NguNorman Solomon, Mashi 28, 2019
Ngenkathi uNancy Pelosi kanye noMitch McConnell behlangana ukuze bameme uNobhala-Jikelele we-NATO uJens Stoltenberg ukuthi akhulume neseshini ehlanganyelwe yeCongress, babenazo zonke izizathu zokulindela inkulumo yango-Ephreli 3 ibe yimbi kakhulu kwabezindaba base-US kanye nezombusazwe. Isikhungo simagange ukuqinisekisa ubungcwele bosekelo lomfelandawonye wamasosha awela i-Atlantic.
Inhlonipho enkulu nge-NATO ihambisana nendlela i-NATO eyingozi ngayo. Ukwanda okuqhubekayo kwe-NATO - yonke indlela eya emingceleni yaseRussia - ikhulise kakhulu amathuba okuthi imibuso emikhulu yenuzi emhlabeni izongena ezingxabanweni zezempi eziqondile.
Kepha e-United States, lapho noma ngubani ephonsela inselelo ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwe-NATO, ama-innuendos noma ama-smears asobala kungenzeka.
Eminyakeni emibili edlule, lapho iSenethi iphikisana ngokuthi ivume ukuletha iMontenegro ku-NATO, udaka lwandizela kuSen. Rand Paul waseKentucky ngemva kokuba ebonise ukuphikisa. USenenja othukuthele uJohn McCain limenyezelwe esitezi seSenate: "Angazi ukuthi kungani umuntu ephikisana nalokhu, ngaphandle kokuthi ngizothi - uma bephikisana, manje benza izifiso nezifiso zikaVladimir Putin, futhi angikusho lokho kalula."
Ngemva kwesikhashana, lapho uPaul ethi “Ngiyaphika,” uMcCain wamemezela: “Ilungu lephalamende laseKentucky manje selisebenzela uVladimir Putin.”
Ngalawo mazwi, uMcCain wedlulisa ubuhlanya obujwayelekile bokuhlonipha i-NATO - kanye nokungabekezelelani okuvamile kwanoma yini engase isondele engxoxweni enengqondo mayelana nokuthi kuwumqondo omuhle yini ukuqhubeka nokwandisa umfelandawonye wezempi oholwa yiMelika ukuze, empeleni, iphushe iRussia ezweni. ikhona. Ukwenza kanjalo ngokuqondakalayo kubhekwa eRussia njengosongo olukhulu. (Cabanga umfelandawonye wezempi oholwa yi-Russian unwebelela e-Canada nase-Mexico, uphelele ngamasistimu akamuva ezinto ezicitshwayo emhlabeni.)
Kusukela ukuwa koDonga lwaseBerlin - futhi ngokushesha ephukile uthembisa nguhulumeni wase-US ngo-1990 ukuthi i-NATO izohamba "hhayi iyintshi eyodwa ngasempumalanga" - I-NATO ibilokhu ivala imingcele yaseRussia ngenkathi iletha isizwe esisodwa emva kwesinye ebulungwini obugcwele bezempi. Kule minyaka engamashumi amathathu edlule, i-NATO yengeze amazwe ayi-13 - futhi akukenziwa.
Amalungu e-NATO "akushilo ngokucacile ukuthi iGeorgia izoba yilungu le-NATO," uStoltenberg kuqinisekiswe ezinsukwini ezedlule ngenkathi ngivakashele inhloko-dolobha yaseGeorgia iTbilisi. Wengeze wathi: “Sizoqhubeka nokusebenzisana ukuze silungiselele ubulungu be-NATO yaseGeorgia.” Funda kabanzi ngombungazi, u Stoltenberg tweeted ngoMashi 25 ukuthi "ujabule ngokubona ukuzilolonga okuhlanganyelwe kwe-NATO-Georgia" futhi "uhlonishwe ukuhlangana nomakadebona kanye namasosha asebenzelayo," wengeza ngokuthi "iGeorgia inguzakwethu oyingqayizivele we-#NATO futhi siqinisa ukubambisana kwethu."
Ambalwa kakhulu amalungu eCongress angazwakala ephakamisa noma yikuphi ukukhathazeka ngalokho ukunwetshwa budedengu. ISigele siyisihluthulelo, ngoba ukwengeza izwe ebulungwini obugcwele be-NATO kudinga ukugunyazwa kweSigele.
Ozakwethu e-RootsAction.org basanda kwethula uhlelo umkhankaso we-imeyili ngalolu daba. Kuzo zonke izifundazwe, abantu baxhumana namasenenja abo ngama-imeyili ngamanye abanxusa ukuthi baphikisane nokwanda kwe-NATO. Ingcindezi enjalo idinga ukukhuphuka.
