I-Trump kufuneka ukhethe phakathi komlilo oMnyama weLizwe kunye neMfazwe zaseMelika ezilahlekileyo

NguMedea Benjamin kunye noNicolas JS Davies, ngoMeyi 4, 2020

Njengoko uMongameli Trump enzile khalaza, i-US ayisaphumeleli kwiimfazwe. Ngapha koko, ukusukela ngo-1945, iimfazwe ezi-4 kuphela eziphumeleleyo zazingaphaya kweendawo ezincinci zeniyo-koloniyali zaseGrenada, ePanama, eKuwait naseKosovo. Abantu baseMelika kulo lonke ilizwe lezopolitiko babhekisa kwiimfazwe ezisungulwe yi-US ukusukela ngo-2001 njengeemfazwe “ezingenasiphelo” okanye “ezingenakuphumelela”. Siyazi ngoku ukuba akukho luloyiso luzayo olujikeleze ikona oluya kuhlangula ukungabikho kolwaphulo-mthetho kwisigqibo sase-US sokuthatha ithuba. Sebenzisa umkhosi ngokungqongqo ngakumbi nangokungekho mthethweni emva kokuphela kweMfazwe Yomlomo kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho oloyikekayo lwe-11 kaSeptemba. Kodwa zonke iimfazwe zimele ziphele ngenye imini, ngoko ziya kuphela njani ezi mfazwe?

Njengoko uMongameli uTrump esondela esiphelweni sekota yakhe yokuqala, uyazi ukuba ubuncinci abanye abantu baseMelika bambeka uxanduva lwezithembiso zakhe ezaphukileyo zokuzisa imikhosi yase-US ekhaya kwaye ihlise iimfazwe zikaBush kunye ne-Obama. Imfazwe kaTrump yemihla-ngemihla yemfazwe iye yahamba ingaxelwanga ngamajelo eendaba e-US, kodwa uTrump uye wehla ubuncinci. I-69,000 yeebhombu kunye nemijukujelwa e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq naseSyria, ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye Bush okanye Obama benza ngokwemiqathango yabo yokuqala, kubandakanywa nokuhlasela kukaBush e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq.

Ngaphantsi kwekhava Ukusasazwa ngokutsha okupapashiweyo kwamanani amancinci amajoni avela kwiziseko ezimbalwa ezikwanti eSyria naseIraq, uTrump unenyani. landiswa Iziseko zase-US kwaye zisetyenziswe ubuncinci 14,000 ngaphezulu Imikhosi yase-US ukuya kuMbindi Mpuma omkhulu, nasemva kokuqhushumba kwebhombu yase-US kunye namaphulo okudubula atshabalalisayo I-Mosul eIraq kwaye URaqaqa eSyria yaphela ngo 2017. Phantsi kwesivumelwano US kunye Taliban, Trump uye wavuma ekugqibeleni ukurhoxisa 4,400 amajoni Afghanistan ngoJulayi, nangoku eshiya ubuncinane 8,600 ngasemva ukuqhuba airstrikes, "ukubulala okanye ukubamba" ugqogqo kunye nomsebenzi othe kratya wokuba kwanti noxinezeleko lomkhosi.

Ngoku umnxeba onyanzelisayo nguNobhala Jikelele we-UN u-Antonio Guterres ukuba a ukupheliswa komhlaba Ngexesha lobhubhani we-COVID-19 unike uTrump ithuba lokuthoba ngobubele iimfazwe zakhe ezingenakuphumelela - ukuba ngenene uyafuna. Amazwe angaphezu kwama-70 aye avakalisa inkxaso yawo ngokuyekisa imfazwe. UMongameli Macron waseFransi wabanga nge-15 ka-Epreli ukuba wayenayo wacenga uTrump ukujoyina ezinye iinkokeli zehlabathi ezixhasa iBhunga loKhuseleko le-UN Isisombululo ixhasa ikhwelo likaNobhala Jikelele. Kodwa ngeentsuku kwaye kwacaca ukuba i-US iyasichasa eso sigqibo, igxininisa ukuba iimfazwe zayo "zokulwa nobunqolobi" kufuneka ziqhubeke, kwaye nasiphi na isigqibo kufuneka sigwebe i-China njengomthombo wobhubhane, ipilisi enetyhefu ebalwe ukuzoba i-veto ekhawulezayo yaseTshayina. .

