Ndi zokambirana zonse zokhuza kubedwa kwa sitima yapamadzi yaku US pagombe la Somalia, ndizotheka kunyalanyaza zokambirana zofunika kwambiri zokhudzana ndi Horn of Africa. Malinga ndi Loweruka, April 11th nkhani ya Washington Post akuluakulu a Obama akukambirana ngati asilikali akuyenera kuchitidwa motsutsana ndi gulu lachi Islam la ku Somalia lomwe limatchedwa Al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab idayamba ngati gulu lankhondo la Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), gulu lomwe lidakhazikika ndikulamulira gawo lalikulu la Somalia mu 2006 (ndi mbali zina za Somalia zisanachitike). Kumapeto kwa 2006 Ethiopia idachita kuwukira ku Somalia motsogozedwa ndi US. Anthu aku Ethiopia adagonjetsa mwachangu maudindo a UIC ndikuwachotsa pampando, pomwe boma la Transitional National Government lopanda mizu lidakhazikitsidwa. UIC, komabe, idayambitsa kampeni yakupha yolimbana ndi TNG ndi anzawo aku Ethiopia. Al-Shabab inali imodzi mwa zida za kampeni imeneyo. Komabe, m'kupita kwa nthawi, kusiyana kudayamba pakati pa UIC ndi pakati pa Al-Shabab kotero kuti gululi tsopano lili ngati bungwe lodziyimira palokha.
Chodziwikiratu cha kuukira kwa Ethiopia chinali chakuti UIC inali ndi mgwirizano ndi Al Qaeda. Palibe maubale otere omwe adatsimikiziridwa, koma olamulira a Bush adagwiritsa ntchito izi kuti athandizire kuwukirako komanso kuchita zigawenga zolimbana ndi UIC komanso malo omwe amati a Al Qaeda pambuyo pakuwukira kwa Ethiopia.
Ethiopia makamaka idachoka ku Somalia kumapeto kwa 2008, osatha kukhazikika momwe zinthu ziliri koma kudzipanga kukhala mdani wa anthu ambiri a ku Somalia. Pomwe pali kusakhazikika kwakukulu kumeneku, gulu la Al-Shabab latuluka ngati gulu lankhondo lakumenyera mphamvu.
Omwe akuwongolera a Obama komanso asitikali aku US amakhulupirira kuti Al-Shabab ili ndi ubale ndi Al Qaeda ndipo, motero, iyenera kumenyedwa ndi US. Ena mu Utsogoleri akuwonetsa kusamala popeza zolinga za Al-Shabab zikuwoneka kuti zikungoyang'ana ku Somalia (komanso kuti ubale ndi Al Qaeda ndi wokayikitsa, ngakhale zili choncho).
Somalia, m'njira zambiri, imadzipeza ili m'chipwirikiti chomwe, kachiwiri, ndichopangidwa ndi ndondomeko zakunja za US. Ulamuliro wopondereza wa wolamulira wankhanza wakale Siad Barre (omwe adagwetsedwa mu 1991) anali mnzake wamkulu wa USA, ngakhale pali umboni wonse wosonyeza kuti zolinga zoyambirira zaulamuliro wa Barre zidakanidwa. Kulowererapo kwa US mu nthawi ya pambuyo pa Barre ya warlord-ism kunali kolephereka ndipo idachotsedwa pakuyesetsa kulikonse kothandiza anthu aku Somali kumanganso dziko lawo. USA, pamodzi ndi mayiko ena onse a kumpoto kwa dziko lonse lapansi, anali omasuka kulola Somalia kuti igwe mu chipwirikiti chapachiweniweni kwa zaka zambiri za m'ma 1990 ndi kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2000. Ndipo, potsirizira pake, pamene dziko linayamba kukhazikika, USA - pansi pa Bush- inatsimikiza kuti UIC inali yosavomerezeka ndipo imayenera kugwetsedwa, motero kubwezera dziko m'chipwirikiti.
Asitikali aku US akuukira gulu la Al-Shabab, ngati kuli koyenera, kuonjezeretsa zinthu. Ganizirani zomwe zikuchitika ku Pakistan pakadali pano. Asitikali aku US akumenyedwa ndi zigawenga zomwe zimati zigawenga KU Pakistan, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimapha anthu wamba, sizimangoyambitsa chidani chachikulu ku USA, komanso kusokoneza ndale ku Pakistan yomwe ili yosalimba kale. M'malo molimbitsa boma la Pakistani, ntchito zankhondo za US zimanyoza boma la Pakistani.
Kumenyedwa kwa asitikali aku US ku Somalia kuyankha mafunso aliwonse omwe angakhalepo okhudza zolinga za USA, makamaka kwa anthu aku Somalia. Popeza palibe umboni wa zochita za Al Shabab zomwe zikuyang'ana ku USA, zochita za asilikali a US motsutsana ndi Al Shabab ziwoneka momwe zilili, ziwawa zopanda pake.
Asanaukire aku Ethiopia ku Somalia mothandizidwa ndi US, UIC idayesa kutsimikizira boma la Bush kuti silikufuna kugwirizana ndi USA. Bush sananyalanyaze izi, ndipo, monga momwe adapangidwira, adayambitsa. Funso kwa olamulira a Obama ndikuti, nawonso, ayenda njira yosavuta yotseka maso awo ndikukoka choyambitsa. Njira ina ndikuzindikira kuti zomwe zimatchedwa nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga ndizofanana ndi magalasi osweka omwe munthu sangathe kuwona zenizeni, koma zidutswa zokha.
Obama ali ndi mwayi umodzi kuti akonze izi. Kuchita mopupuluma kungapangitse adani okha ku USA kuti achite mantha, osatchulanso kusokoneza dera.
[BlackCommentator.com Executive Editor, Bill Fletcher, Jr., ndi Katswiri wamkulu ndi Institute for Policy Studies, pulezidenti wakale wa TransAfrica Forum ndi wolemba nawo, Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organised Labor ndi Njira Yatsopano yopita. Social Justice (University of California Press), yomwe imayang'ana zovuta za anthu ogwira ntchito ku USA]
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