'Umama wawo wonke amabhomu' mkhulu, uyabulala - futhi ngeke aholele ekuthuleni

NgoMedea uBenjamini, The Guardian.

UTrump wehlise ibhomu elingelona elenuzi elikhulu kunawo wonke ake asetshenziswa e-Afghanistan ngoLwesine. Ingabe lokhu kudlondlobala kuyaphi?

Ngimuhle kakhulu empini. Ngiyayithanda impi, ngandlela thize,” ukuziqhenya uDonald Trump emhlanganweni wokukhankasela e-Iowa. Lona nguDonald Trump ofanayo owagwema okusalungiswa kweVietnam ngokufuna i-bone spur onyaweni lwakhe, inkinga yezokwelapha engazange imvimbe angayi ezinkundleni zethenisi noma amabala egalofu, futhi waphulukiswa ngokuyisimangaliso ngokwayo.

Kepha ngokukhuphuka kokubandakanyeka kwezempi yase-US eSyria, inani elirekhodiwe lokuhlaselwa kwe-drone eYemen, amasosha amaningi ase-US athunyelwa eMiddle East futhi, manje, ukuwisa ibhomu elikhulu e-Afghanistan, kubukeka sengathi uTrump angase athande ngempela impi. Noma okungenani, thanda impi "yokudlala".

ESyria, uTrump waya emicibisholo engama-59 yeTomahawk. Manje, ku Afghanistan, ukhethe "isikhali esiphezulu", ibhomu lesibili elikhulu kunawo wonke lamasosha aseMelika angewona awenuzi. Lesi siqhumane esingu-21,600-pound, esingakaze sisetshenziswe empini, sasetshenziselwa ukuqhuma inqwaba yamathaneli nemigede esifundazweni sase-Afghan eduze nomngcele wasePakistan.

Ngokusemthethweni ibizwe ngeMassive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), isiteketiso sayo - “unina wawo wonke amabhomu” – reeks of misogyny, njengoba engekho umama othanda amabhomu.

Amasosha asahlola imiphumela yokuqhuma kwe-MOAB futhi agcizelela ukuthi "kuthathe zonke izinyathelo ukugwema ukulimala kwabantu". Kodwa uma kubhekwa ubukhulu balesi sikhali namandla amakhulu (izibalo zesifanisi zibonisa imiphumela yebhomu elifinyelela kude njengemayela ohlangothini ngalunye), umonakalo endaweni ezungezile cishe mukhulu.

Embikweni ongaqinisekisiwe, ilungu lePhalamende laseNangarhar, u-Esmatullah Shinwari, uthe abantu bendawo bamtshele ukuthi uthisha oyedwa nendodana yakhe encane ibulewe. Enye indoda, iLungu lePhalamende lalandisa, yayiyitshele ngaphambi kokuba kucishwe izingcingo: “Ngikhulele empini, futhi ngiye ngezwa izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zokuqhuma phakathi neminyaka engu-30: ukuhlasela kokuzibulala, ukuzamazama komhlaba izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zokuqhuma. Angikaze ngiyizwe into enjena.”

Umbono wokuthi amasosha ase-US anganqoba isitha ngamandla omoya anonya ngokuqinisekile awumusha, kodwa umlando uxoxa indaba ehlukile. Amasosha aseMelika ehlise amathani angaphezu kwezigidi eziyisikhombisa eziqhumane eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia futhi asalahlekelwa yimpi yaseVietnam.

Ezinsukwini zokuqala zempi yase-Afghan, satshelwa ukuthi amandla ezindiza ase-US awafani nabashisekeli benkolo abangama-Taliban abangama-ragtag, abampofu, abangafundile. Ngempela, sabona isandulela se-MOAB sisetshenziswa ngemva nje kokuhlasela kwe-US ngo-2001. Kwakuyilokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-Daisy Cutter, eqanjwe ngokuma kwe-crater eyishiyayo, enesisindo esingamaphawundi angu-15,000.

Amasosha ase-US aphinde awisa amabhasikidi angama-5,000-pound bunker ukuze aqhumise imigede lapho u-Osama bin Laden ayecashe khona ezintabeni zaseTora Bora. Abaphathi bakaBush bazishaya isifuba ngokuthi leli gunya lomoya elimangalisayo lizoqinisekisa ukushabalala kweTaliban. Lokho bekuyiminyaka eyi-16 edlule, futhi manje amasosha ase-US awalwi kuphela neTaliban kodwa i-Isis, eyavela okokuqala kulesi sizwe esikhungethwe yimpi ngo-2014.

