NguDarius Shahtahmasebi, Mashi 25, 2020
Kusukela Izindaba Zemithombo Yezindaba
Ukubandakanyeka kwe-UK empini yomoya eholwa yi-US ngokumelene ne-ISIS e-Iraq naseSyria kuye kwawa kancane kancane futhi buthule ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. Izibalo ezisemthethweni zibonisa ukuthi i-UK ayikawi ibhomu elilodwa njengengxenye yalo mkhankaso kusukela ngoSepthemba ngonyaka odlule.
Nokho, lapho lawo mabhomu edale umonakalo omkhulu emphakathini akukaqinisekwa, ngisho nangemva kokuba ezinye zalezi zindawo seziphenyiwe. Ngokusho kwedatha, amabhomu kanye nemicibisholo eyi-4,215 yethulwe ku-Reaper drones noma amajethi e-RAF eSyria nase-Iraq esikhathini esiyiminyaka emihlanu. Ngaphandle kwenani lezikhali kanye nesikhathi eside ezisetshenziswe ngaso, i-UK ivume umuntu oyedwa kuphela owalimala kuyo yonke ingxabano.
I-akhawunti yase-UK iphikiswa ngokuqondile yimithombo eminingi, okuhlanganisa nozakwabo oseduze wesikhathi sempi, i-United States. Umfelandawonye oholwa yi-US ulinganise ukuthi ukuhlasela kwawo kwezindiza kubangele ukulimala kwezakhamizi eziyi-1,370, futhi eshiwo ngokucacile inobufakazi obuqand’ikhanda bokuthi kuye kwafa abantu abayizakhamuzi ngenxa yokuqhuma kwamabhomu okuhilela amabhomu e-RAF.
UMnyango Wezokuvikela WaseBrithani (i-MOD) awukavakasheli isayithi elilodwa e-Iraq noma e-Syria ukuze uphenye izinsolo zokulimala kwabantu. Esikhundleni salokho, umfelandawonye uthembele kakhulu ezithombeni zasemoyeni ukuze unqume ukuthi ngabe izakhamizi zibulewe yini, noma wazi ukuthi izithombe zasemoyeni ngeke zikwazi ukuhlonza izakhamuzi ezingcwatshwe ngaphansi kwemfucumfucu. Lokhu kuvumele i-MOD ukuthi iphethe ngokuthi ibuyekeze bonke ubufakazi obutholakalayo kodwa “ayibonanga lutho olubonisa ukuthi kube nezingozi zokubulawa kwabantu.”
Ukufa kwabantu okubangelwa yi-UK: esikwaziyo kuze kube manje
Kukhona okungenani ukuhlasela kwezindiza kwe-RAF okuthathu okulandelwe yi-Airwars, inhlangano yase-UK engenzi nzuzo elandelela impi yomoya ngokumelene ne-ISIS, ikakhulukazi e-Iraq naseSyria. Enye yezindawo eziseMosul, e-Iraq, yavakashelwa yi-BBC ngonyaka ka-2018 ngemuva kokuthi yazi ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi abantu balimala. Ngemuva kwalolu phenyo, i-US yavuma ukuthi izakhamizi ezimbili "zibulawe ngokungenhloso."
Kwesinye isiza esihlaselwe amabhomu aseBrithani eRaqqa, eSyria, amasosha ase-US avume kalula ukuthi izakhamizi eziyi-12 "zibulawe kungahlosiwe" kwathi abayisithupha "balimala bengahlosile" ngenxa yalokhu kuqhuma. I-UK ayikukhiphi ukwamukelwa okunjalo.
Ngaphandle kwalesi siqinisekiso esivela engalweni ehamba phambili yomfelandawonye, i-UK isamile kwelokuthi ubufakazi obukhona abukhombisi ukulimala kwabantu okubangelwa ama-drones ayo abavuni noma amajethi e-RAF. I-UK igcizelele ukuthi ifuna "ubufakazi obuqinile" obuyindinganiso enkulu kakhulu yobufakazi kunaleyo yase-United States.
"Yize singazi ngamacala athile ase-UK ngale kwamane anemininingwane [kubandakanya umcimbi owodwa oqinisekisiwe wase-UK]," kusho uChris Woods, umqondisi we-Airwars. I-MintPressNews nge-imeyili, “sazise i-MoD ngezehlakalo zokulimala kwabantu base-UK ezingaphezu kwe-100 eminyakeni yamuva nje. Yize ingxenye ethile ingazange ibe yiziteleka ze-RAF, sisakhathazekile ngamacala amaningi angase aqhubeke.”
