Pamene Ochita Mtendere a Mtendere Anakumana ndi US Institute of Peace

Ndi David Swanson

Ndinali mbali ya zokambirana za Lachiwiri zomwe zinkakhudza kusiyana kwakukulu kuposa zomwe zinawonetsedweratu pamsonkhano wa Democratic Presidential. Gulu la anthu olimbikitsa mtendere likumana ndi purezidenti, membala wa memiti, azidindo ena a pulezidenti, ndi mtsogoleri wapamwamba wa otchedwa US Institute of Peace, bungwe la boma la United States lomwe limagwiritsa ntchito madola mamiliyoni ambiri pachaka pa zinthu zomwe zimagwirizana kwambiri ku mtendere (kuphatikizapo kulimbikitsa nkhondo) koma silingatsutsane nkhondo imodzi ya US mu mbiri yake ya 30.

(Chithunzi cha David Swanson ndi Nancy Lindborg ndi Alli McCracken.)

Popanda a Anderson Cooper a CNN kuti atipatse kutali ndi zovuta zomwe zingatchulidwe poyambira komanso zazing'ono, timangokhala nkhunda. Kusiyana pakati pa chikhalidwe cha olimbikitsa mtendere ndi a US Institute of "Peace" (USIP) ndi kwakukulu.

Ife tinalenga ndipo tinatenga mwayi wopereka pempho lomwe muyenera kusaina ngati simunatero, akulimbikitsanso USIP kuti achotse ku gulu lake lapadera la nkhondo ndi mamembala a makampani a zida. Pempholi limalimbikitsanso malingaliro ambiri othandizira ntchito zomwe USIP zingagwire ntchito. Ndinalemba pa izi kale Pano ndi Pano.

Tinafika Lachiwiri kunyumba yatsopano yokongola ya USIP pafupi ndi Chikumbutso cha Lincoln. Wosema pamabulo ndi mayina a omwe adathandizira ku USIP, kuchokera ku Lockheed Martin kutsikira m'mabungwe ambiri azida ndi mafuta.

Pamsonkhano wochokera ku bungwe lamtendere ndi Medea Benjamin, Kevin Zeese, Michaela Anang, Alli McCracken, ndi ine. Pulezidenti Nancy Lindborg, akuyimira Pulezidenti Wachiwiri ku Middle East ndi Africa Center Manal Omar, Mtsogoleri wa Peace Funders Wothandizira Steve Riskin, M'bale Joseph Eldridge, ndi Senior Policy Fellow Maria Stephan. Anatenga maminiti 90 kapena kuti alankhule nafe koma adawoneka kuti alibe chidwi chokumana ndi zopempha zathu.

Iwo adanena kuti Bungwelo silinali cholepheretsa chilichonse chimene akufuna kuchita, kotero panalibenso chifukwa chosinthira mamembala. Iwo adanena kuti atachita kale zina mwazinthu zomwe tinapempha (ndipo tikuyembekeza kuwona zomwezo), komatu iwo sanafunefune chilichonse.

Titawauza kuti alimbikitse zankhondo zaku US munjira zilizonse, adayankha ndi zifukwa zingapo zosachita izi. Choyamba, adati ngati atachita chilichonse chomwe sichisangalatsa Congress, ndalama zawo zitha. Izi mwina ndi zoona. Chachiwiri, adanena kuti sangathe kulimbikitsa kapena kutsutsa chilichonse. Koma sizowona. Adalimbikitsa madera osawuluka ku Syria, kusintha kwa maulamuliro ku Syria, kumenya nkhondo ndikuphunzitsa opha anzawo ku Iraq ndi Syria, komanso (mwamtendere) posunga mgwirizano wanyukiliya ndi Iran. Amachitira umboni pamaso pa Congress ndi atolankhani nthawi zonse, kulimbikitsa zinthu zakumanzere ndi kumanja. Sindikusamala ngati anganene zinthu ngati zina kupatula kulimbikitsa, ndikungofuna kuwawona akuchita zambiri zomwe achita ku Iran komanso zochepa zomwe achita ku Syria. Ndipo malinga ndi lamulo ali omasuka kuyankhulira ngakhale pamalamulo malinga ngati membala wa Congress awafunsa.

Nditangolankhula kumene za pempho lathu ndi USIP adawonetsa kuti akufuna kugwira ntchito imodzi kapena zingapo zomwe tidapempha, mwina kuphatikiza malipoti omwe tikupempha m'pempho lomwe adalemba. Nditafunsa za malipoti aja Lachiwiri, yankho lidali loti alibe antchito. Ali ndi antchito mazana, adatero, koma onse ali otanganidwa. Adapanga masauzande ambirimbiri, adatero, koma sanathe kupanga chilichonse chonga icho.

