by Kevin Zeese ndi Margaret Flowers, February 5, 2018, kudzera Kafukufuku Wapadziko Lonseh.
Sabata ino, potsatira chilengezo chaposachedwa cha National Defense Strategy yomwe imayang'ana mikangano ndi mphamvu zazikulu komanso mpikisano watsopano wa zida, Pentagon idalengeza zakukula kwa zida za nyukiliya. Asitikali aku United States afalikira padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza madera angapo owopsa omwe atha kukhala nkhondo yayikulu, mwina polimbana ndi China kapena Russia. Izi zikubwera panthawi yomwe Ufumu waku US ukutha, zomwe Pentagon imazindikiranso ndi US ikutsika kumbuyo kwa China pazachuma. Izi sizosayembekezereka poganizira chaka chimodzi chapitacho Purezidenti A Trump adafuna chiwonetsero chotsegulira chomwe chimayika akasinja ndi zida zoponya ziwonetsero.
Njira Yatsopano Yachitetezo Yadziko Likutanthauza Nkhondo Yambiri, Kuwononga Kwambiri
Njira yatsopano yachitetezo cha National Defense Strategy yomwe idalengeza sabata yatha ikuchoka pa 'nkhondo yowopsa' kupita kunkhondo ndi mphamvu zazikulu. Michael Whitney, polemba za mkangano wa ku Syria, akufotokoza nkhaniyo:
"Vuto lalikulu la Washington ndikusowa kwa mfundo zogwirika. Ngakhale kuti National Defense Strategy yomwe yatulutsidwa posachedwapa inanena za kusintha kwa momwe ndondomeko yachifumu idzagwiritsidwire ntchito, (pogwiritsa ntchito 'nkhondo yowopsya' chifukwa cha kulimbana kwa 'mphamvu zazikulu') zosinthazo sizingangowonjezera kusintha kwa anthu. maubale 'messaging'. Zolinga zapadziko lonse za Washington zimakhalabe chimodzimodzi ngakhale ndikugogomezera kwambiri zamphamvu zankhondo. ”
Kuchoka pankhondo yolimbana ndi anthu omwe si a boma, mwachitsanzo, 'zigawenga', kupita kunkhondo zazikulu kumatanthauza zida zambiri zankhondo, kuwononga ndalama zambiri pa zida ndi mpikisano watsopano wa zida. Andrew Bacevich akulemba mu American Conservative kuti opindula pankhondo akutsegula champagne.
Bacevich alemba kuti njira "yatsopano" imayikidwa m'zonena zabodza kuti US "ikutuluka mu nthawi ya strategic atrophy." Zomwe akunenazi ndizoseketsa chifukwa US yakhala ikuthetsa nkhondo ndi ndalama zambiri zankhondo m'zaka zonsezo:
"Pansi pa Purezidenti George W. Bush, Barack Obama, ndipo tsopano Donald Trump, asilikali a US akhala akuyenda nthawi zonse. Ndine wokonzeka kunena kuti palibe dziko lina lililonse limene linatumizapo asilikali ake m’madera ambiri kuposa dziko la United States kuyambira mu 2001. Tapha anthu ochuluka modabwitsa.”
Njira yatsopanoyi imatanthawuza kuwononga ndalama zambiri pa zida zokonzekera kukangana ndi Russia ndi China. Osadandaula ndi zenizeni, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis adati,
“Mpikisano wathu wachepa m’mbali zonse za nkhondo—mlengalenga, pamtunda, panyanja, m’mlengalenga, ndi pa Intaneti. Ndipo zikuwonongeka nthawi zonse. ”
Iye anafotokoza ndondomeko ya Pentagon ya 'kugula zinthu ndi zamakono', mwachitsanzo, mpikisano wa zida za nyukiliya, malo ndi zida zachikhalidwe, chitetezo cha cyber ndi zina zambiri.
Pentagon idalengeza zake Ndemanga ya Nuclear Posture pa February 2, 2018. Ndemangayi ikufuna kukonzanso ndi kukulitsa zida za nyukiliya kuti athe kuyankha zomwe zimawopseza, makamaka ndi "mphamvu zazikulu," mwachitsanzo Russia ndi China, komanso North Korea ndi ena. Peace Action inafotokoza ndemanga yolembedwa ndi Dr. Strangeglove, kuwonjezera
"Kukula kwa zida zathu za nyukiliya zomwe zafunidwa mu Nuclear Posture Review kungawononge okhometsa misonkho aku America. $1.7 thililiyoni yosinthidwa chifukwa cha inflation pazaka makumi atatu zikubwerazi.”
Bachevich akumaliza
"Ndani adzakondwerera National Defense Strategy? Opanga zida zokha, opanga zida zodzitetezera, olandirira alendo, ndi amphaka ena omwe amapindula ndi gulu lankhondo ndi mafakitale. ”
Kupititsa patsogolo chisangalalo cha opanga zida, Trump akulimbikitsa Dipatimenti ya Boma kuti iwononge nthawi yambiri kugulitsa zida za US.
