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Wolemba Paul Keating, Mapale ndi Kukwiya, October 7, 2022
Kukulitsa malire ankhondo a NATO mpaka kumalire omwe kale anali Soviet Union kunali kulakwitsa komwe kungafanane ndi zolakwika zomwe zidalepheretsa Germany kutenga malo ake onse m'machitidwe apadziko lonse kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana lino.
Paul Keating adanena izi zaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu zapitazo mu adilesi yayikulu ku University of New South Wales, 4 September 1997:
"Mwina chifukwa cha kukana kwa mamembala omwe alipo tsopano kuti apite mofulumira kukulitsa umembala wa EU, ndikukhulupirira kulakwitsa kwakukulu kwachitetezo kukuchitika ku Ulaya ndi lingaliro lakukulitsa NATO. Palibe kukayika kuti izi zidawonedwa ndi ena ku Europe ngati njira yofewa kuposa kukulitsa EU.
NATO ndi mgwirizano wa Atlantic adathandizira bwino chitetezo chakumadzulo. Iwo anathandiza kuonetsetsa kuti Cold War potsirizira pake inatha m’njira zochitira zofuna zademokalase. Koma NATO ndiye bungwe lolakwika kuti ligwire ntchito yomwe ikufunsidwa kuti igwire.
Lingaliro lakukulitsa NATO poyitanitsa Poland, Hungary ndi Czech Republic kuti atenge nawo gawo ndikupereka chiyembekezo kwa ena - mwa kuyankhula kwina kusuntha malire ankhondo aku Europe kumalire omwe kale anali Soviet Union - ndikukhulupirira, cholakwika chomwe chingakhale pamapeto pake ndi zolakwika zaukadaulo zomwe zidalepheretsa Germany kutenga malo ake onse m'machitidwe apadziko lonse kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana lino.
Funso lalikulu ku Europe silinakhalenso momwe angakhazikitsire Germany ku Europe - zomwe zapezedwa - koma momwe angaphatikizire Russia m'njira yomwe imateteza kontinenti m'zaka zana zikubwerazi.
Ndipo panalibe zodziwikiratu zakusowa kwa statecraft apa. Anthu aku Russia, motsogozedwa ndi Mikhail Gorbachev, adavomereza kuti East Germany ikhoza kukhalabe mu NATO ngati gawo la Germany yogwirizana. Koma tsopano patatha zaka theka la khumi ndi ziwiri NATO yakwera mpaka kumalire akumadzulo kwa Ukraine. Uthenga uwu ukhoza kuwerengedwa mwa njira imodzi yokha: kuti ngakhale Russia yakhala demokarasi, mu chidziwitso cha kumadzulo kwa Ulaya imakhalabe dziko loti liwonedwe, mdani yemwe angakhalepo.
Mawu omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pofotokozera kukula kwa NATO akhala akudziwika, ndipo zoopsa zake zavomerezedwa. Koma ngakhale mawuwo ali osamala, ngakhale atavala mazenera a Permanent NATO-Russia Joint Council, aliyense amadziwa kuti Russia ndiye chifukwa chakukulira kwa NATO.
Chisankhocho ndi chowopsa pazifukwa zingapo. Zidzalimbikitsa kusatetezeka ku Russia ndikulimbitsa malingaliro aku Russia, kuphatikiza okonda dziko lawo komanso omwe kale anali achikomyunizimu ku nyumba yamalamulo, omwe amatsutsana ndi kugwirizana kwathunthu ndi azungu. Zipangitsa mwayi wobwezeretsanso maulalo ankhondo pakati pa Russia ndi zina zomwe zidadalira kale. Zidzapangitsa kuwongolera zida, ndipo makamaka kuwongolera zida za nyukiliya, kukhala kovuta kukwaniritsa.
Ndipo kukulitsa kwa NATO sikuthandiza kwambiri kulimbikitsa ma demokalase atsopano akum'mawa kwa Europe kuposa kukulitsa EU. "
