NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Mashi 23, i-2022
Impi yaseRussia e-Ukraine - njengezimpi zase-USA e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq - kufanele iqondwe njengokubulawa kwabantu abaningi. Kukho konke ukuzondana kwabo, i-Kremlin kanye ne-White House bazimisele ukuthembela emithethweni efanayo: Ingase ilunge. Umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe uwuncoma uma ungawephuli. Futhi ekhaya, vuselela ubuzwe ukuze uhambe nezempi.
Nakuba umhlaba ukudinga kakhulu ukubambelela endinganisweni eyodwa yokungachukuluzi namalungelo abantu, ezinye izizathu eziphikisanayo zihlala zitholakala emzamweni wokunikeza izizathu zokungathetheleli. Imibono iba nokusonteka kakhulu kunama-pretzels lapho abanye abantu bengakwazi ukumelana nesilingo sokukhetha uhlangothi phakathi kwamabutho aphikisanayo odlame olubi.
E-United States, lapho izikhulu ezikhethiwe kanye nabezindaba begxeka kakhulu ukubulawa kwabantu baseRussia, ubuzenzisi bungakwazi ukunamathela ekuhlaselweni kwabantu bekhumbula ukuthi ukuhlasela kwe-Afghanistan ne-Iraq kwaqala ukubulawa kwabantu okukhulu okwathatha isikhathi eside. Kodwa ukuzenzisa kwe-US akukuthetheleli neze ukuhlasela kwempi yaseRussia e-Ukraine.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, ukweqa eqoqweni likahulumeni wase-US njengamandla okuthula kuwuhambo oluyiphupho. I-USA manje isisonyakeni wayo wamashumi amabili nanye wokuwela imingcele ngemicibisholo namabhomu kanye namabhuzu phansi egameni “lempi yobushokobezi.” Ngaleso sikhathi, i-United States ichitha izikhathi ezingaphezu kwe-10 lokho iRussia ekwenzela amasosha ayo.
Kubalulekile ukukhanyisela uhulumeni wase-US ezephuliwe izithembiso ukuthi i-NATO ngeke yandise "intshi eyodwa ngasempumalanga" ngemva kokuwa koDonga lwaseBerlin. Ukunweba i-NATO emngceleni waseRussia kwakuwukukhaphela okuhlelekile kwamathemba okubambisana okunokuthula eYurophu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-NATO yaba ithuluzi elikude kakhulu lokulwa, kusukela eYugoslavia ngo-1999 kuya e-Afghanistan eminyakeni embalwa kamuva kuya eLibya ngo-2011.
Umlando omubi we-NATO selokhu kwanyamalala umfelandawonye wezempi owawuholwa yi-Warsaw Pact owawuholwa yiSoviet eminyakeni engaphezu kwengama-30 edlule uyindathane yabaholi abakhaliphile begqoke amasudi ebhizinisi abazimisele ngokusiza ukuthengiswa kwezikhali eziningi - hhayi kumalungu e-NATO akudala kodwa nasemazweni. eMpumalanga Yurophu eyathola ubulungu. Imithombo yezindaba yase-US isendleleni engapheli lapho ikhuluma, ingasakhanyisi kakhulu, ukuthi ukuzinikela kwe-NATO kwezempi kugcina kugcina kanjani. ukukhuluphalisa amaphuzu enzuzo yabathengisi bezikhali. Ngesikhathi kuqala leli shumi leminyaka, ukusetshenziswa kwemali okuhlangene kwaminyaka yonke kwezempi kwamazwe e-NATO kwase kushayile $ 1 isigidintathu, cishe izikhathi ezingu-20 kunelaseRussia.
Ngemva kokuba iRussia iqale ukuhlasela i-Ukraine, kwavela ukugxekwa kwalokhu kuhlasela one Iqembu lase-US antiwar ngemuva elinye ngemuva elinye lokho kudala kuphikisa ukwanda kwe-NATO nemisebenzi yempi. IVeterans For Peace ikhiphe isitatimende esiqinile ukulahla ukuhlasela ngenkathi bethi "njengamakadebona siyazi ukuthi ukwanda kodlame kubhebhezela ukweqisa." Le nhlangano ithe "okuwukuphela kwesinyathelo esiphusile manje ukuzibophezela ekuxoxisaneni kwangempela ngezingxoxo ezinzima - ngaphandle kwalokho, ukungqubuzana kungaphuma kalula ekulawuleni kuze kuqhubeke nokuqhubekisela phambili umhlaba empini yenuzi."
