Wolemba Manlio Dinucci, Il Manifesto, Juni 8, 2021
Mkango waku Africa, ntchito yayikulu kwambiri yankhondo mdziko la Africa yomwe ikukonzekera ndikuwongoleredwa ndi Asitikali aku US, yayamba. Zimaphatikizapo zoyenda pamtunda, mlengalenga, ndi panyanja ku Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, ndi nyanja zoyandikana - kuchokera kumpoto kwa Africa kupita ku West Africa, kuchokera ku Mediterranean mpaka ku Atlantic. Asitikali a 8,000 akutenga nawo mbali, theka lawo ndi aku America okhala ndi akasinja pafupifupi 200, mfuti zodziyendetsa, ndege, ndi zombo zankhondo. African Lion 21 ikuyembekezeka kuwononga $ 24 miliyoni ndipo ili ndi tanthauzo lomwe likupangitsa kuti ikhale yofunikira kwambiri.
Izi zidasankhidwa ku Washington: zoyeserera zaku Africa zikuchitika koyamba ku Western Sahara mwachitsanzo chaka chino mdera la Sahrawi Republic, lodziwika ndi mayiko oposa 80 a UN, omwe dziko lawo la Morocco lidakana ndikumenya nawo njira iliyonse . Rabat adalengeza motere "Washington ikuvomereza ulamuliro waku Morocco ku Western Sahara”Ndipo ipempha Algeria ndi Spain kuti asiye"kudana kwawo ndi kukhulupirika kwa dziko la Morocco“. Spain, yemwe akuimbidwa mlandu ndi Morocco kuti amathandizira Polisario (Western Sahara Liberation Front), sakutenga nawo gawo ku African Lion chaka chino. Washington idatsimikiziranso kuthandizira kwawo Morocco, ndikuyitcha "wamkulu wosagwirizana ndi NATO komanso mnzake waku United States".
Zochita zaku Africa zikuchitika chaka chino kwa nthawi yoyamba mkati mwa dongosolo latsopano la US Command. M'mwezi wa Novembala watha, Asitikali aku US Europe ndi US Army Africa adaphatikizidwa kukhala lamulo limodzi: US Army Europe ndi Africa. General Chris Cavoli, yemwe amatsogolera nkhaniyi, adalongosola chifukwa cha chisankhochi:Nkhani zachitetezo zachigawo ku Europe ndi Africa ndizolumikizana mosasunthika ndipo zimatha kufalikira mwachangu kuchokera kudera lina kupita kwina ngati sizisinthidwa. ” Chifukwa chake lingaliro la Asitikali aku US kuphatikiza European Command ndi African Command, kuti "mwamphamvu kusunthira magulu ankhondo kuchokera kumalo ena kupita kumalo ena, kuchokera ku kontinenti ina kupita ku ina, kukonza magwiridwe athu azadzidzidzi".
Poterepa, African Lion 21 idalumikizidwa ndi Defender-Europe 21, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito asitikali 28,000 ndi magalimoto opitilira 2,000. Ndi gulu limodzi lokha logwirizana lomwe likuchitika kuchokera kumpoto kwa Europe kupita ku West Africa, lomwe lakonzedwa ndikulamulidwa ndi US Army Europe ndi Africa. Cholinga chaboma ndikutsutsana ndi zomwe sizikudziwika “Zochita zoyipa kumpoto kwa Africa ndi Kummwera kwa Europe komanso kuteteza zisudzo ku nkhanza zankhondo", Ponena momveka za Russia ndi China.
Italy yatenga nawo gawo ku African Lion 21, komanso Defender-Europe 21, osati ndi magulu ankhondo okha koma ngati maziko. Zochita ku Africa zikuyendetsedwa kuchokera ku Vicenza ndi US Army's Southern Europe Task Force ndipo magulu omwe achitapo kanthu amaperekedwa kudzera ku Port of Livorno ndi zida zankhondo zochokera ku Camp Darby, oyandikana nawo oyang'anira zida zankhondo aku US. Kutenga nawo gawo mu African Lion 21 ndi gawo limodzi lodzipereka lankhondo laku Italiya ku Africa.
Ntchito ku Niger ndi chizindikiro, mwalamulo "ngati gawo limodzi la mgwirizano wapakati pa Europe ndi US pokhazikitsa bata m'derali komanso kuthana ndi kugulitsa anthu mosavomerezeka komanso kuwopseza chitetezo", Makamaka kuwongolera amodzi mwa malo olemera kwambiri pazinthu zopangira (mafuta, uranium, coltan, ndi ena) omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi mayiko aku US ndi Europe, omwe oligopoly yawo ili pachiwopsezo cha kupezeka kwachuma ku China ndi zina.
Chifukwa chake njira yokomera atsamunda: kutsimikizira zomwe munthu akufuna pogwiritsa ntchito njira yankhondo, kuphatikizapo kuthandizira anthu wamba omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo pazankhondo zawo kuseri kwa fodya wa magulu ankhondo olimbana ndi jihadist. M'malo mwake, kulowererapo kwa asitikali kumakulitsa miyoyo ya anthu, ndikulimbikitsa njira zankhanza ndi kugonjera, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti kusamuka mokakamizidwa komanso masoka achilengedwe akuchulukirachulukira.
