(Revised, 22 Sept. 2001) Mndandanda uli pansipa ukuwonetsa zochitika zina za ndondomeko ya US ku Middle East. Mndandandawu umachepetsa madandaulo otsutsana ndi United States m'derali chifukwa sichimaphatikizapo ndondomeko zowonjezereka zowonjezereka, monga kuthandizira kwa US ku maulamuliro olamulira (kupereka Saudi Arabia, kuphunzitsa apolisi achinsinsi ku Iran pansi pa Shah, kupereka zida ndi thandizo ku Turkey monga inaukira mwankhanza midzi ya Kurdish, etc.). Mndandandawu ukupatulanso zochita zambiri za Israeli pomwe United States imakhudzidwa mwanjira ina chifukwa cha thandizo lake lankhondo, ukazembe, komanso zachuma ku Israeli.
Sitikudziwika ngati madandaulo aliwonsewa adalimbikitsa omwe adayambitsa ziwopsezo zowopsa komanso zopanda chifukwa za Seputembara 11. Koma madandaulowo adathandiziradi kukhazikitsa chilengedwe chomwe chimayambitsa uchigawenga wotsutsana ndi America.
1948: Israeli idakhazikitsidwa. US ikukana kukakamiza Israeli kuti alole anthu othamangitsidwa ku Palestina kuti abwerere.
1949: CIA imathandizira kulanda boma ku Syria.
1953: CIA imathandizira kugwetsa boma la Mossadeq losankhidwa mwademokalase ku Iran (lomwe lidatulutsa kampani yamafuta yaku Britain) zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zaka zana zazaka zopondereza komanso zankhanza za Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi.
1956: US idadula ndalama zolonjezedwa za Damu la Aswan ku Egypt Egypt italandira zida za Kum'mawa.
1956: Israel, Britain, ndi France analanda dziko la Egypt. US sichirikiza kuwukira, koma kukhudzidwa kwa ogwirizana nawo a NATO kumachepetsa kwambiri mbiri ya Washington mderali.
1958: Asitikali aku US adatera ku Lebanon kuti asunge "bata".
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1960: US idayesa kupha mtsogoleri wa Iraq, Abdul Karim Qassim.
1963: US inanena kuti ikupereka chipani cha Iraq Ba'ath (posachedwa kutsogoleredwa ndi Saddam Hussein) mayina a chikomyunizimu kupha, zomwe amachita ndi mphamvu.
1967 : US imaletsa kuyesetsa kulikonse mu Security Council kuti ikwaniritse SC Resolution 242, kuyitanitsa kuti Israeli achoke m'madera omwe adagonjetsedwa mu nkhondo ya 1967.
1970: Nkhondo yapachiweniweni pakati pa Jordan ndi PLO. Israel ndi US akukonzekera kulowererapo mbali ya Yordano ngati Syria ibwerera PLO.
1972: US idaletsa zoyesayesa za mtsogoleri waku Egypt Anwar Sadat kuti akwaniritse mgwirizano wamtendere ndi Israeli.
1973: Thandizo lankhondo laku US loyendetsedwa ndi ndege limathandiza Israeli kusintha nkhondo ndi Syria ndi Egypt.
1973-75: US imathandizira zigawenga zaku Kurdish ku Iraq. Iran itachita mgwirizano ndi Iraq mu 1975 ndikusindikiza malire, Iraq ikupha a Kurds ndipo US imawakana pothawirako. Kissinger akufotokoza mobisa kuti โntchito zobisa siziyenera kusokonezedwa ndi ntchito yaumishonale.โ
1975: US vetoes Security Council chigamulo chotsutsa kuukira kwa Israeli pamisasa ya othawa kwawo aku Palestina ku Lebanon.
1978-79: Anthu aku Iran ayamba ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi Shah. US idauza Shah kuti imamuthandiza "popanda kusungitsa" ndikumulimbikitsa kuti achitepo kanthu mwamphamvu. Mpaka mphindi yomaliza, US ikuyesera kukonza kulanda asilikali kuti apulumutse Shah, koma sizinaphule kanthu.
1979-88: US ikuyamba thandizo lachinsinsi kwa Mujahideen ku Afghanistan miyezi isanu ndi umodzi Soviet Union isanayambe kuukira mu Dec. 1979. Zaka khumi zikubwerazi US ikupereka maphunziro ndi ndalama zoposa $ 3 biliyoni zankhondo ndi zothandizira.
1980-88: Iran Iraq nkhondo. Iraq ikaukira Iran, US imatsutsa zomwe bungwe la Security Council likuchita kuti litsutse kuukiraku. Posachedwa US ikuchotsa Iraq pamndandanda wamayiko omwe akuchirikiza uchigawenga ndikulola kuti zida za US zisamutsidwe ku Iraq. Nthawi yomweyo, US imalola Israeli kupereka zida ku Iran ndipo mu 1985 US imapereka zida mwachindunji (ngakhale mobisa) ku Iran. US imapereka zidziwitso zanzeru ku Iraq. Iraq imagwiritsa ntchito zida za mankhwala mu 1984; US ikubwezeretsa ubale waukazembe ndi Iraq. 1987 US inatumiza asilikali ake apamadzi ku Persian Gulf, kutenga mbali ya Iraq; Sitima yapamadzi yoopsa kwambiri yaku US idagwetsa ndege ya anthu wamba yaku Iran, ndikupha 290.
