Harper's Conservatives suna sha'awar Ƙungiyar Yarjejeniyar Arewacin Atlantic. Kanada ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a harin bam da NATO ta kai Libya a bara kuma kusan ma’aikatan soja 1000 na Kanada suna ci gaba da shiga yakin da kungiyar ke yi a Afghanistan. A bara Ministan Tsaro Peter MacKay ya ba da hujjar wani shiri na kafa sansanonin sojan Kanada 7 a duniya, wani bangare kan cewa "mu manyan 'yan wasa ne a NATO." 

Matsayin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya jifa ne iri-iri. A cikin shekaru ashirin na farko na kungiyar NATO, ita ce tushen manufofin wannan kasa na ketare. Sai dai da karin gishiri kadan, Pierre Trudeau ya yi iƙirarin cewa a cikin shekarun da suka gabata kafin ya zama Firayim Minista a 1968 "ba mu da wata manufar tsaro, don haka a ce, sai na NATO. Kuma manufofinmu na tsaro sun ƙaddara dukkan manufofinmu na ketare. Kuma ba mu da wata manufa ta ketare mai mahimmanci face wacce ta fito daga NATO." 

An kafa shi a cikin 1949, wasu sun yi imanin NATO ra'ayin Kanada ne. Mataimakin Sakatare na Harkokin Waje Lester Pearson ya fara tunani game da kawancen soja na yammacin Turai a cikin 1946 kuma a cikin Maris 1948 ya wakilci Kanada a tattaunawar sirri da Amurka da Burtaniya kan yiwuwar samar da kawancen arewacin Atlantic. 

A hukumance, NATO ita ce martanin da kasashen Yamma suka mayar wa Tarayyar Soviet mai tada hankali. Tunanin cewa Amurka, ko ma Yammacin Turai, Tarayyar Soviet ta yi wa barazana bayan yakin duniya na biyu abin dariya ne. Mutane miliyan 25 a Tarayyar Soviet sun rasa rayukansu a yakin yayin da Amurka ta fito daga yakin duniya na II da karfi fiye da lokacin da suka shiga. Bayan halakar WWII, Soviets ba su da sha'awar yakar Amurka da kawayenta, wanda jami'an Kanada da na Amurka suka yarda a asirce. 

Maimakon kariya daga yiwuwar harin Rasha, an yi tunanin NATO a matsayin martani ga karuwar ra'ayin gurguzu a Yammacin Turai. Masu tsara shirin na NATO na fargabar raguwar dogaro da kai a tsakanin manyan kasashen yammacin Turai da kuma akidar da ake yi na cewa gurguzu shi ne guguwar gaba. An tsara NATO da yawa, kamar yadda Pearson ya bayyana a cikin wata sanarwa ta cikin gida ta 1948, "don tada cikin zukata da tunani da ruhin duk waɗanda ke cikin duniya waɗanda suke son 'yanci wannan amincewa da bangaskiya wanda zai maido da ƙarfinsu." Ministan Harkokin Wajen ya yi gaskiya game da manufar NATO. A cikin Maris 1949 Pearson ya gaya wa House of Commons: “Ikon ’yan gurguzu, a duk inda wannan ikon ya bunƙasa, ya dogara ne da iyawarsu na murkushe da kuma lalata cibiyoyin ‘yanci da ke adawa da su. Suna tsince su daya bayan daya: jam’iyyun siyasa, kungiyoyin kwadago, coci-coci, makarantu, jami’o’i, kungiyoyin sana’o’i, har ma da kungiyoyin wasanni da na kananan yara. Kungiyar ta Arewa Atlantic Treaty Organisation tana nufin shela ce ga duniya cewa irin wannan cin nasara daga ciki ba zai faru nan gaba a tsakaninmu ba." Dubun dubatar sojojin Arewacin Amurka ne aka jibge a Yammacin Turai don hana duk wani "mamaya daga ciki". 

Kashe Hagu na Turai babban bangare ne na kafa NATO. Wani babban abin da ya zaburar da manyan mutanen Arewacin Amurka shine sha'awar mulkin duniya. Ga jami'an Kanada yarjejeniyar arewacin Atlantika ta tabbatar da ikon Turai/Arewacin Amurka a duk faɗin duniya. A wani bangare na muhawarar 'yan majalisar kan NATO Pearson ya ce: "Babu wata hanya mafi kyau ta tabbatar da tsaron tekun Pasifik a wannan lokaci na musamman, kamar ta hanyar yin aiki, tsakanin manyan kasashen dimokradiyya, tsarin tsaro wanda za a ji tasirinsa. a duk faɗin duniya, gami da yankin Pacific." Shekaru biyu bayan haka ministan harkokin wajen ya ce: "Kare Gabas ta Tsakiya na da matukar muhimmanci ga nasarar tsaron Turai da arewacin yankin Atlantic." A cikin Fabrairu 1953 Pearson ya ƙara da cewa: “Yanzu akwai ɗan ƙaramin tazara [kilomita 5000] tsakanin kudu maso gabashin Asiya da yankin da yarjejeniyar Arewacin Atlantic ta rufe, wanda ke zuwa iyakar gabashin Turkiyya.” 