UWoods uphinde wengeza ngokuthi:
Uphenyo lwethu lubonisa ukuthi i-UK iyaqhubeka nokuzisusa ekufeni kwezakhamuzi ezitelekeni ze-RAF - ngisho nalapho Umfelandawonye oholwa yi-US unquma ukuthi lezo zenzakalo ziyiqiniso. Empeleni, uMnyango Wezokuvikela ubeke izinga labaphenyi laba phezulu kakhulu kangangokuthi okwamanje akunakwenzeka ukuthi bavume abalimele. Lokhu kwehluleka okuhleliwe kuwukungalungi okukhulu kulawo ma-Iraqi namaSyria akhokhe inani elikhulu empini yokulwa ne-ISIS. "
Iqiniso lokuthi amabhomu ase-UK ayesebenza eMosul likhuluma kakhulu ngokuthi lokhu kukhohlisa kugijima kangakanani. Ngenkathi umfelandawonye oholwa yi-US ululaza ukufa kwabantu eMosul (futhi uvame ukubasola nge-ISIS), okukhethekile. Umbiko we-AP ithole ukuthi phakathi nomkhankaso owawuholwa yi-US, kwakufe izakhamuzi ezingaba ngu-9,000 11,000 kuya kwezingu-XNUMX XNUMX, cishe okuphindwe kashumi kunalokho okwakubikwe ngaphambili emithonjeni yezindaba. Isibalo sabantu abashonile abatholwe yi-AP besisadla ngoludala, njengoba ibingabheki abashonile abasagqitshwe ngaphansi kwemfucumfucu.
Indlovu egunjini lezindaba zebhizinisi
Ukuba khona kwe-US, UK nanoma yimaphi amasosha omfelandawonye, abasebenzi, amajethi noma ama-drones endaweni ebusayo yaseSyria okungabazekayo okungcono kakhulu, futhi akukho emthethweni ngokuphelele okubi kakhulu. Ukuthi i-UK ikwenza kanjani ngokusemthethweni ukuba khona kwezempi ezweni elizimele akukacaci, kodwa mayelana nomongameli waseSyria, wonke amabutho angaphandle bengamenywanga uhulumeni bangene ezweni.
Ukuputshuka komsindo kanobhala wombuso wangaleso sikhathi uJohn Kerry ukuqinisekisile ukuthi i-US yazi ukuthi ukuba khona kwayo eSyria kwakungekho emthethweni, nokho kuze kube namuhla akukho osekwenziwe ukulungisa lokhu. Ekhuluma namalungu aphikisayo aseSyria emhlanganweni obuse-Dutch Mission ku-UN, Kerry uthi:
… Futhi asinaso isisekelo – abameli bethu bayasitshela - ngaphandle uma sineSinqumo SoMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN, amaRussia angasiphikisa, namaShayina, noma ngaphandle uma sihlaselwa abantu balapho, noma ngaphandle uma simenyiwe. I-Russia imenywa ngumbuso osemthethweni – awukho emthethweni emiqondweni yethu – kodwa ngombuso. Ngakho-ke bangeniswa futhi asimenywanga ukuba singene. Sindiza esikhaleni sezindiza lapho abangavula khona izivikelo zomoya futhi sizoba nesigcawu esihluke kakhulu. Isizathu sokuthi basidedele sindize ingoba silandela i-ISIL. Ukube besilandela u-Assad, lezo zivikelo zomoya, bekuzofanele sikhiphe zonke izivikelo zomoya, futhi asinazo izizathu ezingokomthetho, ngokungagwegwesi, ngaphandle uma sikwelula ngaphezu komthetho.” [kugcizelelwe]
Ngisho noma ukungena kwe-US-UK eSyria kungathethelelwa ngezizathu ezingokomthetho, imiphumela yalo mkhankaso yayingeyona into embi njengobugebengu. Maphakathi no-2018, Amnesty International ukhiphe umbiko ochaze lokhu kuhlasela ngokuthi "impi yokuqothula" eholwa yi-US, evakashele izindawo ezingama-42 zokuhlasela kwezindiza edolobheni lonke laseRaqqa.
Izilinganiso eziningi ezithembekile zomonakalo owenziwe eRaqqa zibonisa ukuthi i-US ishiye okungenani amaphesenti angama-80 awo engahlalwa muntu. Omunye kufanele futhi akhumbule ukuthi phakathi nalokhu kubhujiswa, i-US yasika a isivumelwano esiyimfihlo “namakhulu” abalwi be-ISIS nemindeni yabo ukuthi bashiye iRaqqa ngaphansi “kokubuka umfelandawonye oholwa yi-US kanye neBrithani kanye namabutho aholwa yiKurdish alawula idolobha.”
Njengoba kuchaziwe I-MintPressNews ngumkhankasi omelene nempi uDavid Swanson:
Izizathu ezingokomthetho zokulwa neSyria ziye zahluka, azikaze zicace, azikaze zibe nokukholisa, kodwa zigxile empini hhayi ukuthi impi ngempela. Impela kuwukwephula i-UN Charter, i-Kellogg-Briand Pact, kanye nemithetho yaseSyria.”
