Ibhalwe nguFred Nagel
I-War Crimes Times, ngo-March 2009
Iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule ifundise abantu baseMelika okuningi mayelana nobugebengu bempi. Njengoba siye sabona ukuhlasela kwezwe lethu kanye nemisebenzi eyenziwayo eMpumalanga Ephakathi, siye saphendukela kubaphathi bezomthetho nabangaphandle kwesistimu yethu yezombusazwe ukuze bathole isiqondiso. Izenzo zikamongameli wethu kanye noKhongolose wethu zisikhaphele kakhulu, kangangokuthi siye sahlola Izingqungquthela Zase-Geneva, Izimiso ZaseNuremberg, kanye Nesimemezelo Sendawo Yonke Samalungelo Abantu.
Mhlawumbe yi-inthanethi esinikeze imininingwane eminingi yonya lwase-US lwangesikhathi sempi. Manje sesingabuka ukuvunyelwa okudabukisayo kwamangqalabutho ethu Empi Yase-Iraq njengoba kwanikezwa phakathi Nobufakazi Besosha Lasebusika lwango-2008 e-DC. Mhlawumbe imvelo eshelelayo yalezo zithombe zedijithali zasejele lase-Abu Ghraib. Zilayishwe kanye, lezo zithombe zamadoda ashayiwe kuma-leashes ezinja zikuzo zonke izikrini zethu zekhompyutha, kuzo zonke izikrini zekhompyutha zomhlaba. Futhi abameleli kuphela ubuqaba bamandla ezempi aseMelika, kodwa futhi nokuhoxiswa koMthethosisekelo wethu ohlonishwayo kanye nokubusa komthetho.
Ngakho-ke sifuna ukuqonda ukuthi uhlelo lwethu lwezombangazwe nokuhlolwa kwalo okuhle nokulinganisa lungasiholela kanjani kulokhu. Amaqembu ethu ezepolitiki angasayina kanjani ekuhlaselweni kwezempi okungekho emthethweni nokuziphatha okubi emazweni angaphandle. Osopolitiki eqenjini "eliphikisayo", njengoNancy Pelosi, bangavuma kanjani ukusetshenziswa kokuhlukunyezwa okufana nokugibela amanzi.
Kunezithiyo ezimbili ezinkulu ekuqondeni ukwehla kwezwe lethu ekwenzeni ubugebengu bempi. Esokuqala yiqembu leDemocratic Party uqobo. Kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi lokho bekukuphikisa okuncane kakhulu ekuhlaselweni kwe-Iraq kubaholi beDemocratic Alliance. USenator u-Hillary Clinton, u-Obama oqokwe njengonobhala wezwe, uthe "ukhohliswe" ngolwazi olungalungile mayelana nezikhali ezibhubhisa abantu abaningi. Kodwa noma ngubani oyilandela eduze le nkulumo-mpikiswano wayengeke akhohliswe. Umhloli omkhulu wezikhali weNhlangano Yezizwe, uScott Ritter, ubelokhu engabaza ama-WMD's e-Iraq kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1990, ngesikhathi lesi sizaba sisetshenziswa nguMongameli uClinton ekuvimbeni amasosha e-Iraq.
Kwaze kwaba impumelelo kaHoward Dean egijima ngokumelene nempi lapho amaDemocrats aguqulwa ngokuzumayo eqenjini lokuthula. UJohn Kerry, owaqokwa esikhundleni seDemocratic Alliance ngalowo nyaka, uzibiza ngomuntu "wangempela" ozongenela ukhetho. Lokhu naphezu kokuthi naye wayewamukele umqondo we-WMD wokuhlasela.
I-VIMBELA I-QUOTE "Ngikholelwa ukuthi izikhali ezibulalayo zezikhali ezibhubhisayo ezandleni zakhe ziwusongo, futhi ziwusongo olukhulu, ekuvikelekeni kwethu kanye nakulabo esisebenzisana nabo esifundeni sasePersian Gulf."
Eqinisweni, iDemocratic Party yenza okuncane kakhulu ukumisa ukuhlasela kwe-US e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq. Futhi ivotele ukuxhasa le misebenzi kaninginingi, ngisho nangemva kokuba ithathe izintambo kuKhongolose ngoJanuwari 2007. Yehlulekile ngisho ukufuna inkulumo-mpikiswano ebalulekile. Nokho, u-Obama wagijima futhi wawina ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi izishoshovu eziningi zokuthula ezazimeseka. Uma manje enweba ubude bokuhlala kwe-Iraq futhi andisa amazinga amasosha e-Afghanistan, thina njengezakhamizi kumele siqonde ukuqaphela kwethu okokuqala mayelana nobugebengu bempi base-US. Amacala azo zombili izinhlangothi, ahlanganiswe ndawonye enkolelweni yokuthi iMelika inelungelo lokuhlaba izigidi ngokuphishekela inzuzo yebhizinisi kanye nenzuzo yezwe.
