Hei, Hei, USA! Mabomba Angati Mwaponya Lero?

Ogasiti 2021 kugunda kwa ndege zaku US ku Kabul kudapha anthu wamba 10 aku Afghanistan. Ngongole: Zithunzi za Getty

Wolemba Medea Benjamin ndi Nicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, January 10, 2022

Pentagon pomaliza idasindikiza yake yoyamba Chidule cha Airpower kuyambira pomwe Purezidenti Biden adatenga udindo pafupifupi chaka chapitacho. Malipoti awa a mwezi uliwonse akhala akufalitsidwa kuyambira 2007 kuti alembe chiwerengero cha mabomba ndi mizinga yomwe inagwetsedwa ndi asilikali a ndege omwe amatsogoleredwa ndi US ku Afghanistan, Iraq ndi Syria kuyambira 2004. Koma Purezidenti Trump anasiya kuwasindikiza pambuyo pa February 2020, kubisala kuphulika kwa mabomba a US mobisa.

Pazaka zapitazi za 20, monga momwe zalembedwera patebulo ili m'munsimu, asilikali a US ndi ogwirizana nawo aponya mabomba ndi zida zoponya 337,000 ku mayiko ena. Izi zikutanthauza kuti pafupifupi 46 patsiku kwa zaka 20. Kuphulika kosatha kumeneku sikunangokhala kwakupha komanso kowononga anthu omwe akuzunzidwa koma kumazindikiridwa mofala kuti kukusokoneza kwambiri mtendere ndi chitetezo chapadziko lonse ndikuchepetsa udindo wa America padziko lapansi.

Boma la US ndi mabungwe andale achita bwino kwambiri kuyika anthu aku America mumdima za zotsatira zowopsa za kampeni yanthawi yayitali yowononga anthu ambiri, kuwalola kukhalabe ndi chinyengo chankhondo yaku US ngati mphamvu yabwino padziko lapansi. zolankhula zawo zandale zapanyumba.

Tsopano, ngakhale atayang'anizana ndi kulanda kwa Taliban ku Afghanistan, akuchulukirachulukira pakuchita bwino kwawo pakugulitsa nkhani zabodzazi kwa anthu aku America kuti ayambitse Nkhondo yawo yakale ya Cold War ndi Russia ndi China, mochititsa chidwi komanso modzidzimutsa akuwonjezera chiopsezo chankhondo yanyukiliya.

latsopano Chidule cha Airpower Zambiri zikuwonetsa kuti United States yaponyanso mabomba ndi mizinga 3,246 ku Afghanistan, Iraq ndi Syria (2,068 pansi pa Trump ndi 1,178 pansi pa Biden) kuyambira February 2020.

Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti kuphulika kwa mabomba ku US m'mayiko a 3 kwachepa kwambiri kuchokera ku mabomba a 12,000 ndi mizinga yomwe inawagwetsera mu 2019. Kuphulika kwa ndege kumeneko, ndipo kunagwetsa mabomba kapena mizinga ya 13 ku Iraq ndi Syria - ngakhale izi sizikulepheretsa kumenyedwa kwina kosadziwika ndi asilikali omwe akulamulidwa ndi CIA.

Atsogoleri a Trump ndi a Biden onse akuyenera kutamandidwa chifukwa chozindikira kuti kuphulitsa mabomba kosatha komanso kugwira ntchito sikungapambane ku Afghanistan. Liwiro lomwe boma lokhazikitsidwa ndi US lidagwa ndi a Taliban pomwe kuchotsedwa kwa US kunali mkati kunatsimikizira momwe zaka 20 zankhondo zankhanza, kuphulitsa kwa ndege komanso kuthandizira maboma achinyengo pamapeto pake zidangothamangitsa anthu otopa ndi nkhondo ku Afghanistan kubwerera. Ulamuliro wa Taliban.

Lingaliro lopanda chidwi la a Biden kutsatira zaka 20 zaulamuliro wa atsamunda komanso kuphulitsidwa kwa ndege ku Afghanistan ndi nkhondo zankhanza zomwe United States idachita ku Cuba, Iran, North Korea ndi Venezuela zitha kungoyipitsa America pamaso pa dziko lapansi.

Sipanakhalepo ndi mlandu wa zaka 20 za chiwonongeko chopanda pake. Ngakhale kusindikizidwa kwa Airpower Summaries, zowona zonyansa zankhondo zaku US zophulitsa mabomba komanso kuvulala kwakukulu komwe amabweretsa kumakhalabe kobisika kwa anthu aku America.

