Ngo-Agasti 2021 isiteleka se-drone saseMelika eKabul sabulala izakhamizi zase-Afghan eziyi-10. Isikweletu: Getty Images
NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, Januwari 10, 2022
I-Pentagon ekugcineni isishicilele eyokuqala Isifinyezo se-Airpower selokhu uMongameli Biden athatha izintambo esikhathini esingangonyaka esedlule. Le mibiko yanyanga zonke ishicilelwe kusukela ngo-2007 ukuze kubhalwe inani lamabhomu nemicibisholo ejikijelwa amasosha asemoyeni aholwa yi-US e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq naseSyria kusukela ngo-2004. Kodwa uMongameli Trump wayeka ukuyishicilela ngemva kukaFebhuwari 2020, efihla ukuqhubeka kokuqhuma kwamabhomu e-US ekusithekeni.
Eminyakeni engu-20 edlule, njengoba kubhalwe etafuleni elingezansi, i-US kanye ne-allied air forces yehlise amabhomu nemicibisholo ye-337,000 kwamanye amazwe. Lokho kuyisilinganiso seziteleka ezingama-46 ngosuku iminyaka engu-20. Lokhu kuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu okungapheli akugcini nje ngokubulala futhi kucekele phansi izisulu zakho kodwa kwamukelwa kabanzi njengokubukela phansi ukuthula nokuvikeleka kwamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokunciphisa ukuma kweMelika emhlabeni.
Uhulumeni wase-US kanye nezinhlangano zezombusazwe zibe nempumelelo ephawulekayo ekugcineni umphakathi waseMelika ebumnyameni ngemiphumela enyantisayo yale mikhankaso yesikhathi eside yokucekela phansi abantu abaningi, okubavumela ukuthi balondoloze inkohliso yezempi yase-US njengamandla okuhlela emhlabeni. inkulumo yabo yezepolitiki yasekhaya.
Manje, ngisho nalapho bebhekene nokuthathwa kweTaliban e-Afghanistan, baphindeka kabili empumelelweni yabo yokuthengisa lokhu kulandisa okungelona iqiniso emphakathini waseMelika ukuze kubuse iMpi yabo endala neRussia neChina, okwandisa ngokumangalisayo nangokubikezela ingozi yempi yenuzi.
The new Isifinyezo se-Airpower Idatha iveza ukuthi i-United States ilahle amanye amabhomu nemicibisholo eyi-3,246 e-Afghanistan, Iraq naseSyria (2,068 ngaphansi kukaTrump kanye ne-1,178 ngaphansi kweBiden) kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2020.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu e-US kulawo mazwe e-3 kuye kwehle kakhulu kusukela kumabhomu angaphezu kwe-12,000 kanye nemicibisholo ephonswe kuwo ngo-2019. Ukuhlasela kwezindiza lapho, futhi kwawisa amabhomu noma imicibisholo eyi-13 kuphela e-Iraq naseSyria - nakuba lokhu kungavimbeli ezinye iziteleka ezingabikwanga zamabutho angaphansi komyalo noma ukulawula kweCIA.
OMongameli uTrump kanye noBiden bobabili bafanelwe ukubongwa ngokubona ukuthi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okungapheli kanye nokuba khona kwabantu akukwazanga ukuletha ukunqoba e-Afghanistan. Ijubane uhulumeni ofakwe e-US awela ngalo kumaTaliban lapho ukuhoxiswa kwe-US kusaqhubeka kwaqinisekisa ukuthi iminyaka engama-20 yokuhlasela kwezempi, ukuqhuma kwamabhomu emoyeni kanye nokusekelwa kohulumeni abakhohlakele ekugcineni kwasiza kanjani ukubuyisela abantu abakhathele yimpi base-Afghanistan. Ukubusa kweTaliban.