Kuwonjezeka kwa Mikangano Kuyika Nkhondo Padziko Lonse
M'chaka chake choyamba ngati Purezidenti, Donald Lipenga anapereka mphamvu zopangira zisankho kwa “akazembe ake” ndipo monga kuyembekezera, izi zinachititsa “nkhondo, kuphulitsa mabomba ndi imfa” zambiri. m'chaka chake choyamba kuposa nthawi ya Obama. Pakhala "kuwonjezeka kwa pafupifupi 50 peresenti ya zigawenga za ndege ku Iraq ndi Syria m'chaka choyamba cha Trump paudindo, zomwe zachititsa kuti anthu wamba aphedwe. kuposa 200 peresenti poyerekeza ndi chaka chatha.” Trump wathyolanso mbiri yamagulu apadera, tsopano akutumizidwa m’maiko 149 kapena 75 peresenti ya dziko lapansi. Zambiri za 'America Choyamba.'
Madera ambiri ali pachiwopsezo cha nkhondo yayikulu, kuphatikiza mikangano ndi Russia ndi China:
Syria: Nkhondo yazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri ku Syria, yomwe yapha anthu 400,000, idayamba nthawi ya Purezidenti Obama mobisalira kuwononga ISIS. Cholinga chenicheni chinali kuchotsa Purezidenti Assad. Januware uyu, Mlembi wa boma a Tillerson adalongosola cholingacho, kunena kuti ngakhale atagonjetsedwa ndi ISIS US idzakhala ku Syria mpaka Assad atachotsedwa paudindo. The US ikusamukira ku Plan B, kupanga dziko lodzilamulira la Kurdish pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a Suriya amatetezedwa ndi gulu lankhondo la 30,000, makamaka aku Kurds. Marcello Ferrada de Noli limafotokoza kuti poyankhapo, Syria mothandizidwa ndi Russia, Iran ndi Hezbollah “ikupitirizabe kupambana ndiponso mosazengereza pakufuna kulandanso ulamuliro wonse wa dziko lawo.” Turkey ikuyenda kuti iwonetsetse kuti palibe gawo la Kurdish lopangidwa ndi US.
North Korea: Lingaliro laposachedwa lowopsa lochokera ku gulu lankhondo la Trump ndi kupatsa North Korea “mphuno yamagazi.” Kukamba zachipongwe kusukulu izi ndizowopsa a Kunyanyala koyamba kwa US izo zikhoza kulenga nkhondo ndi China ndi Russia. China yatero ngati US idaukira koyamba ikateteza North Korea. Nkhani yaukali imeneyi imabwera pamene North ndi South Korea amafuna mtendere ndipo ali kugwirizana pa nthawi ya Olimpiki. Nthawi ya Trump idatero anapitiriza kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kwambiri, kuchita zigawenga ku North Korea zomwe zikuphatikiza zida za nyukiliya komanso kuphedwa kwa utsogoleri wawo.A US adachitapo kanthu ndikuvomereza kuti asachite masewera ankhondo oterowo pamasewera a Olimpiki.
Iran: The US yafuna kusintha boma kuyambira 1979 Islamic Revolution idachotsa Shah waku Iran waku US. Apano kukangana pa za tsogolo la zida za nyukiliya mgwirizano ndi zoletsedwa zachuma ndi maziko a mikangano. Pomwe owonera amapeza Iran yakwaniritsa mgwirizanowu, olamulira a Trump akupitiliza kunena kuti akuphwanya malamulo. Komanso, a US, kudzera ku USAID, National Endowment for Democracy ndi mabungwe ena, ikuwononga mamiliyoni pachaka kumanga kutsutsa boma ndi kusintha kwa ndondomeko, monga zikuwoneka mu zionetsero zaposachedwa. Kuphatikiza apo, US (pamodzi ndi Israel ndi Saudi Arabia) ikuchita mikangano ndi Iran m'malo ena, mwachitsanzo Syria ndi Iran. Yemen. Pali zokopa nthawi zonse kuwononga Iran ndi kuwopseza nkhondo ndi Iran, yomwe ndi yaikulu kuwirikiza kasanu ndi kamodzi ka Iraq ndipo ili ndi asilikali amphamvu kwambiri. The US yadzipatula ku UN chifukwa cha nkhondo yake ku Iran.