Ndi zingati mwa ziwonetsero 3,246 zolembedwa mu Chidule cha Airpower kuyambira February 2020 zomwe mumadziwa musanawerenge nkhaniyi? Mwinamwake mudamvapo za drone yomwe inapha anthu 10 a ku Afghanistan ku Kabul mu August 2021. Koma bwanji za mabomba ena a 3,245 ndi mizinga? Kodi iwo anapha kapena kuvulaza ndani, ndipo anawononga nyumba za ndani?

Disembala 2021 New York Times kufotokoza Zotsatira za kuukira kwa ndege ku US, zotsatira za kafukufuku wazaka zisanu, sizinali zodabwitsa chifukwa cha kuphedwa kwakukulu kwa anthu wamba komanso mabodza ankhondo zomwe zidawululidwa, komanso chifukwa zidawulula momwe zofufuzira zaku US zachita pazaka makumi awiri izi. cha nkhondo.

M'nkhondo zam'mlengalenga zaku America zotsogola, zowongolera zakutali, ngakhale asitikali aku US omwe akukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi omwe akukhudzidwa kwambiri amatetezedwa kuti asakumane ndi anthu omwe akuwononga miyoyo yawo, pomwe ambiri aku America, zili ngati mazana masauzande awa. za kuphulika kwakupha sikunachitike nkomwe.

Kusazindikira kwa anthu za kuwukira kwa ndege zaku US sichifukwa chopanda nkhawa ndi chiwonongeko chachikulu chomwe boma lathu likuchita m'maina athu. Nthawi zambiri zomwe timapeza, monga kumenyedwa kwa drone ku Kabul mu Ogasiti, anthu akufuna kudziwa zomwe zidachitika ndipo amathandizira kwambiri kuyankha kwa US pakupha wamba.

Chifukwa chake umbuli wapagulu wa 99% ya kumenyedwa kwa ndege zaku US ndi zotsatira zake sizotsatira zakusamvera kwa anthu, koma zisankho zadala za asitikali aku US, ndale zamagulu onse awiri ndi mabungwe ofalitsa nkhani kuti asunge anthu mumdima. Kuponderezedwa kosawerengeka kwa miyezi 21 ya Airpower Summaries mwezi uliwonse ndi chitsanzo chaposachedwa cha izi.

Tsopano popeza Chidule cha Airpower chatsopano chadzaza ziwerengero zobisika za 2020-21, nazi zidziwitso zathunthu zomwe zikupezeka pazaka 20 zakupha komanso zowononga zaku US ndi ndege zogwirizana.

Chiwerengero cha mabomba ndi zida zoponya zidaponyedwa ku mayiko ena ndi United States ndi ogwirizana nawo kuyambira 2001:

Grand Total = 337,055 mabomba ndi mizinga.

**Maiko Ena: Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia.

Ziwerengerozi zimachokera ku US Zokambirana za Airpower za Afghanistan, Iraq, ndi Syria; chiwerengero cha Bureau of Investigative Journalism cha drone akugunda ku Pakistan, Somalia ndi Yemen; a Yemen Data Project's kuchuluka kwa mabomba ndi zida zoponya zomwe zidaponyedwa ku Yemen (kungofikira Seputembara 2021); database ya New America Foundation ya kugunda kwa ndege zakunja ku Libya; ndi magwero ena.

Pali magulu angapo akuwombera ndege omwe sanaphatikizidwe patebuloli, kutanthauza kuti zida zenizeni zomwe zidatulutsidwa ndizokwera kwambiri. Izi zikuphatikizapo:

Kugunda kwa helikopta: Military Times idasindikizidwa nkhani mu February 2017 mutu wakuti, “Ziwerengero za asitikali aku US pakumenya koopsa kwa ndege ndizolakwika. Anthu masauzande ambiri sananenepo malipoti.” Mphepo zazikulu kwambiri zomwe sizinaphatikizidwe mu Chidule cha US Airpower ndi kumenyedwa ndi ma helikoputala. Asitikali a US adauza olemba ake kuti ma helikopita adachita 456 ku Afghanistan komwe sikunafotokozedwe mu 2016. Olembawo adafotokoza kuti kusafotokozera za kumenya kwa helikopita kwakhala kosasintha munkhondo zonse za 9/11, ndipo samadziwabe momwe. zida zambiri zidaomberedwa pakuwukira kwa 456 ku Afghanistan mchaka chimodzi chomwe adafufuza.

