Yolembedwa ndi Joseph Santolan, World BEYOND War, 10 Ogasiti 10, 2017
Pentagon ikukonzekera kuyambitsa ziwombankhanga za drone pachilumba cha Mindanao kumwera kwa Philippines, NBC News idawululira Lolemba kutchula akuluakulu awiri achitetezo aku US omwe sanatchulidwe mayina. Nkhaniyi inasindikizidwa monga Mlembi wa boma wa US Rex Tillerson anakumana ndi Purezidenti wa Philippines Rodrigo Duterte ku Manila pambuyo pa Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum yomwe inachitikira kumeneko kumapeto kwa sabata.
Chilumba cha Mindanao, chomwe chili ndi anthu oposa 22 miliyoni, chakhala pansi pa malamulo ankhondo kwa miyezi pafupifupi itatu pamene asilikali a ku Philippines akugwira ntchito yowombera mabomba, mothandizidwa ndi chitsogozo cha asilikali a US, ponena za Islamic State of Iraq. ndi zigawo za Syria (ISIS) mumzinda wa Marawi.
Zomwe zachitidwa kwa anthu aku Marawi ndi mlandu wankhondo. Mazana a anthu wamba aphedwa ndipo opitilira 400,000 athamangitsidwa mnyumba zawo, asandulika othawa kwawo. Amwazikana ku Mindanao ndi a Visayas kufunafuna malo okhala mkati mwa nyengo yamphepo yamkuntho, nthawi zambiri amakhala opanda chakudya chokwanira komanso ena amasowa njala.
Malamulo ankhondo amatumikira zofuna za imperialism ya US. Asitikali aku US adachita nawo kuukira koyamba kwa asitikali aku Philippines komwe kudayambitsa kulengeza kwa malamulo ankhondo, magulu apadera ankhondo adachita nawo ziwawa zomwe zidachitika mumzinda wonsewo, ndipo ndege zoyang'anira US zatsogolera kuphulitsa mabomba tsiku lililonse.
Chiyambireni chisankho chaka chapitacho, a Duterte adayesetsa kukonzanso ubale waukazembe ndi chuma ku Philippines ku Beijing komanso, mpaka ku Moscow, ndipo zidawoneka kuti sizingagwirizane ndi zofuna za Washington. M'kupita kwa nthawi yomwe mtsogoleri wake adakhala paudindo, ulamuliro wa Imperialism waku US kudzera mwazamalamulo ndi usilikali udakulitsa chidwi chake pankhondo yolimbana ndi China, kugwiritsa ntchito Manila monga kutsogolera chigawochi.
Pamene Duterte wosakhazikika komanso wokonda chidwi adatenga udindo, Washington idathandizira "nkhondo yake yolimbana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo" yakupha, koma, atayamba kutalikirana ndi zomwe US idanena, dipatimenti ya US State idapeza kuti ikukhudzidwa ndi "ufulu wa anthu." Kupanikizika kwa kampeniyi kunangotsegula kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pa Manila ndi Washington, pomwe Duterte adadzudzula kudzudzula milandu yaku US pankhondo yaku Philippines yaku America. Zachidziwikire, njira zina komanso zokulirapo zowongolera kapena kuchotsa Duterte zinali zofunika.
Washington inamanga gulu lankhondo la chigawo chake chakale, ndipo amkuwa apamwamba onse adaphunzitsidwa ndi okhulupirika ku US. Pamene Duterte adawulukira ku Moscow kukakumana ndi Putin kukakambirana za mgwirizano wankhondo, Mlembi wa Chitetezo Delfin Lorenzana, akugwira ntchito ndi Washington komanso kumbuyo kwa purezidenti wa Philippines, adayambitsa kuwukira gulu lankhondo la gulu lolamulira ku Marawi lomwe adati. adalonjeza kukhulupirika kwa ISIS. Kuukiraku kunalola Lorenzana kuti alengeze malamulo ankhondo ndikukakamiza Purezidenti kubwerera ku Philippines.
Washington idayamba kuyimba kuwombera ku Marawi komanso m'dziko lonselo. Duterte adasowa pagulu kwa milungu iwiri. Lorenzana, pogwiritsa ntchito ulamuliro wankhondo, adabwezeretsanso zolimbitsa thupi zapamadzi ndi asitikali aku US zomwe Duterte adazisiya pomwe amalimbana ndi China. Kazembe waku US ku Manila adayamba kulumikizana mwachindunji ndi asitikali ankhondo, ndikuzungulira nyumba yachifumu ya Malacanang kwathunthu.
Duterte adawonekeranso ngati munthu wolangidwa ndi Washington. Mauthengawo anali omveka bwino, ngati akufuna kukhalabe ndi mphamvu amayenera kunyamula mzere waku US. Washington inalibe vuto ndi nkhondo yake yolimbana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo, yomwe yapha anthu opitilira 12,000 mchaka chathachi, malinga ngati atachita zofuna za US. Tillerson adalengeza kuti sadzadzutsa nkhani zaufulu wa anthu pamsonkhano wake ndi Duterte.
