By David Swanson, April 16, 2018.
Zaka zisanu zapitazo, Nyumba Yamalamulo yaku Britain idakana kuukira Syria komwe Prime Minister wake akufuna kuti agwirizane ndi Purezidenti wa US poyambitsa. Izi, kuphatikiza ndi kukakamizidwa ndi anthu, zidathandizira kuti Congress ya US inene momveka bwino kuti ikananso, ikadakakamizidwa - mukudziwa - kuvomereza kuti idakhalapo ndikuchita chilichonse. Ndipo chimenecho chinali chinsinsi choletsa kuwukira.
Chifukwa chake, pomwe Prime Minister waku Britain sabata ino adalumikizana ndi Purezidenti waku US poyambitsa nkhondo ngakhale aphungu osiyanasiyana a Nyumba Yamalamulo ndi a Congress akuchenjeza za izi, wina atha kuganiza kuti Prime Minister May akudzilowetsa m'mavuto akulu kuposa Purezidenti Trump. Ayi konse.
Kuletsedwa kwa nkhondo komwe kunapezeka mu Charter ya United Nations ndi Kellogg-Briand Pact kumagwira ntchito chimodzimodzi kwa mayiko onse kupatula ogulitsa zida zazikulu zisanu ndi opanga nkhondo padziko lapansi, ndipo sichoncho kwa aliyense mwa asanuwo chifukwa ali ndi mphamvu zoletsa. chilichonse chomwe UN kapena zodalira zake - kuphatikiza makhothi - amayesa kuchita.
Koma kuphwanya kwa Britain malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi pothandizira kuukira kwa Iraq mu 2003 kwakhala kofunika kwambiri pamalingaliro othandizidwa ndi Mtsogoleri wotsutsa Jeremy Corbyn kuti atsutse Prime Minister wakale Tony Blair. Ndipo kukhalapo kwa malamulo otere kwavomerezedwa ndikukambidwa ku UK kwazaka zambiri. Pamene kukhalapo kwa malamulo otere kunapanga izo theka la sentensi kuchokera ku ACLU sabata ino, mosiyana, chinali chinachake chosowa. Palibe Mamembala a Congress omwe ndikudziwa omwe anenapo za UN Charter kapena Kellogg-Briand Pact kapena kuti nkhondo ndi yoletsedwa mosasamala kanthu za amene ayambitsa.
Ku United States, zokambiranazo zimayendetsedwa ndi mfundo yakuti Constitution ya US imapatsa Congress, osati pulezidenti, mphamvu zopanga nkhondo. Koma sindinapezepo aliyense wokhala ku US yemwe wandiuza kuti ngati US idaphulitsidwa ndi dziko lachilendo, angapereke chithandizo cha makoswe ngati kuukirako kudalamulidwa ndi wamkulu kapena nyumba yamalamulo. Ndipo lingaliro lakuti malamulo omwe amaletsa nkhondo amachotsedwa chifukwa chakuti malamulo akale (ngati opatulika) amatchula za nkhondo amachitidwa chipongwe chifukwa chakuti chiganizo chomwechi chomwe chimapatsa Congress mphamvu ya nkhondo chimapatsanso mphamvu yolemba ntchito achifwamba - omwe a Congress. wavomereza kwa zaka zopitirira zana wakhala woletsedwa, monga momwe kubwereketsa ma proxies ku Syria ndi kwina kumaonedwa ngati kovomerezeka kotheratu.
Nkhaniyi ku United States imatsimikizira anthu kuti Congress yokha ndiyo yomwe ili ndi mphamvu zoletsa nkhondo. Ndipo Congress, inde, ikunena izi kwinaku ikukana kuchitapo kanthu, kuletsa ndalama kapena kuyambitsa kutsutsa kapena kuletsa nkhondo. M'malo mwake Senator Corker ndi kufunsa kuti athetse mavuto onsewa polengeza kuti apurezidenti atha kuchita zomwe achita kuyambira 1941, mwachitsanzo, chilichonse chomwe angafune - ndipo Constitution iyenera kutembereredwa.
Nkhani yocheperako ikukhudzidwa kuti Purezidenti mwina ali ndi memo kuchokera ku Office of Legal Counsel akudziyesa kufotokoza chifukwa chake nkhondo yatsopano kapena kukwera kuli kovomerezeka, ndipo akusunga chinsinsi. Chodetsa nkhawa changa ndi ichi ndikuti nkhawa iliyonse nayo ikuwoneka kuti ikuwonetsa kuti ndizofunikira. Palibe memo yomwe ingavomereze mlandu wovomerezeka, ndipo tiyenera kusiya kunyengerera kuti zitha.
Pakadali pano, ku London, woyimira mtendere wovomerezeka ku Corbyn, m'dziko lomwelo lomwe adayambitsa chiwembu, sakusuntha kuti awononge Prime Minister monga momwe mamembala a Congress adanenera masiku apitawa kuti kuphulitsa bomba ku Syria sikungatheke. M'malo mwake iye kufunsa kukhazikitsa lamulo lamphamvu zankhondo, lamulo lofuna voti kunyumba yamalamulo nkhondo iliyonse isanachitike.
Ngati izo zithetsa nkhondo, ine ndiyenera izo. Kuti Constitution ya US sinagwire ntchito, komanso kuti US War Powers Act ya 1973 sinagwire ntchito, sizitanthauza kuti lamulo la Britain War Powers Act silingathe. Ngati zimagwira ntchito 1% ya nthawi zonse ndizo zabwino. Koma kodi sitiyenera kuganiziranso za kutha kwa nthawi yaitali kwa upandu poda nkhawa kuti ndani adzawalole? Sitiyenera, bola tikupanga zinthu zotere, tiganizirenso chimodzimodzi ku Ludlow Amendment (lingaliro loimitsidwa ndi Purezidenti Franklin Roosevelt lomwe likanafuna voti ndi boma pamaso pa nthambi iliyonse ya boma itayambitsa nkhondo)?
Mosasamala kanthu za nkhawa zanga zonse, nditenga lingaliro la Corbyn la demokalase paufumu wa Corker tsiku lililonse.
Kodi lamulo lingakhale chida choletsa kupha anthu ambiri m'boma? Zikuoneka kuti kusayeruzika ndiko yankho. Koma kodi gawo lonseli likugwirizana bwanji? Kodi chikuwoneka bwanji kuchokera ku lingaliro la awo omwe akulandira mapeto a nkhondo ndi mapangano? Mutuwu udzawunikidwa padziko lonse lapansi msonkhano ku Toronto mwezi wa September kuti ndilimbikitse anthu kupezekapo.
