Zochitika zamakono zokhudza dziko la Turkey ndi a Kurds ku Syria zimandikumbutsa za zokambirana zomwe ndinali nazo ndi msilikali wa asilikali a Air Force pafupifupi zaka 17 zapitazo m'bwalo lamilandu ku Des Moines. Kuti ndikumbukire, ndinakumba mozama m’chipinda changa n’kuchotsamo mawu a mlanduwo, “STATE OF IOWA, woimba mlandu ndi CHRISTINE GAUNT et al.,” umene ndinali wozengedwa mlandu, womwe unazengedwa mu February, 2003, mwezi womwewo. pamaso pa US kuukira Iraq. Mawu otsatirawa kuchokera muzokambiranazo ndi mawu omveka pa zolembedwazo.
Mlanduwo unali wokhudza kulakwa kwa likulu la 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing la Iowa Air National Guard, lomwe lili ku Des Moines International Airport Airport, pa October 26, 2002. 132ndKutenga nawo gawo mu Operation Northern Watch, malo osawulukira kumpoto kwa Iraq omwe adakhazikitsidwa ndi US pambuyo pa Nkhondo ya Gulf yomwe idapitilira mpaka nkhondo ya Iraq ku 2003. kumpoto kwa Iraq kapena ku Kuwait kukalondera mu Operation Southern Watch kwa mwezi umodzi pazaka zambiri zomwe madera osawuluka ndege analipo.
Mmodzi mwa mboni zomwe boma lidayitanira anali Colonel Douglas Pierce, Wachiwiri kwa Commander wa Iowa Air National Guard. Kufikira milungu ingapo tisanachite zionetsero, a Col. Pierce anali mkulu wa asilikali 132nd ndipo adatsogolerapo angapo a Iowa Air Guard kupita ku Operation Northern Watch.
Pofunsidwa mwachindunji ndi woimira boma pa milandu, a Col. Pierce anafotokoza mmene asilikali 132 ajand inali pansi pa ulamuliro wa federal monga gawo la US Air Force pamene inatumizidwa kutsidya kwa nyanja ndi momwe madera osawulukira adavomerezedwa ndikuchitidwa pansi pa chigamulo cha United Nations. Chigamulo chimene Col. Pierce anatchula chinalibe. Mlembi Wamkulu wa UN, Boutros Boutros-Ghali ananenetsa kuti madera opanda ntchentche anali "osaloledwa", koma boma la US ndi Air Force nthawi zambiri ankagwiritsa ntchito nthanoyi kuti adzilungamitse kulowerera kwawo pafupifupi tsiku ndi tsiku mu ndege za Iraq zomwe nthawi zambiri zimapha anthu wamba.
Nkhani ina yopeka yomwe a Col. Pierce analumbirira ndi lumbiro ndi cholinga cha malo osawuluka. Podzitchinjiriza, ndinali ndi mwaŵi wopita kukayang’ana Mtsamundayo kuti, “Kodi ukudziwa cholinga cha ulonda wakumpoto umenewo? Mwadziwikiratu, Colonel Pierce adachitira umboni molingana ndi nkhani ya boma: "Cholinga chachikulu ndikulimbitsa malo osawulukira kumpoto kwa Iraq komanso kuti Saddam Hussein asaukire aku Kurds omwe amakhala kumpoto kwa Iraq komwe adachitapo zambiri. nthawi zisanakhazikitsidwe madera opanda ntchentche.”
Maziko a ntchito zoyendera US Air Force ku Iraq anali Incirlik Air Base, msilikaliyo adatsimikiza. "Ndiye Incirlik Air Base iyi ndi - ndi ndege yandani?" Ndidafunsa. "Kodi ndi United States Air Base?" “Ayi. Ndi ya Turkey, "adayankha. "Palinso magulu ankhondo aku Turkey?" "Inde bwana."