Isinqumo sikaBiden sokulandela iminyaka engama-20 yokuhlaliswa kwamakholoni kanye nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu emoyeni e-Afghanistan ngohlobo olufanayo lwempi yokuvimbezela kwezomnotho enonya i-United States eyenze eCuba, e-Iran, eNyakatho Korea naseVenezuela kungaqhubeka nokudicilela phansi iMelika emehlweni omhlaba.
Akuzange kube khona ukulandisa ngale minyaka engu-20 yokubhujiswa okungenangqondo. Ngisho nokushicilelwa kwe-Airpower Summaries, iqiniso elibi lezimpi eziqhunyiswa ngamabhomu e-US kanye nenqwaba yezingozi ezibangelayo kusalokhu kufihliwe kubantu baseMelika.
Kungakhi kokuhlasela okungu-3,246 okubhalwe ku-Airpower Summary kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2020 obukwazi ngaphambi kokufunda le ndatshana? Cishe uzwile ngesiteleka se-drone esabulala izakhamuzi zase-Afghan ezingu-10 eKabul ngo-August 2021. Kodwa kuthiwani ngamanye amabhomu angu-3,245 nemicibisholo? Babulala bani noma bakhubaza bani futhi babhidliza imizi kabani?
NgoDisemba 2021 New York Times wadalula ngemiphumela yokuhlasela kwezindiza zase-US, umphumela wophenyo lweminyaka emihlanu, bekumangalisa hhayi nje kuphela ngezisulu eziphakeme zezakhamuzi kanye namanga ezempi ekudaluliwe, kodwa futhi ngoba kuveze ukuthi kuncane kangakanani uphenyo olwenziwe ngabezindaba base-US kule minyaka engamashumi amabili. lempi.
Ezimpini zomoya zaseMelika ezithuthukisiwe, ezilawulwa kude, ngisho namasosha ase-US ahileleke ngokuqondile nangokusondelene kakhulu avikelekile ekuxhumaneni kwabantu nabantu ababhubhisa izimpilo zabo, kuyilapho iningi lomphakathi waseMelika, sengathi lawa makhulu ezinkulungwane. ukuqhuma okubulalayo akukaze kwenzeke.
Ukuntuleka kokuqwashisa umphakathi ngeziteleka zasemoyeni zase-US akuwona umphumela wokuntuleka kokukhathazeka ngokucekela phansi okukhulu okwenziwe nguhulumeni wethu ngamagama ethu. Ezimweni ezingavamile esithola ngazo, njengesiteleka esibulalayo se-drone e-Kabul ngo-Agasti, umphakathi ufuna ukwazi ukuthi kwenzekeni futhi ukusekela ngokuqinile ukuziphendulela kwe-US ngokufa kwabantu.
Ngakho-ke ukungazi komphakathi kwe-99% yeziteleka zasemoyeni zase-US kanye nemiphumela yazo akuwona umphumela wokunganakwa komphakathi, kodwa yizinqumo zamabomu zamasosha ase-US, osopolitiki bamaqembu womabili kanye nabezindaba bezinkampani ukuze bagcine umphakathi ebumnyameni. Ukucindezelwa okungakaphawulwa kwezinyanga ezingama-21 kwe-Airpower Summaries yanyanga zonke kuyisibonelo sakamuva salokhu.
Manje njengoba Isifinyezo esisha se-Airpower sesigcwalise izibalo ebezifihliwe ngaphambilini zika-2020-21, nansi idatha ephelele etholakala eminyakeni engu-20 yeziteleka ezibulalayo nezilimazayo zase-US kanye nezindiza ezihlangene.
