Amagagasi okushisa ehlobo, ukuduma kwezulu nesimo sezulu esibi (njengesiphepho kwesokudla isivunguvungu lapha eWashington) sibonakala sehlile kancane okwamanje. Kodwa izimpi nemisebenzi kanye nezinsongo zezimpi ezintsha akukanciphisi kakhulu.
Ngaphambi kokuthi ngifike engxenyeni yokuhlaziya, isikhumbuzo esisheshayo sokuthi sonke sibhekene nani. Ngesonto eledlule kwesinye sezithangami ezijwayelekile zoMnyango Wezwe, umkhulumeli uVictoria Nuland udonse ukunaka kwabezindaba ngombiko osanda kukhishwa weHuman Rights Watch mayelana nokuhlukunyezwa nokuboshwa okwenziwa uhulumeni waseSyria. Ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe uMnyango Wezwe uyawukholelwa yini umbiko ukuze uthembeke, umkhulumeli waqhubeka:
MS. NULAND: Asinaso isizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi alikholakali. Isekelwe kuma-akhawunti ofakazi bokuzibonela, futhi babika engxenyeni ebanzi yezibalo zamalungelo abantu ngaphakathi kweSyria.
UMBUZO: Ngakho-ke ngesikhathi esizayo iHuman Rights Watch iphuma nombiko ogxeka i-Israel ngendlela ephatha ngayo abantu basePalestine, ngizothatha ngokuthi nawe uzobe usho into efanayo, uqinisile, ocabanga ukuthi umbiko okuthembekile, kusekelwe kuma-akhawunti owazibonela ngawabo? …
UMBUZO: Futhi awuzukusho ukuthi kunenhlese yepolitiki futhi kufanele ichithwe?
MS. NULAND: Math, njengoba usucacisile kaningi kuleli gumbi, asiguquguquki ngaso sonke isikhathi. (Ukwaziswa okugcwele - namazwana ambalwa ayigugu - kunjalo lapha.)
I-IRAN – IZISOBISO ZEMPI ZIYAQHUBEKA
"Akuhambisani." Ngicabanga ukuthi lelo kungaba yigama elihloniphekile lalo. Inqobo nje uma sikhuluma ngoMnyango Wezwe, kwavela enye inkinga mayelana ne-Iran. Ngibuze eposini lebhulogi lakamuva, "Ngabe uMnyango Wezwe uyabheda, noma ukhohlwe ukupela?" Kunoma ikuphi, sisenkingeni. Ngemva komhlangano we-U.S.-Israel "strategic partnership", uMnyango Wezwe wenze izimangalo eziyinqaba okubonakala sengathi akekho omunye kubaphathi obaziyo, uqaphela ukuthi i-U.S. kanye ne-Israel bezikhulumile. ukukhathazeka kwabo ngokuthi i-Iran imatasa “emizamweni eqhubekayo yokuthuthukisa izikhali zenuzi.” Akubanga nancazelo yokuthi kungani isiphetho sale ngxoxo ye-US-Israel sibonakala sindiza phambi kwesikhundla sangempela sezinhlangano zezobunhloli zase-US mayelana nezikhali zenuzi zase-Iran. uhlelo, okungukuthi i-Iran ayinazo nje izikhali zenuzi kuphela, futhi ayakhi isikhali senuzi, kodwa iTehran ayikasithathi ngisho isinqumo mayelana noma ukwakha isikhali senuzi. (Ngombuzo wesipelingi, bheka i iposi blog).
Eqinisweni a umbiko wakamuva wePentagon isho ngokusobala ukuthi isu lezempi lase-Iran liyazivikela ngempela - lenzelwe "ukuphoqa isisombululo sobuzwe ezingxabanweni." (Umngane wami omkhulu u-Bob Naiman, we-Just Foreign Policy, waphendula wathi, "Yeka lawo maPheresiya akhohlisayo kanye nezingxoxo zabo zodade! kunenzuzo enkulu) esikhundleni sokubaleka njengezingane ezikhalayo ukuyokhononda kuMama eGeneva naseNew York?")