Mfuti ya AC-130: Asilikali aku US sanawononge Madokotala Opanda Malire chipatala ku Kunduz, Afghanistan, mu 2015 ndi mabomba kapena mizinga, koma ndi mfuti ya Lockheed-Boeing AC-130. Makina owononga anthu ambiriwa, omwe nthawi zambiri amayendetsedwa ndi gulu lankhondo la US Air Force, amapangidwa kuti azizungulira chandamale pansi, ndikutsanulira zipolopolo za howitzer ndi mizinga mpaka itawonongedwa. US yagwiritsa ntchito ma AC-130 ku Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, ndi Syria.

Kuthamanga kwa Strafing: Chidule cha US Airpower cha 2004-2007 chinali ndi mawu akuti "kumenyedwa ndi zida zomwe zidatsitsidwa ... sikuphatikiza mizinga ya 20mm ndi 30mm kapena maroketi." Koma a 30 mm mizinga pa A-10 Warthogs ndi ndege zina zowukira pansi ndi zida zamphamvu, zomwe zidapangidwa kuti ziwononge akasinja aku Soviet. Ma A-10 amatha kuwombera zipolopolo za uranium zomwe zatha 65 pa sekondi iliyonse kuti aphimbe malo okhala ndi moto wakupha komanso wosasankha. Koma izi sizikuwoneka ngati "kutulutsa zida" mu US Airpower Summaries.

Ntchito za "kuthana ndi zigawenga" ndi "zolimbana ndi uchigawenga" m'madera ena padziko lapansi: United States idapanga mgwirizano wankhondo ndi mayiko a 11 West Africa ku 2005, ndipo yamanga maziko a drone ku Niger, koma sitinapeze mwadongosolo. kuwerengera kwa ndege zaku US ndi mayiko ogwirizana nawo mderali, kapena ku Philippines, Latin America kapena kwina.

Kulephera kwa boma la US, andale komanso atolankhani amakampani kudziwitsa ndi kuphunzitsa anthu aku America moona mtima za chiwonongeko chambiri chomwe chidachitika ndi asitikali adziko lathu kwalola kuti chiwembuchi chipitirirebe kwazaka 20 mosazindikira komanso osayang'aniridwa.

Zatisiyanso pachiwopsezo chotsitsimutsa nkhani ya anachronistic, Manichean Cold War yomwe ili pachiwopsezo chachikulu. Munkhani iyi ya topsy-turvy, "kudzera mugalasi loyang'ana", dziko likuphulitsadi bomba midzi yopasuka ndi kumenya nkhondo zimenezo kupha mamiliyoni ya anthu, imadziwonetsera yokha ngati mphamvu yofunira zabwino padziko lapansi. Kenako amajambula maiko ngati China, Russia ndi Iran, omwe alimbitsa chitetezo chawo kuti alepheretse United States kuwaukira, monga ziwopsezo kwa anthu aku America komanso mtendere wapadziko lonse lapansi.

The zokambirana zapamwamba kuyambira pa Januware 10 ku Geneva pakati pa United States ndi Russia ndi mwayi wovuta, mwina mwayi womaliza, woti ayambitsenso kukwera kwa Cold War yomwe ilipo kusanachitike kutha kwa ubale wa Kum'mawa ndi Kumadzulo kukhala kosasinthika kapena kulowa mkangano wankhondo.

Ngati titi tituluke muzankhondo izi ndikupewa ngozi yankhondo yowopsa ndi Russia kapena China, anthu aku US akuyenera kutsutsa nkhani yotsutsana ndi Cold War yomwe atsogoleri ankhondo aku US ndi anthu wamba akungofuna kulungamitsa ndalama zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira ku zida zanyukiliya. zida ndi makina ankhondo aku US.

Medea Benjamin ndi amene amapanga CODEPINK kwa Mtendere, ndi wolemba mabuku angapo, kuphatikiza M'kati mwa Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

Nicolas JS Davies ndi mtolankhani wodziyimira payekha, wofufuza ndi CODEPINK komanso wolemba wa Mwazi M'manja Mwathu: Kubowola Kwa America ndi Kuwonongeka kwa Iraq.