Los ntawm Medea Benjamin thiab Ann Wright, Xya hli 14, 2019
Thawj Tswj Hwm Trump cov lus hais rau Pentagon kom muaj cov cua tshuab ua rog ntawm Washington, DC thaum Lub Xya Hli 4 tau qhia txog keeb kwm ntawm Amelikas txoj kev sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau ob lub xyoos dhau los, thiab pom tias nws yuav tshwm sim hauv lub ceeb tsheej ntawm Iran yog tias Yauhas Bolton tau txais nws txoj kev.
Lub dav hlau tiv thaiv uas che cheem los ntawm Trump cov neeg txhawb nqa thaum lawv ya tsawg dua ntawm cov monuments hauv lub teb chaws lub peev tsis tau cheered los ntawm cov neeg hauv Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen thiab Palestine tib hom dav hlau ya hla lawv lub tsev Terrifying thiab tua lawv cov menyuam thiab ua kev puas tsuaj rau lawv lub neej.
Hla cov teb chaws, Cua Dag Zog Yuam B-2 Ntsuj Plig, Cua Dag Zog Yuam F-22 Raptor, Tub Rog F-35C sib koom tes ntaus phom thiab F / A-18 Hornet stealth fighters thiab bombers ya li siab lawv tsis pom lossis hnov-txog thaum lub loj heev explosion los ntawm lawv 500- rau 2,000-pound cov foob pob thiab ntaus tawm txhua yam thiab txhua tus neeg hauv lawv lub vojvoog. Lub tawg tawg ntawm lub 2,000-pound lub foob pob yog 82 taw, tab sis qhov fragmentation lethal reaches 1,200 taw. Hauv 2017, Trump cov thawj coj tau poob qis tshaj plaws hauv lub tshuab foob pob zeb loj hauv nws cov khoom muag, 21,000 phaus "Niam ntawm tag nrho cov foob pob," nyob rau ib lub qhov cave qhov av hauv Afghanistan.
Thaum cov neeg Mis Kas feem ntau tau hnov qab lawm peb tseem ua tsov rog nyob rau hauv Afghanistan, Trump cov thawj coj "Eased" cov cai ntawm kev sib koom tes, tso cai rau cov tub rog kom poob ntau qhov foob pob nyob rau xyoo 2018 dua li lwm xyoo txij li tsov rog tau pib xyoo 2001. Lub 7,632 pob tawg los ntawm American aircraft nyob rau hauv 2018 ua neeg US cov cuab yeej ua tsov rog nplua nuj, tab sis ntaus 1,015 Afghan civilians.
Cov tub rog tau tsim los ntawm Apache helicopters, muaj kev lom zem heev rau lub Xya hli ntuj 4, tau siv los ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov tub rog los tua cov tsev thiab tsheb uas muaj cov neeg nyob hauv Afghanistan thiab Iraq. Cov tub rog Israeli siv lawv tua Palestinian civilians nyob rau hauv Gaza thiab Saudi tub rog tau tua cov me nyuam nyob rau hauv Yemen nrog cov tuag machine.