Usongo lwempi e-Iran luhlala lukhona, nengcindezi yakwa-Israyeli yokuthi impi iqhubeke, kanye ne-US ibeka unswinyo oluqatha njalo. Okwamanje angicabangi ukuthi kuzoba nesiteleka samasosha akwa-Israel (noma i-U.S.-Israel) ngokumelene ne-Iran kulo nyaka - kodwa uma kubhekwa imiphumela yabantu, ezomnotho, ezombusazwe kanye namalungelo abantu, ngisho namathuba amancane okuthi isiteleka esinjalo singenzeka. kuyingozi kakhulu. BengiseNew York emasontweni ambalwa edlule ngizokhuluma e- umcimbi obuhlelwe yiGrannies Peace Brigade emangalisayo - elinye lamaqembu engiwathandayo. Saxoxa ngokuthi kungani usongo lwempi luhlala luyingozi kangaka, nakuba konke izikhungo zezobunhloli zaseMelika, unobhala wezokuvikela, umqondisi wezobunhloli kuzwelonke, nokunye, bonke bayavumelana kulawo maphuzu engisanda kuwabala - ukuthi i-Iran ayifuni. babe isikhali senuzi, akunjalo isakhiwo isikhali senuzi, futhi akakaze anqume noma cha Ufuna isikhali senuzi. Akukhona ngengozi yangempela evela e-Iran. Konke kumayelana nepolitiki. Esinye sezizathu eziyinhloko kulesi sikhathi indima ka-Israyeli - lapho undunankulu kanye nongqongqoshe wezokuvikela bebambelele ezinsongweni zabo zezempi ngokumelene ne-Iran naphezu kokuthi Amasosha akwa-Israyeli kanye nezikhulu zezobunhloli nazo zimelene kakhulu nesiteleka samasosha.
Inkulumo yaseNew York iphinde yagxila kuzizathu zangempela ezenza abaholi bezepolitiki bakwa-Israel babone i-Iran njengosongo. Akukhona mayelana nosongo oluthile oluvela esikhalini senuzi i-Iran engenaso. Kungenxa yokuthi ukulawulwa kwa-Israyeli njengamanje kwezikhali zenuzi ezingamakhulu ambalwa esikhungweni sakhe sase-Dimona kanye nomthamo wesibili wesiteleka semikhumbi-ngwenya emisha etholwe eJalimane kunikeza i-Tel Aviv inzuzo enkulu yamasu/ezempi esifundeni, nangaphezu kwamandla ayo ezempi. . Futhi uNdunankulu u-Netanyahu akazimisele ukuba ngumholi wakwa-Israel lapho i-Israel ilahlekelwa khona izikhali zenuzi eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Ungabuka ividiyo yami noGogo lapha.
Ngiphinde ngabamba iqhaza engxoxweni ethokozisayo nge-Iran I-al-Jazeera ethi "Inside Story," sibheka ikakhulukazi izingozi ezidalwe ukwanda kwakamuva kokubili kokukhuluma kanye namasosha asolwandle enziwa yi-U.S. kanye ne-Iran ku-Strait of Hormuz. Lowo mzila wamanzi omncane, okudlula kuwo amaphesenti angu-20 okuthutha uwoyela emhlabeni, uminyene ngendlela emangalisayo. Imikhumbi yempi yase-U.S., abashayeli bamabhomu, nokunye kuhamba ngomkhumbi kungena naseduze nolwandlekazi, kanye nentsha entsha ye-U.S. Navy. "isisekelo esintantayo siye phambili," umkhumbi omdala wezokuthutha wasolwandle owenziwe kabusha njengesizinda esingasogwini lapho amasosha olwandle, ama-SEALS kanye namanye amabutho akhethekile angaqalisa "i-counterterrorism" nokunye ukuhlasela. Futhi ngale kwezimpahla zasolwandle, ngokusho kwe New York Times, "[s]kusukela ngasekupheleni kwentwasahlobo, izindiza zempi ze-F-22 nezindala ze-F-15C zithuthele ezisekelweni ezimbili ezihlukene e-Persian Gulf ukuze kuqiniswe amajethi okulwa asevele esendaweni kanye namaqembu [ezindiza] eziteleka ukuvakasha kwendawo Lezo zindiza ezengeziwe ezihlaselayo zinikeza amasosha ase-United States amandla amakhulu ngokumelene namabhethri emicibisholo asogwini angase asongela umkhumbi, kanye nokufinyelela kwezinye izinjongo ekujuleni kwe-Iran." (Ngigcizelela okwami.)
