Ngabe Ithimba leBiden Lizoba Abantu Abashisanayo Noma Abenzi Bokuthula?

NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, ngoNovemba 9, 2020

Siyakuhalalisela uJoe Biden ngokukhethwa kwakhe njengomongameli olandelayo waseMelika! Abantu kulo lonke leli zwe eligcwele ubhubhane, elikhungethwe yimpi nobumpofu bathukile ngesihluku nokucwaswa kwabaphathi bakaTrump, futhi bakhathazekile bezibuza ukuthi ngabe ubumongameli bukaBiden buzovula yini umnyango wokubambisana kwamazwe omhlaba esidinga ukubhekana nawo. izinkinga ezinkulu ezibhekene nesintu kuleli khulu leminyaka.

Okwethuthukayo kuyo yonke indawo, ulwazi lokuthi "elinye izwe lingenzeka" lisigcinile emashumini eminyaka wokuhaha, ukungalingani okukhulu nempi, njengokuholwa yi-US neoliberalism iphinde yafaka kabusha futhi yadliswa ngamandla ngekhulu le-19 laisa-do ubungxiwankulu kubantu bekhulu lama-21. Okuhlangenwe nakho kukaTrump kuveze, ngokukhululeka okukhulu, lapho lezi zinqubomgomo zingaholela khona. 

Ngokuqinisekile uJoe Biden uzikhokhele izimali zakhe futhi wavuna imivuzo ohlelweni olufanayo olonakele lwezepolitiki nolwezomnotho njengoTrump, njengoba abokugcina beshaya amakhala kuzo zonke izinkulumo zeziqu. Kepha uBiden kumele aqonde ukuthi abavoti abasebasha abaphume ngamanani angakaze abonwe ukuthi bazomfaka eWhite House sebephila impilo yabo yonke ngaphansi kwalolu hlelo lwe-neoliberal, futhi abavotelanga “okufanayo.” Futhi abacabangi ngokungacabangi ukuthi izinkinga ezigxile kakhulu zomphakathi waseMelika ezinjengokucwasa ubuhlanga, ezempi kanye nezombusazwe zezinkampani ezikhohlakele ziqale ngoTrump. 

Ngesikhathi somkhankaso wakhe wokhetho, uBiden uthembele kubeluleki bezinqubomgomo zamazwe angaphandle abaphethe ezedlule, ikakhulukazi abaphathi baka-Obama, futhi kubonakala sengathi ucabangela abanye babo ezikhundleni eziphezulu zeKhabhinethi. Ngokwengxenye enkulu, bangamalungu "eWebhu yaseWashington" abamele ukuqhubeka okuyingozi nezinqubomgomo ezedlule ezisekelwe ebusosheni nakokunye ukuhlukunyezwa kwamandla.

 Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukungenelela eLibya naseSyria, ukusekelwa kwempi yaseSaudi e-Yemen, impi ye-drone, ukuboshwa okungapheli ngaphandle kokuqulwa kwecala eGuantanamo, ukushushiswa kwabashaywa impimpi nokuhlukunyezwa kwabantu abamhlophe. Abanye balaba bantu baphinde bathola oxhumana nabo kuhulumeni ukuze benze amaholo aphezulu ekubonaneni namafemu nezinye izinkampani ezizimele ezondla izinkontileka zikahulumeni.  

• NjengoSekela Nobhala Wezwe kanye nePhini Lomeluleki Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke ku-Obama, UTony Blinken wadlala indima ehamba phambili kuzo zonke izinqubomgomo zika-Obama ezinolaka. Ngemuva kwalokho wasungula ngokubambisana Abeluleki beWestExec ku- inzuzo kusuka ukuxoxisana ngezivumelwano phakathi kwezinhlangano ne-Pentagon, kufaka phakathi eyodwa ye-Google yokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe be-Artificial Intelligence yokuqondiswa kwe-drone, okwamiswa kuphela ukuhlubuka phakathi kwabasebenzi bakwa-Google abathukuthele.

• Kusukela ekuphathweni kukaClinton, UMichele Flournoy ube ngumakhi oyinhloko wemfundiso yaseMelika engekho emthethweni, yama impiriyali ngempi yomhlaba kanye nokuhlala kwamasosha. NjengoMgcinimafa Wezokuvikela Inqubomgomo ka-Obama, wasiza ekwenzeni ngcono impi yakhe yase-Afghanistan kanye nokungenelela eLibya naseSyria. Phakathi kwemisebenzi ePentagon, usebenze umnyango odumile oguqukayo ukuze abonisane namafemu afuna izinkontileka zePentagon, ukuthola co-tank yezempi yezimboni ebizwa ngeCentre for New American Security (CNAS), futhi manje ukujoyina uTony Blinken Abeluleki be-WestExec.    

