Kusuka ku-Mike Madden (wase-St. Paul, e-Minnesota), I-Consortiumnews.com.
Njengoba amaDemocrats eqhudelana ukuze abe I-War Party entsha - ephusha ukubhekana ngengozi neRussia ehlome ngezikhali zenuzi - abanye abavoti bayaphikisana, njengoba uMike Madden enza encwadini ayibhalela uSen. Amy Klobuchar.
Sawubona USenator Klobuchar,
Ngibhala ngokukhathazeka ngezitatimende osanda kuzisho mayelana neRussia. Lezi zitatimende zenziwe ekhaya naphesheya, futhi zibandakanya izindaba ezimbili; izinsolo zokugebenga iRussia okhethweni lukamongameli kanye nezenzo zaseRussia ngemuva kokuketulwa umbuso kwangoFebhuwari 22, 2014 eKiev.
USen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota
Abezobunhloli baseMelika bathi uMongameli uVladimir Putin wayala umkhankaso wokudicilela phansi isithunzi sikaHillary Clinton futhi asize ekukhetheni uDonald Trump. Lo mkhankaso kuhloswe ngawo ukuthi uhlanganise ukukhiqizwa kwezindaba ezingelona iqiniso, i-cyber-trolling, nenkulumo-ze evela kwabezindaba zombuso waseRussia. Kusolwa nokuthi iRussia yagebenga ama-akhawunti e-imeyili eDemocratic National Committee kanye nosihlalo womkhankaso kaClinton uJohn Podesta, maqede yanikeza ama-imeyili kuWikiLeaks.
Naphezu kwezingcingo ezivela ezindaweni eziningi, abezobunhloli abazange banikeze umphakathi ubufakazi. Esikhundleni salokho, abantu baseMelika kulindeleke ukuthi bangazethembi lezi zinsizakalo ngomlando omude wokwehluleka. Ukwengeza, lowo owayenguMqondisi Wezobunhloli Kazwelonke, u-James Clapper, kanye noMqondisi wangaphambili we-Central Intelligence Agency, u-John Brennan, bobabili baziwa ngokuqamba amanga emphakathini nakuCongress, uMnu. Clapper benza kanjalo ngaphansi kwesifungo.
Khonamanjalo, umsunguli we-WikiLeaks u-Julian Assange ulondoloza ukuthi ama-imeyili awazange aqhamuke eRussia (noma yimuphi omunye umlingisi wombuso) futhi inhlangano yakhe inomlando ongenasici wokuveza ulwazi olunembile ezithakazelweni zomphakathi obekungahlala kufihliwe. Nakuba izintatheli ezinomthwalo wemfanelo zisaqhubeka nokusebenzisa igama elithi 'izinsolo' ukuchaza izinsolo, amaRepublicans agawulwe yizembe eRussia, namaDemocrats afisa ukuphazamisa ukwehluleka kwawo emkhankasweni, abhekisela kuwo njengeqiniso. Ngempela, ekhasini le-Amy ekhasini lezindaba lewebhusayithi yakho, u-Jordain Carney wase-The Hill ubiza ukugxambukela kweRussia ngokuthi “kusolwa”.
Ikhomishini kakhongolose ezophenya ngezinsolo zokugebenga kweRussia ayidingekile. Noma ngabe zonke izinsolo ziyiqiniso, ziyizehlakalo ezijwayelekile, futhi azifiki ezingeni “lesenzo sobudlova”, “usongo olukhona endleleni yethu yokuphila”, noma “ukuhlaselwa kwabaseMelika. abantu” njengoba izikhulu ezahlukene zeDemokhrasi zibaphawule. USenator waseRiphabhlikhi uJohn McCain uhambe emalini egcwele futhi wabiza lokhu kugxambukela ngokuthi "yisenzo sempi".
Ukujoyina i-War Hawks
Kuyakhathaza ukuthi uzojoyina uSenator McCain kanye noSenator ophikisana ngokulinganayo u-Lindsey Graham ohambweni lokucasula abantu base-Russia ngokusebenzisa i-Baltics, Ukraine, Georgia, ne-Montenegro. Isimemezelo sohambo lwakho (Disemba 28, 2016) ekhasini Lokukhishwa Kwezindaba lewebhusayithi yakho sivuselele isimangalo esingaqinisekisiwe "sokuphazamisa kweRussia okhethweni lwethu lwakamuva". Iphinde yathi amazwe owavakashelayo abhekene “nodlame lwaseRussia” nokuthi “iRussia yathatha iCrimea ngokungemthetho”.
USen. John McCain, R-Arizona, kanye noSen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, abavela ku-CBS's “Face the Nation.”
Kuyadabukisa ukuthi lezi zimangalo seziphenduke amaqiniso ngokuphindaphinda nje kunokuhlolisisa amaqiniso. I-Russia ayizange ihlasele empumalanga ye-Ukraine. Awekho amayunithi ajwayelekile wamasosha aseRussia ezifundazweni ezihlubukayo, futhi iRussia ayikaze yethule noma yiziphi iziteleka zomoya endaweni yayo. Ithumele izikhali nezinye izinhlinzeko emabuthweni ase-Ukraine afuna ukuzimela eKiev, futhi kukhona amavolontiya aseRussia asebenza e-Ukraine.
