NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, Februwari 26, i-2021
Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eSyria ngoFebhuwari 25 kubeka ngokushesha izinqubomgomo zabaphathi beBiden abasanda kwakhiwa empumulweni ebukhali. Kungani lokhu kuphatha kuqhumisa amabhomu isizwe esizimele saseSyria? Kungani kuqhuma amabhomu "amasosha asekelwa yi-Iranian" angelona usongo e-United States futhi empeleni abambe iqhaza ekulweni ne-ISIS? Uma lokhu kumayelana nokuthola amandla amaningi nge-Iran, kungani abaphathi be-Biden bengenzanga lokho abebethi bazokwenza: ukujoyina kabusha isivumelwano senuzi sase-Iran futhi kunciphise izingxabano zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi?
Ngokusho the I-Pentagon, isiteleka saseMelika besiphendula ukuhlasela kwamarokhethi ngoFebhuwari 15 enyakatho ne-Iraq lokho wabulala usonkontileka ukusebenza nebutho lase-US futhi kwalimaza ilungu lenkonzo yase-US. Ama-akhawunti enani elibulewe ekuhlaselweni kwe-US ahluka ukusuka kokukodwa kuye kwangama-22.
I-Pentagon yenza isimangalo esimangalisayo sokuthi lesi senzo "sihlose ukwehlisa isimo eMpumalanga Syria nase-Iraq." Lokhu kwaba kubaliwe nguhulumeni waseSyria, ogxeke ukuhlasela okungekho emthethweni endaweni yawo wathi iziteleka "zizoholela emiphumeleni ezonyusa isimo esifundeni." Lesi siteleka siphinde sagxekwa wuhulumeni waseChina nowaseRussia. Ilungu le-Russian Federation Council waxwayiswa ukuthi ukwanda okunjalo endaweni kungaholela “engxabanweni enkulu.”
Okuxakayo ukuthi, uJen Psaki, manje okhulumela i-White House ye-Biden, wangabaza ukuba semthethweni kokuhlasela iSyria ngo-2017, lapho kwakungabaphathi bakaTrump benza lokhu kuqhuma kwamabhomu. Ngaleso sikhathi yena Ebuzwa: “Yiliphi igunya elingokomthetho leziteleka? U-Assad ungumashiqela ononya. Kepha iSyria iyizwe elizimele. ”
Ukuhlasela kwezindiza kuthiwa kugunyazwe umuntu oneminyaka engu-20 ubudala, ukugunyazwa kwangemva komhla ka-9/11 Wokusetshenziswa Kwebutho Lezempi (AUMF), umthetho lowo u-Rep. Barbara Lee osekuphele iminyaka ezama ukuwuqeda njengoba usetshenziswe kabi, ngokusho ku-congresswoman, "ukuthethelela impi okungenani emazweni ayisikhombisa ahlukene, ngokumelene nohlu oluqhubekayo olukhulayo lwezitha ezibhekiswe kuzo."
I-United States ithi ukukhomba kwayo amasosha aseSyria kwakusekelwe kubuhlakani obunikezwe uhulumeni wase-Iraq. Unobhala Wezokuvikela u-Austin utshele abezindaba: “Siyaqiniseka ukuthi inhloso ibisetshenziswa yiqembu lezempi lamaShia elabamba isiteleka [elimelene ne-US kanye namabutho omfelandawonye].”
Kodwa umbiko I-Middle East Eye (MEE) iphakamisa ukuthi i-Iran inxuse kakhulu amasosha ayisekelayo e-Iraq ukuthi agweme ukuhlaselwa okunjalo, noma yiziphi izenzo ezinjengempi ezingase ziphazamise ukukhulumisana kwayo okubucayi ukubuyisela i-US ne-Iran ekuhambisaneni nesivumelwano senuzi samazwe ngamazwe sango-2015. noma i-JCPOA.
"Alikho iqembu lethu elaziwayo elenze lokhu kuhlasela," kusho umphathi wamasosha ase-Iraqi etshela i-MEE. "Imiyalo yase-Irani ayishintshile mayelana nokuhlasela amabutho aseMelika, futhi abase-Irani basazimisele ngokuzola nabantu baseMelika kuze kube yilapho bebona ukuthi abaphathi abasha bazokwenza kanjani."
Imvelo yokuvuvukala yalokhu kuhlasela kwe-US kwamasosha ase-Iraq asekelwa yi-Iran, ayingxenye ebalulekile yamasosha ase-Iraq futhi abambe iqhaza elibalulekile empini ne-ISIS, kwavunywa ngokusobala esinqumweni saseMelika sokuwahlasela eSyria esikhundleni sokuwahlasela. I-Iraq. Kusho uNdunankulu Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, i-pro-Western British-Iraqi, ezama ukuqinisa amasosha aseShiite asekelwa yi-Iranian, inqabela imvume yokuhlasela kwe-US emhlabathini wase-Iraq?
