NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, Januwari 28, 2021
Iningi labantu libheka ukuphatha kukaTrump izingane zokufika njengobunye bamacala akhe ashaqisa kakhulu njengomongameli. Izithombe zamakhulu ezingane ezebiwe emindenini yazo futhi ezivalelwe emaketangeni ezixhumanisi ezixhunyanisiwe kuyihlazo elingenakulibaleka uMongameli Biden okumele asheshe alungise izinqubomgomo zomuntu zokufuduka kanye nohlelo lokuthola imindeni yezingane ngokushesha iphinde ihlangane, noma ngabe ikuphi.
Inqubomgomo kaTrump engamenyezelwanga kangako eyabulala izingane empeleni kwaba ukugcwaliseka kwezithembiso zakhe zomkhankaso zokuthi “ibhomu i-shit iphume”Izitha zaseMelika kanyethatha imindeni yabo. ” UTrump ukhulise okwakwa-Obama imikhankaso yamabhomu ngokumelene namaTaliban e-Afghanistan kanye ne-Islamic State e-Iraq naseSyria, futhi ikhululiwe Imithetho yase-US yokuzibandakanya maqondana nezindiza zezindiza ezazizobulala izakhamizi.
Ngemuva kokucekela phansi kwamabhomu aseMelika abulala amashumi ezinkulungwane lezakhamizi futhi washiya amadolobha amakhulu emanxiweni, ababambisene base-Iraq base-United States bagcwalise izinsongo ezishaqisa kakhulu zikaTrump futhi kubulawa abasindile - abesilisa, abesifazane nezingane - eMosul.
Kepha ukubulawa kwezakhamizi ezimpini zaseMelika zangemva kuka-9/11 akuqalanga noTrump. Futhi ngeke iphele, noma ize inciphe, ngaphansi kukaBiden, ngaphandle kokuthi umphakathi ufune ukuthi ukubulawa kwezingane zaseMelika kanye nezinye izakhamizi kumele kuphele.
The Misa Impi Yezingane Umkhankaso, ophethwe yinhlangano esiza abantulayo yaseBrithani iSave the Children, ushicilela imibiko ecacile ngobubi i-United States namanye amaqembu alwayo ahlasela izingane emhlabeni wonke.
Umbiko wayo we-2020, Killed and Maimed: isizukulwane sokwephulwa kwezingane ezisengxabanweni, sabika ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu okungama-250,000 okubhalwe phansi yi-UN ezindaweni zezimpi kusukela ngo-2005, kufaka phakathi izehlakalo ezingaphezu kuka-100,000 426,000,000 lapho izingane zabulawa noma zalimala khona. Kutholakale ukuthi izingane ezingama-XNUMX manje zihlala ezindaweni ezinokushayisana, okuyisibalo sesibili esiphakeme kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona, nokuthi, “… ukuthambekela eminyakeni edlule kumayelana nokwephula okwandayo, inani elandayo lezingane ezithinteka ezingxabanweni kanye nezinkinga eziqhubeka ngokuqhubekayo.”
Ukulimala okuningi kwezingane kuqhamuka ezikhalini eziqhumayo ezifana namabhomu, imicibisholo, amabhomu, udaka kanye nama-IED. Ngo-2019, esinye isifundo se-Stop the War on Children, ekulimaleni kokuqhuma okuqhuma, kutholakale ukuthi lezi zikhali ezenzelwe ukulimaza kakhulu imigomo yezempi zilimaza kakhulu imizimba emincane yezingane, futhi zilimaza kakhulu izingane kunabantu abadala. Phakathi kweziguli zokuqhuma kwezingane, i-80% ihlukumezeka ekhanda, uma kuqhathaniswa ne-31% kuphela yeziguli eziqhuma abantu abadala, kanti izingane ezilimele zinamathuba aphindwe kalishumi okuhlukumezeka ebuchosheni kunabantu abadala.
