Tarehe 9 Oktoba 2009, Rais wa Marekani Barack Obama alitunukiwa Tuzo ya Amani ya Nobel kwa huduma zake za kushangaza kwa jina la amani ya dunia. Katika taarifa yake, Kamati ya Nobel ilisema kwamba amekuwa "ameunda hali mpya katika siasa za kimataifa...."

On October 9 2009, US President Barack Obama was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for astounding services in the name of world peace. In its statement, the Nobel Committee said he had "created a new climate in international politics....

Ni mara chache sana mtu amewahi, kwa kiwango sawa na Obama, kuvutia usikivu wa dunia na kuwapa watu wake matumaini ya mustakabali bora.” Taarifa hiyo iliendelea: “Diplomasia yake imejengwa juu ya wazo kwamba wale wanaopaswa kuiongoza dunia lazima wafanye hivyo kwa misingi ya maadili na mitazamo inayoshirikiwa na wengi wa wakazi wa dunia.”xxxiv Kwa kawaida tuzo hutolewa kwa watu pale wanapokuwa wamefanikisha jambo linaloonekana, na si kwa ahadi tu za kufikia matokeo yenye maana. Kwa upande wa Obama, hajafanikisha amani wala hajachukua juhudi zozote za kuweka misingi ya amani duniani. Kinyume chake, yeye ni mchochezi wa vita na mpiganaji wa msalaba anayeongoza vita vya Amerika dhidi ya Uislamu na ulimwengu wa Kiislamu.

Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future.”xxxiii It continued, “His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.”xxxiv Usually awards are conferred upon people when they have accomplished something tangible and not for mere pledges to achieve meaningful results. In Obama’ s case, he has neither achieved peace nor has he undertaken efforts to establish the foundations for world peace. On the contrary, he is a warmonger and a crusader who is spearheading America’ s war against Islam and the Muslim world.

Mara tu baada ya Obama kupokea tuzo ya amani, aliitisha baraza lake la vita kujadili jinsi bora ya kuendesha vita nchini Afghanistan. "Rais alikuwa na mazungumzo mazito kuhusu changamoto za kiusalama na kisiasa nchini Afghanistan na chaguzi za kujenga mbinu ya kimkakati siku zijazo," alisema afisa mmoja wa utawala kwa AFP. Moja ya hatua ambazo Obama atazikubali ni kuongeza idadi ya wanajeshi wa Marekani waliotumwa Afghanistan. Hili litakuwa juu ya idadi kubwa ya makandarasi binafsi wa ulinzi ambao tayari wanafanya kazi kwa Pentagon na wanahusika na sehemu kubwa ya machafuko na mauaji ya raia wasio na hatia wa Afghanistan.

No sooner had Obama received the prize for peace he convened his war council to discuss how best to wage war in Afghanistan. “The president had a robust conversation about the security and political challenges in Afghanistan and the options for building a strategic approach going forward"xxxv an administration official told AFP. One of the measures Obama will endorse is to increase the number of US soldiers deployed in Afghanistan. This will be on top of the huge number of private security contractors that already work for the Pentagon and are responsible for much of the mayhem and the slaughter of innocent Afghan civilians.

Baraza la vita la Obama pia linajadili chaguzi za kupanua vita vya Amerika nchini Pakistan. Maafisa wa Marekani wanajadili waziwazi kama waanzishe mashambulizi ya makombora dhidi ya Quetta, mji mkubwa zaidi wa Baluchistan. Ikiwa idhini itatolewa, hili litaashiria awamu mpya katika vita vya Amerika dhidi ya Pakistan, na kwamba kuimarishwa kwa ubalozi wa Marekani mjini Islamabad, mojawapo ya ubalozi mkubwa zaidi katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu, kutatumika kama kituo kikuu cha kupanga na kuratibu mauaji ya Waislamu.

Obama’ s war council is also deliberating options to expand America’ s war in Pakistan. American officials are openly debating whether to launch missile attacks on Quetta— Baluchistan’ s largest city. If the nod is given this will mark a new phase in America’ s war against Pakistan and means that fortification of the US embassy in Islamabad—one of the largest in the Muslim world— will be used as the nerve centre to plan and orchestrate the killing of Muslims.

Aidha, Marekani imewaagiza makampuni mawili ya usalama binafsi ya Marekani, Blackwater na InterRisk, kuwasumbua na kuwatisha Wapakistani.

Additionally, America has mandated two private US security firms Blackwater and InterRisk to hound and terrorize Pakistanis.

Nchini Iraq, mpango unaoitwa wa Obama wa kupunguza majeshi unaficha mpango mwingine wa kutisha unaotegemea sana makampuni binafsi ya ulinzi ili kuimarisha uwepo wa kijeshi wa Marekani nchini humo na kufidia kuondolewa kwa askari wa Marekani. Makampuni hayo binafsi ya ulinzi yanafanya kazi bila kuadhibiwa kabisa, yakimwaga damu ya Waislamu na kuwadhalilisha Wairaqi wa kawaida.

In Iraq, Obama’ s so called draw down policy masks a similar sinister plan that relies heavily on private security contractors to strengthen America’ s military presence in the country and to compensate for the withdrawal of US troops. The private security contractors operate with complete impunity, spilling Muslim blood and humiliating ordinary Iraqis.

Kulingana na takwimu mpya zilizotolewa na Pentagon mwaka huu, kumekuwa na ongezeko la asilimia 23 la idadi ya makandarasi binafsi wa usalama wanaofanya kazi kwa Idara ya Ulinzi nchini Iraq katika robo ya pili ya mwaka 2009. Takwimu za kipindi kama hicho nchini Afghanistan zinaonyesha ongezeko la asilimia 29.

