Umthombo: The Intercept
Ibutho lase-US liye laba ukulwa e-Afghanistan cishe iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye. I-House Democrats, esebenza ngokuhambisana nabenzi bomthetho ababalulekile be-GOP abasekela impi abafana no-Rep. Liz Cheney, bayaqinisekisa ukuthi lokho kuyaqhubeka.
Izolo ebusuku, i-House Armed Services Committee ivotele ngamalengiso ukuchitshiyelwa - exhaswe ngokuhlanganyela yiDemocratic Congressman uJason Crow waseColorado kanye noCongresswoman Cheney wase-Wyoming - evimbela ukusetshenziswa kwezimali ukunciphisa isibalo samasosha ase-US atshalwe e-Afghanistan ngaphansi kwezi-8,000 ngaphandle kochungechunge lwezimo eziqala ukuhlangatshezwana nazo.
Izimo ezibekiwe aziyona neze into encane: ukuze lokhu kuncishiswa kwamasosha avela e-Afghanistan kuvunyelwe, uMnyango Wezokuvikela kumele ukwazi ukuqinisekisa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuthi ukushiya i-Afghanistan "ngeke kwandise ubungozi bokunwetshwa okukhona noma ukwakhiwa okusha. izindawo eziphephile zamaphekula ngaphakathi kwe-Afghanistan" futhi "ngeke ziyekethise noma zithinte kabi umsebenzi oqhubekayo wokulwa nobuphekula wase-United States ngokumelene ne-Islamic State, al Qaeda, kanye namabutho ahlobene."
Ukuchitshiyelwa kweCrow/Cheney kuMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke (i-NDAA) izolo ebusuku uphasiswe ngamavoti angama-45-11. I-NDAA yabe isigunyazwa ngazwi linye yiKomidi ngevoti 56-0. Igunyaza ama- $ 740.5 billion ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi - cishe kathathu ngaphezulu kunezwe elingelesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni, iChina.
UMongameli Trump unyaka wonke ugcizelele ukuthi iPentagon yethula izinhlelo zokuhoxisa wonke amasosha e-Afghanistan ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-2020. Ngesonto eledlule, imibiko ikhonjisiwe ukuthi "ukuphatha kukaTrump sekusondele ekuphothuleni isinqumo sokuhoxisa amasosha angaphezu kuka-4,000 e-Afghanistan ngokuwa." Uhlelo lukaTrump “lunganciphisa isibalo samasosha sisuke ku-8,600 siye ku-4,500 futhi sibe yisibalo esiphansi kakhulu kusukela ezinsukwini zokuqala zempi e-Afghanistan, eyaqala ngo-2001.” NgoFebhuwari, uTrump umemezele isivumelwano namaTaliban ukuqeda impi ngokuphelele.
