Wolemba Alison Broinowski, Canberra Times, March 18, 2023
Pamapeto pake, patapita zaka makumi aŵiri, dziko la Australia silikumenya nkhondo. Ndi nthawi yabwino iti kuposa pano ya "maphunziro omwe aphunziridwa", monga momwe asitikali amawatchulira?
Tsopano, pa chikumbutso cha 20 cha kuwukira kwathu ku Iraq, ndi nthawi yoti tisankhe motsutsana ndi nkhondo zosafunikira pomwe titha. Ngati mukufuna mtendere, konzekerani mtendere.
Komabe akuluakulu aku America ndi othandizira awo aku Australia akuyembekezera nkhondo yolimbana ndi China.
Kumpoto kwa Australia kukusandutsidwa kukhala gulu lankhondo laku America, mwachiwonekere chifukwa chachitetezo koma pochita zachiwawa.
Ndiye taphunzira chiyani kuchokera mu March 2003?
Australia idamenya nkhondo ziwiri zoopsa ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq. Ngati boma la Albanese silinafotokoze momwe ndi chifukwa chake, ndi zotsatira zake, zikhoza kuchitika kachiwiri.
Sipadzakhala mwayi wachitatu ngati boma lipereka ADF kunkhondo ndi China. Monga momwe masewera ankhondo aku US mobwerezabwereza adaneneratu, nkhondo yotereyi idzalephera, ndipo idzatha kubwerera, kugonjetsedwa, kapena kuipiraipira.
Chiyambireni kusankhidwa kwa ALP m’mwezi wa May, boma layenda mofulumira kwambiri kukwaniritsa malonjezo ake okhudza kusintha kwa mfundo za chuma ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu. Nduna Yachilendo Penny Wong's flying fox diplomacy ndi yochititsa chidwi.
Koma pa chitetezo, palibe kusintha komwe kumaganiziridwa. Malamulo apawiri.
Minister of Defense Richard Marles adatsimikiza pa February 9 kuti Australia idatsimikiza mtima kuteteza ulamuliro wake. Koma mtundu wake wa zomwe ulamuliro umatanthauza ku Australia ndi wotsutsana.
Zosiyana ndi omwe adatsogolera Labor ndizodabwitsa. Zithunzi za Keegan Carroll, Phillip Biggs, Paul Scambler
Monga otsutsa angapo anenera, pansi pa mgwirizano wa 2014 Force Posture Agreement Australia ilibe mphamvu pakupeza, kugwiritsa ntchito, kapena kupititsa patsogolo zida za US kapena zipangizo zomwe zili pamtunda wathu. Pansi pa mgwirizano wa AUKUS, dziko la US likhoza kupatsidwa mwayi wowonjezereka ndi kulamulira.
Izi ndizosiyana ndi ulamuliro, chifukwa zikutanthauza kuti US ikhoza kuyambitsa kuukira, kunena, China kuchokera ku Australia popanda mgwirizano kapena kudziwa boma la Australia. Australia ikhala chandamale chothandizira kubwezera kwa China motsutsana ndi US.
Chomwe ulamuliro umatanthauzanso kwa Marles ndi ufulu wa boma - Prime Minister ndi m'modzi kapena awiri - kuchita zomwe mnzathu waku America akufuna. Ndi wachiwiri kwa sheriff khalidwe, ndi bipartisan.
Mwa zomwe 113 zomwe zidaperekedwa ku nyumba yamalamulo mu Disembala za momwe Australia idasankhira kumenya nkhondo zakunja, 94 adawonetsa kulephera pamakonzedwe a kaputeniwo, ndipo adapempha kuti asinthe. Ambiri adawona kuti zidapangitsa kuti dziko la Australia lilembetse nawo nkhondo zopanda phindu zotsatizana.
Koma a Marles akuwona kuti makonzedwe apano aku Australia opita kunkhondo ndi oyenera ndipo sayenera kusokonezedwa. Wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa komiti yaying'ono ya kafukufukuyu, Andrew Wallace, mwachiwonekere sadziwa mbiri yakale, wati dongosolo lino latithandiza bwino.
Nduna ya Zachitetezo idauza Nyumba Yamalamulo pa February 9 kuti chitetezo cha Australia chinali pakufuna kwathunthu kwa boma. Ndizowona: zakhala zikuchitika.
Penny Wong adathandizira a Marles, ndikuwonjezera ku Senate kuti "ndikofunikira pachitetezo cha dziko" kuti Prime Minister asunge ufulu wachifumu kunkhondo.
Komabe mkuluyu, adaonjeza, "ayenera kuyankha kunyumba yamalamulo". Kukweza udindo wa aphungu ndi imodzi mwa malonjezo omwe anthu odziimira okha adasankhidwa mu May.
Koma nduna zazikulu zitha kupitiliza kudzipereka ku Australia kunkhondo popanda kuyankha konse.
Aphungu ndi aphungu alibe chonena. Maphwando ang'onoang'ono akhala akupempha kwa zaka zambiri kuti mchitidwewu usinthe.
