IMelika idinga inkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nenqubomgomo yangaphandle; ukhetho alunikezi
Umhlaba udinga abantu abaningi abafana noChris Stevens, kusho uHillary Clinton, ehlonipha inxusa laseMelika eLibya ngemuva kwamahora okubulawa kwakhe, kanye nozakwabo abathathu, edolobheni iBenghazi. Unobhala wombuso wayeqinisile. Isikhulumi sesi-Arabhu kusukela ezinsukwini zakhe ne-Peace Corps, inxusa lalihlakaniphile, linesibindi futhi lihlakaniphile—ummeli omuhle weMelika ezweni lamaSulumane eligcwele amathuba amasha kanye nezingozi.
Kuze kube ukubulawa kwakhe, uMnu Stevens ubenenhlanhla enkulu eMelika, eqhathaniswa nokunye ukudumazeka kwe-Arab Spring. Waqale wathunyelwa eBenghazi ngomkhumbi wezimpahla ngesikhathi kuseyinqaba emelene neQaddafi, waqanjwa njengenxusa lokuthola imali ngesikweletu saseMelika ngenguquko eyasizwa ukunqoba amandla aqinile aseNtshonalanga, okubandakanya iziteleka zomoya, ama-spook kanye—okubaluleke kakhulu kweMelika ekhathele yimpi. - awekho amabhuzu phansi.
Abaholi bezepolitiki baseMelika bazo zonke izinhlangothi bayavumelana ngesidingo sezithunywa ezinjengoMnuz Stevens. Kepha kunokhetho oluqhubekayo, ngakho-ke amaRiphabhlikhi namaDemocrats aphawule ukushona kwakhe ngokuphikisana ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle. Ukuxabana kwaqala ngemva kokuba uMitt Romney esole abaphathi baka-Obama (empeleni kuphela ihhovisi lenxusa laseMelika e-Egypt) ngempendulo “eyichilo” ekuhlaselweni kukaMnu Stevens. Ukucasuka kwakhe kudalwe osomaqhinga abathi esitatimendeni naku-Twitter bagxeka ifilimu emelene nobuSulumane eyenziwe eMelika, ngemuva kokuthi leyo filimu ibangele imibhikisho eCairo kanye nezibhelu ezabulala abantu eBenghazi. Lokho kuxolisa ngezindinganiso zaseMelika, kuthweswe icala uMnu Romney. Umkhulumeli womkhankaso ka-Obama umemezele ukuthi "ushaqekile" ngalokhu kuhlasela. UMnu Romney wenqabile ukuhoxa, esola inqubomgomo kaMnu Obama yezangaphandle ngokuntula ukuzimisela nokuzethemba iMelika.
Kunokuzwakala kokwenziwa kulezi zimpikiswano. Nakuba kwakungeyona neze indlela yokuzivikela eqinile yenkululeko yokukhuluma, ukungagunyazi kwenxusa laseCairo ifilimu evusa amadlingozi kwakungelona ukuxolisa. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, amaDemocrats, ejabule ngokuthi umongameli wawo ujabulela ukuvota okunamadijithi amabili okuhola uMnu Romney ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle, apenda iRiphabhulikhi njengeqembu le-lightweight ngaphambi kokuba kuqubuke izinkinga eLibya.
Njengoba umugqa ukhula, uhlobo oluthile lokucaciswa lwanikezwa ngu-Sarah Palin, i-id yeqoqo le-Conservative movement's stinct-channeling. IMelika iyazi ukuthi uBarack Obama uthanda ukukhuluma kancane nezitha, kumenyezelwe lowo owayeyisekela likamengameli. Uma engenayo induku enkulu okufanele ayiphathe, kufanele "akhule eyodwa".
UNkz Palin ubeke umunwe wakhe enkingeni yamaRiphabhulikhi. Abavoti abaningi bafuna umongameli akhulume ngamandla nabantu bakwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi ama-Arab: UMnu Romney ushayelwa ihlombe njalo uma esola uMnu Obama ngokwenza “uhambo lokuxolisa” emhlabeni wonke. Kodwa abavoti abanaso isifiso sokusebenzisa induku phesheya kwezilwandle. Abanye ababili kwabathathu bacabanga ukuthi amasosha aseMelika awanawo umsebenzi e-Afghanistan. Ukuma kukaMnu u-Obama kwezokuphepha kuzwelonke kuyaduma kakhulu ngoba kuhlinzwa, okuhlanganisa ukuhlasela kwezindiza ezingenalo izindiza nokugasela kombani njengalokhu okwabulala u-Osama bin Laden.