USwanson wengeza:
Abantu kuphela abathuliswe phansi noma abashaywa phansi ngokwanele ukuba bamukele umbono wokuthi ungaqhumisa izwe ngamabhomu futhi ungabulali abantu abangavuma ukuthi kusemthethweni ukwenza kanjalo.”
Ungalandela kuphi amasosha ase-UK?
Ngokuqhubekayo, usongo oluqhubekayo olubangelwa i-COVID-19, iBrexit, kanye nenkinga yezomnotho yomphakathi neyenhlalo, i-UK ibonakala inokwanele epuletini layo langaphakathi okwamanje. Nokho, ngisho nangaphansi kobuholi bukaDavid Cameron - a Ungqongqoshe okholelwa ukuthi izindlela zakhe zokunciphisa izinto bezithambile kakhulu - i-UK isazithola izinsiza noxhaso kwakudingeka ukuqhunyiswa kweLibya emuva kwe-Stone Age ngo-2011.
I-UK cishe izohlala ithola isizathu sokulandela i-US empini kuye ngokubaluleka kwe-geopolitical enkundleni yempi. Njengoba uprofesa wongqondongqondo womphakathi kanye noprofesa we-MIT uNoam Chomsky achazele I-MintPress nge-imeyili "I-Brexit kungenzeka iguqule iBrithani ibe yinkosi yase-US kakhulu kunalokho ebiyikho muva nje." Kodwa-ke, uChomsky waphawula ukuthi "kuningi okungalindelekile kulezi zikhathi ezinezinkinga ezijulile" futhi wabonisa ukuthi i-UK ibe nethuba eliyingqayizivele lokuthatha isiphetho sayo ezandleni zayo ngemuva kweBrexit.
USwanson ugcizelele ukukhathazeka kukaChomsky, weluleka ngokuthi impi ngaphansi kobuholi buka-Boris Johnson ibonakala inamandla, hhayi kancane. "Kunomthetho obalulekile wemithombo yezindaba yebhizinisi," kuchaza uSwanson, "Awuyikugxeka i-buffoon yamanje yokucwasa ngokwebala ngaphandle kokukhazimulisa okwedlule. Ngakho, sibona Boris eqhathaniswa noWinston [Churchill].”
Isimo esingase sibe khona ukuthi i-UK izolandela imfundiso yakamuva yase-US yokumemezela i-Indo-Pacific “inkundla yemidlalo yaseshashalazini ephambili” futhi iqedele izimpi zayo eMpumalanga Ephakathi nakwezinye izindawo ngaleyo sisekelo.
Ekupheleni kwe-2018, i I-UK yamemezela ibisungula ukumeleleka kwezamanxusa eLesotho, eSwaziland, eBahamas, e-Antigua naseBarbuda, eGrenada, eSt Vincent naseGrenadines, eSamoa Tonga naseVanuatu. Ngokumelela kwayo okukhona e-Fiji, eSolomon Islands nasePapua New Guinea (PNG), i-UK cishe izofinyelela kangcono kune-US kulesi sifunda.
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, i-UK nayo ivuliwe umgomo wayo omusha ku-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) e-Jakarta, e-Indonesia. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iNational Security Capability Review yase-UK iphinde yaphawula ukuthi “isifunda sase-Asia-Pacific cishe sizobaluleka kakhulu kithi eminyakeni ezayo”, senanela umuzwa ofanayo nalowo we-MOD's. Ukugqugquzela, Ukwenza Isimanje Nokuguqula Ukuzivikela iphepha lenqubomgomo elishicilelwe ngoDisemba 2018.
Ngo-2018, kwathula imikhumbi yempi emisiwe esifundeni okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni emihlanu. I-UK iphinde yaqhubeka nokuzivocavoca okujwayelekile kwezempi namasosha aseMalaysian naseSingapore futhi igcina ukuba khona kwezempi eBrunei kanye nesiteshi sempahla eSingapore. Kukhona ngisho nezingxoxo zokuthi i-UK izofuna ukwakha isizinda esisha esifundeni.
Iqiniso lokuthi umkhumbi wezempi wasolwandle wasebukhosini waphonswa inselelo e I-South China Sea amasosha aseShayina kufanele anikeze umuntu umbono wokuthi konke lokhu kubhekephi.
Njengoba ukwanda kweChina kulesi sifunda kuphakamisa izinselelo eziningi ekusungulweni kwe-US-NATO kune-Iraq neSyria esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, kufanele silindele ukuthi i-UK izophambukisa izinsiza zayo eziningi zempi futhi igxile kulesi sifunda ngomzamo wokuphikisa ukubhekana neChina kuzo zonke izindlela ezingakhona.
UDariyu Shahtahmasebi ungumhlaziyi wezomthetho nezepolitiki ozinze eNew Zealand ogxile kunqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US eMpumalanga Ephakathi, esifundeni sase-Asia nasePacific. Ufaneleke ngokugcwele njengommeli ezindaweni ezimbili zamazwe ngamazwe.
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