Kusintha kwina kwa Nkhondo Yatsopano ya Iraq kudzakhala pomwe Purezidenti Barack Obama ndi Congress asankha kusunga lonjezo lawo loti asatumize asitikali aku America.
Ngati angalimbikire, kukhazikitsa kwawo koyambirira kungakakamizidwe chifukwa gulu lankhondo laku Iraq silingathe kuyimitsa njira "yomveka, yomanga ndikugwira" ya Islamic State. Asilikali a Shiite aku Iraq sangathe, kapena sangathe, kuteteza madera a Sunni, ndipo a Kurds aku Iraq akumenyana kuti ateteze gawo lawo.
Ulamuliro wosokonekera wa Iraq ukhoza kukhazikika, kapena kulowa munkhondo yapachiweniweni, yomwe ingagawanitse dzikolo.
Pentagon, neo-cons ndi ma Republican ambiri akukakamira kuti asitikali apansi ochulukirapo atumizidwe ku Iraq, komanso Syria. Ngati Obama ndi a Democrats adzipereka, ndikupambana ndale kwa adani ake. Ngati Obama ali wolimba, adzaimbidwa mlandu wa "kutaya" Iraq.
Kukakamiza anthu kuti asatumizenso masauzande ankhondo aku America kunkhondo yachitatu ya Iraq ndi njira yotsimikizika yothetsera nkhondoyi.
Amene ali ndi zikumbukiro za nkhondo zakale amadziwa kuti takhalapo kale, ndi zotsatira zake zoopsa kwambiri. Mu 1964, Purezidenti Johnson adachita kampeni yosankha chisankho polonjeza kuti sadzatumiza anyamata achichepere aku America kuti akamenye nkhondo yapansi ku Southeast Asia. Nthawi yomweyo, anayamba kukonzekera kuukira. Tsogolo lodzala ndi malonjezo linasokonekera.
Kaya Johnson amadziwa zomwe akuchita kapena adasindikizidwa ndi alangizi ake zilibe kanthu. (Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, adafuna kudziwa momwe Vietnam idachitikira.)
Kufananako ndikuti katatu, mu 2006, 2008, ndi 2012, aku America apereka udindo wovota kuti athetse kapena "kuthetsa" nkhondo zomwe zimabwerezedwa. Anthu amakonda kuphulitsa bomba ku US polimbana ndi Islamic State, pakadali pano, koma zikuwoneka zolimba motsutsana ndi kukwera kwa asitikali aku US. Maganizo amenewo atha kugwedezeka ndi nkhanza zambiri za IS kuphatikiza ndi mantha pakugwa kwa Baghdad. Kapenanso maganizo akuti โkwanakwanaโ angakule.
Zomwe tikudziwa ndikuti War Lobby ili ndi mphamvu. Koma kuchokera ku lingaliro la "gulu lamtendere lalitali," malo awo akufooka chaka ndi chaka.
Asilikali amtendere akwanitsa kale kuyika malire a Pentagon ndi mphamvu za boma. US yachepetsa pang'onopang'ono kuchuluka kwa asitikali aku America kuchokera pa 500,000 pankhondo yoyamba ya Gulf mpaka pafupifupi 1,200 pabwalo lankhondo lalikulu lero.
Mu Nkhondo Yoyamba ya Gulf (1990-91), olamulira a Bush 1 adatumiza asitikali 500,000 kukakankhira asitikali aku Iraq ku Kuwait ndi kubwerera ku Baghdad.
Mu Nkhondo yaku Afghanistan (2001 mpaka pano), boma lathu lidapereka asitikali a 100,000 ndi NATO ena 50,000, omwe achepetsedwa kukhala 35,000 pakadali pano osapambana a Taliban.
Mu Nkhondo Yachiwiri ya Iraq (2003-2012), asitikali a 150,000 aku US ndi zikwizikwi za othandizira a NATO adachepetsedwa mpaka pafupifupi ziro pofika chaka cha 2013, osakhazikitsa njira ina yomenyera nkhondo yapachiweniweni asitikali athu asananyamuke.
M'mutu wazaka zambiri zaku Syria za nkhondoyi, udindo waku America wakhala wachinsinsi, wosalunjika komanso wosatsimikizika mpaka pano.
Ku Libya, thandizo la US pakugwetsa wolamulira wankhanza Kaddafi linali lokhalo lakumenyedwa kwa ndege, zida, ndi CIA ndi Special-Ops. Izi zachititsa kuti pakhale nkhondo yapachiweniweni komanso kufalitsa chipwirikiti mโderali.
Nkhondo yatsopano kwambiri yolimbana ndi ISIS ku Iraq ndi Syria ndi yosadziwikiratu pakadali pano, koma ikuwonetsa kale malire ankhondo aku America, malire omwe amaperekedwa ndi malingaliro odana ndi nkhondo pakati pa Amereka kunyumba. Makanema ambiri amavomerezana kuti "kutopa" kwa anthu, fanizo latsopano la "Vietnam syndrome." Kukonzekera kumatanthauza kuti anthu aku America ataya mtima wawo wankhondo. M'lingaliro lina, anthu aku America akuwonetsa kukhwima komwe kulibe pagulu lazandale: kuti ndi nthawi yoti tichepetse zotayika zathu pankhondo zomwe sitingathe kuzikwanitsa, zomwe zimakhudza okonda zipembedzo.
Zotsutsanazi zikuwopseza "bedevil Obama", malinga ndi New York Times mutu. Ngati palibe asilikali odalirika a US kapena omwe si a US kunkhondo yatsopanoyi, ndipo mabomba aku America okha sangathe kufafaniza ISIS, zomwe zidzakakamizika kulimbana ndi asilikali a Pentagon ndi akazembe andale.
Kodi Obama ndi Congress adzatha kusunga lonjezo la "asilikali apansi" pakati pa atolankhani ndi mantha ankhondo kuti ISIS ili pazipata za Baghdad?
Mkangano wa ndondomekoyi ukhoza kubwera posachedwa m'nyengo yozizira, pambuyo pa chisankho chapakati pa nthawi. Purezidenti, Congress, ndi onse omwe akufuna kukhala ndi maudindo apamwamba mu 2016, adzayenera kuyika maudindo awo kumapeto kwa nkhondo yatsopano.
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