Cov billions ntawm tus nqi ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov dav hlau thiab cov foob pob zeb muag rau Saudi Arabia muaj nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv profits rau riam phom lag luam xws li Raytheon thiab Lockheed Martin. Tab sis lawv tau tua Yemeni cov pej xeem txij thaum huab cua ua rog pib hauv 2015, tua tib neeg hauv kev lag luam, kev ua tshoob kos, kev lom zem, thiab 40 cov me nyuam thaum caij ntuj sov tawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv lub tsheb npav. Radhya al-Mutawakel, chairwoman ntawm Yemeni tib neeg txoj cai lub koom haum Mwatana, hais tias Tebchaws Asmeskas muaj kev cai lij choj thiab kev ncaj ncees rau kev muag khoom rau lub koom haum Saudi-led. "Yameni civilians tuag txhua hnub vim qhov kev ua tsov ua rog thiab koj (Amelikas) tabtom ua txoj kev tsov rog no. Nws yog kev txaj muag tias nyiaj txiag txaus siab muaj nqis tshaj cov ntshav ntawm cov neeg dawb huv. "
Ib lub tsheb muaj npe loj tuag uas tsis tau ya saum Washington yog Asmeskas tus neeg tua phom drone. Tej zaum nws yog qhov txaus ntshai heev rau lub tsheb tsis muaj lub dav hlau (UAV) tau ya mus ze rau Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas thiab ib pawg neeg ntawm cov neeg Amelikas nrog nws cov keeb kwm ntawm ntau qhov kev sib tsoo thiab kev txawj ntse tsis ua haujlwm uas tau ua rau ntau pua tus neeg ntawm cov neeg tsis raug txim tuag nyob rau Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen thiab Iraq.
John Bolton, leej twg muaj pob ntseg ntawm tus thawj tswj hwm txhua txhua hnub, wrote nyob rau hauv ib qho kev op-ed nyob rau hauv 2015 hais tias nyob rau hauv thiaj li txwv Iran los ntawm tau txais ib tug nuclear riam phom, lub US yuav tsum foob Iran. Tam sim no hais tias nws tau geared Iran mus rau hauv stepping li nws kev txhawb nqa ntawm uranium raws li ib tug tshwm sim ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas reneging nyob rau hauv lub nuclear deal thiab European signatories khi tawm lawv cov dej num nyob rau hauv qhov kev pom zoo, Bolton yog khaus pib lub pob. Li no Bibi Netanyahu thiab Mohammad Bin Salman. Ob cov neeg Ixayees thiab Saudi Arabia tau sim tau ntau xyoo rau luag ua rau Teb Chaws Asmeskas mus ua rog nrog Iran. Cov phooj ywg nyob rau hauv cov humanitarian thiab thoj nam tawg rog hauv tebchaws Middle East qhia peb tias kev ua tsov ua rog tab tom npaj thiab tab tom npaj rau nws txoj kev tsaus ntuj nyob thoob plaws hauv thaj av.
Nrog rau Asmeskas tsoomfwv thiab cov tub rog ua tsov rog rov qab rau cov ntshav nyob hauv Iran, Trump qhov kev txiav txim siab rau Amelikas thaj av phom sij yuav tsum tau txais kev txhawb zog los ntawm cov neeg ua tsov rog hauv kev tswj hwm thiab Congress, thiab lawv cov phooj ywg nyob rau hauv kev lag luam kev lag luam. Tab sis rau cov neeg uas xav kom muaj kev sib haum xeeb rau cov kev sib haum xeeb thoob ntiaj teb, Lub Plaub Hlis Ntuj ntawm lub Xya hli ntuj yog qhov kev ceeb toom ntawm kev puas tsuaj ntawm cov thawj coj ntawm cov thawj coj ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog thiab cov kev ntshai uas yav tom ntej yuav los nag rau cov neeg ntawm Iran yog Yauhas Bolton tau txais nws txoj kev.
Medea Benjamin yog tus sib koom tsim ntawm CODEPINK: Cov Poj Niam rau Kev Thaj Yeeb thiab tus sau ntau phau ntawv suav nrog "Sab Hauv Iran," "Lub Tebchaws tsis Ncaj Ncees: Saudia Arabia" thiab "Tua los ntawm Chaw Taws Teeb Tswj-Drones."
Ann Wright yog ib tug tub rog qub txeeg qub teg qub tub rog Asmeskas tub rog thiab ib tus neeg Asmeskas qub txeeg qub teg uas tawm hauv 2003 hauv kev tawm tsam Bush qhov kev ua tsov ua rog ntawm Iraq. Nws yog tus sau nqi ntawm "Kev Ntseeg: Cov Voices ntawm Conscience."
