Ngivumelana NoSihlalo WamaKhosi Ahlanganyelwe Abasebenzi Ngezisekelo Zangaphandle

NguDavid Swanson, Disemba 11, 2020

Kungenzeka ukuthi uzwile ukuthi i-US House of Representatives isanda kuphasisa umthethosivivinywa wokusebenzisa imali eyizigidigidi ezingama-741 zamaRandi ukuqamba kabusha izizinda zamasosha ebezaziwa nge-Confederates. Ungase ucabange ukuthi umbono omuhle lowo kepha usazibuza ngentengo yentengo.

Yebo, imfihlo iwukuthi - nakuba iningi lezindaba ezisakazwayo limayelana nokuqanjwa kabusha kwezisekelo - umthethosivivinywa ngokwawo umayelana nokuxhaswa ngezimali (ingxenye) yomshini wezempi obiza kakhulu emhlabeni: ama-nukes amaningi, izikhali eziningi "ezijwayelekile", izikhali eziningi zasemkhathini, ama-F-35 amaningi kunalawo afunwa yiPentagon, njll.

Minyaka yonke, izabelo zezempi kanye nezikweletu zokugunyazwa yizona kuphela izikweletu okufanele zidlule kuKhongolose lapho inqwaba yezindaba ezisakazwa ngaso sonke isikhathi inikezwe odabeni oluthile futhi alulokothi kulokho okwenziwa umthethosivivinywa.

Cishe akulokothi ukuvezwa kwabezindaba ngalezi zikweletu kukhulume, ngokwesibonelo, izisekelo zakwamanye amazwe, noma izindleko zazo zezimali ezinkulu, noma ukuntuleka kokusekelwa komphakathi kuzo. Nokho, kulokhu kuke kwakhulunywa ngeqiniso lokuthi lo mthethosivivinywa uvimba ukususwa kwamasosha ase-US namasosha eJalimane nase-Afghanistan.

UTrump ufuna ukukhipha ingxenye yamasosha ase-US eJalimane ukuze ajezise iJalimane - noma kunalokho, uhulumeni waseJalimane, noma iJalimane elithile elicatshangelwayo, njengoba umphakathi waseJalimane uhambisana nakho. Ukuphawula kukaTrump nge-Afghanistan akusenawo umqondo noma uzwelo kunaseJalimane. Kodwa umbono wokuthi umuntu angasekela ukuhoxiswa kwamasosha ngezizathu ezihluke kakhulu kunesikaTrump cishe awukho nhlobo kwabezindaba zezinkampani zase-US, ngenxa yokuthi akamelwe yiqembu elikhulu lezepolitiki.

Nokho, uSihlalo Wezikhulu Ezihlangene Zabasebenzi uMark Milley kuleli sonto evezwe umbono wokuthi izisekelo zase-US zakwamanye amazwe, noma okungenani ezinye zazo, kufanele zivalwe. UMilley ufuna iNavy enkulu, inzondo enkulu ebhekiswe eChina, futhi ubheka impi yase-Afghanistan njengempumelelo. Ngakho-ke, angivumelani naye ngaso sonke isikhathi kukho konke, ukukubeka kancane. Izizathu zakhe zokufuna ukuvala izisekelo akuzona ezami, kodwa futhi akuzona neze ezikaTrump. Ngakho-ke, umuntu akakwazi ukugwema ukucabangela isiphakamiso sikaMilley ngokumane asimemezele i-Trumpian.

Okungenani u-90% wezisekelo zamasosha angaphandle emhlabeni ziyizisekelo zase-US. I-United States inamasosha angaphezu kuka-150,000 athunyelwe ngaphandle kwe-United States ngaphezu Izisekelo ze-800 (ezinye izilinganiso zikhona Ngaphezu kwe-1000) emazweni angu-175, kanye nawo wonke amazwekazi angu-7. Izisekelo zivame ukuba yizinhlekelele zemvelo, njengoba nje zingaphakathi kwe-United States. Futhi ngokuvamile kuyizinhlekelele zezombangazwe. Izisekelo ziye zafakazela enze izimpi zibe maningi amathuba, mancane amathuba okuthi. Bakhonza ezimweni eziningi ukuze phakamisa ohulumeni abacindezelayo, ukuze lula ukudayiswa noma isipho sezikhali kanye nokuhlinzekwa kokuqeqeshwa kohulumeni bengcindezelo, kanye nokuvimbela imizamo yokuthula noma yokuhoxiswa kwezikhali.

Ngokwe-an Indatshana ye-AP eshicilelwe cishe ndawo, uMilley wakhuluma nge-Bahrain neNingizimu Korea ikakhulukazi. I-Bahrain ingumbuso wobushiqela ononya osuye waba njalo phakathi neminyaka kaTrump, ngokuphendula ngokuqondile ukusekelwa nguTrump.

