UTrump Kumele Akhethe Phakathi Kwe-Global Ceasefire neMelika Lost Wars

NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, Meyi 4, 2020

Njengoba uMongameli uTrump enakho bekhononda, i-US ayisazinqobi izimpi. Eqinisweni, kusukela ngo-1945, izimpi ezi-4 kuphela eziwinile zazingaphezu kwamaposi amancane we-neocolonial eGrenada, Panama, Kuwait naseKosovo. Abantu baseMelika kulo lonke uhlangothi lwezepolitiki babhekisela ezimpini ezasungulwa yi-US kusukela ngo-2001 njengezimpi “ezingapheli” noma “ezinganqobeki”. Siyazi manje ukuthi akukho ukunqoba okungaqondakali ekhoneni okuzokhulula ubuze bobugebengu besinqumo se-US esingenele sebenzisa ibutho lezempi ngolaka nangokwephula umthetho ngemuva kokuphela kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi kanye nobugebengu obunyantisayo bukaSepthemba 11th. Kepha zonke izimpi kufanele ziphele ngolunye usuku, ngakho-ke lezi zimpi zizophela kanjani?

Njengoba uMongameli uTrump esondela ekupheleni kwekota yakhe yokuqala, uyazi ukuthi okungenani abanye abantu baseMelika bambeka icala ngezithembiso zakhe eziphuliwe zokuletha amasosha aseMelika ekhaya nokuqeda izimpi zikaBush nezika-Obama. Ukwenza kwakhe izimpi kwansuku zonke kukaTrump akuhambanga kubikwe yimithombo yezindaba yase-US ebambisene ne-tweet, kepha uTrump wehlile okungenani Amabhomu angama-69,000 kanye nemicibisholo e-Afghanistan, Iraq naseSyria, ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi UBush noma u-Obama bakwenza ngokwemibandela yabo yokuqala, kufaka phakathi ukuhlasela kukaBush kwe-Afghanistan ne-Iraq.

Ngaphansi kwesembozo zokuphinda kudalulwe kabusha kwamanani amancane wamasosha aqhamuka ezisekelweni ezimbalwa ezikhethekile eSyria nase-Iraq, empeleni uTrump unawo enwetshiwe Izisekelo zase-US futhi zisatshalaliswa okungenani 14,000 ngaphezulu Amasosha ase-US aya eMiddle East enkulu, ngisho nangemva kwemikhankaso yamabhomu ase-US kanye neyokukhanda ubuhlakani ebhubhise Mosul e-Iraq futhi URaqqa eSyria yaphela ngonyaka ka-2017. Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano saseMelika nabakwaTaliban, uTrump ekugcineni usevumile ukukhipha amabutho angama-4,400 e-Afghanistan ngoJulayi, namanje okushiye okungenani ama-8,600 ngemuva ukuthi ayoqhuba i-airstrikes, "Bulala noma bamba" ukuhlasela kanye nebutho elihlala lodwa nelinentshisekelo kakhulu kwezempi.

Manje ucingo olucindezelayo olwenziwe nguNobhala-Jikelele we-UN u-Antonio Guterres lwe-a ukuqeda ngomlilo emhlabeni jikelele ngesikhathi ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 lunikeze uTrump ithuba lokuzihlehlisa ngomusa izimpi zakhe ezingenakunqotshwa - uma efuna ngempela. Izizwe ezingaphezu kwama-70 zizwakalise ukweseka kwazo ukuqedwa komlilo. UMongameli Macron waseFrance wathi ngo-Ephreli 15 ukuthi wayenakho kuncenga uTrump ukujoyina abanye abaholi bomhlaba abasekela uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN isixazululo kusekela ucingo lukaNobhala Jikelele. Kepha zingakapheli izinsuku kwacaca ukuthi i-US isiphikisa lesi sinqumo, ygcizelela ukuthi izimpi zayo "zokulwa nobabili" kumele ziqhubeke, nokuthi noma yisiphi isinqumo kumele sisole iChina njengomthombo wobhubhane, iphilisi lobuthi libalwe ukudweba i-veto eChina esheshayo .