Ke uTrump uye waligatya eli thuba ukuba enze okulungileyo kwisithembiso sakhe sokuzisa imikhosi yase-US ekhaya, nanjengoko iimfazwe zakhe ezilahlekileyo kunye nokungachazwa kakuhle komkhosi wehlabathi kubhentsisa amawaka omkhosi kwintsholongwane ye-COVID-19. Umkhosi wamanzi wase-US uye wathwaxwa yile ntsholongwane: ukusukela phakathi ku-Epreli Iinqanawa ezingama-40 aye amatyala aqinisekisiweyo, achaphazela oomatiloshe abali-1,298. Imithambo yoqeqesho, intshukumo yamajoni kunye nokuhamba kurhoxisiwe kumajoni ase-US kunye neentsapho zawo. Umkhosi unike ingxelo Iimeko ze7,145 ukusukela nge-1 kaMeyi, ngokugula ngakumbi yonke imihla.

IPentagon inokufikelela kuqala kuvavanyo lwe-COVID-19, izixhobo zokukhusela kunye nezinye izixhobo, ke ukunqongophala okuyintlekele kwezixhobo kwizibhedlele ezihlala abantu eNew York nakwezinye iindawo ziye zandiswa ngokuzithumela kwihlabathi liphela kwiziseko zomkhosi ezingama-800, uninzi lwazo sele zingasebenzi, ziyingozi okanye ukuvelisa ngokuvelisa.

Afghanistani , Siriya kwaye Yemen bebesele bebandezelekile kwezona ngxaki zibi zoluntu kunye nezona nkqubo zempilo zisesichengeni emhlabeni, zibenza babe sesichengeni sobhubhane. Ukubuyiselwa kwemali kwe-US kuMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi kubashiya bekwimeko embi kakhulu. Isigqibo sikaTrump sokugcina imikhosi yase-US isisilwa iimfazwe zaseMelika ezilahlekileyo e-Afghanistan nakwezinye iindawo zemfazwe zenza ukuba ubongameli bakhe bungcoliswe yimifanekiso engacimekiyo yeehelikopta ezihlangula abantu baseMelika kuphahla lwendlu yozakuzo. I-Ambassy yase-US e-Baghdad yakhiwe ngabom nangobuchule kunye ne-helipad emhlabeni ukunqanda ukuphinda umfanekiso we-US ukuthotywa eSaigon – ngoku Ho Chi Minh City.

Ngeli xesha, akukho mntu kubasebenzi bakaJoe Biden obonakala ecinga ukuba ikhwelo le-UN lokuba kupheliswe imfazwe kwihlabathi libalulekile ngokwaneleyo ukuba ungama kulo. Ngelixa isityholo esithembekileyo se ukuhlaselwa ngokwesondo Wonakalisile umyalezo ophambili kaBiden othi "ndohlukile kuTrump," yakhe yamva nje i-hawkish rhetoric eTshayina ngokukwanjalo ukubetha ngokuqhubekeka, hayi ngokuchaseneyo, nezimo zengqondo kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo kaTrump. Ke ikhwelo le-UN lokuphelisa imfazwe lithuba elikhethekileyo lokuba i-Biden ifumane umgangatho wokuziphatha ophakamileyo kwaye ibonise ubunkokeli bamazwe ngamazwe athanda ukuqhayisa ngabo kodwa akakabonakali ngexesha le ngxaki.

KuTrump okanye iBiden, ukhetho phakathi kokupheliswa kwe-UN kunye nokunyanzela amajoni aseMelika achaphazeleka yintsholongwane ukuba aqhubeke nokulwa iimfazwe zayo ezilahlekileyo kufanele ukuba yinto engenangqondo. Emva kweminyaka eyi-18 yemfazwe e-Afghanistan, amaxwebhu avuzayo baye babonisa ukuba iPentagon ayizange ibe necebo lokwenyani lokoyisa iTaliban. Ipalamente yaseIraq iyazama kugxotha imikhosi yaseMelika ukusuka e-Iraq okwesibini kwiminyaka eyi-10, njengoko ixhathisa ukutsalelwa kwimfazwe yase-US kummelwane wayo i-Iran. Amaqabane ase-Saudi ase-US aqalise ukungenelela kwe-UN iingxoxo zoxolo kunye neHouthis eYemen. I-US kunjalo akukho kufutshane ukoyisa iintshaba zayo eSomalia kunokuba kwakunjalo kwi 1992. Libhiya kwaye Siriya bahlala bekwimfazwe yamakhaya, iminyaka eyi-9 emva kokuba i-US, kunye namahlakani ayo e-NATO kunye nama-Arab, basungula iimfazwe ezifihlakeleyo kunye ne-proxy ngokuchasene nabo. Isiphithiphithi esisisiphumo sibangele iimfazwe ezintsha ENtshona Afrika kunye a intlekele yababaleki kumazwekazi amathathu. Kwaye i-US isenaso isicwangciso semfazwe esisebenzayo sokuyixhasa izohlwayo ezingekho mthethweni kunye nezoyikiso ngokuchasene Iran or Venezuela.