According to new statistics released by the Pentagon this year, there has been a 23% increase in the number of private security contractors working for the Department of Defence in Iraq in the second quarter of 2009 . The figure for the same period in Afghanistan is a 29% increase.

Kwa ujumla, wakandarasi (wenye silaha na wasio na silaha) sasa wanajumuisha takriban 50% ya "jumla ya nguvu kazi katika Centcom AOR [Eneo la Uwajibikaji]." Hii inamaanisha kuna 242,657

Overall, contractors (armed and unarmed) now make up approximately 50% of the “total force in Centcom AOR [Area of Responsibility].” This means there are a 242,657

wakandarasi wanaofanya kazi katika vita hivi viwili vya Marekani chini ya uongozi wa Amiri Jeshi Mkuu Barack Obama. Hii inazidi idadi ya sasa ya wanajeshi nchini Iraq na Afghanistan, ambayo ni 132,610 na 68,197

contractors working on these two US wars under the leadership of commander in chief Barack Obama. This exceeds the present number of forces in Iraq and Afghanistan which amounts to 132,610 and 68,197

kwa mtiririko huo

respectively.

Chini ya uangalizi wa Obama, vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe nchini Somalia vinaenea kwa kasi ya kutisha. Vita hivi vinachochewa na Washington kupitia usambazaji wa silaha na zana za kivita za Marekani kwa serikali dhaifu ya Sharif Ahmed, ambayo inachukuliwa kuwa kibaraka wa Marekani.

Under Obama’ s watch the civil war in Somalia is mushrooming at an alarming rate. The war is fuelled by Washington through the supply of US arms and weapons to the beleaguered US puppet government of Sharif Ahmed.

Mwezi uliopita, Obama alitoa ishara kwa jeshi lake kuingilia moja kwa moja Somalia na kufanya mashambulizi ya angani dhidi ya wanamgambo—kitendo kinachokumbusha sana uvamizi wa Marekani nchini Somalia mwaka 1993.

Last month, Obama gave the signal to his military to directly intervene in Somalia and conduct air strikes against militants—very much reminiscent of America’ s invasion of Somalia in 1993.

Dhidi ya Iran, Obama hatetei amani; badala yake anasisitiza vikwazo vikali ambavyo bila shaka vitawaumiza Wairan wa kawaida na kuchochea chuki dhidi ya Amerika kwa miongo mingi ijayo. Vilevile, msaada endelevu wa Obama kwa watawala wa kiimla katika ulimwengu wa Kiislamu umewashawishi Waislamu wengi kwamba Obama si tofauti na mtangulizi wake, George Bush.

Against Iran, Obama is not advocating peace, but urging crippling sanctions that will surely hurt ordinary Iranians and incubate resentment against America for decades to come. Likewise Obama’ s continued support for autocratic rulers of the Muslim world has convinced many Muslims that Obama is no different to his predecessor George Bush.

Hata hivyo, hakuna mahali ambapo kushindwa kwa Obama kuleta amani kunaonekana wazi zaidi kuliko Palestina. Kabla ya kuapishwa kwake, Obama alionyesha azma thabiti ya kutolaani ukatili wa Israel huko Gaza. Kwa kweli, kukataa kwa Obama kuilaumu Israel kwa uhalifu wa kivita kumeanzisha kiwango kipya kinachothamini kwa kiasi kidogo sana uhai, damu na heshima ya Waislamu. Akiwa madarakani, kutojali kwa Obama msimamo mkali wa taifa la Kiyahudi wa kukataa kusimamisha ujenzi wa makazi kumezima juhudi zote za kuanzisha mazungumzo ya amani ya kubuni.

However, nowhere is Obama’ s failure to deliver peace more pronounced than Palestine. As a prelude to his inauguration, Obama displayed resolute determination not to condemn Israeli savagery in Gaza. In fact, Obama’ s refusal to censure Israel over war crimes has ushered in a new standard that pays pittance to the value of Muslim life, blood and honour. In office, Obama’ s indifference to the Jewish state’ s intransigence to halt settlements has shot down all efforts to commence pseudo peace talks.

Dhahiri, juhudi za amani za Obama zinalingana na kugawanya nchi za Kiislamu vipande vipande kupitia vita naumwagaji damu. Mazingira ya kisiasa ambayo Obama ameyasimamia ni ya vitisho na udhalimu. Maadili ambayo Obama anayaunga mkono yamejengwa juu ya udanganyifu na dhulma. Kwa kumpa Obama Tuzo ya Amani ya Nobel, kamati ya Nobel imetangaza wazi kwamba kuanzisha vita dhidi ya Waislamu na Uislamu chini ya kivuli cha amani ni jambo tukufu. Obama anaweza kuwa ameiteka mioyo ya kamati ya Nobel, lakini miongoni mwa Waislamu na sehemu kubwa ya dunia, Obama anawakilisha dola ya kiimperiali ambayo ni adui wa ubinadamu na amani ya dunia.

Clearly then, Obama’ s peace endeavours equate to making pieces of Muslim countries through war and bloodshed. The political climate Obama has presided over is one of intimidation and tyranny. The values Obama espouses are based on deceit and injustice. By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama, the Nobel committee has avowed that waging war against Muslims and Islam under the guise of peace is a noble action. Obama may have captured the hearts of the Nobel committee, but amongst Muslims and much of the world, Obama epitomizes an imperialistic empire that is an enemy of humanity and world peace.

Oktoba 10, 2009

October 10, 2009