Ngokwesicelo sikaKadhimi, i-NATO inyusa ubukhona bayo isuka kumasosha angama-500 iye ku-4,000 (asuka eDenmark, e-UK naseTurkey, hhayi e-US) ukuze aqeqeshe amasosha ase-Iraq futhi anciphise ukuncika kwawo ezimpini ezisekelwa yi-Iran. Kepha uKadhimi uzibeka engcupheni yokulahlekelwa umsebenzi okhethweni lwango-Okthoba uma ehlukanisa iningi lamaShiite e-Iraq. UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wase-Iraq uFuad Hussein ulibangise eTehran ukuyohlangana nezikhulu zase-Iran ngempelasonto, futhi umhlaba uzobe ubukele ukubona ukuthi i-Iraq ne-Iran bazosabela kanjani ekuhlaselweni kwe-US.
Abanye abahlaziyi bathi kungenzeka ukuthi ukuqhuma kwebhomu bekuhloswe ukuqinisa isandla saseMelika ezingxoxweni zayo ne-Iran mayelana nesivumelwano senuzi (JCPOA). "Isiteleka, ngendlela engisibona ngayo, besihloselwe ukuveza imizwa neTehran futhi sinciphise ukuzethemba kwayo ngaphambi kwezingxoxo," wathi U-Bilal Saab, owayeyisikhulu se-Pentagon okwamanje osesikhungweni esiphezulu se-Middle East Institute.
Kepha lokhu kuhlasela kuzokwenza kube nzima kakhulu ukuqala kabusha izingxoxo ne-Iran. Kufika ngesikhathi esibucayi lapho abantu baseYurophu bezama ukuhlela indlela “yokuthobela ukuthotshelwa kwemithetho” ukuze kuvuselelwe i-JCPOA. Lesi siteleka sizokwenza inqubo yobunxusa ibe nzima kakhulu, njengoba sinika amandla engeziwe emaqenjini ase-Irani aphikisana nesivumelwano kanye nanoma yiziphi izingxoxo ne-United States.
Ukubonisa ukwesekwa kwe-bipartisan ekuhlaseleni izizwe ezizimele, amaRiphabhulikhi abalulekile kumakomiti ezindaba zangaphandle afana noSenator uMarco Rubio kanye noRep. Michael McCaul ngokushesha wamukelwa ukuhlasela. Kanjalo nabalandeli abathile beBiden, abakhombise ukuchema kwabo ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngumongameli weDemocratic Alliance.
Umhleli wephathi Amy Siskind kuTwitter: “Kuhluke kakhulu ukuba nezempi ngaphansi kweBiden. Azikho izinsongo zezinga lesikole esiphakathi ku-Twitter. Thembela uBiden namandla eqembu lakhe.” Umlandeli weBiden uSuzanne Lamminen ubhale kuTwitter wathi: “Ukuhlasela okuthule kanje. Akukho drama, akukho ukumbozwa kweTV ngamabhomu ashaya okuhlosiwe, akukho mazwana wokuthi unjani umongameli uBiden. Yeka umehluko.”
Nokho, kuyajabulisa ukuthi amanye Amalungu eKhongolose akhuluma aphikisana nalezi ziteleka. "Ngeke sikwazi ukumela ukugunyazwa kweCongress ngaphambi kokugasela kwamasosha kuphela uma kunoMongameli waseRiphabhlikhi," kusho uCongressman Ro Khanna, "Abaphathi bekufanele bafune ukugunyazwa kweCongress lapha. Kudingeka sisebenzele ukuphuma eMiddle East, singakhuphuki.” Amaqembu okuthula ezweni lonke ayananela lelo khwelo. U-Rep. Barbara Lee kanye namaSenenja UBernie Sanders, UTim Kaine futhi UChris Murphy iphinde yakhipha izitatimende ezibuza noma ezigxeka iziteleka.
Abantu baseMelika kufanele bakhumbuze uMongameli uBiden ukuthi uthembise ukubeka phambili i-diplomacy ngaphezu kwezempi njengethuluzi eliyinhloko lenqubomgomo yakhe yezangaphandle. UBiden kufanele abone ukuthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokuvikela abasebenzi baseMelika ukubakhipha eMiddle East. Kufanele akhumbule ukuthi iPhalamende lase-Iraq ivotele unyaka odlule ukuthi amasosha ase-US aphume ezweni lawo. Kufanele futhi abone ukuthi amasosha ase-US akanalo ilungelo lokuba seSyria, "esavikela uwoyela," ngokuyalelwa nguDonald Trump.
Ngemuva kokwehluleka ukubeka phambili izingxoxo zokuxoxisana nokujoyina isivumelwano senuzi sase-Iran, manje uBiden, sekusele inyanga eyodwa ebambe isikhundla sakhe njengomongameli, ubuyele ekusetshenzisweni kwebutho lezempi esifundeni esisehlakazwe yiminyaka engamashumi amabili yokulwa kwe-US. Lokhu akukhona akuthembisile emkhankasweni wakhe futhi akukhona lokho abantu baseMelika abakuvotele.
U-Medea Benjamin ungumsunguli we-CODEPINK for Peace, kanye nomlobi wezincwadi ezimbalwa, ezihlanganisa Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Umlando Wangempela Nezombangazwe ze-Islamic Republic of Iran.
UNicolas JS Davies ungumbhali ozimele kanye nomcwaningi one-CODEPINK, kanye nombhali we-Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq.
