Ukuhlasela kwe-US eSyria kungaba impi yokuqala esekelwe ku Ividiyo ye-Youtube. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwevidiyo ekhombisa izisulu zokuhlaselwa kwezikhali zamakhemikhali, iNgilandi yamemezela ngokushesha ukuthi uhulumeni waseSyria unesibopho, ngenkathi u-Obama eqala ukwenza izinhlelo zempi, ethi "kunokungabaza okuncane" uHulumeni waseSyria ubenephutha (abukho ubufakazi obukhona njengamanje obuphakamisa. lokhu). Umkhumbi wempi wase-US owengeziwe isivele isetshenzisiwe ukuphendula.
Esikhundleni sokulinda ngokuzibophezela ithimba lezikhali zamakhemikhali ze-UN - eselivele liseSyria - ukuthi liphenye ngesigameko, abaphathi baka-Obama sebevele bathi uphenyo olunjalo "sekwephuze kakhulu ukuthi ungakholakala,โ ngoba:
"Ubufakazi obukhona bonakaliswe kakhulu ngenxa yokuphikelela kombuso wezikhali nezinye izenzo zamabomu kulezi zinsuku ezinhlanu ezedlule."
Yiqiniso, lokhu kungenxa ye-UN okufanele inqume. Ukuphatha kuka-Obama sekuvele kudala isizathu sempi ezungeza i-UN, njengoBush ngaphambi kwakhe.
Ngemuva kwesigameko sakamuva sezikhali zamakhemikhali, u-Obama wasola uhulumeni waseSyria ngamanga ngokungalivumeli ithimba le-UN ukuthi lingene endaweni entsha (esendaweni elawulwa amavukelambuso). Ngemuva kokuthi uhulumeni waseSyria enikeze imvume ku-UN ukuthi iphenye, u-Obama wabe esethi "sekwephuze kakhulu", futhi wasola uhulumeni waseSyria ngokuqeda ubufakazi.
Abantu baseMelika balwazi kahle lolu hlobo lokushushumbisa okukhohlisayo, njengoba uBush Jr. ekhafule umbhedo ofanayo lapho efuna ukuhlasela i-Iraq: ukwakha amanga, ukuhlanekezela amaqiniso, ukumangalela ngaphandle kobufakazi, njll.
U-Obama washeshe wakhohlwa ukuthi uselahlekelwe ukwethenjwa eSyria ngemuva kokusola uHulumeni waseSyria ngokuhlasela kwezikhali zamakhemikhali, ukuhlasela umphenyi we-UN uCarla del Ponte. kusolwa amavukelambuso asekelwa yi-US, abamukela imali, izibhamu, ukuqeqeshwa, kanye nokukhushulwa kwabezindaba kanye nokunxusa okuvela ku-Obama.
Njengamanje, abantu abaningi bayaqonda ukuthi abahlubuki baka-Obama banjalo ubuswa ontamolukhuni bamaSulumane ihlose ukuguqula iSyria ibe inguqulo ye-Islamic State, okungenzeka ilingise ubushiqela obunyanyekayo baseSaudi Arabia naseQatar, nabo abanikeza usizo olukhulu kumavukelambuso.
Noma yimuphi umuntu osebenzisa ingqondo encane angeke acabange ukuthi uHulumeni waseSyria unesibopho sokuhlasela kwakamuva kwezikhali zamakhemikhali. Isibonelo, i-UN okwamanje iseSyria - umenywe ngu-Assad - ephenya ngokuhlaselwa kwezikhali zamakhemikhali okwedlule, njengoba u-Assad esole ukuhlasela kwangaphambilini kwabavukeli base-US. Kungenzeka ukuthi ukuhlasela kwakamuva kwezikhali zamakhemikhali nakho kusiza ukuphazamisa uphenyo oluqhubekayo lwe-UN obeluzofakazela ukuthi u-Assad ulungile.
Vele u-Assad ubengeke abe naso isisusa sokuhlasela izikhali zamakhemikhali ezinkulu eziqhele ngamakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka lapho i-UN iphenya khona ukuhlasela kwangaphambilini, ikakhulukazi lapho u-Assad ehlula amavukelambuso ka-Obama esebenzisa izikhali ezivamile. Amavukelambuso ka-Obama yibona kuphela abangazuza kulokhu kuhlasela.
