Ngo-Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, Mashi 14, i-2022

Eminyakeni eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye edlule, ngo-March 2003, Ngesula ekubeni inxusa laseMelika ngokumelene nesinqumo sikaMongameli Bush sokuhlasela i-Iraq. Ngajoyina amanye amanxusa amabili ase-US, Brady Kiesling futhi John Brown, owayesulile emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba ngisule. Sezwa ngozakwethu base-US abajutshwe ezindlini zamanxusa ase-US emhlabeni wonke ukuthi nabo bakholelwa ukuthi isinqumo sokuphatha kukaBush sizoba nemiphumela emibi yesikhathi eside e-US nasemhlabeni, kodwa ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukene, akekho owajoyina nathi ekusuleni. kuze kube kamuva. Abagxeki abambalwa bokuqala bokusula kwethu basitshela ukuthi babenephutha futhi bavuma ukuthi isinqumo sikahulumeni wase-US sokulwa ne-Iraq sasiyinhlekelele.

Isinqumo se-US sokuhlasela i-Iraq isebenzisa usongo olwakhiwe ngezikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu futhi ngaphandle kwemvume yeNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene saphikiswa ngabantu cishe kuwo wonke amazwe. Izigidi zazisemigwaqweni enhlokodolobha emhlabeni wonke ngaphambi kokuhlasela zifuna ukuthi ohulumeni bazo bangabambi iqhaza “emfelandawonye yabazimisele” yaseMelika.

Kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule, uMongameli waseRussia u-Putin uye waxwayisa i-US kanye ne-NATO ngamazwi aqinile ukuthi inkulumo yamazwe ngamazwe "iminyango ngeke ivalwe ukuze i-Ukraine ingene ku-NATO" yayiwusongo ekuvikelekeni kwezwe laseRussian Federation.

UPutin ubalule isivumelwano samazwi sango-1990 sokuphatha kukaGeorge HW Bush sokuthi kulandela ukuhlakazwa kweSoviet Union, i-NATO yayingeke isondele “iyintshi eyodwa” eRussia. I-NATO ibingeke ibhalise amazwe avela kumbimbi lwangaphambili lwe-Warsaw Pact neSoviet Union.

Kodwa-ke, ngaphansi kokuphatha kukaClinton, i-US kanye I-NATO yaqala uhlelo lwayo lwe-"Partnership for Peace". okwangena ngokugcwele ku-NATO yamazwe angaphambili e-Warsaw Pact—i-Poland, i-Hungary, i-Czech Republic, i-Bulgaria, i-Estonia, i-Latvia, i-Lithuania, i-Romania, i-Slovakia, i-Slovenia, i-Albania, i-Croatia, i-Montenegro neNyakatho ye-Macedonia.

I-US kanye ne-NATO bahamba ngesinyathelo esisodwa kude kakhulu neRussian Federation ngokuketulwa kukaFebhuwari 2014 kwabakhethiwe, kodwa okusolakala ukuthi kunenkohlakalo, uhulumeni wase-Ukraine oncike eRussia, ukuketula okwakhuthazwa futhi kwasekelwa uhulumeni wase-US. Amasosha amaFascist ajoyina izakhamizi ezijwayelekile zase-Ukraine ezazingayithandi inkohlakalo kuhulumeni wazo. Kodwa esikhundleni sokulinda isikhathi esingaphansi konyaka owodwa ukuze kube nokhetho olulandelayo, kwaqala izibhelu futhi amakhulu abulawa eMaidan Square eKyiv ngabadubuli bakahulumeni kanye nabezempi.

Udlame olubhekiswe kubantu baseRussia bohlanga lwasakazeka kwezinye izingxenye ze-Ukraine futhi abaningi babulawa izixuku zamafascist NgoMeyi 2, 2014 e-Odessa.   Iningi labantu baseRussia bezinhlanga ezifundazweni ezisempumalanga ye-Ukraine baqala ukuvukela ngokwehlukana becaphuna udlame olubhekiswe kubo, ukuntuleka kwezinsiza kuhulumeni kanye nokuhoxiswa kokufundiswa kolimi lwesiRashiya nomlando ezikoleni njengezizathu zokuhlubuka kwabo. Ngenkathi amasosha ase-Ukraine evumile ibutho le-Neo-Nazi Azov elingakwesokudla ngokwedlulele ukuba yingxenye yemisebenzi yezempi ngokumelene nezifundazwe ezihlukene, amasosha ase-Ukraine akuyona inhlangano yama-fascist njengoba kusolwa uhulumeni waseRussia.

