KwaMedea uBhenjamin, Guardian.
Umongameli uTrump uye wanda ukungenelela kwe-US eSyria. Ugwayimbo lwaseMerika apho ngoku lubulala okanye lwenzakalisa abantu abaninzi kunogwayimbo lwaseRashiya, itsho enye ingxelo.
PUmhlali uTrump uxelele iqela leesentolo kule veki ukuba umkhosi wase-US "uqhuba kakuhle kakhulu" e-Iraq. "Iziphumo zintle kakhulu," utshilo uTrump. Iintsapho zamakhulu abantu abamsulwa ababulewe kwiinqwelomoya zase-US ukusukela oko uTrump waba ngumongameli banokungavumelani.
Uyakhumbula xa umgqatswa kamongameli uDonald Trump waqhumisa owayesakuba ngumongameli uGeorge Bush ngokutsalela i-United States kwimfazwe yase-Iraq, ebiza uhlaselo "yimpazamo enkulu, etyebileyo"? Ke, sisenza njani eso sikwere ngoku uMongameli uDonald Trump enyusa ukubandakanyeka emkhosini wase-US e-Iraq, nakwi Siriya kunye neYemen, kwaye ngokwenene ukuqhushumba kwamakhulu abantu abamsulwa kwinkqubo?
Njengenxalenye yephulo lokuthatha kwakhona isixeko sase-Iraqi saseMosul kwi-Islamic State, nge-17 kaMatshi, umanyano olukhokelwa yi-US lwasungulwa. Ukuhlasela emoyeni kwindawo yokuhlala eyabulala abantu abamalunga nama-200. Olu hlaselo lwadiliza izindlu ezininzi ezazizaliswe ngabahlali ababexelelwe ngurhulumente waseIraq ukuba bangabaleki.
Olu hlaselo lweenqwelomoya luphakathi kwezona ndawo ziphakamileyo zokufa kwabantu kwimishini yomoya yase-US ukusukela kuhlaselo lwaseIraq ngo-2003. Ephendula kwisikhalo samazwe ngamazwe ngale lahleko ingaka yabantu abamsulwa, uLieutenant General Stephen Townsend, umphathi-mkhosi ophakamileyo wase-US e-Iraq naseSyria, wathi: “Ukuba siyenzile, kwaye ndingathi kukho ithuba elifanelekileyo lokuba siyenzile, ibingeyonjongo ingozi yemfazwe. "
UDonald Trump waligxeka kakhulu iphulo lomoya likaMongameli u-Obama ngokuchasene ne-Islamic State “njengelithambileyo kakhulu” kwaye wacela ukuba kuphinde kuqwalaselwe imithetho yedabi eyenzelwe ukukhusela abantu. Umkhosi wase-US unyanzelisa ukuba imithetho yokuzibandakanya ayitshintshanga, kodwa amagosa ase-Iraq atshintshile icatshulwe kwiNew York Times besithi kuye kwaphumla okubonakalayo kwemithetho yomanyano yothethathethwano ukusukela oko uMongameli uTrump wathatha isikhundla.
Umongameli uTrump uye wanyusa ukungenelela kwe-US eSyria. Ngo-Matshi, ugunyazise ukuthunyelwa kwamajoni angama-400 ngaphezulu ukulwa ne-Islamic State eSyria, kwaye uye wenyusa inani le-airstrikes yase-US apho.
Ngokutsho kombutho wase-UK Airwars, okwesihlandlo sokuqala ukusukela oko iRussia yangenelela kwimfazwe yamakhaya yaseSyria ngo-2015, ugwayimbo lwase-US eSyria ngoku lunoxanduva lokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi kunogwayimbo lwaseRussia. Phakathi kwezona ziganeko zibuhlungu yaba yi- ugwayimbo esikolweni indawo yokuhlala abantu abagxothiweyo ngaphandle kweRaqqa eyabulala abantu abangama-30 ubuncinci, kwaye i ukuhlaselwa kwi-mosque kwintshona ye-Aleppo eyabulala inkitha yabemi ngoxa babesiya emithandazweni.
