Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, April 23, 2020
Wokondedwa Mr. Katstra,
Choyamba, zikomo kwambiri chifukwa chogwira ntchito kwambiri pagulu lalikulu kwambiri lomwe ndikuganiza kuti tonse tili otetezeka poganiza kuti tikadakhala tikulimbirana chaka chatha chaka chino tikadapanda kusewera. Mwina ndili ndi tsankho. Zowonadi ndi zakuti ndine wokonda komanso alumnus yemwe adapeza zosokoneza kwambiri nkhani yomwe ili ndi mutu "Austin Katstra wa ku Virginia ndiye maziko oyamba ntchito yothana ndi zolakwika."
Nkhaniyo inati: "Chidwi cha Austin Katstra pankhani yotsutsa chidayamba pa Meyi 2, 2011. Ndiye tsiku lomwe asitikali aku US adapha Osama Bin Laden. Katstra sanadziwe zambiri zachigawenga pafupifupi zaka khumi zapitazo, choncho woyang'anira wapakatiyo adafufuza Bin Laden ndikuyamba kudziwa momwe US idachitira zachinyengo za Bin Laden. Popeza anali ndi mayi wakale wa agogo ngati agogo ake opeza, Katstra anali ndi chidwi chofuna kuthandiza dziko lake, koma chidwicho chinayamba pomwe anaphunzira zambiri zokhudza nkhanza. ”
Nthawi zambiri ndimakambirana ndi makalasi apamwamba komanso asukulu zapamwamba za nkhondo ndi mtendere ndikupeza kuti ophunzira ambiri sadziwa mfundo zoyambira. Ndimalankhulanso ndi akatswiri akale a asitikali aku US (ndi CIA ndi mabungwe ena) ndipo amandiuza kuti akadadziwa zikadakhala kuti sakadalumikizana. Zachidziwikire, mutha kudziwa zambiri kuposa aliyense wa iwo. UVa ndi sukulu yabwino kwambiri. Koma, chifukwa ndizofunikira kwambiri, ndipo sindikutanthauza kuti ndingakhumudwitsidwe, kodi ndingangofunsani mafunso pang'ono omwe mungadumphe ngati angakuuzeni nkhani zachikale?
Mukudziwa kuti boma la US mobwerezabwereza inachepa umafuna kuperekera Bin Laden ku fuko lachitatu kuti akazengedwe mlandu, m'malo mwake nkhondo yomwe ikanachitika pafupifupi zaka 19 mpaka pano?
Kodi mwakumana ndi kumvetsa kuti "ngati CIA sipadawononga madola wani biliyoni omanga Asilamu ku Afghanistan motsutsana ndi Soviet Union panthawi yayitali ya Nkhondo Yazizira, kupatsa mphamvu abambo a jihadist ngati Ayman al-Zawahiri ndi Osama bin Laden mchitidwewu, kuukira kwa 9/11 sikukadakhala konse ”?
Kodi mukudziwa US mapulani pomenya nkhondo ku Afghanistan yomwe idachitika pa Seputembara 11, 2001?
Kodi mwawona zolosera kupepesa zomwe Bin Laden adapereka chifukwa cha milandu yake yakupha? Onsewa amabwezera kubwezera zolakwa zina zomwe ankhondo aku US amachita.
Mukudziwa kuti nkhondo ndi mlandu pansi pa malamulo ena, Msonkhano wa United Nations?
Mukudziwa kuti al Qaeda anakonza September 11th M'mayiko ambiri komanso ku US akuti, mosiyana ndi Afghanistan, United States idasankha kusaphulitsa bomba?
Kodi mukuzindikira zosakwanira? zolephera ya CIA ndi FBI yotsogolera ku 9/11, komanso ndi chenjezo lomwe adapereka ku White House lomwe silinamve?
Mukudziwa umboni wa gawo lomwe adasewera Saudi Arabia, pafupi mgwirizano waku US, wogulitsa mafuta, kasitomala zida, ndi mnzake pankhondo ku Yemen?
Kodi mumadziwa kuti Prime Minister waku Britain a Tony Blair adagwirizana kupita kunkhondo yamtsogolo ku Iraq bola Afghanistan itayamba kuukiridwa?
