IFransi kunye neFraying yeNATO

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NguGary Leupp, Isikhonkwane sePunch, Oktobha 7, 2021

 

U-Biden uyicaphukise i-France ngokulungiselela isivumelwano sokubonelela ngeenqanawa ezisebenzisa amandla enyukliya e-Australia. Oku kuthabatha ikhontrakthi yokuthenga izithuthi zedizili ezinamandla ezivela eFrance. I-Australia kuya kufuneka ihlawule izohlwayo ngokwaphula ikhontrakthi kodwa oongxowankulu baseFrance bazakuphulukana ne-70 yezigidigidi zeedola. Ukuqaqanjelwa okubonakalayo kokubini kweCanberra naseWashington kubangele iParis ukuba ithelekise uBiden noTrump. I-UK liqabane lesithathu kwisivumelwano ngoko ke lindela ubudlelwane be-post-Brexit Franco-Bhritane buqhubeke ngakumbi. Konke kulungile, ngokoluvo lwam!

Ikwayinto elungileyo ukuba ukurhoxa kukaBiden kwimikhosi yase-US e-Afghanistan kwakungalungelelaniswanga kakuhle namaqabane omdibaniselwano asekhoyo afana ne-Bhritane, i-France kunye ne-Jamani, nto leyo evelisa ukugxeka okuvuthayo. Kumnandi ukuba inkulumbuso yase-Bhritane icebise e-France "uManyano lwaBantu abathanda" ukuqhubeka nomlo e-Afghanistan emva kokurhoxa e-US-kwaye kungcono ukuba ibifile emanzini. (Mhlawumbi amaFrentshi angcono kunamaBrits akhumbula ingxaki yaseSuez yowe-1956, umzamo odibeneyo wama-Anglo-French-Israel ukuzama ukuphinda ulawulo lwe-impiriyali ngaphezulu komsele. 'Abacebisi baseSoviet.) Kulungile ukuba la mazwe mathathu awuthobele umthetho wase-US wokuxhasa isithembiso se-NATO sokuma ne-US xa ihlaselwa; balahlekelwe yimikhosi engaphezulu kwama-600 kumzamo ongenasiqhamo; kwaye ekugqibeleni i-US ayibonanga kufanelekile nokuba ibabandakanye kwizicwangciso zokugqibela. Kulungile ukuvuka kwinto yokuba ama-impiriyali ase-US angakhathali kangako malunga negalelo labo okanye ubomi babo, kodwa afune kuphela ukuthobela nokuzincama kwabo.

Kuyamangalisa ukuba iJamani, ngaphandle kokuchaswa yi-US, igcine ukubandakanyeka kwayo kwiprojekthi yombhobho wegesi wase-Nordstream II kunye neRussia. Abalawuli abathathu base-US abachasene nombhobho, besithi buthathaka umanyano lwe-NATO kwaye inceda iRussia (kunye nokukhuthaza ukuthengwa kwemithombo yamandla ebiza kakhulu e-US endaweni yoko-ukomeleza ukhuseleko macala onke, awuboni). Iimpikiswano zomlo obandayo ziwile ezindlebeni. Umbhobho wagqitywa kwinyanga ephelileyo. Ilungile kurhwebo olukhululekileyo lwehlabathi kunye nolawulo lwelizwe, kunye nokubethwa okukhulu kweYurophu kwi-hegemony yase-US.

Kulungile ukuba uTrump ngo-Agasti 2019 aphakamise ithemba elihlekisayo lokuthenga iGreenland eDenmark, engenamdla kwinto yokuba iGreenland liziko elilawulayo, ngaphakathi koBukumkani baseDenmark. (Yi-90% ye-Inuit, kwaye ikhokelwa yimibutho yezopolitiko ifuna inkululeko engakumbi. Kuyamangalisa ukuba xa inkulumbuso yase-Danish ngobunono, ngoburharha, yasala isicelo sayo sokungazi, esithukayo kunye nobuhlanga, yaqhuma ngumsindo kwaye yalurhoxisa utyelelo lwaseburhulumenteni. kubandakanya isidlo sikarhulumente kunye nokumkanikazi. Akonanga kuphela ilizwe laseDenmark kodwa uluvo oludumileyo kuyo yonke iYurophu ngokuzingca kwakhe kunye nokuzingca ngekoloniyali. Egqwesileyo.

UTrump ngokobuqu, wathuka inkulumbuso yaseCanada kunye nengqonyela yaseJamani ngolwimi olufanayo lobuntwana awayelusebenzisa ngokuchasene nabachasi bezopolitiko. Waphakamisa imibuzo kubantu baseYurophu nabaseKhanada malunga nexabiso lomanyano olunjalo. Leyo yayiyigalelo eliyimbali.

