Sezvo maDemocrat emunyika anoti jasi iri ndiro bato rakawanda rehawkish - uye Mutungamiri Trump vanoenda kuSaudi-Israel tandem - House Republicans vakatama kumisa rutsigiro rweUS kuhondo inotungamirwa neSaudi kuYemen, Dennis J Bernstein anoti.
NaDennis J Bernstein, Chikunguru 26, 2017, Consortium News.
MaRepublicans ari kutungamira mukuvharisa kupinda kweUS mukuuraya kweSaudi muYemen, uko kwapinza nyika iyi kumucheto kwenzara uye yakakonzera denda rekorera. Zvinoshamisa kune vakawanda, pakanga pane vhoti neRepublican-inotungamirirwa House of Representatives kuvhara US kupinda muhondo inotungamirirwa neSaudi.
Kugadziriswa kwakakosha kuNational Defense Authorization Act - kurambidza mauto eUS kubhomba kwemubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neSaudi Yemen - yakatsigirwa naRep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio. Kunyangwe kugadziridzwa kwakawana rutsigiro rwebipartisan - uye kumwe kuchinjika kwairambidza kwakatsigirwa naRep. Dick Nolan, D-Minnesota - hutungamiriri hweRepublican panyaya iyi hunoratidza kushanduka kwenzvimbo idzo maDemocrats ave bato rehawkish muCongress.
Ndakataura naKate Gould, Mumiriri Wemitemo weMiddle East Policy yeFriends Committee on National Legislation nezve nyaya iyi inonetsa yehupenyu nerufu muYemen. Takataura musi wa17 Chikunguru.
Dennis Bernstein: Zvakanaka, aya mamiriro ezvinhu anotyisa uye ari kuramba achiwedzera zuva nezuva. Ndokumbira uyeuchidze munhu wese kuti zvinoita sei muYemen pasi?
Kate Gould: Iyo injodzi mamiriro. Maererano neSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzepasi Pose, ndiro dambudziko guru revanhu pasi rose pari zvino. Uye zvisinei nekuti dambudziko revanhu iri rave mhedzisiro yehondo inotungamirwa neSaudi / United Arab Emirate muYemen, inotsigirwa neUnited States, vazhinji vekuAmerica havazive kuti isu takabatikana zvakanyanya muhondo iyi.
Imwe fungidziro yakangwarira ndeyokuti vanhu mamiriyoni manomwe vava kuda kufa nenzara, hafu yemiriyoni vari vana. Vanhu vari muYemen vari kusangana nechirwere chekorera chikuru pasi rose. Mwana ari pasi pemakore mashanu ari kufa mumaminitsi gumi oga oga ezvikonzero zvinodzivisika. Masekonzi 35 ega ega mwana anotapukirwa.
Izvi zvese zvinodziviririka nekuwaniswa kwemvura yakachena uye hutsanana hwakakosha. Hondo iyi yakaparadza zvivakwa zvevanhu muYemen. Tiri kutaura nezve kurohwa kwemhepo kwakanangana nematura echikafu, masisitimu ehutsanana, masisitimu ekupinza mvura. Sangano reWorld Health Organisation rinoti korera haina kunetsa kudzivirira. Dambudziko nderekuti maYemeni mazhinji anoshaya mvura yakachena nekuda kwezvivakwa zvave matongo.
DB: Zvakadini nezvezvivakwa zvekurapa, ko nekugona kubata nerudzi urwu rwedenda, kana kuti richatowedzera?
KG: Zvakanaka, kunze kwekunge taita chimwe chinhu kushandura mamiriro ezvinhu, zvichatonyanya kuipa. MuYemen, 90% yechikafu inotengeswa kunze kwenyika uye maSaudis akaita izvi zvakanyanya kuoma. Vakawedzera zvirambidzo pane chimwe chezviteshi zvikuru uye vakaramba kubvumira Yemen kugadzirisa kukuvara kwakakonzerwa nekurova kwemhepo. Kazhinji zvakaoma kuti zvikepe zviwane mvumo yekumira. Matambudziko ese aya akwidza mitengo yechikafu zvekuti kunyangwe chikafu chikakwanisa kutengwa kunze kwenyika chinodhura, kunyangwe kune avo vanowana mihoro yakanaka. Saka zvatiri kuona ndeye de facto blockade pamwe nehondo.
Mambo weSaudi Salman anosangana neMutungamiri Barack
VaObama kuErga Palace panguva yekushanya kwenyika
Saudi Arabia musi waNdira 27, 2015. (Official White
Mufananidzo weimba naPete Souza)
DB: Unogona here kutaura mazwi mashoma nezve mushandirapamwe weuto reSaudi uye rudzi rwezvombo zvavari kushandisa? Gare gare ndinoda kukurukura rutsigiro rweUS kune zvese izvi.
KG: Hondo yakatungamirirwa neSaudi yakatanga makore maviri nehafu apfuura muna March, 2015. Panguva iyoyo vakakumbira rubatsiro rweU. Mushandirapamwe wemhepo wakakonzera kubhomba kwekapeti yeYemen. NdiSaudis neUnited Arab Emirates vanga vachityaira uku kubhomba kukuru. Pave nekurwiswa kwese kune vanhuwo zvavo uye zvivakwa zvevanhu.
