Kuyitanira Panthawi Yake Yamtendere ku Ukraine ndi Akatswiri a US National Security

Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Alice Slater

Wolemba Medea Benjamin ndi Nicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, May 16, 2023

Pa Meyi 16, 2023, The New York Times lofalitsidwa zotsatsa zamasamba zonse zosainidwa ndi chitetezo cha dziko la 15 US akatswiri za nkhondo ku Ukraine. Mutuwu unali wakuti "The US Should Be a Force for Peace in the World," ndipo unalembedwa ndi Eisenhower Media Network.

Podzudzula kuukira kwa Russia, mawuwa amapereka chidziwitso chambiri chazovuta zaku Ukraine kuposa boma la US kapena The New York Times adawonetsa kale kwa anthu, kuphatikizapo ntchito yowopsa ya US pakukula kwa NATO, machenjezo omwe sananyalanyazidwe ndi olamulira otsatizana a US ndi mikangano yomwe ikukulirakulira yomwe idadzetsa nkhondo.

Mawuwo akuti nkhondoyi ndi "tsoka losasinthika," ndipo ikulimbikitsa Purezidenti Biden ndi Congress "kuthetsa nkhondoyi mwachangu pogwiritsa ntchito zokambirana, makamaka poganizira kuopsa kwa kukwera kwankhondo komwe kungathe kutha."

Kuyitana kumeneku kwa anthu anzeru, odziwa bwino ntchito zakale, akazembe a US, akuluakulu ankhondo ndi akuluakulu aboma, kukanakhala njira yolandirika pa masiku 442 apitawa a nkhondoyi. Komabe pempho lawo tsopano likubwera panthawi yovuta kwambiri pankhondo.

Pa Meyi 10, Purezidenti Zelenskyy adalengeza kuti akuchedwetsa "zokhumudwitsa zaku Ukraine" zomwe zakhala zikuyembekezeredwa kwanthawi yayitali kuti apewe "zosavomerezeka” kutayika kwa asitikali aku Ukraine. Ndondomeko zakumadzulo zayika Zelenskyy mobwerezabwereza pafupi-zosatheka maudindo, omwe agwidwa pakati pa kufunikira kowonetsa ziwonetsero zakupita patsogolo pabwalo lankhondo kuti avomereze thandizo lowonjezereka lakumadzulo ndi kutumiza zida zankhondo komanso, kumbali ina, mtengo wodabwitsa wamunthu wopitilira nkhondo yomwe ikuimiridwa ndi manda atsopano kumene anthu masauzande ambiri aku Ukraine tsopano aikidwa m'manda. .

Sizikudziwika kuti kuchedwa kwa chiwonongeko cha Chiyukireniya chomwe chikukonzekera chingalepheretse bwanji kuti chiwonongeko cha Chiyukireniya chikachitika, pokhapokha ngati kuchedwa kumabweretsa kubweza ndikuyimitsa ntchito zambiri zomwe zakonzedwa. Zelenskyy akuwoneka kuti akufikira malire ponena za kuchuluka kwa anthu ake omwe ali okonzeka kupereka nsembe kuti akwaniritse zofuna za Kumadzulo kwa zizindikiro za kupita patsogolo kwa nkhondo kuti agwirizane ndi mgwirizano wa Kumadzulo ndi kusunga zida zankhondo ndi ndalama ku Ukraine.

Vuto la Zelenskyy ndilomwe lidayambitsa kuukira kwa Russia, komanso zomwe adachita mu Epulo 2022 ndi mdierekezi mu mawonekedwe a Prime Minister waku UK Boris Johnson. Johnson analonjezedwa Zelenskyy kuti UK ndi "gulu la Kumadzulo" anali "momwemo kwa nthawi yayitali" ndipo adzamuthandiza kuti abwezeretsenso madera onse akale a Ukraine, bola ngati Ukraine idasiya kukambirana ndi Russia.

Johnson sanathe kukwaniritsa lonjezolo ndipo, popeza adakakamizika kusiya udindo wake ngati Prime Minister, watero kuvomerezedwa kuchotsedwa kwa Russia kokha m'gawo lomwe adawalanda kuyambira February 2022, osati kubwerera kumalire asanafike 2014. Komabe kulolerana kunali ndendende zomwe adalankhula Zelenskyy kuti asavomereze mu Epulo 2022, pomwe ambiri mwa omwe adaphedwa pankhondoyo anali akadali ndi moyo ndipo dongosolo la mgwirizano wamtendere linali. patebulo pa zokambirana zaukazembe ku Turkey.

Zelenskyy adayesetsa mwamphamvu kuti aletse omuthandizira ake akumadzulo kulonjezano la Johnson. Koma posakhalitsa kulowererapo mwachindunji kwa asitikali aku US ndi NATO, zikuwoneka kuti palibe zida zankhondo zaku Western zomwe zitha kuthetsa vuto lomwe lakhala lankhanza. nkhondo yokopa, ankamenyedwa makamaka ndi zida zankhondo, ngalande ndi nkhondo za m’mizinda.

Jenerali waku America kudzikuza kuti Kumadzulo kwapereka Ukraine ndi zida za 600 zosiyanasiyana, koma izi zokha zimabweretsa mavuto. Mwachitsanzo, osiyana 105 mm mfuti otumizidwa ndi UK, France, Germany ndi US onse amagwiritsa ntchito zipolopolo zosiyanasiyana. Ndipo nthawi iliyonse kutayika kwakukulu kukakamiza Ukraine kupanganso opulumuka kukhala magulu atsopano, ambiri a iwo amayenera kuphunzitsidwanso zida ndi zida zomwe sanagwiritsepo ntchito.

