nguMark B. Fancher
ku Report Agenda Report, Oktobha 18, 2017
"Ulawulo lukaTrump luthetha malunga nentshukumo yomkhosi wase-US ezayo ukubuyisela umva."
Kwasekuqaleni, i-US Africa Command (AFRICOM) iye yacingela ngokungachanekanga ubudenge bama-Afrika kunye nabanye abaxhalabileyo malunga nelizwekazi. Ukuphendula izityholo zokuba i-US isebenzisa umkhosi wayo ukuqinisekisa ukuqhubeka kokulawula kwama-impiriyali e-Afrika, i-AFRICOM igxininise ngenkani ukuba iinjongo zayo kuphela kukucebisa nokuxhasa imikhosi "yamaqabane" karhulumente wase-Afrika kunye nokubonelela ngoncedo loluntu. Kodwa siyazi ukuba inyaniso ayinjalo.
UNjengele yase-US uDonald Bolduc ngokungenazintloni uxelele I-NBC News: “IMelika ayikho imfazwe e-Afrika. Kodwa amandla amaqabane ayo anjalo. ” Kodwa kwanejoni liyakwazi ukuyibona loo nto. Owayesakuba nguGreen Beret uDerek Gannon wathi: “[Ukubandakanyeka emkhosini wase-US e-Afrika] kubizwa ngokuba yi-Low Intensity Irregular Warfare, kodwa ngokobuchwepheshe ayijongwa njengemfazwe yiPentagon. Kodwa kum imfazwe yimfazwe.”
I-US igcina amaziko amabini e-Afrika afanelekile njengeziseko zomkhosi. Nangona kunjalo, ngokutsho kwe-NBC i-US yandisa inani leemishini zomkhosi ezisekelwe kwi-ambassy ebizwa ngokuthi "Iiofisi zoKhuseleko lweNtsebenziswano" ukusuka kwisithoba kwi-2008 ukuya kwi-36 kwi-2016. silwe nobunqolobi. Nokuba ukulwa nobunqolobi yeyona njongo iphambili, military.com uye wathi: “I-US ifumene ezinye zeenzame zayo zokulwa nabavukeli abaphazanyiswe ngoorhulumente abathile base-Afrika, abo amajoni abo okhuseleko angakwaziyo ukuqalisa ukuzingela ngendlela yaseMelika yokuzingela abamajoni ukanti aba mathidala ukwamkela uncedo lwase-US ngenxa yoloyiko. abantu baseMelika baya kulibala baze balunyathele ulongamo lwabo.”
"Abaphandi bathi umkhosi wase-US ngoku ubukhona kumazwe angama-49 ase-Afrika, mhlawumbi ukulwa nobunqolobi."
Kwimeko yokurhanelwa kwe-Afrika, i-US isabona iinzuzo zobuchule ekwandiseni iintente ze-AFRICOM kuzo zonke iimbombo zelizwekazi. Kwimeko enye i-Obama Administration ithumele i-100 imikhosi e-Niger kwi-2013 ukuseka isiseko se-drone kwindawo apho i-US yayisele ibonelela ngoncedo lwe-aerial refueling kwiFrentshi. NgoJuni walo nyaka, inani labasebenzi basemkhosini base-US eNiger lalikhule laya kutsho kuma-645, kwaye ngoku kusenokuba kukho amajoni angama-800 ase-US kwelo lizwe. Ngelixa amajoni asemkhosini anokukholelwa ukuba ukuzibandakanya kolu hlobo kuluncedo kwiminqweno yase-US, kukho iindleko. Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga amajoni amane ase-US e-Niger abulawa kumlo kunye nabatyholwa ngokuba yimikhosi yabanqolobi. Ngokweakhawunti enye noko:
“Ngomhla we-5 ka-Okthobha, malunga nama-30 amajoni aseNigerien ayezulazula ngeelori ezinganxibanga kunye neshumi elinesibini lamajoni oMkhosi wase-US, phakathi kwawo kukho imikhosi ekhethekileyo yaseGreen Beret. I-patrol yayivela kwintlanganiso kunye neenkokheli zezizwe kwaye yeza kumgama omde womda phakathi kweNiger kunye nommelwane wayo odlakazwe yiMali. Aba bavukeli bakhwela izithuthuthu baza bahlasela abo babegade amajoni ngeziqhushumbisi nemipu emikhulu, babulala abasibhozo: abemi baseNiger abane, abathathu baseGreen Beret, nelinye ijoni laseUnited States elimzimba walo ongazange ufunyanwe de kwadlula iintsuku ezimbini emva kohlaselo.”
