Los ntawm Medea Benjamin thiab Nicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, Peb Hlis 4, 2021
Diam duab credit: Qhov cuam tshuam: US-coalition airstrike - Mosul, Iraq thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 7, 2016
Lub Ob Hlis 25, Thawj Tswj Hwm Biden hais kom US cov tub rog huab cua tso xya 500-phaus foob pob rau Iraqi tub rog hauv Syria, tshaj tawm tias tua 22 tus neeg. Tebchaws Asmeskas kev tawm tsam huab cua tau kwv yees ua tsis tiav los tiv thaiv foob pob hluav taws rau ntawm qhov tsis muaj npe nrov hauv Asmeskas hauv Iraq, uas Iraqi National Assembly tau dhau los. kev daws teeb meem kaw tshaj ib xyoo dhau los.
Cov xov xwm sab hnub poob tau tshaj tawm Asmeskas kev tawm tsam huab cua raws li qhov xwm txheej tshwj xeeb thiab tshwj xeeb, thiab tau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev los ntawm Asmeskas pej xeem, Congress thiab lub ntiaj teb cov zej zog, rau txim rau qhov kev tawm tsam ua txhaum cai thiab muaj kev txaus ntshai ntawm lwm qhov teeb meem Middle East.
Tab sis tsis paub txog ntau tus neeg Asmeskas, Asmeskas tub rog thiab nws cov phooj ywg tau koom nrog kev foob pob thiab tua neeg hauv lwm lub tebchaws txhua hnub. Tebchaws Asmeskas thiab nws cov phoojywg tau tso ntau dua 326,000 lub foob pob thiab foob pob hluav taws rau cov neeg hauv lwm lub tebchaws txij li xyoo 2001 (saib cov lus hauv qab no), suav nrog ntau dua 152,000 hauv Iraq thiab Syria.
Qhov ntawd yog qhov nruab nrab ntawm 46 lub foob pob thiab foob pob hluav taws hauv ib hnub, hnub hauv hnub tawm, xyoo tawm, rau ze li 20 xyoo. Xyoo 2019, xyoo tas los uas peb muaj cov ntaub ntawv tiav, qhov nruab nrab yog 42 lub foob pob thiab foob pob hluav taws hauv ib hnub, suav nrog 20 ib hnub hauv Afghanistan ib leeg.
Yog li, yog tias xya 500-phaus foob pob tsuas yog foob pob Asmeskas thiab nws cov phooj ywg poob rau lub Ob Hlis 25th, nws yuav yog ib hnub nyob ntsiag to rau Asmeskas thiab cov tub rog huab cua, thiab rau lawv cov yeeb ncuab thiab cov neeg raug tsim txom hauv av, piv rau ib hnub nruab nrab hauv 2019 lossis feem ntau ntawm 20 xyoo dhau los. Ntawm qhov tod tes, yog tias tsis muaj kev tawm tsam hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas huab cua rau cov teb chaws thoob plaws hauv Greater Middle East thaum kawg tau pib txo qis xyoo dhau los, qhov kev foob pob no yuav yog qhov txawv txav hauv kev ua phem. Tab sis leej twg ntawm cov no yog nws, thiab peb yuav paub li cas?
Peb tsis paub, vim peb tsoom fwv tsis xav kom peb ua. Los ntawm Lub ib hlis ntuj 2004 kom txog rau thaum Lub ob hlis ntuj 2020, Asmeskas cov tub rog tau taug qab txog pes tsawg lub foob pob thiab foob pob hluav taws uas nws poob rau Afghanistan, Iraq thiab Syria, thiab luam tawm cov nuj nqis li niaj zaus, txhua hli. Airpower xaus, uas tau yooj yim muaj rau cov neeg sau xov xwm thiab cov pej xeem. Tab sis thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2020, Trump cov thawj coj tau nres sai sai rau kev tshaj tawm US Airpower Summaries, thiab Biden cov thawj coj txog tam sim no tseem tsis tau luam tawm ib qho twg.