Ngakhale US zopereka pafupifupi mitundu isanu ndi umodzi ya zida zoponya ndege - Stinger, NASAMS, Hawk, Rim-7, Avenger komanso batire imodzi ya Patriot ya missile - chikalata chodumphira cha Pentagon. kuwululidwa kuti makina olimbana ndi ndege a ku Russia a S-300 ndi Buk akupangabe pafupifupi 90 peresenti ya chitetezo chake chachikulu cha ndege. Mayiko a NATO asaka zida zawo zosungiramo zida zonse zomwe angapereke kwa machitidwewa, koma Ukraine yatsala pang'ono kutha, ndikusiya asilikali ake omwe ali pachiopsezo cha kuphulika kwa ndege zaku Russia pamene ikukonzekera kuyambitsa nkhondo yake yatsopano.

Kuyambira Juni 2022, Purezidenti Biden ndi akuluakulu ena aku US atero adavomereza kuti nkhondoyo iyenera kutha mwamtendere, ndipo adanenetsa kuti akukonzekeretsa Ukraine kuti ayike "pamalo amphamvu kwambiri pazokambirana." Mpaka pano, anena kuti zida zatsopano zilizonse zomwe atumiza ndipo gulu lililonse lankhondo laku Ukraine lathandizira cholinga chimenecho ndikusiya Ukraine ili pachiwopsezo champhamvu.

Koma zolemba za Pentagon zomwe zidatsitsidwa komanso zomwe akuluakulu aku US ndi aku Ukraine anena zaposachedwa zikuwonetsa kuti zomwe Ukraine idakonzekera masika, yomwe idachedwa kale m'chilimwe, ikadakhala yodabwitsa komanso kukumana ndi chitetezo champhamvu cha Russia kuposa zomwe zidabweza madera omwe adatayika komaliza. kugwa.

Chikalata china chotsikiridwa cha Pentagon chinachenjeza kuti "kupirira kulephera kwa Chiyukireniya pakuphunzitsira ndi zida zankhondo mwina kungayambitse kupita patsogolo ndikuwonjezera ovulala panthawi yachipongwe," poganiza kuti zitha kupindula pang'ono kuposa omwe adagwa.

Kodi kukhumudwitsa kwatsopano kokhala ndi zotsatira zosakanikirana komanso kuvulala kwakukulu kungayike bwanji Ukraine pamalo amphamvu pagome lokambirana lomwe silinakhalepo? Ngati zokhumudwitsazo zikuwonetsa kuti ngakhale kuchuluka kwakukulu kwa thandizo lankhondo lakumadzulo kwalephera kupatsa Ukraine mphamvu zankhondo kapena kuchepetsa ovulalawo mpaka kufika pamlingo wokhazikika, zitha kusiya Ukraine m'malo ovuta kukambirana, m'malo mokhala wamphamvu.

Pakalipano, zopempha zokhala mkhalapakati pa zokambirana zamtendere zakhala zikufalikira kuchokera kumayiko padziko lonse lapansi, kuyambira ku Vatican mpaka ku China mpaka ku Brazil. Patha miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuchokera pomwe wapampando waku US wa Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, adanena poyera, pambuyo apindula asilikali Ukraine otsiriza kugwa, kuti mphindi anafika kukambirana kuchokera udindo mphamvu. “Pakakhala mpata wokambilana, mtendere ukapezeka, gwiritsitsani,” iye anatero.

Zingakhale zomvetsa chisoni kawiri kapena katatu ngati, pamwamba pa zolephereka zaukazembe zomwe zidayambitsa nkhondoyi komanso US ndi UK. kusokoneza Pazokambirana zamtendere mu Epulo 2022, mwayi wokambilana womwe General Milley amafuna kulanda watayika chifukwa cha chiyembekezo chopeza mwayi wopambana womwe sungatheke.

Ngati United States ipitiliza kuchirikiza dongosolo lachipongwe cha ku Ukraine, m'malo molimbikitsa Zelenskyy kuti atenge nthawi ya zokambirana, idzagawana nawo udindo waukulu pakulephera kutenga mwayi wamtendere, komanso chifukwa chazovuta komanso kukwera mtengo kwa anthu. za nkhondo iyi.

Akatswiri amene anasaina The New York Times Mawu adakumbukira kuti, mu 1997, akatswiri 50 azamalamulo aku US akunja anachenjezedwa Purezidenti Clinton kuti kukulitsa NATO kunali "kulakwitsa kwadongosolo lambiri" ndikuti, mwatsoka, Clinton anasankha kunyalanyaza chenjezo. Purezidenti Biden, yemwe tsopano akutsata zolakwika zake zakale kwambiri pakutalikitsa nkhondoyi, angachite bwino kutsatira upangiri wa akatswiri amasiku ano pothandizira kukhazikitsa mtendere ndikupanga United States kukhala gulu lankhondo padziko lonse lapansi.

Medea Benjamin ndi Nicolas JS Davies ndi omwe adalemba Nkhondo ku Ukraine: Kumvetsetsa Mkangano Wopanda Nzeru, lofalitsidwa ndi OR Books mu Novembala 2022.

Medea Benjamin ndiye woyambitsa wa CODEPINK kwa Mtendere, ndi wolemba mabuku angapo, kuphatikizapo 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.