Kulungile nokuba, eLibya ngo-2011, uHillary Clinton esebenzisana neenkokheli zaseFrance nezaseBritane bakhusele ukuvunywa kwe-UN kwimishini ye-NATO yokukhusela abantu baseLibya. Kwaye, xa i-mission ekhokelwa yi-US yagqithisa isisombululo se-UN kwaye yaqhuba imfazwe epheleleyo yokutshitshisa inkokheli yaseLibya, ecaphukisa iChina neRashiya eyabiza ubuxoki, ezinye iintlanga ze-NATO zenqabile ukuthatha inxaxheba okanye zabuya zenyanye. Enye imfazwe yase-impiriyali yase-US esekwe kubuxoki obudala isiphithiphithi kunye nezikhukula zaseYurophu ngeembacu. Kwakulungile kuphela kwinto yokuba ibonakalise kwakhona ukungaziphathi kakuhle e-USA ngoku ngokubanzi kunxulunyaniswa nemifanekiso ka-Abu Ghraib, u-Bagram no-Guantanamo. Konke egameni le-NATO.

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Kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo, kunye neSoviet Union kunye "nesoyikiso sobukomanisi" ezibuyisa iinkumbulo, i-US iyandisile ngokwenyani le mfelandawonye yasemva kwemfazwe, echasene ne-Soviet, ebizwa ngokuba yi-NATO ukuba ijikeleze iRussia. Nawuphi na umntu ongenamkhethe ojonga imephu unokuqonda inkxalabo yaseRussia. I-Russia ichitha malunga nesihlanu kwinto esetyenziswa yi-US kunye ne-NATO kwiindleko zomkhosi. I-Russia ayisiyongelo emkhosini kwi-Yurophu okanye eMntla Melika. Ke-abantu baseRussia bebebuza ukusukela ngo1999, xa uBill Clinton waphula isithembiso somphathi wakhe eGorbachev kwaye waphinda waqalisa ukwandiswa kweNATO ngokongeza iPoland, iHungary kunye neCzechoslovakia- kutheni uqhubeka uzama ukusijikeleza?

Ngeli xesha abantu baseYurophu bayabuthandabuza ubunkokheli baseMelika. Oko kuthetha ukuthandabuza injongo kunye nexabiso le-NATO. Yakhelwe ukuba ijongane nohlaselo olucingelwayo lweSoviet "lwasentshona" iYurophu, aluzange lusetyenziswe emfazweni ngexesha loMlo obandayo. Imfazwe yayo yokuqala yayiyimfazwe yaseClintons eSerbia ngo-1999. Olu ngquzulwano, olwahlula ilizwe laseSerbia ukuba lenze ilizwe elitsha (elingasebenziyo) laseKosovo, sele laliwe ngabathathi-nxaxheba baseSpain naseGrisi abaqaphela ukuba i-UN Isisombululo esigunyazisa umsebenzi wobuntu eSerbia satsho ngokucacileyo ukuba ilizwe laseSerbia alihlali lodwa. Okwangoku (emva kokutyikitywa kwesivumelwano "seRambouillet") umphathiswa wezangaphandle wase-France ukhalaze ngelithi i-US ibisebenza njenge-hyper-pouissance ("hyperpower" ngokuchasene namandla amakhulu).

Ikamva le-NATO lilele e-US, eJamani, eFrance nase-UK. Abathathu bokugqibela bebengamalungu amade e-EU, nalapho iqela lezorhwebo elalikhuphisana ngokubanzi lalungelelanisa imigaqo-nkqubo kunye ne-NATO. I-NATO iyigqibile i-EU kangangokuba phantse onke amazwe angeniswe kwimanyano yomkhosi ukusukela ngo-1989 aqala ukujoyina i-NATO, emva koko yi-EU. Kwaye ngaphakathi kwe-EU-ngapha koko, ibhloko yokurhweba ekhuphisana noMntla Melika-i-UK kudala isebenza njengohlobo lwe-US surrogate ekhuthaza intsebenziswano kunye ne-Russian boycotts, njl. yithi, uxinzelelo eJamani ukunqanda ukujongana nabantu baseRussia iWashington bayayichasa. Kulungile!