Izinombolo zamabhomu nemicibisholo yehla kwamanye amazwe yi-United States kanye nabalingani bayo kusukela ngo-2001:
| I-Iraq (neSyria *) | Afghanistan | Yemen | Amanye amazwe ** | |
| 2001 | 214 | 17,500 | ||
| 2002 | 252 | 6,500 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 29,200 | |||
| 2004 | 285 | 86 | 1 (Pk) | |
| 2005 | 404 | 176 | 3 (Pk) | |
| 2006 | 310 | 2,644 | 7,002 (Le,Pk) | |
| 2007 | 1,708 | 5,198 | 9 (Pk,S) | |
| 2008 | 1,075 | 5,215 | 40 (Pk,S) | |
| 2009 | 126 | 4,184 | 3 | 5,554 (Pk,Pl) |
| 2010 | 8 | 5,126 | 2 | 128 (Pk) |
| 2011 | 4 | 5,411 | 13 | 7,763 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2012 | 4,083 | 41 | 54 (Li, Pk,S) | |
| 2013 | 2,758 | 22 | 32 (Li,Pk,S) | |
| 2014 | 6,292 * | 2,365 | 20 | 5,058 (Li,Pl,Pk,S) |
| 2015 | 28,696 * | 947 | 14,191 | 28 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2016 | 30,743 * | 1,337 | 14,549 | 529 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2017 | 39,577 * | 4,361 | 15,969 | 301 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2018 | 8,713 * | 7,362 | 9,746 | 84 (Li,Pk,S) |
| 2019 | 4,729 * | 7,423 | 3,045 | 65 (Li,S) |
| 2020 | 1,188 * | 1,631 | 7,622 | 54 (S) |
| 2021 | 554 * | 801 | 4,428 | 1,512 (Pl,S) |
| Ubude | 154, 078* | 85,108 | 69,652 | 28,217 |
Ingqikithi Enkulu = 337,055 amabhomu nemicibisholo.
**Amanye Amazwe: Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Palestine, Somalia.
Lezi zibalo zisekelwe e-US Izingcaphuno ze-Airpower okwe-Afghanistan, i-Iraq neSyria; isibalo se-Bureau of Investigative Journalism sika isiteleka se-drone ePakistan, eSomalia naseYemen; the Iphrojekthi yedatha yaseYemen isibalo samabhomu nemicibisholo ejikijelwe eYemen (kuphela ngoSepthemba 2021); database ye-New America Foundation ye iziteleka zomoya zangaphandle eLibya; neminye imithombo.
Kunezigaba ezimbalwa zokushaywa komoya ezingafakiwe kuleli thebula, okusho ukuthi izinombolo zangempela zezikhali ezikhishiwe ziphakeme impela. Lokhu kubandakanya:
Iziteleka zendiza engujekamanzi: I-Military Times ishicilelwe isihloko ngoFebhuwari 2017 enesihloko esithi, “Izibalo zamasosha ase-US mayelana neziteleka zomoya ezibulalayo azilungile. Izinkulungwane azibikwanga.” Inqwaba yeziteleka zomoya ezingafakiwe ku-US Airpower Summaries iziteleka zezindiza ezinophephela emhlane. Ibutho lase-US litshele ababhali ukuthi izindiza ezinophephela emhlane zabo zenze iziteleka zezindiza ezingama-456 ezingabikwanga e-Afghanistan ngonyaka ka-2016. imicibisholo eminingi yadutshulwa kulokho kuhlasela okungu-9 e-Afghanistan ngonyaka owodwa abawuphenyayo.
Izibhamu ze-AC-130: Amasosha ase-US awazange abhubhise i-Doctors Without Borders esibhedlela eKunduz, Afghanistan, ngo-2015 ngamabhomu noma imicibisholo, kodwa ngesibhamu se-Lockheed-Boeing AC-130. Le mishini yokucekela phansi abantu abaningi, evame ukuphathwa amandla akhethekile e-US Air Force, iklanyelwe ukuzungeza ithagethi phansi, ithela amagobolondo e-Howitzer nomlilo wezinganono kuyo ize ibhujiswe ngokuphelele. I-US isebenzise i-AC-130s e-Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, naseSyria.