A wata ma'ana shahararren hoton NATO a matsayin tsarin tsaro ya dace. Bayan Babban Yaƙin Turai na biyu ƴan mulkin mallaka sun kasance masu rauni ta fuskar tattalin arziki yayin da ƙungiyoyi masu adawa da mulkin mallaka na iya ƙara samun goyon bayan waje. Soviets da Mao's China, alal misali, sun taimaka wa Vietnamese. Hakazalika, Masar ta goyi bayan 'yan kishin Aljeriya kuma daga baya Angola ta ci gajiyar goyon bayan Cuba mai tsananin kishi. Ma'auni na ƙasa da ƙasa ya yi nisa daga turawan mulkin mallaka. 

Don ci gaba da mulkin mallaka ƙasashen Turai sun ƙara dogaro da taimakon diflomasiyya da kuɗi na Arewacin Amirka. NATO ta zartar da kudurori da dama da ke goyon bayan turawan mulkin mallaka. A cikin faɗuwar shekara ta 1951 Pearson ya mayar da martani ga motsi a Iran da Masar don raunana tasirin Birtaniyya ta wurin gaya wa Majalisar: “Gabas ta Tsakiya yana da mahimmanci ga tsaron yankin Arewacin Atlantika don ƙyale ta ta zama mara ƙarfi ko kuma ta shiga cikinta. hannaye marasa tausayi." A shekara ta gaba Ottawa ta amince da yankunan Vietnam, Cambodia da Laos a matsayin "jahohin da ke da alaƙa" na Faransa, a cewar wani rahoto na cikin gida, "don taimakawa abokin aikin NATO, matsalolin waje da na cikin gida sun gwada shi." Mafi mahimmanci, Kanada ta ba wa Faransa dubun-dubatar daloli na kayan aikin soja ta hanyar Shirin Bayar da Agaji na NATO. An yi amfani da wadannan makamai galibi don murkushe yunkurin 'yancin kai na Vietnam da Aljeriya. A shekara ta 1953 Pearson ya gaya wa Majalisar cewa: “Taimakon da muka ba Faransa a matsayinta na memba na ƙungiyar tsaro ta NATO wataƙila ya taimaka mata kwanan nan wajen sauke wasu wajibai a Indo-China [Vietnam].” Hakazalika, tallafin Kanada da Amurka ne ‘yan Holland suka yi amfani da su don ci gaba da mamaye Indonesia da yammacin Papa New Guinea, na Belgian da ke Kongo, Rwanda da Burundi da kuma Birtaniya a wurare da dama. 

Kungiyar tsaro ta NATO ta tallafa wa Turawan mulkin mallaka amma ta yi hakan ne a yanayin fadada tasirin Washington kan Kudancin Duniya. Manyan masu goyon bayan kungiyar tsaro ta NATO irinsu sakataren harkokin wajen Amurka Dean Acheson da shugaban kasar Harry Truman da Lester Pearson duk sun ga yakin Koriyar da Amurka ta jagoranta a tsakanin shekara ta 1950 zuwa 53 a matsayin gwajin farko da kungiyar ta NATO ta yi, duk da cewa ya yi dubban mil daga yankin arewacin kasar. An tsara shi don kiyaye haɗin kai na cikin gida a tsakanin manyan 'yan jari-hujja, NATO ita ce ƙawancen soja na bayan yakin duniya na biyu na Amurka wanda ya hada da Asusun Ba da Lamuni na Duniya (IMF), Bankin Duniya da Ƙungiyar Ciniki ta Duniya (ITO). 

Shekaru 60 bayan haka NATO ta ci gaba da aiwatar da tsarin siyasa da tattalin arziki da Amurka ke jagoranta, wanda ke bayyana goyon bayan Conservative ga kungiyar.

An fara sigar wannan labarin a ciki ofishin jakadanci.ca

Littafin kwanan nan na Yves Engler shine Amincewa da Lester Pearson: gaskiya na iya cutarwa.  

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