Ngu-Ann Wright kanye noMedea Benjamin
Eminyakeni emine eyedlule, ukuphikiswa okukhulu kwezakhamizi nokuhlanganisa abantu kwamisa ukuhlasela okungenzeka kwamasosha ase-US kuhulumeni wase-Assad waseSyria abaningi ababebikezela ukuthi kwakuyokwenza ukungqubuzana okubi kube kubi nakakhulu. Nakulokhu, sidinga ukumisa ukwanda kwaleyo mpi embi kakhulu futhi esikhundleni salokho sisebenzise le nhlekelele njengomfutho wesivumelwano sokuxoxisana.
Ngo-2013 usongo lukaMongameli Obama lokungenelela lwavela ngenxa yokuhlasela kwamakhemikhali okwesabekayo eGhouta, eSyria okwabulala abantu abaphakathi kuka-280 no-1,000. Kunalokho, uhulumeni waseRussia wenze isivumelwano ngombuso wakwa-Assad ukuze umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe ucekele phansi izikhali zawo zamakhemikhali emkhunjini ohlinzekwe yi-US. Kodwa abaphenyi be-UN kubika ukuthi ngo-2014 no-2015, womabili uhulumeni waseSyria kanye namasosha e-Islamic State abandakanyeka ekuhlaselweni ngamakhemikhali.
Manje, eminyakeni emine kamuva, elinye ifu elikhulu lamakhemikhali selibulale okungenani abantu abangu-70 edolobheni eliphethwe amavukela-mbuso iKhan Sheikhoun, kanti uMongameli uTrump usabisa ngezinyathelo zezempi ngokumelene nombuso wakwa-Assad.
Amasosha ase-US asevele ebambe iqhaza kakhulu obishini lwaseSyria. Kukhona cishe amabutho e-Special Operations angu-500, ama-Rangers angu-200 kanye nama-Marines angu-200 amiswe lapho ukuze elule amaqembu ahlukene alwa nohulumeni waseSyria kanye ne-ISIS, futhi abaphathi bakaTrump bebecabanga ukuthumela amasosha e-1,000 ngaphezulu ukulwa ne-ISIS. Ukuqinisa uhulumeni wase-Assad, uhulumeni waseRussia usehlanganise amasosha akhe amakhulu kunawo wonke ngaphandle kwendawo yakhe emashumini eminyaka.
Amasosha ase-US naseRussia axhumana nsuku zonke ukuze alungise indawo yezindiza ukuze kuqhunyiswe amabhomu ezingxenyeni zaseSyria ngamunye efuna ukushiswa. Izikhulu eziphezulu zezempi zamazwe womabili zihlangane eTurkey, izwe elidubule indiza eyodwa yaseRussia futhi ephethe izindiza zaseMelika eziqhumisa iSyria.
Lokhu kuhlasela kwamakhemikhali kwakamuva kungokwakamuva empini esibulale abantu baseSyria abangaphezu kuka-400,000. Uma abaphathi bakaTrump bethatha isinqumo sokukhuphula ukubandakanyeka kwezempi yase-US ngokuqhumisa ngamabhomu izikhungo zamandla zikahulumeni waseSyria eDamaseku nase-Aleppo futhi becindezela abavukeli ukuthi babambele uhulumeni omusha indawo, ukubulawa kwabantu-kanye nezinxushunxushu-zingakhula kahle.
Bheka nje ulwazi lwakamuva lwase-US e-Afghanistan, Iraq naseLibya. E-Afghanistan ngemuva kokuwa kweTaliban, amaqembu ezempi ahlukene uhulumeni wase-US ayewasekeli agijimela eKabul ukuze alawule inhloko-dolobha futhi ukulwela kwabo amandla kohulumeni abakhohlakele abalandelanayo kuholele odlameni oluqhubekayo eminyakeni eyi-15 kamuva. E-Iraq, i-Project for the New American Century (PNAC) uhulumeni osekudingisweni oholwa ngu-Ahmed Chalabi wahlakazeka kanye no-Pro-Consul oqokwe e-US u-Paul Bremer waphatha kabi izwe kangangokuthi wanikeza ithuba lokuthi i-ISIS ikhule emazweni aseMelika. amajele futhi athuthukise izinhlelo zokwakha i-caliphate yayo e-Iraq naseSyria. E-Libya, umkhankaso wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-US/NATO “ukuvikela abaseLibya” ku-Qaddafi uholele ekutheni izwe lihlukane izingxenye ezintathu.
Ngabe ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kwe-US eSyria kungasiholela ekubhekaneni ngqo neRussia? Futhi uma i-US iphumelele ukuketula u-Assad, ubani phakathi kwenqwaba yamaqembu amavukelambuso ongathatha indawo yakhe futhi angakwazi ngempela ukusimamisa izwe?
Esikhundleni sokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu, abaphathi bakaTrump kufanele bacindezele uhulumeni waseRussia ukuthi asekele uphenyo lwe-UN mayelana nokuhlasela kwamakhemikhali futhi athathe izinyathelo ezinesibindi zokufuna isixazululo sale ngxabano embi. Ngo-2013, uhulumeni waseRussia wathi uzoletha uMongameli u-Assad etafuleni lezingxoxo. Leso siphakamiso asizange sishaywe indiva uhulumeni ka-Obama, owabona sengathi kusengenzeka ukuthi amavukelambuso ayeweseka aketule uhulumeni wase-Assad. Lokho kwakungaphambi kokuba amaRussia ahlenge umsizi wawo u-Assad. Manje yisikhathi sokuthi uMongameli uTrump asebenzise "ukuxhumana kwakhe neRussia" ukudayisela isixazululo okuxoxiswana ngaso.
Ngo-1997, uMeluleki Jikelele Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke u-HR McMaster wabhala incwadi ebizwa ngokuthi “Ukuhoxiswa Kwemisebenzi: Johnson, McNamara, The Joint Chiefs, kanye Namanga Aholela eVietnam” mayelana nokwehluleka kwabaholi bezempi ukunikeza umongameli ukuhlolwa nokuhlaziya ngokwethembeka. kanye nezinye izikhulu eziphezulu ku-1963-1965 okuholela eMpini yaseVietnam. UMcMasters ugxeke la madoda anamandla “ngokuzikhukhumeza, ubuthakathaka, ukuqamba amanga ekuphishekeleni ubugovu nokulahla umthwalo wemfanelo kubantu baseMelika.”
Ngabe othile e-White House, NSC, Pentagon, noma uMnyango Wezwe ngicela anikeze uMongameli uTrump ukuhlolwa okuthembekile komlando wezenzo zamasosha ase-US kule minyaka eyi-15 edlule kanye nomphumela okungenzeka wokubandakanyeka kwezempi kwe-US eSyria?
General McMaster, kunjani ngawe?
Shayela amalungu akho e-US Congress (202-224-3121) kanye ne-White House (202-456-1111) futhi ifuna izingxoxo zase-US nohulumeni waseSyria nowaseRussia ukuze kuqedwe ukubulawa kwabantu.
U-Ann Wright useyi-US Army Reserve Colonel osewathatha umhlalaphansi futhi owayeyinxusa laseMelika owasula ngo-2003 ephikisana neMpi kaBush yase-Iraq. Ungumbhali ohlangene we-"Disent: Voices of Conscience."
UMedea uBenjamin uhlanganisa CODEPINK for Ukuthula futhi umbhali wezincwadi eziningana, kufaka phakathi Umbuso Wabangalungile: Ngokwe-US-Saudi Connection.
