Pakutha kwa zaka khumi zowopsa ndipo Purezidenti Obama ali pafupi kumaliza chaka chake choyamba paudindo, mwina ndi koyenera kuyang'ana zaposachedwa komanso zomwe zingachitike m'tsogolo. Kwa utsogoleri wa Obama, wakhala ulendo wotsikirapo kusiyana ndi kukwera kotsetsereka komwe ambiri mwa omutsatira ndi omusirira ku America ndi padziko lonse lapansi amayembekezera. Purezidenti Obama adzaphonya tsiku lomaliza la Januware 22 lomwe adadziyika chaka chapitacho kuti atseke ndende ya Guantanamo Bay. Monga New York Times posachedwapa anati, zovuta kupeza malo kunja kuti akhazikitsenso akaidi omwe amawaona kuti ndi osalakwa komanso kukana kuvomereza ndalama kuti asamutsire zigawenga zachitetezo kundende yapadera ku Illinois zapangitsa kuti zikhale zosatheka kukwaniritsa tsiku lomaliza. Ndende ya Guantanamo sitha kutsekedwa 2011 isanafike.
Bili yosintha zaumoyo ya Obama yakhala ndi gawo lovutirapo ku US Congress. Pambuyo pankhondo yayitali, Nyumba Yoyimilira pomaliza idavomereza mtundu wake kuphatikiza njira yachipatala yoyendetsedwa ndi boma yomwe Purezidenti amafuna. Zinali nkhani yosiyana mu Senate, pomwe mavoti 60 omwe ali ndi umboni wa filibuster amatha kutetezedwa pokhapokha. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Senate Democratic Harry Reid adasiya njira ya inshuwaransi yaboma kuwonetsetsa kuti akuthandizidwa ndi ma Democrat okhazikika. Palibe senema m'modzi waku Republican adagwirizana ndi biluyi. Ndipo a Reid ndi Spika wa Nyumba Nancy Pelosi adakakamizika kuvomereza pazinthu zina zazikulu, kuphatikiza zoletsa kufalitsa mimba.
Zololeza izi zakwiyitsa aufulu. Mmodzi mwa okhumudwa ndi dotolo wa Obama wazaka 22, Dr David Scheiner, amene sakhulupirira kukonzanso kokonzedwako kumapita kutali kokwanira kuthandiza osauka ndi opanda inshuwalansi, ndipo kudzawononga ndalama zambiri. Dr Scheiner, atakhumudwitsidwa kwambiri, adati sanatchulidwe pamndandanda wa omwe adayitanira ku White House mokakamizidwa ndi olandirira zaumoyo. Ngakhale zinali choncho, Purezidenti Obama adayamika Nyumba ya Seneti, ndipo podziwonetsera yekha, pavoti yake yakale, kulengeza "Tsopano tiri okonzeka kukwaniritsa lonjezo la kusintha kwenikweni kwa inshuwaransi yazaumoyo."
Fananizani zomwe zili ndi kamvekedwe ka Purezidenti Obama ndemanga pakutsegulira kwake, ake Cairo amalankhula kudziko lachisilamu mu June ndipo lake Mawu a Oslo akulandira Mphotho ya Mtendere wa Nobel mu Disembala 2009. Pokhala ndi mawu odziwika bwino ndikuchulukirachulukira ndi kumenya nkhondo kwa mfundo zakunja zaku America pansi pa utsogoleri wa Obama. Nkhani yotsegulira inaphatikizapo ndemanga zonena za United States kukhala mtundu wa Akristu ndi Asilamu, Ayuda ndi Ahindu, ndi osakhulupirira; uthenga kwa dziko la Muslim kuti America ikufuna njira yatsopano yopita patsogolo, yozikidwa pa zokondana ndi kulemekezana; ndi chenjezo kwa amene akuumirira mphamvu mwachinyengo ndi chinyengo.
Ku Cairo, Obama adavomereza kuti pali mikangano pakati pa United States ndi Asilamu padziko lonse lapansi, osati chifukwa cha mphamvu za mbiri yakale, komanso kudyetsedwa ndi utsamunda womwe umalepheretsa ufulu ndi mwayi kwa Asilamu ambiri; ndi nkhondo yozizira yomwe maiko ambiri achisilamu adatengedwa ngati ma proxies osaganizira zokhumba zawo. anachita kuchokera kudziko lachi Muslim ndi kunja kunali kolimbikitsa. Kulankhulaku kunkawoneka ngati chiyambi chatsopano pambuyo pa masabata atatu Nkhondo ya Israeli ku Gaza zomwe zidatenga miyoyo ya anthu 1400 aku Palestine poyerekeza ndi kufa 13 kumbali ya Israeli m'masiku otsiriza a utsogoleri wa George W Bush mu Disembala 2008/Januware 2009.
Modabwitsa koma zosokoneza, Komiti ya Nobel idalengeza mphotho ya Mphotho Yamtendere ya 2009 kwa Purezidenti Obama chifukwa cha 'kuyesetsa modabwitsa kulimbikitsa zokambirana zapadziko lonse ndi mgwirizano pakati pa anthu'. Koma posakhalitsa chilengezo cha Nobel Committee chinayamba kuwoneka ngati chigonjetso cha chiyembekezo pa zenizeni. Kumayambiriro kwa Disembala, patatha milungu ingapo akukambirana, adalengeza pamaso pa omvera ovala yunifolomu ku West Point Army academy: "Monga mkulu wa asilikali, ndatsimikiza kuti ndizofunika dziko lathu kutumiza asilikali ena a 30,000 a US ku Afghanistan."Izo zinakumbutsa zokamba za George W Bush m'zaka zake zisanu ndi zitatu za nkhondo yachigawenga.