Isifundo asilahleki kumaRiphabhulikhi acabangayo. UMnu Obama bekungafanele aveze obala umnqamulajuqu wakhe wango-2014 wokuhoxisa amasosha e-Afghanistan, kukhononda uklebe oyedwa waseRepublican. Kodwa manje usuku seluyaziwa, umbono womphakathi ngeke uvumele izinombolo zamasosha ezikhuphukayo, kuvuma uklebe.
Ukuphelelwa yimpi kusiza ekuchazeni intshisekelo kaMnu Romney ku-Twitter woMnyango WezoMbuso, ukuhlasela kwakhe uMnu Obama ngokugxeka u-Israyeli esidlangalaleni neminye imigqa ehlanganisa amagama. Okuxakayo ukuthi ukuthatheka ngengcuphe yamazwi angasho lutho kuheha amaRiphabhulikhi enkohlisweni efanayo neyake yabamba uMnu Obama, okuwukuthi ukukholelwa emandleni omlingo enkulumo kamongameli.
UMnu u-Obama ungene esikhundleni ngohlelo oluhle kakhulu. Ngemva kokusaphaza igazi laseMelika kanye nengcebo e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, wayezofinyelela amaSulumane, ikakhulukazi enkulumweni kaJuni 2009 eCairo. Inhloso yakhe ebekiwe kwakuwukunciphisa ukungezwani kwamaSulumane eNtshonalanga nakwa-Israel. Uma ukufinyelela kwakhe kuphumelela, u-Israyeli wayezosala ephephe kakhudlwana, futhi angase enze izivumelwano ngenqubo yokuthula eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Uhlelo lwalunhle futhi lunengqondo. Iphinde yehluleka, okwashiya uMnu Obama egunyaza iziteleka eziningi zamaphekula amaSulumane kunoGeorge Bush, kanye nobudlelwano obungebuhle obuhle nohulumeni wakwa-Israel.
Ukuphupha umxhumanisi omkhulu
Manje sekungamaRiphabhulikhi abonakala exakeke ukwenza imisho. Behlaselwe ukuxhashazwa kombuso ngesikhathi sikaBush, bakhangwa imodeli ehlukile, uRonald Reagan. Emhlanganweni wabo wakamuva eTampa, ividiyo yokuhlonipha uMongameli uReagan yamkhombisa, ngo-1987 Berlin, eyala uMikhail Gorbachev ukuthi "adilize lolu donga". Izithombe ezilandelayo zibonise udonga luwa, njengokungathi ludilizwa amandla nokuzethemba kokuziphatha kwamazwi kaReagan.
Uzakwethu obalulekile ka-Romney (kanye nowayezoba unobhala wezwe), u-Tim Pawlenty, wabuzwa esithangamini senqubomgomo ye-Tampa mayelana nokungabi nalwazi kwalowo ozobhapathizwa. U-Reagan ukhombise ukuthi “ukuzwakala kahle ngokwesisekelo nangokwefilosofi” kubaluleke kakhulu, kuphakanyiswe uMnu Pawlenty. Ngokombono wakhe, uMnu Romney "Reaganesque".
Ukukhuluma iqiniso, uMnu Romney unikeza izimpendulo ezibambekayo kweminye yemibuzo ephathelene nezwe. E-Syria, uthi uzohlomisa abavukeli. Kodwa ezinye izinkinga eziphuthumayo zimthola kunzima ukuzicindezela. I-Republican igxeka uMnu Obama ngokwehluleka ukumisa uhlelo lwenuzi lwase-Iran, emgcona ngokukhuluma ngenkathi ama-centrifuges ezungeza. Buza abeluleki bakwa-Romney ukuthi indoda yabo ingenzani ngendlela ehlukile, futhi bachaza indlela yesithathu phakathi kwezigwegwe zesitayela sika-Obama nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ezindaweni zenuzi zase-Iran. I-Iran izokwazi ukuthi uMengameli uRomney wayeqonde lapho efunga ukuthi uzosebenzisa zonke izindlela ukumisa ibhomu lase-Iranian, bayaphikisana. Amagama omlingo amaningi, ngamafuphi.
Abavoti bangase banganaki kakhulu. Ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi eSyria, ngisho nokubulawa kwesikhulu sezobuchwephesha, akunandaba kangako nempikiswano yalolu khetho, mayelana nomnotho. Kodwa ophumelele uzobhekana nezinkinga zenqubomgomo yangaphandle kusukela ngosuku lokuqala. Khona-ke isikhathi sokukhuluma siyobe sesiphelile.
(I-Economist)