• UNicholas Burns wayeyiNxusa laseMelika eNATO ngesikhathi i-US ihlasela i-Afghanistan ne-Iraq. Kusukela ngo-2008, ubesebenzela owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela uWilliam Cohen inkampani yokubambela ICohen Group, okuyilona lizwe elibamba iqhaza kakhulu embonini yezikhali yase-US. Kushe uwuklebe eRussia naseChina futhi une ulahlwe Umpimpi we-NSA u-Edward Snowden "njengembuka." 

• Njengomeluleki wezomthetho ku-Obama naseMnyangweni Wezwe bese kuba yiPhini loMqondisi we-CIA kanye nePhini Lomeluleki Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke, U-Avril Haines unikeze isembozo esisemthethweni futhi wasebenza eduze noMqondisi we-Obama ne-CIA uJohn Brennan ku-Obama ukwanda okuphindwe kayishumi yokubulawa kwabantu nge-drone. 

• Samantha Amandla usebenze ngaphansi kuka-Obama njengeNxusa le-UN kanye noMqondisi Wamalungelo Abantu eMkhandlwini Wezokuphepha Kazwelonke. Usekele ukungenelela kwe-US eLibya naseSyria, kanye nokuholwa yiSaudi impi ngeYemen. Futhi ngaphandle kwephothifoliyo yakhe yamalungelo abantu, akazange akhulume ngokumelene nokuhlaselwa kwama-Israyeli eGaza okwenzeka ngaphansi kwesikhundla sakhe noma ukusetshenziswa okumangazayo kuka-Obama kwama-drones okwashiya amakhulu ezakhamizi efile.

• Owayengumsizi kaHillary Clinton UJake Sullivan kudlalwe i- indima eholayo ekukhipheni izimpi ezifihlekile zase-US nase Libya futhi Syria. 

• Njengenxusa le-UN esikhathini sokuqala sika-Obama, USusan Rice uthole ikhava ye-UN yakhe ukungenelela okuyinhlekelele eLibya. NjengoMeluleki Wezokuphepha Kazwelonke esiwombeni sesibili sika-Obama, uRice naye uvikele isihluku sakwa-Israyeli ukuqhuma kwamabhomu eGaza ngo-2014, baziqhayisa “ngezijeziso ezikhubazayo” zase-US e-Iran naseNyakatho Korea, futhi basekela isimo esinolaka ngaseRussia naseChina.

Ithimba lezinqubomgomo zamazwe angaphandle eliholwa yilabantu abanjalo lizoqhubeka kuphela nezimpi ezingapheli, ukudonswa kwePentagon kanye nezinxushunxushu ezidukiswe yi-CIA thina — kanye nezwe — esikubekezelele kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule ye-War on Terror.

Ukwenza ukukhulumisana kube "ithuluzi lokuqala lokuzibandakanya kwethu emhlabeni jikelele."

U-Biden uzongena esikhundleni phakathi kwezinye zezinselelo ezinkulu kakhulu isintu esake sabhekana nazo-kusuka ekungalingani ngokweqile, izikweletu nobumpofu obudalwe neoliberalism, ezimpini ezingenakulinganiswa kanye nengozi ekhona yempi yenuzi, enkingeni yesimo sezulu, ukuqothulwa kwabantu abaningi kanye nobhadane lweCovid-19. 

Lezi zinkinga ngeke zixazululwe abantu abafanayo, kanye nezingqondo ezifanayo, ezisifake kulezi zinselelo. Uma kukhulunywa ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle, kunesidingo esikhulu sabasebenzi nezinqubomgomo ezisuselwe ekuqondeni ukuthi izingozi ezinkulu kakhulu esibhekene nazo izinkinga ezithinta umhlaba wonke, nokuthi zingaxazululwa kuphela ngokubambisana kwangempela kwamazwe omhlaba, hhayi ngokungqubuzana noma ukuphoqelela.

