Ndi Medea Benjamin ndi Ann Wright, July 14, 2019
Lamulo la Pulezidenti Trump ku Pentagon kuti likhale ndi ndege zankhondo ku Washington, DC pa July 4 linapereka phunziro la mbiriyakale ya nkhondo ya America pazaka makumi awiri zapitazo, ndi kuona koopsa kwa zomwe zimawonekera kumwamba kwa Iran ngati John Bolton akupita.
Ndege zomenyera nkhondo zomwe zidasangalatsidwa ndi omutsatira a Trump pomwe zimauluka pansi pazipilala zomwe zili likulu la dzikolo sizinasangalatsidwe ndi anthu aku Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen ndi Palestine momwe ndege zomwezo zikuuluka pamwamba pa nyumba zawo -Kuwopseza ndikupha ana awo ndikuwononga miyoyo yawo.
Pa maiko amenewo, Air Force B-2 Mzimu, Air Force F-22 Raptor, Asitikali ankhondo F-35C Wogonjetsa Mgwirizano Wonse ndi F / A-18 Hornet Odzimenya ndi mabomba akuwombera kwambiri omwe samawoneka kapena kumva-mpaka kutuluka kwa mabomba awo a 500- kufika ku 2,000-mapaundi ndikuphwanya chirichonse ndi aliyense pamalo awo. The kuphulika kwapafupi pa bomba la 2,000-mapaundi ndi 82 mapazi, koma kugawikana koopsa kumafika pa 1,200 mapazi. Mu 2017, kayendetsedwe ka Trump anagonjetsa mabomba omwe siali nyukiliya m'zinthu zake, pulogalamu ya 21,000 "Mayi wa mabomba onse," pamphepete mwa phanga ku Afghanistan.
Ngakhale kuti ambiri a ku America amaiwala kuti tidakali nkhondo ku Afghanistan, ntchito ya Trump "Amachepetsa" malamulo achitetezo, olola asitikali kuponya mabomba ambiri mu 2018 kuposa chaka china chilichonse kuyambira nkhondo itayamba mu 2001. Mabomba 7,632 adagwa Ndege za America mu 2018 anapanga zida zankhondo zaku US, koma anagunda Anthu a 1,015 a Afghanistani.
Nkhondo ya Boeing yomwe imamenyana ndi Apache ndege zamakono, yomwe imakondweretsa anthu ambiri pa July 4, yagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi asilikali a US kuti awononge nyumba ndi magalimoto odzaza ndi anthu a ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq. Asilikali a Israeli akuwagwiritsa ntchito kupha asilikali a Palestina ku Gaza ndipo asilikali a Saudi apha ana ku Yemen ndi makina awa akufa.
Mabomba okwana madola mabiliyoni ambiri a ku United States omwe amagulitsidwa ku Saudi Arabia adapeza phindu lapadera kwa opanga zida monga Raytheon ndi Lockheed Martin. Koma adanyoza anthu a ku Yemeni kuyambira nkhondo ya mlengalenga inayamba ku 2015, kupha anthu m'misika, maukwati, maliro, ndi ana a 40 panthawi yozizira ku sukulu ya sukulu. Radhya al-Mutawakel, chairwoman wa bungwe la ufulu wa anthu wa Yemeni Mwatana, limati US akukhala ndi malamulo ndi malamulo okhudza kugulitsa zida ku bungwe lotsogolera la Saudi. "Anthu a ku Yemen akufa tsiku ndi tsiku chifukwa cha nkhondoyi ndipo inu (America) mukutsutsa nkhondoyi. Ndizochititsa manyazi kuti zofuna zachuma zili zopindulitsa kuposa magazi a anthu osalakwa. "
Galimoto yodziwika bwino yakufa yomwe sinayende pamwamba pa Washington inali yaku America yakupha drone. Mwina zinali zowopsa kuti galimoto yopanda ndege (UAV) iziyandikira pafupi ndi Purezidenti wa United States ndi unyinji wa nzika zaku America ndi mbiri yake ya ngozi zingapo zosamvetsetseka komanso zolephera zanzeru zomwe zapha anthu mazana osalakwa ku Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen ndi Iraq.
John Bolton, yemwe ali ndi khutu la purezidenti tsiku lirilonse, inalembedwa mwapadera mu 2015 akunena kuti pofuna kuimitsa Iran kuti asapange chida cha nyukiliya, US iyenera kupha Iran. Tsopano kuti adakakamiza Iran kuti ayambe kukonzanso uranium chifukwa cha kubwezeretsa kwa nyukiliya ku United States komanso olemba zida za ku Ulaya akunyalanyaza maudindo awo, Bolton akuyambitsa kuyambitsa mabomba. Momwemonso ndi Bibi Netanyahu ndi Mohammad bin Salman. Onse Israeli ndi Arabia Saudi akhala akuyesera kwa zaka kuti akoke US ku nkhondo ndi Iran. Anzathu omwe akuthandiza anthu othawa kwawo ku Middle East akutiuza kuti nkhondo ikubwera ndipo ikukonzekera zotsatira zake zamasiku onse m'madera onsewa.
Ndi agalu a ku America ndi azinyamula za nkhondo akulira mofuula chifukwa cha magazi ku Iran, chisankho cha Trump chosonyeza kuti ndege za ku America zikuwombera moto ziyenera kuti zinakondwera ndi oyang'anira nkhondo ku bungwe ndi Congress, ndi abwenzi awo mu mafakitale a zida. Koma kwa ife omwe tikufuna kuthetsa mgwirizano wamtendere ku mikangano yapadziko lonse, Chitukuko chachinayi cha July chinali chikumbutso chokhumudwitsa cha imfa zakupha zomwe zinayambitsidwa ndi maulamuliro otsatizana a nkhondo ndi mantha omwe posachedwapa amvula kwa anthu a Iran ngati John Bolton akupita.
Medea Benjamin ndiye woyambitsa mnzake wa CODEPINK: Women for Peace komanso wolemba mabuku ambiri kuphatikiza "Mkati mwa Iran," "Kingdom of the Unjust: Saudia Arabia" ndi "Killing by Remote Control-Drones."
Ann Wright ndi Colonel Wachiwiri wa US Army ndi apolisi omwe kale anali ku United States omwe anasiya ku 2003 kutsutsana ndi nkhondo ya Bush ku Iraq. Iye ndi wolemba wothandizira wa "Zotsutsa: Mawu a Chikumbumtima."