Uye, hongu, sekutaura kwaSeneta Chris Murphy (D-CT), maSaudis angadai asina kukwanisa kuita bhomba iri pasina rutsigiro rwakakwana rweUS. Ndege dzavo hadzigone kubhururuka dzisina US refueling huwandu. Muchokwadi, kubva Gumiguru iyo US yakanyatso yakapetwa kaviri huwandu hwemafuta hunopa kune mabhomba eSaudi neEmirati. Gumiguru rapfuura rakakosha nekuti panguva iyoyo pakaitika kubhomba kukuru kwevachemi vachibuda muhoro yakauraya vanhu vangangosvika zana nemakumi mana ndokukuvadza vamwe mazana matanhatu. Kubva pahutsinye ihwohwo, US yakawedzera kaviri rutsigiro rwayo rwekuwedzera mafuta.
DB: Ko US inopembedza sei rutsigiro rwayo kuSaudis, kubva pamaonero ekodzero dzevanhu?
KG: Takanzwa hurukuro shoma dzekodzero dzevanhu kubva kukutonga kwaTrump. VaObama manejimendi vaiti vari kumanikidza maSaudis kuti atore matanho ekudzivirira kuurayiwa kwevanhu, ndosaka US yakapa mabhomba akangwara anotungamirwa, kudzikamisa vanhu vanofa. Hapasati pave nemhinduro yepamutemo yeUS kune chokwadi chekuti maSaudis neEmiratis vari kusundira nemaune mamirioni kusvika kumagumo enzara. Vari kushandisa nzara sechombo chezvematongerwo enyika kuti vawane simba riri nani munhandare yehondo uye patafura yenhaurirano. Izvi ndizvo chaizvo zviri kukonzera dambudziko revanhu.
Mutungamiri Donald Trump uye Mukadzi wekutanga
Melania Trump anogamuchirwa nema bouquets
yemaruva, May 20, 2017, pakusvika kwavo ku
King Khalid International Airport muRiyadh,
Saudhi Arabhiya. (Mufananidzo weWhite House
naAndrea Hanks)
DB: Tinoziva kuti Trump aingova muSaudi Arabia uye akasaina chibvumirano chikuru chezvombo. Chombo ichi chichabatsira here kudambudziko renzara nekorera riri kuuya?
KG: Hongu. Iri kupa maSaudis cheki isina chinhu yehondo inoparadza iyi umo vakakuvara zvakananga kubva kune airstrikes vanofungidzirwa zvakachengetedzeka kunosvika zviuru gumi uye mamirioni avanhu akatizwa. Inotumira meseji yekuti United States inoda kutsigira maSaudis kunyangwe kutyorwa kukuru kwekodzero dzevanhu.
DB: Hapana nzira iyo US kana Saudis inogona kuramba dambudziko. Izvi zvakanyorwa zvakakwana neUS uye mapoka ekodzero dzepasirese.
KG: Asi zvavanozowanzotaura ndezvekuti mhosva yakawanda iri nemapoka evapanduki veHouthi. Uye ichokwadi kuti vapanduki veHouthi vakatyora kodzero dzevanhu zvakanyanya. Asi nezvekuparara kwakawanda kwezvivakwa zveveruzhinji, izvo zviri kukonzera dambudziko revanhu, ruzhinji rwemhosva inogona kupihwa kuhondo inotungamirwa neSaudi uye nerutsigiro rweUS.
Kasingaperi, Amnesty International neHuman Rights Watch, vachipindura nzvimbo yekurwiswa kwendege zvisiri pamutemo vachipokana nezvinangwa zvevanhu, vakawana mabhomba asina kuputika eUS kana zvidimbu zvinozivikanwa zvemabhomba eUS. Izvi ndizvo zvakaitika pakubhombwa kwemudungwe wemariro muna October apfuura. Zvakadaro, hurumende yeUS inoti iri kuyedza kudzikamisa vanhu vanokuvara.
DB: Zvinonakidza kuti Republican-inotungamirwa House yakavhotera kuvharira US kutora chikamu muhondo muYemen. Zvinoita sezvinopesana-intuitive.
KG: Chokwadi zvinoshamisa. Kunyangwe ndanga ndichishanda masikati neusiku pane izvi nguva pfupi yadarika, kunyangwe ini ndakashamisika. Zvakaitika ndezvekuti vhiki yapfuura [vhiki yeChikunguru 9] Imba yeVamiririri yakavhota pamusoro pemutemo mukuru wemauto ehurumende yegore rezvemari 2018. Ichi chikamu chikuru chemutemo wekuchengetedzwa kwenyika unobvumira mari yePentagon. Inofanirwa kupasa gore rega rega uye inopa mukana wekuti nhengo dzivhote pane zvakagadziriswa zvine chekuita nekuchengetedzwa kwenyika.