Ezimpini e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq, eSyria nase-Yemen, amabutho ase-US kanye nalawo ahlangene ahlome ngezikhali eziyiziqhumane ezibhubhisa kakhulu futhi ancike kakhulu izindiza, okunomphumela wokuthi ukulimala kokuqhuma kubangelwa cishe amakota amathathu yokulimala kwezingane, okuphindwe kabili kwesilinganiso esitholakala kwezinye izimpi. Ukuthembela e-US kuma-airstrikes nakho kuholela ekubhujisweni okubanzi kwemizi nengqalasizinda yomphakathi, kushiya izingane zivezwe kakhulu kuyo yonke imithelela yokusiza yempi, kusukela endlaleni nendlala kuya kwezinye izifo ezingavikeleka noma ezelaphekayo.
Isixazululo esisheshayo sale nkinga yamazwe omhlaba ukuthi i-United States iqede izimpi zayo zamanje futhi iyeke ukuthengisa izikhali kozakwabo abalwa impi nomakhelwane babo noma ababulale izakhamizi. Ukuhoxisa amabutho aseMelika nokuqeda izindiza zase-US kuzovumela i-UN kanye nomhlaba wonke ukuthi bahlanganise izinhlelo ezisemthethweni, ezingakhethi ukusiza izisulu zaseMelika ukuthi zakhe kabusha izimpilo zabo kanye nemiphakathi yabo. UMongameli Biden kufanele anikele ngenhlawulo yokuphindisela yempi yaseMelika ukuxhasa ngezimali lezi zinhlelo, kufaka phakathi ukwakha kabusha EMosul, Raqqa nakwamanye amadolobha abhujiswa ngamabhomu aseMelika.
Ukuvimbela izimpi ezintsha zase-US, abaphathi beBiden kufanele bazibophezele ukubamba iqhaza futhi bahambisane nemithetho yomthetho wamazwe omhlaba, okufanele abophezele kuwo wonke amazwe, ngisho nabacebe kakhulu nabanamandla.
Ngenkathi kukhokhelwa ngomlomo ekusebenzeni komthetho kanye "nomthetho wamazwe omhlaba osuselwa emithethweni", i-United States empeleni ibihlonipha umthetho wehlathi kuphela futhi "ingahle ilunge," kube sengathi UN Charter ukwenqatshelwa kokusongelwa noma ukusetshenziswa kwamandla bekungekho futhi nesimo esivikelekile sezakhamizi ezingaphansi kwe Imihlangano Yesigodi bekungaphansi kokubona kwe engalandeki Abameli bakahulumeni wase-US. Le nkohliso yokubulala kufanele iphele.
Ngaphandle kokungabambi iqhaza nokwedelelwa yiMelika, umhlaba wonke uqhubekile nokwakha izivumelwano ezisebenzayo zokuqinisa imithetho yomthetho wamazwe omhlaba. Isibonelo, izivumelwano zokuvimbela amabhomu agqitshwayo futhi imishini yeqoqo zikuqedile ngempumelelo ukusetshenziswa kwazo ngamazwe azivumile.
Ukuvinjelwa kwamabhomu agqitshwayo kusindise amashumi ezinkulungwane ezimpilo zezingane, futhi alikho izwe eliyingxenye yesivumelwano sezinhlangano ezisetshenzisiwe selokhu lamukelwa ngo-2008, lehlisa inani lamabhomu angaqhunywanga abelindele ukubulala nokulimaza izingane ezingaqaphile. Abaphathi beBiden kufanele basayine, baqinisekise futhi bahambisane nalezi zivumelwano, kanye ngaphezu kwamashumi amane ezinye izivumelwano zamazwe amaningi i-US yehlulekile ukuziqinisa.
