Ndi David Swanson
Apa pakubweranso Okutobala 7, nthawi inanso yokondwerera Tsiku Lapadziko Lonse la Nkhondo-Start-Easy-But-They're-Bitch-to-End. Ndiko kuti, ngati titha kupumula mphindi zochepa kuti tisakondwerere nkhondo zatsopano zomwe tikuyamba.
Patsiku ili zaka 13 zapitazo, United States idaukira Afghanistan, yomwe Purezidenti wa US adawona makamaka ngati wankhondo. sitepe kuukira Iraq, ngakhale - mwachilungamo - Mulungu adatero adanena kuti aukire maiko onse awiri. Ndidafunsa Mulungu za izi posachedwa ndipo adati, "Mukufuna kuwona zodandaula. O Mulungu wanga, muyenera kulankhula ndi Komiti ya Nobel za wolandira mphotho ya mtendere ameneyu.” Sindinafunikire kufunsa kuti ndi ndani, ndipo sindinafunse kuti Mulungu wake anali ndani, kuopa kukambirana kosatha.
Kumbuyoko mu 2001 atsogoleri asanayambe kuzonda chilichonse, kuyambitsa nkhondo popanda kunamizira kuti ndi zovomerezeka, kumangidwa popanda mlandu, kuphedwa mwakufuna, ndikusunga zinsinsi zokwanira kuti akwiyitse Richard Nixon, anthu wamba sanapatsidwe zambiri. makanema ake okondedwa. Sitinauzidwe kuti a Taliban anali okonzeka kupereka bin Laden kudziko losalowerera ndale kuti akaimbidwe mlandu. Sitinauzidwe kuti a Taliban anali olekerera al Qaeda, komanso gulu losiyana. Sitinauzidwe kuti ziwopsezo za 911 zidakonzedwanso ku Germany ndi Maryland ndi malo ena osiyanasiyana omwe sanalembedwe kuti aphulitsidwe. Sitinauzidwe kuti ambiri mwa anthu omwe adzafera ku Afghanistan, ochulukirapo kuposa omwe adamwalira pa 911, sikuti adangothandizira 911 koma sanamvepo. Sitinauzidwe kuti boma lathu lipha anthu ambiri, kumanga anthu popanda kuwazenga mlandu, kupachika anthu ndi mapazi awo ndi kuwakwapula mpaka kufa.
Sitinauzidwe momwe nkhondo yosaloledwa imeneyi idzapititsira patsogolo kuvomerezedwa kwa nkhondo zosaloledwa kapena momwe idzapangitse United States kudedwa m’maiko ambiri. Sitinadziwe momwe US idalowerera ku Afghanistan ndikuyambitsa kuwukiridwa kwa Soviet ndi kukana zida za Soviet ndikuwasiyira anthu chifundo chankhondo atangochoka. Sitinauzidwe kuti Tony Blair amafuna Afghanistan kaye asanatenge UK kuti iwononge Iraq. Sitinauzidwe kuti bin Laden anali mnzake wa boma la US, kuti olanda 911 anali ambiri aku Saudi, kapena kuti pakhoza kukhala vuto lililonse ndi boma la Saudi Arabia. Ndipo palibe amene anatchula mabiliyoni ambiri a madola omwe tingawononge kapena ufulu wachibadwidwe womwe tidzataya kunyumba kapena kuwonongeka kwakukulu komwe kungawononge chilengedwe. Ngakhale mbalame osapitanso ku Afghanistan.
A Taliban adawonongedwa mwachangu mu 2001 kudzera pakuphatikizika kwamphamvu zakupha komanso kuthawa. Kenako US idayamba kusaka aliyense yemwe anali membala wa Taliban. Koma awa adaphatikizanso anthu ambiri omwe akutsogolera boma la US - ndipo atsogoleri ambiri ogwirizana nawo adaphedwa ndikugwidwa ngakhale. osati kukhala a Taliban, chifukwa cha kupusa komanso katangale. Mphotho zowononga $ 5,000 pamaso pa anthu osauka zidatulutsa zabodza zomwe zidabweretsa adani awo ku Bagram kapena Guantanamo, ndipo kuchotsedwa kwa anthu ofunikirawa nthawi zambiri kunawononga midzi, ndikutembenuza madera motsutsana ndi United States yomwe idakonda kuchirikiza kale. Kuwonjezera pa izi nkhanza ndi zachipongwe za mabanja athunthu, kuphatikizapo amayi ndi ana omwe anagwidwa ndi kuzunzidwa ndi asilikali a US, ndipo kutsitsimuka kwa Taliban pansi pa ntchito ya US kumayamba kuonekera. Bodza lomwe tidauzidwa kuti tifotokoze ndikuti US idasokonezedwa ndi Iraq, koma a Taliban adatsitsimutsanso pomwe asitikali aku US amakhazikitsa lamulo lachiwawa osati pomwe mayiko ena akukambirana zosagwirizana pogwiritsa ntchito, mukudziwa, mawu.