Kungekudala ngemuva kokubikwa kwalezo zinhlelo zokuhoxiswa kwe-White House, izikhulu zezobunhloli ezingaziwa iputshuze uchungechunge lwezimangalo ku-New York Times mayelana "nemali ezuzisayo" okusolakala ukuthi ikhokhelwa iRussia kumasosha aseTaliban ukuze abulale amasosha ase-US. Lokho kuvuza kwafaka isibindi ukuphikiswa kokuhoxiswa kwamasosha e-Afghanistan ngesizathu sokuthi kuzobe kusho ukukhohlisa kweRussia. Kwakuwukuthi i-New York Times iputshukile lapho uLiz Cheney, kanye ne-GOP Congressman Mac Thornberry, ecashunwe kuyo. isitatimende esihlanganyelwe ngoMsombuluko ukuphakamisa ukuhoxiswa kwamasosha kuzoba nzima:
“Ngemuva kwesithangami sanamuhla nezikhulu eziphezulu ze-White House, sisakhathazekile ngomsebenzi waseRussia e-Afghanistan, okuhlanganisa nemibiko yokuthi baqondise amasosha ase-US. Sekunesikhathi kucaca ukuthi iRussia ayisifiseli okuhle e-Afghanistan. Sikholelwa ukuthi kubalulekile ukuphishekela ngamandla noma yiluphi ulwazi oluhlobene neRussia nanoma yiliphi elinye izwe eliqondise amabutho ethu. Ikhongolose ayinaso isibopho esibaluleke ukwedlula ukuhlinzeka ngokuvikeleka kwesizwe sakithi kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi amabutho ethu anezinsiza azidingayo. Silindele eminye imininingwane ngalolu daba ezinsukwini ezizayo. ”
Isichibiyelo seCrow/Cheney esivimba uhlelo lokuhoxa kukaTrump sagomela ngokuthi "ukwehla ngokushesha kwezempi kanye nokuntuleka kokuzibophezela kwe-United States ekuvikelekeni nasekuzinzeni kwe-Afghanistan kuzobukela phansi imizamo yezokuxhumana yokuthula" (yi-US kuphela engahlehlisa uhlelo lokuhoxiswa kwamasosha ngemuva kokuvela kwe-Afghan. impi eneminyaka engu-19 ubudala ngokuthi "shesha"). Isichibiyelo sabo siphinde sithi "isivumelwano samanje phakathi kwe-United States neTaliban asihlinzeki ngokuvikelwa okufanele kwabantu abasengozini, asidali izimo zokwenqatshwa kodlame kanye nokuvinjelwa kwezindawo eziphephile zamaphekula, futhi asimeleli i-diplomatic enengqondo. isixazululo, esisekelwe emaqinisweni nasezimweni eziqinisekisayo, esihlinzeka ngokuzinza kwesikhathi eside”
I-NDAA egunyazwe yiKomidi izolo ebusuku imikhawulo ebekiwe on Uhlelo lukaTrump lokuhoxisa amasosha evela eJalimane. Uhlelo lukaTrump lufuna ukuthi kususwe amasosha alinganiselwa ku-9,500 34,500 emhlabathini waseJalimane, kwehliswe isibalo samasosha ase-US kulesi sizwe esithuthuke kakhulu futhi esicebe kakhulu sase-Europe sisuka ku-25,000 siye ku-49. Kodwa ngamavoti amaningi angu-7-XNUMX, iKomiti Yenkonzo Yezikhali ugunyaze ukuchitshiyelwa ku-NDAA "evimbela abaphathi ekwehliseni amazinga amasosha ngaphansi kwamazinga amanje kuze kube yizinsuku eziyi-180 ngemuva kokuthi abaholi bePentagon bethule uhlelo kuCongress futhi baqinisekise ukuthi ngeke kulimaze i-US noma izintshisekelo ezihlangene."
Njengoba enza ne-Afghanistan, uCongresswoman Cheney, ukuphikisa lokhu kususwa kwamasosha eJalimane, okushiwo - kanye nozakwabo beKomidi leDemocratic Alliance - usongo lweRussia, manje osekuyisizathu esiyinhloko sokuqhubeka nempi engapheli yase-US kanye nempi, njengoba nje kwakunjalo phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi yokuqala:
Ukukhipha amasosha ase-US eJalimane kuyintshisekelo yeRussia, hhayi eyaseMelika. I-Russia iyakwamukela ukuhlehla kwamasosha ase-US eJalimane
Khonamanjalo, iDemocrat ehamba phambili eyajoyina uCheney ukuphikisa ukuhoxiswa kwamasosha eJalimane, uCongressman Ruben Gallego wase-Arizona, futhi ecashuniwe "ukwandisa ubudlova baseRussia" ukuphikisa ngokuthi "kubaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili ukuthi abalingani bethu be-NATO nabalingani bethu bahlale beqiniseka ngokuzibophezela kwe-United States." Sekungamashumi eminyaka, usongo olucatshangwayo oluvela eMoscow kwakuyithuluzi elihamba phambili elisetshenziselwa ukuthethelela impiriyali yase-US engapheli, futhi ngisho namanje ukuthi iRussia ingaphezu kwalokho intatheli uVincent Bevins. namuhla ebizwa "amandla amancane eMpumalanga Yurophu," lisadlala indima efanayo emcabangweni wase-US kanye nenkulumo yezempi.