Ngesikhathi somkhankaso, Iwebhusayithi kaJoe Biden umemezele, “NjengoMongameli, uBiden uzophakamisa ukukhulumisana njengethuluzi likaNdunankulu lokuzibandakanya kwethu emhlabeni jikelele. Uzokwakha kabusha uMnyango Wombuso wase-USA wanamuhla futhi osheshayo — azotshala imali futhi anike amandla kabusha amabutho amahle kunawo wonke emhlabeni futhi asebenzise ithalente eligcwele nokunotha kokwehlukahlukana kweMelika. ”

Lokhu kusho ukuthi inqubomgomo yezangaphandle kaBiden kumele iphathwe ngokuyinhloko nguMnyango Wezwe, hhayi iPentagon. Impi Yomshoshaphansi neMpi yaseMelika yangemva kokubanda ukunqoba kuholele ekuguqulweni kwalezi zindima, iPentagon ne-CIA bezihola phambili futhi noMnyango Wezwe ubalandela (nge-5% kuphela yesabelomali sabo), bezama ukukhuculula ubudlwangudlwangu nokubuyisela ukuhleleka kokuhleleka emazweni abhujiswe Amabhomu aseMelika noma kuhlungelwa amandla yi-US izigwebo, isibhamu futhi ukufa kwezikwele. 

Ngesikhathi sikaTrump, uNobhala Wezwe uMike Pompeo wehlise uMnyango Wezwe waba ngaphezu kuka a iqembu lokuthengisa yezakhiwo zezimboni nezimboni ezisebenzisana nezinkampani ezisebenzisana neNdiya, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, i-UAE kanye namazwe emhlabeni jikelele. 

Esikudingayo inqubomgomo yezangaphandle eholwa nguMnyango Wezwe exazulula ukungezwani nomakhelwane bethu ngezingxoxo zezingxoxo nezingxoxo, njengomthetho wamazwe omhlaba empeleni kudinga, kanye noMnyango Wezokuvikela ovikela i-United States futhi uvimbele ukuhlukunyezwa kwamanye amazwe kithina, esikhundleni sokusongela nokwenza ubudlova komakhelwane bethu emhlabeni jikelele.

Njengoba isisho sithi, "Abasebenzi bayinqubomgomo," ngakho-ke noma ngubani uBiden okhetha izikhundla eziphezulu zenqubomgomo yamazwe angaphandle kuzoba yinto ebalulekile ekwakheni umkhombandlela wawo. Yize esikukhethayo kungaba ukubeka izikhundla eziphezulu zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ezandleni zabantu abachithe izimpilo zabo bephishekela ukuthula nokuphikisana nokulwa kwamasosha aseMelika, lokho akukho emakhadini nalokhu kuphathwa kweBiden maphakathi nomgwaqo. 

Kepha kukhona ukuqokwa okungenziwa nguBiden ukunika inqubomgomo yakhe yamazwe angaphandle ukugcizelela kokuxhumana nezingxoxo athi ufuna. Laba ngabameli baseMelika abaxoxisane ngempumelelo nezivumelwano ezibalulekile zamazwe omhlaba, baxwayisa abaholi baseMelika ngobungozi bempi enobudlova futhi bathuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obubalulekile ezindaweni ezibucayi njengokulawulwa kwezikhali.    

UWilliam Burns wayeyiPhini likaNobhala Wombuso ngaphansi kuka-Obama, isikhundla # 2 eMnyangweni Wezwe, futhi manje ungumqondisi weCarnegie Endowment for International Peace. NjengoNobhala Ongaphansi Kwezindaba ZaseMpumalanga Eseduze ngo-2002, uBurns wanikeza uNobhala Wezwe uPowell isazi futhi okuningiliziwe kodwa isexwayiso esingalalelwa ukuthi ukuhlaselwa kwe-Iraq "kungadalula" futhi kudale "isiphepho esihle" sezintshisekelo zaseMelika. UBurns uphinde wasebenza njengeNxusa laseMelika eJordani naseRussia.

UWendy Sherman wayengu-Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs ka-Obama, isikhundla esingu- # 4 eMnyangweni Wezwe, futhi wayeyibamba likaSekela Nobhala Wezwe kafushane ngemuva kokuthi uBurns ethathe umhlalaphansi. USherman wayengu- umholi wezingxoxo kuzo zombili iziVumelwano zoHlelo luka-1994 neNyakatho Korea kanye nezingxoxo ne-Iran eziholele esivumelwaneni se-Iran senuzi ngo-2015. Lokhu impela yilolu hlobo lwesipiliyoni uBiden aludingayo ezikhundleni eziphezulu uma ezimisele ngokuvuselela ubudlelwano baseMelika.

UTom Countryman njengamanje ungusihlalo we Inhlangano Yezokulawula Izikhali. Ekuphathweni kuka-Obama, u-Countryman wasebenza njengo-Undersecretary of State for International Security Affairs, Umsizi kaNobhala Wezwe Wezokuphepha Kwamazwe Ngamazwe kanye Nokungavikeleki Kwezombusazwe, kanye nePhini Eliyinhloko Likasekela Nobhala Wezombusazwe Nezempi. Ubuye wasebenza emanxusa aseMelika eBelgrade, eCairo, eRoma nase-Athens, futhi waba ngumeluleki wezinqubomgomo zamazwe angaphandle kuMlawuli we-US Marine Corps. Ubungcweti bezwe bungaba bucayi ekunciphiseni noma ekususeni ingozi yempi yenuzi. Kungathokozisa nophiko oluqhubekela phambili lweDemocratic Party, njengoba uTom eseka uSenator uBernie Sanders njengomengameli.

