Ndi David Swanson
Kuwerenga buku latsopano la Nick Turse, Nkhondo ya Mawa: Nkhondo za US Proxy ndi Secret Ops ku Africa, imadzutsa funso loti ngati moyo wa anthu akuda ku Africa ndi nkhani kwa asitikali aku US monga momwe moyo wakuda ku United States umakhudzira apolisi posachedwapa ophunzitsidwa ndi zida zankhondo.
A Turse amafufuza nthano yomwe idakalipobe yokhudza kukula kwa asitikali aku US ku Africa pazaka 14 zapitazi, makamaka zaka 6 zapitazi. Asilikali zikwi zisanu mpaka zisanu ndi zitatu zaku US kuphatikiza asitikali aku US akuphunzitsa, kupatsa zida, kumenya nkhondo limodzi ndi asitikali aku Africa ndi zigawenga pafupifupi mayiko onse mu Africa. Njira zazikulu zakumtunda ndi zam'madzi zobweretsa zida zankhondo zaku US, ndi ma accouterments onse okhala ndi asitikali aku US, akhazikitsidwa kuti apewe kukayikira komwe kumachitika chifukwa chomanga ndi kukonza ma eyapoti. Ndipo komabe, asitikali aku US apeza mapangano akomweko kuti agwiritse ntchito ma eyapoti 29 apadziko lonse lapansi ndipo adayamba kugwira ntchito yomanga ndi kukonza mayendedwe angapo.
Asitikali aku US aku Africa akuphatikiza ziwopsezo za ndege ndi kuwukira kwa commando ku Libya; maulendo a "black ops" ndi kupha anthu oyendetsa ndege ku Somalia; nkhondo ya proxy ku Mali; zochita zachinsinsi ku Chad; ntchito zotsutsana ndi piracy zomwe zimabweretsa kuwonjezeka kwa piracy ku Gulf of Guinea; ntchito zamtundu uliwonse za drone zochokera ku Djibouti, Ethiopia, Niger, ndi Seychelles; ntchito "zapadera" zochokera ku Central African Republic, South Sudan, ndi Democratic Republic of Congo; CIA ikuvutitsa ku Somalia; pa khumi ndi awiri olowa olowa ntchito chaka; kutenga zida ndi kuphunzitsa asilikali m’madera monga Uganda, Burundi, ndi Kenya; ntchito ya "ntchito zapadera" ku Burkina Faso; kumanga maziko omwe cholinga chake ndikuthandizira "kuwonjezeka" kwa asilikali; magulu ankhondo a azondi a mercenary; Kukula kwa gulu lankhondo lakunja la France ku Djibouti komanso kupanga nkhondo limodzi ndi France ku Mali (Turse iyenera kukumbutsidwa za kulanda kwina kodabwitsa kwa US ku chitsamunda cha ku France komwe kumadziwika kuti nkhondo ya Vietnam).
AFRICOM (Africa Command) kwenikweni ili ku Germany ndipo ikukonzekera kukhazikitsidwa ku malo akuluakulu a US omwe anamangidwa ku Vicenza, Italy, motsutsana ndi chifuniro cha Vicentini. Magawo ofunikira a kapangidwe ka AFRICOM ali ku Sigonella, Sicily; Rota, Spain; Aruba; ndi Souda Bay, Greece - magulu onse ankhondo aku US.
Zochita zaposachedwa zankhondo zaku US ku Africa ndizochita zachete zomwe zimakhala ndi mwayi wobweretsa chipwirikiti chokwanira kuti chigwiritsidwe ntchito ngati zifukwa za "kulowererapo" kwapagulu m'tsogolomu mwankhondo zazikulu zomwe zidzagulitsidwa popanda kutchula zomwe zidayambitsa. Tsogolo lodziwika bwino lamphamvu zoyipa zomwe tsiku lina zitha kuwopseza nyumba za US ndi ziwopsezo zosamveka koma zowopsa zachisilamu ndi ziwanda mu "nkhani" za US zikukambidwa m'buku la Turse tsopano ndipo zikuwuka tsopano poyankha zankhondo zomwe sizimakambidwa kawirikawiri m'manyuzipepala aku US.
Bungwe la AFRICOM likupita patsogolo mobisa mobisa mmene lingathere, poyesa kusunga chinyengo cha “ogwirizana” ndi maboma ang’onoang’ono, komanso kupeŵa kupendedwa ndi dziko. Chifukwa chake, sichinayitanidwe ndi zofuna za anthu. Sikukwera kuti mupewe zoopsa zina. Sipanakhale kutsutsana pagulu kapena chigamulo cha anthu aku US. Nanga ndichifukwa chiyani United States ikusuntha nkhondo yaku US ku Africa?
