“Iinkokeli zamashishini kwihlabathi liphela zibukele ukwakhiwa kwamajoni aseRussia kunye nezixhobo kumda waseUkraine ngenkxalabo enkulu. Oku ibilungquzulwano oluqhumayo iminyaka emininzi, kunye nokugqabhuka kwamathuba, njengokuhlolelwa ngokungekho mthethweni kweCrimea yiRussia ngo-2014.
Kodwa akuzange kwenzeke kwiminyaka yakutshanje kubekho umngcipheko omkhulu wemfazwe ekhoyo emhlabeni waseYurophu-imfazwe leyo, njengabaninzi ngaphambi kwayo, engenzi njongo ifanelekileyo okanye esemthethweni. (Kunzima kuye nabani na kuthi ukufihla ukucaphuka kwethu okwangoku. Ngo-2022, yintoni emhlabeni ilizwe elinye lenza amatanki aqokelele kwimida yelinye ilizwe?)
“Ndichithe ixesha elininzi lobomi bam bobuntu obukhulu ngokuchasene noko ndandikugqala njengeemfazwe zokungekho sikweni zexesha lethu. NgoMatshi 1968, ndathelela amashumi amawaka abantu abaselula kwiTrafalgar Square yaseLondon ababebonisa iMfazwe yaseVietnam, ungquzulwano olwalukhula ngokukhawuleza olwathi lwabulala inkitha yabantu, lwangxwelerha amakhulu amawaka abantwana nabantu abadala, lwaza lwaphelela ekubeni iUnited States yoyiswe ngokulihlazo. amahlakani ayo. Kwiminyaka engama-35 kamva, ndaba phakathi kwezigidi zehlabathi ezathi zaya ezitalatweni ziqhankqalazela ukuhlaselwa kweIraq, iphulo lokungakhathali nelithi ladodobalisa uMbindi Mpuma laza lenza ihlabathi lingakhuselekanga kangako.”
UMnu. Branson uhlabela mgama esithi: “Kwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo, xa iinjongo zikaPutin eUkraine zazibonakala ngakumbi kwihlabathi liphela, saqalisa umzamo wokuhlanganisa iinkokeli zoshishino zaseRashiya naseUkraine ukuba zibe ngabathetheleli besigqibo soxolo phakathi kwamazwe azo. Ndikhumbula iintlanganiso ezininzi ezinengqiqo kunye neefowuni kunye neenkokheli kunye neengcali kwezopolitiko kunye nezoshishino, kwaye siphuhlise ukuqonda okungcono kakhulu kwamandla ashukumisayo lo ngquzulwano. Kwakhona safumanisa ngokukhawuleza ukuba akukho namnye kwabafowunelwa bethu baseRashiya, ngoxa wayekuchasile ngasese ukungenelela kweRashiya, owayekulungele ukuphakamisa ilizwi lakhe esidlangalaleni. Sikhuphe isiteyitimenti seshishini sokuba iinkokeli zoshishino zaseNtshona naseUkraine zakuvuyela ukutyobela, kodwa asizange sifumane notyikityo olunye lwaseRashiya kuba uloyiko lwabo lokuphindezelwa ngurhulumente waseMoscow lwalulukhulu kakhulu.
Noko ke, ngelo xesha nangoku, abo ndathetha nabo babemanyene kwimbono yabo yokuba nayiphi na imfazwe phakathi kweRashiya neUkraine yayiza kuba nemiphumo ebuhlungu neyoyikekayo. Ukuqala, iya kwahlula iRussia kunye nomongameli wayo kwihlabathi liphela kwaye yonakalise uqoqosho lwaseRussia. Kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, kuya kubangela umonakalo omkhulu kunye nokubandezeleka kubantu abancinci nabadala abazama ukuhlala ngoxolo macala omabini omda. Ngokufuthi, iya kuba ngabantu abangabemi abaya kuthwala olona gonyamelo lohlaselo. Imfazwe yamakhaya yaseSyria ephalaza igazi, apho imikhosi yaseRashiya kunye namajoni adlala indima embi kakhulu, sisikhumbuzo esicacileyo sento esemngciphekweni. "
UMnu. Branson uhlabela mgama athi, “Lo asingongquzulwano uMongameli uPutin anokuphumelela ekuhambeni kwexesha. Ngelixa ebonakala engakhathali ukuba ilizwe licinga ntoni ngamabhongo akhe ezopolitiko, kufuneka akhathalele kakhulu ukuba liyakuba yintoni ithemba lelizwe lakhe. Ngaxa lithile, abantu baseRussia abaqhelekileyo baya kuqonda ukuba bafanelwe ngcono, ngakumbi ukuba imeko ifikelela kwinqanaba apho uvukelo olungenakuthintelwa lwabantu base-Ukraine bekhusela amakhaya abo, iilali kunye needolophu zibuyisela umbono owothusayo wokungaphumeleli kweSoviet e-Afghanistan kunye nokubulawa kwabantu. koonyana baseRashiya, abazalwana kunye nootata.
“Kwiinkokeli zamashishini, eli lixesha lokuba sihlangane silwele ulongamo lwaseUkraine. Nokuba ifika ngexabiso, sonke kufuneka sithumele umyalezo ocacileyo wokuba ubundlobongela obungavisisaniyo buhlala bungamkelekanga kwaye ushishino lwehlabathi lonke luya kuxhasa uluhlu olupheleleyo lwezohlwayo ngokuchasene nalo naliphi na ilizwe elifuna ukunyhasha ulongamo lolunye. "
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- In March 1968, I joined tens of thousands of young people at London’s Trafalgar Square demonstrating against the Vietnam War, a rapidly escalating conflict that cost countless lives, crippled hundreds of thousands of children and adults, and ended in a humiliating defeat for the US and its allies.
- Even if it comes at a price, all of us should send a clear message that unilateral aggression is always unacceptable and that the global business community will support the full range of sanctions against any nation that seeks to violate the sovereignty of another.
- At some point, ordinary Russians will come to realise that they deserve better, especially if the situation reaches a point where the inevitable insurgency of Ukrainians defending their homes, villages and towns brings back the haunting spectre of the Soviet failure in Afghanistan and its deadly toll on Russian sons, brothers and fathers.
