NguRobert C. Koehler, Agasti 9th, 2017, Iimpawu eziqhelekileyo.
UDonald Trump umi ngokungaziyo kumda wembali, ebonisa yonke into engalunganga kwixesha elidlulileyo, oh, iminyaka eyi-10,000 okanye njalo.
Imfuneko yotshintsho olusisiseko kwintlangano yoluntu yehlabathi ayinzulu nje kuphela, kodwa ingxamisekile.
Ukugqabhuka kukaTrump kwamva nje malunga neenukes zaseNyakatho Korea - isoyikisa elo lizwe "nge umlilo, umsindo, yaye ngokungafihlisiyo unika amandla izinto ezinjengazo ihlabathi elingazange lazibona ngaphambili” — wenza incwadi ehlekisayo ethi Armagedon scenario kumajelo eendaba, ngaphandle kokuba, ngokuqinisekileyo, amandla akhe okusungula imfazwe yenyukliya ngentshukumisa yokwenene.
Yintoni le nto icacisa kum kukuba akukho mntu kufuneka abe negunya - amandla - ukuvakalisa nayiphi na imfazwe. Isibakala sokuba oku kusenokwenzeka, kumashumi eminyaka amaninzi kangaka ekuqondeni komntu ukuphambana okugqibeleleyo kwemfazwe, sityhila isiphithiphithi sokuba impucuko ihleli ibotshelelwe ngokwezoqoqosho ekutshatyalalisweni kwayo.
Enye i-icon yalo mda Erik Prince, isisityebi esisisityebi, umseki odumileyo wombutho wabanqolobi iBlackwater, owayenobudlelwane obuhle noBush emva xa iimfazwe ezingapheliyo zenkulungwane yama-21 zaziqhubeka kwaye ngoku, nenye iRiphabhlikhi engakhethwanga kwi-White House, isandula kubamba. ithuba loshishino lisamelwe zezi mfazwe:
Masiyenze yabucala le quagmire!
Iminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu ukuya phambili, imfazwe yase-Afghanistan yeyona nto inde kwimbali yaseMelika, kwaye ngoku ikwimeko “yokuxinana,” ngokwemvumelwano eqhelekileyo engathandabuzekiyo ethethelela umkhosi oqhubekayo weli lizwe. Umzekelo: "I-US ayinakuphumelela kodwa ayinakukwazi ukuphulukana," USA namhlanje unike uluvo kuhlelo lwakutsha nje malunga ne-Afghanistan, engafuni ukuba uTrump "ubuncinci athathe isigqibo sokuba enze ntoni na ngokulandelayo" kwaye abeke inqanaba lesicwangciso soshishino seNkosana, ekukuhlengahlengisa kunye nokwenza imfazwe ibe yabucala.
Kwi-op-ed kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo kolu papasho lunye, Prince wabhala: “Ukhetho lokuyishiya nje i-Afghanistan luyahenda kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha iya kuba yintlekele yomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle. Urhulumente waseKabul uza kuwa. I-Afghanistan iya kuba sisikhalo sokuhlanganisana kwi-jihadists yehlabathi. "
Kwaye ngequbuliso kwabakho, isiphithiphithi saseMelika kubukhazikhazi obupheleleyo: Owu ewe, silwa nabanqolobi. Kufuneka siqhubeke sibulala abantu, siqhubeke sigalela iibhiliyoni zeedola kwiimfazwe zethu, kuba abantu ababi baphaya besoyikisa kuba beyithiyile inkululeko yethu. Kwaye umntu osikhumbuza oku ngumseki weBlackwater, ikontraki yabucala e-Iraq, onogada bayo babenoxanduva lwesona senzo sothusayo sohlaselo olubulalayo - aka, ubunqolobi - beminyaka yokuqala yaloo mfazwe.
Iikontraka zamanzi amdaka zatyholwa “ngokudubula kanobom kwiimoto ezazimiswe emva kwemini emva kwemini eNisour Square ngoSeptemba 16, 2007, zigalela iimbumbulu neziqhushumbisi kwizihlwele, kuquka abafazi ababambe izipaji kuphela nabantwana ababambe izandla emoyeni,” njengoko. i Washington Post usikhumbuze mva nje.
