Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule ngasiza ekumiseni iqoqo elincane lezishoshovu elibizwa ngokuthi Block the Empire ukuze liphikisane neqhaza laseCanada ekuhlaselweni kwe-Iraq. Ngabamba iqhaza emibhikishweni eminingi emelene nokuthathwa kweCanada e-Afghanistan naseHaiti kanye nokubandakanyeka kweCanada odlameni lwase-Israel. Ngibhale ngokugxeka ngempi ye-NATO eLibya kanye nezinye izindaba eziningi zenqubomgomo yangaphandle kubandakanya a ibhuku mayelana nokuthi uhlelo lwe-propaganda lusebenza kanjani kunqubomgomo yangaphandle yaseCanada.
Ngenkathi zikhona ukufana kusukela engxenyeni yokuqala ye-20th ekhulwini leminyaka, isimo sezombangazwe onyakeni nesigamu odlule siyamangalisa. Amaqiniso aboniswa kalula kanye nomlando konke kususiwe emkhakheni wezindaba ogxile kakhulu empini yase-Ukraine. Lonke iLungu lePhalamende ku-House of Commons lihamba endaweni evalekile futhi ngokungafani ne-US abekho osopolitiki abanemibuzo ngephrofayela nganoma iyiphi ingxenye yenqubomgomo esemthethweni. Imizamo yesikhathi eside yabahleli bokuthula yokubamba imihlangano yomphakathi emincane ephonsela inselelo ukulandisa okulula ngendlela emangalisayo ibhekene nolaka, evame ukuphumelela, amabhidi okuba vala shaqa.
Izenzo zaseRussia zephula umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe futhi zinonya. Amabutho ayo abhekene nokufa kwezinkulungwane zabantu base-Ukraine abahlali kanye namashumi ezinkulungwane zamasosha ase-Ukraine. Ukulimala kwengqalasizinda kanye nemvelo nakho kuyamangaza. Kodwa lokho kuchazwe kahle kwabezindaba baseCanada.
Okunganakwa engxoxweni ehamba phambili umongo ongashukumisela abantu baseCanada ukuthi baphushe i-Ottawa ekunikeleni ekuqedeni, kunokuba kubhebhetheke, izinto ezesabekayo. Isho ngokungagunci, i-Canada isize ukuvusa ukungqubuzana futhi yandisa izinto ezithusayo.
Ezinyangeni ezine ezedlule, ungqongqoshe wezangaphandle uJoly ephikisanayo uhlelo lokuthula olwethulwa yiChina. Ubuye wazishaya indiva izinhlelo zokuthula zakamuva eziphakanyiswe yiBrazil kanye ne-African Union kanye nesivumelwano sokuthula esicishe senzeka ngenyanga yokuqala yempi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uJoly uphakamise lokho Inhloso yaseCanada ukusheshisa ushintsho lombuso eMoscow. I-Ottawa inweba ukulwa ukuze isekele isicelo sikaWashington sokwenza buthaka iRussia futhi iqhubekisele phambili i-Europe emaphakathi ne-ajenda yayo.
Abantu base-Ukraine yibo abafayo kodwa i-Canada isempini neRussia. Ezinyangeni eziyi-17 ezedlule iCanada inikeze $ 2 billion ezingalweni, zanikeza usizo olubalulekile lwezobunhloli, zakhuthaza amasosha angaphambili aseCanada ukulwa, zaqeqesha izinkulungwane zamasosha ase-Ukraine futhi zathumela amabutho akhethekile. I-Ottawa ithumele amasosha nemikhumbi kulo lonke elaseMpumalanga Yurophu futhi isebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.6 eminyakeni emithathu ukuze iphindwe kabili amandla ayo eLatvia Abasebenzi be-2,200. ICanada ibihola iqembu le-NATO emngceleni waseRussia kusukela ngo-2017.