AbaseMelika kufanele futhi basekele i-International Network on Explosive Weapons (OKUSHA), efuna i Isimemezelo se-UN ukwenqabela ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali ezinzima eziqhumayo ezindaweni ezisemadolobheni, lapho abantu abalimala abangama-90% kuyizakhamizi futhi iningi labo liyizingane. NjengeSave the Children's Ukulimala kokuqhuma Umbiko uthi, “Izikhali eziqhumayo, ezihlanganisa amabhomu endiza, amarokhethi nezikhali, zenzelwe ukusetshenziswa ezindaweni ezivulekile zempi, futhi azifanele ngokuphelele ukusetshenziswa emadolobheni amakhulu kanye nakubantu abangekho emphakathini.”
Isinyathelo somhlaba wonke esisekelwa kakhulu emazingeni aphansi kanye namandla okusindisa umhlaba ekuqothulweni okukhulu yiSivumelwano Sokuvimbela Izikhali Zenuzi (I-TPNW), eqale ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 22 ngemuva kokuthi iHonduras iba yisizwe sama-50 ukuyigunyaza. Isivumelwano esandayo samazwe omhlaba sokuthi lezi zikhali zokuzibulala kumele ziqedwe futhi zivinjelwe kuzofaka ingcindezi e-US nakwamanye amazwe ezikhali zenuzi engqungqutheleni yokubukeza ka-Agasti 2021 I-NPT (Isivumelwano Sokuvikela Ukwanda Kwenuzi).
Kusukela e-United States naseRussia usenayo i-90% wezikhali zenuzi emhlabeni, umsebenzi omkhulu wokuqedwa kwazo useMongameli uBiden noPutin. Ukunwetshwa kweminyaka emihlanu eSivumelwaneni Esisha Sokuqalisa uBiden noPutin abavumelene ngakho kuyizindaba ezinhle. I-United States neRussia kufanele basebenzise ukunwetshwa kwesivumelwano kanye nokuBuyekezwa kwe-NPT njengezimbangela zokwehliswa okuthe xaxa ezinqolobaneni zabo kanye nakwezokuxhumana kwangempela ukuqhubekela phambili ngokusobala ekuqedeni.
I-United States ayigcini nje ngokulwa nezingane ngamabhomu, imicibisholo nezinhlamvu. Iphinde iholele impi yezomnotho ngezindlela ezithinta izingane ngokungalingani, zivimbela amazwe afana ne-Iran, iVenezuela, iCuba neNyakatho Korea ekungeniseni ukudla nemithi ebalulekile noma ukuthola izinsiza ezizidingayo ukukuthenga.
Lezi unswinyo ziwuhlobo olunonya lwempi yezomnotho kanye nokujeziswa ngokuhlanganyela okushiya izingane zibulawa yindlala nezifo ezingagwemeka, ikakhulukazi ngalesi sifo. Izikhulu ze-UN zicele iNkantolo Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yezobugebengu ukuthi iphenye unswinyo oluhlangene lwaseMelika njengoba amacala okulwa nobuntu. Abaphathi beBiden kufanele basuse ngokushesha zonke unswinyo lwezomnotho oluhlangene.
Ngabe uMongameli uJoe Biden uzothatha isinyathelo sokuvikela izingane zomhlaba emacaleni ezempi aseMelika ahlasimulisa umzimba futhi angenakulinganiswa? Akukho lutho emlandweni wakhe omude empilweni yomphakathi ophakamisa ukuthi uzokwenza lokho, ngaphandle kokuthi umphakathi waseMelika kanye nawo wonke umhlaba basebenze ngokubambisana nangempumelelo ukugcizelela ukuthi iMelika kumele iqede impi yayo ezinganeni futhi ekugcineni ibe yilungu lomuntu elibhekele nokulalela umthetho. umndeni.
UMedea uBenjamin uhlanganisa CODEPINK for Ukuthula, nombhali wezincwadi eziningana, kufaka phakathi Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Umlando Weqiniso Nezombangazwe YeRiphabhulikhi Yase-Islamic yase-Iran.
UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimele, umcwaningi we-CODEPINK kanye nomlobi we Igazi Ngezandla Zethu: Ukuhlasela KweMelika nokubhujiswa kwe-Iraq.
