Kanani Mapulani Kuti Mupitilize Nkhondo ku Afghanistan

Osaina mawu awa alembedwa pansipa.

"US ndi NATO akutenga dziko langa pansi pa dzina la mbendera zokongola za demokalase, ufulu wa amayi, ufulu wachibadwidwe. Ndipo kwa nthawi yayitali iyi, adakhetsa magazi a anthu athu m'dzina lankhondo yolimbana ndi zoopsa ... " -Malalai Joya

Kusankha kwa Purezidenti Obama kuti achoke kutha, kusiyana ndi "kutha" mwalamulo, nkhondo yotsogozedwa ndi US ku Afghanistan kwa wolowa m'malo mwake (kupatula Congress yomwe ikupanga mitsempha ndi ulemu wochitapo kanthu) ikuwonetsa gulu lathu komanso kulephera kwake kuthana ndi zomwe Obama akufuna. nthawi ina amatchedwa malingaliro omwe amatilowetsa kunkhondo. Lingaliro lakuti chaka cha 15 kapena chaka cha 16 chidzapita bwino ku Afghanistan kuposa zaka zoyamba za 14 zapita zimachokera ku umboni uliwonse, koma ndi chiyembekezo chakuti chinachake chidzasintha pamodzi ndi malingaliro olakwika ndi odzikuza a udindo wolamulira wina. dziko. Monga momwe anthu ambiri aku Afghan akhala akunena kwa zaka pafupifupi 14, Afghanistan idzakhala tsoka pamene ntchito ya US idzatha, koma lidzakhala tsoka lalikulu pakapita nthawi kuti achite.

Nkhondo yakutali kwambiri yaku US iyi kuyambira chiwonongeko cha mayiko aku America aku America, ikayesedwa ndi imfa, madola, chiwonongeko, ndi kuchuluka kwa asitikali ndi zida, nkhondo ya Purezidenti Obama kuposa ya Purezidenti Bush. Komabe Purezidenti Obama adapatsidwa mbiri chifukwa cha "kuthetsa" izi, osazithetsa, kwa zaka pafupifupi zisanu ndi ziwiri, kuphatikiza pomwe anali wopitilira katatu kupezeka kwa asitikali aku US. Lingaliro lakuti kuwonjezereka kwa nkhondo kumathandizira kuthetsa, kumangidwa pa nthano ndi zosokoneza za nkhondo zakale (Hiroshima ndi Nagasaki, "kuphulika" kwa Iraq), ziyenera kuikidwa pambali patatha zaka zambiri zolephera. Kunena kuti gulu lankhondo litha kutha komanso osathetsa kulanda dziko la anthu ena posamukira kumagulu ankhondo "osamenya nkhondo" (ngakhale akuphulitsa chipatala) kuyenera kusiyidwa.

Lingaliro lakuti nkhondo yowonjezera, makamaka ndi ma drones, imakhala yotsutsana ndi zomwe zimagawidwa ndi ife
-General Lt. General Michael Flynn, yemwe adasiya kugwira ntchito ngati mutu wa Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) mu Ogasiti 2014: "zida zambiri zomwe timapereka, mabasi ochulukirapo timaponya, zomwe… zimangowonjezera mikangano."
-Wakale wa CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief Michael Scheuer, yemwe akuti kwambiri ngati United States ikulimbana ndi uchigawenga kwambiri imayambitsa uchigawenga.
-CIA, yomwe imapeza pulogalamu yake ya drone "yopanda phindu."
-Admiral Dennis Blair, wamkulu wakale wa National IntelligenceAnalemba kuti: "Ngakhale kuwukira kwa drone kunathandizira kuchepetsa utsogoleri wa Qaeda ku Pakistan, adakulitsanso chidani ku America."
-A James James Cartwright, Wachiwiri kwa wapampando wakale wa Joint Chiefs of Staff: "Tikuwona mavuto omwewo. Ngati mukufuna kupha anthu njira yothetsera vutolo, ngakhale mutakhala olondola motani, mukukhumudwitsa anthu ngakhale atakhala kuti sanakutsutseni. ”
-Sherard Cowper-Coles, Yemwe Anali Woimira UK Special ku Afghanistan: "Pa wankhondo aliyense wa Pastun yemwe adamwalira, adzapatsidwa lumbiro kubwezera."
-Mateyu Hoh, Yemwe Anali Msilikali Wam'madzi (Iraq), Yemwe Anali Kazembe wa US (Iraq ndi Afghanistan): "Ndikukhulupirira kuti [kuchuluka kwa nkhondo / zankhondo] kumangowonjezera zigawengazo. Zingolimbikitsa zonena za adani athu kuti ndife olamulira, chifukwa ndife olamulira. Ndipo izi zingochititsa zigawengazo. Ndipo izi zithandizira kuti anthu ambiri azimenyera ife kapena omwe akumenya nawo nkhondo apitilizabe kumenya nkhondo nafe. ” - Mafunso ndi PBS pa Oct 29, 2009
-General Stanley McChrystal: "Kwa munthu aliyense wosalakwa mumamupha, mumapanga adani 10 atsopano. "

