Yaki mai ƙarewa Bala'i ne (Amma Amfani)

Daga Lawrence Wilkerson, 11 ga Fabrairu, 2020

daga Statecraft Mai alhakin

"Rushewar kasar ta Libya ta sami raunin fannoni daban-daban, wanda yawan mutane da makaman suka lalata wasu kasashe a Arewacin Afirka." Wannan sanarwa ta fito ne daga kamfanin Intelufri na kwanan nan, wanda ake kira "Fighting over Access to the Energy of Libya Libiya" (24 Janairu 2020). 

Shin kana saurara, Barack Obama?

“Akwai nuna bambanci a cikin wannan garin [Washington, DC] ga yaki,” Shugaba Obama ya ce da ni da kuma wasu da dama da suka hallara a Fadar Shugaban Amurka ta White House a ranar 10 ga Satumbar, 2015, kusan shekaru bakwai a kan shugabancinsa. A lokacin, Ina tsammanin yana tunani musamman game da babban kuskuren da ya yi ta shiga cikin sa hannun a Libya a cikin 2011, ta hanyar aiwatar da shawarar Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya 1973.

Sakataren harkokin wajen Amurka, John Kerry, yana zaune kusa da shugaban kasa kamar yadda Obama ke magana. Na tuno tambayar da nake yi a lokacin ko yana lectures na Kerry harma da makoki saboda nasa shawarar, saboda Kerry ya fi fitowa fili a lokacin game da rawar da Amurka ta fi takawa a cikin wani yakin da ba shi da iyaka a lokacin - kuma har yanzu - yana yawo a Siriya. Ko da yake Obama bai ga wannan ba.

Dalilin kuwa shi ne, tsoma bakin Libya ba wai kawai zai kai ga mutuwar shugaban Libya, Muammar Qaddafi ba ne - da kuma yin wani yunkuri na cin nasara da ci gaba da mamaye sojoji don taken "wanda ke mulkin Libya," a gayyaci iko daga kasashen waje zuwa Tekun Bahar Rum zuwa shiga cikin fagen, da kuma kwance damarar kwararar 'yan gudun hijirar a cikin wannan tekun na ciki - hakan kuma ya sanya makaman daga daya daga cikin manyan satar makaman na duniya a hannun kungiyoyi irin su ISIS, al-Qa'ida, Lashkar e-Taibi, da sauran su. . Bugu da kari, da yawa daga wadancan tsoffin makaman na Libya ana amfani da su ne a cikin Syria a wannan lokacin.

Kafin mu gabatar da yabo ga Obama tun da ya koyo darasinsa kuma saboda haka ba yanke shawarar shiga tsakani a Siriya da wani muhimmin yanayi ba, ya kamata mu gabatar da tambayar: Me yasa shugabannin kasa suke yanke irin wannan bala'in kamar Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Afghanistan da, gobe watakila, Iran?

Shugaban Dwight Eisenhower ya amsa wannan tambaya, a bangare dayawa, a cikin 1961: “Ba za mu taba barin nauyin wannan hadaddan ba (rukunin masana'antu na soja) ya sanya 'yancinmu ko tsarin dimokiradiyya ba. … Kawai faɗakarwa da sanin yakamata na iya tilasta ingantaccen tsarin masana'antu da sojoji na tsaro tare da hanyoyinmu da manufofinmu na lumana. "

A takaice dai, a yau, Amurka ba ta ƙunshi faɗakarwa da sanin asalin 'yan ƙasa ba, kuma Cike da Eisenhower da aka bayyana daidai ya zama ainihin, kuma a cikin hanyoyin da Eisenhower ba zai iya yin tunaninsa ba, da haɗarin' yancinmu da tsarin dimokiraɗiyya. Wannan ma'aikatar ta samar da “nuna wariya” da Shugaba Obama ya bayyana.  Haka kuma, a yau majalisar wakilan Amurka tayi fatarar da ma'aikatar - dala biliyan 738 a wannan shekara tare da asarar kudaden da ba a bayyana ba kusan dala biliyan 72 - wanda har zuwa lokacin da rukunin littafin ya fada game da yaki ya zama babu makawa, mai dawwama, kuma, kamar yadda Eisenhower ya ce, ana jin shi a kowane birni, kowane gidan jihohi, kowane ofishi na Gwamnatin Tarayya. ”

Dangane da "faɗakarwa da ƙimar gari," sakamakon ba kawai a cikin dogon lokacin sanannu ne ga ingantaccen ilimi ba amma a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci zuwa ga matsakaita wanda aka zana shi ta hanyar da ke da alhakin "Estate Estate," akwai gazawar rashin nasara kazalika. 