Kodi mumadziwa kuti boma la US lidadalira thandizo kuchokera ku Charlottesville kuyambitsa nkhondo ku Iraq? Ndizowona. Akatswiri ku Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi atakana kunena kuti machubu a aluminium ku Iraq ndi omwe amapangira zida za nyukiliya, chifukwa amadziwa kuti sangakhale ndipo anali amiyala, komanso pomwe anthu a department of State adakananso kufikira "olondola" pomaliza, anyamata angapo ku National Ground Intelligence Center anali okondwa kuchita izi. Mayina awo anali George Norris ndi Robert Campus, ndipo adalandira "mphotho zantchito" (ndalama) pantchitoyo. Secretary of State Colin Powell adagwiritsa ntchito zonena za Norris 'ndi Campus m'mawu ake a UN ngakhale atawachenjeza antchito ake kuti sizowona.
Mukudziwa kuti a Taliban adathetsa nkhondo isanachitike, koma kuti nkhondoyi idapanga imodzi mwa magwero awiri azandalama a Taliban, pomwe winayo anali, malinga ndi kafukufuku wa US Congress, Asilikali a US?
Kodi mukudziwa kuti nkhondo ya ku Afghanistan yatero anaphedwa kuchuluka kwa anthu, kuwononga zachilengedwe, ndi kusiya anthu ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu cha coronavirus?
Mukudziwa kuti Khothi Ladziko Lonse Lapansi ndi kufufuza umboni wokulirapo wazinthu zoopsa za mbali zonse zankhondo ku Afghanistan?
Kodi mwazindikira chizolowezi chomangoyendetsa ntchito zankhondo ku US pongolowa kumene kuvomereza kuti zochuluka zomwe akhala akuchita ndizopanda phindu? Nawa zitsanzo zochepa chabe ngati mungaphonye chilichonse cha izi:
-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
(Mat ndi bwenzi ndipo ndikudziwa kuti angasangalale kucheza nanu.)
-General Stanley McChrystal: "Kwa munthu aliyense wosalakwa mumamupha, mumapanga adani 10 atsopano. "
- Lt. Col John W. Nicholson Jr.: Yemwe wamkulu wankhondo ku Afghanistan adatsutsa kutsutsa kwake pazomwe adakhala akuchita patsiku lake lomaliza kuchita.
Kodi mumadziwa kuti uchigawenga unaneneratu kuwonjezeka kuyambira 2001 mpaka 2014, makamaka monga zotsatira za nkhondo ya uchigawenga? Zowonadi funso lofunika lomwe maphunziro abwino amafunika kufunsa aliyense pankhaniyi ndi ili: "Kodi ikugwira ntchito?" Ndikuganiza kuti mwafunsapo za "zaumbanda." Ndimaganiziranso kuti mwasiyanitsa, ngati pali chilichonse, chomwe chimasiyanitsa chiwopsezo ndi uchigawenga.
Kodi mukuzindikira 95% pa zachiwembu zonse zodzipha ndewu zopanda chilungamo zomwe zimachitika pofuna kulimbikitsa nzika zadziko lina kuti zichoke mdziko la zigawenga?
Kodi mumadziwa kuti pa Marichi 11, 2004, mabomba a Al Qaeda anapha anthu 191 ku Madrid, Spain, chisanachitike chisankho chomwe chipani chimodzi chinkachita chiwembu chotsutsana ndi Spain chochita nawo motsogozedwa ndi US ku Iraq. Anthu aku Spain adavota a Socialists, ndipo adachotsa asitikali onse aku Spain ku Iraq pofika Meyi. Kunalibenso mabomba ku Spain. Mbiriyi imasemphana kwambiri ndi Britain, United States, ndi mayiko ena omwe ayankha kuti ayambiranso ndi nkhondo zambiri, zomwe zikubweretsa zambiri.
Mukudziwa kuvutika ndi kufa komwe polio adayamba kuyambitsa ndikumayambitsa, komanso kuchuluka kwa zaka zomwe akhala akugwira ntchito kwa zaka zambiri kuti abwezeretse, komanso zovuta zake zomwe zidaperekedwa pomwe CIA idapereka. kunamizira kukhala katemera anthu ku Pakistan pomwe akuyesera kupeza Bin Laden?
Kodi mumadziwa kuti sizololedwa ku Pakistan kapena kwina kulikonse kuba kapena kupha?
