Petras
Ukwemukelwa kwamalungu amathathu angaphambili
ye-Eastern bloc ibe yi-NATO yachazwa nguMongameli
UClinton "njengosuku oluhle kakhulu hhayi olwaseYurophu nakwamanye amazwe kuphela
I-United States, hhayi nje nge-NATO kodwa empeleni ngesizathu
yenkululeko ngemva kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi." Behind the
inkulumo ejabulisayo yabaholi be-NATO nabasekeli babo
imidiya enkulu (El Pais eSpain, ENew York
Times e-US) kunepolitiki yamandla, ezomnotho
inzuzo, kanye nokubusa kwe-hegemonic.Ukulahlwa kweWashington kwe
Umzamo waseFrance wokwandisa ithonya laseYurophu ku
Uhlaka lomyalo we-NATO lwaluyisandulela sokusho kukaClinton
imigomo yamalungu amasha e-NATO: amalungu amasha amathathu
(iHungary, Poland, kanye ne-Czech Republic) angamakhasimende ase-US;
abantu abanqatshiwe (iRomania neSlovenia) bangamaFulentshi futhi
Amakhasimende aseJalimane. Incazelo yangempela yokuthi "ukunwetshwa kwe
I-NATO" isandiso se-US hegemony to
IYurophu Ephakathi-eMpumalanga. Njengoba i-US ilawula lokho kusho
izisekelo zezempi kanye nokungena okujulile kwezempi kanye
izinhlelo zokuphepha zalawo mazwe.Okwesibili, ngokusebenzisa ukubuswa kwe-US
I-NATO, amalungu amasha azoqhutshwa ukusheshisa
"izinguquko ezimakethe zamahhala" futhi andise
amathuba ezinkampani zaseNtshonalanga zamazwe ngamazwe. I-NATO
amabutho azosekela imibuso elawula lezi
"izinyathelo ezingathandwa" - ukuqinisa i
ingalo yengcindezelo yombuso.Ihhovisi leBudget yeCongress yase-US
ibikezela izindleko eziphelele zokukhuliswa kwe-NATO cishe ku-$ 125 billion
ngaphezu kweminyaka engu-13 iWashington ikhokha amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-19 kuphela. Lokho
kusho ukuthi iMpumalanga neNtshonalanga Yurophu kuyodingeka ikhokhe amaphesenti angu-85
yezindleko, noma u-$106 billion. Ngesikhathi sokukhula okukhulu
ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kanye nokwehliswa kwesabelomali sezenhlalakahle eMpumalanga naseNtshonalanga
EYurophu lokhu kungenzeka kwehlise izinga lokuphila futhi kucasule
iziyaluyalu ezinkulu zomphakathi. Amalungu amasha e-NATO eMpumalanga Yurophu
kuzomele bakhulise imali yabo yezempi ukuze babe ku
unyawo olufanayo nabalingani babo baseNtshonalanga. Izikhali zase-US
abakhiqizi bangabalandeli abakhulu bokwandiswa kwe-NATO
futhi kuzoba abahlomuli bezomnotho abakhulu. I
umongameli weKomidi laseMelika Lokwandisa i-NATO, uBruce
UJackson, futhi ungumqondisi we-Lockheed Martin Corporation,
umenzi wezikhali ongcono kakhulu emhlabeni. Ukungena ku-NATO kusho
ukuthenga izikhali zase-US. Imakethe engaba khona yezindiza zokulwa
iyodwa ingu-$10 billion. IHungary izokwandisa impi yayo
echitha ngamaphesenti angu-35, ePoland ngamaphesenti angu-20, naseCzech
IRiphabhulikhi ngamaphesenti afanayo.Ngokusuka ku-bloc eyodwa yamandla (Warsaw
Isivumelwano) kwesinye (i-NATO), amazwe aseMpumalanga Yurophu azokwenza
bajulise ubudlelwano bamakhasimende abo-inqubo
kabusha i-satellite. Vaclav Havel, Gyula Horn, kanye no-Aleksander
Kwasniewski, ababusi baseCzech Republic, eHungary, kanye
Poland, baye babukela phansi inkululeko yamazwe abo
ngobuzenzisi futhi angikhumbuli okwangaphambili
Amakhasimende aseSoviet.Ukunwetshwa kwe-NATO cishe ku-
umngcele waseRussia kusho ukuthi imicibisholo yase-US izoba kuphela
imizuzwana ukusuka emadolobheni abo amakhulu. Amabutho ezempi a
usongo olukhulu lokuphepha eRussia yangaphakathi nangaphandle
inqubomgomo. Ukuzungezwa kwe-NATO kusho ukuthi inqubomgomo yaseRussia izoba
bacindezelwa ukuthi bahambisane nemithetho yaseWashington. I
Ukwandiswa kwe-US hegemony kuvula umnyango we-de facto
ukunwetshwa kwethonya lase-US e-Ukraine naseBaltic
AmaRiphabhulikhi, ngokusebenzisa izindlela ezikhona zamaklayenti. Kungenzeka
ukuthi ukwanda kosongo lwe-NATO kuzoholela ngokushesha noma kamuva
okunye ukuzithoba kweRussia eNtshonalanga (ngaphansi
Yeltsin) noma esikhundleni sakhe (kanye nokucaciswa okusha
Inqubomgomo yezokuvikela yaseRussia ekwazi ukumelana ne-NATO
phambili). IWashington manje ingathembela kumavoti entsha yayo
Amalungu amaklayenti aseMpumalanga ekujuleni kweNtshonalanga Yurophu
ukuthobela imithetho yayo. Ukufakwa kwabathathu abasha
amalungu aqondiswe kakhulu ekunciphiseni iNtshonalanga Yurophu
ngaphakathi kwe-NATO njengoba kuyanda ukuzungeza kwe-US
I-Russia.Ukukhula kwamandla ase-US kube
besizwa kakhulu osopolitiki baseSpain. UJavier Solano unayo
wabamba iqhaza elikhulu ekusebenziseni iWashington
inqubomgomo eBosnia. Abenzi bezinqubomgomo base-US bancoma okuka-Aznar
isinqumo sokwenza lokho iFrance engeke ikwenze futhi ujoyine i-NATO
isakhiwo sezempi. Ngakho-ke i-US hegemony ngaphakathi kwe-NATO iye yaba
kuqiniswe ngezindleko zeYurophu ngenxa yeSpanishi kanye
Ubugqila baseMpumalanga Yurophu. Yileyo ncazelo yangempela ye-
"ukwandiswa kwe-NATO." Futhi singakhohlwa
inkontileka yezempi yamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziya ezikhalini zase-US
abathengisi.Esikhathini esizayo, uma kubhekwa ukwanda
izindleko zempi kanye nokwehla ezinhlelweni zomphakathi, the
Amabutho ahlomile e-NATO angase abe matasa kakhulu, angalwi ngaphandle
izitha, kodwa abantu basekhaya abahlubukayo bevikela
izindinganiso zabo zokuphila, ukumelana namasosha angaphandle
ukugxambukela enkululekweni yabo yentando yeningi neyepolitiki
ukuzimela.