NguRobert C. Koehler, Iimpawu eziqhelekileyo
Umongameli-unyulo ukhubazela kwiiprototiki ze-geopolitics kunye nemfazwe, i-tweeting yonke indlela.
Akunjalo nje kuphela. Akunzima.
"Ukususela kwi1979," Guardian uthi, "I-US iye yamkela ibango likaBeijing lokuba iTaiwan yinxalenye yeChina, kunye nobudlelwane obulawulwa yi-'China yeTshayina 'yezivumelwano."
Kodwa yile nto uDonald Trump akwenzayo: Wathabatha inomfowunelwa wongameli waseTaiwan, u-Tsai Ing-we. Ngokwenza njalo, waba ngumongameli wokuqala we-US okanye umongameli-ukhethwa ukuba athethe ngqo ngqo kwinkokheli yaseTaiwan kwiminyaka eyi-37. Ngaphezu koko, wambiza kuye njengomongameli of ETaiwan, kungekhona umongameli on ETaiwan, kubonakala ngathi ipropathi yesiqithi ngokwenene isizwe esizimeleyo, sisuka ngokupheleleyo kwilizwe laseKinland - kwaye sizenzele ubudlelwane bethu nelo lizwe ixesha elikhulu. Awufuni i-preposition engalunganga ukuqala iMfazwe Yehlabathi 4.
Ukongezelela: "Iiveki ngaphambi kokuba uMongameli ukhethwe umnxeba kaDonald Trump kunye nomongameli waseTaiwan," i-Guardian ibhala, ". . . ibhinqa lorhwebo elibiza ukuba lidibaniswe nequmrhu layo lenze imibuzo malunga nokutyalomali olukhulu ekwakheni amahotele ezityebileyo njengenxalenye yophuhliso olutsha lweqhotho.
Ezi zibango "zongeza kwiinkxalabo ezikhulayo malunga neenkqubela zentlalo phakathi kolawulo lwe-Trump kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo welizwe lase-US."
Esi sikhokelo esiphumelayo sokuba ngumbongameli weTrump: Akangenazi-geopolitiki engafuni ukususa izibophelelo kumdla wakhe omkhulu wezoshishino, ukuguqula umongameli waseMerika ithuba elingenammiselo lokungqubuzana nomdla kwaye, kwinkqubo, inokubeka ingozi kwilizwe ukhuseleko lwehlabathi. Yilo "inxalenye" yecandelo.
Kodwa inxalenye "engabonakaliyo" iyaphazamisa ngakumbi. Umntu okhukhumelekileyo wabonakalisa okokuzimela kwakhe emva koko: "Inomdla ukuba i-US ithengisa njani ii-Taiwan ezigidi zeedola zempahla yempi kodwa andifanele ndimukele umnxeba."
Yitsho ntoni?
Ewe, ewe, ulawulo luka-Obama ligunyazisiweyo I-1.83 ibhiliyoni ezithengiswayo eTaiwan kunyaka odlulileyo, ingxelo yeReuters. Iphakheji yayiquka ezininzi izixhobo, iifriji ezimbini, iinqwelo zokuhlaselwa kweempi, izibhamu kunye ne-ammo, yonke imbeko yamabutho aseMelika ase-industrial-stalwarts, uRaytheon kunye neCloheed Martin.
Nangona kungekho mongameli wase-United States othe wathetha nenkokeli yaseTaiwan ukususela kwi-1979, okanye engakhange ayisebenzise ngokungenakulungelelaniswa ekubhekiselele kuye, siye sithengisa izixhobo zobukhosi zobukhosi kwiPhondo laseTshayina lonke. Kwiminyaka emithandathu eyadlulayo, kwakukho iziganeko ezinkulu zeengalo, ezipheleleyo $ 6.4 billion, kuquka ii-helicopter ze-60 ze-Black Hawk kunye ne-2.85 yeebhilidi ezifanelekileyo. Oku kungaba njani?
