Ngakho-ke kwakukhona uMalcolm Rifkind, eqhubekela phambili Newsnight ngesonto eledlule mayelana nesidingo sokuhlomisa abafana abanesibindi be-Free Syrian Army abalwela inkululeko, intando yeningi, ukungakholelwa kwezwe kanye nazo zonke ezinye izinkolelo esizisekelayo eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Izikhali kufanele zithunyelwe ku-FSA ukuze zihambisane namathangi nemicibisholo futhi zidubule indiza yombuso wase-Assad, ohlinzekwa ngokukhululekile yiRussia. Maye, kwakusele usuku ngaphambi kokuba “amavukela-mbuso” aseSyria aqale impi yombango phakathi kwawo – phakathi kwamavukelambuso “amahle” kaRifkind eFSA kanye amavukelambuso asabekayo ngempela weJabhat al-Nusrah kanye ne-Islamic State of Iraq kanye neLevant.
Kodwa inkumbulo yami yahlehlela emuva osukwini oluyihlazo eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 edlule - ziyisi-8 kuZibandlela 1992, ukunemba - lapho ngimi nozakwethu ebusika obunzima baseBosnia, edolobheni elikhithikile elibizwa ngokuthi iVitez. Sonke sasixoxa ngesidingo sokuba i-Nato kanye ne-UN ukuvumela amaBosnia, iningi lawo okwakungamaSulumane, ukuba athole izikhali ukuze akwazi ukuzivikela emathangeni, emicibisholo nasezindizeni zamaSerbs, ezazithola izinto ezivela eRussia- ibutho laseYugoslavia elihlomile. Khona-ke, njengoba i-UN icishe yanqanyulwa eSarajevo futhi ibhekene nenkinga enkulu kakhulu yokuhileleka kwayo eBalkan, kwafika kuleli dolobha elidabukisayo. omunye uMalcolm Rifkind, ethwele kanzima ngalezo zinsuku ngesihloko esithi uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela wase-UK.
UMalcolm wethu, egqoke umfaniswano wokufihla, izicathulo zesikhumba zelungelo lobunikazi, ibhande lamasosha eligqokwa ngaphakathi kanye nesigqoko esivuleke endlebeni, wenze umsebenzi wakhe wokuthwebula izithombe phezu kwemoto yezikhali zeQhawe. Amasosha e-UN e-Cheshire Regiment alalela engasho lutho ayekusho.
Inhlekelele yaseSiriya yenza amazwi akhe athuke nakakhulu. U-Rifkind wabiza udweshu lwaseBosnia ngokuthi “impi yombango” - naphezu kokuqaphela kweBrithani uhulumeni kaMongameli u-Alija Izetbegovic eSarajevo - wengeza ngokuthi ukuphoqelela ukuthula eBosnia "ngeke kube yinto engafanele ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi ubukhulu bezinto ezithintekayo bungaba bukhulu. Kuphakanyiswe ukuthi kungadingeka amasosha angaphezu kuka-100,000. Ukuzibophezela kwabo kuzobe kuvulekile. Kungathatha iminyaka eminingi futhi kuzoba nesiqiniseko ... sokulimala okukhulu. ” Akazange achaze ukuthi lesi sibalo esidumile se-100,000 sivelaphi, noma ubufakazi bakhe "bokuzibophezela okuvulekile". Kodwa wahamba ngeQhawe lakhe enqamula amagquma ayiqhwa aseBosnia, emi ngemuva futhi eqhweba abathwebuli bezithombe njengokungathi usohambweni lokukhangisa. Ngabe kwakungekho, ngabhala ngaleso sikhathi, inhlekelele kulelizwe?
Futhi akukho nhlekelele ezweni laseSiriya? Funda futhi ukugxeka okudabukisayo kuka-David Rieff ngempi yase-Bosnia: “Amazwe aseNtshonalanga … akhetha ukwenza noma yini ngaphandle kokungenelela. Esikhundleni salokho, bafaka omunye wemizamo yokusiza yabantu emikhulu kakhulu futhi enobuqhawe emlandweni wanamuhla … sonke lesi sikhathi bephishekela izingxoxo zamanxusa ezingenabo ubuqhawe. Inhloso yalokhu ... bekungekona ukusindisa iBosnia kodwa, njengoba osopolitiki bethanda ukusho, 'ukuqukatha inkinga'." Okwakufana ngazo zonke izinhlelo zokuthula kwakuwukuhlukana ngokwezinhlanga.
Futhi namuhla sizongenelela eSyria - kodwa singafaki amasosha ethu engcupheni noma sinyuse imizamo yokusiza yobuqhawe. Sithumela izigidi zamadola kubabaleki baseSyria, kodwa sesilahlekelwe yintshisekelo emihubheni yokusiza abantu futhi asihlosile ukuvikela amaphasishi anjalo uma kwenzeka ekhona. Ngemva kokunquma ukulambisa amaBosnia ezikhali eBalkan - ngenkathi ethumela izimpahla - uRifkind manje ufuna ukuthumela izibhamu eSiriya ngenkathi i-commentariat isitshela ukuthi iSyria ehlukene, yamahlelo - ama-Alawites ogwini, amaSunni alawulayo, abafundi bayayazi le ndaba. – ingase iqede impi. Ngakho-ke eBosnia.
