Icala LaseLibya: Okucashunwe kokuthi "Akusekho Impi: Icala Lokuqedwa" nguDavid Swanson

Ngicabanga ukuthi imininingwane embalwa ngamacala athize, iLibya neSiriya, iyalungiswa lapha ngukuthambekela okwesabekayo kwabaningi abathi baphikisana nempi ukwenza izinto ngaphandle kwempi ethile, kuhlanganise nale-eyodwa impi yamuva, enye isongelwa impi ngesikhathi salokhu kubhala. Okokuqala, eLibya.

I-argument yokusiza i-2011 i-NATO ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eLibya ukuthi ivinjelwe ukubulawa kwabantu noma ithuthukise isizwe ngokudiliza uhulumeni omubi. Eziningi zezikhali zombili zompi zase-US zenziwe. U-Hitler wesikhashana wayekade ejabulela ukusekelwa kwe-US ekuhambeni kwesikhathi. Kodwa ukuthatha isikhashana ngalokho okwakuyikho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngabe kwenzekani kangcono esikhathini esidlule ukuyigwema, icala alisenamandla.

I-White House ithi uGaddafi usongela ukubulala abantu baseBanghazi "ngokungabi nesihe," kodwa i-New York Times ibike ukuthi ukusongelwa kukaGaddafi kuqondiswe abahlubuki, hhayi izakhamizi, nokuthi uGaddafi wathembisa intukuthelo ngalabo "abaphonsa izikhali zabo "kusho uGaddafi. U-Gaddafi uzimisele ukuvumela ababalekeli abahlubuki ukuba babalekele eGibhithe uma bekhetha ukulwa nokufa. Kodwa uMongameli u-Obama waxwayisa ngokubulawa kobuhlanga obuseduze.

Umbiko ongenhla walokho uGaddafi okusongela ngempela kufanelana nokuziphatha kwakhe kwangaphambili. Kwakukhona namanye amathuba okubulala abantu abafisa ukubulala, eZawiya, eMisurata, noma e-Ajdabiya. Akazange akwenze lokho. Ngemuva kokulwa okukhulu eMisurata, umbiko we-Human Rights Watch wachaza ukuthi uGaddafi wayebhekene nezimbangi, hhayi izakhamizi. Ku-400,000 abantu baseMisurata, i-257 yafa ezinyangeni ezimbili zokulwa. Ngaphandle kwe-949 eyalimala, amaphesenti angaphansi kuka-3 kwakungabesifazane.

Kuqala. Thola iNews24 kumakhalekhukhwini wakho I-New York Times ithi i-New York Times ithi i-New York Times ayikho into ehloniphekile yokwenyuka kwamaqembu aphikisayo kusho izimpawu zokuziphatha okubi kweGaddafi. "Umphumela we-NATO ojoyina impi cishe wawubulala, hhayi okungenani. Ngokuqinisekile kwandisa impi eyayibonakala sengathi izophela maduze ngokunqoba uGaddafi.

U-Alan Kuperman ubheke eBoston Globe ukuthi "Obama wamukela isimiso esihle sokuzivikela-okuyinto abanye abasho ngokushesha ukuthi i-Obama Doctrine-call yokungenelela lapho kungenzeka khona ukuvimbela uhlanga. I-Libya iveza indlela le ndlela, eyenziwa ngayo, ingase ivuselele ngokugqugquzela izihlubuki ukuba zithuthukise futhi zenze ubuqili, ukuze zikhohlise ukungenelela ekugcineni ekuqhubekeni kwempi yombango kanye nokuhlupheka kwabantu. "

Kodwa kuthiwani ngokuchithwa kukaGaddafi? Lokho kwafezwa noma ngabe ukubulawa kwabantu kwakungavinjelwe noma cha. Iqiniso. Futhi kusencane kakhulu ukusho ukuthi yimiphi imiphumela egcwele. Kodwa siyazi lokhu: amandla anikezwe emcabangweni wokuthi kuyamukeleka ukuthi iqembu likahulumeni lihlehlise omunye. Ukudlwengulwa kwesidlova cishe njalo kushiya ukungazinzi nokuthukuthela. Ubudlova buchitha eMali nakwezinye izizwe esifundeni. Izinhlubuki ezingenandaba nentando yeningi noma amalungelo omphakathi zazihlomile futhi zinikwe amandla, kanye nemiphumela engenzeka eSiriya, i-ambassador yase-United States ebulawa eBanghazi, nangesikhathi esizayo. Futhi isifundo safundiswa kwamanye ababusi bezizwe: uma uchitha izikhali (njengeLibya, njenge-Iraq, ushiye izinhlelo zayo zezikhali zamakhemikhali namakhemikhali) ungase uhlaselwe.