Ukubamba iqhaza kwe-Azov kwezombusazwe e-Ukraine akuzange kuphumelele bathole amaphesenti amabili kuphela amavoti okhethweni luka-2019, okuncane kakhulu kunakwamanye amaqembu ezepolitiki aphiko lwesokudla atholwe okhethweni kwamanye amazwe ase-Europe.

Umphathi wabo uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle u-Sergei Lavrov naye unephutha lapho ethi uMongameli wase-Ukraine uZelensky uhola uhulumeni wobufascist okumele ubhujiswe njengoba owayengumphathi wami uNobhala Wezwe u-Colin Powell wayenephutha ekuqhubekiseni amanga okuthi uhulumeni wase-Iraq wayenezikhali zokucekela phansi futhi ngakho-ke kumele ibhujiswe.

Ukuthathwa kweRussian Federation eCrimea kulahlwe iningi lomphakathi wamazwe omhlaba. ICrimea yayingaphansi kwesivumelwano esikhethekile phakathi kweRussian Federation kanye nohulumeni wase-Ukraine lapho amasosha aseRussia nemikhumbi yabelwa eCrimea ukuze inikeze iRussian Southern Fleet ukufinyelela oLwandle Olumnyama, indawo yezempi yeNhlangano eya oLwandle iMedithera. Ngo-March 2014 ngemva kwalokho iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili yezingxoxo kanye nokuvota ukuthi ngabe izakhamizi zaseCrimea zazifuna ukuhlala njengase-Ukraine, amaRussia angama-ethnic (I-77% yabantu baseCrimea babekhuluma isiRashiya) kanye nenani elisele lamaTatar labamba izikhalazo eCrimea futhi lavotela ukuthi iRussian Federation ithathwe.  Amaphesenti angama-83 abavoti eCrimea aphumele obala azovota futhi abangamaphesenti angu-97 avotela ukuhlanganiswa neRussian Federation. Imiphumela ye-plebiscite yamukelwa futhi yasetshenziswa yiRussian Federation ngaphandle kokudutshulwa. Kodwa-ke, umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe wafaka unswinyo oluqinile ngokumelene neRussia kanye nezijeziso ezikhethekile ngokumelene neCrimea ezicekele phansi imboni yayo yezokuvakasha yamazwe ngamazwe yokusingatha imikhumbi yezivakashi evela eTurkey nakwamanye amazwe aseMedithera.

Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili eyalandela kusukela ku-2014 kuya ku-2022, abantu abangaphezu kwe-14,000 babulawa inhlangano ehlukanisayo esifundeni saseDonbass. UMongameli u-Putin uqhubekile nokuxwayisa i-US kanye ne-NATO ukuthi i-Ukraine ifakwe emkhakheni we-NATO kuzoba usongo ekuvikelekeni kwezwe laseRussian Federation. Uphinde waxwayisa i-NATO mayelana nenani elikhulayo lemidlalo yempi yezempi eyenziwa emngceleni waseRussia kuhlanganise no-2016 a indlela enkulu yempi enegama elisabekayo elithi "Anaconda", inyoka enkulu ebulala ngokusonga ngokuminyanisa inyamazane yayo, isifaniso esingalahleki kuhulumeni waseRussia. I-US/NATO entsha izisekelo ezakhiwa ePoland kanye nendawo ye  amabhethri e-missile e-Romania kwenezela ekukhathazekeni kukahulumeni waseRussia mayelana nokuvikeleka kwezwe lawo siqu.

 Ngasekupheleni kuka-2021 lapho i-US kanye ne-NATO bechitha ukukhathazeka kukahulumeni waseRussia ngokuphepha kwezwe, baphinde bathi "umnyango awukaze uvalwe ukuze ungene ku-NATO" lapho iRussian Federation yasabela khona ngokwakhiwa kwamasosha ayi-125,000 ezungeze i-Ukraine. UMongameli uPutin kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle WaseRussia uLavrov osekunesikhathi eside ekhona, bebelokhu betshela umhlaba wonke ukuthi lokhu bekuwukuzilolonga okukhulu, okufana nezivivinyo zezempi ezenziwa yi-NATO kanye ne-US emingceleni yayo.

