"I-Deltas zingqondo ... Kuya kufuneka ube yi-psychopath eqinisekisiweyo ukuze ujoyine i-Delta Force ...", u-Colonel womkhosi wase-US ovela e-Fort Bragg wandixelela emva kweminyaka yoo-1980. Ngoku uMongameli u-Obama uphakamisile eyona nto idume kakubi kwi-psychopaths, uGeneral Stanley McChrystal, ukuba akhokele i-US kunye ne-NATO yomkhosi womkhosi e-Afghanistan. Ukunyuka kukaMcChrystal kubunkokeli kuphawulwa yindima yakhe ephambili ekwalathiseni amaqela omsebenzi okhethekileyo abandakanyeka ekubulaweni kwabantu ngokungekho mthethweni, ukungcungcuthekiswa okucwangcisiweyo, ukuqhushumba kweebhombu kuluntu lwabemi kunye nokukhangela kunye nokutshabalalisa ubuthunywa. Ungoyena mbonakaliso wenkohlakalo kunye nogonyamelo olukhapha isakhiwo sobukhosi esiqhutywa ngumkhosi. Phakathi kukaSeptemba 2003 kunye no-Agasti 2008, uMcChrystal uqondise i-Pentagon's Joint Special Operations (JSO) Command eqhuba amaqela akhethekileyo ekubulaweni kwamanye amazwe.
Inqaku lamaqela 'eMisebenzi eKhethekileyo' (SOT) kukuba awahluli phakathi kwenkcaso yoluntu kunye nomkhosi, phakathi kwabaphembeleli kunye nabaxhasi babo kunye nokuchasana okuxhobileyo. I-SOT igxile ekusekeni amaqela abulalayo kunye nokugaya kunye nokuqeqesha imikhosi yamajoni ukugrogrisa uluntu, iindawo zokuhlala kunye nemibutho yentlalo echasene norhulumente wabathengi base-US. I-SOT's 'counter-terrorism' bubugrogrisi ngokubuyisela umva, kugxininise kumaqela ezentlalo nezopolitiko phakathi kweeproxies zase-US kunye nochaso oluxhobileyo. I-SOT kaMcChrystal ijolise kwiinkokeli zasekhaya kunye nelizwe lonke e-Iraq, e-Afghanistan nasePakistan ngokusebenzisa uhlaselo lwe-commando kunye nokuhlaselwa komoya. Ngethuba leminyaka emi-5 yokugqibela yexesha lika-Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld i-SOT yayibandakanyeke ngokunzulu ekuthuthunjisweni kwamabanjwa ezopolitiko kunye nabarhanelwa. UMcChrystal wayeyintandokazi ekhethekileyo kaRumsfeld kunye noCheney kuba wayephethe imikhosi 'yentshukumo ethe ngqo' yeeYunithi zeMishini eziKhethekileyo. Umsebenzi 'weNdlela eNgqongileyo' ngamaqela abulalayo kunye nabathuthumbisi kwaye ekuphela kokudibana kwabo nabemi bendawo kukugrogrisa, hayi ukusasaza iindaba. Babandakanyeka ‘kwinkcazelo yabafileyo’, bebulala iinkokeli zasekuhlaleni ukuze ‘zifundise’ abantu basekuhlaleni ukuthobela nokuthobela umsebenzi. Ukuqeshwa kuka-Obama uMcChrystal njengentloko kubonakalisa ukunyuka komkhosi omtsha kwimfazwe yakhe yase-Afghanistan phambi kokuqhubela phambili kochaso kwilizwe lonke.
Isikhundla esiwohlokayo se-US sibonakala kwisangqa esiqiniweyo esijikeleze zonke iindlela ezikhokelela ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwikomkhulu lase-Afghanistan, iKabul kunye nokwandiswa kolawulo lweTaliban kunye nefuthe kuwo wonke umda wePakistan-Afghanistan. Ukungakwazi kuka-Obama ukufumana i-NATO entsha yokuqinisa kuthetha ukuba i-White House ekuphela kwethuba lokuqhubela phambili ubukhosi bayo obuqhutywa ngumkhosi kukunyusa inani lemikhosi yase-US kunye nokwandisa umlinganiselo wokubulala phakathi kwabo nabaphi na abantu abarhanelekayo kwimimandla elawulwa yi-Afghan.
I-White House kunye ne-Pentagon ibango lokuba ukuqeshwa kukaMcChrystal kwakungenxa 'yobunzima' bemeko phantsi kunye nesidingo 'sokutshintsha kweqhinga'. 'Ukuntsonkotha' sisingqino sokwanda kwenkcaso e-US, enzima kwikhaphethi yemveli 'yokuqhushumba kwebhombu kunye nokutshayela emkhosini'. Isicwangciso esitsha esenziwe nguMcChrystal sibandakanya umlinganiselo omkhulu, ixesha elide 'imisebenzi ekhethekileyo' yokutshabalalisa kunye nokubulala amanethiwekhi oluntu asekuhlaleni kunye neenkokheli zoluntu, ezibonelela ngenkqubo yenkxaso yokuchasana nezixhobo.