Akumangazi ukuthi i-Iran yasabela kulokho okwandayo kwebutho lezempi laseMelika ngokuhamba kwayo, okuhlanganisa nokuzivocavoca kwezempi kwakamuva kule nkinga. Ingozi, vele, ngaphezu kwamathuba okukhula ngamabomu, kungenzeka kube khona ukungqubuzana okungahlosiwe, ngengozi phakathi, ake sithi, izikebhe ezimbili ezincane zasolwandle, esisodwa esivela e-U.S. kanye nesinye sase-Iranian. Ngaphandle kwesistimu yezokuxhumana yezempi ukuya kwezempi ekhona (into engeke ivunyelwe yinoma iyiphi inhlokodolobha njengamanje) ayikho indlela yokusabalalisa umcimbi omncane ngaphambi kokuthi udlulele kokuthile okubucayi kakhulu, futhi okungenzeka ukuthi kungalawuleki ngokuphelele. Ungabuka ingxoxo ye-Al-Jazeera lapha.
YASESIRIYA
Ngenkathi siqhubeka nokusebenza ukuvimbela impi e-Iran, ukungqubuzana eSyria kuyanda. I-International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) namuhla imemezele ukuthi iSyria manje ibhekene nempi yombango egcwele. Lokhu kubalulekile, ngoba i-ICRC, njengendawo yokugcina Izingqungquthela zase-Geneva, inesibopho sokunquma ukuthi imithetho yempi - lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi umthetho wobuntu wamazwe ngamazwe - iyasebenza. Ngokuthi yimpi yombango, kusho ukuthi zonke izinhlangothi ziboshwe yi-Geneva Conventions mayelana nokuvikelwa kwezakhamuzi, ukuphathwa kweziboshwa, nokunye.
Izimo ezibhekene nabaseSyria abavamile zimbi, futhi impi isisakazekele enkabeni yeDamaseku, inhloko-dolobha. Indaba eyodwa encane yezindaba ezinhle yafika ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule inhloko yophiko lwababukeli be-UN, uGeneral Robert Mood waseNorway, uphawule ukuthi ithimba lakhe "belokhu lizibandakanya kwezinye izindawo ukuze kube nezingxoxo zendawo phakathi kwamaqembu njengoba efuna ukuthola igxathu negxathu ukwakha ukuzethemba nokunqanda ukubhebhetheka kodlame. Kulo mongo, inqubekelaphambili ekhuthazayo yenziwe amaqembu. e-Deir Ezzor Sibona ukwehla okuphawulekayo kodlame kanye nokuthembela okukhulayo endleleni engenzeka yesinyathelo nesinyathelo ukunqanda udlame…. [T]izingxoxo zezepolitiki kufanele zilethwe ngaphakathi eSyria futhi kufanele sakhele phezu kwenqubekelaphambili esiyikhona. ukubona phansi, siqaphela ikakhulukazi inqubo ekhuthazayo njengoba sikhuluma ku-Deir Ezzor Ngaleyo ngxoxo, futhi siyiphakamisela ezingeni likazwelonke, sizobe sesifinyelela ukuqedwa kodlame…. [Y]udinga ithuluzi phansi egxile kakhulu kwezepolitiki, evumelana nezimo kakhudlwana ekusetshenzisweni futhi ekwazi ukwakhela phezu kwemizamo yasendaweni, ukusebenzelana kwendawo, okungase kube lula ukuthi Amaqembu ahambe isinyathelo ngesinyathelo endleleni efanele, njengoba senza e-Deir Ezzor, futhi kusukela. ukuthi singangena esimeni esisezingeni likazwelonke."
Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu njengoba kubonakala kukhombisa ushintsho emsebenzini wemishini. Incike cishe ngokuphelele embusweni kaBashar al-Assad kanye namabutho aphikisayo azinze ngaphandle kwaseSyria, ikakhulukazi uMkhandlu Kazwelonke waseSyria kanye neFree Syrian Army, iningi lawo elenqaba ukuxoxisana kuze kudlule u-Assad. Ngokuqala ukubhekana nenhlangano engakabi nodlame ngaphakathi eSyria, kanye namabutho aphikisayo ngaphakathi alungele ukuxoxisana, kukhona ithemba lokuthi ithimba le-UN eliphansi lingakwazi ukuletha lokho uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha onakho kuze kube manje. yehlulekile ukufeza - ukumiswa kwangempela kokudubula.
Igunya lethimba lezingqapheli lika-Gen. Mood liyaphela kuleli sonto, kanti uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha usuzovota ukuthi uzowelula yini umsebenzi wawo. Zonke izinhlangothi ziyavuma ukuthi kubalulekile ukugcina izingqapheli ze-UN ziphansi. Kodwa iMelika, kuze kube manje, iyenqaba ukuxhasa ukwelulwa kwegunya ngaphandle uma uMkhandlu uhamba ngaphansi kweSahluko VII se-UN Charter, esihlanganisa ukugunyazwa kokusetshenziswa kwebutho lezempi kanye nezijeziso zezomnotho. Lesi isinyathelo esiyingozi kakhulu, njengoba silethe iWashington neMoscow okuyinto (kanye neBeijing) yenqaba noma yikuphi ukugunyazwa kwe-UN kokubandakanyeka kwezempi ngaphandle, kube yingxabano eqondile. Uma i-U.S. ibambelela esikhundleni sayo, kungenzeka ukuthi uMkhandlu uzovele uvumele igunya lemishini yezibukeli ukuthi liphelelwe yisikhathi, ngaleyo ndlela kuphele umnyakazo owodwa ongase ube khona wobunxusa obonakala uzuza imiphumela ethile.
Ngibhale isiqephu esingemuva esibanzi mayelana nengxabano, ebizwa "I-Syria: Cha Ukungenelela, Cha kuma-Illusions," kufaka phakathi "ubani-ubani" wamabutho adlalayo ekuvukeleni. Ishicilelwe kusizindalwazi se-Mondoweiss, phakathi kokunye. (Inguqulo emfushane, "I-Diplomacy Kuphela Engamisa Impi," yashicilelwa e-Al-Jazeera.)
I-ARAB SPRING IYAQHUBEKA — FUTHI I-U.S. AYISIZI
Ngikwazile ukubhala ngezinye izindaba ezinhle ezivela Arab Spring. Ukhetho lwase-Egypt lubangele imiphumela exubene, izishoshovu eziningi zase-Tahrir Square zadumala kakhulu ngokuthi ukukhetha kukamongameli kwehle kwamasosha amadala ngokumelene nabaphikisi bakudala. Kuseyizindawo ezibangwayo, kanti amasosha aseGibhithe asaphonsela inselelo iphalamende elikhethiwe kanye nomongameli, kodwa kuwukubuyela emuva okumangalisayo kule minyaka engu-40 edlule lapho amasosha kufanele acabangele abantu baseGibhithe kanye nabamele ababakhethile!