U-Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ube yinkosi yaseBahrain kusukela ngo-2002, lapho ezenza iNkosi, ngaphambi kwalokho wayebizwa ngokuthi u-Emir. Ube ngu-Emir ngo-1999 ngenxa yezinto azifezile, okokuqala, ekhona, futhi okwesibili, uyise eshona. INkosi inamakhosikazi amane, oyedwa kuphela ongumzala wayo.

U-Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ubhekane nababhikishi abangenalo udlame ngokubadubula, ukubathumba, ukubahlukumeza, nokubafaka ejele. Ujezise abantu ngokukhulumela amalungelo abantu, ngisho “nokuthuka” inkosi noma ifulege layo — amacala ahlanganisa isigwebo seminyaka engu-7 ejele kanye nenhlawulo eshisiwe.

Ngokusho koMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika, "I-Bahrain iwubukhosi obungokomthethosisekelo, nofuzo. . . . Izindaba zamalungelo abantu [zihlanganisa] nezinsolo zokuhlukunyezwa; ukuboshwa ngokungafanele; iziboshwa zezombangazwe; ukugxambukela ngokungenamthetho noma okungekho emthethweni ekuyimfihlo; imikhawulo yenkululeko yokukhuluma, abezindaba, kanye ne-inthanethi, okuhlanganisa ukucwaninga, ukuvinjwa kwesayithi, kanye nenkulumo-ze yobugebengu; ukuphazamiseka okukhulu emalungelweni okuhlangana ngokuthula nenkululeko yokuhlangana, okuhlanganisa nokuvinjelwa kwezinhlangano ezizimele ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni (NGOs) ukuthi zisebenze ngokukhululeka ezweni.”

Ngokusho kwenhlangano yaseMelika engenzi nzuzo yeDemokhrasi namalungelo Abantu e-Bahrain, umbuso usungenile "ukwephulwa okuphelele" weSivumelwano Samazwe Ngamazwe Samalungelo Abantu Nezepolitiki, kanye nombutho wamaphoyisa amaphethini amisiwe lokuvalelwa ngaphandle kwesizathu, ukuhlukunyezwa, ukudlwengulwa kanye nokubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kwenkantolo. I-Bahrain nayo “Phakathi kwamazwe agcwele amaphoyisa kakhulu emhlabeni, anezisebenzi ezingaba ngu-46 ze-MOI [uMnyango Wezangaphakathi] kuzo zonke izakhamuzi eziyinkulungwane. Lokho kungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwezinga eliqhathanisekayo ekuphakameni kobushiqela bukaSaddam Hussein e-Iraq, okwanciphisa imibuso efanayo e-Iran naseBrazil.”

Abasakazi bempi abathanda ukwenza sengathi izwe elizoqhunyiswa ngebhomu liqukethe umuntu oyedwa omubi bazokhokha imali enkulu ukuze bathole ithuba lokusebenzisa u-Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa njengengxenye yabantu abahluphekayo baseBahrain. Kepha u-Al Khalifa akayena umgomo wabezindaba base-US noma amasosha ase-US.

UHamad bin Isa Al Khalifa wafundiswa amasosha ase-US. Uthweswe iziqu e-United States Army Command kanye neGeneral Staff College eFort Leavenworth eKansas. Uthathwa njengozakwabo omuhle we-US, British, kanye nabanye ohulumeni baseNtshonalanga. I-US Navy isekela i-Fifth Fleet yayo e-Bahrain. Uhulumeni wase-US uhlinzeka ngoqeqesho lwezempi kanye noxhaso lwezimali e-Bahrain, futhi ulungiselela ukudayiswa kwezikhali ezenziwe e-US e-Bahrain.

Indodana endala yeNkosi kanye nendlalifa ebonakalayo yafunda e-American University eWashington, DC, naseQueen's College, eNyuvesi yaseCambridge, eNgilandi.

Ngo-2011, iBahrain yaqasha isikhulu samaphoyisa saseMelika uJohn Timoney, owayenedumela lesihluku esitholwe eMiami nasePhiladelphia, ukusiza uhulumeni waseBahrain ukusabisa nokuhlukumeza abantu bakhona. wenza. Kusukela ngo 2019, “amaphoyisa asaqhubeka nokuqeqeshelwa izikhali zawo ezakhiwe e-United States. Kusukela ngo-2007 kuya ku-2017, umkhokhintela waseMelika unikeze cishe izigidi eziyisi-7 zamaRandi ngosizo lwezokuphepha ku-MOI futhi ikakhulukazi amaphoyisa odlame - amaphoyisa kazwelonke anedumela elibi elibhekene nenqwaba yokubulawa kwabantu ngokungemthetho, imibhikisho eminingi, kanye nokuhlasela kokuziphindiselela kweziboshwa. UMongameli uDonald Trump manje unweba izinhlelo zokuqeqesha ze-MOI ngemuva kokuthi amayunithi ehlulekile ukuhlolwa kwe-Leahy Law ngaphansi kwe-Obama Administration, ephakamisa uhlelo olubanzi lwezifundo eziyi-10 luka-2019 oluhlanganisa iseluleko 'ngezindlela zokuhlasela.'

