Umbiko omusha wembula amabutho akhethekile ase-US asebenza emazweni angama-22 ase-Afrika

Ngu-Alan Macleod, Agasti 10, 2020

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A umbiko omusha eshicilelwe ephephandabeni laseNingizimu Afrika Imeyili kanye Nogada kukhanyisile umhlaba opaque wobukhona bezempi baseMelika e-Afrika. Ngonyaka owedlule, amabutho ase-US Special Operations amabutho ayesebenza emazweni angama-22 ase-Afrika. Lokhu kubalwa ngamaphesenti ayi-14 awo wonke amakhodi aseMelika asatshalaliswa phesheya, okuyisibalo esikhulu kunoma yisiphi isifunda ngaphandle kwe-Middle East. Amasosha aseMelika ayebone nempi emazweni ayi-13 ase-Afrika.

I-US ayilwi ngokusemthethweni nesizwe sase-Afrika, futhi izwekazi lonke akuxoxiswana ngalo ngokubhekisele ezenzakalweni zaseMelika emhlabeni jikelele. Ngakho-ke, lapho imisebenzi yase-US ifa e-Afrika, njengoba kwenzeka Niger, Mali, futhi Somalia ngo-2018, impendulo evela emphakathini, ngisho naku- abezindaba kuvame ukuthi “kungani kuqala amasosha aseMelika?”

Ukuba khona kwamasosha ase-US, ikakhulukazi ama-Commandos, akuvunywa kalula emphakathini, kungaba yiWashington noma ohulumeni base-Afrika. Abakwenzayo kusalokhu ku-opaque engaphezulu. I-US Africa Command (AFRICOM) imvamisa ithi amabutho akhethekile akaqhubeki ngaphezu kwalokho okubizwa nge- “AAA” (kweluleka, kusize futhi kuhambisane) nemishini. Kepha ekulweni, iqhaza eliphakathi komuntu obonayo nalowo obambe iqhaza lingaba mpela ngokusobala.

Izwe laseMelika linokhahlo 6,000 izisebenzi zamasosha ezazihlakazeke kulo lonke izwekazi, zinamathiselwe ezempi isikhumba amanxusa emanxusa amaningi e-Afrika yonkana. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, I-Intercept kubika ukuthi amasosha asebenza ngezisekelo ezingama-29 ezwenikazi. Enye yalezi isikhungo esikhulu se-drone eNiger, okuthile The Hill esibizwa "Iphrojekthi enkulu kunazo zonke eholwa yi-US Air Force eholwa ngaso sonke isikhathi." Izindleko zokwakha zodwa zazingaphezu kwezigidi eziyikhulu zamaRandi, nezindleko zokusebenza ngokuphelele kulindelwe ukukhuphuka ngaphezulu kwama- $ 280 billion ngonyaka ka-2024. Ihlonyelwe amaReaper drones, i-US manje isingaqhubeka nokuhlasela amabhomu anqamula eNyakatho Ntshonalanga ne-Afrika.

IWashington ithi umsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu wamasosha esifundeni ukulwa nokukhuphuka kwamabutho enza izinto ngokweqile. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, amaqembu amaningi amaJihadist aqhamukile, kufaka phakathi i-Al-Shabaab, iBoko Haram, namanye amaqembu ahambisana ne-al-Qaeda. Kodwa-ke, iningi lesizathu sokunyuka kwabo kungalandelelwa emuva ezenzweni zaseMelika zangaphambilini, kufaka phakathi ukunqotshwa kweY Yemen, iSomalia kanye nokubhukuqwa kukaColonel Gaddafi eLibya.

Kuyacaca futhi ukuthi iMelika idlala indima enkulu ekuqeqesheni amasosha ezizwe eziningi kanye nemikhosi yezokuphepha. Isibonelo, i-US ikhokha iBancroft International, usonkontileka wezempi ozimele, ukuqeqesha amayunithi aseSomalia aphambili emzabalazweni wezimpi zangaphakathi zezwe. Ngokuvumelana ne Imeyili kanye Nogada, laba balwa nabaseSomalia kungenzeka ukuthi baxhaswe ngumkhokhi wentela wase-US.

Ngenkathi kuqeqeshwa amabutho aphesheya ahlomile ngamasu ayisisekelo kungazwakala kungumqhafazo, umsebenzi ongeke umkhulu, uhulumeni wase-US ubuye wachitha amashumi eminyaka efundisa amashumi ezinkulungwane zamasosha aseLatin America namaphoyisa kulokho abakubiza ngokuthi “ukuphepha kwangaphakathi” eSikoleni esidumile saseMelika eFort IBenning, GA (manje eyakhiwe kabusha njengeWestern Hemisphere Institute for Security). Ukufunyanwa kabusha ekhulwini lamashumi amabili kufundisiwe ekucindezelweni kwangaphakathi futhi watshelwa ukuthi inhlekelele yamakhomanisi aqamba amanga kuzozonke izinkalo, ahlangabezana nengcindezelo enesihluku emiphakathini yabo lapho ebuya. Ngokunjalo ngokuqeqeshwa kobushokobezi, umugqa phakathi “kwabashokobezi” “onamandla” no “mbhikishi” uvame ukuphikisana.

Amasosha aseMelika angena esiqhingini sase-Diego Garcia oLwandlekazi i-Indian Ocean, esifunwa yisizwe sase-Afrika esiziqhingi saseMauritius. Ngo-1960 no-1970, uhulumeni waseBrithani waxosha bonke abantu bendawo, wabalahla emijondolo eMauritius, lapho iningi lisahlala khona. I-United States isebenzisa lesi siqhingi njengesizinda sezempi kanye nesiteshi sezikhali zenuzi. Lesi siqhingi sasibucayi emisebenzini yamasosha aseMelika phakathi kwazo zombili izimpi zase-Iraq futhi siyaqhubeka nokuba yingozi enkulu, senza umfutho we-nyukliya eMiddle East, East Africa naseNingizimu Asia.

Ngenkathi ikhona okuningi inkulumo, (noma ngokunemba, ukulahlwa) kwabezindaba zaseNtshonalanga zezinhloso zama impriyare zaseChina e-Afrika, kunokuxoxisana okuncane kwendima eqhubekayo yase-US. Ngenkathi iChina isebenza ngesisekelo esisodwa oPhondweni lwase-Afrika futhi yandise kakhulu indima yayo yezomnotho ezwekazini, izinkulungwane zamasosha aseMelika asebenza emazweni amaningi azinakwa. Into emangalisayo ngoMbuso WaseMelika ukuthi ayibonakali kwabaningi kangaka abayisebenzisayo.

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