Njengengxenye yongqongqoshe wobumbano lomfelandawonye uJoly waya eKyiv maphakathi noJanuwari 2022 ukuthuthukisa i-Ukraine ukunamathela ku-NATO. Ukwenze lokhu ngenkathi amasosha aseRussia angaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyikhulu ebekwe emngceleni njengengxenye yesicelo saseMoscow sokucindezela iWashington, Kyiv kanye neNATO phezu kombimbi. UJoly wayazi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi ukunyakaza kwakhe kuzokwandisa amathuba ezinto ezesabekayo esizibonayo njengamanje.
Ngo-1990 umholi weSoviet/Russian uMikhail Gorbachev wavuma ukuthi angavimbeli ukuhlangana kabusha kweJalimane, ukuhoxisa amashumi ezinkulungwane zamasosha empumalanga nokuthi iJalimane entsha ibe yingxenye ye-NATO ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi umbimbi ngeke lwande.iyintshi eyodwa ukuya empumalanga".
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuthatha izintambo ngo-1993 uNdunankulu uJean Chretien waqala ukuthuthukisa iPoland ukunamathela ku-NATO ngisho nokukhononda ngokuthi i-US yayingahambi “ngokushesha ngokwanele” ukuze ihlanganise lokho kanye namanye amazwe kumfelandawonye wezempi. Kuso sonke lesi sikhathi imithombo yezindaba emikhulu yabika ngokuphikisana kweMoscow nokwandiswa kwe-NATO kodwa i-Ottawa yaphusha ukuphinda kabili ubukhulu bomfelandawonye.
Ngokucasulayo nakakhulu, uChretien wazwakalisa ukusekela i-Ukraine ngokujoyina i-NATO ngo-1996 futhi ngaphambi kwengqungquthela eyayinempikiswano ngo-2008 uNdunankulu uHarper wajoyina uGeorge W. Bush ekucindezeleni i-Ukraine ukuba inamathele ku-NATO. Ngaleso sikhathi iningi labantu base-Ukrainian laliphikisa ukujoyina umfelandawonye futhi izikhulu zase-US zabona ukuthi ungase uhlukanise izwe kabili.
Ngo-2010 u-Victor Yanukovych, owaphikisa ukujoyina i-NATO, wawina ukhetho lukamongameli olwalunganyelwe izingqapheli zaseCanada. Lokho akuzange kuvimbe uhulumeni wakwaHarper ekulandeleni a umkhankaso weminyaka eminingi ukwenza buthaka futhi ekugcineni asize ukuketula umongameli okhethiwe.
Kungakapheli sikhathi esingakanani uYanukovych ethathe izintambo, uHarper wavakashela e-Ukraine nenhloko ye-Ukraine Canadian Congress (UCC) uPaul Grod. Phakathi nohambo u-Harper wahlangana nabaholi bamaqembu aphikisayo futhi wavakashela imnyuziyamu entsha yobuzwe enempikiswano. Ukugxeka kwezikhulu zase-Canada ngo-Yanukovych kuzokhula, futhi ekuqaleni kwezinyanga ezintathu ungqongqoshe wenhlangano yezangaphandle ye-Maidan JohnBaird uvakashele Maidansquare no-Grod ukuze asekele ababhikishi.
Ekuphakameni kwemibhikisho amabutho aphikisayo, okuhlanganisa neC14 ekude kwesokudla, asebenzisa iNxusa laseCanada eKyiv, elaliseduze nesikwele saseMaidan, njengendawo yokusebenzela. ngesonto emzamweni wabo wokuketula uYanukovych.
Ngemva kokuxoshwa kukaYanukovych, uBaird ngokushesha “wamukelwa ukuqokwa kukahulumeni omusha”, ethi, “ukuqokwa kahulumeni osemthethweni kuyigxathu elibalulekile eliya phambili ekubuyiseleni intando yeningi nokujwayelekile e-Ukraine.” Kepha izinhlinzeko zomthethosisekelo wezwe eziphathelene nokushushiswa noma ukuvala isikhundla sikamongameli zephulwa ngokusobala.
