ndi Mark B. Fancher
kuchokera Malipoti a Black Agenda, October 18, 2017
"Oyang'anira a Trump akulankhula za zomwe zichitike asitikali aku US kuti abwerere."
Kuyambira pachiyambi, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) idaganiza molakwika kupusa kwa anthu aku Africa ndi ena omwe akuda nkhawa ndi kontinenti. Poyankha zoneneza zomwe US imagwiritsa ntchito asitikali ake kuti ziwonetsetse kuti Africa ikupitilirabe kulamulidwa ndi zigawenga, AFRICOM yaumirira mouma khosi kuti zolinga zake zokha ndikulangiza ndi kuthandizira magulu ankhondo a "abwenzi" a boma la Africa komanso kupereka thandizo lothandizira anthu. Koma tikudziwa kuti chowonadi sichili choncho.
Mkulu wa Asitikali aku US a Donald Bolduc adauza NBC News mopanda manyazi kuti: "Amerika sali pankhondo ku Africa. Koma mabwenzi ake ndi omwe ali nawo. " Koma ngakhale msilikali amatha kuzindikira zakutali. Beret wakale wa Green Beret Derek Gannon anati: “[Kutengapo gawo kwankhondo ku United States ku Africa] kumatchedwa Low Intensity Irregular Warfare, koma mwaukadaulo simaona ngati nkhondo ndi Pentagon. Koma kwa ine nkhondo ndi nkhondo.”
US ili ndi malo awiri ku Africa omwe ali oyenerera kukhala maziko ankhondo. Komabe, malinga ndi NBC US idachulukitsa chiwerengero cha mishoni zankhondo zochokera ku ambassy zotchedwa "Offices of Security Cooperation" kuchokera pa zisanu ndi zinayi ku 2008 kufika ku 36 mu 2016. kulimbana ndi uchigawenga. Ngakhale kudana ndi uchigawenga kunali cholinga chenicheni, asilikali.com inati: “Dziko la United States lapeza zoyesayesa zake zolimbana ndi zigawenga zomwe zikusokonekera ndi maboma ena a mu Afirika, amene asilikali awo achitetezo alibe zida zokwanira zopezera zigawenga zachi America koma sakufuna kuvomera thandizo la US chifukwa cha mantha. Anthu a ku America sangalandiridwe ndipo adzapondereza ulamuliro wawo.”
"Ofufuza akuti asitikali aku US tsopano ali m'maiko 49 aku Africa, mwina kuti athane ndi uchigawenga."
Poyang'anizana ndi chikayikiro cha Africa, US ikuwonabe zopindulitsa pakukulitsa mayendedwe a AFRICOM kumakona onse a kontinenti. Nthawi ina a Obama Administration adatumiza asitikali a 100 ku Niger ku 2013 kuti akakhazikitse malo ochitirako drone pamalo pomwe US idapereka kale thandizo la ndege ku France. Pofika mu June chaka chino, chiŵerengero cha asilikali a ku United States ku Niger chinali chitakula kufika pa 645, ndipo pofika pano n’kutheka kuti m’dzikolo muli asilikali okwana 800 a ku United States. Ngakhale gulu lankhondo lingakhulupirire kuti kuchitapo kanthu mozama kwamtunduwu ndikothandiza pazokonda za US, pali mtengo wake. Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno asitikali anayi a US ku Niger adaphedwa pakuwomberana moto ndi zigawenga zomwe akuti zigawenga. Malinga ndi akaunti imodzi:
"Pa Okutobala 5, asitikali pafupifupi 30 aku Niger anali kulondera m'magalimoto opanda zida pamodzi ndi asitikali ankhondo khumi ndi awiri a US Army, omwe anali gulu lapadera la Green Beret. Oyang'anirawo amachokera ku msonkhano ndi atsogoleri a mafuko ndipo adafika pamtunda wapakati pa Niger ndi dziko loyandikana nalo la Mali. Zigawengazo zinaloŵerera panjinga zamoto ndi kuukira olonderawo ndi mabomba oponyedwa ndi roketi ndi mfuti zokulirapo, kupha asanu ndi atatu: anthu a ku Niger anayi, atatu a Green Berets, ndi msilikali wina wa ku United States amene mtembo wake sunadziŵike kufikira masiku aŵiri pambuyo pa chiwembucho.”
