'Umama wazo zonke iibhombu' mkhulu, uyabulala - kwaye akayi kukhokelela kuxolo

KwaMedea uBhenjamin, Guardian.

UTrump uwise eyona bhombu inkulu engeyiyo eyenyukliya eyakha yasetyenziswa e-Afghanistan ngoLwesine. Ngaba oku kunyuka kuya phi?

Ndiyincutshe emfazweni. Ndiyayithanda imfazwe, ngendlela ethile,” ziqhayisa umgqatswa uDonald Trump kwindibano yephulo e-Iowa. Lo nguDonald Trump okwamnye owanqanda uyilo lwaseVietnam ngokubanga ithambo elunyaweni lwakhe, ingxaki yezonyango engazange imkhuphe kwiinkundla zentenetya okanye iikhosi zegalufa, yaze yaphiliswa ngokwayo ngokungummangaliso.

Kodwa ngokunyuka kokubandakanyeka emkhosini wase-US eSyria, inani lerekhodi lohlaselo lwedrone eYemen, amajoni angaphezulu ase-US athunyelwa kuMbindi Mpuma kwaye, ngoku, ukuwisa ibhombu enkulu eAfghanistan, kubonakala ngathi uTrump ngokwenene uyayithanda imfazwe. Okanye ubuncinci, ukuthanda "ukudlala" imfazwe.

ESyria, uTrump waya kwi-59 tomahawk imijukujelwa. Ngoku, kwi Afghanistani , ukhethe “isixhobo esikhulu”, esesibini ngobukhulu kwiibhombu zenyukliya zomkhosi wase-US. Esi siqhushumbisi se-21,600-pound, esingazange sisetyenziswe ekulweni, sasetyenziselwa ukuqhushumba inqwaba yamatonela kunye nemiqolomba kwiphondo lase-Afghan kufuphi nomda wePakistan.

Ngokusemthethweni ibizwa ngokuba yiMassive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), igama layo lesiqhulo- “unina wazo zonke iibhombu”- ii-reeks of misogyny, njengoko kungekho mama uthanda iibhombu.

Umkhosi usavavanya iziphumo zoqhushumbo lwe-MOAB kwaye unyanzelisa ukuba "ithathe onke amanyathelo okuthintela ukwenzakala kwabantu". Kodwa ngenxa yobukhulu namandla esi sixhobo (ubalo lwe-simulator lubonisa iziphumo zebhombu efikelela kumgama weemayile kwicala ngalinye), umonakalo kwindawo engqongileyo mhlawumbi mkhulu kakhulu.

Kwingxelo engaqinisekanga, ipalamente yaseNangarhar, u-Esmatullah Shinwari, uthe abantu balapha bamxelele utitshala omnye kwaye unyana wakhe omncinci ubulewe. Enye indoda, iLungu lePalamente yabalisa, yamxelela ngaphambi kokuba kuhlawulwe iifowuni: “Ndikhulele emfazweni, kwaye ndive iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zokudubula kwiminyaka engama-30: uhlaselo lokuzibulala, iinyikima iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zokudubula. Andizange ndiyive into enje.”

Umbono wokuba umkhosi wase-US unokuloyisa utshaba ngamandla omoya akhohlakeleyo ngokuqinisekileyo ayisiyonto intsha, kodwa imbali ibalisa ibali elahlukileyo. Umkhosi wase-US wehle ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezisixhenxe zeetoni zeziqhushumbisi kumazantsi-mpuma e-Asia kwaye usaphulukene nemfazwe yaseVietnam.

Kwiintsuku zokuqala zemfazwe yase-Afghan, saxelelwa ukuba amandla omoya ase-US ayengafani ne-ragtag, amahlwempu, abafundileyo benkolo yeTaliban abangafundanga. Ngokwenene, sabona isandulela se-MOAB sisetyenziswa kanye emva kohlaselo lwase-US ngo-2001. Yayibizwa ngokuba yi-Daisy Cutter, ebizwa ngegama lokumila kwe-crater eyishiyayo, inobunzima be-15,000 pounds.

Umkhosi wase-US uphinde walahla i-5,000-pound bunker bunker ukuqhumisa imiqolomba apho u-Osama bin Laden wayezimele khona kwiintaba zeTora Bora. Ulawulo lukaBush lwaqhayisa ngelithi lo moya umangalisayo uya kuqinisekisa ukubhubha kweTaliban. Kwakuyiminyaka eyi-16 eyadlulayo, kwaye ngoku umkhosi wase-US awulwi kuphela neTaliban kodwa u-Isis, owaqala ukubonakala kwesi sizwe esinemfazwe kwi-2014.