Isitatimende sengeze ngokuthi "Ama-Veterans For Peace ayabona ukuthi le nkinga ekhona ayizange yenzeke nje ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, kodwa imele amashumi eminyaka ezinqumo zenqubomgomo kanye nezenzo zikahulumeni ezibe nomthelela ekwakhiweni kwezingxabano nodlame phakathi kwamazwe."
Nakuba kufanele sicace futhi singananazi ukuthi impi yaseRussia e-Ukraine iwubugebengu obuqhubekayo, obukhulu, obungenakuthethelelwa esintwini uhulumeni waseRussia kuphela onesibopho sabo, akufanele sibe ngaphansi kwenkohliso mayelana neqhaza lase-US ekumiseni ukuhlasela kwamazinga amakhulu ngenkathi kubheda amazwe ngamazwe. ezokuphepha. Futhi indlela ye-geopolitical approach kahulumeni wase-US e-Europe ibe yisandulela sengxabano kanye nezinhlekelele ezibonakalayo.
Cabanga nge incwadi yesiprofetho kuMongameli wangaleso sikhathi uBill Clinton owakhululwa eminyakeni engama-25 edlule, nokunwetshwa kwe-NATO eduze komkhathizwe. Kusayinwe abantu abaqavile abangama-50 ekusungulweni kwenqubomgomo yangaphandle - okuhlanganisa nengxenye yeshumi nambili ababeyizigele, owayenguNobhala Wezokuvikela uRobert McNamara, kanye nezikhanyiso ezinjengoSusan Eisenhower, Townsend Hoopes, Fred Ikle, Edward Luttwak, Paul Nitze, Richard Pipes, Stansfield. U-Turner no-Paul Warnke - le ncwadi yenza ukufunda okujabulisayo namuhla. Ixwayise ngokuthi "umzamo wamanje oholwa yi-US wokwandisa i-NATO" "iphutha lenqubomgomo yezilinganiso ezingokomlando. Sikholelwa ukuthi ukwanda kwe-NATO kuzokwehlisa ukuphepha okuhlangene futhi kuphazamise ukuzinza kwe-Europe. "
Le ncwadi yaqhubeka yagcizelela: "ERussia, ukwanda kwe-NATO, okuqhubeka nokuphikiswa kuyo yonke imikhakha yezombangazwe, kuzoqinisa ukuphikiswa okungahambisani nentando yeningi, kunciphise labo abathanda uguquko nokusebenzisana nabaseNtshonalanga, kubangele abaseRussia ukuthi bangabaze wonke umsebenzi. - Ukuhlaliswa kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, futhi kuqinise ukumelana eDuma ezivumelwaneni ze-START II kanye ne-III. E-Europe, ukunwetshwa kwe-NATO kuzodweba umugqa omusha wokwehlukana phakathi kwe-'ins' kanye 'nokuphuma,' kukhuthaze ukungazinzi, futhi ekugcineni kunciphise umuzwa wokuvikeleka kulawo mazwe angafakiwe."
Ukuthi izixwayiso ezinjengalezi azinakwa kwakungelona nje iphutha. I-bipartisan juggernaut yezempi enekomkhulu eWashington yayingenandaba "nozinzo lwaseYurophu" noma "umuzwa wokuphepha" wawo wonke amazwe aseYurophu. Ngaleso sikhathi, ngo-1997, izindlebe ezazinamandla kakhulu zaziyizithulu ekukhathazekeni okunjalo kuzo zombili iziphetho zePennsylvania Avenue. Futhi basenjalo.
Nakuba abaxolisi bohulumeni baseRussia noma base-United States befuna ukugxila kwamanye amaqiniso ngaphandle kwamanye, impi esabekayo yawo womabili la mazwe ifanelwe ukuphikiswa kuphela. Isitha sethu sangempela impi.
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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org kanye nomlobi wezincwadi eziyishumi nambili ezihlanganisa i-Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State, eshicilelwe kulo nyaka kuhlelo olusha njenge i-e-book yamahhala. Ezinye izincwadi zakhe zifaka iWar Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. Ubeyisithunywa sikaBernie Sanders esisuka eCalifornia siya ku-2016 kanye ne-2020 Democratic National Conventions. USolomon ungumsunguli kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy.