IJamani inezizathu ezininzi zokufuna ukwandisa urhwebo neRussia kwaye ngoku ibonakalisile ukuthanda ukumelana ne-US yaseJamani kunye neFrance bobabini bacela umngeni kwimfazwe yase-Iraq kaGeorge W. Bush esekwe kubuxoki. Akufanele silibale ukuba uBush (uphakanyiswe mva nje njenge-stateman yi-Democrats!) Waphikisana nomlandeli wakhe uTrump njengengqungquthela, ebuxoki. Kwaye ukuba u-Obama wabonakala eyiqhawe ngokuchaseneyo, ubutsalane bakhe bancipha njengoko abantu baseYurophu befunda ukuba bonke babejongwa yi-Arhente yoKhuseleko kaZwelonke, nokuba iifowuni zika-Angela Merkel kunye noPopu zazingqiniswanga. Eli yayililizwe lenkululeko kunye nedemokhrasi, lihlala liqhayisa ngokukhulula iYurophu kumaNazi kwaye lilindele umvuzo ongunaphakade ngohlobo lweziseko kunye nokuhlonitshwa kwezopolitiko.

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Sele kuyiminyaka engama-76 okokoko ukuwa kweBerlin (ukuya kwiiSoviet, njengoko nisazi, hayi e-US);

72 ukusukela oko kwasekwa uMbutho weSivumelwano saseNyakatho yeAtlantic (NATO);

Ukusukela oko kwawa udonga lwaseBerlin kunye nesithembiso sikaGeorge WH Bush ukuya eGorbachev HAYI ukwandisa i-NATO ngakumbi;

Ukusukela oko kwaqala kwakhona ukwandiswa kwe-NATO;

Ukusukela kwimfazwe yase-US-NATO eSerbia kubandakanya nokuqhushumba kwaseburhulumenteni eBelgrade;

Ukusukela oko i-NATO yaya emfazweni e-US ibhekisa e-Afghanistan, isiphumo senzakaliso kunye nokusilela;

Iminyaka eli-13 okoko i-US yamkelayo iKosovo njengelizwe elizimeleyo, kwaye i-NATO yabhengeza ukwamkelwa kwexesha elifutshane kwe-Ukraine ne-Georgia, kukhokelela kwimfazwe emfutshane ye-Russo-Georgia kunye ne-Russia yamazwe ase Mzantsi Ossetia nase Abkhazia;

Iminyaka eli-10 okoko kwaqala umsebenzi otyhafisayo we-NATO wokutshabalalisa kunye nokuthunga isiphithiphithi eLibya, ukuvelisa uloyiko ngakumbi eSahel nakubundlobongela besizwe nobuhlanga kwilizwe eliqhekekileyo, kunye nokuvelisa amaza eembacu.

Ukusukela kwi-putch enesibindi, enegazi e-US e-Ukraine ebeka iqela le-pro-NATO emandleni. uxinzelelo kumahlakani ukuba athobele;

5 okoko isimilo esikhohlakeleyo se-narcissist siphumelele ubongameli base-US kwaye kungekudala sahlukanisa amahlakani ngezivakalisi, izithuko, ukungazi, indlela yokulwa, iphakamisa imibuzo kwingqondo ezibhiliyoni malunga nokuzinza kwengqondo kunye nokugweba kwabavoti beli lizwe;

Unyaka o-1 ukusukela ekubeni ngumsebenzi oshushu osele ethembisile ukwandisa kunye nokomeleza i-NATO, owaba lilungu lolawulo luka-Obama e-Ukraine emva koqhushululu lwe-2014, injongo yakhe yayikukucoca urhwaphilizo ukulungiselela i-Ukraine ukuba lilungu le-NATO (kwaye ngubani utata U-Hunter Biden owayehleli edume ngokuhlala ebhodini ye-Ukraine ehamba phambili kwinkampani yegesi ngo-2014-2017 esenza izigidi ngaphandle kwesizathu okanye umsebenzi owenziweyo) waba ngumongameli.

Unyaka o-1 okoko umhlaba wabona kaninzi kumabonwakude ividiyo evulekileyo, yamapolisa kawonkewonke ezitalatweni zaseMinneapolis, ngokuqinisekileyo uninzi phakathi kweembono ezibuza ukuba liliphi ilungelo leli hlanga linobuhlanga elinokuthi lifundise i-China okanye nabani na ngamalungelo oluntu.

Iinyanga ezili-9 okoko i-capitol yase-US yahlaselwa ziihempe ezimdaka zase-US ezenza uphawu lweeflegi ze-Confederate kunye neempawu ze-fascist kunye nokubiza ukuxhonywa kukamongameli kamongameli kaTrump.

Yirekhodi elide leYurophu eyoyikisayo kunye neenkokheli ezibonakala zingazinzanga (uBush engekho ngaphantsi kweTrump); Ukuhlukumeza iYurophu ngeemfuno kunciphisa urhwebo neRashiya kunye neChina kwaye bathobele imithetho yase-US e-Iran, kwaye bafuna ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiimfazwe zayo zama-impiriyali ezikude ukusuka kuMntla weAtlantic ukuya kuMbindi weAsia nakuMntla Afrika.