Ke, ngaba ngenene kufuneka sikholelwe ukuba ukukhulula amandla abulalayo e-MOAB kuya kuba lutshintsho lomdlalo? Kuya kwenzeka ntoni xa kucaca, kwakhona, ukuba amandla omoya awonelanga? Sele kukho malunga ne-8,500 yamajoni ase-US e-Afghanistan. Ngaba uTrump uza kusitsalela nzulu kule mfazwe ingapheliyo ngokunika umphathi-mkhosi wase-Afghan wase-US, uGen John Nicholson, isicelo sakhe samawaka aliqela omkhosi?

Ungenelelo olongezelelekileyo lomkhosi aluzukuphumelela imfazwe e-Afghanistan, kodwa luya kuphumelela uTrump amanqaku afanelekileyo kuvoto, njengoko wafumanisayo ngogwayimbo lwaseSyria.

Ukuqhushumba kwamanye amazwe ngokuqinisekileyo kuthatha ingqalelo kwiingxaki zasekhaya zikaTrump, kodwa mhlawumbi endaweni yokuncoma uTrump ngokwakhe, kunye nabalandeli bakhe nabagxeki ngokufanayo, kufanelekile ukuba sibuze: ingaba oku kunyuka kukhokelela phi?

Lo mongameli akanalo irekhodi lokucinga nzulu okanye ukucwangcisa ixesha elide. UTrump uxelele iintatheli ukuba le bhombu "yayingomnye umsebenzi ophumelele kakhulu", kodwa xa ebuzwa malunga neqhinga lexesha elide wahlala enzima. Wawujika umbuzo wokuba ingaba yena ngokwakhe uyalele kusini na ukuba kuqhunyiswe ibhombu ngokunika enye yeempendulo zakhe ezinkonkxiweyo malunga nokuba nowona mkhosi mkhulu ehlabathini.

Kwi mazwi ngokukhawuleza emva koqhushumbo lwe-MOAB, inkongolo yeDemokhrasi uBarbara Lee waseCalifornia wathi: “UMongameli uTrump utyala abantu baseMelika ingcaciso malunga nokunyuka kwakhe komkhosi wase-Afghanistan kunye nesicwangciso sakhe sexesha elide lokoyisa uIsis. Akukho mongameli kufuneka abe netshekhi engenanto yemfazwe engapheliyo, ngakumbi hayi lo mongameli, osebenza ngaphandle kokujonga okanye ukongamela kwiCongress elawulwa yiRiphabhlikhi. "

Lo “nina wazo zonke iziqhushumbisi” kunye nokuthanda kukaTrump emfazweni akusayi kubanceda oomama base-Afghan, uninzi lwabo abangabahlolokazi abasokola ukuhoya iintsapho zabo emva kokuba abayeni babo bebulewe. Ixabiso le-16 lezigidi zeerandi zolu qhushumbo lube lubonelele ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-50 ukutya kubantwana base-Afghan.

Kungenjalo, ngencwadi yokudlala kaTrump yantlandlolo ethi “America First”-ibinzana elavela kubantu ababehlala bodwa kunye nabalandeli bamaNazi ngeminyaka yoo-1940s-imali echithwe kule bhombu inye yayinokubanceda oomama baseMelika ngokwenza lula ukusikwa okucetywayo kukaTrump kwiinkqubo zasemva kwesikolo ezibaluleke kakhulu. kubantwana babo.

Umnwe kaTrump owonwabileyo ujonge umhlaba phantsi ngendlela engakhathaliyo kwaye eyingozi, hayi nje ukuqinisa ukubandakanyeka kwe-US kungquzulwano oluqhubekayo kodwa isoyikisa ezintsha ngamandla enyukliya ukusuka eRussia ukuya eNyakatho Korea.

Mhlawumbi lixesha lombutho omtsha ochasayo obizwa ngokuba yi-MOAB: Oomama Bazo Zonke Iintsana, apho abafazi badibana khona ukuze banqande lo mntu ukhohlakeleyo, umongameli othanda imfazwe ekuqhushumbiseni zonke iintsana zethu ngokuqalisa iMfazwe yeHlabathi yesiThathu.