Ngaphezu kwalaba badokotela abangochwepheshe, kukhona namalungu eCongress anolwazi lwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle futhi angadlala indima ebalulekile ethimbeni lenqubomgomo yezangaphandle iBiden. Omunye nguMmeleli Ro Khanna, obengumpetha wokuqeda ukwesekwa kweMelika empini eyayiseYemen, exazulula ukungqubuzana neNorth Korea nokubuyisa igunya lomthethosisekelo weCongress ngokusetshenziswa kwempi. 

Omunye nguMmeleli UKaren Bass, ongusihlalo we-Black Black Caucus futhi futhi we Ikomidi Elincane Langaphandle kwi-Afrika, iMpilo Yomhlaba Wonke, Amalungelo Abantu kanye Nezinhlangano Zamazwe Omhlaba.

Uma amaRephabliki ebambe iningi lawo eSenate, kuzoba nzima ukuthola ukuqokwa okuqinisekisiwe kunokuba amaDemokhrasi anqoba izihlalo ezimbili zaseGeorgia ibheke kuma-run-offs, noma kunokuthi ngabe baqhube imikhankaso eqhubekayo e-Iowa, Maine noma eNyakatho Carolina futhi banqoba okungenani esisodwa salezo zihlalo. Kepha lokhu kuzoba yiminyaka emibili emide uma sivumela uJoe Biden azimele uMitch McConnell ngokuqokwa okubucayi, izinqubomgomo kanye nomthetho. Ukuqokwa kwekhabhinethi yokuqala kukaBiden kuzoba yisivivinyo sokuqala sokuthi uBiden uzoba ngumqedeli ngaphakathi yini noma uzimisele ukulwela izixazululo zangempela ezinkingeni ezinkulu kakhulu zezwe lethu. 

Isiphetho

Izikhundla zeKhabhinethi yase-US yizikhundla zamandla ezingathinta kakhulu izimpilo zezigidi zabantu baseMelika kanye nezigidigidi zomakhelwane bethu phesheya kwezilwandle. Uma uBiden ezungezwe ngabantu okuthi, ngaphandle kwabo bonke ubufakazi bamashumi eminyaka adlule, basakholelwa kusongo olungekho emthethweni nokusetshenziswa kwamasosha njengezisekelo ezisemqoka zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseMelika, ukubambisana kwamazwe omhlaba wonke okudingwa kakhulu kuzolinyazwa ngabane iminyaka eyengeziwe yempi, ubutha kanye nokungezwani kwamazwe omhlaba, futhi izinkinga zethu ezinzima kakhulu zizohlala zingaxazululwa. 

Yingakho kufanele sikhuthaze ngamandla iqembu elizophelisa ukujwayelekile kwempi futhi lenze ukuzibandakanya kwezombusazwe ekuphishekeleni ukuthula nokubambisana kwamazwe omhlaba okuyiyona nto ebaluleke kakhulu kunqubomgomo yethu yezangaphandle.

Noma ngubani okhethwe nguMongameli uBidid ukuba yingxenye yethimba lakhe lezinqubomgomo zamazwe angaphandle, yena — futhi bona — bazodudulwa ngabantu ngaphesheya kocingo lwaseWhite House abafuna ukuncishiswa amandla, okubandakanya ukusikeka ekusetshenzisweni kwemali yamasosha, kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali kwezomnotho wezwe lethu onokuthula. intuthuko.

Kuzoba ngumsebenzi wethu ukwenza uMongameli Biden nethimba lakhe baphendule noma nini lapho behluleka ukuvula ikhasi ngempi nokulwa, nokuqhubeka nokubaphoqa ukuba bakhe ubudlelwano obuhle nabo bonke omakhelwane bethu kule planethi encane esabelana ngayo.

UMedea Benjamin ungumsunguli we CODEPINK fnoma Ukuthula, nombhali wezincwadi eziningana, kufaka phakathi Umbuso Wabangalungile: Ngokwe-US-Saudi Connection futhi Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Umlando Wangempela Nezombusazwe zeRiphabhuliki YamaSulumane yase-Iran. UNicolas JS Davies uyintatheli ezimele, umcwaningi noCODEPINK, nombhali we Igazi Ngezandla Zethu: Ukuhlasela KweMelika nokubhujiswa kwe-Iraq.