Wolemba Adam Johnson, ZIMENEZI
Kuti amve atolankhani aku US akuwuza izi, US idakokera kunkhondo yatsopano Lachitatu.
Owononga aku US ku Gulf of Aden anayambitsa airstrikes motsutsana ndi zigawenga za Houthi, gulu lachigawenga la Shia lomwe likulimbana ndi ntchito yayikulu yophulitsa mabomba kuchokera ku mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi mu mkangano wazaka ndi theka pakati pa zigawenga zambiri za Shia ndi boma la Sunni lothandizidwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen. Pentagon idanenetsa kuti zida zapamadzi zidaponyedwa ku USS Mason Lamlungu ndi Lachitatu kuchokera kudera lolamulidwa ndi Houthi, ndipo adatcha ma airstrikes kukhala "kuchepetsa kudziteteza".
Mosakayikira, atolankhani aku US adatsatira chitsogozo cha Pentagon. Mfundo yakuti United States yakhala ikuwotcha ndege zankhondo za Saudi kwa miyezi 18 pamene ikugulitsa zida ndikupereka chithandizo chanzeru ku ufumu wa Gulf - zomwe ngakhale US State Department amakhulupirira akhoza kuvumbulutsa US ku milandu yankhondo - idanyozedwa kapena kunyalanyazidwa. Komanso media sanakumbukire mbiri yakale ya US drone nkhondo ku Yemen, komwe asitikali ndi CIA akhala akuchita zigawenga zanthawi yayitali kuyambira 2002, kupha anthu opitilira 500, kuphatikiza anthu wamba 65.
Pakadali pano, malipoti ambiri osindikizira adavutitsidwa kuti afotokoze mwachidule zachiwembuchi ndi kutsutsa mwatsatanetsatane, ndikuzindikira gawo la US pankhondo yankhanza yophulitsa mabomba yomwe yasiya 4,000 akufa, kuphatikiza oposa 140. anaphulitsidwa pamaliro ku Sana'a sabata yatha-ngakhale momwe nkhanizo zidafotokozera mbiri ya US pamkangano. The New York Times (10/12/16), mwachitsanzo, adanena m'ndime yachiwiri ya lipoti lake pa airstrikes (kutsindika kuwonjezeredwa):
Kumenyedwa kwa zigawenga za Houthi ndi nthawi yoyamba imene dziko la United States linachita nawo nkhondo yapachiweniweni pakati pa Houthis, gulu lachi Shiite lomwe limagwirizana ndi Iran, ndi boma la Yemeni, lomwe limathandizidwa ndi Saudi Arabia ndi mayiko ena a Sunni.
Koma Times Nkhaniyi idapitilira kuvomereza, mwanjira ina, kuti US "yakhala ikupereka chithandizo mwakachetechete kunkhondo yophulitsa mabomba motsogozedwa ndi Saudi Arabia yolimbana ndi zigawenga kuyambira chaka chatha." Nkhaniyi inanena kuti US anali
kupereka zanzeru ndi akasinja a Air Force kuti awonjezere mafuta pa jeti ndi mabomba a mgwirizanowu. Asitikali aku America awonjezera mafuta opitilira ndege za 5,700 zomwe zikuchita nawo kampeni yophulitsa mabomba…. Anthu wamba opitilira 4,000 aphedwa kuyambira pomwe bomba lidayamba, malinga ndi mkulu wa bungwe la United Nations loona za ufulu wachibadwidwe.
Malipoti a nkhani za pa TV, kumbali ina, anasunga nkhaniyo ndi kusiya nkhaniyo. Iwo sananene kuti US yakhala ikuthandiza kuwukira kwa Saudi kwa zigawenga za Houthi kwa chaka chimodzi ndi theka, ndipo adalemba izi ngati sitima yankhondo yaku US ikuwukiridwa ndikungoganizira zabizinesi yake m'madzi apadziko lonse lapansi.
CBSDavid Martin, watsopano kuchokera ku zake Mphindi 14 zamalonda za Pentagon mwezi watha, sanatchulepo za kampeni yophulitsa mabomba ku Saudi kapena kufotokoza udindo wa US pankhondo ya gawo lake. CBS Izi Morning (10 / 13 / 16). M'malo mwake, Martin sanatchulepo mawu oti "Saudi" kapena kutchula mayiko ena omwe akukhudzidwa ndi Yemen, amangozindikira kuti zigawengazo "zikufuna kulanda boma." Wowonera wamba amatha kubwera akuganiza kuti sitima yapamadzi ya US Navy idangokhala pafupi pomwe idawomberedwa mwachisawawa.
ABCndi Martha Raddatz (Good Morning America,10/13/16) nawonso sanadziwitse wowonera kuti US yakhala ikuchita nawo nkhondo yapachiweniweni kwa miyezi 18. Sanagwiritsenso ntchito liwu loti "Saudi" kapena kunena za kampeni yankhanza yophulitsa mabomba; sananene kuti pali mkangano konse.