Ezinsukwini kamuva uBaird wahola a ukudluliselwa yamalungu ePhalamende e-Conservative Party kanye nabamele i-Ukraine-Canadian ukuhlangabezana nebamba likamongameli kanye nondunankulu omusha. I-Ottawa yamemezela $ 220 million ekusizeni uhulumeni wesikhashana futhi uHarper wayengum kuqala Umholi we-G7 uzovakashela uhulumeni wesikhashana, etshela ibamba likamongameli, "unayo inikeze ugqozi kanye nesahluko esisha endabeni eqhubekayo yesintu yomzabalazo wenkululeko, intando yeningi nobulungiswa.”
Ukuketula umbuso kwabhebhethekisa udlame lwakwesokudla, ukungenelela kweRussia eCrimea kanye nempi eyashiya i-14,000 ishonile empumalanga. NgoFebhuwari 2015 iFrance neJalimane bengamele isivumelwano sokuthula.
Ezinyangeni ezimbili ngemuva kokuphothulwa kwesivumelwano saseMinsk II sokuqeda ukulwa empumalanga, iCanada yafaka umkhankaso wezempi e-Ukraine, iNxusa LaseRussia e-Ottawa layibiza ngokuthi “edabukisayo.” Yaphawula, “kungaba okunengqondo kakhulu ukugxila ekukhulumeni nokukhuthaza iziphathimandla eKiev ukuthi ekugcineni zingene engxoxweni yangempela yezombangazwe neDonetsk neLugansk Republics njengoba kwavunyelwana ngakho ezivumelwaneni ze-‘Minsk-2’ ngoFebhuwari.”
Nge-Operation Unifier Canada yangena ngempumelelo empini ye-proxy esezingeni eliphansi neRussia, iMoscow eyandise kakhulu ezinyangeni eziyi-17 ezedlule. Ngaphambi kokuhlasela kweRussia eCanada baqeqeshiwe amasosha angaphezu kuka-30,000 ase-Ukraine njengengxenye ye-Unifier, ebiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-900.
I-US ne-UK nazo zaqala ukuqeqesha nokuhlomisa amabutho ase-Ukraine njengengxenye yokuyisondeza ku-NATO.
Njengengxenye ye-UNIFIER Canadians uqeqeshwe kude amabutho angakwesokudla kuhlanganise ne-Azov Battalion, eyasebenzisa uphawu lwamaNazi "Wolfsangel" futhi yancoma izikhulu ezisiza ekubulaleni amaPoles, amaRussia namaJuda phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. I-Ottawa ibe nomfelandawonye omude nama-fascists ase-Ukraine.
Ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II, iCanada yavulela amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu ababeshisekela ubuzwe base-Ukraine, abaningi babo ababelwa namaNazi ngokumelene namaSoviet. Eminyakeni embalwa ngaphambili uhulumeni kaMcKenzie King wasiza indalo ye-UCC ukuze kuncishiswe izici eziningi zezenhlalakahle nezomhlaba wonke emphakathini.
IPhini likaNdunankulu u-Chrystia Freeland unikeza isibonelo esiqinile sethonya labantu baseCanada abashisekela ubuzwe, abaphikisana nenhlalakahle kanye nabamelene namaRussia base-Ukraine. Umkhulu wakhe kwakungu umhleli kokushicilelwe okusekela ubuNazi futhi umama ka-Freeland wasiza ekubhaleni umthethosisekelo wase-Ukraine ohlanganisa indawo eyodwa ngemva kwenkululeko. Ngo-1989 eFreeland emelelwe I-UCC kanye ne-Canadian Institute of Ukraine Studies engqungqutheleni ye-Ukraine People's Front "ukuletha ukheshi, izinto zokuqopha ama-video nezinto ezilalelwayo, ngisho ne-computer yomuntu siqu koxhumana nabo” njengengxenye yemizamo yokucekela phansi iSoviet Union.