Pamsonkhano wa atolankhani ndi Tillerson, Duterte adadandaula. “Ndife mabwenzi. Ndife ogwirizana,” adatero. "Ndine bwenzi lanu lodzichepetsa ku Southeast Asia."
Washington sakukhutira ndikupeza kukhulupirika kwa Duterte, komabe. Kwenikweni akuyang'ana kuti akhazikitsenso dziko la Philippines moyenera, kukhazikitsa maziko ankhondo m'dziko lonselo, ndikuwongolera ndale zake.
Washington yayamba kale kugwira ntchito ndi hubris ya mbuye wachitsamunda. Dongosolo loti a US akhazikitse kampeni yakuphulitsa bomba ku Mindanao ali pachiwopsezo chapamwamba, komabe mwa kuvomereza kwawo, ngakhale boma la anthu wamba, kapena mkuwa wankhondo waku Philippines sanadziwitsidwe za dongosololi.
M'mwezi wa Julayi, General Paul Selva, wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa US Joint Chiefs, adauza Komiti ya Senate Armed Services kuti Washington ikufuna kupereka dzina ku Philippines, kusuntha komwe kungapangitse ndalama zambiri zogwirira ntchito za US mdzikolo.
Selva anati, “makamaka m’madera osalimba a kum’mwera kwa dziko la Philippines, ndikuona kuti n’koyenera kuganizira ngati tingabwezeretse kapena ayi, osati kungopereka zinthu zofunika, komanso kupereka kwa mkulu wa asilikali a ku Pacific ndi akuluakulu a m’deralo. ku Philippines mitundu ya maulamuliro omwe amafunikira kuti agwire ntchito ndi magulu ankhondo aku Philippines kuti awathandize kuchita bwino pankhondoyi. ”
Washington ili kale ndi "nsapato pansi" - magulu apadera omwe akutenga nawo mbali pankhondo za ku Marawi, ndi ndege zake zowunikira zomwe zimazindikira zomwe akufuna kuchita nawo pophulitsa mabomba. Kuchulukitsa kupitilira izi ku "mitundu ya maulamuliro" kungaphatikizepo kuphulitsa kwachindunji kwa US mumzindawu.
Boma la Duterte lidayesa mofooka kuthana ndi kulowerera kwa US paulamuliro wa Philippines, poyankha malipoti oti US iyambitsa kampeni yophulitsa mabomba mdzikolo ponena kuti asitikali aku Marawi adauziridwa ndi ISIS.
Mgwirizano wa US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) wa 1951 umalola kuti nkhondo za US zichitike mdzikolo ngati zitawukiridwa mwachindunji ndi mayiko akunja. Apa pali tanthauzo la kulembedwa kwa gulu lankhondo lachinsinsi la gulu lolamulira monga ISIS. Malinga ndi MDT, Washington ikhoza kunena kuti magulu ankhondo aku Marawi ndi gulu lankhondo lakunja.
Kuyimitsidwa kwamoto kwa Duterte kwatha, ndipo mlembi wake wa atolankhani akuyesa mofooka kusunga ulamuliro wadziko ponena kuti adaniwo - makamaka ana ndi anyamata omwe adalembedwa ndikukhala ndi zida ndi gulu la osankhika a Mindanao - "ali ouziridwa" ndi ISIS.
Pakadali pano Asitikali ankhondo aku Philippines adatulutsa mawu atolankhani, nati, "tikuthokoza Pentagon akuti akufuna kuthandiza dziko la Philippines," koma adawonjezeranso kuti "sitinalandire chidziwitso" chazoperekazo.
Cholinga chachikulu cha zomwe Washington ikufuna kulandanso dziko la Philippines ndi China. Pa Ogasiti 4, Wachiwiri kwa Mtsogoleri wa ofesi ya kazembe wa US Michael Klecheski adatsegula malo ophunzitsira a Joint Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center (JMLETC) pachilumba cha Palawan, chomwe chili pafupi kwambiri ndi Nyanja ya South China yomwe amakangana. Kumaloko asitikali aku US azigwira ntchito ndi kuphunzitsa asitikali aku Philippines kuti apititse patsogolo luso la "kudziwitsa anthu panyanja" komanso "kuletsa zida zazikulu kudutsa kapena pafupi ndi madzi aku Philippines," kuphatikiza ndi " kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu.”
"Zida zazikulu" "pafupi ndi madera a ku Philippines" ndizomwe zimatanthawuza kuti aku China adayika zida pazilumba za Spratly.
Zomwe zidachitika m'miyezi itatu yapitayi ku Philippines zikuwonetsanso kuti Imperialism yaku US ichita chilichonse kuti ikwaniritse zolinga zake. Asilikali aku US adapanga chiwopsezo cha ISIS kuchokera kugulu lankhondo lachinsinsi lomwe limapangidwa ndi asitikali ana, kuyang'anira kuphulika kwa bomba kwa mzinda wokongola womwe unapha mazana a anthu wamba ndikusandutsa ena mazana anayi othawa kwawo othawa kwawo - zonsezi kuti zikhazikitse chilengezo cha malamulo ankhondo ndi zinayambitsa ulamuliro wankhanza wa asilikali.
