlaba wonke. Kufana nerobhini ehlasela umfanekiso wayo efasiteleni.
Akukho lapho okusobala khona lokhu ngaphandle kokuhlasela kwayo izikhungo zamazwe amaningi kanye nezivumelwano zazo. Uma ulalela ezinye zezinkulumo mayelana ne-United Nations ephuma eCapitol Hill okwamanje, ungaxolelwa ngokukholelwa ukuthi i-UN yayiyitulo langaphandle ngokumelene ne-United States. Kunjalo, kuhlongozwe umongameli wase-US, wethulwa eSan Francisco futhi uhlala eNew York, lapho kuhlala khona ikomkhulu layo. Isimemezelo Sawo Somhlaba Wonke Samalungelo Abantu, esibonakala amaRiphabhulikhi njengesivimbelo esiyingozi enkululekweni yaseMelika, sabhalwa umfelokazi kaFranklin D. Roosevelt. I-US manje isiwukuphela kwelungu loMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN ogama layo lingumthetho, okunomphumela wokuthi i-UN ingelinye lamathuluzi asebenza ngempumelelo emhlabeni ekuboniseni amandla aseMelika.
Izivumelwano eziyimfihlo e-Iraq lapho iNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene ehlaselwa khona njengamanje ngamaseneta ase-US empeleni zaziqondiswa uhulumeni wase-US. Yaqinisekisa ukuthi uSaddam Hussein angagwema unswinyo ngokuqhubeka nokudayisela uwoyela kumadlelandawonye ayo eJordani naseTurkey.(3) Izikhongolose zeRiphabhulikhi zicela uKofi Annan ukuthi asule esikhundleni ngokuvumela lokhu kwenzeke, ngokusobala engazi ukuthi kugunyazwe eWashington ukusekela amasu aseMelika. izinjongo. I-United States ithola izilo ezifunayo, njengoba iqhwaba futhi ishaya isithombe sayo.
Ngakho-ke singahumusha imisebenzi kahulumeni kaBush eBuenos Aires ngesonto eledlule njengomunye umzamo onamandla wokucekela phansi izithakazelo zawo. Ukukhula komnotho wase-US kuncike ekuchumeni komhlaba wonke. Usongo olukhulu lwesikhathi eside ekuchumeni komhlaba ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, okusongela ukucekela phansi izimakethe eziningi ezibalulekile zaseMelika emazweni asathuthuka. Amadolobha angasogwini e-United States - okuhlanganisa neNew York - asongelwa ukukhuphuka kwamazinga olwandle. IFlorida ingase ihlaselwe iziphepho ezinamandla nezivamile. Kokubili amapulazi namadolobha kungenzeka ukuthi ahlaselwe isomiso.
NgoFebhuwari, umbiko oputshuziwe ovela ePentagon wembula ukuthi ibona ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuyingozi kakhulu ezithakazelweni zase-US kunobuphekula.(4) Ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu okungazelelwe, yathi, โizimpi zingase ziphinde zichaze ukuphila komuntu. โฆ Njengoba amandla okuthwala iplanethi encipha, kuphinde kuqhamuke umfuziselo wasendulo: ukuqubuka kwezimpi ezimbi kakhulu ezibanga ukudla, amanzi namandla.โ Amandla enuzi, kusikiselwe, kungenzeka ahlasele izindawo zomunye nomunye njengoba efuna ukuncipha kwezinsiza. Pho uBush usabela kanjani kulokhu? โLethaโ. Umhlangano owawuse-Buenos Aires bekumele udingide ukuthi yini okumele yenziwe yizwe mayelana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu uma isivumelwano sase-Kyoto siphelelwa yisikhathi ngo-2012. Ohulumeni abaningi bomhlaba bafuna ukuthi lesi sivumelwano sithathelwe indawo yisivumelwano esisha, esiqinile. Kodwa abaphathi bakaBush bebefuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isivumelwano sokuqala siyachithwa, nokuthi akukho okuthuthukisiwe okuzothatha indawo yaso.
โAkekho ongasho ngokuqiniseka,โ kugomela uGeorge Bush, โukuthi yini ehlanganisa izinga eliyingozi lokufudumala, ngakho-ke yiliphi izinga okumelwe ligwenywe.โ (5) Njengoba singazi ukuthi kuzoba kubi kangakanani, uyazi iphakamisa, akufanele sithathe izinyathelo ezibizayo ukuze sikuvimbele. Manje funda leso sitatimende futhi bese ufaka "ubuphekula" esikhundleni "sokufudumala". Uma ulindele ukuhlasela okungaba khona kwamaphekula, abaphathi base-US, noma kunjalo, balungiselela okubi kakhulu. Uma ulindele imithelela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ilungiselela okungcono kakhulu. "Isimiso sokuqapha" sisetshenziswa ngentshiseko ezindabeni zokuphepha kwezwe kangangokuthi manje sisongela inkululeko yomphakathi waseMelika. Kodwa iyenqatshwa ngokuphelele lapho kuxoxwa ngendawo ezungezile.