Ichi chakhala ntchito yachilendo yosadziwika komanso yosamvetsetseka (monga momwe zimakhalira nthawi zonse) kuzunza ndi kupha anzawo amphamvu kwambiri, kutumiza ena a iwo ku Gitmo - ngakhale kutumiza kwa anyamata achichepere a Gitmo omwe cholakwa chawo chokha chinali kugwiriridwa. ozunzidwa ndi ogwirizana a US
Pamene Barack Obama anakhala pulezidenti, kunali asilikali a US 32,000 ku Afghanistan. Adakwera mpaka asitikali opitilira 100,000, kuphatikiza makontrakitala, ndipo akhala akukondweretsedwa chifukwa chothetsa nkhondo kuyambira pamenepo. Zaka zisanu zakhala zikukambirana za "kugwetsa". Anthu aku US akhala akuuza anthu ofufuza kuti tikufuna asitikali onse aku US atuluke ku Afghanistan "mwamsanga" kwa zaka ndi zaka. Zolankhula zosatha zadzitamandira pothetsa nkhondo zomwe Obama akuti "adalandira." Ndipo komabe, pali asitikali aku US 33,000 ku Afghanistan, kuposa pomwe Obama adakhala Purezidenti. Othandizira angapo a NATO achoka mwanzeru, koma ndiye kuchuluka kwa "kugwa". Kuyesedwa kwa imfa ndi chiwonongeko kapena ndalama, Afghanistan ndi nkhondo ya Purezidenti Obama kuposa ya Purezidenti Bush.
Tsopano, a Obama wakwanitsa kupeza purezidenti watsopano wa Afghanistan kuti avomere kuti asitikali aku US omwe atsalira ku Afghanistan osatetezedwa ku mlandu uliwonse, mpaka "2024 ndi kupitirira." Obama akuti achepetsa magulu ankhondo kufika pa 9,800 chaka chino, 6,000 chaka chamawa, ndi 1,000 chaka chotsatira - panthawiyo adzakhala akuyang'anirabe pulezidenti watsopano wa Afghanistan kuposa momwe amatetezera White House.
Awa akhala ndondomeko ya Obama kuyambira Tsiku 1. Iye sananene kwenikweni kuti adzathetsa nkhondo; wangopatsidwa mbiri yosatha kaamba ka kutero. Koma pali zachabechabe zam'mlengalenga masiku ano zomwe, kuphatikiza ndi kuchuluka kwa nkhondo zaku US, zimasokoneza anthu kuti asatengeke kuti nkhondo ya Afghanistan ipitirire zaka khumi "ndi kupitirira." Zachabechabe ndizoti Iraq yapita kugahena chifukwa asitikali aku US adachoka. M'malo mwake, Iraq inali gehena yoyipa kwambiri pomwe asitikali aku US anali komweko, ndipo inali ntchito yolimba ya asitikali aku US ndi ogwirizana nawo zaka zingapo zomwe zidayika Iraq panjira yopita ku gehena yomwe ili. Ngakhale a Obama, omwe adayesetsa mwamphamvu kuti asitikali aku US atetezedwe ndi zigawenga kuti awasiye ku Iraq zaka zitatu zapitazo, akuvomereza kuti kuwasiya sikukadachita zabwino. Koma ndithu pang'ono izi counterfactual amisala - lingaliro kuti asilikali Kuchoka idasweka Iraq - imathandizira kuletsa ziwonetsero zathu komanso kukwiyitsidwa ndi nkhani zaposachedwa kuchokera ku Vietghanistan.
Obama anali membala wonyadira wa Let's Stop Killing Iraqis and Kill More Afghans Club. Tsopano wabwerera ku Iraq kuphatikiza ku Syria kupha anthu wamba ambiri mpaka adalengeza kuti malamulo ochepetsa kufa kwa anthu wamba sagwira ntchito. Ndili ndi chiwembu chomuthandizira kuti ayambirenso kumukonda. Ndi zophweka. Ndizotsika mtengo. Ndikusintha kosayembekezereka. Ndipo osachepera theka la dzikolo akuganiza kale kuti wachita izi: Chotsani Asitikali aku US ku Afghanistan. Tsopano. Zonse. Popanda zoyembekezako.