UMilley akazange akhulume nge-Bahrain ngenxa yanoma yikuphi ukukhathazeka kwami, noma ngenxa yokuthi akafuni imikhumbi emikhulukazi yamasosha amiswe emhlabeni wonke; ufuna okwengeziwe kubo. Kodwa uMilley ucabanga ukuthi kuyabiza futhi kuyingozi ukumisa inqwaba yamasosha ase-US nemindeni yawo ezindaweni ezikude.

Ngokuvumelana ne I-Military Times, uMilley “ujoyina iqembu elikhulayo lezikhulu zezokuvikela eziye zangabaza isidingo sokumisa unomphela amasosha emhlabeni wonke.” Ukukhathazeka kukaMilley wukuthi lokhu kubeka amalungu omndeni engozini. “Anginankinga nathi, thina esigqoke umfaniswano, ukuba sengozini ― yilokhu esikhokhelwa ngakho. Lona umsebenzi wethu, akunjalo?" uthe. Ingabe kufanele kube umsebenzi kabani lowo? Uma izisekelo zidala ubutha, ngabe noma ngubani ongakwazi ukukhokhela ikolishi kufanele azithathe ukuze kusizakale abadayisi bezikhali? Ngiyawazi umbono wami ngalokho. Kodwa ngisho noSihlalo weJoint frickin Chiefs wesikhungo esasusa amakhosi eNyakatho Melika akasafuni ukumisa imindeni yabantu ezindlini zakwamanye amazwe.

Inkinga ingase ibe ukuthi ukungabaza kwabashade nabo kanye namalungu omndeni ukuhlala emiphakathini ehlomile eyayivalelwe ngesikhathi sobandlululo kulimaza ukuqashwa nokugcinwa. Uma kunjalo, jabula imindeni emithathu! Kodwa uma izisekelo zingadingeki, futhi siwazi umonakalo abawenzayo, futhi amadola omphakathi ase-US akudingeki axhase ukudalwa kwazo zonke lezi mini-disneyland-Little-Americas ngemuva kwezindonga zikaTrumpish, kungani ungayeki ukukwenza?

UMilley uphinde wakhuluma ngeNingizimu Korea, enye indawo lapho iCongress eminyakeni yamuva nje ivimbe ngenjabulo ukususwa okungakaze kuhlongozwa kwanoma yimaphi amasosha ase-US. Kepha iSouth Korea manje isinohulumeni ozimisele ukumelana nohulumeni wase-US, kanti umphakathi owazi amasosha nezikhali zase-US yiwona ovimba ukuthula nokuhlangana kabusha. Ukucasuka kukaTrump kuleli cala kuthatha uhlobo lokufuna ukuthi iNingizimu Korea ikhokhe imali ethe xaxa ngokuhlala kwayo e-US (kuyavunywa ukuthi ayihlanyi njengesifiso sikaNeera Tanden sokuthi iLibya ikhokhele ukuqhunyiswa kwebhomu), kodwa ugqozi lukaMilley, futhi, luhlukile. UMilley, ngokusho kwe-AP, ukhathazekile ngokuthi uma i-United States ekugcineni ikwazi ukungena empini entsha, amalungu omndeni wamasosha ase-US azoba sengozini. Akushiwo lutho ngemindeni ehlala emazweni ase-Asia. Kunokuzimisela okuvulekile kokufaka izimpilo zamasosha ase-US engcupheni. Kepha imindeni yamasosha ase-US - labo ngabantu ababalulekile.

Noma lolo hlobo lokuziphatha okulinganiselwe luthanda izisekelo zokuvala, mhlawumbe ukuvula nokugcina izisekelo kufanele kubonakale ngokukhanya okuqinile kunalokho okuvunyelwe yimidiya yase-US.

UMilley uyayibona inertia, futhi mhlawumbe inzuzo kanye nepolitiki ngemuva kwakho. Uphakamisa ukuthi ukuhlala isikhathi esifushane kwamasosha angenayo imindeni kungaba yisixazululo. Kodwa akukuningi kokukodwa. Ayilungisi inkinga esemqoka yokubeka amakamu ahlomile emazweni awo wonke umuntu. Ayinaki imibono yomphakathi wase-US wonkana. Uma kufanele ngibukele umcimbi wezemidlalo ku-TV futhi ngitshelwe ukuthi amasosha ase-US ahlomile ayewubuka evela emazweni angu-174 esikhundleni samazwe angu-175, ngangingeke ngihlukumezeke, futhi ngangibheja cishe kungabikho muntu. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuzoba njalo naku-173 noma ku-172. Sawubona, ngingavuma ukuvele ngivotele umphakathi wase-US ukuthi zingaki izizwe amasosha ase-US manje anamasosha kuzo bese nginciphisa iqiniso kunoma yini abantu abacabanga ukuthi iyiyo.