Isicwangciso samva nje sePentagon sokuthethelela amabango ayo angamanyala kubutyebi belizwe lethu kukuphinda kusetyenziswe iMfazwe yoMlomo ngokuchasene neRussia neTshayina. Kodwa imikhosi yasebukhosini yase-US okanye "ihambo" yomkhosi rhoqo ukulahlekelwa eyeyabo imidlalo yemfazwe elinganisiweyo ngokuchasene nesiRashiya okanye isiTshayina esoyikekayo imikhosi yokhuselo, ngoxa izazinzulu zilumkisa ngelokuba ugqatso lwazo olutsha lwezixhobo zenyukliya luzise ihlabathi kufutshane neDoomsday kunangawona maxesha oyikekayo eMfazwe yoMlomo.

Njengestudiyo bhanyabhanya esiphelelwe ziimbono ezintsha, iPentagon iye yawela kukhetho olukhuselekileyo lwezopolitiko lokulandelelana “kwiMfazwe ebandayo,” isipinamali sayo esikhulu sokugqibela ngaphambi “kweMfazwe yobugrogrisi.” Kodwa akukho nto ikhuselekileyo ekude malunga ne "Cold War II." Inokuba ngumboniso bhanyabhanya wokugqibela owakhe wenza esi situdiyo - kodwa ngubani oza kushiywa ukuba aphendule?

Njengabanduleli bakhe ukusuka eTruman ukuya ku-Obama, uTrump ubanjiswe kumgibe wobumpumputhe baseMelika, obulahlekisiweyo bomkhosi. Akukho mongameli ufuna ukuba nguye "olahlekileyo" eKorea, eVietnam, e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq okanye naliphi na ilizwe eliye langcwaliswa ngokwezopolitiko ngegazi labantu abancinci baseMelika, nangona ihlabathi lonke lisazi ukuba bekungafanele libe khona kwasekuqaleni. . Kwindalo enxuseneyo yezopolitiko zaseMelika, iintsomi ezidumileyo zamandla aseMelika kunye nokwahlukileyo okugcina umkhosi wengqondo yaseMelika ulawula ukuqhubeka kunye nokuthotyelwa komkhosi wezomkhosi-mveliso njengokhetho olukhuselekileyo lwezopolitiko, nokuba iziphumo ziyintlekele kwinyani. ihlabathi.

Ngelixa siyiqonda le miqobo igwenxa ekwenzeni izigqibo zikaTrump, sicinga ukuba ukudityaniswa komnxeba wokuphelisa umlilo we-UN, ubhubhani, uluvo loluntu oluchasene nemfazwe, unyulo lukamongameli kunye nezithembiso zikaTrump zokuzisa imikhosi yase-US ekhaya zinokuhambelana nokwenza. into elungileyo kule meko.

Ukuba uTrump wayehlakaniphile, wayeya kubamba lo mzuzu ukuba amkele ukupheliswa kwe-UN yehlabathi ngeengalo ezivulekileyo; ukuxhasa isigqibo seBhunga loKhuselo le-UN ukuxhasa ukupheliswa kokudubula; qala ukude ngokwasentlalweni imikhosi yase-US kubantu abazama ukubabulala kunye neendawo abakuzo akwamkelekanga; kwaye ubazise ekhaya kwiintsapho nakwizihlobo ezibathandayo.

Ukuba oku kuphela kokhetho oluchanekileyo uDonald Trump awakhe walwenza njengoMongameli, ekugqibeleni uya kuba nako ukubanga ukuba ufanelwe yiNobel Peace Prize ngaphezu koku. UBarack Obama wenza.

UMedea Benjamin, umseki weCODEPINK yoXolo, ngumbhali weencwadi ezininzi ezibandakanya Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Imbali Yembali kunye nezopolitiko zeRiphabhliki yase-Iran kwaye UBukumkani boBulungisa: Emva kwe-US-Saudi Connection. UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimeleyo, umphandi we CODEPINKUmbhali we Igazi ezandleni zethu: Invasion yaseMelika kunye nokuTshatyalaliswa kwe-Iraq.