"Kodi kukakamiza kwa US Air Force kwa malo osawuluka kunasokonezedwapo kuti gulu lankhondo la Turkey Air Force lipite ku Iraq ndikuphulitsa mizinda yaku Kurd kumeneko?" Ndidafunsa. “Sindikudziwa zimenezo,” anatero a Col. Pierce, akutsatiridwa ndi chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri cha Orwellian doublespeak, kuti: “Zomwe ndingakuuzeni n’zakuti ntchito yathu kumpoto kwa Iraq yakhala yoletsedwa pamene zinthu zooneka ngati zimenezo zinachitika. malo. Ndipo chifukwa chomwe ntchito zathu zidalepheretsedwa ndikuti sanafune kukhala ndi diso lakuda, ngati mungatero, pa magulu ankhondo aku United States kapena UN omwe angatinene kuti timachita izi ngati ndi zomwe adachita. ”
Zomwe msilikaliyo adauza khothi ndikuti samadziwa za gulu lankhondo lankhondo laku Turkey lomwe liphulitsa mabomba aku Kurds m'dera lomwe adalumbirira kuti gulu lankhondo la US Air Force lilipo kuti liwateteze, koma adapereka umboni kuti, osati ngati, koma liti, "zinayenera kuchitika. monga momwe zinalili,” ntchito za US Air Force m'derali zidaletsedwa. Ndipo chifukwa choletsa chimenecho chinali "iwo (US ndi UN) sanafune kukhala ndi diso lakuda" pa chilichonse chomwe magulu ankhondo aku Turkey adachita kwa a Kurds.
“Ndikatero,” ndinafunsa kuti nditsimikize kuti, “wotchiyo kwenikweni ndi yoteteza a Kurds. Komabe, wotchiyo imatsitsidwa pomwe Turkey ikufuna kuukira a Kurds, sichoncho? ” A Col. Pierce sanayankhe, koma atamva zomwe anazengedwa ku Nuremberg anadandaula kuti: “Mukundipempha kuti ndisankhe zochita pa nkhani za mayiko akunja, ndipo zimenezi zandiposa malipiro anga.” M’malo molola kuti mlanduwu usokonezeke pa nkhani ya choonadi, woimira boma pa milanduyo analowererapo n’kunena kuti, “Objection, Olemekezeka” ndipo woweruzayo anavomera kuti, “Chabwino, ndivomereza zimenezo.”
"Kuwala kobiriwira" komwe US idapereka nthawi zonse asitikali ankhondo aku Turkey kuti aukire anthu aku Kurd kumpoto kwa Iraq pazaka za Operation Northern Watch posachedwa alola asitikali aku Turkey kupita kumpoto kwa Syria kuti akaukire Kurds komweko kale pansi pa chitetezo cha US. Monga Purezidenti Trump akumvetsetsa momwe zinthu zilili pakadali pano, pogwiritsa ntchito chilankhulo choyeretsa mafuko, "iwo (Turkey) adayenera kuyeretsa." Trump, m'malingaliro ake onyoza a Kurds, akuyimira gulu lodziwika bwino. Sizinali Saddam Hussein yemwe anayamba kugwiritsa ntchito zida za mankhwala polimbana ndi a Kurds a kumpoto kwa Iraq (mothandizidwa ndi kuvomerezedwa ndi US). Kusiyanitsa kumeneko kuli kwa Winston Churchill, amene monga Mlembi wa Britain wa Nkhondo ndi Air mu 1920 anayankha omutsutsa kuti: “Sindikumvetsa kuipidwa kumeneku kwa kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwa gasi. Ndimakonda kwambiri kugwiritsa ntchito mpweya wapoizoni polimbana ndi mafuko osatukuka.”