Ngakho-ke uTrump ulichithile leli thuba ukwenza kahle esithembisweni sakhe sokubuyisa amasosha ase-US ekhaya, njengoba izimpi zakhe ezilahlekile kanye nokuhlaselwa kabi kwamasosha omhlaba kwembula izinkulungwane zamasosha kwigciwane leCOVID-19. I-US Navy ihlaselwe yileli gciwane: kusukela maphakathi no-Ephreli 40 imikhumbi wayewaqinisekisile amacala, athinta amatilosi ayi-1,298. Ukuvivinya umzimba, ukuhamba kwamasosha nokuhamba kukhanseliwe kumasosha asuselwa e-US nemindeni yawo. Amasosha abikile Amacala we-7,145 kusukela ngoMeyi 1, abagulayo abaningi kakhulu nsuku zonke.

IPentagon inokufinyelela kuqala ekuhlolweni kwe-COVID-19, amagiya okuvikela nezinye izinsiza, ngakho-ke ukushoda kwenhlekelele kwezinsizakalo ezibhedlela zomphakathi eziseNew York nakwezinye izindawo ziyanda ngokuzihambisa emhlabeni wonke ziye ezisekelweni zamasosha angama-800, eziningi zazo esezivele zingafuneki, ziyingozi noma okukhiqizayo okukhiqizayo.

Afghanistan, Syria futhi Yemen base bevele babhekene nezinkinga ezibucayi kakhulu zosizo kanye nezinhlelo zezempilo eziyekethisa kakhulu emhlabeni, ezibenza babe sengozini enkulu yalolu bhubhane. Ukubuyiselwa kwemali kweMelika yiWorld Health Organisation kubashiya besenkingeni enkulu kakhulu. Isinqumo sikaTrump sokugcina amasosha ase-US elwa izimpi zaseMelika esezilahlekile e-Afghanistan nakwezinye izindawo zempi kwenza kuphela amathuba okuthi isikhundla sakhe sobumengameli singangcoliswa yimifanekiso engacimekiyo yezindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezitakula abaseMelika ophahleni lwenxusa. I-Embassy yase-US eBaghdad yakhiwa ngenhloso nangesizotha nge-helipad emhlabathini ukugwema ukuphinda isithombe sombukiso wase-US ukuthobeka eSaigon - manje sekuyiHo Chi Minh City.

Okwamanje, akekho noyedwa kubasebenzi bakaJoe Biden obonakala ecabanga ukuthi ucingo lwe-UN lokuqeda umhlaba wonke lubalulekile ngokwanele ukuba angakwazi ukuzibamba. Ngenkathi ukumangalelwa okuthembekile kwe ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi uhlukumeze umyalezo omkhulu kaBiden wokuthi “Ngihlukile kuTrump,” owakhe muva nje hawarin rhetoric naseChina ngokufanayo kunciphisa ukuqhubeka, hhayi ukuqhathanisa, nesimo sengqondo nezinqubomgomo zikaTrump. Ngakho-ke isimemezelo se-UN sokumisa impi emhlabeni wonke siyithuba eliyingqayizivele lokuthi iBiden ithole indawo ephakeme yokuziphatha futhi ikhombise ubuholi bamazwe athanda ukuziqhayisa ngabo kepha akakazibonakalisi ngalesi sikhathi esibucayi.

KuTrump noma iBiden, ukukhetha phakathi kokuphela kokunqunywa kwemigwaqo ye-UN nokuphoqa amabutho aseMelika angasebenzisi gciwane ukuthi aqhubeke nokulwa nezimpi zakhe ezinde ezilahlekile akufanele kube yi-brain-brainer. Ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-18 yempi e-Afghanistan, imibhalo evuzayo kukhombisile ukuthi iPentagon ayikaze ibe nohlelo lwangempela lokunqoba iTaliban. Iphalamende lase-Iraq lizama uku xosha amabutho ase-US isuka e-Iraq okwesibili eminyakeni eyi-10, njengoba inqanda ukudonswa empini yase-US kumakhelwane wayo i-Iran. Abalingani base-US base-US sebeqalile ukulamula nge-UN izingxoxo zokuthula namaHouthis eY Yemen. I-US akusondele ukunqoba izitha zayo eSomalia kunangaphambili e 1992. Libya futhi Syria Bahlale bematasa empini yombango, ngemuva kweminyaka engu-9 i-US, kanye nezinhlangano zayo ezingama-NATO nezama-Arabhu, zaqala izimpi zokulwa nabo. Izingxabano ezibe khona zidale izimpi ezintsha ku West Africa futhi ubunzima babaleki kuwo wonke amazwekazi amathathu. Futhi i-US ayisenalo uhlelo olusebenzayo lwempi lokuyisekela unswinyo olungekho emthethweni nezinsongo ngokumelene Iran or Venezuela.

