Evakashele eQatar naseSaudi Arabia kuleli sonto, u-Hillary Clinton uthe i-Iran "ibheke ebushiqela bezempi," futhi waqhubeka nomkhankaso wabaPhathi wokujeziswa kanzima kulelo zwe.
Yini isikhulu esiphezulu saseMelika esingathemba ukuyifeza ngalolu hlobo lwezinkulumo ezivuthayo? Kubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuthi inhloso bekuwukusekela amalungelo abantu e-Iran. Ngenxa yomlando we-United States e-Iran nasezifundeni, ijwayele ukunikeza ukucindezelwa okusemthethweni. Lapho noma yikuphi ukuphikiswa kungaxhunyaniswa nezenzo, amazwi, noma ukusekelwa kwe-United States, isikhathi esinzima abayoba naso.
Okwesibili, kunzima kunoma ubani - ikakhulukazi esifundeni - ukukholelwa ukuthi i-United States ikhathazeke ngempela ngokuhlukumeza amalungelo abantu. Ngaphandle kokweseka isijeziso sika-Israel esihlangene samaPalestine eGaza, iWashington ithule ngendlela emangalisayo njengoba abaholi bamaqembu aphikisayo ababaluleke kakhulu e-Egypt baboshwa njengengxenye yamalungiselelo kahulumeni okhetho luka-Okthoba. I-Amnesty International ithe ababoshiwe "babeyiziboshwa zikanembeza, eziboshwe ngenxa yezenzo zabo zezombangazwe ezinokuthula kuphela."
Pho inhloso yenkulumo enjena? Isiphetho esisobala kakhulu ukuthi siwukukhuthaza ukungqubuzana, nokuqinisekisa abantu baseMelika ukuthi i-Iran iwusongo lwangempela ekuvikelekeni kwabo. Abantu baseMelika ngokuvamile kufanele bazilungiselele futhi bancengwe iminyaka uma bezokwamukela ukuthi kufanele baye empini. Isisekelo sempi yase-Iraq sabekwa ngesikhathi sikamongameli uClinton. UMongameli uClinton wafaka unswinyo ezweni olwacekela phansi izakhamuzi, wenza ukuqhuma kwamabhomu, futhi wamemezela esidlangalaleni ukuthi inhloso yeWashington kwakuwukuketula uhulumeni. Nakuba, njengoba sesazi manje, i-Iraq ayizange ibe nosongo olukhulu lwezokuphepha e-United States, uMongameli uClinton wachitha iminyaka ezama ukukholisa abantu baseMelika ukuthi yenzile.
UMongameli Bush wathatha lapho uMongameli Clinton agcine khona; kanye noMongameli uClinton weseka esidlangalaleni umkhankaso wakhe wempi. Kanjalo noHillary, wasivikela isinqumo sakhe ngo-2008 nakuba kwakubukeka sengathi singamlahlekisela ngokuba nguMongameli.
UMengameli u-Obama mancane amathuba okuthi aqale impi ne-Iran - okungenzeka iqale njengempi yomoya, hhayi impi yaphansi - okungenani ngoba usenezimpi ezimbili okufanele abhekane nazo. Kodwa, njengasendabeni yempi yase-Iraq, uNobhala wakhe Wezwe ulungiselela umongameli olandelayo okungenzeka abe nesifiso esinamandla noma ithuba elingcono lokwenza lokho. Kuneqembu eliqinile lokusungulwa kwenqubomgomo yethu yangaphandle elikholelwa ukuthi linelungelo nesibopho sokuqhumisa i-Iran ukuze kuncishiswe uhlelo lwayo lwenuzi, futhi banesu lesikhathi eside.
Umkhankaso wokuxhumana nomphakathi uyasebenza. Inhlolovo entsha ye-Gallup ithola ukuthi amaphesenti angu-61 abantu baseMelika babona i-Iran "njengosongo olubucayi ezithakazelweni ezibalulekile zase-US," kanti amanye amaphesenti angu-29 akholelwa ukuthi "usongo olubalulekile." Akucaci ukuthi kungani umuntu engakukholelwa lokhu; noma ngabe i-Iran ingasithola isikhali senuzi, okuseyizindlela zokuphuma, bebengeke babe namandla okusiletha kuze kufike e-United States. Futhi akunakwenzeka ukuthi bangafuna ukuzibulala ezweni, njengoba nje kunedlanzana lamanye amazwe anezikhali zenuzi njengamanje.
Imiyalezo yethimba lika-Obama cishe ayiphumelelanga kangako mayelana nezinkinga eziningi kakhulu zabavoti abazosekela kuzo amavoti abo okhethweni lwalo nyaka: i-ABC News/Washington Post Poll yakamuva (Feb. 4-8) ithola ukuthi 53 amaphesenti awakuthandi ukuphatha kwakhe umnotho.
Esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, ukukhathazeka ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle cishe kuzoba phansi, ngemuva kakhulu kwezomnotho, kubavoti. Kodwa inqubomgomo yangaphandle yeqembu lika-Obama izolimaza amaDemocrats esikhathini esizayo. Uma bengikukholwa lokho u-Hillary Clinton kanye nobuholi beDemocratic Alliance abangitshela khona, kuzofanele ngicabange ukuvota njengeRiphabhulikhi. Uma kuyiqiniso ngempela ukuthi bonke laba bantu bafuna ukusibulala ngaphandle kwesizathu; ukuthi akuhlangene nenqubomgomo yethu yangaphandle noma izimpi; ukuthi singanciphisa ngempumelelo ubuphekula ngokuqhumisa amabhomu futhi sithathe amazwe amaSulumane; nokuthi ubushokobezi buwusongo oluphuthumayo lwezokuphepha ezweni - pho kungani ungavoteli iqembu elibukeka liqinile? Lokhu kuzobuya kuzohlupha iDemocratic Party, njengoba kwenzeka okhethweni luka-2002 no-2004.
Khonamanjalo, ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi yase-US - ngencazelo encane yeHhovisi Lesabelomali se-Congressional yesabelomali soMnyango Wezokuvikela - yafinyelela kumaphesenti angu-5.6 we-GDP ngo-2009. Ngaphambi nje kukaSepthemba 11, 2001, iHhovisi Lesabelomali Se-Congressional labikezela lokhu kusetshenziswa kwemali ngo-2009 kumaphesenti angu-2.4 we-GDP .
Umehluko, eminyakeni eyi-10, ungaphezu kokuphindwe kane kunezindleko zeminyaka eyishumi zoshintsho oluhlongozwayo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo.
Le kholomu ishicilelwe ngu I-Guardian Unlimited ngoFebhuwari 18, 2010.