Ekugcineni, kuzodingeka silinde ukubona ukuthi i-UN ithini mayelana nokuhlasela kwakamuva, sicabanga ukuthi banikezwe isikhathi sokwenza uphenyo olufanele. Kodwa elandela ezinyathelweni zikaBush, Omncane, u-Obama ubukeka ekulungele ukwenza uphenyo lwakhe, esebenzisa โubufakaziโ bakhe, bese esebenza njengejaji, ijaji kanye nomahluleli.
Isibonelo, i Iphephandaba iGuardian libike ukuthi kukhona "ingqungquthela" eJordani kuleli sonto, okungenzeka ukuthi ihanjelwe yi-US kanye nabalingani bayo ukuze banqume ukuthi benzeni ngokulandelayo eSyria. I-Guardian ibike ngengozi ukuthi i-US isivele iqoqa "ubufakazi" bayo, ngokungangabazeki ukuthi buzosetshenziswa njengesizathu sempi egwema i-UN ecasulayo:
"Amasampula ebhayoloji athathwe kuzisulu kanye nabasinde ekuhlaselweni manje asedluliselwe ezikhulwini zasentshonalanga [i-US namadlelandawonye] eJordani ngemuva kokushushumbiswa eSyria emahoreni angu-72 edlule. imiphakathi, icela imininingwane yezobunhloli nemvelo, kanye nezicubu zomzimba nezingubo ezigqokwa izisulu."
Ngakho-ke i-US kanye nabalingani bayo basebenzisa "ubufakazi" babo futhi bazofinyelela eziphethweni zabo, cishe ngokushesha okukhulu kunalokho i-UN ekwazi ukuphenya. U-Obama uzobe esesho ukuthi iSyria ibeka "usongo olusheshayo" nokuthi asikho isikhathi sokuthi i-UN iphenye. Kuyadabukisa ukubikezela; sesikubonile konke ngaphambili.
Vele, abaphathi baka-Obama kanye nabalingani babo abamelene ne-Syria abakwazi ukusebenza njengeqembu elihlosiwe kulolu daba, njengoba bebesekela ngokuqondile amavukelambuso aseSyria. Futhi u-Obama akanakwethenjwa ukuthi โubufakaziโ bakhe โobashushumbiswaโ buphuma eSyria abunabo ubufakazi. Futhi, yingakho kune-UN: ukwenza uphenyo olungachemi. Noma ngabe bekunobufakazi bokuhlasela kwezikhali zamakhemikhali - okubukeka kungenzeka - ubufakazi obunjalo abusho ukuthi ngubani oqale ukuhlasela, okuyiqiniso, okuwudaba olubalulekile.
Kungani u-Obama ebeka engcupheni yokungena ngqo eSyria maelstrom kuleli phuzu? Izizathu ezimbalwa:
1) U-Assad unqoba impi ngokumelene namavukelambuso ka-Obama ama-Islamic extremist. Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu u-Assad kuzonikeza amavukelambuso amandla, andise impi (kucatshangwa ukuthi akukho ukuhlasela okugcwele kwe-US).
2) U-Obama utshale imali eningi yezombusazwe kule ngxabano; uma ehlehla manje, ulahlekelwa ukwethenjwa kwezombusazwe ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Uma umongameli waseMelika engazisekeli izinsongo zakhe, ubukeka ebuthakathaka; futhi "amandla acatshangelwayo" manje awumgogodla wenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US, egcina amazwe abuthaka ehambisana futhi amazwe "aphikisanayo" ethobela.
3) Ukucekela phansi noma ukwenza buthaka iSyria kuzowenza buthaka kakhulu ezinye izimbangi zesifunda zika-Obama: i-Iran ne-Hezbollah.
I-4) Okubaluleke kakhulu, indawo yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi ishintsha ngokushesha, futhi ithonya lase-US esifundeni liya liwohloka ngokushesha. Isenzo eSyria sizokhumbuza isifunda ukuthi i-US izimisele ngokuhlala, nokuthi izinsongo zayo kufanele zihlonishwe. U-Obama ngeke avele angamele umbuso ofayo; kumele angene "konke" ukuze avikele "izintshisekelo zezwe" zase-US esifundeni.
