Ndi David Swanson
Nkhondo yoyendetsedwa ndi US ku NATO ku Afghanistan yatenga nthawi yayitali asankha kuyisintha dzina, kulengeza nkhondo yakale, ndikulengeza nkhondo yatsopano yomwe ali otsimikiza kuti mukonda.
Nkhondoyo mpaka pano yatenga nthawi yayitali mpaka US kutenga nawo gawo pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yadziko Lonse kuphatikizaponso gawo la US ku Nkhondo Yadziko I, kuphatikiza Nkhondo yaku Korea, kuphatikiza Nkhondo yaku Spain yaku America, kuphatikiza ndi nkhondo yonse ya US ku Philippines, yophatikizidwa ndi yonse nthawi ya Nkhondo yaku America ku Mexico.
Tsopano, zina zankhondo zina zomwe zidakwaniritsa zinthu, ndidzavomereza - monga kuba theka la Mexico. Kodi Sentinel wa Operation Freedom, yemwe poyamba ankadziwika kuti Operation Enduring Freedom, wakwanitsa kuchita chiyani, kupatula kupirira ndi kupirira ndi kupilira mpaka pomwe tili otakataka mokwanira kunyalanyaza dzina latsopano monga Orwellian ngati Sentinel wa Ufulu (chomwe - anali "Wotetezera Ufulu" chatengedwa kale)?
Malinga ndi Purezidenti Obama, zaka zopitilira 13 zophulitsa bomba ndikukhala ku Afghanistan zatipangitsa kukhala otetezeka. Izi zikuwoneka ngati kufunsa kuti wina afunsire umboni. Boma la US lawononga pafupifupi $ trilioni imodzi pankhondoyi, kuphatikiza madola 13 thililiyoni pakugwiritsa ntchito zankhondo pazaka zopitilira 13, kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe zidawonjezeka pogwiritsa ntchito nkhondoyi komanso nkhondo zofananira ngati chifukwa. Makumi a madola mabiliyoni atha kuthetsa njala padziko lapansi, kupatsa dziko lapansi madzi oyera, ndi zina zambiri. Tikadapulumutsa miyoyo mamiliyoni ambiri ndikusankha kupha masauzande m'malo mwake. Nkhondo yakhala yowononga kwambiri zachilengedwe. Tapereka ufulu wathu wachibadwidwe kunja pazenera mu dzina la "ufulu." Tatulutsa zida zambiri zomwe adayenera kuzikakamiza kupita nazo ku madipatimenti apolisi am'deralo, zotsatira zake zinali zodziwikiratu. Chidziwitso chakuti china chake chabwino chabwera ndipo chikubwera ndipo chidzapitilizabe kubwera kwa zaka zambiri mtsogolo kuchokera kunkhondoyi ndiyofunika kuyang'anitsitsa.
Osayang'ana pafupi kwambiri. CIA amapeza Kuti chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pankhondo (kupha anthu osagwirizana ndi drone - "kupha" ndi mawu awo) ndi yopanda pake. Asanakhale mdani wamkulu wankhondo Fred Branchfman atamwalira chaka chino adatenga nthawi yayitali mndandanda Zomwe anthu a m'boma la US ndi asitikali anena. Kuti kupha anthu omwe amakhala ndi ma drones kumapangitsa kukwiyitsa anzawo ndi mabanja awo, ndikupanga adani ambiri kuposa omwe mumachotsa, kungakhale kosavuta kumvetsetsa mutawerenga kafukufuku waposachedwa apezeka kuti pamene US ikulimbana ndi munthu kuti amuphe, amapha anthu ena 27 panjira. General Stanley McChrystal adati mukapha munthu wosalakwa mumapanga adani 10. Sindine katswiri wa masamu, koma ndikuganiza kuti zimabwera pafupifupi adani 270 omwe amapangidwa nthawi iliyonse munthu akaikidwa pamndandanda wakupha, kapena 280 ngati munthuyo kapena akukhulupiliridwa kuti ndiwosalakwa (pazomwe sizikudziwika bwinobwino).
