Amurka tana tunanin ajiye Cobra Gold a wata ƙasa
Ba za a ci miyan da zafi ba kamar yadda ake yi. Wannan shi ne, a ɗan sako-sako da fassara, martanin da hukumomin soja suka yi game da tattaunawa a Majalisar Wakilan Amurka game da ƙaura na atisayen soja na shekara-shekara Cobra Gold.
A cikin majalisar, Scot Marciel na ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka ya fada jiya Talata cewa, Washington na tunanin gudanar da atisayen da sauran kasashen kudu maso gabashin Asiya baya ga Amurka da Thailand za su halarci shekara mai zuwa a wata kasa a shekara mai zuwa. Gudanar da atisayen a Thailand na nufin amincewa da abin da ake kira "danniya" na mulkin soja.
Kwamandan rundunar sojin sama Prajin Juntong, mataimakin shugaban hukumar ta NCPO, baya ganin wannan dama ce babba. Ba Thailand kadai ba, har ma Amurka za ta yi rashin nasara. Ya yi nuni ga amfanin juna na dogon lokaci: 'Ƙaura zuwa wata ƙasa yana nufin rasa waɗannan fa'idodin. Duk kasashen biyu sun dade suna da muradin bai daya kuma bai kamata a dauki hakan ba.'
Cobra Gold ana gudanar da shi kowace shekara tun 1982. A karo na karshe a watan Fabrairu tare da sojoji daga Singapore, Japan, Koriya ta Kudu, Indonesia da Malaysia da kuma sojojin Amurka da Thailand. A bana China ta shiga karon farko. Kimanin sojoji 13.000 ne suka yi atisayen: 4.000 daga Thailand da sauran daga wasu kasashe.
A cewar dan majalisa Steve Chabot, shugaban kwamitin kula da harkokin waje na Asiya, gudanar da atisayen a Tailandia zai "aike da sakon da ba daidai ba a fili... bisa la'akari da yanayin danniya" na NCPO. Ya yi kira ga gwamnati da ta gudanar da atisayen a Australia, inda sojojin ruwan Amurka 2.500 ke jibge.
Prajin ya ce da kyar wani mataki zai yi tasiri ga rundunar sojin sama, domin a kai a kai tana atisaye da kasashe makwabta da suka hada da Singapore da Malaysia da Indonesia. Duk da haka, yana fatan Amurka da sauran kasashe za su canza matsayinsu, tare da mayar da martani mai kyau yayin da shirin sulhu, gyare-gyare da zabe mai kunshe da matakai uku na mulkin soja ya fara aiki.
Bayan da sojoji suka karbi mulki a ranar 22 ga watan Mayu, ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka ta sanar da janye tallafin dala miliyan 3,5. A yanzu dai Amurka ta sanar da dakatar da wani tallafin dala miliyan 4,7 kwatankwacin baht miliyan 152,5 na tallafin soji. [An ambaci wasu lambobi a wani wuri a cikin sakon, amma mun saba da hakan Bangkok Post.]
Prajin ba miya mai zafi ba ya dogara ne akan kwarewar 2006, lokacin da sojoji suka aika da gwamnatin Thaksin gida. Tun farko an fuskanci matsin lamba a Thailand, amma a hankali wannan matsin lamba ya ragu a shekara mai zuwa bayan da aka yi ƙoƙari sosai don samar da fahimta.
A yanzu haka kuma gwamnatin mulkin sojan tana kokarin yin hakan ne domin mayar da martani ga daskarar da tallafin kudi da Amurka da EU suka yi. Prajin ya zanta da jakadan kasar Sin a jiya game da dangantakar tattalin arziki. Jakadan ya ce, za a ci gaba da gudanar da harkokin cinikayya tsakanin kasashen Thailand da Sin, bayan da aka dakatar da shi na wani dan lokaci sakamakon rashin tabbas na siyasa.
Wata majiyar sojoji ba ta kallon tattaunawar majalisar a matsayin babbar barazana; tabbas ba ta wuce ba kutsawa (babban magana). A cewarsa, Amurka ta fi amfana da atisayen fiye da Thailand. Amurka ta zabi Thailand a matsayin wurin saboda kyakkyawan wurin da take a kudu maso gabashin Asiya, in ji shi.
(Source: bankok mail, Yuni 26, 2014)
Photo: Cobra Gold a watan Fabrairun wannan shekara a Had Yao (Sattahip). Sojojin Koriya ta Kudu a hagu, Amurkawa a dama.