Ukusekelwa kweCanada kobuzwe, ama-anti-socialist, amabutho e-Ukraine anomlando omude. Njengengxenye ye-“kwengqondo impi ngokumelene nobukhomanisi” Ezangaphandle umkhankaso ingxenye yase-Ukraine yeRadio Canada International ngo-1952 ukuze ikhuthaze ukuphikiswa kweSoviet Union.
Selokhu kwafa iSoviet Union i-Ottawa isichithe amashumi, cishe amakhulu, ezigidi zamaRandi ukusiza izinhlangano zomphakathi zase-Ukraine ezimelene neRussia. Kuyingxenye yomzamo we-Canada wokwenza i-Ukraine ibe inqaba emelene ne-Russian.
Inqubomgomo yaseCanada ebheke e-Ukraine isekelwe emzabalazweni weMidlalo Enkulu yamakhulu eminyaka phezu kwe-Asia Ephakathi naseMpumalanga Yurophu. Iningi lamasosha aseBrithani eCanada kwesokunxele eCrimea phakathi nempi ka-1853-56 futhi abantu abaningi baseCanada nabo bavolontiya emayunithi aseBrithani alwa neRussia. Phakathi kuka-1917 no-1920 izinkulungwane eziyisithupha Amasosha aseCanada ahlasela iRussia kwathi ngawo-1920 nawo-1930 i-Ottawa yasebenza ukuhlukanisa iMoscow. Ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II i-Iron Curtain yehla phezu kweYurophu nge ikhulu izinkulungwane zamasosha aseCanada amiswe lapho kusukela ku-1951 kuya ku-1993. Kusukela ngo-2017 inani elikhulayo lamasosha aseCanada lisekelwe emngceleni waseRussia eLatvia.
Ukuphika ukuguquguquka kwe-geostrategic, izikhulu zaseCanada zithi ukungqubuzana kumayelana nentando yeningi. Kodwa ama-Liberals asebenza ngobushiqela abaningi futhi ngo-2019 uhulumeni we-Trudeau kusekelwe ukuxoshwa kukamongameli wokuqala woMdabu waseBolivia u-Evo Morales. NgoDisemba e-Ottawa ixhaswe ukuxoshwa kukamongameli wasePeru okhethwe kwesokunxele uPedro Castillo.
Impi yasempumalanga ye-Ukraine yaqala ngokuxoshwa kukamongameli okhethiwe osekwasekelwa yiCanada, okwaholela ekutheni ukuvimbela yamaqembu ezepolitiki kanye nabanye abezindaba. Unyaka ngaphambi kokuhlasela ngokungemthetho kweRussia uZelenskyy ivinjiwe amanethiwekhi amathathu kamabonakude agxeka ukwehluleka kwakhe ukufeza inkundla yakhe yokhetho yokuqeda impi empumalanga. Yena ke ubanjiwe umholi wembangi enkulu yeqembu lakhe nangemva kokuhlasela kweRussia i-Ukraine wabeka umthetho wezempi. ECanada labo abaphokophela ukwandisa indima ka-Ottawa empini bavame ukufuna ukucindezela inkulumo-mpikiswano nenkululeko yomphakathi. Akunangqondo ukuphakamisa ukuthi impi yase-Ukraine, noma indima yaseCanada kuyo, imayelana nokuqhubekisela phambili intando yeningi. Kunokuba kube lula kokuhle uma kuqhathaniswa nokubi, lokhu ukungqubuzana kwezwe lezwe okuhlanganisa ukungqubuzana okubalulekile kwangaphakathi kwe-Ukraine.
Ngeshwa, asikho isixazululo esilula sokukuqeda. Kepha i-Ottawa akufanele inyuse futhi. I-Armagedoni Yenuzi iseyinto engenzeka. Ukube iCanada ibingamandla okwenza okuhle emhlabeni, okungenani, ibizoqala ukukhuluma ngesidingo sezingxoxo zokuthula kanye nesivumelwano.
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