Afghanistan siyenera "kusiyidwa". United States ili ndi ngongole ku Afghanistan monga chithandizo chenichenicho, mtengo wake ungakhale wocheperapo kuposa wopitilira nkhondoyo.

Kuwukira kwa ndege ku US pachipatala cha Kunduz kwadzetsa chidwi kwambiri kuposa nkhanza zina zambiri zaku US zomwe zidachitika ku Afghanistan. Komabe ziwopsezo zowopsa zakhala zida zazikulu zankhondoyi yomwe idayambika mosaloledwa komanso popanda chilolezo cha UN. Kulimbikitsa kubwezera kwa 9-11 sikuli kovomerezeka mwalamulo pankhondo, komanso kunyalanyaza zomwe a Taliban adapereka kuti bin Laden akumane ndi mlandu m'dziko lachitatu. Nkhondo imeneyi yapha anthu masauzande ambiri a ku Afghanistani, kuzunzidwa ndi kutsekeredwa m’ndende, kuvulazidwa ndi kukhumudwitsa ena ambiri. Chifukwa chachikulu cha imfa pakati pa asilikali a US omwe apita ku Afghanistan ndi kudzipha. Tisalole kupitirizabe misala imeneyi kuti iwonetsedwe ngati yololera komanso yochenjera. Ndi zaupandu komanso zakupha. Purezidenti wachitatu waku US sayenera kupatsidwa mwayi wopitilira "kuthetsa" nkhondoyi kwa zaka zowonjezera.

Malizitsani tsopano.

YOLEMEDWA NDI:

David Swanson, mtsogoleri wa World Beyond War
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate
Medea Benjamin, Co-founder, Code Pink
Ret. Col. AnnWright, kazembe wakale wa US, kuphatikiza ku Afghanistan
Mike Ferner, yemwe kale anali Navy Hospital Corpsman komanso Purezidenti wa Veterans For Peace
Matthew Hoh, Msilikali wakale wa Marine (Iraq), Yemwe kale anali kazembe wa US (Iraq ndi Afghanistan)
Elliott Adams, Purezidenti wakale wa National, Veterans for Peace, FRO
Brian Terrell, wogwirizira, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Kathy Kelly, wogwirizira, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Ed Kinane, komiti yotsogolera, Syracuse Peace Council
Victoria Ross, Mtsogoleri Wapakati, Western New York Peace Council
Brian Willson, Esq., Veterans for Peace
Imam Abdulmalik Mujahid, Wapampando, World Parliament of Religions
David Smith-Ferri, Co-coordinator, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Dayne Goodwin, mlembi Wasatch Coalition for Peace and Justice, Salt Lake City
Alice Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Randolph Shannon, Progressive Democrats of America - PA Coordinator
David Hartsough, Peaceworkers
Jan Hartsough, Msonkhano wa Anzanu a San Francisco
Judith Sandoval, Veterans for Peace, San Francisco
Jim Dorenkott, Veterans for Peace
Thea Paneth, Mabanja Amtendere Mawa, Arlington United for Justice With Peace
Rivera Sun, wolemba
Michael Wong, Veterans for Peace
Sherri Maurin, wogwirizanitsa ntchito za Global Days of Listening
Mary Dean, Umboni Wotsutsa Kuzunzidwa
Dahlia Wasfi MD, womenyera ufulu waku Iraq ndi America
Jodie Evans, Co-Founder, Code Pink