Raws li nrog rau tib neeg kev raug mob thiab kev puas tsuaj loj uas ntau pua txhiab qhov kev tawm tsam no ua rau, Asmeskas thiab thoob ntiaj teb xov xwm tsuas yog tshaj tawm txog ib feem me me ntawm lawv. Yog tsis muaj cov ntsiab lus ntawm US Airpower Summaries, cov ntaub ntawv dav dav ntawm airstrikes hauv lwm thaj chaw ua tsov rog thiab loj kev tshawb fawb txog kev tuag nyob rau hauv cov teb chaws koom nrog, cov pej xeem Asmeskas thiab lub ntiaj teb no yuav luag tag nrho nyob rau hauv qhov tsaus ntuj txog kev tuag thiab kev puas tsuaj peb lub teb chaws cov thawj coj pheej wreaking nyob rau hauv peb lub npe. Qhov ploj ntawm Airpower Summaries tau ua rau nws tsis tuaj yeem tau txais daim duab meej ntawm qhov ntsuas tam sim no ntawm US airstrikes.
Nov yog cov ntaub ntawv tshiab ntawm Asmeskas thiab cov tub rog sib ntaus sib tua, txij li xyoo 2001 txog rau tam sim no, qhia txog qhov tsis pub leej twg paub uas lawv tau tawg sai sai rau xyoo dhau los:
Cov duab no yog raws li US Airpower xaus rau Afghanistan, Iraq, thiab Syria; Lub Bureau of Investigative Journalism txoj kev suav drone ntaus nyob rau hauv Pakistan, Somalia thiab Yemen; qhov Yemen Cov Ntaub Ntawv Qhia Txog's suav ntawm Saudi-coj airstrikes hauv Yemen; New America Foundation's database of txawv teb chaws airstrikes hauv Libya; thiab lwm yam ntawv txheeb cais. Cov nuj nqis rau 2021 tsuas yog txog Lub Ib Hlis.
Muaj ntau pawg ntawm airstrikes uas tsis suav nrog hauv cov lus no, txhais tau hais tias cov lej tseeb ntawm airstrikes yeej siab dua. Cov no suav nrog:
- Helicopter strikes: Tub Rog Sijhawm luam tawm ib tsab xov xwm nyob rau lub Ob Hlis 2017 lub npe, "Cov tub rog Asmeskas cov ntaub ntawv ntawm kev tua phom tua tsis yog lawm. Ntau txhiab tau mus tsis tau tshaj tawm. " Lub pas dej loj tshaj plaws ntawm airstrikes tsis suav nrog US Airpower Summaries yog kev tawm tsam los ntawm kev tawm tsam helicopters. Cov tub rog Asmeskas tau hais rau cov kws sau ntawv tias nws lub nyoob hoom qav taub tau ua 456 txwv tsis pub tshaj tawm kev tawm tsam hauv Afghanistan xyoo 2016. Cov kws sau ntawv tau piav qhia tias qhov tsis tshaj tawm txog kev tawm tsam nyoob hoom qav taub tau ua raws li kev ua tsov rog tom qab 9/11, thiab lawv tseem tsis tau paub tias muaj pes tsawg tus. missiles tiag tiag tau raug rho tawm haujlwm hauv 456 qhov kev tawm tsam hauv Afghanistan hauv ib xyoos lawv tau tshawb xyuas.
- AC-130 gunships: Lub airstrike uas puas tus kws kho mob tsis muaj ciam teb tsev kho mob hauv Kunduz, Afghanistan xyoo 2015 tsis tau ua nrog foob pob lossis foob pob, tab sis los ntawm Lockheed-Boeing AC-130 phom. Cov cav tov ntawm kev puas tsuaj loj, feem ntau yog tswj los ntawm US Air Force tshwj xeeb ua haujlwm rog, yog tsim los ua lub voj voog lub hom phiaj rau hauv av, nchuav cov plhaub casitzer thiab cov phom tua hluav taws rau hauv nws, feem ntau kom txog thaum nws puas tsuaj tag. Tebchaws Asmeskas tau siv AC-130s hauv Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, thiab Syria.
- Strafing khiav: US Airpower Summaries rau 2004-2007 suav nrog ib qho kev ceeb toom tias lawv qhov suav ntawm "kev tawm tsam nrog cov foob pob tawg ... tsis suav nrog 20mm thiab 30mm cannon lossis foob pob ua ntxaij." Tab sis lub 30 hli cannons ntawm A-10 Warthogs thiab lwm lub dav hlau tawm tsam hauv av yog cov riam phom muaj zog, uas yog tsim los rhuav tshem Soviet tso tsheb hlau luam. A-10s hluav taws 65 depleted uranium shells ib ob los pam ib cheeb tsam nrog tua hluav taws thiab indiscriminate, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis suav hais tias yog ib tug "riam phom tso" nyob rau hauv US Airpower Summaries.
