Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, January 7, 2020
Charlottesville City Council ya Virginia idavota Lolemba madzulo kuti igwirizane ndi chigamulo chotsutsana ndi nkhondo ya Iran ndikulimbikitsa kuti Congress of Senator Tim Kaine ikhale ndi mwayi. chisankho.
Bungwe la City Council lidatsimikizanso za izi anali atatenga mu 2012 popereka chigamulo chotsutsana ndi nkhondo ya Iran.
Chiwopsezo chaposachedwa chankhondo ku Iran makamaka ndi Trumpian, koma yakhala ikugwira ntchito kwazaka zambiri. Ambiri m'boma la US akufuna kuukira Iran kuyambira 1979, ndipo mwana wa Shah wakhala akuyembekezera nthawi yayitali kuti United States imuyike pampando.
Iran inali pa mndandanda wa zolinga za Pentagon mu 2001. Panali kukakamiza kwakukulu kwa nkhondo ku Iran ku 2007 komwe kunaimitsidwa kwambiri ndi kukakamizidwa kwa anthu. Panalinso kukankhira kwina kwakukulu mu 2015, kotsekedwa ndi mgwirizano wa nyukiliya womwe nthawi zambiri umamveka molakwika kuti unaletsa Iran osati United States.
Tsopano Congress yakana kutsutsa nkhondo ndi ziwopsezo za nkhondo ya nyukiliya, yachotsa National Defense Authorization Act yoletsa nkhondo ku Iran yomwe inali mu House House, yapatsa Trump ndalama zambiri zankhondo kuposa zomwe adapempha - ndi Mamembala ambiri a Congress m'magulu onsewa adadzudzula Trump chifukwa chofooka ku Iran sabata yatha.
Nkhondo yaposachedwa ya Trump ndi yakupha, yosasamala - mwina kuthamangitsa mpikisano womwe Washington sangawalamulire - komanso zodziwikiratu. Ndiwolakwa, kuphwanya malamulo aku Iraq otsutsa kupha ndi nkhondo, kuphwanya Charter ya United Nations, Kellogg-Briand Pact, ndi Constitution ya US.
Kukhazikika kwa kupha komwe kudatipatsa zaka za Obama sikutha bwino ndipo kuyenera kusinthidwa mwachangu. Bungwe la Congress siliyenera kuletsa nkhondoyi mwachindunji komanso mopanda malire, koma liyeneranso kutsutsa izi ndi zolakwa zazikulu zofananira kuposa Russiagate ndi Ukraine.
Iyeneranso kuthetsa zilango ndi chidani ku Iran, kuchotsa asitikali ndikubweza chigawochi kwa zaka 17 zachiwonongeko, kuthetsa kugulitsa zida ku Middle East, ndikudzipereka kutsatira malamulo. Popanda kusintha kotereku, timakhala pachiwopsezo cha tsoka lomwe lingapangitse nkhondo zosatha zomwe zapangitsa kuti ziwoneke ngati zopanda pake.
