Wolemba Stephen Kinzer BOSTON GLOBE - DECEMBER 21, 2018
MDANI WA ndondomeko zakunja zaku America akuphatikizidwa mwachinsinsi pamlingo wapamwamba kwambiri wa kayendetsedwe ka Trump. Munthu mmodzi yekhayu amabisa mochenjera maganizo ake oukira boma. Amanamizira kuvomereza zaukali wa gulu lachitetezo cha dziko, kuphulitsa bomba-aliyense dzulo, koma mtima wake suli momwemo.
Kodi ameneyo angakhale Purezidenti Trump mwiniwake? Chilengezo chake chodabwitsa kuti atero chotsa asitikali aku America ku Syria ndiye chisankho chabwino kwambiri cha mfundo zakunja chomwe wapanga kuyambira pomwe adakhala paudindo - ndithudi, chabwino chokhacho. Zimatsutsana ndi mfundo ya geopolitical yomwe ndi uthenga wabwino ku Washington: Kulikonse komwe United States imatumiza asilikali, timakhala mpaka titapeza zomwe tikufuna. Trump akuwoneka kuti akudziwa izi ngati njira yankhondo yokhazikika komanso ntchito. Kutuluka kwake komwe adalengeza ku Syria kukuwonetsa kuti anali munthu wokayikira mfundo zakunja. Zimamuyikanso poyera kupandukira mgwirizano wa interventionist womwe wakhala ukupanga njira ya America kudziko lapansi.
Trump sanabise kudana kwake ndi nkhondo zakunja. "Tiyeni tituluke ku Afghanistan," adalemba pa kampeni yake. Mumkangano wina wapurezidenti adayerekeza kunena zoona zosaneneka kuti kuwukira dziko la Iraq kunali "kulakwitsa koyipa kwambiri m'mbiri ya dziko lino." Pamene wofunsa mafunso posachedwapa anamfunsa za Middle East, iye anadzifunsa kuti, “Kodi ife tidzakhalabe m’mbali imeneyo ya dziko? ndipo anamaliza kuti: “Mwadzidzidzi zimafika poti sufunikira kukhala pamenepo.”
Tsopano, kwa nthawi yoyamba, a Trump akusintha chibadwa chakumbuyo kwa mawuwo kuchitapo kanthu. Gulu lankhondo lomwe lamuzungulira lidzalimbana ndi chiwembucho.
Ndondomeko yatsopano ya Trump yopita ku Syria idzakhala kusintha kotheratu zomwe Mlembi wa boma Mike Pompeo ndi mlangizi wa chitetezo cha dziko John Bolton akhala akuyesera kuchita kuyambira pomwe adayamba ulamuliro wawo wozimitsa moto chaka chatha. "Tili komweko mpaka chigawo cha ISIS chichotsedwe ndipo bola ngati chiwopsezo cha Iran chikupitilira ku Middle East," adatero Bolton posachedwa. Pompeo adalonjeza kuti asitikali aku America akhalabe mpaka dziko la Iran litachotsa "magulu onse olamulidwa ndi Iran ku Syria konse."
M'miyezi yaposachedwa, asitikali aku US adachita nawo ntchito yayikulu, yosaloledwa ndi Congress komanso osatsutsana ku Washington, kuti aphatikizire ulamuliro wakum'mawa kwa Syria - dera lowirikiza kawiri kukula kwa Massachusetts. Nyuzipepala ya New Yorker inanena mwezi watha kuti asilikali a ku America a 4,000 tsopano akugwira ntchito kuchokera ku malo osachepera khumi ndi awiri m'derali, kuphatikizapo ndege zinayi, ndi kuti "ankhondo othandizidwa ndi America tsopano akulamulira Suriya yense kum'mawa kwa Firate."
Enclave iyi idayenera kukhala nsanja yomwe United States ingapangire mphamvu kuzungulira Middle East - makamaka motsutsana ndi Iran. Pofuna kutsimikizira kuti magawo awiri pa atatu aliwonse a Syria sakhazikika ndikuyenda bwino pansi pa ulamuliro wa boma, a Trump Administration adalengeza mapulani oletsa mayiko ena kutumiza thandizo lomanganso. James Jeffrey, nthumwi yathu yapadera ku Syria, adalengeza kuti United States "ipanga kukhala ntchito yathu kupangitsa moyo kukhala womvetsa chisoni momwe tingathere chifukwa cha boma lomwe likugwedezeka."