Kweminye imikhakha emnandi, impi yayilwa ngokumelene nentando yase-US Congress kanye neZizwe Ezihlangene. Ohulumeni abaqothulayo bangase bathandeke, kodwa empeleni akusho ngokomthetho. Ngakho-ke, ezinye izizathu zokulungiswa kwakudingeka zakhiwe. UMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-United States uhambise iCongress ngokuziphendulela okulotshiwe ukuthi impi yakhonza isithakazelo sikazwelonke e-US ekuqineni kwesifunda futhi ekugcineni ukuthembeka kweZizwe Ezihlangene. Kodwa yiLibya kanye ne-United States esifundeni esifanayo? Isiphi isifunda ukuthi, umhlaba? Futhi akuyona impindiselo okuphambene nokuzinza?

Ukuthembeka kweZizwe Ezihlangene kuyinkinga engavamile, evela kuhulumeni owahlasela i-Iraq e-2003 naphezu kokuphikisana kwe-UN kanye nenhloso ecacile (phakathi kwabanye) yokufakazela i-UN engabalulekile. Uhulumeni ofanayo, phakathi kwamasonto okwenza leli cala kuCongress, wenqabe ukuvumela i-UN rapporteur ekhethekile ukuba avakashele umboshwa wase-US okuthiwa uBradley Manning (manje ogama lakhe lingu-Chelsea Manning) ukuqinisekisa ukuthi akahlukunyezwa. Uhulumeni ofanayo ugunyaze i-CIA ukuthi iphule i-UN embargo eLibya, iphula ukuvinjelwa kwe-UN "kwamandla angaphandle kwamanye amazwe" eLibya, futhi ngaphandle kokungabaza izenzo eBanghazi ezigunyazwe yi-UN ezenzweni ezungeze izwe elihloswe "ekuguqulweni kobuso."

I-Ed Schultz, owayengumqhubi womsakazo odumile wase-US owaziwayo, uthi, "Inzondo enkulu kakhulu kuwo wonke amazwi akhuluma ngawo," ukuthi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu eLibya kwakulungiswa ngesidingo sokuphindiselela kulokho uSathane emhlabeni, leso silo siphuma ngokuzumayo ethuneni lika-Adolph Hitler , leso silo ngaphezu kwayo yonke incazelo: Muammar Gaddafi.

Umkhulumeli waseMelika ovelele uJuan Cole wasekela impi efanayo njengento yesandla somuntu. Abantu abaningi emazweni aseNATO bashukunyiswa ukukhathazeka kwabantu; yingakho izimpi zithengiswa njengezenzo zokuphana. Kodwa uhulumeni wase-US akavumi ukungenelela kwezinye izizwe ukuze azuze abantu. Futhi ukuze kube neqiniso, i-United States ayikwazi ukuphendula noma kuphi, ngoba isivele isenele yonke indawo; lokho esikubiza ngokuthi ukungenelela kungcono okuthiwa yizinhlangothi ezishintshayo.

I-United States yayisebhizinisi lokunikezela izikhali kuGaddafi kuze kufike umzuzwana ekunikezeni izikhali kubaphikisi bakhe. E-2009, eBrithani, eFrance nakwamanye amazwe aseYurophu bathengisa eLibya ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-$ 470m-izikhali. I-United States ayisakwazi ukungenelela e-Yemen noma eBajrain noma e-Saudi Arabia kuneLibya. Uhulumeni wase-US uvikela lezo zindlovu. Eqinisweni, ukuze athole ukusekelwa kwe-Saudi Arabia ngenxa yokuthi "ukungenelela" kwawo eLibiya, i-US yavuma ukuthi i-Saudi Arabia ithumele amabutho eBaithrain ukuba ahlasele izakhamizi, inqubomgomo uNobhala Wombuso wase-United States uHillary Clinton owavikela obala.

"Ukungenelela kosizo" eLibiya, okwamanje, noma yikuphi umphakathi ongase uqalise ngokuvikela, wabulala ezinye izakhamuzi ngamabhomu futhi ngokushesha wasuka ekuqinisekiseni ukuzivikela ekuhlaseleni amabutho aphindayo futhi ahlanganyele empini yombango.