Ukuzibandakanya kwawo womabili amaqembu ezombusazwe emacaleni empi kusiletha emgodleni wesibili wokuqonda ukuthi izwe lethu lidabuka kuphi. Yaqala nini nje iMelika ukwenza ubugebengu bempi? Ingabe kwakungaphansi kukaGeorge W. Bush nokuhlasela kwakhe kweMpumalanga Ephakathi, noma kwakungaphansi kukaBill Clinton ngokuqhunyiswa kwakhe ngamabhomu e-Iraq naseYugoslavia? Noma kwakunguRonald Reagan ehlasela iNicaragua futhi ehlasela iGranada? UMongameli uCarter wahlomisa futhi wasekela amasosha ase-Indonesia ngezimali ngokuhlasela kwawo isibhicongo e-East Timor, ukuhlasela uMongameli Ford akunikeze imvume. UMongameli uNixon waqhumisa ibhomu ngasese izwe laseCambodia elingathathi hlangothi, ngenkathi engamele ukubulawa kwabantu baseVietnam abayizigidi ezimbili kuya kwezintathu. Kwakuwumsebenzi wobugebengu, owawuphishekelwa ngamazinga ahlukahlukene abanduleli bakhe abathathu.
Ingabe siyayamukela incazelo kaWilliam Blum (ku-"Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower") yokuthi izinto ziqale ukungahambi kahle nini? Ucaphuna ukubandakanyeka kwe-US empini yombango yaseShayina kusukela ku-1945 kuya ku-1948. Mhlawumbe kufanele sivumelane nesiphetho sikaStephen Kinzer (ku-"Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change esuka eHawaii kuya e-Iraq") ukuthi ukuhlasela kwe-1893 kulokho manje osekuyiminyaka yethu engamashumi amahlanu. isimo kwakuyisiqalo. Ngo-1902, uMark Twain wagxeka ukuhlukunyezwa "kokwelapha amanzi" okwakusetshenziselwa ukwenza abantu basePhilippines bavume ngesikhathi sokuphatha kwe-US kulelo zwe. Eqinisweni, akuthathi ukufunda okuningi ngomlando waseMelika ukuqonda ukuthi uBush kanye nenkampani bekuyizigebengu zakamuva zempi emgqeni omude wabahlaseli, abahlaseli nabahlukumezi.
Pho kungani ekhethela uBush nombuso wakhe obulalayo ukuze ashushiswe? Ngabe kufanele simboze ukubandakanyeka kweDemokhrasi ezenzweni zobugebengu bezempi ukuze sivule icala eliphoqayo? Futhi ingabe kufanele simane sikhohlwe i-imperialism yase-US kule minyaka eyi-100 edlule?
Mhlawumbe impendulo ilele ekungahloniphi kwabaphathi bakaBush ngisho nokuzenzisa kokulandela uMthethosisekelo wase-US noma umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Ekude nokufihla amacala akhe empi, uBush wathi unelungelo lokuwenza: ubumongameli bokuqala baseMelika. Njengoba u-Arundhati Roy echaza uBush:
VIMBELA I-QUOTE "Uzuze lokho ababhali, izishoshovu nezifundiswa abaye balwela ukukufeza amashumi eminyaka. Uye wadalula imigudu. Ubeke umbono ogcwele womphakathi izingxenye zokusebenza, amantongomane namabhawodi wemishini ye-apocalyptic yombuso waseMelika."
Kalula nje, uma thina bantu singakwazi ukumelana nalokhu kubonakaliswa kwakamuva futhi okusobala kakhulu kobugebengu bempi ngabaholi bezwe lethu, lincane kakhulu ithemba lokubuyisela intando yeningi kanye nokubusa komthetho. Ukushushiswa kukaBush noCheney yithuba lethu elingcono kakhulu lokushintsha indlela eya eMelika. Kungase futhi kube okokugcina kwethu.
UFred Nagel
UFred Nagel ungumenzi wefilimu kanye nesishoshovu sezepolitiki. Ungumakadebona wase-US onikela ngesikhathi sakhe ohlelweni lomsakazo, ukuhlela ukuthula, namalungelo asePalestine.
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UFred Nagel
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
845-876 7906
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