Isimemezelo sekhomishana yokhetho yase-Egypt sokuthi lowo obengenele ukhetho ku-Muslim Brotherhood u-Mohamed Morsi udle umhlanganiso okhethweni lukamongameli lwangesonto eledlule sisadale iqembu elijabulisayo eTahrir Square. Kodwa ngemuva kwakho konke lokhu kubungazwa kwakuyisikhumbuzo esiphusile sokuthi inqubo ye-Egypt yenguquko isangakaqedwa, nokuthi imigomo yayo yokukhululeka ebushiqela, yentando yeningi yangempela, kanye namalungelo abantu namanje azikafezeki. Abalandeli abaningi be-Muslim Brotherhood bebebungaza ukuthi lowo ongenele ukhetho, inhlangano yakhe eyavalwa iminyaka eminingi kangaka, usephethe isihlalo esiphezulu sombuso waseGibhithe. Kwabanye abaningi, isimo sikhombise ukubungazwa okuncane kwalowo ongenele ukhetho kunokukhululeka ukuthi usongo lwababusi bezempi base-Egypt abasanamandla (besathola amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.3 ngonyaka ngosizo lwezempi lwase-U.S.) ukuze bahlehlise ivoti elivuna ikhandidethi labo elikhethiwe u-Ahmad Shafiq. ngeke kufezeke - kanye nokuzibophezela ukuqhubeka nenqubo yenguquko engaqediwe eyethulwe esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka odlule.
Futhi okuthakazelisayo, ikholomu ethi "Cabanga-Tanked" ku Washington Post ngithathe ingosi yami yokubhala ngibheka ukuthi ukhetho lwase-Egypt lwaluhlanganiswa kanjani.
Inqubomgomo yase-U.S eMpumalanga Ephakathi, futhi ikakhulukazi ngase-Arab Spring, yayiwumgogodla wengxoxo ethakazelisayo engangiyibambe. Bhukha uhlelo lwe-TV oluthi “After Words” ku-C-SPAN, engxoxweni noFawaz Gerges. Incwadi yakhe entsha ngenqubomgomo kaMongameli Obama yaseMiddle East yaba yisisekelo semibuzo eminingi nezingxoxo ezinhle.
Yebo izingxenye ezibanzi zenqubomgomo yase-U.S. azinalo ithemba kangako. NgangiseChicago ngenxa yemibhikisho ephikisana nomhlangano we-NATO lapho, futhi ukufundisa kanye nemibhikisho kwakukuhle. Imashi eholwa odokotela abancane base-Iraq kanye ne-Afghanistan be-Iraq Veterans Against the War, okwathi ngemva kwalokho abangama-45 kubo, ngamunye ngamunye, bajikijela emuva izindondo zabo zempi ngasemhlanganweni wabaphathi be-NATO endaweni eqhele ngesigamu semayela, yayinamandla kakhulu.
Kepha ngephesenti elingalingani lemali yentela yase-US egelezela ePentagon, usongo lokuthembela okukhulu kwe-US emabuthweni ezempi esikhundleni sokuxoxisana luhlala luyiqiniso. Ngokushesha ngemva kwengqungquthela ngajoyina Amy Goodman ngengxoxo ngekusasa le-NATO kuDemokhrasi Manje! Ohlelweni ngikhulume ngenkinga yesando nesipikili. Uma uyisando, yonke into ibukeka njengesipikili. Uma uyi-NATO, konke kubukeka sengathi kudinga ukungenelela kwezempi. Mningi umsebenzi okufanele siwenze.
IPALESTINE-ISRAEL — ISASHINTSHA INKULUMO
Kodwa ngenkathi sikhuluma ngezindaba ezinhle, kukhona ngisho nasePalestine. Emasontweni ambalwa nje edlule i-General Assembly yeBandla LaseHabe lase-USA ivotele ukuduba zonke izimpahla ezikhiqizwe futhi kunxuswe ezinye izizwe ukuthi zijoyine ukuduba okufanayo. Ngaphambilini, umhlangano wayefuna ukumiswa kosizo lwezempi lwase-US kwa-Israyeli. Bekuwukunqoba kwakamuva emkhankasweni weminyaka eyisishiyagalombili wokwenza imigomo yeBandla yokutshala imali ihambisane nokuzibophezela kwalo ebulungiswa bezenhlalakahle. Isiphakamiso esidinga ukuhlukaniswa kwezinkampani ezithile - iCaterpillar, iMotorola Solutions, kanye noHewlett-Packard - abazuza ngokusebenza kanye nezempi, ekugcineni sasuswa etafuleni lapho iningi elincanyana (333 kuya ku-331 elingabanjwanga kabili) ligunyaza ukushaya ucingo olubambele. ngevoti lokutshalwa kwezimali kumabhizinisi asePalestine esikhundleni salokho. Lokho bekuyishwa, kodwa kunezizathu zonke zokulindela ukuthi ukuhlehliswa kubuye ku-ajenda eminyakeni emibili.