Cikakkun labaran na yawancin manufofin sa sun mallaki kafofin watsa labarai wadanda ke da mahimmanci, tun daga jaridar al'umma, jaridar New York Times, har zuwa sashinta na zamani, The Washington Post, har zuwa takarda al'umma ta kudi, Jaridar Wall Street Journal. Duk waɗannan takardu a mafi yawan lokuta ba su taɓa yin yanke shawara don yaƙi da ba sa so ba. Sai kawai lokacin da yaƙe-yaƙe suka zama “marasa iyaka” waɗanda wasunsu za su sami sauran muryoyinsu - sannan kuma ya yi latti.

Kada a bita ta hanyar buga aikin jarida, manyan hanyoyin watsa labarai na talabijin wadanda ke magana da kawunansu, wasu daga cikin membobin ma'aikatar sun biya su, ko kuma sun kwashe rayuwarsu ta kwararru a ciki, ko kuma duka biyun, don yin zurfin tunani a kan yaƙe-yaƙe iri-iri. Kuma, kawai suna samun muryoyinsu masu mahimmanci lokacin da yaƙe-yaƙe ba su da iyaka, a bayyane suke an ɓace su ko ɓata musu rai, kuma suna biyan kuɗi da jini da yawa, kuma mafi kyawun darajar sun kasance a gefen hamayyar su.

Marigayi Janar Smedley Butler, wanda ya karɓi lambar girmamawa sau biyu, ya taɓa yin ikirarin cewa shi “mai laifi ne ga tsarin jari-hujja.” Bayani mai kyau ga zamanin Butler a farkon zamanin ƙarni na 20. A yau, duk da haka, duk wani kwararren soja wanda ya cancanci gishirin shi dan kasa - kamar Eisenhower - zai yarda da cewa su ma masu laifi ne ga ma'aikatar - memba mai rikodin katin 'yan jari hujja, tabbas, amma wanda ke tafin kafa manufa, baya ga cin ribar masu hannun jari, shine sauƙaƙe mutuwar wasu a hannun .an jihar. 

Ta yaya kuma za a kwatanta daidai maza - kuma a yanzu mata - sanye da taurari masu yawa ba a daina zuwa gaban wakilan mutane a Majalisa suna neman ƙarin dala haraji ba? Kuma tsarkakakken hannun jarin slush, wanda aka san shi a matsayin asusu na Overseas Contingency Operating (OCO) wanda kuma yakamata ya kasance mai tsauraran matakai a wuraren wasan kwaikwayo na yaki, yana da nisa ga aiwatar da kasafin soja. Yawancin membobin Majalisar ya kamata su rataye kawunansu don kunya saboda abin da suka ba da damar faruwa a shekara tare da wannan asusu na kuɗaɗe.

Kuma kalaman Sakataren Tsaron Mark Esper a Cibiyar Nazari da Nazarin Kasa da Kasa a wannan makon, wanda aka yi magana da shi don nuna “sabon tunani” a Pentagon dangane da batun kasafin kudi, ba da alama babu canji na gaske a cikin kasafin kudin sojoji, kawai wani sabon sa ido - wanda ya yi alƙawarin ba zai rage yawan kuɗaɗe ba amma a ƙara musu. Amma daidai don haka, Esper ya nuna inda wasu laifukan suke yayin da ya zargi Majalisar da kara wa wasu bukatun kasafin kudin Pentagon wasika: "Na fada wa Pentagon yanzu shekara biyu da rabi cewa kasafin kudinmu ba zai samu sauki ba - suna nan ne inda suke - don haka dole ne mu zama masu kula da dalla-dalla daga dala dala. … Kuma, ka sani, Majalisa tana bayan wannan. Amma a wannan lokacin akwai lokacin da zai birge gidansu, kuma dole ne ka yi aiki ta hanyar hakan. ”

"T [hat] a lokacin da ta afkawa bayan gidansu" kawai zargi ne kawai wanda membobin majalisar suka saba da bukatar gabatar da kasafin kudin Pentagon don samar da naman alade ga gundumomin gidansu (babu wanda ya fi wannan kyau fiye da Majalisar Dattawa Jagoran masu rinjaye Mitch McConnell, wanda a cikin shekarun sa a majalisar dattijai ya samar da miliyoyin daloli na haraji - wanda ya hada da na tsaro - don jihar sa ta Kentucky don tabbatar da doguwar mulkinsa a can. bangaren tsaro a cikin kamfen dinsa. McConnell zai iya zama daban, duk da haka, daga sauran membobin majalisa a hanyar da ya dawo Kentucky kuma ya fito fili yana nuna kwarin gwiwa game da dimbin naman alade da yake kawowa jihar sa a duk shekara don ya bugu da mummunar ta'adi. ma'aunin jefa kuri'a). 