Isigqibo sika-Obama sokuthintela ukukhutshwa kweefoto ezininzi ezibhaliweyo ngokungcungcuthekiswa kwamabanjwa ngamajoni ase-US kunye 'nabancinwa' (ingakumbi phantsi komyalelo we'Special Forces'), sinxulumene ngokuthe ngqo nokuqeshwa kwakhe uMcChrystal omkhosi wakhe 'weSOT' wawuchaphazeleka kakhulu. ekuthuthunjisweni okuxhaphakileyo eIraq. Okubaluleke ngokulinganayo, phantsi komyalelo kaMcChrystal i-DELTA, i-SEAL kunye namaQela oMsebenzi oKhethekileyo uya kuba nendima enkulu kwisicwangciso esitsha 'sokuchasana nokuvukela'. Ibango lika-Obama lokuba ukupapashwa kwezi foto kuya kuchaphazela kakubi ‘imikhosi’ linentsingiselo ethile: Ukuvezwa okucacileyo kweMcChrystal’s modus operendi kwiminyaka emi-5 edlulileyo phantsi kukaMongameli Bush kuya kujongela phantsi ukusebenza kwakhe kakuhle ekuqhubeni imisebenzi efanayo phantsi kuka-Obama.
Isigqibo sika-Obama sokuphinda aqalise 'inkundla zomkhosi' eziyimfihlo zamabanjwa ezopolitiko angaphandle, agcinwe kwinkampu yentolongo yaseGuantanamo, ayisosenzo nje sokuphinda siphinde sibuyele kwimigaqo-nkqubo kaBush-Cheney, awathi u-Obama wayigxeka waza wafunga ukuba uza kuyiphelisa ngexesha lephulo lakhe lobumongameli. inxalenye yomgaqo-nkqubo wakhe omkhulu womkhosi kwaye ungqamana nokuvuma kwakhe amaphulo amakhulu okucupha amapolisa afihlakeleyo aqhutywa ngabemi baseMelika.
Ukubeka uMcChrystal ukuba alawule imisebenzi eyandisiweyo yomkhosi wase-Afghanistan-Pakistan kuthetha ukubeka umntu owaziwayo wobunqolobi basemkhosini-intuthumbo kunye nokubulawa kwabachasi kumgaqo-nkqubo wase-US - embindini womgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle wase-US. Ukwandiswa kwenani lika-Obama kunye nomgangatho wemfazwe yase-US eMzantsi Asia kuthetha inani elikhulu lababaleki ababalekela ukutshatyalaliswa kweefama zabo, amakhaya kunye needolophana; amashumi amawaka okufa kwabantu, kunye nokupheliswa koluntu luphela. Konke oku kuya kwenziwa ngu-Obama Administraton kumzamo 'wokukhupha ichibi (kushenxise abantu bonke) ukubamba iintlanzi (abavukeli abaxhobileyo kunye namatshantliziyo)'.\
Ukubuyiselwa kuka-Obama kuyo yonke imigaqo-nkqubo yeBush Era edume kakubi kunye nokuqeshwa koyena mphathi ukhohlakeleyo kaBush kusekelwe ekwamkeleni kwakhe ngokupheleleyo ingcamango yokwakhiwa kobukhosi obuqhutywa ngumkhosi. Nje ukuba umntu akholelwe (njengoko u-Obama esenza) ukuba amandla ase-US kunye nokwandiswa kusekelwe kumkhosi womkhosi kunye nokuphikisana, zonke ezinye iingcamango, idiplomatic, imilinganiselo yokuziphatha kunye nezoqoqosho ziya kulawulwa phantsi komkhosi. Ngokujolisa kuzo zonke izixhobo ekoyiseni ngempumelelo emkhosini, ingqwalasela encinci ihlawulwa kwiindleko ezithwalwa ngabantu ekujoliswe kubo ekoyisweni okanye kwi-US kunye noqoqosho lwasekhaya lwaseMelika. Oku kwacaca kwasekuqaleni: Phakathi kokudodobala okukhulu kwezoqoqosho/noxinzelelo kunye nezigidi zabantu baseMelika abaphulukene nomsebenzi kunye namakhaya abo, uMongameli Obama wonyuse uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi nge-4% - eyithatha ngaphaya kwe-800 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
Ukwamkeleka kuka-Obama emkhosini kuyabonakala kwisigqibo sakhe sokwandisa imfazwe yase-Afghan ngaphandle kokwala kwe-NATO ukwenza eminye imikhosi yokulwa. Kucacile ekuqeshweni kwakhe kowona mbutho unzima nodume kakubi kwiBush-Cheney ixesha lokukhokela umkhosi womkhosi ekoyiseni i-Afghanistan kunye nemida yasePakistan.
Kunjengokuba uGeorge Orwell echaza kwiFama yeZilwanyana: IiHagu zeDemokhrasi ngoku zilandela uburhalarhume, imigaqo-nkqubo yomkhosi yabo bangaphambi kwabo, iRepublican Porkers, kuphela ngoku isegameni labantu noxolo. U-Orwell unokuchaza umgaqo-nkqubo kaMongameli uBarack Obama, ngokuthi 'Iimfazwe ezinkulu kunye negazi elilinganayo nobulungisa kunye nobulungisa'.
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