Afghanistan: Nkhondo yayitali kwambiri m'mbiri ya US ikupitilira zaka 16. US yakhala ikubisa zomwe zikuchitika ku Afghanistan chifukwa a Taliban ali ndi mwayi wokhalapo pafupifupi 70 peresenti ya dzikolo ndipo ISIS yapeza gawo lochulukirapo kuposa kale zomwe zidapangitsa Inspector General waku Afghanistan. kutsutsa DoD chifukwa chokana kutulutsa deta. Nkhondo yaitali ikuphatikizapo Trump akuponya bomba lalikulu kwambiri lomwe silina nyukiliya m'mbiri ndipo zotsatira zake Milandu yamilandu yankhondo yaku US yomwe Khothi Ladziko Lonse Lamilandu amafuna kufufuza. US ili nayo zinawononga dziko lonse.
Ukraine: The Kuukira kothandizidwa ndi US ku Ukraine kukupitilizabe kuyambitsa mikangano pamalire a Russia. The US idawononga mabiliyoni ambiri pakuukirakoma zolemba zomwe zikuwonetsa kukhudzidwa kwa olamulira a Obama sanamasulidwe. Kuukira kunali kotheratu Mwana wa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Biden komanso mnzake wazachuma wa John Kerry akuyikidwa pagulu ya kampani yayikulu kwambiri yaku Ukraine yamagetsi. Kale Wogwira ntchito ku State Department adakhala nduna ya zachuma ku Ukraine. US ikupitiliza kunena kuti Russia ndi yankhanza chifukwa idateteza malo ake a Navy ku Crimea ku chiwembu cha US. Tsopano, a Boma la Trump likupereka zida ku Kiev ndi kuyambitsa nkhondo yapachiweniweni ndi Kiev ndi kumadzulo kwa Ukraine pomenyana ndi kum'maŵa kwa Ukraine.
Awa simalo okhawo omwe US ikupanga kusintha kwa boma kapena kufunafuna ulamuliro. M'mawu ena odabwitsa, Secretary of State Tillerson anachenjeza kuti Venezuela ikhoza kukumana ndi zigawenga zankhondo poyang'ana maso kuti US sigwirizana ndi kusintha kwa maboma (ngakhale yakhala ikufuna kusintha boma kuwongolera mafuta aku Venezuela kuyambira Hugo Chavez adayamba kulamulira). Ndemanga ya Tillerson idabwera ngati Venezuela anakambirana kuthetsa ndi otsutsa. Kusintha kwa boma ndi njira yogwirira ntchito ku US ku Latin America. The US imathandizidwa posachedwapa zisankho zokayikitsa ku Honduras, kusunga boma lachiwembu Obama adathandizira mu mphamvu. Ku Brazil, a US ikuthandiza kuimbidwa mlandu kwa Lula, amene akufuna kudzayimirira pulezidenti, mu vuto lomwe likuwopseza demokalase yake yosalimba kuteteza boma lachiwembu.
Ku Africa, US idatero asilikali mu 53 mwa 54 mayiko ndipo ali mu mpikisano ndi China, yomwe ikugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zachuma osati mphamvu zankhondo. US ikukhazikitsa maziko olamulira ankhondo wa kontinenti ndi kuyang'anira pang'ono kwa Congress -ku kulamulira dziko, chuma ndi anthu a ku Africa.
Kutsutsa Nkhondo ndi Militarism
Gulu lodana ndi nkhondo, lomwe lidachita manyazi pansi pa Purezidenti Obama, likukhalanso ndi moyo.
World Beyond War ikugwira ntchito yothetsa nkhondo ngati chida cha mfundo zakunja. Black Alliance for Peace akugwira ntchito kuti atsitsimutse kutsutsa kwa nkhondo ndi anthu akuda, mbiri yakale ena mwa otsutsa amphamvu kwambiri a nkhondo. Magulu amtendere akulumikizana kuzungulira Palibe kampeni ya Asitikali Akunja aku US yomwe ikufuna kutseka zida zankhondo za 800 zaku US m'maiko 80.
Olimbikitsa mtendere akukonzekera zochita. The kampeni yochoka kunkhondo ikuyamba kuyambira February 5 mpaka 11 kuwonetsa mtengo wachuma pankhondo. A Tsiku lapadziko lonse lapansi lolimbana ndi US ku Guantanamo Bay ikukonzekera pa February 23, tsiku lokumbukira chikumbutso cha US kulanda Guantanamo Bay kuchokera ku Cuba kupyolera mu "kubwereketsa kosatha" kuyambira mu 1903. A Tsiku la dziko lolimbana ndi nkhondo zaku US kunyumba ndi kunja likukonzekera mu Epulo. Ndipo Cindy Sheehan akukonzekera a March wa Akazi pa Pentagon.
Pali mipata yambiri yotsutsa nkhondo mu nyengo yatsopanoyi ya mkangano wa "Mphamvu Yaikulu". Tikukulimbikitsani kuti mutenge nawo mbali chifukwa mumatha kusonyeza kuti anthu amati "Ayi" kunkhondo.
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Nkhaniyi idasindikizidwa poyamba PopularResistance.org.
Kevin Zeese ndi Margaret Flowers co-direct Popular Resistance.