Kusintha komwe kungabwere chifukwa cha kafukufuku wamakono ndi lingaliro lokonzekera misonkhanoyi - ndiko kuti, boma liyenera kulola kuti aphungu aphungu afufuze za ndondomeko ya nkhondo, ndi kutsutsana.
Koma bola ngati palibe voti, palibe chomwe chidzasinthe.
Zosiyana ndi omwe adatsogolera Labor ndizodabwitsa. Arthur Calwell, monga mtsogoleri wotsutsa, analankhula motalika pa May 4, 1965 motsutsana ndi kudzipereka kwa asilikali a Australia ku Vietnam.
Lingaliro la Prime Minister Menzies, Calwell adati, linali lopanda nzeru komanso lolakwika. Sizikanapititsa patsogolo nkhondo yolimbana ndi chikominisi. Zinachokera pamalingaliro onama okhudza momwe nkhondo ya Vietnam idakhalira.
Ndi luntha lalikulu, a Calwell anachenjeza kuti "njira yathu yamakono ikugwira ntchito m'manja mwa China, ndipo mfundo zathu zamakono, ngati sizisinthidwa, zidzachititsa manyazi America ku Asia".
Iye anafunsa kuti, nchiyani chimene chimalimbikitsa kwambiri chitetezo cha dziko lathu ndi kupulumuka? Ayi, adayankha, kutumiza gulu lankhondo la anthu aku Australia 800 ku Vietnam.
M'malo mwake, a Calwell anatsutsa kuti kumenya nawo nkhondo mosasamala kwa Australia kungawononge mbiri ya Australia ndi mphamvu zathu ku Asia, ndi chitetezo cha dziko lathu.
Monga Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam sanatumize anthu aku Australia kunkhondo. Adakulitsa mwachangu ntchito zakunja zaku Australia, adamaliza kuchotsa asitikali aku Australia ku Vietnam mu 1973, ndikuwopseza kuti atseka Pine Gap asanachotsedwe mu 1975.
Zaka makumi awiri zapitazo mwezi uno, mtsogoleri wina wotsutsa, Simon Crean, adadandaula zomwe John Howard adasankha kutumiza ADF ku Iraq. "Pamene ndikulankhula, ndife dziko lomwe lili pafupi ndi nkhondo," adauza National Press Club pa Marichi 20, 2003.
Australia inali m'gulu la mayiko anayi okha omwe adalowa nawo mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi US, poyang'anizana ndi ziwonetsero zomwe zafala. Inali nkhondo yoyamba, Crean adanena, yomwe Australia idalowa nawo ngati wankhanza.
Australia sinali pangozi yachindunji. Palibe chigamulo cha UN Security Council chomwe chinavomereza nkhondoyi. Koma Australia idzalanda Iraq, "chifukwa US idatipempha".
Crean analankhula, iye anatero, m’malo mwa mamiliyoni a anthu a ku Australia amene anatsutsa nkhondoyo. Asilikali sanayenera kutumizidwa ndipo tsopano ayenera kubweretsedwa kunyumba.
Prime Minister John Howard adasainira nkhondo miyezi yapitayo, Crean adatero. “Nthawi zonse ankangodikirira foni. Ndi njira yamanyazi yoyendetsera mfundo zathu zakunja”.
Crean adalonjeza ngati nduna yayikulu kuti sadzalola kuti dziko la Australia likhazikitsidwe ndi dziko lina, osadzipereka kunkhondo yosafunikira pomwe mtendere ungakhalepo, ndipo sadzatumiza anthu aku Australia kunkhondo popanda kuwauza chowonadi.
Atsogoleri a Labor amasiku ano atha kusinkhasinkha izi.
Dr. Alison Broinowski, yemwe kale anali kazembe waku Australia, ndi Purezidenti wa Australian for War Powers Reform, komanso membala wa Board of World BEYOND War.
Yankho Limodzi
Monga nzika ya dziko lina la "commonwealth", Canada, ndikudabwa momwe America yathandizira anthu ambiri padziko lapansi kuti avomereze nkhondo monga chotsatira chosapeŵeka. USA yagwiritsa ntchito njira iliyonse yomwe ili nayo pa cholinga ichi; zankhondo, zachuma, zachikhalidwe ndi ndale. Imagwiritsa ntchito chida champhamvu chapawailesi ngati chida chonyenga anthu onse. Ngati chikokachi sichinagwire ntchito pa ine, ndipo sindine wopusa, ndiye kuti sichiyeneranso kugwira ntchito kwa wina aliyense amene amatsegula maso awo kuti awone chowonadi. Anthu ali otanganidwa ndi kusintha kwa nyengo (komwe nkwabwino) ndi zina zambiri zachiphamaso, kotero kuti samamva kulira kwa ng'oma zankhondo. Tsopano tatsala pang'ono kuyandikira Armagedo, koma America imapeza njira zochotsera pang'onopang'ono kuthekera kwa kupanduka kuti kusakhale njira yeniyeni. Ndizonyansa kwambiri. Tiyenera kusiya misala!