Ukugijima kwe-Strafing: Izifinyezo ze-US Airpower zika-2004-2007 zazihlanganisa nenothi lokuthi izibalo zabo "zeziteleka ezinezikhali eziyehlisiwe... azifaki inganono noma amarokhethi angu-20mm kanye nama-30mm." Kodwa i 30mm inganono kuma-A-10 Warthogs kanye nezinye izindiza ezihlasela phansi ziyizikhali ezinamandla, ekuqaleni ezakhelwe ukucekela phansi amathangi aseSoviet. Ama-A-10 angadubula amagobolondo e-uranium aphelile angu-65 ngomzuzwana ukuze amboze indawo enomlilo obulalayo nongakhethi. Kodwa lokho akubonakali kubalwa “njengokukhishwa kwezikhali” ku-US Airpower Summaries.
Imisebenzi ye- "Counter-inurgency" kanye "nokuphikisana nobuphekula" kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba: I-United States yakha umfelandawonye wezempi namazwe angu-11 aseNtshonalanga Afrika e-2005, futhi yakha isizinda se-drone eNiger, kodwa asitholanga lutho oluhlelekile. Ukubalwa kwe-US kanye neziteleka zezindiza ezihlangene kuleso sifunda, noma e-Philippines, e-Latin America noma kwenye indawo.
Ukwehluleka kukahulumeni wase-US, osopolitiki kanye nabezindaba bezinkampani ukwazisa nokufundisa ngokwethembeka umphakathi waseMelika mayelana nokucekelwa phansi kwabantu abaningi okudalwe amasosha ezwe lethu kuye kwavumela lesi sibhicongo ukuthi siqhubeke iminyaka engu-20 singaphawuliwe futhi singavinjelwanga.
Kuphinde kwasishiya sisengozini enkulu yokuvuselelwa kwe-anachronistic, i-Manichean Cold War elandisayo ebeka engcupheni inhlekelele enkulu nakakhulu. Kule ndaba ye-topsy-turvy, "ngengilazi ebukayo", izwe liqhuma amabhomu amadolobha abe yizicucu futhi eqhuba izimpi lokho ukubulala izigidi labantu, liziveza njengamandla anezinhloso ezinhle zokuhle emhlabeni. Bese idweba amazwe afana neChina, iRussia kanye ne-Iran, okuqondakalayo ukuthi aqinise izivikelo zawo ukuze avimbele iMelika ukuba iwahlasele, njengezinsongo kubantu baseMelika nasekuthuleni komhlaba.
The izinkulumo ezisezingeni eliphezulu kusukela ngoJanuwari 10 eGeneva phakathi kwe-United States neRussia kuyithuba elibucayi, mhlawumbe ithuba lokugcina, lokuqinisa ekubhebhethekeni kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi yamanje ngaphambi kokuba lokhu kubhidlika kobudlelwano baseMpumalanga-Ntshonalanga bube obungenakuhlehliswa noma buphenduke ingxabano yezempi.
Uma sizophuma kulokhu kuhlaselwa kwezempi futhi sigweme ubungozi bempi ye-apocalyptic neRussia noma i-China, umphakathi wase-US kumele uphonsele inselelo indaba eyiqiniso ye-Cold War yokuthi abaholi bezempi base-US kanye nezakhamuzi bahweba ukuze baqinisekise ukutshalwa kwezimali kwabo okuhlala kwanda kuzikhali zenuzi. izikhali kanye nomshini wempi wase-US.
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UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimele, umcwaningi we-CODEPINK kanye nomlobi we Igazi ezandleni Zethu: I-American Invasion kanye nokubhujiswa kwe-Iraq.
Impendulo eyodwa
I-US iyiDimoni Lokufa Emhlabeni Wonke! Angiyithengi ingxabano ethi “besingazi” ephakanyiswe abaxolisi baseMelika. Kungikhumbuza amaJalimane ngemva kweWWII lapho evakashela amakamu okuboshwa amaNazi futhi ebona inqwaba yezidumbu. Angikukholwa ukubhikisha kwabo ngaleso sikhathi futhi angibakholwa abantu baseMelika manje!