Ngakho-ke, ingabe kufanele sikholwe ngempela ukuthi ukukhulula amandla abulalayo e-MOAB kuzoba wushintsho lomdlalo? Kuzokwenzekani uma sekucaca, kodwa futhi, ukuthi amandla omoya awenele? Sekuvele kunamasosha aseMelika angaba ngu-8,500 e-Afghanistan. Ngabe uTrump uzosidonsela ekujuleni kule mpi engapheli ngokunikeza umkhuzi wase-Afghan wase-US, u-Gen John Nicholson, isicelo sakhe sokufuna amanye amasosha ayizinkulungwane ezimbalwa?

Ukungenelela okwengeziwe kwezempi ngeke kuyinqobe impi e-Afghanistan, kodwa cishe kuzozuza izilinganiso ezinhle kakhulu zikaTrump okhethweni, njengoba athola ngesiteleka semicibisholo yaseSyria.

Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwamanye amazwe ngokuqinisekile kususa ukunaka osizini lukaTrump lwasekhaya, kodwa mhlawumbe esikhundleni sokuhalalisela uTrump ngokwakhe, nabalandeli bakhe nabagxeki ngokufanayo, kufanele sibuze: ngabe lokhu kukhuphuka kuholelaphi?

Lo mongameli akanalo irekhodi lokucabanga okujulile noma ukuhlela isikhathi eside. UTrump utshele izintatheli ukuthi lokhu kuqhuma kwamabhomu “kwakungomunye umkhankaso ophumelele kakhulu”, kodwa lapho ebuzwa ngesu lesikhathi eside wasala engakwazi. Uphendule umbuzo wokuthi ngabe yena ngokwakhe wayeyalile yini ukuqhunyiswa kwebhomu ngokunikeza enye yempendulo yakhe ethinini mayelana nokuba nebutho lezempi elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni.

Phakathi ku isitatimende ngokushesha ngemva kokuqhuma kwe-MOAB, ukhongolose weDemocratic Alliance uBarbara Lee waseCalifornia wathi: “UMongameli uTrump ukweleta abantu baseMelika incazelo mayelana nokwanda kwakhe kwebutho lezempi e-Afghanistan kanye neqhinga lakhe lesikhathi eside lokunqoba i-Isis. Akekho umongameli okufanele abe nesheke elingenalutho lempi engapheli, ikakhulukazi hhayi lo mongameli, osebenza ngaphandle kokuhlolwa noma ukugadwa yiCongress elawulwa yiRiphabhulikhi. "

Lo “nina wawo wonke amabhomu” kanye nokuthanda impi kukaTrump ngeke kubasize omama base-Afghan, abaningi babo okungabafelokazi abadonsa kanzima ukunakekela imindeni yabo ngemva kokubulawa kwabayeni babo. Izindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-16 zalokhu kuqhuma okukodwa bezingahlinzeka ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-50 ukudla izingane zase-Afghan.

Kungenjalo, ngencwadi yokudlala yokuqala kaTrump ethi “America First” - ibinzana elaqalwa ngabazimele kanye nabazwelana namaNazi ngeminyaka yawo-1940s - imali esetshenziswe kuleli bhomu elilodwa yayingasiza omama baseMelika ngokunciphisa ukusikeka kukaTrump ezinhlelweni zangemuva kwesikole ezibucayi kakhulu. kubantwana babo.

Umunwe kaTrump ojabulisayo unakekela umhlaba ngendlela yobudedengu neyingozi, hhayi nje ukujulisa ukubandakanyeka kwe-US ezingxabanweni eziqhubekayo kodwa usongela ezintsha ngamandla enuzi ukusuka eRussia kuya eNyakatho Korea.

Mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi senhlangano entsha ephikisayo ebizwa ngokuthi i-MOAB: Omama Bazo Zonke Izingane, lapho abesifazane behlangana khona ukuze bavimbele lo mbono ongemukeleki, umongameli othanda impi ukuthi aqhumise zonke izingane zethu ngokuqala iMpi Yezwe Yesithathu.