Abu ne mai sauki ka kori Kim Jong-un a matsayin mahaukaci. Amma akwai dogon tarihi na zaluncin Amurka akan Arewa, wanda muke mantawa da shi a cikin hadarinmu.
Donald Trump yana cin abincin dare a Mar-a-Lago tare da Firayim Minista Japan Shinzo Abe a watan Fabrairu 11 lokacin da sako ya isa tsakiyar cin abinci, ladabi na Pyongyang: Koriya ta Arewa ta yi gwajin sabon makami mai linzami, mai tsaka-tsaki mai tsaka-tsaki, an kunna wuta daga wayar hannu - sabili da haka wahalar-don ganowa. Shugaban ya cire wayarsa ta wayar "1990s" kuma tattauna wannan taron a gaban sauran mutane da ke zaune a ciki. Daya daga cikin wadannan masu ba da ruwa, Richard DeAgazio, ya kware a shigo da wannan wasan mai kayatarwa, inda ya sanya bayanin mai zuwa a shafin sa na Facebook: “MALAMAN SAUKI !!! Abin ban sha'awa ne ganin yadda abubuwa ke tashi a abincin dare lokacin da labari ya zo cewa Koriya ta Arewa ta harba makami mai linzami a cikin hanyar Japan. ”
A zahiri, wannan makami mai linzami wanda aka yi niyya kai tsaye ne a Mar-a-Lago, a zahiri magana ne. Wannan wani sahihi ne ga tarihi da babu wata hanyar watsa labarai ta Amurka da ta fahimci: "Firayim Minista Shinzo," kamar yadda Trump ya kira shi, shi ne jikan Nobusuke Kishi, tsohon Firayim Minista na Japan wanda Abe ya girmama shi. Amurkawa sun kame Nobusuke a matsayin '' Class A '' da ya faru bayanda mahukunta sun mamaye Duniya bayan yakin duniya na II, kuma ya gudanar da masana'antun masana'antu a Manchuria a cikin 1930s, lokacin da Janar Hideki Tojo yake da fitina a can. Kim Il-sung, wanda jikan Kim Jong-un ma ya girmama, yana yakar Jafan a lokaci guda kuma a wuri guda.
Kamar yadda na rubuto wannan mujallar a watan Janairu 2016, dole ne 'yan Arewa suyi mamakin gano cewa shugabannin Amurka basu taba daukar matakin shigo da tsokanar da suke da su ba. Koda mafi yawan tashin hankali shine rashin yarda Washington na iya bincika tarihin 72-shekara tarihin rikici tare da Arewa; duk kafofin watsa labarunmu suna bayyana suna rayuwa cikin rayuwa ta har abada, tare da kowane sabon rikicin da aka kula da sui generis. Da yake ziyartar Seoul a watan Maris, Sakataren Harakokin wajen Amurka Rex Tillerson ya ba da tabbacin cewa Koriya ta Arewa na da tarihin keta yarjejeniya daya bayan daya; a zahiri, Shugaba Bill Clinton ya samo shi don daskare aikin sarrafa ƙwayoyin plutonium na shekaru takwas (1994 – 2002) kuma, a cikin Oktoba 2000, ya yi aiki kai tsaye don siye duk sikelin makamai masu matsakaici-da-dogon. Har ila yau, Clinton ta rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya tare da Janar Jo Myong-rok inda ta ce daga yanzu, ko wace kasa ba za ta sami "niyya mai kiyayya" ga daya ba.
Gwamnatin Bush ta hanzarta watsi da yarjejeniyar biyu kuma ta tashi don lalata daskarewa na 1994. Daidai lokacin da Bush zai kai hari Iraki ana ganin masifaffen tarihi ne, amma na gaba zai kasance ya sanya Koriya ta Arewa cikin “sharrin” kuma, a watan Satumbar 2002, ta sanar da karantarwar ta "manyanta" wanda aka gabatar a Iraq da Koriya ta Arewa, a cikin wasu. Gaskiya mai sauki ita ce cewa Pyongyang ba zai sami makamin nukiliya ba matukar an ci gaba da yarjejeniyoyin Clinton.
