USekela-Isithethi seSebe laseMelika uMarie Harf uthetha ngokubulawa kuka-James Foley, intatheli yaseMelika ngamajoni amaSilamsi, nanjengoko ephethe ingcaciso yemihla ngemihla kwiSebe le-US State eWashington, DC, Agasti 20, 2014. (Ifoto: Saul Loeb / Getty Izithombe ) Kwimeko yengqondo, i-egocentrism yokuqonda kukusilela kwabantwana kumanqanaba athile okukhula kwabo ukuba babone nayiphi na imbono kodwa eyabo. UNjingalwazi uRichard Landes weYunivesithi yaseBoston usebenzise eli gama ukubhekisa kumkhwa wabantu basentshona ukwenza amaxabiso wethu kunye nembono yethu yezinye iinkcubeko nabantu abangabelani ngazo.
Faka isithethi seSebe likaRhulumente-u-hipster u-Marie Harf kuhlelo lwangoMvulo lwe-Hardball: Asinakuyiphumelela le mfazwe ngokubabulala. Asinakubulala indlela yethu yokuphuma kule mfazwe, ucacisile. Kufuneka kwixesha eliphakathi ukuya kwelide ukuya emva koonobangela abaphambili abakhokelela abantu ukuba bajoyine la maqela, nokuba kukusilela kwamathuba emisebenzi, nokuba…
Oku kunjalo, bububhanxa obukhulu.
Uninzi lokugxekwa okufanelekileyo kukaNks uHarf's gaffe kugxile ekugxininiseni ukuba eyona nto ifunekayo ukoyisa i-ISIS kunye neentshukumo ezinje nge-ISIS kukudalwa kwemisebenzi okunzima kumazwe ahluphekayo apho i-ISIS itsala abalandeli. Kodwa ngokwengxelo yakutshanje ye-UN, i-Islamic State itsale ama-15,000 omlo ovela kumazwe ahlukeneyo angama-80, kubandakanya idemokhrasi yasentshona.
Ke, nokuba intlupheko ibisisizathu esivakalayo sokukhanyisa amabanjwa asemlilweni-ayisiyiyo-iyakuhlala iyinyani ukuba intshukumo ayisiyongxaki kwaphela, ayifundanga, kwaye lilizwe lesithathu. Ukosuleleka kunokuba kuqale ngaloo ndlela, kodwa kuye kwasasazeka ngaphaya kwemida yejografi nakwezentlalo noqoqosho.
Ngokwengxelo yakutshanje ye-UN, i-Islamic State itsale ama-15,000 omlo ovela kumazwe ahlukeneyo angama-80, kubandakanya idemokhrasi yasentshona. |
Apho ingxelo kaNks. Harf ingakhange ifumane ukugxekwa okwaneleyo kukwe-egocentrism yokuqonda ekhulayo phantse kuyo yonke intetho kunye nayo yonke imigaqo-nkqubo.
Ulawulo luka-Obama lukholelwa ekubeni abantu kuyo yonke indawo babelana ngexabiso elifanayo njengempucuko yaseNtshona: sonke siyathethathethana ngokholo olufanelekileyo ukuze sifune izisombululo ezisisiseko (oku kukukhohlisa okuqhuba umgaqo-nkqubo wezolawulo e-Iran), sonke sikhetha uxolo olungonwabisiyo emfazweni, kwaye sonke sikhuthazekile ngokungaphantsi ngokolawulo oluphezulu lukaMaszlow. Le nguNjingalwazi Landes ’intsingiselo yokuqonda egocentrism. Ngaphandle kobungqina obungummangaliso obukhomba kwinyani- kwaye yinyani – yokuba abantu esilwa nabo bangama-zero-sum barbarians abazukisa ngemfazwe ekhohlakeleyo ekhuthazwa yimpambano yenkolo, iinkokheli zethu zikhululekile xa zicinga ukuba, ezantsi ukonwaba ngakumbi kwindlela yokuphuma eWal-Mart.
Ewe kunjalo, kuyaphuma ngendlela eyothusayo ukwamkela ukuba abantu abahlukeneyo kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo bahlukile. Eyona nto isemfashinini ngakumbi kukungathandani kwabantu okuthandabuzekayo ukuba wonke umntu-ewe, wonke umntu-ufane ncam nathi! Khawuleza!
Ifashoni okanye akunjalo, asisakwazi ukubanakho iinkokheli ezingavumi ukukholelwa ngamehlo abo oxokayo malunga neentshukumisa kunye neenqobo ezisemgangathweni zobuSilamsi. Ngaba zikhona izizathu ezinzulu zokuba iinkcubeko zibe yile nto ziyiyo? Kunjalo. Kodwa asinakubuyela esikolweni ngalo lonke ixesha umntu enqumla intloko enye yeentatheli zethu. Asinakho ukuba neenkokheli ezixhalabisayo malunga neengcambu kunye nophuhliso lwezoqoqosho lwexesha elide ngelixa amaCoptic amaKristu ahlaselwa ngamashumi amabini.
Utshaba, ewe, luva uvavanyo lwethu lwezinto ezingunobangela kunye neekhathalogu zenyani. Nokuba ayimelanga umgaqo-nkqubo wolawulo, kanye nje ndingathanda ukuva into evela kwiSebe likaRhulumente ebonise ukuqonda ukuba abantu baseTehran naseDamasko naseSanaa naseGaza bamamele.
UMarie Harf, ewe, ngumlomo kuphela kumgaqo-nkqubo woLawulo. Into ayithethileyo, ngelixa engenangqondo, iyingozi kuphela kuba ibonisa uluntu kunye nokucinga ngasese kweqela lomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle wase-Obama. Kude kube iinkokheli zethu ziqala ukubona umhlaba unje endaweni yokuba unjalo, kungcono siqale ngokubulala indlela yethu yokuphuma kule mfazwe. Kungenxa yokuba ukuqonda kwethu egocentrism kusithintela ekuphumeleleni kwezinye iindlela, ezikhethwayo.
UJonathan Greenberg ngumhlalutyi wase-Middle East, ingcali yomgaqo-nkqubo woluntu, kunye nomntu owayesakuba ngumsebenzi kwiKomiti yezeMicimbi yoLuntu yaseMelika. Ungumntu ophakamileyo kunye neZiko leSolomon.