Nokho kuyadabukisa, kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi lezi zinxushunxushu zabhebhezelwa ukuketulwa kuka-February 22, 2014 umongameli owakhethwa ngokwentando yeningi uViktor Yanukovych okwathi, ekhuluma ngokugxambukela, wasizwa uMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika, ezinye izinhlaka zikahulumeni waseMelika kanye noSenator oyedwa uJohn McCain. Umkhankaso owalandela wamasosha kanye namasosha aqalwa uhulumeni wokuketula umbuso ngokumelene nePeople's Republics yaseDonetsk naseLuhansk wachazwa nguMongameli uPutin “njengobugebengu obungalawuleki” obusabalele eningizimu nasempumalanga yezwe. Ngolimi lwaseMelika, bobabili uhulumeni wesikhashana wokuketula umbuso eKiev kanye nohulumeni wamanje kaMongameli uPetro Poroshenko bazibandakanye “ekubulaleni abantu babo”.
Ukuziba Imininingwane
Uma izenzo zaseRussia zizobhekwa “njengezobudlova” noma “ukuhlasela”, umuntu kufanele athole igama elisha ukuchaza lokho i-United States eyakwenza e-Iraq ngo-2003. kube ngokungemthetho ngaphansi kweMemorandamu yaseBudapest ka-1994, ngicela ukubhekisisa.
Izimpawu zamaNazi ezigqoke ezigqoke amabutho ase-Azov e-Ukraine. (Njengoba kuqoshwe i-movie yase-Norway futhi iboniswe ku-TV ye-German)
Ngo-February 21, 2014, isivumelwano esasungulwa yi-European Union sasayinwa phakathi kukaMongameli uYanukovych nabaholi bamaqembu amathathu amakhulu aphikisayo. Isivumelwano besiqukethe imigomo yokuqeda udlame, ukwabelana ngamandla ngokushesha, kanye nokhetho olusha. Benuka igazi emanzini, amaqembu aphikisayo eMaidan Square awazange ahoxe emigwaqweni noma anikele ngezikhali zawo ezingekho emthethweni njengoba kwakuvunyelwene, kodwa kunalokho aqhubeka nokuhlasela. U-Yanukovych, esongelwa impilo yakhe, wabaleka eKiev kanye nabanye abaningi eQenjini lakhe Lezifunda.
Nabaholi bamaqembu aphikisayo abasihloniphanga isivumelwano. Ngakusasa, bathutha bayobeka icala uYanukovych, nokho behluleka ukuhlangabezana nezimfuneko ezimbalwa zoMthethosisekelo wase-Ukraine. Behlulekile ukubekela umongameli icala, benze uphenyo, futhi lolo phenyo lugunyazwe yiNkantolo Yomthethosisekelo Yase-Ukraine. Esikhundleni salokho, badlulele ngqo evotini lokuthweswa icala futhi, nakulelo cala, behlulekile ukuthola ivoti leningi elidingekayo lengxenye yesithathu yesine. Ngakho-ke, noma iMemorandamu yaseBudapest inikeze iziqinisekiso zokuphepha kanye nobuqotho bendawo yase-Ukraine ukuze kunikezwe izikhali zenuzi zesikhathi saseSoviet emhlabathini wayo, uhulumeni ozimele wase-Ukraine uwele obishini oluphambene nomthethosisekelo.
U-Yanukovych wahlala engumongameli osemthethweni owayedingisiwe futhi yena, kanye nondunankulu we-Autonomous Republic of Crimea, bacele ukungenelela kweRussia kule nhlonhlo ukuze kuhlinzekwe ukuphepha nokuvikela amalungelo abantu baseRussia abasongelwa uhulumeni omusha wokuketula umbuso kanye ne-neo- Izakhi zamaNazi ngaphakathi kwayo.
Manje umuntu angabona ukuthi lokho kusongela kwakungokoqobo kangakanani ngokubheka empumalanga ye-Ukraine lapho amasosha ase-Ukraine kanye ne-neo-Nazi paramilitaries efana ne-Azov Battallion, enyakaze ngamandla ngokumelene nabavikeli besifunda saseDonbass abantu babo abafuna ukuzimela kuhulumeni waseKiev ukuthi ababoni. Cishe abantu abangu-10,000 bafa eMpini yaseDonbass, kuyilapho abantu abayisithupha kuphela babulawa ngesikhathi sokuhlanganiswa (ngoFebhuwari 23-March19, 2014) eCrimea.
