UGorbachev wayethenjisiwe ukuba akukho kwandiswa kwe-NATO

NguDavid Swanson, uDisemba 16, 2017, Masilinge iNdemokhrasi.

Kangangamashumi eminyaka uhanahaniso luye lwagcinwa ukuba kukho ukuthandabuza malunga nokuba i-United States ithembise ngenene inkokeli yaseSoviet uMikhail Gorbachev ukuba ukuba iJamani iphinde yadibana, i-NATO ayizukuya ngasempuma. UVimba woKhuseleko lweSizwe uye uwaphelise loo mathandabuzo ubuncinci de ukupheliswa kwe-intanethi kuphumelele.

NgoJanuwari 31, 1990, Umphathiswa Wezangaphandle WaseJamani uHans-Dietrich Genscher wenza intetho kawonke-wonke enkulu apho, ngokutsho koNozakuzaku base-US eBonn, wakwenza kwacaca “ukuba iinguqulelo eMpuma Yurophu kunye nenkqubo yokumanyanisa iJamani akufuneki ikhokelele kumanyano lwamazwe ngamazwe. 'ukuphazamiseka kwemidla yokhuseleko lwaseSoviet.' Ngoko ke, i-NATO ifanele ikuthintele 'ukwandiswa kommandla wayo ngasempuma, okt ukuwusondeza kwimida yeSoviet.'”

NgoFebruwari 10, 1990, uGorbachev wadibana eMoscow kunye nenkokeli yaseNtshona Jamani uHelmut Kohl kwaye wanika imvume yeSoviet, ngokomgaqo, kumanyano lwaseJamani kwi-NATO, ukuba nje i-NATO ayizange ikhulise ukuya empuma.

USosiba weLizwe laseUnited States uJames Baker wathi iNATO yayingayi kwandise impuma xa wadibana noMphathiswa Wezangaphandle waseSoviet uEduard Shevardnadze ngoFebruwari 9, 1990, naxa wadibana noGorbachev kwangolo suku lunye. U-Baker uxelele uGorbachev kathathu ukuba i-NATO ayizukwandisa i-intshi enye ngasempuma. U-Baker uvumelane nengxelo kaGorbachev yokuba "ukwandiswa kwe-NATO akwamkelekanga." U-Baker uxelele uGorbachev ukuba "ukuba i-United States igcina ubukho bayo eJamani ngaphakathi kwesakhelo se-NATO, hayi i-intshi yolawulo lwangoku lwe-NATO oluya kusasazeka kwicala lasempuma."

Abantu bathanda ukuthetha ukuba uGorbachev ufanele ukuba uyifumene le nto ngokubhaliweyo.

Wenza, ekwimo ye umbhalo yale ntlanganiso.

UBaker wabhalela uHelmut Kohl owayeza kudibana noGorbachev ngosuku olulandelayo, ngoFebruwari 10, 1990: “Ndandula ke ndambuza lo mbuzo ulandelayo. Ngaba ungathanda ukubona iJamani emanyeneyo ngaphandle kwe-NATO, ezimeleyo kwaye ingenayo imikhosi yase-US okanye ungakhetha iJamani emanyeneyo ukuba ibotshelelwe kwi-NATO, eneziqinisekiso zokuba ulawulo lwe-NATO aluzukutshintsha i-intshi enye ukuya ngasempuma ukusuka kwindawo ekuyo ngoku? Uphendule ngelithi iinkokeli zeSoviet bezicingisisa ngenene kuzo zonke ezi zinto zikhethwayo [….] Wongeza wathi, 'Ngokuqinisekileyo nakuphi na ukwandiswa kwendawo ye-NATO akuyi kwamkeleka.'” U-Baker wongeze kwizibiyeli, ukuze kungenelwe uKohl, “Ngokutsho, I-NATO kwindawo yayo yangoku inokwamkeleka. "

U-Kohl uxelele uGorbachev ngoFebruwari 10, 1990: "Sikholelwa ukuba i-NATO ayifanele yandise indawo yomsebenzi wayo."

Unobhala-jikelele we-NATO uManfred Woerner, ngoJulayi 1991, uxelele amasekela aPhakamileyo eSoviet "ukuba iBhunga leNATO kwaye uchasene nokwandiswa kweNATO."

Umyalezo ubonakala ungaguquguquki kwaye uphindaphinda kwaye awunyanisekanga ngokupheleleyo. UGorbachev bekufanele ukuba uyifumene ngebhastile eliziimitha ezili-100 ukuphakama. Mhlawumbi oko ngekusebenze.