M'masiku ochepa, akuluakulu a Obama kugubuduza Tsiku lomaliza la purezidenti wa Julayi 2011 loti ayambe kutulutsa lidanenedwa m'mawu ake. Atakhala ndi Secretary of State Clinton komanso Purezidenti wa Joint Chiefs Admiral Mullen, Mlembi wa chitetezo a Gates adati asilikali ena 3,000 angafunike pamwamba pa izi. Britain ndi ogwirizana nawo adalengeza kuchulukirako pang'ono - onse akutenga kukwera kwa Afghan kwa asitikali 40,000 kapena kupitilira. Masomphenya ankhondo a gulu lankhondo laku America, omwe adawonetsedwa mu lipoti la General McChrystal, anali kukwaniritsidwa.
Chifukwa cha mawu ake othokoza komanso odzichepetsa, zomwe Obama adalankhula pamwambo wopereka mphotho ya Nobel zinali zovutirapo pamwambowu. Zolemba zongofunikira za anthu ngati a Martin Luther King ndi a Nelson Mandela zitatha, Obama adakumbutsa dziko lonse lapansi kuti anali wamkulu wa United States. Anapereka lingaliro la 'nkhondo yolungama' yomwe imamenyedwa ngati njira yomaliza, momwe mphamvu zimagwiritsidwira ntchito molingana ndipo miyoyo ya anthu wamba imapulumuka ngati kuli kotheka. Zonsezi ndi zonena zosaneneka, zongopeka.
M'nkhani yotsutsana, ngati yokopa, yomwe ili ndi mutu Nkhondo ya Obama ya Af-Pak ndi Yosaloledwa, pulofesa wa zamalamulo a Marjorie Cohn akulimbana ndi zomwe Obama adanena ponena za nkhondo ya America ku Afghanistan kuti ndi 'nkhondo yolungama' ndipo amapeza kuti zonenazo sizikusowa. Cohn akuwonetsa kuti ma Democrat ambiri a Congression samasuka ndi lingaliro la Obama ndipo amawapempha kuti akhale olimba, ngakhale kukana kulipira ndalama zankhondo. Kukhumudwa kwakukulu ndi mkwiyo wafalikira pakati pa othandizira omasuka komanso opita patsogolo omwe adathandizira kwambiri kupambana kwa Obama kubweretsa kusintha kwenikweni. Koma kusintha si mawu omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri pamawu apano a Obama.
The kuwonjezeka kwa kuukira kwa US Predator drone M'dera la Pakistani komanso kuvulala komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha okalamba, amayi ndi ana kumayambitsa mkwiyo komanso mkwiyo pakati pa mafuko am'deralo komanso akatswiri anzeru a mdzikolo. Monga Peter Bergen wa CNN adati pakuwunika kwake kumapeto kwa Okutobala, kafukufuku wa Gallup adawonetsa kuti 9 peresenti yokha ya anthu aku Pakistani adathandizira kumenyedwa kwa magawo awiri mwa atatu omwe adatsutsa. Ndipo, malinga ndi wofufuza za ufulu wachibadwidwe wa UN a Philip Alston, kumenyedwa kwa ndege zowulutsa kupha anthu wamba kumatha kuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. Mark Hosenball wa Newsweek posachedwapa adalemba kuti ngakhale akuluakulu ena olimbana ndi zigawenga m'boma la Obama akufuna kukulitsa ntchito za drone ku mizinda ya Pakistani, munthu m'modzi yemwe adayimilira panjira yowonjezereka anali Purezidenti Obama.
Chaka choyamba cha Obama paudindo chimawulula zofooka za malingaliro ake oyamba omwe adayambitsa, kwenikweni, kayendetsedwe ka mgwirizano; zikuphatikiza mlembi wa chitetezo cha Purezidenti George W Bush Robert Gates ndi yemwe kale anali wopikisana ndi Obama pakusankhidwa kwa Democratic, mlembi wa boma. Hilary Clinton, yemwe adawopseza kuti afafaniza Iran ngati idaukira Israeli ndi zida zanyukiliya, zomwe Iran inalibe; ndi candidate Obama adamudzudzula kuti akufanana ndi "bluster" ya pulezidenti panthawiyo, George W Bush. Kumbali ya olamulira ankhondo, magulu awiri olimbana ndi zigawenga a Purezidenti Bush, General Petraeus ndi General McChrystal, akukhalabe olamulira nkhondo yaku America. Tsogolo lapafupi silikuwoneka lowala.
Deepak Tripathi ndi mtolankhani wakale wa BBC Afghanistan komanso wolemba mabuku awiri omwe akubwera: Kugonjetsa Cholowa cha Bush ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan ndi Kuberekera Malo: Afghanistan ndi Chiyambi cha Chigawenga cha Islamist (Potomac, 2010). Ntchito zake zitha kupezeka pa http://deepaktripathi.wordpress.com ndipo angapezeke pa: [imelo ndiotetezedwa].
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