CNNBarbara Starr (CNN, 10/13/16) adalowa nawo gululi, ndikusiyiratu maudindo aku US ndi Saudi pankhondoyi. Adapitanso patsogolo ndikungonena mobwerezabwereza za "kulunjika" kwa Iran pakuchita nawo Mason kuukira ndi zomwe zingaphatikizepo, ngakhale palibe umboni ndipo palibe lingaliro kuchokera ku Pentagon ya Iranian kutenga nawo gawo. Starr adasokoneza Al Qaeda ndi Iran, ngakhale anali mbali zotsutsana za nkhondoyi:
Mivi ya Yemeni inali yakale kwambiri koma inali itavala zida zankhondo zoopsa kwambiri, mtundu wa Al Qaeda ndi Iran omwe amadziwa kupanga.
Tanthauzo lake linali loti Al Qaeda mwina mwanjira ina adapatsa zigawenga za Houthi zida zoponya, koma izi, ndizosamveka: A Houthis ndi Al Qaeda ndi adani ampatuko ndipo akhala akumenyana wina ndi mnzake pankhondo yapachiweniweni. Osazitengera; Starr amayenera kukweza mitengoyo ndikutaya anthu ambiri momwe angathere.
MSNBCRachel Maddow (10/13/16) adapereka zoyipa kwambiri pagululo. Sikuti nayenso sanasiye kampeni yophulitsa mabomba ku Saudi ndi udindo wa US momwemo (kachiwiri, kusiya wowonayo kukhulupirira kuti kuukiraku sikunali kokwanira), adayimba nkhaniyi movutikira, pokumbukira mawu a Trump kuti adzaukira zombo zankhondo zaku Iran. zomwe zidawopseza US:
Mungakumbukire woimira chipani cha Republican, a Donald Trump, ananena mosabisa mawu panthawi ya kampeni kuti ngati zombo zaku Iran zitayandikira kwambiri zombo za ku America ndipo ngati oyendetsa sitima aku Iran angachitire mwano oyendetsa sitima athu aku America motsogozedwa ndi Purezidenti Trump, tiphulitsa zombo zaku Iran. cha madzi. Chabwino, zombo za Irani ndi zombo za ku America tsopano zili m'madzi omwewo, pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Yemen pakati pa nkhondo, ndi mizinga ya Tomahawk ndi mivi yapamadzi ikuwuluka kale. Zokhazikika.
Chifukwa chiyani zombo zaku America zili m'madzi amenewo? Chifukwa chiyani zida za Tomahawk "zimawuluka"? Mkanganowo sunafotokozedwe; zangobweretsedwa kuti Maddow athe kuchenjeza kuti wosankhidwa wa GOP angapangitse zinthu kuipiraipira. Zachidziwikire, si Trump yemwe adathandizira Saudis pankhondo yamlengalenga yomwe yasiya anthu masauzande ambiri akufa, koma a Obama-ndi Hillary Clinton yemwe monga mlembi wa boma adakankhira mwachangu kugulitsa ndege zankhondo ku Riyadh (The Intercept, 2/22/16). Koma izi zitha kusokoneza nkhani ya nyengo ya chisankho.
Maddow, monga malipoti ena, adagwiritsa ntchito chosinthira "Iran-backed" pofotokoza a Houthis (ngakhale akatswiri ndi akuluakulu a Pentagon akuganiza kuti thandizo la Iran ndi. overblown). Izi ndizovuta kwambiri, poganizira kuti palibe lipoti lililonse lomwe limatchula boma la Yemeni kuti "othandizidwa ndi US" kapena "Saudi-backed." Ananenanso kuti Asitikali ankhondo adadzudzula ziwopsezo za a Houthis, pomwe Pentagon imangonena kuti mizinga idachokera kudera la zigawenga, ndipo ikhoza kukhala kuchokera kumagulu ena ogwirizana (New York Times, 10/13/16).
Sikuti kuthandizira kwa US ku Saudi Arabia sikunatchulidwe m'malipoti onsewa, liwu loti "Saudi" silinatchulidwe mwa iliyonse. Wowonererayo akuwoneka kuti nkhondoyi, kupatula kulowererapo kwa Iran, ndi nkhani yamkati-pamene imakhudza mayiko osiyanasiyana a 15, makamaka mafumu a Sunni omwe amalimbikitsa boma la Yemeni - komanso kuti zigawengazo zinangosankha kumenyana. ndi gulu lankhondo lalikulu kwambiri m'mbiri ya dziko lapansi.
A Houthi nawonso, kukana mwamphamvu atachita chiwembu pa Mason, ndipo palibe umboni wopezeka pagulu kuti anali iwo kapena magulu ogwirizana. Komabe, ziyenera kudziwidwa kuti magulu ankhondo a Houthi adalandira mbiri chifukwa chomiza sitima yapamadzi yaku United Arab Emirates milungu iwiri m'mbuyomo.
Monga momwe zimakhalira kaŵirikaŵiri pankhondo, nkhani ya “mwazi woyamba”—kapena amene anayambitsa ndewuyo—imasokonezeka. Maboma mwachibadwa amafuna kuti omvera padziko lonse lapansi ndi nzika zawo aziona zochita zawo monga zodzitetezera—zofunika yankho kuchita ndewu, osati chiwawa chokha. Atolankhani aku US akuthandiza mkuluyu kuti asinthe lipoti lawo la bomba la US ku Yemen.