Yanzu ya zo Donald Trump, yana birgima zuwa cikin milkin Beltway inda, a cikin 'yan watannin, aka samu yarjajjeniyar fahimtar juna bisa la'akari da zaton karya cewa duk kokarin da aka yi na baya don sake tsoma baki cikin shirin nukiliyar Arewa ya kasa, don haka yana iya zama lokaci don amfani da karfi-zuwa rushe makamai masu linzami ko kuma ta sama da tsarin mulki. A watan Satumbar da ya gabata, majalisar da ke hulda da kasashen waje ta bayar da rahoto inda ta ce "ya kamata a yi la’akari da" matakan soja da siyasa na siyasa ", wadanda suka hada da wadanda ke barazana ga wanzuwar tsarin [Koriya ta Arewa] kai tsaye." Tillerson ya yi gargadin daukar matakin farko a kan sa Tafiya ta Gabas ta Tsakiya, da wani tsohon jami'in gwamnatin Obama, Antony Blinken, ya rubuta a ciki The New York Times cewa "fifiko" ga gwamnatin Trump ya kamata ta yi aiki tare da China da Koriya ta Kudu don "tabbatar da makamin nukiliya na Arewa" yayin da "canji ya kunshi gwamnatoci." Rashin hankali ne ganin yadda jiragen ruwa da ke zirga-zirga a cikin kasar cikin irin wannan aiki na "bincike da tsaro", amma duk da haka gwamnonin Bush da Obama suna da shirin yin hakan. Har ila yau, Obama ya kwashe shekaru masu yawa yana yakar kungiyar ta'addanci ta yanar gizo, inda yake neman ya hargitsa tare da lalata shirinta na makamai masu linzami. Idan Koriya ta Arewa ta yi mana hakan, da alama za a ɗauki wannan yaƙi.
A Nuwamba 8, 2016, kusan masu jefa kuri'a miliyan 66 don Hillary Clinton sun sami darasi a cikin "yaudarar tarihi." Babban darasi yana jiran Donald Trump, idan ya kai hari Koriya ta Arewa. Yana da sojoji na huɗu mafi girma a duniya, kamar yadda 200,000 ke horar da sojoji na musamman, manyan bindigogi masu fasaha na 10,000 a cikin tsaunukan arewacin Seoul, makamai masu linzami na hannu waɗanda zasu iya buge duk sansanonin sojan Amurka a yankin (akwai daruruwan), da makaman nukiliya makamai fiye da ninki biyu masu ƙarfi kamar bam ɗin Hiroshima (a cewar sabon ƙididdiga a cikin cikakken bayani Times karatu daga David Sanger da William Broad) .Last Oktoba, na kasance a wani taro a Seoul tare da Strobe Talbott, wani tsohon mataimakin sakataren jihohi na Bill Clinton. Kamar kowa, Talbott ya nuna cewa Koriya ta Arewa watakila ita ce babbar matsalar tsaro ga shugaban na gaba. A cikin jawabina, na ambata bayanin Robert McNamara, a cikin mafi kyawun rubuce-rubuce na Errol Morris Farkon Yakin, don cin nasararmu a Vietnam: Ba mu taɓa sanya kanmu cikin takalmin abokan gaba ba kuma mun yi ƙoƙarin ganin duniya kamar yadda suke. Daga nan sai Talbott ya yi biris da cewa, “Tafarki ce ta rikice-rikice! Koriya ta Arewa ita ce kawai ƙasar a duniya da makaman kare-dangi na Amurka suka sake sarrafawa ta hanyar komawa zuwa 1950s, lokacin da aka saka daruruwan nukiliya a Koriya ta Kudu. Na rubuta abubuwa da yawa game da wannan a cikin wadannan shafukan kuma a cikin Bulletin na Atomic Scientists. Me yasa a cikin ƙasa zai Pyongyang ba Neman makaman nukiliya? Amma wannan mahimmancin tushen ba zai shiga cikin jawaban Baƙon Asalin Amurka ba. Tarihi ba shi da wata damuwa, har sai ya kasance - lokacin da ya ɗaga hannu ya murƙushe ku a fuska.
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Bruce Cumings ya koyar a Jami'ar Chicago kuma marubucin Yaƙin Koriya (Gidan Random, 2010).