Nkhondo imeneyi ndi yopanda phindu payokha. Koma mawu amenewa ndi ati? Nthawi zambiri amakhala chilengezo chobwezera mwankhanza komanso kutsutsa kwamalamulo - ngakhale atavala bwino kuti amveke ngati ulemu. Ndikoyenera kukumbukira pano momwe zonsezi zinayambira. United States, kwa zaka zitatu isanafike Seputembara 11, 2001, idafunsa a Taliban kuti atembenukire Osama bin Laden. Anthu a ku Taliban adapempha kuti apeze umboni woti anali wolakwa pamilandu iliyonse ndikudzipereka kuti amuyese m'dziko lachitatu osalowererapo. Izi zidapitilira mpaka mu Okutobala, 2001. (Onani, mwachitsanzo "Bush Akukana Taliban Kupereka Kwa Bin Laden Over" mu Guardian, Okutobala 14, 2001.) A Taliban adachenjezanso United States kuti a Bin Laden akukonzekera kuukira nthaka ya US (izi malinga ndi BBC). Mlembi wakale waku Pakistani a Niaz Naik adauza BBC kuti akuluakulu aku US adamuuza pamsonkhano wothandizidwa ndi UN ku Berlin mu Julayi 2001 kuti United States ichitapo kanthu pa a Taliban mkatikati mwa Okutobala. Anati ndizokayikitsa kuti kugonjera a Bin Laden kusintha mapulani awo. Pamene United States idawukira Afghanistan pa Okutobala 7, 2001, a Taliban adapemphanso kuti akambirane zopereka Bin Laden kudziko lachitatu kuti liyesedwe. United States idakana izi ndipo idapitilizabe kumenya nkhondo ku Afghanistan kwazaka zambiri, osayimitsa pomwe a Bin Laden amakhulupirira kuti achoka mdzikolo, osayimitsa ngakhale atalengeza zakufa kwa a Lad Laden.
Chifukwa chake, motsutsana ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa malamulo, United States ndi omwe adagwira nawo ntchito apanga cholembera chaukadaulo chomwe chikanatha kupewedwa ndikuyesera ku 2001 kapena popanda kukhala ndi zida komanso ophunzitsidwa ndi Lad Laden ndi omwe adagwira nawo ntchito mu 1980s kapena posakhumudwitsa Soviet Union kuti igwere kapena popanda kuyambitsa Cold War, etc.
Ngati nkhondoyi sinachite chitetezo - ndi kusankhidwa padziko lonse lapansi kupeza kuti United States tsopano ikuwoneka ngati chiwopsezo chachikulu pamtendere wapadziko lonse - kodi yachita china chake? Mwina. Kapenanso akhoza kutero - makamaka ngati yatha ndikuimbidwa mlandu ngati mlandu. Zomwe nkhondoyi ikadakwanitsabe ndikuchotsa kwathunthu kusiyana pakati pa nkhondo ndi zomwe CIA ndi White House zimatcha zomwe akuchita mu malipoti awo komanso memos ovomerezeka: kupha.
Nyuzipepala ya ku Germany yati lofalitsidwa mndandanda wakupha wa NATO - mndandanda wofanana ndi wa Purezidenti Obama - wa anthu omwe akufuna kupha. Pamndandandawu pali omenyera nkhondo otsika, komanso ngakhale ogulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo omwe sanamenyane. Tasinthiratu ndende komanso kuzunzidwa komwe kumatsatiridwa komanso milandu yazamalamulo komanso zovuta zamakhalidwe ndi mkonzi pamanja ndikupha.
Chifukwa chiyani kupha munthu kuyenera kukhala kovomerezeka kuposa kumangidwa komanso kuzunzidwa? Makamaka ndikuganiza kuti tikudalira zotsalira zamiyambo yakale yomwe idakalipo monga nthano. Nkhondo - yomwe timaganiza mopanda nzeru yakhalapo ndipo idzakhalapobe - sinkawoneka ngati momwe zilili masiku ano. Sizinali choncho kuti 90 peresenti ya akufa sanali omenya nkhondo. Timayankhulabe za "malo omenyera nkhondo," koma anazolowera kukhala zinthu zotere. Nkhondo zinakonzedwa ndikukonzekera machesi ngati amasewera. Asitikali akale achi Greek amatha kumanga msasa pafupi ndi mdani osawopa kuti adzawadzidzimuka. Anthu a ku Spain ndi a Moor adakambirana masiku omenyera nkhondo. Amwenye aku California amagwiritsa ntchito mivi yolondola posaka koma mivi yopanda nthenga popanga nkhondo. Mbiri ya Nkhondo ndi imodzi mwamwambo ndi ulemu kwa "wotsutsa woyenera." George Washington amatha kuzembera aku Britain, kapena a Hesse, ndikuwapha usiku wa Khrisimasi osati chifukwa palibe amene adaganizapo zodutsa Delaware kale, koma chifukwa sizinali zomwe munthu adachita.
Tsopano, tsopano. Nkhondo zimamenyedwa m'matauni ndi m'midzi ya anthu. Nkhondo zikupha kwambiri. Ndipo njira yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku Afghanistan ndi Pakistan ndi asitikali aku US ndi CIA ili ndi mwayi wowoneka ngati wakupha kwa anthu ambiri. Mulole izi zitilimbikitse kuti tithetse. Tiyeni titsimikizire kuti tisalole izi kupitilira zaka khumi kapena chaka china kapena mwezi wina. Tisachite nawo chinyengo chonena kuti kupha anthu ambiri kwatha chifukwa choti wakuphayo wapatsa dzina lachiwembucho dzina latsopano. Pakadali pano ndi okhawo omwe awona kutha kwa nkhondo ku Afghanistan.
