Izinhlangano zezepolitiki zidinga umfutho, zidinga ukwakha njalo nokuhlanganisa. Uma bethatha ikhefu elide ekuhleleni futhi bamise umfutho kuba nzima ukuqala kabusha.
Phakathi neMpi YaseVietnam kwaba nokwanda okungaguquguquki kwemizamo yokulwa nempi. Njalo ngonyaka umnyakazo wakha futhi wanda. Izishoshovu ezimelene nezimpi azizange zithathe ikhefu phakathi neminyaka yokhetho. Eqinisweni, babebhekise kumalungu awo womabili amaqembu ezombangazwe ngokusekela kwawo impi. Ngempela, umsebenzi wabo waholela kumongameli ohlezi, uLyndon Johnson; ukushiya phakathi kwama-primaries njengoba kwabonakala ukuthi iMpi yaseVietnam izoqeda amathuba akhe okuphinda aqokwe. Lokhu kwenzeka nakuba uJohnson akhethwa endaweni okwakungumhlaba omkhulu kunawo wonke owake wawenza emkhankasweni wakhe wangaphambilini wango-1964. Futhi lapho lowo nyaka wokhetho usuphelile ngisho noRichard Nixon wacindezelwa ukuba amemezele uhlelo lokuhoxa.
Inhlangano elwa ne-Iraq yakhombisa amandla ayo ngaphambi kwempi ibeka izigidi zabantu emigwaqweni. Sasingaphambi kweminyaka eminingi ukukhula kwenhlangano emelene nempi yenkathi yaseVietnam. Manje njengoba impi yase-Iraq kanye nokuhlaliswa kwabantu sekwenze zonke izibikezelo zenhlangano emelene nempi sezifezekile - I-Iraq iyidaka, iholele ekufeni kwamashumi ezinkulungwane zezakhamizi kanye namasosha ase-US angaphezu kwe-1,500, amakhulukhulu izigidigidi zamadola entela ziyasetshenziswa okuholela ekuncipheni kwezinhlelo eziningi zasekhaya zezwe. Izintshisekelo zezinkampani zase-U.S. zihlasele i-Iraq futhi inkohlakalo esabalele ehlobene nebhizinisi lebhizinisi iyadalulwa. Kodwa nokho, inhlangano emelene nempi ngaphandle kwezimbalwa ezimbalwa yakhetha ukungabi nomthelela onzima okhethweni lukamongameli kanye noJohn Kerry.
Impi yase-Iraq kanye nomsebenzi kwenze i-United States yavikeleka kancane. UMqondisi weCIA uPorter Goss wethule ubufakazi ngaphambi kweCongress ngalo Febhuwari wathi i-Iraq isiphenduke inkundla yokuqeqesha amaphekula, wathi: Lawo maJihadist asinda azosuka e-Iraq enolwazi futhi egxile ezenzweni zobushokobezi basemadolobheni. Bamele iqoqo elingaba khona loxhumana nabo ukuze bakhe amaseli amaphekula wesikhashana, amaqembu namanethiwekhi. Lokhu kuhlaziya kuhambisana nokutholwe yimibiko kahulumeni kanye nokuphawula kwezikhulu zezobunhloli. Nokho, inhlangano emelene nempi yehlulekile ukwenza leli phuzu phakathi nokhetho inikeze amaqembu amakhulu womabili ithuba lokukhululeka ngokusekela kwawo impi eyenza singavikeleki kangako.
Ubuhlakani bezempi, abasebenzayo nabathathe umhlalaphansi, kanye nokuvezwa okubhaliwe okuphindaphindiwe akutholanga ukuxhumana kwe-WMD, no-Saddam-Al Qaeda noma i-9/11 futhi akukho songo kumakhelwane bakhe abanamandla ngenxa yobushiqela bakhe obunyakazayo nebutho elibi elingafuni ukumlwela. Nokho ukuthula kwenhlangano emelene nempi ngesikhathi sokhetho kwavumela izinhlangothi zombili ukuthi zigweme ukugxekwa ngokweseka kwazo impi esekelwe olwazini olungamanga.
I-US impofu kakhulu, iphephile kancane, futhi ayihlonishwa kangako ngenxa yeMpi yase-Iraq.
Ukube inhlangano yokuthula iqhubekile nokugqugquzela ukuthi impi iphele phakathi nonyaka wokhetho lukamongameli, kunokuba ithule ngabe ikuphi namuhla? Ngabe sakhela phezu kwempumelelo yeziqalo zethu kunokuthi siqale kabusha. Sizobe sesiseduze nokuphela kokubusa kwempi, hhayi kude nakho. UMongameli Bush uzobe evikela, hhayi ekuhlaseleni. Ama-Iraqi azobe ebona ukukhanya ekugcineni komhubhe, lapho ezobuyisela izwe nomnotho wawo, kunobumnyama bokuqhubeka nokusebenza.
Ngabe inhlangano yokulwa nempi ilulama kanjani kulo mfutho olahlekile? Mningi umsebenzi okumele wenziwe ukuphendula lo mbuzo; kodwa kungenziwa ngoba abantu banamandla okwenza kwenzeke.
U-Ralph Nader ungummeli wabathengi osebenze ezinkingeni eziningi ezihlanganisa amakhono omphakathi, imvelo, ukulawulwa kwezinkampani kanye nezinguquko zokhetho. Usebenze ngokumelene neMpi yase-Iraq kusukela ngo-2002.
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