Uku ndi koterera ngati kunalipo.
Posachedwapa - kufunikira kwa chithandizo chothandizira kupeza zinthu zadzidzidzi kwa anthu omwe ali ndi vuto, makamaka a Yazidis, omwe ali pamwamba pa phiri, ndikofunikira. Koma ngakhale Purezidenti Obama asanalengeze, panali malipoti oti thandizo lina laumunthu, kuphatikizapo njira yotulutsira anthu, idapangidwa ndi asilikali a Peshmerga omwe adathyola mizere ya IS. Ngati zolondola, ndizo zabwino. Ngati sichoncho, US iyenera kuthandizira ndikusuntha mwachangu kufuna kuti Purezidenti wa Iraq Nouri al-Maliki avomere thandizo la United Nations laukadaulo pakukhazikitsa kampeni yopulumutsa anthu. Koma US siyenera kutumiza gulu lake lankhondo kuti libwerenso mlengalenga ku Iraq. Ndizotetezeka kwambiri kukhala ndi UN kuti apereke thandizo.
Ndikwabwinoko pang'ono chifukwa cha malo oterera, ndipo mwina chifukwa mbiri yaku US yakugwetsa chakudya chadzidzidzi pakati pankhondo sichinthu chodzitamandira. Tisaiwale za mkangano wa Novembala 2001 womaliza wankhondo waku Washington "wothandiza anthu". A US anali kuphulitsa mabomba m'mizinda ya Afghanistan, ndipo anthu aku Afghanistan omwe anali osimidwa anali kuthawira kumapiri kuti athawe. Anayang'anizana ndi kuzizira popanda kanthu, ndipo US anaumirira (motsutsana ndi uphungu wa mabungwe odziwa bwino chithandizo) kuti dontho la mpweya ndilo yankho labwino kwambiri. (Zachidziwikire kuti zithunzi zopangidwira-CNN za ndege zaku US zikugwetsa chakudya kwa othawa kwawo omwe ali pachiwopsezo zinalibe chochita nazo.)
Koma zinafika poipa. Zinapezeka kuti mapaketi a Pentagon achikasu a pulasitiki okulunga chakudya amafanana ndi bomba lokutidwa lachikasu lomwe amaponya pafupi… Pamene journos adakankhira Pentagon, akufunsa kuti kodi simusiya kuponya mabomba amtundu wachikasu, Gen. Richard Myers adanena kuti US inalibe cholinga choletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mabomba a magulu, komanso kuti kusintha mtundu, "mwachiwonekere kudzatenga nthawi. , chifukwa pali zambiri zomwe zikubwera.")
Kugwetsa chakudya ndi madzi nthawi zonse kumakhala kofanana ndi kuponya mabomba - koma ikakhala US Air Force, yomwe ili ndi ndege zonyamula katundu zodzaza ndi chakudya ndi madzi zotsatizana ndi ndege zankhondo ndi mabomba oponya mabomba, ndizosavuta kuti wina agwirizane ndi mnzake.
M'derali, kubwereranso kunkhondo yaku US ku Iraq kudzamveka bwino kwa anthu aku Iraq ndi ena ngati kuyesetsa kulimbikitsa Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Mothandizidwa ndi US kwa nthawi yayitali ngakhale kuti anali ndi katangale komanso kuchotsedwa kwa magulu osiyanasiyana komanso kuponderezedwa kwa a Sunni ndi ena omwe si Asi Shi'a ku Iraq, al-Maliki akuimbidwa mlandu chifukwa cha kukwera kwampatuko komwe kunayambika chifukwa cha kuukira ndi kulanda dziko la US. wa Iraq.
Tsiku lomaliza lanyumba yamalamulo kuti chipani cha Maliki chisankhe kuti amulowe m'malo mwangotsala maola ochepa, ndipo kufunikira kwa boma latsopano, mothandizidwa ndi olamulira a Obama, kudzakhala kovuta kwambiri ngati US ilumikizananso ndi mnzake wakale wakale ndi asitikali. thandizo. Ndi Obama kuyamikira pempho la Maliki ngati maziko a Air Force kuyenda, ndithudi Maliki adzawona chifukwa chocheperapo chochotsera udindo wake.
M'derali komanso padziko lonse lapansi izi ziwonekanso pamiyezo iwiri chifukwa cha kuukira kwa Israeli ku Gaza. Pali 1.8 miliyoni "anthu osalakwa omwe akukumana ndi ziwawa pamlingo waukulu" - m'mawu a Purezidenti Obama. Chifukwa chiyani US sakukhudzidwa ndi iwo, kutumiza ndege kuti igonjetse kuzungulira kwa Israeli, kukakamiza kutsegulira malire a Gaza ndikulola anthu kupuma motetezeka? Obama adati "Asitikali a ISIL pansipa afuna kuti anthu onse a Yezidi awonongedwe mwadongosolo, zomwe zitha kupha anthu." Kulondola ndendende. Ndipo membala wa Knesset waku Israeli Ayelet Shaked adatumiza foni yoti aphe amayi aku Palestine kuti asabale “njoka” zambiri. Kodi zimenezi sizitanthauzanso kupha fuko?
Ku Washington, magulu ankhondo ang'onoang'ono angayankhidwe ndi zomwe Purezidenti Obama akufuna kuti apite patsogolo, "kumaliza ntchito." Zonena kuti kuphulitsa bomba ku Iraq kunali kofunikira "kuteteza miyoyo yaku America" zidapangidwa kuti zitsimikizire kusamvana kwathunthu ndi Congress kapena kutchulapo za War Powers Act. (Ngati akazembe 40 kapena apo aku US ndi 200 kapena alangizi ankhondo aku US ku Erbil anali pachiwopsezo, ndiye kuti ndi ochepa oti akwezedwe pama helikoputala angapo ndikutuluka.)
Ndipo china chilichonse chomwe tidaphunzira kuchokera ku "nkhondo yosayankhula" ya Purezidenti, ziyenera kuwonekeratu kuti sitingagonjetse zigawenga zachisilamu ndi mabomba ndi ndege. Bomba lililonse limatenga ochirikiza ambiri. Monga Purezidenti Obama mwiniwake adanena, palibe yankho lankhondo la US ku Iraq. Nanga n’chifukwa chiyani akuloleza kuti asilikali a US achitepo kanthu?
Ndipo mwa njira, a US adayambitsa nkhondo yake yoyamba yowombera mabomba ku Iraq ndi mabomba a 500-pounds othamangitsidwa kuchokera ku USS George HW Bush.
Ayi, simungathe kukonza izi.
Phyllis Bennis ndi mnzake wa Institute for Policy Studies. Mabuku ake akuphatikiza Kuthetsa Nkhondo ya Iraq: A Primer. Nkhaniyi idachokera pa imodzi yomwe idasindikizidwa mu Washington Post. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/08/08/how-obamas-iraq-airstrikes-could-help-the-islamic-state/)
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