Ngalezi zizathu nezinye u-Obama ubonakala ezimisele ngokulwa neSyria, nakuba kungeke kubizwe ngempi. U-Obama uzothi umemezela "indawo engekho impukane" ezingxenyeni zaseSyria ukuhlinzeka "ngomzila wokusiza abantu" wababaleki, okudinga ukuthi abhubhise umbutho wezempi waseSyria, izikhali zasemoyeni, nezinye izinsiza zezempi, okungukuthi, impi.
Lezi zinhlelo sezivele zikhona kumephu yezempi yase-US, futhi ukwenza izinto zisondele nakakhulu, abaphathi baka-Obama baxoxa "nezizathu ezingokomthetho" zokulwa lokho, ngokwencazelo, impi engekho emthethweni (noma iyiphi impi engavunyelwe yi-UN ayikho emthethweni).
Ngenxa yokuthi impi emelene neSyria izobe ingekho emthethweni, ukuthethelelwa kuka-Obama โokungokomthethoโ kuyobaโngokusho โkwesikhulu se-White Houseโ esingadalulwanga igama - okusekelwe empini engekho emthethweni kaBill Clinton ngokumelene neYugoslavia. I I-New York Times ibika ukuthi:
"Kuyisinyathelo esikude kakhulu ukusho ukuthi [singabaphathi baka-Obama] benza izizathu zomthetho zesinyathelo [esimelene neSyria], njengoba umongameli engakasithathi isinqumo," kusho isikhulu [seWhite House], esikhulume. ngaphansi kombandela wokudalulwa ukuze kuxoxwe ngezingxoxo. "Kodwa iKosovo, vele, iyisandulela sento ecishe ifane."
I-Kosovo ithathwa njengesandulela esingokomthetho ngoba ithathwe โnjengempi enhleโ yokugcina eyaliwa yi-US. Kodwa njengoba uDiane Johnston echaza encwadini yakhe enhle kakhulu, Iziwula Crusade, impi ye-NATO eholwa yi-US ngokumelene neYugoslavia kwakuyimpi yobudlova esekelwe embonweni wamanga "wokungenelela kosizo." Amanga amaningi adalelwa "ukukhulula" iSlovenia, iCroatia, neKosovo esuka eYugoslavia manje ayakopishwa futhi anamathiselwe eSyria.
U-Obama akabatshelanga abantu baseMelika mayelana nemiphumela engaba khona impi neSyria. Ngokwesibonelo, induna yezempi yase-Iran muva nje wathembisa "imiphumela ebuhlungu" uma i-US ingenelela ngezempi; IRussia nayo isekela kakhulu umbuso waseSyria futhi ingangena kalula kunoma yiziphi izingxabano. I-Israel isivele ibambe iqhaza ezingxabanweni zaseSyria, njengoba seyenze imihlangano eminingi yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kulo nyaka. Ngesikhathi esifanayo ukuthunyelwa okusha kwezikhali okukhulu baye kumavukela-mbuso aseSyria, okungenzeka kube sekufike isikhathi lapho i-US "indawo engekho impukane."
Sonke isifunda siyibhokisi elishunqayo, futhi u-Obama ubonakala ezimisele ngokuthela uphethiloli emalangabini. Abaningi baseMelika ababecabanga ukuthi impi enjalo ayinakwenzeka kuzodingeka baphinde bacabange. Futhi nakuba u-Obama ezoyifihla impi ngemuva โkomfelandawonyeโ ofana noBush waseYurophu, ama-Arab kanye nama-Israel, i-US izobe ihola lo mfelandawonye wopopayi ngenkathi iphusha i-Middle East evele ingazinzile ibe yizinxushunxushu zesifunda, ezingase zithathe ngokushesha. umlingisi wamazwe ngamazwe.
UShamus Cooke ungumsebenzi wezenhlalakahle, isazi sezinyunyana, kanye nomlobi we-Workers Action (www.workerscompass.org). Angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
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