Zomwe zili mu mauthenga a AFRICOM ndikuti asitikali aku US amathandizira asitikali aku Africa kuti ateteze anthu aku Africa opanda thandizo ku "zigawenga" zosafunikira. Komabe, lipoti la bungwe la CNN lonena za anthu amene anabisala ku Niger linati: “Asilikali ena amene anapita kumsonkhano ndi atsogoleri a m’derali ananena kuti akukayikira kuti anthu a m’mudziwo akuwachedwetsa kuchoka, kuwadikirira n’kuwadikirira, zomwe zinachititsa kuti ena a iwo azikayikira. kuti anthu a m’mudzimo angakhale akugwira nawo ntchito yobisalira…”
Pofika mwezi wa June chaka chino, chiŵerengero cha asilikali a US ku Niger chinali chitakwera kufika pa 645, ndipo pofika pano pakhoza kukhala asilikali okwana 800 a US m'dzikolo.
Akuluakulu ankhondo omwe amalowererapo m'mayiko ena ayenera kudziwa kuti pamene anthu a m'midzi omwe sali omenyana atenga cholinga cha gulu lirilonse - mosasamala kanthu za zolinga za gulu - kupambana kwa asilikali kwa omenyera nkhondo kumakhala kopanda chiyembekezo. Komabe, "[m] akuluakulu ena adauza CNN kuti oyang'anira a Trump akulankhula ndi boma la Nigerien za zomwe ankhondo aku US angachite kuti abwerere ku gulu la zigawenga lomwe linapha asitikali aku America."
Pansi pa malamulo aku US, Congress ili ndi mwayi womanga gulu lililonse losagwirizana ndi a Trump. The War Powers Resolution imapereka kuti nthawi zina Purezidenti amatha kutumiza asitikali kumalo omenyera nkhondo, koma pamakhala zofunikira zofotokozera Purezidenti nthawi ndi nthawi komanso malire a nthawi yomwe asitikali atha kuchita nawo mikangano popanda kulengeza zankhondo kapena Congress. chilolezo. Komabe, Congress ili ndi mbiri yolephera kuletsa asitikali aku US kumayiko ena, ndipo sitiyenera kuyembekezera kuti atero. Ngakhale kufa ku Niger, Africa sichimawonedwa m'maganizo a Congress kapena anthu ambiri ngati malo omwe US ili pankhondo.
AFRICOM yakhala ndi chidaliro cha kuthekera kwake kukulitsa kupezeka kwa asitikali aku US ku Africa pomwe ikuwuluka pansi pa radar chifukwa cha upangiri wake. Cholinga chake chakhala chogwiritsa ntchito asitikali aku Africa kuti achite nawo nkhondo yeniyeni popanda nkhawa za ovulala aku US komanso mikangano yomwe ikubwera komanso kubweza. Koma imfa ku Niger zikuyimira snafu yosayembekezereka.
"Congress ili ndi mbiri yolephera kuletsa asitikali aku US kumayiko ena."
Ngakhale zitha kukhala zowona kuti panthawiyi, kufa ku Niger kudazimiririka mwachangu kuchokera pazofalitsa, ndipo chifukwa cha chidwi cha anthu aku US, pali chifukwa chabwino chokhulupirira kuti anthu ambiri amwalira. Anthu aku Africa si opusa, koma akuluakulu ankhondo aku US ngati anyalanyaza mwayi woti ngakhale anthu odzichepetsa kwambiri aku Africa amadana ndi kuchuluka kwa asitikali aku US mdera lawo. Anthu odzichepetsawa atha kukhala opanda mwayi wowonetsera chidani chawo, koma kupha kwaposachedwa ku Niger mothandizidwa ndi anthu akumudzi akutsimikizira kuti pali magulu omwe akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito mkwiyo waku Africa komanso chisokonezo pakukhalapo kwa asitikali aku US.
Ngati chiwopsezo chakufa kwa asitikali aku US chikupitilira kukwera ndipo AFRICOM itaya mbiri yake, siyenera kudabwitsidwa ku Pentagon ponena za nkhuku zake zomwe zimabwera kunyumba kudzagona.
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Mark P. Fancher ndi loya yemwe amalemba nthawi ndi nthawi ku Black Agenda Report. Atha kulumikizidwa pa mfancher(pa)Comcast.net.
