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Ngenkathi abezindaba ukugxila kweminyaka emithathu yobumongameli bakaTrump kugxile “ekuhlanganiseni kweRussia” kanye nokuthweswa icala, iqhinga eliyingozi kunawo wonke lalisenzeka obala — iTrump/Saudi/Israel/UAE. ukushayela ukulwa ne-Iran.
Ngo-Agasti 3, 2016 - ezinyangeni ezintathu ngaphambi kokuba uDonald Trump awine ivoti le-Electoral College futhi athathe izintambo - umsunguli weBlackwater u-Erik Prince wahlela umhlangano eTrump Tower. Sekungamashumi eminyaka uPrince elwela impi ne-Iran futhi, ekuqaleni kuka-2010, wayenze isiphakamiso esihle sokusebenzisa amasosha ukuyilwa.
Kulo mhlangano kwakukhona uGeorge Nader, isakhamuzi saseMelika esasinomlando omude wokuba inxusa elithule le-United States eMpumalanga Ephakathi. UNader, naye owake wasebenza kwaBlackwater noPrince, wayelahlwe yicala lokudlwengula eCzech Republic futhi ubhekene nezinsolo ezifanayo e-United States. UNader ubesebenza njengomeluleki womndeni wasebukhosini base-Emirati futhi unobudlelwane obuseduze no-Mohammed bin Salman, inkosana yomqhele waseSaudi.
Kwakukhona no-Israel emhlanganweni weTrump Tower: uJoel Zamel. Kuthiwa wayelapho efaka umkhankaso wokukhohlisa wenkundla yezokuxhumana obiza izigidi zamarandi eqenjini likaTrump. Inkampani kaZamel, i-Psy-Group, izishaya isifuba ngokuqasha izisebenzi zezobunhloli zangaphambili zakwa-Israel. UNader noZamel bajoyinwa nguDonald Trump Jr. Ngokusho kweNew York Times, inhloso ye behlangana "Okwakukakhulukazi bekuwukunikeza usizo eqenjini likaTrump, futhi kwakha ubudlelwano phakathi kwabesilisa nabangaphakathi kukaTrump obuzokhula ezinyangeni ezizayo, okhethweni futhi kuze kube unyaka wokuqala kaMongameli uTrump."
Umgomo owodwa omkhulu ofanayo udlule ku-ajenda yabo bonke ababambiqhaza kulo mhlangano we-Trump Tower: ushintsho lombuso e-Iran. UTrump ukhankasele ukulwa ne-Iran futhi wachitha isivumelwano senuzi sase-Iran esiholwa ngu-Obama, futhi uye walandela lezo zinsongo, egcwalisa abaphathi bakhe ngezibalo ezimbi kakhulu, ezinobuqili esikhungweni sezokuphepha sikazwelonke saseMelika. Ngemuva kokuqoka umgadli owaziwayo uJohn Bolton njengomeluleki wezokuphepha kuzwelonke, uTrump wamxosha ngoSepthemba nyakenye. Kepha naphezu kwemibiko yokuthi uTrump uphatheke kabi kuBolton ngenxa yokungenela kwakhe e-Iran, ukudubula kukaBolton kuvele kwavulela uMike Pompeo owayenempi ngokulinganayo ukuthi athathe inqubomgomo yokuphatha yase-Iran eMnyangweni Wezwe. Manje uPompeo usengubuso bomphakathi bokubulawa kukaSuleimani, kanti yena uBolton owayexoshiwe wayengafuni ukushiywa ngaphandle ethangeni lokunqoba elinyantisayo:
Sihalalisela bonke ababambe iqhaza ekuqedeni uQassem Soleimani. Isikhathi eside siqhubeka, lokhu kwaba igalelo eliwujuqu ngokumelene nezenzo ezimbi ze-Iran Quds Force emhlabeni wonke. Ngethemba ukuthi lesi yisinyathelo sokuqala sokushintsha umbuso eTehran.
Trump, owayenakho angazi ukuthi ubani uQassim Suleimani kwaze kwaba yilapho echazelwa khona bukhoma emsakazweni yintatheli elandela imithetho u-Hugh Hewitt ngo-2015, kwakungabonakali edinga imininingwane eminingi ukuze azi ukuthi wayefuna ukuchoboza izwe lase-Iran.
Njengoba ama-neoconservatives aqala ukubusa ngo-2001 ngemuva kokukhethwa kukaGeorge W. Bush ngenhloso yokuguqula umbuso e-Iraq, uTrump ngendlela yakhe ebabazekayo wahlanganisa ithimba labashisekeli ababembheka njengethuba labo elihle lokuqeda i-Islamic Republic of Iran. ngaphandle kwemephu.