Amma Esper ya ci gaba ta hanyar bayar da labari: “Muna wannan lokacin a lokacin. Muna da sabon dabaru. … Muna da dumbin goyon baya daga Majalisa. … Dole ne mu takaita wannan gibin yanzu tsakanin abin da ya kasance zamanin yakin cacar-baki da yakar masu tayar da kayar baya, yakin basasa a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, kuma mu sanya wannan tsallake zuwa babbar gasa ta karfin iko tare da Rasha da China - China musamman. "

Idan tsohon yakin Cold ya kawo wani lokacin yin rikodin kasafin kudin soja, za mu iya tsammanin sabon yakin sanyi tare da China zai wuce adadin wadannan ta hanyar girman girman. Kuma wanene ne ya yanke shawarar cewa muna buƙatar sabon yakin sanyi ta wata hanya?

Kalli kama daga Cika (daga inda Esper ya zo, ba daidaituwa ba, azaman ɗayan manyan masu son Raytheon, memba ne na ma'aikatar). Ofaya daga cikin abubuwan da ke asiran sx qua nons shine abin da ya koya daga kusan rabin karni na yakin sanyi tare da Tarayyar Soviet: babu wani abu a duniya da ke biyan kuɗi mara kyau da kuma daidaituwa fiye da gwagwarmaya tare da babban iko. Don haka, babu wani ingantaccen, mai ba da shawara mai ƙarfi don sabon yakin sanyi tare da China - kuma jefa Rasha cikin haɗuwa ma don ƙarin dala - fiye da Cike. 

Koyaya, a ƙarshen rana, ainihin ra'ayin cewa dole ne Amurka ta kashe kuɗi mafi girma a cikin soja a kowace shekara fiye da kasashe takwas na gaba a duniya gaba daya, wanda yawancin su aboki ne na Amurka, yakamata su nuna wa ɗan ƙasa wanda ba a sani ba kuma ba faɗakarwa cewa wani abu ba daidai ba ne. Cire sabon yakin sanyi; wani abu har yanzu mummunan kuskure ne.

Amma a bayyane yake cewa rukunin ma'aikatar tana da girma da yawa. Yaƙi da ƙarin yaƙi shine makomar Amurka. Kamar yadda Eisenhower ya ce, “nauyin wannan haɗakarwa” hakika yana haɗari da 'yancinmu da tsarin dimokiradiyya.

Don fahimtar wannan a sarari, muna buƙatar kawai bincika ƙoƙarin na banza ne a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata don yin ƙoƙarin dawo da ikon yin yaƙi daga reshe na zartarwa, reshe wanda idan aka sanye shi da ikon yin yaƙi, kamar yadda James Madison ya gargaɗe mu, ya fi dacewa da alama za a kawo zalunci.

Madison, ainihin alƙalami yayin aiwatar da Tsarin Mulkin Amurka, ya tabbatar cewa ya ba da ikon yaƙi a hannun Majalisar. Ban da haka, daga Shugaba Truman zuwa Trump, kusan kowane shugaban Amurka ne ya birge shi ta wata hanya.

Theoƙarin kwanannan da wasu membobin Majalisar suka yi don amfani da wannan ikon kundin tsarin mulki don kawar da Amurka daga mummunan yakin Yemen, ya faɗi ne ga mafi girman ikon. Bai kamata bamabamai da makamai masu linzami na fadada akan motocin makaranta, asibitoci, jana'izar mutane, da sauran ayyukan fararen hula marasa lahani a wannan kasar da yaki ya barke. Dalar ta zuba cikin kwandunan Cike. Abin da ya fi muhimmanci kenan. Wannan shi ne abin da ke faruwa.

Ranar hisabi tana zuwa. a koyaushe akwai cikin dangantakar al'ummai. Sunayen tarihin sarakunan duniya an cakuɗe su cikin littattafan tarihi. Daga Rome zuwa Biritaniya, ana yin rikodin su a can. Babu inda aka je, duk da haka, an rubuta cewa duk ɗayansu suna nan tare da mu har yau. Dukansu sun shiga cikin tarin Tarihi.

Don haka nan ba da jimawa ba, nan gaba kadan za mu jagoranta wannan ma'aikatar tare da yaƙe-yaƙe da iyakarta.

Lawrence Wilkerson tsohon hafsan sojan Amurka ne mai ritaya, kuma tsohon shugaban ma’aikata ga Sakataren Harkokin Wajen Amurka Colin Powell.