Ingxelo eNtsha ityhila i-US Special Force esebenzayo kumazwe angama-22 ase-Afrika

NguAlan Macleod, nge-10 ka-Agasti ka-2020

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A ingxelo entsha epapashwe kwiphephandaba laseMzantsi Afrika Imeyile kunye noMgcini ikhuphe ukukhanya kwilizwe le-opaque yobukho bemikhosi yaseMelika e-Afrika. Kunyaka ophelileyo, imikhosi yase-US ekhethekileyo yokuSebenza ibisebenza kumazwe angama-22 ase-Afrika. Oku kubandakanya iipesenti ezili-14 zazo zonke ii-odos zaseMelika ezisasazwa phesheya, elona nani likhulu kuwo nawuphi na ummandla ngaphandle kweMbindi Mpuma. Imikhosi yaseMelika ibone idabi kumazwe ali-13 ase-Afrika.

I-US ayilwi imfazwe ngokusesikweni kunye ne-Afrika, kwaye ilizwekazi eli akuxoxwa kangako ngokubhekisele kwizenzo zaseMelika kwilizwe jikelele. Ke ngoko, xa imisebenzi yase-US isifa e-Afrika, njengoko kwenzekayo ngaphakathi Nayija, mali, kunye Somaliya ngo-2018, impendulo evela kuluntu, nditsho nase- eendaba Rhoqo "kutheni amajoni aseMelika ekho kuqala?"

Ubukho bemikhosi yase-US, ngakumbi ii-Commandos, akuqhelekanga ukwamkelwa esidlangalaleni, nokuba yi-Washington okanye ngoorhulumente base-Afrika. Oko bakwenzayo kuhlala kungaphaya kwe-opaque. I-US Africa Command (AFRICOM) ngokubanzi ibanga ukuba amandla akhethekileyo akaqhubeki ngaphezu kwento ebizwa ngokuba yi "AAA" (cebisa, nceda kwaye uhambe) nemishini. Ukanti xa kusiliwa, indima phakathi komntu obonayo kunye nenxaxheba inokungangqinelani.

I-United States inendawo 6,000 abasebenza emkhosini abasasazeke kwilizwekazi liphela, benamajoni omkhosi ukugcoba ngaphandle oonozakuzaku kwizibambiso ezininzi kwiAfrika iphela. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, Ukuthintela umbiko ukuba umkhosi uqhuba iziseko ezingama-29 kwilizwekazi. Enye yezi zixhobo ezinkulu zedrone eNiger, into Hill ebizwa "Yeyona projekthi inkulu yokwakha ekhokelwa nguMkhosi oMkhulu eUnited States ngalo lonke ixesha." Indleko zokwakha zodwa zazingaphezulu kweedola ezili-100 lezigidi, iindleko zizonke zokusebenza kulindeleke Ukugcina ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezingama-280 zeedola ngowama-2024. Ixhotywe ngeReaper drones, i-US ngoku inokuqhuba imikhosi enqhushumbe yonke imikhosi yaseNtshona naseNtshona Afrika.

IWashington ibanga ukuba eyona nto iphambili kwezomkhosi kule ndawo kukulwa nokunyuka kwemikhosi enamandla. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iqela lama-Jihadist liye lavela, kubandakanya i-Al-Shabaab, iBoko Haram, namanye amaqela amanyeneyo e-al-Qaeda. Nangona kunjalo, uninzi lwesizathu sokunyuka kwabo kungalandelelwa ukubuyela kwizenzo zangaphambili zaseMelika, kubandakanya ukupheliswa kwe-Yemen, Somalia, nokubhukuqwa kuka-Colonel Gaddafi eLibya.

Kucace gca ukuba I-United States idlala indima enkulu ekuqeqesheni amajoni ezizwe ezininzi kunye nemikhosi yezokhuseleko. Umzekelo, i-US ihlawula iBancroft International, ikontraktha yabucala yezomkhosi, ukuqeqesha abantu baseSomalia abathathe inxaxheba abaphambili kumlo weli lizwe. Ngoku ka Imeyile kunye noMgcini, aba balwe baseSomalia banakho ukuxhaswa ngumrhafi wase-US.

Ngelixa ukuqeqesha imikhosi yasemkhosini kwamanye amazwe kwiindlela ezisisiseko kunokuvakala ngathi kukuphithizela, umsebenzi ongabalulekanga kangako, urhulumente wase-US uphinde wachitha amashumi eminyaka efundisa amashumi amawaka omkhosi wase-Latin America kunye namapolisa kwinto ababeyibiza ngokuba "ngokhuseleko lwangaphakathi" kwiSikolo esidumileyo saseMelika eFort I-Benning, GA (ngoku iphinde yakhiwa njengeZiko loKhuseleko lweHlabathi yeNtshona). Ukufunyanwa kwakhona ngenkulungwane yamashumi amabini iyalelwe kwimpindezelo yangaphakathi kwaye uxelele ukuba umntu oyisistim oyobe elele kwikona nganye, ehlangabezana nengcinezelo ekrakra yabemi bakhe akuba ebuyile. Ngokunjalo, ngoqeqesho lokulwa nobugrogrisi, umgca phakathi "kobugrogrisi" "nomkhosi" kunye "nommeli" unokuhlala uxoxwa.

Umkhosi wase-US ungene esiqithini sase-Diego Garcia kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, obizwe sisizwe sesiqithi saseAfrika iMauritius. Ngeminyaka yee-1960 neyee-1970, urhulumente wase-Bhritane wagxotha bonke abantu balapha, ebalahla kwiindawo zokugcina imimandla eMauritius, apho uninzi lusahlala khona. I-United States isebenzisa esi siqithi njengesiseko somkhosi kunye nesikhululo sezixhobo zenyukliya. Esi siqithi sasibaluleke kakhulu kwimikhosi yasemkhosini yaseMelika ngexesha zombini iimfazwe zaseIraq kwaye iyaqhubeka isoyikiso enkulu, iphosa isithunzi yenyukliya kuMbindi Mpuma, Mpuma Afrika, kunye noMzantsi Asia.

Ngexesha ikhona kakhulu intetho, (okanye ngokuchanekileyo ngakumbi, ukugwetywa) kwimithombo yeendaba yaseNtshona ye-Imperiya ye-China e-Afrika, akukho ngxoxo incinci ngendima eqhubekayo ye-US. Ngelixa iChina isebenza isiseko esinye kwiPhondo leAfrika kwaye iyikhulisile kakhulu indima yayo yezoqoqosho kwilizwekazi, amawaka amajoni aseMelika asebenza kumazwe aliqela akagqogqwa. Into emangalisa ngoBukhosi baseMelika yinto engabonakaliyo kwabaninzi ababukhonzayo.

Alan Macleod Umbhali wabasebenzi weendaba zeMintPress. Emva kokugqiba i-PhD yakhe kwi-2017 wapapasha iincwadi ezimbini: Iindaba ezimbi ezivela eVenezuela: Iminyaka engamashumi amabini yeendaba zeNkohliso kunye neeNgxelo ezigwenxa kwaye Inkqubela phambili kwiXesha loLwazi: Imveliso esetyenziswayo. Uye wanegalelo Ukulingana nokuchaneka kokuBika, Guardian, show, I-Greyzone, Imagazini kaJacobin, Iindoda eziqhelekileyo le American Herald Tribune kwaye I-Canary.