Ngezinye izindlela, iSyria ifana nempi yombango yaseSpain, lapho iRoyal Navy yafaka khona iNhlangano Yezizwe (efundeka ngokuthi i-UN) izivimbelo zezikhali ngenkathi amaJalimane namaNtaliyane ehlomisa abashisekeli bezwe abangamavukela-mbuso kanye namaRussia ahlomisa amaRiphabhulikhi kahulumeni. Ukufana akuqondile. Amavukelambuso kaFranco alwela ubuzwe ayengenandaba nentando yeningi – ingabe iFSA, ngaleyondlela? – nohlangothi lukahulumeni lwehlulekile. Kodwa i-mendacity ikhona ukuze wonke umuntu ayibone. AmaRussia asekela ama-republic ngoba ayefuna ukulwa ne-fascism. AmaJalimane namaNtaliyane asekela abashisekeli bobuzwe ngoba babefuna ukulwa nobuKhomanisi. Bonke babefuna ukuhlola izikhali zabo ezintsha. Emhlabeni ongaphandle, ama-International Brigades kuphela - ahlome ngezibhamu ezingenamsebenzi - ayekhathalela iSpain.
Imibuso emikhulu yanamuhla manje isilwa eSyria; I-Russia ifuna fakazela amandla ayo omhlaba futhi aqede ukuvukela kwamaSulumane eduze kwemingcele yawo. Amazwe aseNtshonalanga afuna ukulwa namandla eRussia eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngokunikeza amavukelambuso izibhamu ngesikhathi esifanayo evimbela ama-Islamist ukuthatha iSyria. Ukuhleleka okude!
Kodwa masingangabazi ukuthi kungani sifuna ukuhlomisa amavukela-mbuso. Uma impi yombango eSyria ifanelwe ukungenelela, eyethu ichazwa yiqiniso elilodwa elikhulu: sifuna ukunikeza izibhamu eziningi kubahlubuki ngoba, okwamanje, umbuso we-Assad uyanqoba. Abaphathi bethu manje basitshela ukuthi kufanele "silinganise" amandla - okuthakazelisayo. Kusho ukuthi asinandaba ngempela nokuqeda impi. Asifuni nje ukuthi amavukelambuso asilahlekele. Ngakho impi izoqhubeka. Futhi ukuthumela izibhamu ezengeziwe eSyria kuzogcina lesi simo esigcwele igazi.
Ngoba, okuxhunyelelwe kulo mdonsiswano we-West-versus-Russia kukhona umzabalazo weSunni-Shia, lapho amaSunni - ama-monarchies aseGulf, iJordani, iTurkey, i-Egypt (kuze kube iphuzu) kanye nengxenye enkulu yeNyakatho ne-Afrika - ehlangene. ngokumelene namaShia - ama-Irani, ama-Alawite, ama-Hezbollah, kanye nedlanzana lamaShia eSaudi Arabia. "Thina" manje sesingamaphesenti angu-100 ohlangothini lwamaSunni. Yithina esifuna ukuhlomisa izihlubuki zamaSunni - amaSunni amahle, vele, hhayi amaSunni amabi - ngakho-ke nawo athathe uhlangothi "empini yombango" yamaSulumane.
Ngakho-ke "i-statesmen" yethu manje izama ukuchaza ukuthi abahlubuki ababi eSiriya bangaphandle, abezinye izizwe, ama-jihadis avela kwamanye amazwe amaSulumane; kuyilapho abahlubuki abahle be-FSA bengama-patriots aseSyria. Inkinga ukuthi - nakuba kuyiqiniso ukuthi izinkulungwane zama-jihadis ahlomile afikile evela phesheya - izinkulungwane zama-Islamist Jabhat al-Nusra fighters, abaye bamemezela ukuxhumana ne-al Qa'ida, kungenzeka ukuthi bangabaseSyria.
Ngakho-ke i-Rifkind plan - kanye ne-Hague plan, ne-Cameron plan, kanye ne-Hollande, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi uhlelo luka-Obama - ukuthumela izibhamu kumavukelambuso kusho ukuhlomisa uhlangothi olulodwa "empini yombango", bobabili abalwayo. enye “impi yombango” ngokumelene nohulumeni.
Yebo, sonke siyazi ngokubulawa kwabantu abaningi, ukuqothulwa kohlanga, ukudlwengula, ukubulawa kwabantu ngegesi - uphawu lombuzo lapha namanje, ngiyayesaba - kanye nonya. Emazweni aseBalkan, savuma ukuthi abantu baseBosnia benza ubugebengu bempi kodwa bavuma ukuthi abaseSerbia benza okwengeziwe kakhulu. E-Syria, siyavuma ukuthi amabutho e-Assad enza ubugebengu bempi kodwa siyakwamukela ukuthi amavukela-mbuso enza ambalwa kakhulu - ngaphandle uma engamahlongandlebe “amabi”, okungenzeka ukuthi enza okwengeziwe.
Kodwa emuva eBosnia. Lapho asikwazanga ukuhlomisa abaseBosnia ngoba base bengase baphumelele - futhi ngaleyo ndlela kucekele phansi amathuba ezingxoxo zokuthula okungaholela embusweni ohlukene wamahlelo (okuyilokho kanye okwenzeka). E-Syria, kufanele sihlomise abahlubuki ngoba bangase balahlekelwe - lapho kungase kungabi khona izingxoxo futhi kungabikho umbuso wamahlelo. Okubalulekile "ibhalansi". Futhi uma izinhlangothi zombili zisacabanga ukuthi zinganqoba, impi izoqhubeka. Ingabe yilokho esikufunayo?
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