Ingabe iSenate Yase-United States Ivumela Abantu Base-Yemen Baphile?

QAPHELA: ISenate yenqabe inguqulo yeNdlu ngenxa yombhedo we-AIPAC ongahlobene neNdlu owafakwa. Ngakho-ke, zombili izindlu zibekelwe ukuvota futhi.

NguDavid Swanson, uMqondisi, World BEYOND War

Ngo-1973 i-War Powers Resolution yanciphisa ukubekwa kwamandla oMthethosisekelo wase-US kwamandla okuqala nokuqeda izimpi negatsha lokuqala likahulumeni wase-US, iCongress. Umthetho omusha uqophe okuhlukile ukuvumela omongameli ukuthi baqale izimpi. Kodwa-ke, futhi kudale nezinqubo lapho ilungu elilodwa noma iqembu lamalungu eCongress lingaphoqa khona ivoti kwiCongress ukuthi iphele impi. Ngaphandle kokwenza buthakathaka umthetho obhaliwe, i-War Powers Resolution ekugcineni ingahle izokhombisa ukuthi iqinise ikhono labasekeli bokuthula ukuqeda ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi.

Kusukela ngo-1973 sibone izimpi eziningi zilwelwa ukwephulwa okusobala koMthethosisekelo kanye ne-War Powers Resolution, kungasaphathwa iCharter ye-UN kanye neKellogg Briand Pact. Kepha sibonile futhi amalungu eCongress njengomngani wami uDennis Kucinich ephoqa amavoti ukuthi ziqedwe yini izimpi. Lawa mavoti ngokuvamile ehlulekile. Futhi iCongress ephele kulo Disemba owedlule yenqabe ngokungemthetho (eNdlu) ngisho nokubamba amavoti anjalo. Kepha izinkulumo mpikiswano zidaliwe, abantu bazisiwe, kanye nomqondo wokuthi umthetho usekhona ofanelwe ukuhlonishwa ugcinwe uphila.

Akukaze kube nezindlu zombili zeCongress ngokuhlanganyela ngokudlulisa umthetho we-War Powers Resolution Bill ukuqeda impi. Lokho kungashintsha maduzane. NgoLwesithathu, iNdlu ivotele I-248-kuya-177 ukuqeda enye yezimpi eziningi zamanje zase-US, ezenzeka e-Yemen. (Well, kind of. Qhubeka ufunde.) Emuva ngoDisemba, ngesikhathi seKhongolose eyedlule, iSenate yadlulisa isinqumo esifanayo (noma esicishe sifane). Ngakho-ke, umbuzo omkhulu manje ukuthi ngabe iSenate izophinda futhi. Uma uvela e-United States, ngincoma ukuthi ushayele (202) 224-3121, utshele opharetha ukuthi uvela kusiphi isimo, futhi ucela ukukhuluma namahhovisi amasenator akho amabili. Babuze ukuthi bazovota yini ukuvumela abantu base-Yemen baphile! Noma Chofoza lapha ukuzithumela kokubili i-imeyili.

Manje, iSenate ikudlulisile lokhu ngoDisemba, kanti iSenate ayizange iguquke kakhulu eza ngoJanuwari. Kepha ivoti lokuphasisa umthethosivivinywa kanye neNdlu, noma ngabe usongelwa i-veto, alifani nevoti lokudlulisa okuthile iNdlu ekuvimbelayo. Emuva ngoDisemba amakhulu ezinkulungwane ezimpilo ezazisengozini eYemen ngokusobala enziwa anenjongo ngokufa okukodwa kwe- a Washington Post intatheli, ngokufa kwayo manje sekuyizindaba ezindala, kanti ukufa kwamakhulu ezinkulungwane zamadoda, abesifazane nabantwana (ukulayisha amabhasi ezincane ezincane) kuyaqhubeka kungabi nakakhulu. Ukucindezelwa kokuhlanganyela kubonakala nakwiNdlu yevoti, lapho bonke abavoti bevela kuRepublican futhi cishe wonke amaRiphabhliki akhipha amavoti. I-Senate ineziningi zamaRiphabhlikhi.

Noma kunjalo, ababukeli bakholelwa ukuthi kukhona ithuba elihle lokuhamba, ekugcineni, la maviki amaningi eCongress entsha, okungenzeka ekugcineni benze into efanele ngaphandle kokukhulumisana ngokuphumelelayo ukuthi ibambezela ngokuphuthumayo. I-Yemen iyaqhubeka, usuku olulandela usuku olubuhlungu, ukuba kube yingozi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, kanti amashumi ezinkulungwane afile futhi ahamba kakhulu nakakhulu uma isenzo singathathwa ngokushesha. Ngokusho kweWorld Health Organization, i-24.4 million Yemenis, amaphesenti angu-80 ezweni, badinga usizo lokusiza, izigidi zezingane zihlupheka, kanti abantu abayizigidi ezingu-16.6 abanalo usizo lwamanzi nokuhlanza amanzi.