Esi senzo sokubulawa kwabantu, apho kwabulawa abantu baseIraq abali-17 kwaza kwangxwelerheka abanye abangama-20, sibonisa oko unokukubiza ngokuba bubugrogrisi baseMelika. Inokuthi, kwinqanaba elithile le-quasi-conscious ikhuthazeke ngokwenkolo. Kanjalo, UJeremy Scahill, ingxelo kwi-2009 yeSizwe malunga nesimangalo esifakwe egameni lama-Iraqis enzakaliswe kwindyikityha yaseNisour Square, wabhala ukuba, ngokutsho komsebenzi wangaphambili we-Blackwater owanikela ubungqina kwinkundla yesigqeba sase-US ngexesha letyala:
“UMkosana ‘uzigqala njengomkhosi womnqamlezo ongumKristu onikwe umsebenzi wokuphelisa amaSilamsi ehlabathini lonke,’ yaye . . . Iinkampani zeNkosana 'zikhuthaze kwaye zavuza ukutshatyalaliswa kobomi base-Iraqi.' . . .
Ngapha koko, uScahill wabhala, “Mnu. Abaphathi bePrince baya kuthetha ngokukhululekileyo malunga nokuya e-Iraq ukuze 'babeke i-hajiis kwikhadibhodi.' Ukuya e-Iraq ukudubula nokubulala ama-Iraqis kwakujongwa njengomdlalo okanye umdlalo. Abasebenzi bakaMnu. Prince ngokuphandle nangokuqhubekayo basebenzise amagama anocalucalulo nanyelisayo kubantu baseIraq nakwamanye ama-Arabhu, anjengama-'ragheads' okanye 'ama-hajiis.'”
Konke oku kungena ngendlela eyothusayo kwinkcazo yejihadism, okanye ubunqolobi, kodwa ngenxa yokuba iMelika, izisa into eyongezelelweyo etafileni nayo. Bubunqolobi bokwenza inzuzo. Kwaye iqhubeka ixesha elide, kwindawo enkulu kakhulu kunaleyo ithathwa ngu-Erik Prince weshishini. Ungayibiza ngokuba yikoloniyalizim, okanye ukongamela. Ihlabathi lelethu. Obu "bubukhulu" uTrump obuthengiswe kubantu baseMelika aboneleyo ukuba baxinzelele kwiOfisi ye-Oval.
Ayiphelelanga nje ekubeni angabinamonde xa ehlaselwa emkhosini e-Afghanistan - "asiphumeleli, siphulukene" - kodwa akanakuyimela into yokuba ubutyebi bezimbiwa belizwe eliqhekekileyo abukho ezandleni zethu.
Kwindibano yamva nje, epapashwe kakuhle kunye neenjengele zakhe, uTrump "ukhale ngelithi i-China yenza imali nge-Afghanistan eqikelelwa kwi-1 yetriliyoni yeedola kwizimbiwa ezinqabileyo ngelixa imikhosi yaseMelika isilwa imfazwe," ngokutsho. NBC News. "UTrump uvakalise ukuphoxeka kukuba abacebisi bakhe baphathiswe umsebenzi wokufumana ukuba i-US ingawanceda njani amashishini aseMelika ukuba afumane amalungelo kwezo zimbiwa zihamba kancinci, elinye igosa lathi. . . .
"Ugqaliselo lwezimbiwa lwalusikhumbuza amazwi kaTrump kwangethuba kumongameli wakhe xa wayekhalaza ukuba i-US ayizange iyithathe ioyile yase-Iraq xa uninzi lwemikhosi yalishiya ilizwe ngo-2011."
UTrump ukhokela inkqubo yezopolitiko esele isekelwe kwixesha lobukoloniyali. Ukuzingca kwakhe ngokungakhathali bubuso bayo behlabathi. Ujonge ukuqina kweNorth Korea exhobe ngenyukliya kwaye woyikisa ngokuyivuthela ubukumkani obuzayo, ecinga ukuba kuya kubakho inzuzo yokuvuna emva koko.