Incirlik Air Base ilinso m'nkhani. Lachitatu, Okutobala 16, Purezidenti Trump adatsimikizira poyera kuti US, mumgwirizano wogawana zida zanyukiliya ku NATO, ili ndi bomba la nyukiliya la 50 B61 losungidwa m'mabunkers ku Incirlik. Munthawi zovutazi, a Trump adafunsidwa, kodi zida zanyukiliyazi ndizotetezeka? Pomwe a Douglas Pierce, Wachiwiri kwa Commander wa Iowa Air National Guard akuchitira umboni kukhothi mu 2003, adayenera kutsatira nkhani yoti Incirlik "ndi ya Turkey," a Trump alibe zoletsa zotere ndipo adatha kudzitamandira kuti Incirlik ndi yathu: "Ndife olimba mtima, ndipo tili ndi malo abwino kwambiri apamlengalenga, malo apamlengalenga amphamvu kwambiri. Air base yokhayo imatha kutenga malo aliwonse. Ndi bwalo lalikulu, lamphamvu kwambiri. "
Kuchuluka kwa magulu ankhondo aku US akumayiko ena, omwe akuyerekeza kupitilira 800 m'maiko ena a 70, ndizovuta kudziwa, chifukwa nthawi zambiri amabisala ngati maziko adziko lomwe alandirira. Malamulo a Honduras, mwachitsanzo, salola kukhalapo kwa asilikali akunja ndipo mwalamulo, palibe asilikali a US omwe ali kumeneko. Pansi pa mgwirizano wa "kugwedezana chanza" ndi US, komabe, Palmerola Air Base masiku ano ili ndi asitikali a 600 aku US, kutsika kuchokera pachimake cha masauzande mu 1980s. Pophwanya kusalowerera ndale kwa dziko la Ireland, bwalo la ndege ku Shannon ndi malo a ndege aku US, omwe ali ndi asilikali oposa 3 miliyoni a US ndi zida zawo zomwe zadutsapo kuyambira 2001. Menwith Hill, ku Yorkshire, United Kingdom, mwalamulo ndi Royal Air Force Base, ndiye likulu la minyewa ya US National Security Agency yowunikira komanso kupha anthu omwe ali ndi chizindikiro chokha cha RAF. US ili ndi dongosolo lomwelo logawana zida zanyukiliya pomwe zida zanyukiliya zaku US zimasungidwa ku Turkey ndi mayiko ena asanu omwe ali mamembala a NATO. Palibe dziko lomwe limakhala ndi gulu lankhondo la US popanda kugonjera ulamuliro wake ndi kukhulupirika kwake pamlingo wina.
Chidaliro cha Trump chayikidwa bwino. Pamodzi ndi Incirlik, US ili ndi zida zambiri zankhondo "zazikulu" komanso "zamphamvu kwambiri" padziko lonse lapansi. Mu 2003, umboni wa m’khoti la a Col. Pierce unavumbula cholinga cha masewera aakulu a utsi ndi magalasi: n’cholinga choti dziko la United States lisakhale ndi “diso lakuda,” kuti pasapezeke amene “angatinene kuti timachita zimenezi ngati n’zimene anachita. .”
Trump akuti "Tikutuluka mu nkhondo zopanda malire" koma ndi bodza. Ndikuwonetsa Asitikali aku Kurds kuti azimenya nkhondo ku Turkey, asitikali pafupifupi 1,000 aku US atsalira ku Syria ndipo pali asitikali a 5,000 kumalire a Iraq. Tsopano a Trump akutumiza asitikali ena aku US 1,800 ku Saudi Arabia.
Trump akunena kale malo ake m'mbiri tsopano kuti athetse moto umene Turkey akuti si umodzi. “Ndipo ukudziwa chiyani? Chitukuko ndichosangalala kwambiri. Ndi chinthu chabwino kwa chitukuko, "adatero. "Palibe mbendera yokwanira kubisa manyazi akupha anthu osalakwa," adatero wolemba mbiri Howard Zinn, ndipo palibe bodza lomwe lingatseke diso lakuda la kugwirizana kwa US pakupha anthu.
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