NeMedea Benjamin, The Guardian.
Mutungamiri Trump vakawedzera kupindira kweUS muSyria. Kurova kweAmerica ikoko zvino kunouraya kana kukuvadza vanhuwo zvavo vakawanda kupfuura kuramwa kweRussia, unodaro mumwe mushumo.
PVaTrump vakaudza boka revaseneta svondo rino kuti mauto eUS "ari kuita zvakanaka" muIraq. "Migumisiro yacho yakanaka kwazvo," Trump akadaro. Mhuri dzemazana evasina mhosva vakaurayiwa muhondo dzemuAmerica kubva VaTrump vave mutungamiri wenyika vanogona kupesana.
Rangarira apo mumiriri wemutungamiri wenyika, VaDonald Trump, vakapopotera aimbove mutungamiri wenyika, VaGeorge Bush, nekukwevera United States muhondo yeIraq, vachidana kurwisa uku "chikanganiso chikuru, chakakora"? Saka, mativi aya anoita sei neMutungamiriri wenyika, VaDonald Trump, vachiwedzera kupinda mumauto eUS muIraq, pamwe nekupinda Siriya uye Yemen, uye kunyatsoputika mazana evasina mhosva mukuita?
Sechikamu chemushandirapamwe wekutora guta reIraqi reMosul kubva kuIslamic State, muna Kurume 17, mubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neUS wakatanga. airstrikes munzvimbo inogara vanhu iyo yakauraya vanhu vanosvika mazana maviri. Kurwiswa uku kwakaputsa dzimba dzakawanda dzakazara nevanhuwo zvavo vaive vaudzwa nehurumende yeIraq kuti vasatiza.
Aya airstrikes ari pakati pehuwandu hwepamusoro hwekufa kwevanhu muUS air mission kubvira 2003 kuIraq. Vachipindura kunyunyuta kwepasi rose pamusoro pekurasikirwa kukuru kwevanhu vasina mhosva, Lt Gen Stephen Townsend, mukuru weUS kuIraq neSyria, akati: "Dai takazviita, uye ndingati pane mukana wakakwana watakaita, kwakanga kusiri kuda tsaona yehondo. "
VaDonald Trump vakashoropodza kurwisa kwemumhepo kwaPresident Obama vachipokana neIslamic State vachiti "yakapfava zvakanyanya" uye vakadaidzira kuti iongororwezve mitemo yemunhandare yehondo yakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza vanhuwo zvavo. Mauto eUS anosimbirira kuti mitemo yekubatana haina kushanduka, asi vakuru veIraq vachinja yakatorwa muNew York Times sekutaura kuti pave nekunyevenuka kuri pachena kwemitemo yemubatanidzwa kubva pavakatora chigaro cheMutungamiri Trump.
Mutungamiri Trump vakawedzerawo kupindira kweUS muSyria. Muna Kurume, akabvumidza kutumirwa kwemamwe mauto mazana mana kurwisa Islamic State muSyria, uye akawedzera huwandu hwemauto eUS ikoko.
Maererano nesangano reUK-based Ndege, kekutanga kubvira Russia yapindira muhondo yevagari vemuSyria muna 2015, kurohwa kweUS muSyria ndiko kuri kukonzera kufa kwevanhu vakawanda kupfuura kurohwa kweRussia. Pakati pezviitiko zvinoparadza zvakanyanya paiva nea kuramwa chikoro kuchengetedza vanhu vakadzingwa kunze kweRaqqa iyo yakauraya vanhu vanosvika makumi matatu, uye imwe kurwisa musikiti kumadokero kweAleppo iyo yakauraya makumi ezviuru zvevanhu pavaipinda minamato.