- "Kev tawm tsam kev tawm tsam" thiab "kev tawm tsam kev ua phem" ua haujlwm hauv lwm qhov hauv ntiaj teb. Tebchaws Asmeskas tau tsim kev sib koom ua tub rog nrog 11 lub tebchaws Africa sab hnub poob hauv xyoo 2005, thiab tam sim no muaj lub hauv paus drone hauv Niger, tab sis peb tsis tau pom cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas thiab cov phooj ywg huab cua tawm tsam hauv cheeb tsam ntawd, lossis hauv Philippines, Latin America lossis lwm qhov. .
Nws yog qhov tseeb tsis muaj qhov xwm txheej uas Trump tau tso tseg tsis tshaj tawm Airpower Summaries tam sim ntawd tom qab Lub Ob Hlis 2020 US tshem tawm daim ntawv cog lus nrog cov Taliban, txhawb qhov kev xav tsis tseeb tias kev ua tsov rog hauv Afghanistan tau dhau mus. Qhov tseeb, US kev foob pob rov pib dua tsuas yog tom qab 11-hnub nres.
Raws li peb cov lus qhia, 2018 thiab 2019 yog cov ntaub ntawv rov qab-rau-rov qab xyoo rau US airstrikes hauv Afghanistan. Tab sis li cas txog 2020? Yog tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv raug cai, peb tsis paub tias qhov kev pom zoo tshem tawm tau ua rau muaj kev txo qis hauv huab cua los yog tsis.
Thawj Tswj Hwm Biden tau dag ntxias siv kev tawm tsam hauv Syria raws li "kev siv zog" nrog Iran, tsis yog tsuas yog rov koom nrog Iran daim ntawv cog lus nuclear raws li nws tau cog lus thaum lub sijhawm xaiv tsa. Biden kuj tseem taug qab nyob rau hauv Trump cov kauj ruam los ntawm kev thaiv US airstrikes nyob rau hauv qhov tsis pub leejtwg paub uas Trump tau siv los ua rau nws tsis ua tiav rau "kev ua tsov rog tsis kawg."
Nws yog qhov ua tau tag nrho tias qhov kev tshaj tawm tshaj tawm Lub Ob Hlis 25th airstrikes, zoo li Trump lub Plaub Hlis 2017 missile ntaus rau Syria, yog ib qho kev hloov los ntawm hnyav dua, tab sis feem ntau tsis tau tshaj tawm, Asmeskas kev foob pob twb tau ua nyob rau lwm qhov, hauv qhov xwm txheej ntawd. kev puas tsuaj txaus ntshai ntawm Mosul, Iraq lub qub nroog thib ob.
Tib txoj kev uas Biden tuaj yeem ua kom cov pej xeem Asmeskas rov hais dua tias nws tsis siv Trump lub phab ntsa ntawm kev zais cia txuas ntxiv rau Asmeskas kev ua tsov rog loj heev, tshwj xeeb hauv Afghanistan, yog kom xaus qhov kev zais tsis pub leej twg paub tam sim no, thiab rov pib tshaj tawm cov ntawv sau tiav thiab raug US Airpower Summaries.
Thawj Tswj Hwm Biden tsis tuaj yeem thim rov qab lub ntiaj teb kev hwm rau Asmeskas kev coj noj coj ua, lossis Asmeskas cov pej xeem kev txhawb nqa rau peb txoj cai txawv tebchaws, los ntawm kev dag ntau dua, zais zais thiab kev ua phem rau saum cov uas nws tau txais qub txeeg qub teg. Yog tias nws pheej sim ua li ntawd, nws yuav pom tau tias nws tus kheej ua raws li Trump cov kauj ruam hauv lwm txoj kev: raws li qhov ua tsis tiav, ib lub sijhawm tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm kev puas tsuaj thiab poob zog.
Medea Benjamin yog tus tsim ntawm CODEPINK rau Kev Thaj Yeeb, thiab sau ntau phau ntawv, suav nrog Sab Hauv Iran: Keeb Kwm Tiag thiab Txoj Cai ntawm Islamic koom pheej ntawm Iran.
Nicolas JS Davies yog tus kws sau ntawv ywj pheej thiab tus kws tshawb fawb nrog CODEPINK, thiab tus sau Ntshav Ntawm Peb Tes: Asmeskas Kev Tawm Tsam thiab Kev Puas Tsuaj ntawm Iraq.