Ngenkathi iMpi kaDonbass iqhubeka, iCrimea isalokhu izinzile nanamuhla. Ireferendamu edumile eyenziwe ngoMashi 16, 2014 yanikeza ukufaneleka kokunamathiselwe okwalandela. Imiphumela esemthethweni ifune ukuvota okungama-82% kwathi ama-96% abavoti athanda ukuhlangana kabusha neRussia. Ukuvota okuzimele okwenziwa emasontweni okuqala kaNdasa wezi-2014 kuthole u-70-77% wabo bonke abantu baseCrimea bethanda ukuhlangana kabusha. Eminyakeni eyisithupha ngaphambi kwenhlekelele ngo-2008, inhlolovo yathola ukuthi ama-63% athanda ukuhlangana kabusha. Ngisho noma abantu abaningi base-Ukranian namaTatar baluduba ukhetho, ukujoyina kabusha iRussia kwakuyintando yeningi labantu baseCrimea.
UMongameli Putin, echaza isimo e-Ukraine njengenguquko, wathi iRussia ayinazo izivumelwano nombuso omusha ngakho-ke azikho izibopho ngaphansi kweMemorandamu yaseBudapest. Uphinde wacaphuna iSahluko I: I-Article 1 yoMqulu weNhlangano Yezizwe, efuna kuhlonishwe umgomo wokuzibusa kwabantu. I-Helsinki Accords yango-1975, eyaqinisekisa imingcele yangemva kweMpi Yezwe II, nayo yavumela ukushintshwa kwemingcele yezwe ngezindlela zangaphakathi ezinokuthula.
I-Precedent yaseKosovo
Kuyasiza futhi ukucabangela izenzakalo ezifanayo e-Kosovo. Ngo-1998 ukuhlanzwa kohlanga ngamasosha nama-paramilitary aseSerbia kwaholela ekungeneleleni kwe-NATO ngaphandle kwemvume ye-UN. Akubuzwa ukuthi lesi sinyathelo besingekho emthethweni, kodwa kwafunwa ukuba semthethweni ngenxa yesidingo esiphuthumayo sokusiza abantu. Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, i-Kosovo izomemezela ukuzimela eSerbia futhi udaba oluphikisanayo lwaluzophelela eNkantolo Yobulungisa Yamazwe Ngamazwe. Ngo-2009 i-United States yanikeza iNkantolo isitatimende ngeKosovo esasifundeka ngengxenye: “Izimemezelo zenkululeko zingase zephule futhi ngokuvamile, ziphule imithetho yasekhaya. Nokho, lokhu akubenzi bephule umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.”
UMongameli waseRussia u-Vladimir Putin ukhuluma nesixuku ngoMeyi 9, 2014, egubha iminyaka engama-69 yanqoba iJalimane lobuNazi kanye neminyaka engama-70 yakhululwa idolobha eliyitheku laseCrimea i-Sevastopol kumaNazi. (Isithombe sikahulumeni waseRussia)
I-United States kufanele yamukele ukufakwa kwe-Russian kwe-Crimea kokubili njengendaba ye-pragmatic, futhi eyodwa yomgomo. Ngo-1990, phakathi nezingxoxo zokuhlanganisa kabusha iJalimane, i-United States yathembisa ukuthi ngeke kube khona ukunwetshwa kwe-NATO ngasempumalanga. Leso sithembiso sephulwe izikhathi ezintathu manje futhi kwengezwe izizwe ezintsha eziyishumi nanye kumfelandawonye. I-Ukraine iphinde yangena ngokubambisana ne-NATO, futhi ngezikhathi ezihlukahlukene, ubulungu obugcwele buxoxwe. I-Russia ibilokhu izwakalisa ukungakwamukeli kwayo. Ngokwewebhusayithi yakho, inhloso yohambo lwakho “kwakuwukuqinisa ukwesekwa kwe-NATO”. Uma lokhu bekungacunuli ngokwanele, ithimba lakho lama-senator amathathu liye endaweni yezempi ehamba phambili e-Shirokino, e-Ukraine ukuyogqugquzela ukushubela ku-Donbass War. USenator Graham utshele amasosha ayehlangene ukuthi “Impi yenu impi yethu, u-2017 kuzoba unyaka wecala”. Umholi wethimba lenu, uSenator McCain, uthe “Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi nizowina futhi sizokwenza konke esingakwenza ukunihlinzeka ngalokho enikudingayo ukuze niwine”.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwezinkulumo ubonakala ku-video yomcimbi owandulela uNcibijane emukela okubukeka kuyisipho esivela kwelinye lamasosha agqoke umfaniswano. Ngayo yonke intukuthelo ngokusula kukaMeluleki Wezokuphepha Kazwelonke uMichael Flynn, kanye nokuphulwa kwe-Logan Act, ngokuxoxa ngokuncishiswa kwenswinyo nenxusa laseRussia, lokhu kubonakala kuyicala elibi kakhulu. Akugcinanga ngokuthi ithimba lakho likhulume ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle engahambisani naleyo yebamba likaMengameli u-Obama, kuphinde kwaphambana nendlela kaMongameli oqokwe uTrump kulesi sifunda. Futhi imiphumela yokumela kwakho inamandla okuba ibulale kakhulu kunokwehliswa nje kwezijeziso.
Ozithobayo, uMike Madden St. Paul, Minnesota