Ikwayirekhodi lokucaphukisa iRussia ngelixa isandisa i-anti-Russian juggernaut. Kuthetha ukuba ngenene ukusebenzisa i-NATO kwezomkhosi (njengaseSerbia, Afghanistan, naseLibya) ukuqinisa ubumbano lomkhosi phantsi kolawulo lwase-US, ukumisa imikhosi yama-4000 e-US ePoland, kunye nokusongela iinqwelomoya kwiBaltic. Okwangoku, iiarhente ezininzi zase-US zisebenza ixesha elongezelelekileyo ukwenza iyelenqe "lokuguqula imibala" kwizithili ezikumda weRussia: IBelarus, iGeorgia, iUkraine.

I-NATO iyingozi kwaye inobubi. Kufuneka ipheliswe. Iipollion opinion eYurophu ziphakamisa ukunyuka kwe-NATO skepticism (kulungile ngokwayo) kunye nenkcaso (ngcono). Sele yahlulwe nzulu kube kanye: ngo-2002-2003 ngaphezulu kwemfazwe yase-Iraq. Ngokwenene ulwaphulo-mthetho olubonakalayo lweMfazwe yase-Iraq, ukuzimisela okucacileyo kwamaMelika ekusebenziseni i-disinformation, kunye nobuntu be-buffoonic yomongameli wase-US mhlawumbi bothusa i-Yuropu kanye njengeTrump yesilwanyana.

Into ehlekisayo kukuba uBiden noBlinken, uSullivan noAustin, bonke babonakala ngathi bacinga ukuba akukho nanye kwezi yenzekileyo. Ngokwenyani babonakala becinga ukuba ilizwe liyayihlonipha i-United States njengenkokeli (yendalo?) Yento ebizwa ngokuba liHlabathi Elikhululekileyo -lamazwe azinikele "kwidemokhrasi." U-Blinken usixelela kunye nabantu baseYurophu esijamelana nabo, "ulawulo lwentando yesininzi" ngohlobo lwase China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela zonke zisoyikisa kunye neenqobo zethu. Kubonakala ngathi bacinga ukuba bangabuyela kwiminyaka yoo-1950, bachaze intshukumo yabo njengomboniso we "American Exceptionalism," ukuma njengeentshatsheli "zamalungelo oluntu," banxibe ungenelelo lwabo njenge "misebenzi yokunceda," kunye nengalo . Okwangoku i-NATO inyanzelwa ngu-Biden ukuba achonge (njengoko bekwenzile kwintetho yakhe yokugqibela) i-PRC "njengesoyikiso kwezokhuseleko" eYurophu.

Kodwa ukubhekiswa e-China kwakuyimpikiswano. Kwaye i-NATO yahlulwe kumcimbi wase China. Amanye amazwe awaboni sisongelo kwaye anezizathu zokunweba ubudlelwane ne China, ngakumbi ngokuza kweeprojekthi zeBelt kunye neNdlela. Bayazi ukuba i-GDP yase-China kungekudala izakudlula eyase-US kwaye i-US ayisiyongxaki enkulu yezoqoqosho eyayikho emva kwemfazwe xa yayisekela ubukhosi bayo kuninzi lweYurophu. Iphulukene namandla ayo asisiseko kodwa, njengobukhosi baseSpain ngenkulungwane yeshumi elinesibhozo, akukho namnye kubo onekratshi kunye nenkohlakalo.

Kwanasemva kwako konke ukubhencwa. Nditsho nasemva kweentloni. U-Biden ukhanyisa uncumo lwakhe oluqeqeshiweyo wazisa ukuba "iMelika ibuyile!" silindele ukuba umhlaba — ngakumbi “amahlakani ethu” —ukuvuyele ukuqala kobomi obuqhelekileyo. Kodwa uBiden kufuneka akhumbule ukuthula okungathethekiyo okwadibana nesibhengezo sikaPence kwiNkomfa yoKhuseleko eMunich ngoFebruwari 2019 xa wayedlulisa imibuliso kaTrump. Ngaba ezi nkokheli zase-US aziqondi ukuba kule nkulungwane i-GDP yaseYurophu ize kuthelekiswa ne-US? Kwaye bambalwa abantu abakholelwa ukuba i-US "isindise" iYurophu kumaNazi, emva koko yahamba yaya kumaKomanisi aseSoviet, yavuselela iYurophu ngeSicwangciso seMarshall, kwaye iyaqhubeka nanamhlanje ukukhusela iYurophu eRashiya esongela ukumatsha ngasentshona nakweyiphi na indawo. umzuzwana?