Mtsogoleri wa bungwe la AFRICOM General Carter Ham akufotokoza za nkhondo ya US ku Africa monga yankho ku mavuto omwe angawapange mtsogolo: "Chofunika kwambiri kwa asilikali a United States ndikuteteza zofuna za America, America, ndi America [mwachiwonekere chinthu china osati ku America. Achimerika]; kwa ife, kwa ine, kutiteteza ku ziwopsezo zomwe zingabwere kuchokera ku Africa. Atafunsidwa kuti adziwe zoopsa zoterezi zomwe zilipo panopa, AFRICOM sangathe kutero, akuvutika m'malo mwake kuti ayese kuti zigawenga za ku Africa ndi mbali ya al Qaeda chifukwa Osama bin Laden adawayamikira kamodzi. Panthawi ya ntchito za AFRICOM, ziwawa zakhala zikuchulukirachulukira, magulu a zigawenga akuchulukirachulukira, uchigawenga ukukwera, ndipo mayiko olephera akuchulukana - osati mwangozi.
Kutchulidwa kwa "zokonda zaku America" kungakhale chidziwitso chazolimbikitsa zenizeni. Mawu akuti “phindu” mwina sanatchulidwe mwangozi. Mulimonsemo, zolinga zomwe zanenedwa sizikuyenda bwino.
Nkhondo ya 2011 ku Libya idayambitsa nkhondo ku Mali komanso chipwirikiti ku Libya. Ndipo ntchito zaboma zocheperako zakhala zowopsa. Nkhondo yothandizidwa ndi US ku Mali idayambitsa ziwawa ku Algeria, Niger, ndi Libya. Yankho la US ku ziwawa zazikulu ku Libya zakhala ziwawa zambiri. Kazembe wa US ku Tunisia adawukiridwa ndikuwotchedwa. Asilikali aku Congo ophunzitsidwa ndi dziko la United States agwiririra amayi ndi atsikana ambiri, zomwe zikufanana ndi nkhanza zomwe zidachitika ndi asitikali aku Ethiopia ophunzitsidwa ndi US. Ku Nigeria, Boko Haram yawuka. Dziko la Central African Republic lachita chiwembu. Chigawo cha Great Lakes chawona ziwawa zikukula. South Sudan, yomwe United States idathandizira kupanga, yagwa munkhondo yapachiweniweni komanso tsoka lachiwembu. Ndi zina zotero. Izi sizatsopano. Udindo wa US pakuyambitsa nkhondo zazitali ku Congo, Sudan, ndi kwina kulikonse ku Africa "pivot" yapano. Mayiko aku Africa, monga mayiko ena padziko lapansi, amakonda kukhulupirira United States ndiyomwe ikuwopseza kwambiri mtendere padziko lapansi.
Malipoti a Turse ati m'neneri wa AFRICOM a Benjamin Benson ankakonda kunena kuti Gulf of Guinea ndiye yokhayo yomwe yapambana, mpaka kutero kunakhala kosatheka kotero kuti anayamba kunena kuti sanachitepo. Turse akunenanso kuti ngozi ya Benghazi, mosiyana ndi zomwe wamba anganene, idakhala maziko owonjezeranso zankhondo zaku US ku Africa. Ngati china chake sichikuyenda, yesani zambiri! A Greg Wilderman, woyang'anira Ntchito Yomanga Zankhondo ku Naval Facilities Engineering Command, "Tikhala ku Africa kwakanthawi. Pali zambiri zoti tichite kumeneko. ”
Winawake wandiuza posachedwa kuti China idawopseza kuti idula phindu la bilionea waku US Sheldon Adelson kuchokera ku kasino ku China ngati apitiliza kupereka ndalama mamembala a Congress omwe amaumirira kuti apite kunkhondo ndi Iran. Zomwe akuti zidapangitsa izi ndikuti China ikhoza kugula bwino mafuta ku Iran ngati Iran siili pankhondo. Zoona kapena ayi, izi zikugwirizana ndi kufotokozera kwa Turse za njira ya China ku Africa. US imadalira kwambiri kupanga nkhondo. China imadalira kwambiri thandizo ndi ndalama. US imapanga dziko lomwe liyenera kugwa (South Sudan) ndipo China imagula mafuta ake. Izi zikudzutsa funso lochititsa chidwi: Chifukwa chiyani dziko la United States silingachoke padziko lapansi mwamtendere ndipo, monga China, limadzipanga kukhala lolandirika kudzera mu chithandizo ndi thandizo, komabe, monga China, kugula mafuta oyaka mafuta omwe angawononge moyo. padziko lapansi mwa njira zina osati nkhondo?
Funso lina lofunika kwambiri lomwe boma la Obama likuchita polimbana ndi zigawenga ku Africa, ndikuti: Kodi mungaganizire kugawika kwa makutu kwanthawi zonse kwaukali komwe mzungu waku Republican adachita izi?
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