NguStephen Kinzer I-BOSTON GLOBE - DISEMBA 21, 2018
ISITHA senqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseMelika sifakwe ngasese ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu ekuphathweni kukaTrump. Lesi sibalo esisodwa sifihla ngobuhlakani imibono yaso yokuvukela umbuso. Uzenza sengathi ugunyaza ukubhoka kwethimba likazwelonke lokuvutha, ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kuwo wonke umuntu-izolo, kodwa inhliziyo yakhe ayikho kulokho.
Kungenzeka yini lokho kube nguMongameli Trump ngokwakhe? Isimemezelo sakhe esimangalisa ukuthi uzokwenza ukudonsa amabutho aseMelika avela eSiriya yisona senqumo esingcono kunazo zonke esinqumweni esivele esivele esenza kusukela ekusebenzeni ihhovisi - ngempela, cishe nje kuphela okuhle. Iphikisana nesimiso se-geopolitical evangeli eWashington: Nomaphi lapho i-United States idlulisela amabutho, sihlala kuze kube yilapho sithola lokho esikufunayo. I-Trump ibonakala ibona lokhu njengendlela iresiphi yempi nokusebenza okuphakade. Ukumiswa kwakhe kweSiriya kubonakalisa ukungena kwakhe njengenqubomgomo yezwe langaphandle. Iphinde imenzele ukuvukela ngokumelene nokuvumelana okubambe iqhaza okwase kwakha indlela yaseMelika emhlabeni wonke.
I-Trump ayizange ifihlile ukungafuni kwakhe izimpi zangaphandle. "Ake siphume e-Afghanistan," usho kanje ngesikhathi ekhankasayo. Ngomunye umbambano wezomengameli wazama ukukhuluma iqiniso elingenakwenzeka lokuthi i-Iraq yayiyiyona "iphutha elibi kunazo zonke emlandweni walesizwe." Lapho umbuzo osanda kuxoxa naye embuza ngeMpumalanga Ephakathi, wathi, "Sizohlala kulokho ingxenye yezwe? "futhi waphetha:" Konke kungazelelwe kufike endaweni lapho kungadingeki uhlale khona. "
Manje, ngokokuqala ngqa, i-Trump ishintsha isimo semvelo ngemuva kwalawo mazwi esenzweni. Ikholi lezempi elizungezile lizozama ukulwa nokuhlaselwa.
Inqubomgomo entsha yeTrump-off-off eya eSiriya izobe ishintshe ngokuphelele kulokho uNobhala kaHulumeni uMike Pompeo kanye nomeluleki wezokuphepha kazwelonke uJohn Bolton bebelokhu bezama ukukwenza kusukela baqala ukubusa komlilo ngonyaka odlule. "Silapho kuze kube yilapho isisombululo se-ISIS sisuswa khona futhi nje kuphela uma inselele yase-Iranian iqhubeka kulo lonke elaseMpumalanga Ephakathi," kusho uBolton. UPompeo wathembisa amabutho aseMelika ukuthi uzohlala kuze kube yilapho i-Iran ihoxise "wonke amabutho ngaphansi komyalo we-Iranian kulo lonke elaseSiriya."
Ezinyangeni zamuva ibutho lase-US liye lashayela indiza enkulu, engagunyaziwe yiCongress futhi engazange iphikisana eWashington, ukuhlanganisa ukulawula empumalanga yeSiriya - indawo ephindwe kabili ngobukhulu baseMassachusetts. I-New Yorker ibike ngenyanga eyedlule ukuthi amasosha ase-4,000 aseMelika manje esebenzayo kusukela okungenani amasisekelo ayishumi esifundeni, kuhlanganise nezindiza ezine zezindiza, nokuthi "amabutho aseMelika asekela manje alawula lonke iSiriya empumalanga ye-Ewufrathe."
Leli khola lalizoba yisiteji lapho i-United States ingakwazi khona ukukhipha amandla eMpumalanga Ephakathi - ikakhulu ngokumelene ne-Iran. Ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi ingxenye yesithathu ye-Syria ayihlali kahle futhi iphumelele ngaphansi kokulawulwa kukahulumeni, uHlelo LwezokuThuthukisa lwakhiphe izinhlelo zokuvimbela amanye amazwe ekuthumeni usizo lokuvuselela kabusha. UJames Jeffrey, umthunywa wethu okhethekile weSiriya, umemezele ukuthi i-United States "izokwenza kube ibhizinisi lethu ukwenza impilo ibe lusizi ngangokunokwenzeka kulolo cadaver of regime."