UBlinken ufuna ukuqokelela nokuqhubela phambili kwaye akhokele umhlaba uye phambili. Buyela esiqhelweni! Isandi, ukuthembela kubunkokheli base-US kubuyile!

O nyhani? amaFrentshi angabuza. Ukubamba umanyano lwe-NATO ngasemva, ukonakalisa isivumelwano esityikityiweyo se- $ 66 yezigidigidi ne-Australia ekude? "Ukwenza," njengoko umphathiswa wezangaphandle wase-France ebeka, "into eza kwenziwa nguMnu Trump"? Ayisiyo-France kuphela kodwa i-EU isichasile isivumelwano sase-US-Australia. Amanye amalungu e-NATO abuza ukuba iAlantic Alliance ihanjiswa njani yimpikiswano yeshishini phakathi kwamalungu ngokubhekisele kwinto iPentagon eyibiza ngokuba yingingqi ye "Indo-Pacific". Kwaye kutheni-xa i-US izama ukukhusela ukuthatha inxaxheba kwe-NATO kwisicwangciso sokuqulatha nokucaphukisa iBeijing-ayikhathazi ukulungelelanisa neFrance?

Ngaba uBlinken akazi ukuba iFrance lilizwe lama impiriyali elinendawo enkulu yokubamba iPacific? Ngaba uyazi ngamancedo aselwandle aseFrance ePapeete, eTahiti, okanye emkhosini, kumkhosi waselwandle nakumkhosi womoya eNew Caledonia? AmaFrentshi aqhube ukuqhushumba kwabo eMururora, ngenxa yothixo. Njengelizwe lama-impiriyali, ngaba iFrance ayinalo ilungelo elifanayo nelase-US lokudibana ne-China ne-Australia, kwikona ye-Pacific yase-France? Kwaye ukuba umlingane wakhe osondeleyo i-US ithathe isigqibo sokujongela phantsi isivumelwano, bekungafanelekanga ukuba isimilo sinyanzelise ukuba ubuncinci sazise "olona dlelane lindala" malunga neenjongo zalo?

Isigwebo saseFrance sesivumelwano sangaphantsi kolwandle sasibukhali ngendlela engazange ibonwe ngaphambili, ngokuyinxenye, ndiyacinga, ngenxa yokuchaswa ngokupheleleyo kweFrance njengamandla amakhulu. Ukuba i-US ibongoza amahlakani ayo ukuba ajoyine nayo ekujonganeni ne-China, kutheni le nto ingadibani neFrance malunga nesivumelwano seengalo esilelwe ukwenza oko, ngakumbi xa sithatha indawo esele ixoxwe esidlangalaleni ngumlingani weNATO? Akucaci na ukuba isibheno sikaBiden sokuba "umanyano lomanyano" sithetha ukumanyana, ngasemva kobunkokheli base-US malunga namalungiselelo emfazwe e-China?

Ngokuthe ngcembe i-NATO iyawohloka. Kwakhona, le yinto elungileyo kakhulu. Ndandinalo ixhala lokuba uBiden uzakusebenza ngokukhawuleza ukudibanisa iUkraine kwimanyano, kodwa kubonakala ngathi uMerkel umxelele ukuba hayi. Abantu baseYurophu abafuni kutsalwa bangene kwenye imfazwe yase-US, ngakumbi ngokuchasene nabamelwane babo ababazi ngcono kunamaMelika kwaye banezizathu zokuba babe ngabahlobo. IFransi neJamani, abathi (bakhumbula) baphikisana nemfazwe esekwe e-Iraq e-Iraq e-2003, ekugqibeleni baphulukana nomonde kumanyano kwaye bazibuza ukuba yintoni ubulungu obuthetha ngaphandle kokujoyina i-US kwiingxabano zayo ne-Russia ne China.

UGary Leupp nguNjingalwazi wezeMbali kwiYunivesithi yaseTufts, kwaye ubambe isikhundla sobabini kwiSebe lezeNkolo. Ngumbhali we Abakhonzi, Abathengisi kunye nabasebenzi kwiiDolophu zaseTokugawa eJapanImibala yamadoda: Ulwakhiwo lobufanasini eTokugawa Japan; yaye Ubudlelwane obusondeleyo baseJapan: Amadoda aseNtshona kunye nabafazi baseJapan, i-1543-1900. Ungumnikeli kwi Ithemba: UBarack Obama kunye nezoPolitiko ze-Illusion, (AK Cinezela). Unokufikelela kwi: gleupp@tufts.edu

 

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