Stephen Kinzer BOSTON GLOBE - DECEMBER 21, 2018
MAQIYA manufofin harkokin wajen Amurka a asirce ne a matakin koli na gwamnatin Trump. Wannan kadaitaccen mutum a cikin wayo yana ɓoye ra'ayinsa na ɓarna. Ya yi kamar ya amince da zage-zagen da jami'an tsaron kasar suka yi, na bam-kowa-ji-da-jiyar, amma zuciyarsa ba ta cikinsa.
Shin hakan zai iya zama Shugaba Trump da kansa? Sanarwa mai ban mamaki zai yi janye sojojin Amurka daga Siriya ita ce mafi kyawun shawarar manufofin harkokin waje da ya yanke tun lokacin da ya hau kan karagar mulki - hakika, kawai mai kyau ne kawai. Ya saba wa ka'idar geopolitical wacce ita ce bishara a Washington: Duk inda Amurka ta tura sojoji, muna zama har sai mun sami abin da muke so. Da alama Trump ya gane wannan a matsayin girke-girke na yaki na dindindin da kuma mamaya. Ficewar da ya yi daga Siriya na nuni da kasancewarsa mai shakku kan manufofin ketare. Har ila yau, ya sanya shi cikin tawaye a fili kan ra'ayin masu shiga tsakani wanda ya dade da tsara tsarin da Amurka ke bi a duniya.
Trump bai taba boye kyamar yakin kasashen waje ba. "Mu fita daga Afganistan," ya wallafa a shafinsa na Twitter a lokacin yakin neman zabensa. A wata muhawarar shugaban kasa ya yi kuskura ya furta gaskiyar da ba za a iya cewa komai ba cewa mamaye Iraki shi ne "kuskure mafi muni guda daya a tarihin kasar nan." Sa’ad da wani mai yi masa tambayoyi kwanan nan ya tambaye shi game da Gabas ta Tsakiya, ya yi tunani, “Za mu zauna a wannan ɓangaren duniya?” kuma ya ƙarasa da cewa: “Kwatsam ya kai matsayin da ba sai ka tsaya a wurin ba.”
Yanzu, a karon farko, Trump yana mayar da illolin da ke bayan waɗannan kalmomi zuwa aiki. Rundunar sojan da ke kewaye da shi za ta yi gwagwarmaya don tinkarar harin.
Sabuwar manufar da Trump ya yi na kawar da kai kan Syria za ta zama koma baya ga abin da sakataren harkokin wajen Amurka Mike Pompeo da mai baiwa shugaban kasar shawara kan harkokin tsaro John Bolton ke kokarin yi tun bayan fara mulkinsu na hura wuta a bara. "Muna nan har sai an kawar da yankin Khalifanci na ISIS kuma muddun ana ci gaba da fuskantar barazanar Iran a Gabas ta Tsakiya," Bolton ya yi tsawa kwanan nan. Pompeo ya yi alkawarin cewa sojojin Amurka za su tsaya har sai Iran ta janye "dukkan sojojin da ke karkashin ikon Iran a duk fadin Siriya."
A cikin 'yan watannin nan sojojin Amurka sun tsunduma cikin wani gagarumin yunkuri, ba tare da izini daga Majalisa ba, har ma ba a yi muhawara a Washington ba, don karfafa ikon gabashin Syria - yanki da ya ninka girman Massachusetts. Jaridar New Yorker ta ruwaito a watan da ya gabata cewa sojojin Amurka 4,000 a halin yanzu suna aiki daga akalla sansanoni goma sha biyu a yankin, ciki har da filayen saukar jiragen sama guda hudu, kuma "dakarun da Amurka ke marawa baya yanzu suna iko da daukacin kasar Siriya a gabashin Kogin Yufiretis."
Wannan yanki ya kasance wani dandalin da Amurka za ta iya aiwatar da iko a Gabas ta Tsakiya - musamman ma Iran. Don tabbatar da cewa sauran kashi biyu bisa uku na Syria ba su daidaita da ci gaba a karkashin ikon gwamnati, gwamnatin Trump ta sanar da shirin hana wasu kasashe aikewa da taimakon sake gina kasar. James Jeffrey, wakilinmu na musamman a Siriya, ya bayyana cewa Amurka za ta “sa a matsayin kasuwancinmu mu sa rayuwa ta kasance cikin bakin ciki kamar yadda zai yiwu ga wannan mugunyar mulki.”