Ukuhlaselwa kweenqwelo moya eIraq naseSyria kuhlwayela uloyiko kunye nokungathembani. Abahlali baye baxela ukuba izakhiwo ezingakumbi zabahlali ezifana nezibhedlele nezikolo ziyahlaselwa. Umkhosi wase-US ulungelelanisa ukuba i-Islamic State isanda kusebenzisa ezi zakhiwo ngeenjongo zomkhosi, esazi ukuba kukho izithintelo zokuziqhubhisa phantsi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
Unobhala wezokhuselo waseMelika, uJames UMattis, uyanyanzelisa ukuba "akukho mkhosi wamajoni ehlabathini ongqiniweyo ukuba unovelwano ngakumbi kwingozi yabantu" kwaye injongo yomkhosi wase-US ibisoloko ingekho iingxwelerha zabemi. Kodwa, wongeze ukuba umanyano "akayi kukulahla ukuzibophelela kwethu kumaqabane ethu aseIraq ngenxa yamaqhinga kaIsis akhohlakeleyo egrogrisa abantu, esebenzisa amakhaka abantu, kunye nokulwa kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo ezifana nezikolo, izibhedlele, iindawo zonqulo kunye neendawo zokuhlala.
Amaqela amalungelo oluntu, nangona kunjalo, athi imikhosi ekhokelwa yi-US ayiphumelelanga ukuthatha amanyathelo afanelekileyo okuthintela ukufa kwabantu, nto leyo ilunyhasho olubi kumthetho wobuntu wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngelixa Ukuxolelwa I-Isis yamazwe ngamazwe igxeka i-Isis ngokusebenzisa abantu njengamakhaka abantu, iphinda igxininise ukuba umfelandawonye okhokelwa yi-US usenesibophelelo sokungaqalisi uhlaselo apho inani elikhulu labemi lingabulawa.
Ukubandakanyeka kukaTrump okunzulu emkhosini kuMbindi Mpuma moss nako kunabela eYemen, eneziphumo ezibi ezifanayo. Uhlaselo kwi-Yemeni indibaniselwano ye-al-Qaida nge-28 kaJanuwari kubangele ukufa kungekuphela nje kweSitywina esinye seNavy, kodwa uninzi lwabemi baseIraq, kubandakanya i-10 yabasetyhini kunye nabantwana.
Iqela likaTrump linyuse ukubandakanyeka kwe-US kwimfazwe yamakhaya yaseYemen ngokubonelela ngoncedo ngakumbi kwiphulo elikhokelwa yiSaudi ngokuchasene neHouthis. Umongameli u-Obama wayekumisile ukuthengiswa kweembumbulu ezikhokelwa ngokuchanekileyo kwiSaudis ngenxa yepenchant yaseSaudi yokujolisa kwiindawo zabantu.
Unobhala welizwe lase-US, u-Rex Tillerson, ucela uMongameli uTrump ukuba asuse isithintelo, nangona i-Amnesty International ilumkisa ukuba iingalo ezintsha zase-US zingasetyenziselwa ukutshabalalisa ubomi babemi base-Yemeni kunye nokubandakanya ulawulo kulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe.
Okusenokuba yingozi nangakumbi sisicelo sikaMattis sokuba umkhosi wase-US uthathe inxaxheba kuhlaselo lwesixeko saseYemeni saseHodeidah, izibuko ebelisezandleni zabavukeli baseHouthi. Eli lizibuko apho uninzi loncedo loluntu luhamba khona. Ngezigidi ezisi-7 zaseYemenis esele zithwaxwa yindlala, ukuphazamiseka okupheleleyo kwezibuko laseHodeidah kunokwenza ilizwe libe yindlala.
"Umjikelo owonakalisayo wokungenelela kunye nesiphithiphithi kufuneka sifikelele esiphelweni," watsho uTrump kwenye yeentetho zakhe "enkosi" emva nje konyulo. Kwimivuyo yenginginya, wathembisa ukuba i-United States izakurhoxa kwiingxwabangxwaba kwihlabathi jikelele ezingekho kumdla obalulekileyo welizwe laseMelika.
Kubonakala ngathi eso sithembiso yayibubuxoki obukhulu, obutyebileyo. UTrump utsalela i-United States nangakumbi kwi-quagmire yoMbindi Mpuma, kunye nabemi abaninzi abahlawula elona xabiso liphezulu.
UMedea Benjamin ungumseki weqela loxolo CODEPINK.