Ukuphikisana nokuhoxiswa kwamasosha e-Afghanistan naseJalimane kwakungavumelananga. Kube khona izici zesokunxele eliqhubekayo kanye ne-pro-Trump kwesokudla eyeseka lokhu kuhoxiswa. Izolo ku-Twitter, ummeli weDemocratic Alliance u-Ro Khanna, owayengusihlalo-kanye womkhankaso we-Sanders, kanye no-GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, bahwebe ngokusekelana nezifungo zokusebenza ndawonye ukuze banqobe isichibiyelo seCrow/Cheney:
NginguHuckleberry wakho. Sesidlulile isikhathi sokuqeda impi e-Afghanistan.
Kepha lo mfelandawonye wesokunxele wokulwa nempi awufani nomshini wempi owakhiwe ngamaphiko okusungulwa kwawo womabili amaqembu kanye nomphakathi wezempi nowezobunhloli oqhubeka nokusebenzisa ukuvuza okukhethiwe, okungekho emthethweni ukucekela phansi noma yiziphi izinhlelo zokunciphisa ubukhona bezempi base-US emhlabeni jikelele. umhlaba. Ukuthi amaDemocrat achithe ishumi leminyaka eligcwele eqasha ababengamasosha kanye nezikhulu zezobunhloli ukuthi basebenze njengabamele ukhetho kuCongressman (bobabili uCongressman Crow, umxhasi kaLiz Cheney ekuchitshiyelweni kwe-Afghanistan, kanye noCongressman Gallego wokuhoxiswa kwamasosha aseJalimane, bobabili. I-Iraq War Veterans) yenze iqembu libe nempi kakhulu.
Kuhlanganiswe neqiniso lokuthi amaDemocrats ayanda ukuhlangana kanye nokuholwa ama-neocons enkathi kaBush kanye nezinye Bush/Cheney operatives ekudaleni imikhankaso enjalo ye-jingoistic kanye nemiyalezo yezempi njenge-Lincoln Project ethandwayo, nokuthi i-Biden izama ngokusobala ukugijimela ilungelo likaTrump ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ngezikhangiso ezimsola ngokuba ithambile kakhulu eChina futhi emhlanganisa noCastro noChavez, isithombe sicacile. Akufanele kusimangaze nakancane ukuthi i-House Democrats ithola imbangela evamile no-Liz Cheney nabanye abashisekeli be-GOP ukuvimba noma yimiphi imizamo yokunciphisa ngokusesilinganisweni umkhondo wamasosha ase-US emhlabeni noma ukuma kwawo kwempi engapheli amashumi eminyaka.
Kubuyekeziwe: NgoLwesihlanu, Julayi 2, 4:02 pm PDT
Ivoti lokubizelwa ohlwini lokuchibiyela iCrow/Cheney ukuvimbela uhlelo lukaTrump lokuhoxa e-Afghanistan seliyatholakala. Emalungwini ayi-11 avotele ukuthi “cha,” ayisishiyagalombili bekungamaRepublican (Mo Brooks, Bradley Burne, Austin Scott, Scott DesJarlais, Ralph Abraham, Trent Kelly, Matt Gaetz, Jim Banks) kanti abathathu bekungamaDemocrats (Tulsi Gabbard, Anthony Brown, Ro Khanna. ). Lokho kusho ukuthi amavoti "yebo" - okuvimbela ukuhoxiswa kwamasosha e-Afghanistan - avela eningini elibalulekile lamavoti eDemocratic Alliance. Ivoti lokubizelwa liyabonakala kumavidiyo angezansi:
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