Njengasezinye izimpi zase-US zamuva eMpumalanga Ephakathi, umphumela we-US / Saudi empini Yemen (njengomphumela we-US drone wokubulala owasiza ekudaleni impi enkulu) kuye kwanda ubuphekula. Ngandlela-thile, i-United States kanye nabalingani bayo ngezinye izikhathi ngezinye izikhathi babambene ne-Al Qaeda. I-ally oyinhloko yase-US esifundeni yiqiniso, i-Saudi Arabia, uhulumeni onobudlova nobudlova obukwazi ukufanisa nanoma iyiphi into emhlabeni.

I-Congress idle amanga amaningi futhi izithembiso ezingenalutho ezivela eNtabeni eNkulu nasePentagon. Uma le Congress ingumuntu ongcono kakhulu kunomuntu wokugcina, izoqeda indima yase-US empini ye-Yemen masinyane, isinyathelo esenza kube nzima eSaudi Arabia ukuqhubeka impi yedwa.

Ake sibheke ukuthi yini ulimi lomthethosivivinywa uthi:

“. . . ICongress ngalokhu iyalela uMongameli ukuthi asuse amabutho ahlomile aseMelika ebunzimeni obuthinta iRepublic of Yemen. . . . ”

Futhi:

"Ngenhloso yalesi sinqumo, kulesi sigaba, igama elithi 'ubutha' lifaka phakathi izindiza zokufaka izindiza, izindiza ezingezona ezase-United States eziqhuba ukuhambela njengengxenye yempi yombango eqhubekayo eYemen."

Lokhu kubonakala sengathi kusikisela ukuthi amalungu e-US Military angeke ahlanganyele nganoma iyiphi indlela empini ye-Yemen.

Bese kufika izinyathelo:

“. . . ngaphandle kwamabutho ahlomile ase-United States enza imisebenzi ebhekiswe ku-al-Qaeda noma amabutho ahlobene nayo. . . . ”

Futhi:

"Akukho lutho kulesi sinqumo esihlangene okungathathwa ngokuthi kunethonya noma ukuphazamisa noma yimiphi imisebenzi yezempi nokubambisana ne-Israel."

Umthethosivivinywa ubala ababambiqhaza bamanje empini, kungakhulunywa nge-Al Qaeda noma i-Israel. Lezi zikhala ezimbili ziyahlekisa noma ziyingozi kuya ngokuthi kwenziweni ngazo, nokuthi yini iCongress engalindeleka ukuthi iyenze uma ihlukunyezwa. Abantu abazobanga ukuthi iVenezuela ifaka amaseli eHezbollah ngenhloso yokucekela phansi inkululeko yakho, ukuthi i-Iran yakha izikhali zenuzi, nokuthi udonga luyadingeka ukukusindisa kubadlwenguli baseMexico kungenzeka bacabange ukuthi impi yaseYemen iphikisana ne-Al-Qaeda futhi / noma u-Israyeli ujoyine impi. U-Israyeli, ngalokho, angahle ahlanganyele empini. Futhi neCongress engeke iphazamise uDonald Trump ngemuva uhlu olude lweziphambeko ezingenakutholakala, futhi nengxenye yeCongress ethi iTrump ifakwe uhulumeni wesinye isizwe, akunakwenzeka ukuba amthethelele ngokuphula umthetho omusha.

Uma iphuzu lezinqamuleli kungukuthi lihlehlise umthetho, liyini iphuzu lawo? Ingabe silwa ne-Al-Qaeda futhi silwela u-Israyeli izimiso ezingcwele kangaka ukuthi kufanele zengezwe ngokungenangqondo emthethweni ongavamile?

Bese kunenkinga uTrump ayesabise ngokuthi uzoyivotela.

Bese kunenkinga yokuthi ukuthengiswa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia kungaqhubeka, kungabi semthethweni kakhulu kunakuqala, kulandela ukwedlula kwalomthethosivivinywa.

Vele, noma iyiphi indlu yeCongress yodwa ingenqaba ukuvumela i-dime ukuthi isetshenziswe ekwenzeni impi yase-US e-Yemen. Kepha ayikho indlela, ngokwazi kwami, yokuthi ilungu leCongress liphoqe noma yiliphi igumbi, yize "linobuholi" balo, ukuthi livotele ukwenza lokho. Kungakho ukwenza iSolution Powers Resolution kube ngokoqobo ngokuyisebenzisa ekugcineni kubaluleke kangaka. Yize kunemigede yonke, futhi ngaphandle kwazo zonke izinyathelo ezizosala zithathwa, iCongress - ngemuva kweminyaka engama-46 nezimpi eziningi ukwedlula noma ngubani ongazibala - ekugcineni umthetho wokuqedwa kwempi ethile ukwephulwa komhlaba.

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Uma abantu bengakwazi ukugqugquzela omunye noma ngaphezulu amalungu eCongress ukuba acindezele ivoti futhi ancindezele iningi leCongress ukuthi lidlule lelovoti, mhlawumbe abantu, ngisho nasezindlini ezinkulu zobudlova emhlabeni, bangaqala ukudala ukuqonda kuyadingeka ukuqala ukudiliza isikhungo sempi ngokugcwele.