Kuphela nje ihlabathi esiphila kuyo: ukuxhamla ngokukhawuleza kodwa ngexesha elifanayo lucrative kunye nokuzimela ngokuzenzekelayo. Nantsi indlela MaxFisher wachaza kwiNew York Times iintsuku ezimbalwa ezedlulileyo: "Ngokuthengisa izixhobo zaseTaiwan, iUnited States iqinisekisa ukuba isiqithi sinokubangela ukuhlasela kwezemikhosi emininzi kunene. Oku kugcina ukulinganisela kwamandla okuthi, ngelixa likhuni, lenzelwe ukukhusela imfazwe. "
Umgaqo-nkqubo wethu we-China uphenduka ube yinto engaqhelekanga. Ekuqinisekiseni ubudlelwane kunye nelizwe laseKinayi, siye saqala ukuvuma ukuba kukho iqela elilodwa laseChina kwaye elo libandakanya iTaiwan. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba iTaiwan yindawo esihamba ngayo kunye nentando yentando yeninzi, siye sahlonipha, ngaphezu kweminyaka, sibophezele "ukukhusela" ngokuthengisa izinto ezininzi kunye neeninzi ezininzi. Oku kubizwa ngokuba nguTaiwan Relations Act.
"Ukuthengiswa kweengalo ze-United States zaseTaiwan ngokwenene kuye kwaba ngquzulwano, ngokukodwa kunye neBeijing," uFisher wavuma: "Kodwa yindlela ekujoliswe ngayo ukugcina isimo salo."
Ukuziphatha kweTrump, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngokunika "inkokheli yeTaiwan ukuqaphela ngokungavumelekanga. . . eyahlukileyo kuba iphazamisa isimo salo. "
Ngoko ke unayo. Kodwa ndixolele ukuba ndihleli kwaye ndicinga ngento emfutshane, ndingenayo i-open-mouthed incredulity, i-status quo ichazwe kum. Izixhobo zokuthengiswa, ngokungaqinisekiyo, zitshintshe iChina ngokushushu, kodwa. . . zixhobo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, yile nto egcina loo nto inomsindo. Ngoko konke kucocekile kwaye kucocekile: Lo luxolo olunzulu lwe-Planet Earth, aka, isimo se-quo, sigcinwe zizigidigidi zeedola zezixhobo ezijikeleza iplanethi minyaka yonke, ngokuyinkolelo ku-USA, elandisa malunga nesiqingatha seemveliso zonyaka zokuthengisa izixhobo .
"Iimbambano zeendlela ziphila ngendlela eWashington," UWilliam Hartung wabhala kutshanje kwi-TomDispatch. "Ukususela kumongameli phantsi, amanqaku amaninzi karhulumente anenjongo yokuqinisekisa ukuba iingalo zaseMerika ziza kuthungela iimarike zehlabathi kunye neenkampani ezinjengeCheheed neBoing zihlala ubomi obuhle. Ukusuka kumongameli ekuhambeni kwakhe kwelinye ilizwe ukutyelela iinkokeli zehlabathi ezihlangene kubhala belizwe kunye nokuzikhusela kubasebenzi base-United States, amagosa aseMelika ahlala enza njengabathengisi kwiifemu zeengalo. Kwaye i-Pentagon iyinceda. Ukususela ekuguquleni, ukuququzelela, kunye nokubhankqalaza imali ngemali kwiingalo zengalo zokudlulisa izixhobo zokubambisana kunye nabathengi bentela, kubaluleke kakhulu kumthengisi omkhulu weengalo zomhlaba. "
Le yimo simo: indawo emnyama, ezolile. . . i ngeniso. Ulawulo luka-Obama luvunyelise ukuthengiswa okungaphezulu $ 200 billion ezifanelekileyo izixhobo ngexesha layo, ezinye i-60 zeebhiliyoni ezingaphezulu kweGeorge W. Bush. Ngokuqhelekileyo, ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo akubalulekangakubuzwa, okanye kuxoxwa, ngaphandle kweendlela zezopolitiko. Ziza zihlanganiswe ngolwimi lokuthengisa: Ziqinisekisa ukhuseleko lomthengi; Baqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwabantu bonke, kuquka neyethu. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba izixhobo zemfazwe zijikeleza ihlabathi ngonaphakade kwaye zigcine zonke zixhobile, umhlobo kunye neentshaba.
Ixilongo, ngubani otshatileyo kwisimo sokuthi ngendlela yakhe ekhethekileyo, nangona kunjalo i-clunily saunters kunye ne-cluelessly ngokusebenzisa imizila yamandla, ibonisa iimfihlelo zayo ezinzulu njengoko ehamba. Mhlawumbi le yindlela umhlaba utshintsha ngayo-nangona uqobo.