Zomwe zingathandize kufotokoza zifukwa zingapo zomwe tidapatsidwa ndichinthu china chomwe sindinakhudzepo. USIP ikuwoneka kuti imakhulupirira nkhondo. Purezidenti wa USIP Nancy Lindborg anali ndi yankho losamveka pomwe ndidati kuyitanitsa Senator Tom Cotton kuti abwere adzayankhule ku USIP pakufunika kwa nkhondo yayitali ku Afghanistan kunali vuto. Anatinso USIP iyenera kukondweretsa Congress. Chabwino, chabwino. Kenako adaonjezeranso kuti akukhulupirira kuti pali mpata wosagwirizana pankhani ya momwe tingapangire mtendere ku Afghanistan, kuti pali njira zopitilira imodzi zamtendere. Zachidziwikire kuti sindimaganiza kuti "tidzapanga mtendere ku Afghanistan, ndimafuna" ife "tituluke ndikulola anthu aku Afghanistan kuti ayambe kuthana ndi vutoli. Koma ndidafunsa Lindborg ngati imodzi mwanjira zake zotheka zamtendere inali kudzera munkhondo. Anandifunsa kuti ndifotokozere nkhondo. Ndanena kuti nkhondo inali yogwiritsa ntchito asitikali aku US kupha anthu. Anati "asitikali ankhondo" akhoza kukhala yankho. (Ndazindikira kuti kwa onse osalimbana nawo, anthu amangowotchera mpaka kufa mchipatala.)

Syria idatulutsanso malingaliro ofanana. Pomwe Lindborg adati kukwezedwa kwa nkhondo ku Syria ndi USIP inali ntchito yosavomerezeka ya wogwira ntchito m'modzi, adalongosola za nkhondo yaku Syria moyang'ana mbali imodzi ndikufunsa zomwe zingachitike ngati wolamulira mwankhanza ngati Assad akupha anthu ndi "mbiya mabomba, "kudandaula chifukwa chosowa" kuchitapo kanthu. " Amakhulupirira kuti kuphulika kwa chipatala ku Afghanistan kungapangitse Purezidenti Obama kukayikira kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu. (Ngati uku ndikunyalanyaza, sindingakonde kuwona chidwi!)

Nanga USIP amachita chiyani ngati sizikutsutsa nkhondo? Ngati sichingatsutse ndalama zankhondo? Ngati sichingalimbikitse kusinthana kwamakampani amtendere? Ngati palibe chomwe chingawononge ndalama zake, ndi ntchito yabwino yotani yomwe ikuteteza? Lindborg adati USIP idakhala zaka khumi zoyambirira ndikupanga gawo lamaphunziro amtendere pakupanga maphunziro ake. Ndikutsimikiza kuti ndizosafunikira komanso mokokomeza, koma zitha kuthandiza kufotokoza kusowa kwa otsutsa pankhondo pamaphunziro amtendere.

Kuyambira pamenepo, USIP yakhala ikugwira ntchito pazinthu zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimaphunzitsidwa pamaphunziro amtendere popereka ndalama kumagulu omwe ali m'mayiko ovuta. Mwanjira ina yake mayiko omwe ali ndi mavuto omwe amakhala ndi chidwi chachikulu amakhala ngati Syria omwe boma la US likufuna kulanda, m'malo mofanana ndi Bahrain omwe boma la US likufuna kunena. Komabe, pali ntchito zambiri zabwino zolipiridwa. Ndi ntchito chabe yomwe siyitsutsa mwachindunji zankhondo zaku US. Ndipo chifukwa US ndiyeogulitsa zida zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi komanso amene amagulitsa ndalama padziko lonse lapansi, komanso chifukwa ndizosatheka kukhazikitsa bata pansi pa bomba la US, ntchitoyi ndiyochepa.

Zovuta zomwe USIP ili pansi kapena akukhulupirira kuti zili pansi kapena sizikudetsa nkhawa kukhala pansi (ndipo okonda kupanga "Dipatimenti Yamtendere" ayenera kumvetsera) ndizomwe zimapangidwa ndi Congress komanso White House. USIP adanena poyera pamsonkhano wathu kuti vuto lalikulu ndi zisankho zachinyengo. Koma gawo lina la boma likachita zankhondo zochepa kuposa gawo lina, monga kukambirana mgwirizano ndi Iran, USIP itha kutenga nawo mbali. Chifukwa chake udindo wathu, mwina, ndikuwalimbikitsa kuti azisewera nawo momwe angathere, komanso kutali ndi zokhumudwitsa monga kulimbikitsa nkhondo ku Syria (zomwe zikuwoneka ngati atha kusiya mamembala awo tsopano).

Tidakambirana za mamembala a USIP ndipo sitinapite kulikonse, tidapereka upangiri wa bungwe lomwe lingaphatikizepo olimbikitsa mtendere. Izo sizinapite kulikonse. Chifukwa chake tidalangiza kuti apange kulumikizana ndi gulu lamtendere. USIP anasangalala ndi malingaliro amenewo. Chifukwa chake, konzekerani kulumikizana ndi Institute. Chonde yambani polemba chikalatacho.