Isizathu sokuba i-Itali ithumele amaLwi ayo eLithuania

NguManlio Dinucci, nge-2 kaSeptemba 2020

Ukusuka Il Manifesto

E-Europe kulindeleke ukuba yehle nge-60% kulo nyaka xa kuthelekiswa ne-2019, ngenxa yezithintelo ze-Covid-19, ebeka ngaphezulu kwe-7 yezigidi zemisebenzi emngciphekweni. Kwelinye icala, ukugcwala komoya emkhosini kuyanda.

NgoLwesihlanu, nge-28 ka-Agasti, i-US Air Force B-52 yeebhombu zabhabha ngaphezulu kwamazwe angamashumi amathathu e-NATO eMntla Melika nase-Europe ngosuku olunye, zijikelezwe ngamashumi asibhozo amabhombu-mlilo avela kumazwe amanyeneyo kumacandelo ahlukeneyo.

Lo msebenzi mkhulu ubizwa ngokuba yi "Allied Sky" - utshilo uNobhala Jikelele we-NATO uJens Stoltenberg- ubonakalisa "ukuzibophelela okunamandla kwe-United States kwii-Allies kwaye iqinisekisa ukuba siyakwazi ukuthintela ubundlongondlongo." Ukubhekisa "kubundlongondlongo baseRussia" eYurophu kuyabonakala.

Ii-B-52s, ezathi zadluliselwa ngo-Agasti 22 ukusuka eMantla Dakota iMinot Air Base zaya eFairford eGreat Britain, azizizo iinqwelomoya ezindala ezazisetyenziswa kwimingcelele. Baye bahlaziywa ngokuqhubekekayo, kwaye bayigcina indima yabo njengeebhombu ezinobuchule bexesha elide. Ngoku ziphuculwe ngakumbi.

Umkhosi wezomoya wase-US kungekudala uza kuxhobisa ii-B-52s ezingamashumi asixhenxe anesithandathu ngeinjini ezintsha ngexabiso lama- $ 20 ezigidigidi. Ezi njineli zintsha ziya kuvumela iibhombu ukuba zibhabhe i-8,000 km ngaphandle kokufaka i-refueling kwi-flight, nganye ithwele iitoni ezingama-35 zebhombu kunye nemijukujelwa enezixhobo eziqhelekileyo okanye zenyukliya. Ngo-Epreli ophelileyo, i-US Air Force yanikezela iRaytheon Co ukuba ivelise umjukujelwa omtsha wokuhambahamba olude, oxhobe ngemfazwe yenyukliya kwiibhombu ze-B-52.

Ngale kunye nezinye iindlela zokuhlasela ngebhombu yenyukliya, kubandakanya ne-B-2 Spirit, i-US Air Force yenze ngaphezulu kwama-200 e-Europe ukusukela nge-2018, ikakhulu ngaphezulu kweBaltic kunye noLwandle oluMnyama kufutshane nendawo yomoya yaseRussia.

Amazwe aseYurophu e-NATO athatha inxaxheba kule mithambo, ngakumbi i-Itali. Xa i-B-52 yabhabha kwilizwe lethu ngo-Agasti 28, amajoni ase-Italiya angenelela.

Ngokukhawuleza emva koko, i-Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter-bombers yaqalisa ukuthunyelwa kwiziko laseSiauliai eLithuania, lixhaswa ngamajoni alikhulu. Ukuqala kukaSeptemba 1, baya kuhlala apho iinyanga ezisibhozo kude kube ngu-Epreli 8, "ukukhusela" indawo yomoya yeBaltic. Yinjongo yesine ye-NATO "yobupolisa yomoya" eqhutywa kwindawo yaseBaltic nguMkhosi woMoya wase-Itali.

Abalwi base-Italiya bakulungele iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku ukuya ezavuleka, ukuthatha i-alarm kunye nokuthintela ii-aircrafts "ezingaziwayo": zihlala ziinqwelomoya zaseRussia ezibhabha phakathi kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya sangaphakathi kunye neKaliningrad yaseRussia.

Isiseko saseLithuania saseSiauliai, apho bathunyelwe khona, siphuculwe yi-United States; I-USA iphindaphinde kathathu amandla ayo ngokutyala i-24 yezigidi ze-euro kuyo. Isizathu sicacile: isiseko somoya sikwi-220 km ukusuka eKaliningrad kunye ne-600 ukusuka eSt. Petersburg, umgama ohamba nomlwi onje nge-Eurofighter Typhoon kwimizuzu embalwa.

Kutheni le nto i-NATO isasaza ezi kunye nezinye izixhobo eziqhelekileyo zenyukliya ezikufutshane neRussia? Ngokuqinisekileyo hayi ukukhusela amazwe aseBaltic kuhlaselo lwaseRussia olwathetha ukuqala kwemfazwe yehlabathi yenyukliya ukuba yenzekile. Kuya kwenzeka into enye ukuba iinqwelomoya zeNATO zahlasela izixeko zaseRussia ezingabamelwane ezivela kwiBaltic.

Esona sizathu sokuthunyelwa kukonyusa uxinzelelo ngokudala umfanekiso wotshaba oluyingozi, iRussia ilungiselela ukuhlasela iYurophu. Esi sisicwangciso-qhinga soxinzelelo esenziwe yiWashington, ngokuhambelana koorhulumente baseYurophu kunye nePalamente kunye neManyano yaseYurophu.

Esi sicwangciso sibandakanya ukwanda kwenkcitho yemikhosi emkhosini kwinkcitho yenkcitho kwezentlalo. Umzekelo: indleko yeyure yokubhabha ye-Eurofighter yabalwa nguMkhosi woMoya ofanayo kwii-euro ezingama-66,000 (kubandakanya nokuhlawulwa kweenqwelo moya). Isixa-mali esingaphezulu kwesibini semivuzo epheleleyo ngonyaka kwimali yoluntu.

Ngalo lonke ixesha i-Eurofighter isiya "kukhusela" indawo yomoya yaseBaltic, iyatshisa ngeyure enye ngokuhambelana nemisebenzi emibini e-Itali.