Ngenkathi u-Barack Obama ehlinzeka ngokweseka okubalulekile kwezempi nezobunhloli emkhankasweni womhlaba oshisiwe wase-Saudi Arabia eYemen, owabulala izakhamuzi ezingenakubalwa, uTrump ubhebhethekise lokho kubulawa kwabantu abaningi ngomzamo osobala wokudonsela i-Iran empini. Leyo kwakuyi-ajenda ye-gulf monarchies kanye ne-Israel, futhi yaqondana kahle namaphupho e-neoconservative okuketula uhulumeni wase-Iran. Njengoba i-US kanye ne-Saudi Arabia ziqinisa ukuhlasela kwazo kwezempi e-Yemen, i-Iran yaqala ukuzifaka ngamandla ezindabeni zase-Yemeni, nakuba uTehran wayeqaphela ukuthi angakhohliswa ukuze anikeze lo mfelandawonye we-Trump/Saudi/UAE/Israel isizathu sempi ebanzi. .
Ngo-1976, kulandela izincomo zeKomidi LeBandla mayelana nezinsolo zokubulala ezenziwa izinhlangano zezobunhloli zase-US, uFord wasayina incwadi yesigungu esiphezulu evimbela “ukubulawa kwezombusazwe.” UJimmy Carter wabe esekhipha umyalo omusha oqinisa ukuvinjelwa ngokuyeka igama elithi “ezombangazwe” futhi walinweba ukuze lifake nabantu “abaqashwe noma abamele i-United States.” Ngo-1981, uRonald Reagan wasayina i-Executive Order 12333, esaqhubeka isebenza nanamuhla. Ulimi lubonakala lucace ngokwanele: "Akekho umuntu oqashwe noma omele uHulumeni wase-United States ozobandakanyeka, noma akhe itulo lokubulala."
Njengoba mina wabhala ngo-August 2017, sicabangele yethu Amaphepha weDrone Uchungechunge lweminyaka emibili ngaphambili, "Abaphathi baka-Obama, ngokusungula inqubomgomo yokubulawa kwabantu okusekelwe ku-drone abahlulelwa njengokubeka engcupheni ukuphepha kwezwe - ngaphandle kokuthweswa icala noma ukuqulwa kwecala, ngezinqubo eziyimfihlo - kushiyelwe isiko lethu lezepolitiki, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuDonald. Trump, inqubomgomo yokubulala, ephula ngokuqondile i-Executive Order 12333 futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, iSichibiyelo Sesihlanu Somthethosisekelo wase-US. Kuze kube manje, okungenani izakhamuzi zase-US eziyisikhombisa kwaziwa ukuthi zibulewe ngaphansi kwalo mgomo, okuhlanganisa nomfana oneminyaka engu-16 ubudala. Munye kuphela waseMelika, umshumayeli oshisekayo u-Anwar al-Awlaki, okuthiwa 'wayehloselwe' isiteleka.”
Azikho izizathu zokubulala izikhulu zakwamanye amazwe, okuhlanganisa noSuleimani.
Yize osopolitiki abaningi beDemokhrasi beveza ukukhathazeka kwabo ngemiphumela yokubulawa kuka-Suleimani, basandulela ngokuphawula ngendlela uSuleimani ayenonya ngayo. Ukuqamba ukubulawa kwakhe ngaleyo ndlela ekugcineni kuzuzisa i-cabal eyeqisayo yoklebe benqubomgomo yezangaphandle abamangele ukuthi kufike lesi sikhathi. Azikho izizathu zokubulala izikhulu zakwamanye amazwe, okuhlanganisa noSuleimani. Lesi isenzo sempi esinolaka, isenzo esicasulayo esenziwe yi-US endaweni ebusayo yezwe lesithathu, i-Iraq. Lokhu kubulala kanye namandla empi ephakamayo, ngeshwa, kuhambisana nobudlova obungaphezu kwengxenye yekhulu le-US ngokumelene ne-Iran ne-Iraq.
Sekuyiminyaka emithathu amaDemocrat amaningi etshela izwe ukuthi uTrump uyingozi enkulu ohlelweni lwentando yeningi esike sabhekana nalo. Futhi nokho amaDemocrat amaningi aholayo avotele ngokungaguquki ukunikeza uTrump isabelomali sezempi esingakaze sibonwe kanye namandla okubheka.
Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ezedlule, ummeli weDemocratic Republic of California u-Ro Khanna unikeze isichibiyelo soMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke owawuzokwenqabela lolu hlobo lwesenzo, kodwa sasuswa kumthethosivivinywa wokugcina. "Noma yiliphi ilungu elivotele i-NDAA - isheke elingenalutho - manje alikwazi ukuveza ukudumala ngokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uTrump uqalise enye impi eMiddle East," uKhanna. wabhala kuTwitter ngemuva kokubulawa kukaSuleimani. "Ukuchitshiyelwa kwami, okuchithiwe, bekuzonqamula u-$$ nganoma yikuphi ukuhlasela okuhlukumezayo kwe-Iran okuhlanganisa nezikhulu ezinjengoSoleimani."
UTrump unesibopho sanoma yini elandelayo. Kodwa kaningi, isihluku esibi kakhulu senqubomgomo yangaphandle esesihlalweni sakhe sobumengameli senziwe yibona kanye osopolitiki abathi bafuna akhishwe esikhundleni.
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