Zviviri zvezvigadziriso izvi zvaive zvakanyanya kukosha kuYemen. Imwe yakaunzwa neRepublican, Warren Davidson wekuOhio, uye imwe naRick Nolan, Democrat anobva kuMinnesota. Vakawedzera mutauro waizoda kuti hutongi hwaTrump vasiye kupa mafuta ekufambisa mabhomba eSaudi neEmirati, pamwe nekumisa kugoverana kwehungwaru nedzimwe nzira dzerutsigiro rwemauto. Hazvaizomisa kutengesa zvombo, inova imwe nzira, asi yaizomisa rutsigiro rwemauto kuhondo iyi isingasaruri.
Kugadziriswa kwaDavidson kwaizorambidza mauto eUS muYemen izvo zvisingatenderwe ne 2001 Mvumo Yekushandisa Mauto Echiuto. Tichifunga kuti kutora chikamu kweUS muhondo inotungamirwa neSaudi muYemen haisi kunanga Al-Qaeda, haina kubvumidzwa ne2001 AUMF uye inorambidzwa nekuchinja uku. Kugadziriswa kweNolan kunorambidza kuendeswa kwemauto eUS kune chero kutora chikamu muhondo yevagari vemuYemen.
Izvi zvinoreva kuti Imba ichangovhota kupedza mari yeUS yemauto edu kuhondo inotungamirwa neSaudi muYemen. Izvi hazvisati zvamboitika uye zvinovaka pamusoro pekumhanya kwekongiresi yatakaona mwedzi wapfuura apo maseneta e47 akavhota achipokana nekutumira zvimwe zvezvatinodaidza kuti "zvombo zvekufa nenzara" kuYemen. Saka isu tine masaini akajeka kubva kuImba neSeneti kuti hapana tsigiro yecheki isina chinhu yaTrump kuSaudi Arabia yehondo inoparadza iyi.
DB: Saka zvino izvi zvinoenda kuSeneti?
KG: Hongu, uye ikoko tichasangana nekurwa kwakaoma. Tiri kugadzirira izvozvi. Isu zvirokwazvo tichaona mamwe akakosha Yemen mavhoti muSeneti. Inogona kuuya pakarepo mushure mekuvhota kwehutano mukutanga kwaNyamavhuvhu kana inogona kusavhota kusvika pakudonha. Asi isu tichaona mavhoti paYemen. Hazvizivikanwe kana nhengo yeSeneti ichapa zvigadziriso zvakafanana nezvakaitwa naDavidson kana Nolan.
Nharaunda muguta guru reYemeni reSanaa mushure mekurohwa kwemhepo, Gumiguru 9, 2015. (Wikipedia)
Mushure mekunge Seneti yavhota pane zvakagadziridzwa zvakasiyana, ivo vese vanozove neshanduro dzeizvi uye vanozofanira kudzoka voita musangano wekupedzisira wekutumira kumutungamiri wenyika. Ino inguva yekusundidzira maseneta edu kutevedzera Imba uye kupokana nekubatanidzwa kweUS muhondo inoparadza iyi muYemen.
DB: Chekupedzisira, ndevapi vamwe venhengo dzeRepublican DRM dzakasimuka mukuedza uku kumisa nzara iri kuuya? Ndivanaani vaive mamwe emavhoti akashamisika?
KG: Chaizvo, izvi zvakawedzerwa mubumbiro rose remitemo saka hatigone kunongedzera kunaani chaizvo akatsigira uye ndiani akazvipikisa. Zvaive zvakanaka kuona Warren Davidson achitora hutungamiriri panyaya iyi. Achiri mutsva muSeneti, atora [Aimbova Mutauriri weImba John] Boehner chigaro. Zvinokosha kuziva zvakare kuti Sachigaro weImba Armed Services Committee, Mac Thornberry wekuTexas, akabvumira shanduko iyi kuti ienderere mberi. Kungoti hutungamiriri hweHouse Republican hwakabvumidza izvi kuti zvienderere mberi zvinotonakidza pachazvo.
DB: Hongu, ndizvo. Zvinoita sekuti maDemocrats atove out-of-control Cold Warriors, angave akarasika muRussia-gedhi kana kudonhedza bhora pane iyi yakakosha mutemo wekunze. Tinokutendai, Kate Gould, Mumiriri Wemitemo weMiddle East Policy neDare reShamwari reMutemo weNyika.
KG: Uye ndinongoda kutaura kuti tinogona kukunda pane ino uye tinoda kuti munhu wese abatanidzwe. Unogona kuenda kune yedu webhusaiti, fcnl.org, kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo. Zvakare, 47 Senators vakavhota mwedzi wapera kuti vadzivise kutengesa kwebhomba uye isu tinongoda mavhoti makumi mashanu nerimwe chete. Uye nekubata kukuru kwemaoko kwaTrump neSaudi Arabia, ndine chokwadi chekuti tichava nemavhoti akawanda pane izvi. Asi zvakakosha kuti urambe wakabatikana uye tinoda kuti munhu wese abatanidzwe uye ubate nhengo dzako dzeCongress.
Dennis J Bernstein murwi we "Flashpoints" paPacifica radio network uye munyori we Special Ed: Manzwi kubva muKirasi Yakavanzika. Unogona kuwana maaudio archives pa www.flashpoints.net.