Kodi mudayamba mwaimapo ndikumvetsera kwa azunguwo pazodandaula zawo? Anthu amakonda Jeffrey Sterling khalani ndi zina kutsegula maso nkhani ku ndikuuzeni. Chomwechonso Cian Westmoreland. Chomwechonso Lisa Ling. Momwemonso ena ambiri. Ndifunseni, ngati mukufuna kulumikizana ndi aliyense wa iwo.
Mukudziwa kuti zambiri zomwe timaganizira za ma drones ndizo zopeka?
Mukudziwa gawo lomwe US limagwira popanga zida nkhondo, kuti imayambitsa ena 80% za nkhondo zapadziko lonse, 90% a mabwalo ankhondo achilendo, 50% ndalama zankhondo, kapena kuti asitikali ankhondo aku US, sitima, ndi ndalama zankhondo za 96% maboma opondereza kwambiri padziko lapansi?
Kodi inu mukudziwa zimenezo 3% ndalama zankhondo zaku US zitha kuthetsa njala padziko lapansi? Kodi mumakhulupiliradi, mukayimilira kuti muchiyang'ane, kuti zofunikira za boma la US zimathandizira kuthana ndi zauchifwamba, m'malo mongoziwonjezera?
Tili ndi zovuta zenizeni zomwe zikuyang'anizana kwambiri ndi za uchigawenga, Mr. Katstra, ziribe kanthu komwe mukuganiza kuti uchigawenga umachokera. Kuopsa kwa apocalypse ndi okwera kuposa kale. Chiwopsezo cha kugwa kwa nyengo chosasinthika chidakwera kwambiri kuposa kale anathandizira mwa wankhondo. Madola mabiliyoni ambiri omwe amaponyedwa kunkhondo ndi ofunika kwambiri chitetezo chenicheni polimbana ndi zoopsazi kuphatikizaponso masoka a spin-off ngati coronavirus.
Ndikuganiza ndemanga sabata ino ndi Prime Minister waku Norway afotokoza zomwe zalakwika ndi malingaliro apano. Iye anati kuti popeza coronavirus idabwera modzidzimutsa, ndalama zambiri ziyenera kuponyedwa pokonzekera nkhondo. Izi zimasemphana ndi maboma onse Ankadziwa za coronavirus kubwerera mu Novembala ndi chakuti titha kukhala okonzekera bwino zovuta zathanzi ngati ndalama zathu sizikadagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri pazankhondo kale.
lipenga poyera akuti akufuna asitikali a Syria kuti apange mafuta, Bolton poyera akuti akufuna kupempha kuVenezuela mafuta, Pompeyi poyera akunena kuti akufuna kuthana ndi arctic yamafuta (omwe asungunuke kwambiri a arctic kukhala boma logonja). Kodi misala iyi ikugwirizana bwanji ndi kuwerengetsa uchigawenga? Noam Chomsky, yemwe Pat Tillman anali kumvetsera asanaphedwe, nthawi zonse amafotokoza njira yofupikitsa yochepetsera uchigawenga: "Lekani kuchita nawo."
Takhala pakadali pano, Mr. Katstra, pozindikira ndikusintha zinthu zofunika kuchita. Mafuta tsopano ndi osathandiza koma nkhondo za mafuta ndizakuti ndizofunikira "." Ino ndi nthawi yoti muzindikire zomwe zikufunika komanso ntchito zomwe ndi ntchito. UVa yakhazikitsa zikwangwani zothokoza ogwira ntchito yazaumoyo chifukwa cha ngwazi zawo. Pali mazana amitundu yamankhwala yotchuka yomwe ikuchitika pakali pano. Palibe chilichonse chokhudzana ndikupanga boma chinsinsi kwa anthu. Palibe aliyense wa iwo amene amayenera kuzunza anthu. Palibe wa iwo amene amachita kunama, kubera, ndi kuba. Palibe amene amachita zoyenera kuphulitsa anthu okhala ndi zida kuchokera ku ndege za loboti.
Gulu la "anzeru" silinso. Gulu, monga nzeru, likupezeka kwina konse. Ndikhulupirira kuti mupeza. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mupeza njira yothandizira osati dziko koma dziko lomwe lidzapulumuka kapena ayi. Ndidziwitseni ngati ndingathandize.
Zabwino zonse,
David Swanson