Kodwa ukunxenxa kuyingxenye nje yalokho okudingekayo. Njengoba i-NATO igubha iminyaka engu-70 ngesonto elizayo ngezinhlobonhlobo zemisebenzi - okuhlanganisa nokwamukela i-White House e-Stoltenberg ngoLwesibili, inkulumo yakhe kuCongress ngakusasa kanye "nomkhosi" osemthethweni ngo-Ephreli 4 - izenzo eziphikisanayo ezihlanganisaizinkundla nemibhikisho njengengxenye yesonto elithi "Cha ku-NATO" lizokwenzeka eWashington.
A isitatimende kusukela emkhankasweni uthi “i-NATO kanye nomhlaba onobulungiswa, onokuthula futhi ozinzile akuhambisani…. Ubumbano olungenabulungiswa, olungenantando yeningi, olunodlame futhi olunolaka oluzama ukubumba umhlaba ukuze kuzuze abambalwa.” Ukuhlola okunjalo kwe-NATO emhlabeni wangempela kukude kakhulu nokuhlonishwa okuzovela kwabezindaba ngesonto elizayo.
Isinqumo sikaTrump sokwethula ukhaphethi obomvu we-White House kuNobhala Jikelele we-NATO sihambisana nezenzo zabaphathi kule minyaka emibili edlule. Ukulandiswa kwabezindaba okugxilisa izinkulumo ezifudumele ezivela kuTrump ngezikhathi ezithile ngoMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin kubhebhethekise imibono yokuthi uTrump akalandeli izinqubomgomo ezinonya ezimelene neRussia.
Yize osopolitiki abaningi beDemokhrasi kanye nemithombo yezindaba yase-US iveze uTrump njengomuntu othambile eRussia futhi ongazibophezeli ezempi yaseNtshonalanga, izinsolo ezinjalo azibambeli amaqiniso. U-Trump kanye namaphini akhe aphezulu baye baqinisekisa ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuzibophezela ku-NATO, kuyilapho izinqubomgomo zakhe jikelele (uma kungenjalo njalo inkulumo yakhe) bezilokhu zihlukumeza kakhulu eRussia.
Emlayezweni we-imeyili oya endaweni ye-DC ekhuthaza ukubamba iqhaza “Cha ku-NATO"Imicimbi yangesonto elizayo, i-RootsAction iveze: "UTrump uxoshe osomaqhinga baseRussia, wagunyaza izikhulu zaseRussia, wabeka imicibisholo emngceleni waseRussia, wathumela izikhali e-Ukraine, wanxenxa amazwe aseYurophu ukuthi ayeke izivumelwano zamandla aseRussia, washiya isivumelwano sase-Iran, wadabula i-INF. Isivumelwano, senqaba izipesheli zaseRussia ekuvimbeleni izikhali emkhathini kanye nokuvinjelwa kwe-cyberwar, sanwetshwa i-NATO ngasempumalanga, sengeza umlingani we-NATO eColombia, sihlongoze ukungeza iBrazil, safuna futhi ngempumelelo sathuthela amalungu amaningi e-NATO ukuthenga izikhali eziningi kakhulu, ahlakazeka kuma-nukes amaningi, aqhunyiswa ngamabhomu aseRussia ISyria, eyengamele izivivinyo zempi ezinkulu kunazo zonke eYurophu phakathi nengxenye yekhulu leminyaka, yazigxeka zonke iziphakamiso zebutho laseYurophu futhi yagcizelela ukuthi iYurophu inamathele ku-NATO.
Lapho uNobhala-Jikelele we-NATO uStoltenberg enikeza inkulumo yakhe kumalungu ahlangene eCongress ngoLwesithathu oluzayo, ungathembela kuSomlomo Wendlu kanye noMholi Weningi LeSenate ukuthi babe ngemuva kwakhe. Umdlandla wama-bipartisan uzobonakala - ngokuhlonipha isiko lezombangazwe elinenzuzo enkulu kwabambalwa, kuyilapho. ebhubhisa kakhulu ngezindlela ezingenakubalwa. Imfundo yomphakathi kuphela, ubushoshovu, imibhikisho kanye nenhlobonhlobo yenhlangano yezepolitiki enamandla okuphazamisa nokuqeda ukwesekwa okuguquguqukayo kwe-NATO eWashington.
UNorman Solomon ungumsunguli kanye nomxhumanisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org. Ungumbhali wezincwadi eziyishumi nambili ezihlanganisa nethi “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keeps Spinning Us to Death”. USolomon ungumqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy.