Iwo anoparadza airstrikes muIraq neSyria ari kudyara kutya uye kusavimba. Vagari vakashuma kuti zvimwe zvivakwa zvavanhuwo zvavo zvakaita sezvipatara nezvikoro zviri kurwiswa. Mauto eUS anofungidzira kuti Islamic State iri kuwedzera kushandisa zvivakwa zvemhando idzi kuita zvechiuto, vachiziva kuti pane zvirambidzo pakuzvibhomba pasi pemutemo wenyika.
Munyori wezvekudzivirirwa kweUS, James Mattis, anosimbirira kuti "hapana mauto pasi pano anotaridza kuti ane hanya nevanouraya vanhu" uye chinangwa chemauto eUS chagara chiri zero vanhu vakakuvara. Asi, akawedzera kuti mubatanidzwa "haazoregi kuzvipira kwedu kune vatinoshanda navo vekuIraq nekuda kwemaitiro aIsis akashata ekutyisidzira vanhu, vachishandisa nhoo dzevanhu, uye kurwisana kubva kunzvimbo dzakachengetedzwa dzakadai sezvikoro, zvipatara, nzvimbo dzechitendero uye nharaunda dzevanhu.
Zvisineyi, masangano anorwira kodzero dzevanhu anoti mauto ari kutungamirwa neAmerica akatadza kutora matanho ekudzivirira kufa kwevanhu, kutyora mutemo wepasi rose wekubatsira vanhu. Nepo Amnesty International inoshora Isis nekushandisa vanhuwo zvavo senhoo dzevanhu, inosimbirirawo kuti mubatanidzwa unotungamirwa neUS uchine chisungo chekusatangisa kurwiswa uko vanhu vazhinji vanogona kuurayiwa.
Kupinda kwaTrump kuchiuto kuMiddle East morass kunosvikawo kuYemen, nemhedzisiro yakaipa yakafanana. Kurwiswa kwemubatanidzwa weYemeni weAl-Qaida musi wa 28 Ndira kwakakonzera kufa kwevasiri veNavy Seal chete, asi gumi nevaviri vevagari veIraqi, kusanganisira vakadzi gumi nevana.
Chikwata chaTrump chawedzerawo kupinda kweUS muhondo yevagari vemuYemen nekupa rubatsiro rwakawanda kumushandirapamwe unotungamirwa neSaudi kurwisa Houthis. Mutungamiri Obama vakamisa kutengeswa kwemauto anotungamirwa nemaSaudis nekuda kweSaudi penchant yekunangana nenzvimbo dzevanhu.
Munyori weUnited States of State, Rex Tillerson, ari kudaidzira mutungamiri wenyika, VaTrump, kuti vabvise kurambidzwa uku, zvisinei neyambiro yeAmnesty International yekuti zvombo zvitsva zveUS zvinogona kushandiswa kuparadza hupenyu hwevanhu veYemeni uye kuisa hutungamiriri mumhosva dzehondo.
Chinotonyanya kurwadza chikumbiro chaMattis chekuti mauto eUS atore chikamu mukurwiswa kweguta reYemeni reHodeidah, chiteshi changa chiri mumaoko evapanduki veHouthi. Iri ndiro chiteshi chengarava umo ruzhinji rwerubatsiro rwerubatsiro rwunoyerera. Ne 7 miriyoni Yemenis vatotambura nenzara, kukanganisa kuzere kwechiteshi cheHodeidah kunogona kupinza nyika munzara.
"Kuparadza kwekupindira uye mhirizhonga kunofanirwa kupera," akadaro Trump mune imwe ye "mazvita" hurukuro mushure mesarudzo. Kumufaro wemhomho, akavimbisa kuti United States ichange ichibva mukukakavadzana kwepasirese kusiri mukuda kweAmerica kwakakosha.
Zvinoita sekuti vimbiso iyoyo yaive nhema huru, dzakakora. VaTrump vari kudhonzera United States zvakadzika mukati meMiddle East quagmire, neruzhinji rwevanhu vari kubhadhara mutengo wekupedzisira.
Medea Benjamin ndiye muvambi weboka rerunyararo CODEPINK.