Okucacileyo kwimiyalezo ye-AFRICOM kukuba imikhosi yase-US inceda amajoni ase-Afrika ukukhusela abantu base-Afrika abangenakunceda kwizinto ezingafunekiyo "zobugrogrisi". Noko ke, ingxelo yeCNN ethetha ngokuhlaselwa kwabantu baseNiger ithi: “Amanye amajoni awayezimase intlanganiso neenkokeli zasekuhlaleni athi arhanela ukuba abantu bale lali bayalibazisa ukumka kwabo, bema yaye bebalinda, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba amanye awo arhanelwe. ukuba abahlali babebandakanyekile ekulaleleni…”
"NgoJuni walo nyaka, inani lamajoni ase-US e-Niger liye lakhula laya kutsho kuma-645, kwaye ngoku kusenokuba baninzi kangange-800 yamajoni ase-US kwelo lizwe."
Abaphathi-mkhosi abangenelela kwamanye amazwe bafanele bazi ukuba xa abantu belali abangalwiyo bethabathe amanyathelo alo naliphi na iqela—kungakhathaliseki ukuba liyintoni na iinjongo zelo qela—uloyiso lomkhosi lwabangeneleli aluniki themba. Nangona kunjalo, "[m] amagosa amaninzi axelele i-CNN ukuba ulawulo lukaTrump luthetha norhulumente waseNigerien malunga nenyathelo lomkhosi lase-US eliza kuhlasela iqela labavukeli elibulale amajoni aseMelika."
Phantsi komthetho wase-US, iCongress inethuba lokubamba nakuphi na ukuqhubeka kokuzibandakanya emkhosini kukaTrump. ISigqibo saMagunya eMfazwe sibonelela ukuba phantsi kweemeko ezithile uMongameli angathumela imikhosi kwiimeko zokulwa, kodwa kukho iimfuno zokunika ingxelo rhoqo kuMongameli kunye nemida yexesha elingakanani imikhosi enokuhlala ibandakanyeka kwiingxabano ngaphandle kwesibhengezo esisemthethweni semfazwe okanye i-Congressional ethile. ugunyaziso. Nangona kunjalo, iCongress inembali yokusilela ukuthintela ungenelelo lomkhosi wase-US kwamanye amazwe, kwaye akufanele silindele ukuba bayenze ngoku. Ngaphandle kokusweleka eNiger, iAfrika ayithathwa kwiingqondo zeCongress okanye uluntu ngokubanzi njengendawo apho i-US isemfazweni.
I-AFRICOM iqinisekile ngokukwazi kwayo ukwandisa ubukho bemikhosi yase-US e-Afrika ngelixa ibhabha ngaphantsi kwe-radar ngenxa yendima yayo yokucebisa. Isicwangciso sayo ibikukusebenzisa amajoni ase-Afrika angameli ukuba azibandakanye kumlo wokwenyani ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngamaxhoba ase-US kunye neengxabano zabalindi kunye nokubuyela emva. Kodwa ukusweleka eNiger kubonisa i-snafu engalindelekanga.
"ICongress inembali yokusilela ukuthintela ukungenelela emkhosini wase-US kwamanye amazwe."
Ngelixa inokuba yinyani ukuba ngesi sihlandlo, ukusweleka eNiger kwaphela ngokukhawuleza ekugxileni kwimithombo yeendaba, kwaye ngenxa yoko kuqwalaselo loluntu lwase-US, kukho isizathu esibambekayo sokukholelwa ukuba kukho ukufa okuninzi okuzayo. Abantu base-Afrika abasosidenge, kodwa amagosa omkhosi wase-US ukuba ayayihoya into yokuba nabona bantu bathobekileyo base-Afrika bayabucaphukela ubukho babasebenzi basemkhosini baseMelika kwiindawo abahlala kuzo. Aba bantu bathobekileyo banokungabi nayo indawo yokubonisa ubutshaba babo, kodwa ukubulawa kwabantu okutsha nje eNiger ngoncedo lokurhanelwa ngabemi belali bubungqina bokuba kukho imikhosi ezimisele ukuxhaphaza umsindo waseAfrika kunye nokudideka malunga nobukho bemikhosi yase-US.
Ukuba inani lokufa kwemikhosi yase-US liyaqhubeka nokunyuka kwaye i-AFRICOM ilahlekelwa yiprofayili yayo ephantsi, akufanele kube yinto emangalisayo kwiPentagon malunga neenkukhu zayo eziza ekhaya ukuze zihlale.
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UMark P. Fancher ligqwetha elibhala ngamaxesha athile kwiNgxelo ye-Black Agenda. Unokuqhagamshelwa apha mfancher (at) Comcast.net.