Kodwa-ke, esitatimendeni sethelevishini eside nesibanzi ngoFebhuwari 21, 2022, uMongameli u-Putin wendlala umbono oyingqopha-mlando weRussian Federation okuhlanganisa nokuqashelwa kwezifundazwe ezihlukene zaseDonetsk naseLuhansk esifundeni saseDonbass njengezinhlangano ezizimele futhi wamemezela ukuthi zingabambisene. . Ngemva kwamahora ambalwa, uMongameli Putin wayala ukuba amasosha aseRussia ahlasele e-Ukraine.

Ukuvuma izehlakalo zeminyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule, akuwukhululi uhulumeni ekwephuleni kwawo umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe lapho ehlasela izwe elizimele, ecekela phansi ingqalasizinda futhi ebulala izinkulungwane zezakhamuzi zawo egameni lokuphepha kwezwe lohulumeni ohlaselayo.

Lesi yiso kanye isizathu esangenza ngesula kuhulumeni wase-US eminyakeni eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye edlule lapho abaphathi bakaBush basebenzisa amanga ezikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu e-Iraq njengosongo ekuvikelekeni kwezwe lase-US kanye nesisekelo sokuhlasela nokuhlala e-Iraq cishe iminyaka eyishumi, kwacekela phansi izikhali ezinkulu. amanani engqalasizinda futhi abulale amashumi ezinkulungwane zama-Iraqis.

Angizange ngisule ngoba ngilizonda izwe lami. Ngesula esikhundleni ngoba ngangicabanga ukuthi izinqumo ezithathwa osopolitiki abakhethiwe abasebenza kuhulumeni zazingelona izithakazelo ezingcono kakhulu zezwe lami, noma abantu base-Iraq, noma umhlaba.

Ukusula kuhulumeni womuntu ngokuphikisana nesinqumo sempi esenziwe abaphathi bakhe kuhulumeni kuyisinqumo esikhulu…ikakhulukazi nalokho izakhamizi zaseRussia, izikhulu zezombangazwe zaseRussia, ezibhekana nazo nohulumeni waseRussia okwenza kube yicala ukusetshenziswa kwegama elithi “impi,” ukuboshwa kuka. izinkulungwane zababhikishi emigwaqweni nokuvala abezindaba abazimele.

Njengoba amanxusa aseRussia asebenza kumanxusa angaphezu kwe-100 eRussian Federation emhlabeni wonke, ngiyazi ukuthi abukele imithombo yezindaba yamazwe ngamazwe futhi anolwazi oluningi mayelana nempi enonya kubantu base-Ukraine kunozakwabo eMnyangweni Wezangaphandle eMoscow, kancane kancane. isiRashiya esijwayelekile, manje njengoba imidiya yamazwe ngamazwe isisusiwe emoyeni kanye nezingosi ze-inthanethi zikhutshaziwe.

Kulawo manxusa aseRussia, isinqumo sokusula embuthweni wabameli baseRussia sizoba nemiphumela emibi kakhulu futhi ngokuqinisekile sizoba yingozi kakhulu kunalokho engabhekana nakho ekusuleni kwami ​​​​ngiphikisana nempi yase-US e-Iraq.

Nokho, ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami ​​siqu, ngingabatshela labo bameli baseRussia ukuthi umthwalo osindayo uyosuswa konembeza bazo lapho sebethathe isinqumo sokusula. Nakuba bezokhishwa inyumbazane abaningi ababengozakwabo bezokuxhumana, njengoba ngitholile, abanye abaningi bazovuma buthule isibindi sabo sokusula futhi babhekane nemiphumela yokulahlekelwa umsebenzi abawusebenze ngokuzikhandla ukuwusungula.

Uma kwenzeka abanye osomaqhinga baseRussia besula emsebenzini, kunezinhlangano namaqembu cishe kuwo wonke amazwe lapho kunehhovisi lenxusa laseRussian Federation engicabanga ukuthi lizobanikeza usizo nosizo njengoba beqala isigaba esisha sempilo yabo ngaphandle kwamasosha.

Babhekene nesinqumo esibalulekile.

Futhi, uma besula, amazwi abo kanembeza, amazwi abo okuphikisa, cishe kuyoba ifa elibaluleke kakhulu ekuphileni kwabo.

Mayelana Nombhali:
U-Ann Wright usebenze iminyaka engama-29 eButhweni Lezempi laseMelika/Ibutho lase-US futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengoColonel. Ubuye wasebenza njengenxusa laseMelika ezindlini zamanxusa aseMelika eNicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan naseMongolia. Wesula kuhulumeni wase-US ngoMashi 2003 ephikisana nempi yase-US e-Iraq. Ungumbhali ohlangene we "Disent: Voices of Conscience."