Inqubo iyonke yamaPresbyterian imele ukunqoba okukhulu emzabalazweni wamalungelo asePalestine, kanye nesinyathelo esikhulu emzamweni wokukhipha ukusekelwa kwenkampani yase-U.S. ngokuhlala kanye nobandlululo. Phakathi nenkulumo-mpikiswano yasePresbyterian, kwaphawuleka ukuthi cishe akekho noyedwa kwabamelene nokwehlukana owake wazama ukuvikela izenzo ze-Israel. Inkulumo-mpikiswano, ekugcineni, yayingekona ukuthi izenzo zika-Israyeli zazingalungile yini, kodwa ngokulula nje, lokho okwakufanele kwenziwe amaPresbyterian ekuphenduleni lawo maphutha.
Umzamo waseHabe walandela ukunqoba okubalulekile ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili. Umthengisi wokutshalwa kwezimali onamandla uMorgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) wasusa iCaterpillar ohlwini lwezibopho zezenhlalakahle, okwalandelwa ngemva kwamahora angu-24 yisikhondlakhondla sesikhwama sempesheni. Isinqumo se-TIAA-CREF sokudivosa imali yayo engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-72 zamaRandi esitokweni seCaterpillar. I I-Quaker Friends Fiduciary Corporation nayo iphumile $900,000 evela kuCaterpillar.
Izikhathi zishintshile. Ivoti lasePresbyterian lokuduba impahla yokuhlala, liqede usizo lwezempi lwase-U.S. ku-Israel, nokunye, kokubili kubonisa futhi kuqhubekisela phambili lolo shintsho olunamandla. Ngaze ngathola a incwadi eya kumhleli eshicilelwe ku New York Times kulokho kunqoba kwakamuva kwe-boycott-divestment-sanctions (BDS).
Kade ngenza inqwaba yokukhuluma ngale nto muva nje. E-Paris ngenyanga edlule ngabamba iqhaza emhlanganweni wamazwe ngamazwe e-UNESCO, ngaphansi kweKomidi le-UN Lokusetshenziswa Kwamalungelo Angenakuqhathaniswa Wabantu BasePalestine, kanye nomhlangano womphakathi olandelayo. Phakathi nomhlangano wamanxusa, isethulo sami sasigxile endimeni ye-UN kanye nokubaluleka kobambiswano lwe-UN nomphakathi womphakathi lapho ukukhulumisana kwendabuko kwehluleka. I ividiyo yalelo phaneli isilapha, kufanele uskrolele phansi ku-Plenary III (isethulo sami siqala cishe imizuzu eyi-15). Ngesikhathi somhlangano wenhlangano yomphakathi, ngagxila esidingweni sokwakha inhlangano yomhlaba wonke yokucindezela ohulumeni ukuthi baphonsele inselelo ukubuswa kwe-US kwe-Israel-Palestine diplomacy okuholele ekuhlulekeni kweminyaka engu-21, futhi esikhundleni sayo kwafakwa inqubo ye-UN-based diplomatic based. emthethweni wamazwe ngamazwe kanye namalungelo abantu, kunamandla akhona. I Ividiyo yomhlangano womphakathi isilapha, futhi ungathola isethulo sami cishe imizuzu eyi-15 eNgxenyeni I.
Futhi ngesonto eledlule ngikhulume ochungechungeni lwezifundo zabafundi basePalestine Centre, ngigxile endimeni yezinhlangano zomphakathi emhlabeni wonke emzabalazweni ongenalo udlame wamalungelo asePalestine. Lokho ividiyo isilapha.
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