I-protocol yase-Kyoto inephutha, kusho ithimba likaBush, ngoba amazwe afana ne-China ne-India okwamanje akhululekile ekunciphiseni ukukhishwa kwawo. Kodwa esikhundleni sokusiza ekwakheni isivumelwano esasizogcina sibangenise, i-US yahlangana nabo eBuenos Aires ukuzama ukucwilisa konke ukubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe. Ize yasekela nesidingo se-Saudi Arabia sokuthi amazwe akhiqiza uwoyela kufanele anxeshezelwe nganoma yikuphi ukwehla kwemakethe okubangelwa ukuncishiswa kwekhabhoni.(6)
Umphumela uba ukuthi izingxoxo zicishe zabhidlika. NgoMgqibelo, ngemva kwamahora angamashumi amathathu nesithupha kwakumele kuphele, kanti ngesikhathi abasebenzi bediliza amagumbi okwakuhleli kuwo izithunywa, amanye amazwe akwazile ukuhlenga isipoki esibi sesivumelwano. I-US yabavumela ukuthi babambe umhlangano ongakahleleki ngoMeyi, lapho "noma yikuphi ukuxoxisana okuholela ezibophezelweni ezintsha" kungavunyelwe.(7) Ngokusho kwenhloko yezithunywa zase-US, isikhathi sokunquma ukuthi yini eyenzekayo ngemva kuka-2012 "ngo-2012" .(8) Kufana nokuthi isikhathi sokunquma ukuthi yini okufanele yenziwe ngokuphepha kwezwe yilapho indiza indizela embhoshongweni.
Ukubhidliza lezi zingxoxo kuwumsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wezwe okuthi, njengoba lenqaba ukugunyaza umthetho olandelwayo, elingenawo ngisho amalungelo okuxoxisana. Kodwa lokhu manje umkhuba ojwayelekile. I-US yazama ukucwilisa umthetho olandelwayo we-biosafety ngo-1999, nakuba, njengoba yayingakasayini, yayingaboshiwe yikho. Yayifuna ukulahla i-Earth Summit ka-2002, nakuba uBush ehlulekile ukuya. Lokhu akukhona, njengoba abanye abantu bephakamisa, ukuzihlukanisa. Kuwukuxoxisana okuphelele nokuqhubekayo, okunhloso yakho kuwukuvimbela izinkinga zomhlaba ezicindezela kakhulu ukuba zixazululwe. Futhi umphumela, yiqiniso, ukuthi inhlekelele echazwe yiPentagon manje isingenzeka kakhulu. I-US isanda kuchitha izigidi zamaRandi e-Buenos Aires ibukela phansi ukuthula nokuchuma kwayo. Yebo siyazi ukuthi ithimba layo belimele izimfuno zezinkampani, hhayi abantu, nokuthi okubi eMelika kuhle ku-Exxon. Kodwa lokhu akuphazamisi ubuwula obuphelele, obuzilimazayo besikhundla sayo. I-United States inalo lonke ilungelo lokuzishaya. Kodwa ngeshwa, ngenkathi izijaha emhlabeni wonke, inyathela wonke umuntu. Ngiyazi ukuthi ukuncenga ubuhlakani bukaGeorge Bush angeke kusiyise kude kakhulu, kodwa impela kukhona umuntu kulowo mbuso ongabona ukuthi wenza inkawu engakanani eMelika.
Izikhombo:1. George Monbiot, 21st May 2002. Riddle of the Spores. Umqaphi.2. Isihloko esiholayo, 20 November 2004. Ubunjiniyela igciwane lengxibongo likhula ngokufa. Usosayensi Omusha.3. Isihloko esiholayo, mhla zi-5 kuZibandlela wezi-2004. Ihlazo likawoyela le-UN. I-New York Times; USusan Sachs noJudith Miller, ngomhla ziyi-13 kuNcwaba 2004. Ngaphansi Kweso Le-UN, Izigidigidi zikaHussein Ohlelweni Lokudla Kwawoyela. I-New York Times. 4. David Stipp, 9th February 2004. I-Pentagon's Weather Nightmare. Umagazini we-Fortune; UMark Townsend noPaul Harris, ngomhla zingama-22 kuFebhuwari 2004. Manje iPentagon Itshela UBush: Ukuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu Kuzosibhubhisa. Umbukeli. 5. George W. Bush, 11th June 2001. UMongameli Bush Uxoxa Ngokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu Emhlabeni Wonke. Okulotshiweyo kwenkulumo. Ihhovisi likaNobhala Wezindaba, I-White House.6. U-Geoffrey Lean, mhla ziyi-19 kuZibandlela wezi-2004 i-US Yehluleka Emzamweni Wokubulala Inqubo yase-Kyoto. I-Independent. 7. Akekho umbhali, 19 December 2004. Idili livula umnyango omncane wezingxoxo zesimo sezulu. USA Namuhla. 8. UDkt. Harlan L. Watson, Umxoxisi Omkhulu Wesimo Sezulu kanye Nomele Okhethekile, Umnyango Wezwe wase-US, 7th December 2004. Press Briefing, Buenos Aires. http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2004/Dec/08-68436.html