1981, 1986: US ikuyendetsa asilikali pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Libya m'madzi omwe Libya amati ndi cholinga chofuna kukhumudwitsa Qaddafi. Mu 1981, ndege yaku Libyan idawombera mzinga ndipo ndege ziwiri zaku Libya zidagwa. Mu 1986, Libya idawombera mizinga yomwe imafika kutali ndi zomwe akufuna ndipo US ikuukira mabwato aku Libyan, kupha 72, ndikuyika m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Bomba litaphulika mu kalabu yausiku yaku Berlin, kupha anthu awiri aku America, US ikunena kuti Qaddafi ndiye anali kumbuyo (mwina zoona) ndipo amaphulitsa mabomba ku Libya, kupha anthu wamba ambiri, kuphatikiza mwana wamkazi wa Qaddafi.
1982: US imapereka "kuwala kobiriwira" ku Israeli ku Lebanon, kupha anthu ena 17. US yasankha kusapempha malamulo ake oletsa Israeli kugwiritsa ntchito zida za US kupatula kudziteteza. US idavotera zigamulo zingapo za Security Council zotsutsa kuwukira.
1983: Asilikali a United States anatumizidwa ku Lebanon monga mbali ya gulu lankhondo la mayiko osiyanasiyana losungitsa mtendere; kulowerera mbali imodzi ya nkhondo yapachiweniweni, kuphatikizapo kuphulitsa mabomba kwa USS New Jersey. Chokani pambuyo pophulitsa bomba mnyumba zapamadzi.
1984: zigawenga zaku US zomwe zidathandizira ku Afghanistan ziwotcha ndege wamba.
1987-92: Zida za US zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Israeli kupondereza Intifada yoyamba ya Palestine. US idavotera zigamulo zisanu za Security Council zodzudzula kuponderezedwa kwa Israeli.
1988: Saddam Hussein akupha zikwi zambiri za anthu ake aku Kurdish ndikugwiritsa ntchito zida za mankhwala motsutsana nawo. US ikuwonjezera maubwenzi ake azachuma ku Iraq.
1988: US vetoes 3 Security Council zigamulo zotsutsa kupitirizabe kulanda Israeli ndi kuponderezedwa ku Lebanon.
1990-91: US ikukana kukhazikitsidwa kwaukazembe kulikonse pakuwukira kwa Iraq ku Kuwait (mwachitsanzo, kutsutsa kuyesa kulikonse kolumikizana ndi zigawo ziwiri za Kuwait ndi Palestine). US ikutsogolera mgwirizano wapadziko lonse pankhondo yolimbana ndi Iraq. Zomangamanga za anthu wamba zolunjika. Pofuna kulimbikitsa "kukhazikika" US ikukana kuthandizira zipolowe zankhondo za Shi'ite kumwera ndi Kurds kumpoto, kukana zigawengazo kupeza zida zankhondo zaku Iraq ndikukana kuletsa ndege za ndege za Iraq.
1991: Zilango zowononga zachuma zimaperekedwa ku Iraq. US ndi Britain amaletsa kuyesa konse kuwakweza. Mazana a zikwi amafa. Ngakhale Security Council idanena kuti zilango ziyenera kuchotsedwa pokhapokha mapulogalamu a Saddam Hussein oti apange zida zowononga anthu ambiri atha, Washington ikuwonetsa kuti zilangozo zikhalabe ngati Saddam akadali ndi mphamvu. Zolango zimalimbitsa udindo wa Saddam. Atafunsidwa za zotulukapo zowopsa za anthu za zilangozo, Madeleine Albright (kazembe wa United States ku UN ndipo pambuyo pake Mlembi wa Boma) ananena kuti โmtengo wake ndi woyenerera.โ
1993 : US ikuyambitsa zipolopolo ku Iraq, kudzinenera kuti ikudziteteza poyesera kupha pulezidenti wakale Bush miyezi iwiri yapitayo.
1998: US ndi UK anaphulitsa Iraq pa nkhani yoyendera zida, ngakhale Security Council ikungokumana kuti ikambirane nkhaniyi.
1998: US inawononga fakitale yomwe ikupanga theka la mankhwala a Sudan, ponena kuti ibwezera chifukwa cha kuukira kwa akazembe a US ku Tanzania ndi Kenya komanso kuti fakitale imachita nawo nkhondo ya mankhwala. Pambuyo pake US idavomereza kusowa kwa umboni pa mlandu wankhondo yamankhwala.
2000-: Israeli amagwiritsa ntchito zida za US poyesa kuthetsa zipolowe za Palestine, kupha mazana a anthu wamba.
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