UWashington wangenisa umholi wokuvukela kwabantu eLibya owayesebenzisa iminyaka eyi-20 eyedlule engenawo umthombo owaziwayo weholo engenayo emakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka endlunkulu yeCIA eVirginia. Omunye umuntu uhlala eduze komkhulu weCIA: owayenguMengameli we-US uDick Cheney. Wabonisa ukukhathazeka okukhulu enkulumweni e-1999 ukuthi ohulumeni bezinye izizwe babelawula amafutha. "Amafutha ahlala ebhizinisini likahulumeni," esho. "Nakuba izindawo eziningi zomhlaba zinikeza amathuba amafutha amakhulu, i-Middle East, okuyizingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zamafutha omhlaba kanye nezindleko eziphansi kakhulu, kusekhona lapho umklomelo ozobe usho khona." Owayengumengameli omkhulu we-Europe of NATO, kusukela ku-1997 kuya ku-2000, UWesley Clark uthi ku-2001, umphathi wePentagon wambonisa ipheshana wathi:

Ngitholile le memo namuhla noma izolo ehhovisi likaNobhala wezokuvikela phezulu. Kuyi-plan, iminyaka emihlanu. Sizokwehlisa amazwe ayisikhombisa eminyakeni emihlanu. Sizoqala nge-Iraq, eSiriya, eLebhanon, khona-ke eLibya, eSomalia, eSudan, sizobuya futhi sithole i-Iran eminyakeni emihlanu.

Leyo ajenda ihambisana ngokugcwele namacebo aseWashington, njengalabo abadume ngenhloso yabo emibikweni ye-tank yokucabanga ebizwa ngokuthi iProjekthi ye-New American Century. Ukuphikisana okukhulu kwe-Iraqi ne-Afghan akuzange kuhambisane nalolu hlelo. Akunjalo nanoma yiziphi izinguquko ezingenasivunguvungu eTunisia naseGibhithe. Kodwa ukuthatha iLibya kwakunomqondo ophelele embonweni wezwe we-neoconservative. Futhi kwakuzwakala ukuchaza imidlalo yempi esetshenziswa iBrithani neFrance ukulingisa ukuhlasela kwezwe elifanayo.

Uhulumeni waseLibya ulawula amafutha amaningi kunanoma isiphi esinye isizwe emhlabeni, futhi kwakuyihlobo lamafutha aseYurophu athola kulula ukuwacwengisa. I-Libya nayo ilawula imali yayo, ehola umlobi waseMelika u-Ellen Brown ukuveza iqiniso elithakazelisayo ngala mazwe ayisikhombisa okuthiwa nguClark:

"Lamazwe ayisikhombisa afana ngani? Ngokwemibandela yebhange, lowo okhishwayo wukuthi akekho kubo obalwe phakathi kwamabhange e-56 ebhange leZokuHlaliswa Kwamazwe ngamazwe (BIS). Lokhu ngokusobala ubabeka ngaphandle kwengalo ende yokulawula ibhange eliphakathi amabhange aseSwitzerland. I-renegade ye-lot ingaba yiLibya ne-Iraq, labo ababili abaye bahlaselwa. UKenneth Schortgen Jr., ebhala ku-Examiner.com, wathi iningi lezinyanga ezingu-1 ngaphambi kokuba i-US ingene e-Iraq ukuze ihlule phansi uSaddam Hussein, isizwe samafutha senze ukuvuma ukwamukela ama-euro esikhundleni samahora amafutha, futhi lokhu kwaba usongo ekubusweni kwedola emhlabeni jikelele njengemali yokugcina imali, nokubusa kwayo njengephilisi ye-petrodollar. ' Ngokusho kwe-athikili yaseRussia okuthiwa 'Ukuqhunyiswa kweBibhithe - Ukujeziswa kukaGaddafi ngokuzama kwakhe ukudukisa iDola laseMelika', uGaddafi wenza isinyathelo esifanayo ngesibindi: waqala inhlangano yokwenqaba idoli ne-euro, futhi wabiza amazwe ase-Arab nase-Afrika ukuba sebenzisa imali entsha esikhundleni, i-dinar yegolide.

"I-Gaddafi iphakamise ukusetha izwekazi elibumbene lase-Afrika, nabantu bayo abayizigidi ezingu-200 besebenzisa lolu lwemali olulodwa. Phakathi nonyaka odlule, lo mbono wamukelwa amazwe amaningi ase-Arab namazwe amaningi ase-Afrika. Abaphikisi kuphela ababenguRiphabhulikhi yaseNingizimu Afrika kanye nenhloko ye-League of States Arab. Lesi sinyathelo sasibhekwa kabi yi-US kanye ne-European Union, kanye noMongameli waseFrance uNicolas Sarkozy ebiza iLibya njengengozi ekuvikelekeni kwezezimali kwesintu; kodwa uGaddafi akazange aphikisiwe futhi waqhubeka nokuphoqa kwakhe ekudaleni i-Afrika ebumbene. "

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