Uhlelo lwakamuva lwePentagon lokucacisa izimfuno zalo ezingamanyala ezinsizakalweni zezwe lethu ukuvuselela kabusha iMpi yalo Yomshoshaphansi ngokumelene neRussia neChina. Kepha amabutho empi aseMelika "noma eyokuphela" ulahlekelwe njalo eyabo imidlalo eyenziwe yempi yokulwa namaRussia noma amaChinese amakhulu amabutho okuvikela, ngenkathi ososayensi bexwayisa ukuthi umjaho wabo omusha wezikhali zenuzi ulethe umhlaba eduze ne-Doomsday ukwedlula ngisho nezikhathi ezesabisa kakhulu zeMpi Yomshoshaphansi.

Njengesitudiyo sama-movie esiphelelwe yimibono emisha, iPentagon ifune ukhetho oluphephile kwezepolitiki lokulandela i- "The Cold War," okuyisipina sayo sokugcina esikhulu semali ngaphambi kwe- "The War on Terror." Kepha akukho okuphephile kude nge "Cold War II." Kungaba yi-movie yokugcina le studio esake sayenza - kepha ngubani ozosala ayibambe?

Njengabanduleli bakhe ukusuka eTruman kuya ku-Obama, uTrump ubanjwe ogibeni lwezimpumputhe zaseMelika ezingaboni. Akekho uMengameli ofuna ukuba yilowo “olahlekelwe” Korea, iVietnam, i-Afghanistan, i-Iraq noma yiliphi elinye izwe elingcweliswe ngezombusazwe ngegazi lentsha yaseMelika, noma ngabe umhlaba wonke uyazi ukuthi bekungafanele ube lapho okokuqala . Emkhathini ofanayo wezombusazwe waseMelika, izinganekwane ezidumile zamandla aseMelika kanye nokuhlukile okuxhasa ukuhlala kwamasosha kwengqondo yaseMelika ukubikezela ukuqhubeka nokuzibhekisela enkampanini yezimboni yezimboni njengokhetho oluphephile kwezepolitiki, noma ngabe imiphumela iyinhlekelele kwangempela umhlaba.

Ngenkathi sibona lezi zingqinamba eziphikisayo ekuthathweni kwezinqumo kukaTrump, sicabanga ukuthi ukuhlangana kwesimemezelo se-UN sokuyeka impi, ubhadane, umbono womphakathi olwa nempi, ukhetho lukamongameli kanye nesithembiso sikaTrump sokuletha amasosha aseMelika ekhaya kungahle kuhambisane nokwenza okulungile kulokhu.

Uma uTrump ehlakaniphile, ubengabamba lo mzuzu ukuze amukele ukuqothuka komhlaba wonke kwe-UN ngezingalo ezivulekile; kweseka isinqumo seMkhandlu Wokuphepha weNhlangano Yezizwe ukuxhasa ukuqeda ngomlilo; qala ukuhlalisana emphakathini amasosha ase-US kubantu abazama ukubabulala nezindawo lapho bekhona akumukelekile; futhi ulethe ekhaya emindenini nakubangane ebathandayo.

Uma kungukuphela kokukhethwa okuyikho uDonald Trump akwenza njengoMongameli, ekugcineni uzokwazi ukusho ukuthi ufanele ukuthola Umklomelo Wokuthula weNobel ngaphezulu kuka Barack Obama wenza.

UMedea Benjamin, umsunguli weCODEPINK Wokuthula, ungumlobi wezincwadi eziningana kufaka phakathi Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Umlando Weqiniso Nezombangazwe YeRiphabhulikhi Yase-Islamic yase-Iran futhi Umbuso Wabangalungile: Ngokwe-US-Saudi Connection. UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimele, umcwaningi we CODEPINK, nombhali we Igazi ezandleni Zethu: I-American Invasion kanye nokubhujiswa kwe-Iraq.