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NaPaul Keating, Maparera uye Irritations, October 7, 2022
Kuwedzera nzvimbo yeNATO yekuganhura mauto kusvika kumiganhu yeyaimbove Soviet Union yaive chikanganiso chinogona kuenderana nehurongwa husina kunaka hwakatadzisa Germany kutora nzvimbo yayo yakazara muhurongwa hwepasi rose pakutanga kwezana rino remakore.
Paul Keating akataura zvinhu izvi makore makumi maviri nemashanu apfuura mukero huru kuYunivhesiti yeNew South Wales, 4 Gunyana 1997:
“Pamwe pacho nekuda kwekusada kwenhengo dziripo kufamba nekukurumidza mukuwedzera nhengo dzeEU, ndinotenda kukanganisa kukuru kuri kuitwa muEurope nesarudzo yekuwedzera NATO. Hapana mubvunzo kuti izvi zvakaonekwa nevamwe muEurope sechisarudzo chakapfava pane kuwedzera kweEU.
NATO uye mubatanidzwa weAtlantic wakashandira chikonzero chekuchengetedzwa kwekumadokero zvakanaka. Vakabatsira kuve nechokwadi chekuti Hondo Yemashoko pakupedzisira yapera nenzira dzinoshanda pachena, zvido zvegutsaruzhinji. Asi NATO ndiyo isiriyo institution yekuita basa rayave kukumbirwa kuita.
Sarudzo yekuwedzera NATO nekukoka Poland, Hungary neCzech Republic kuti vatore chikamu uye kuchengetedza tarisiro kune vamwe - nemamwe mazwi kufambisa nzvimbo yeEurope yekumisikidza mauto kumiganhu chaiyo yeyaimbova Soviet Union - ndinotenda, mhosho iyo inogona kumira pakupedzisira nehurongwa husina kunaka hwakatadzisa Germany kutora nzvimbo yayo yakazara muhurongwa hwepasi rose pakutanga kwezana rino ramakore.
Mubvunzo mukuru weEurope hausisiri nzira yekumisikidza Germany muEurope - iyo yave kuwanikwa - asi maitiro ekubatanidza Russia nenzira inochengetedza kondinendi mukati mezana rinotevera.
Uye pakanga paine kusavapo kuri pachena kwe statecraft pano. MaRussia, pasi paMikhail Gorbachev, akabvuma kuti East Germany inogona kuramba iri muNATO sechikamu cheGermany yakabatana. Asi ikozvino hafu yemakore gumi nemaviri gare gare NATO yakakwira kusvika kumuganhu wekumadokero weUkraine. Iyi meseji inogona kuverengwa nenzira imwe chete: kuti kunyangwe Russia yave demokrasi, mukuziva kweWestern Europe inoramba iri iyo nyika inofanirwa kutariswa, muvengi anogona.
Mazwi anoshandiswa kutsanangura kuwedzera kweNATO akave asina kujeka, uye njodzi dzakabvumwa. Asi zvisinei nekungwarira mazwi acho, chero hwindo rekupfekedzwa kwePermanent NATO-Russia Joint Council, munhu wese anoziva kuti Russia ndiyo chikonzero chekuwedzera kweNATO.
Sarudzo ine ngozi nekuda kwezvikonzero zvakawanda. Ichawedzera kusachengeteka muRussia uye kusimbisa iwo matambudziko ekufunga kweRussia, kusanganisira vemunyika uye vaimbove maCommunist muparamende, ayo anopesana nekubatana kwakazara neWest. Ichaita mukana wekudzoreredza kwehukama hwemauto pakati peRussia nemamwe aimbove aivimba nawo. Ichaita kuti kutonga kwezvombo, uye kunyanya kudzora zvombo zvenyukireya, kuve kwakaoma kuwana.
Uye kuwedzera kweNATO kuchaita zvishoma kusimbisa hutongi hutsva hwekumabvazuva kweEurope kupfuura kuwedzera kweEU. "
