Njengoba ukungezwani phakathi kwe-US ne-Iran kuqhubeka nokukhula, iStrait of Hormuz—enye yezindlela zokuthutha amandla nempahla ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni—ibhekene nenkinga yokuphazamiseka okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili. Ngemva kokuhlaselwa kwakamuva kwezempi zase-US ezindaweni zokwethulwa kwezikhali zase-Iran kanye nezinhloso zasemanzini eduze kweStrait of Hormuz, lo mthambo wasolwandle, othwala cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezinhlanu zokuhweba ngamafutha emhlabeni, usucishe wema. Amagagasi okushaqisayo okuwenzile angaphezulu kakhulu kwemakethe yamandla, asakazeka eketangeni lokunikezela eliyinkimbinkimbi lomhlaba wonke ukuya ekuthuthweni kwempahla, ekukhiqizeni, ngisho nasematafuleni abantu abadla isidlo sakusihlwa.
Kusukela ngomhlaka-19 kuya ku-20 Mashi, ngesikhathi sendawo, imisebenzi yezempi yase-US eMpumalanga Ephakathi yanda kakhulu. I-US Central Command yamemezela ngokusobala ukuthi amabutho ase-US abhubhisa izinhloso zasolwandle zase-Iran ezisongela iStrait of Hormuz kanye nemikhumbi yamazwe ngamazwe eseduze. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abezindaba base-US baveze ukuthi iPentagon ihlela umsebenzi onesibindi nakakhulu: i-US 31st Marine Expeditionary Force enabasebenzi ababalelwa ku-2,200 isendleleni esuka eJapane iya eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngomkhumbi wokuhlasela ohamba emanzini nasemhlabeni, okulindeleke ukuthi ufike phakathi nesonto. Leli butho lingasetshenziswa ukubamba iKharg Island, isizinda esikhulu kunazo zonke sokuthumela uwoyela ongahluziwe e-Iran, njengesizathu sokuphoqa i-Iran ukuthi ivule iStrait of Hormuz.
Lesi senzo sezempi siza ngemuva kwezingxoxo ezibulalayo phakathi kuka-Israyeli ne-Iran. UNdunankulu wase-Israel uNetanyahu uvumile ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza emasimini egesi ase-Iran kodwa wathi "uzolandela" isicelo sikaMongameli wase-US uTrump "sokumisa" ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza kwezinye izikhungo zamandla. Kodwa-ke, ukubandakanyeka okuqondile kwebutho lase-US kubonisa ukuthi ngisho noma kuncishiswa kancane ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ezikhungo zamandla, umdlalo wezempi emizileni yemikhumbi usanda kuqala. OwayenguMkhuzi Wezempi Omkhulu wase-US uFrank McKenzie washo ngokusobala ukuthi ukuhlala noma ukubhubhisa isiqhingi saseKharg kuzobangela "umonakalo ongenakulungiswa" emnothweni wase-Iran kanye nomhlaba wonke. Embonini yemikhumbi yomhlaba wonke, isimo samanje seStrait of Hormuz asiseyona "ingozi enkulu," kodwa "ukuvinjelwa" kwangempela.
Okokuqala, kunezindleko zomshuwalense ezingalawuleki. Njengoba kuhlaselwa njalo imikhumbi yabathengisi kanye nokulimala kwabantu basemanzini, izikhungo eziningi zomshuwalense ziye zakhansela noma zanciphisa kakhulu izinsizakalo zomshuwalense emizileni ehlobene. Ngenxa yalokho,I-Globallinkuqalise inqubomgomo ekhethekile yokuhlinzeka ngomshuwalense wamahhala. Ukuze uthole ulwazi oluthile, sicela uthintaneI-Globallink.
Okwesibili, ukuvalwa kweStrait of Hormuz kuthinta okungaphezu nje kwamatangi kaphethiloli ezimoto. Isazi sezomnotho esiwine umklomelo weNobel uJoseph Stiglitz sichaze lesi simo “njengokuphonsa ibhomu” emnothweni womhlaba. Ngomhlaka-20,UTrump ucindezela 'ukunciphisa ukukhuphuka' njengoba uwoyela unyusa u-$120.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usongo lwebutho lase-US lokuthatha iziqhingi noma uhlelo "lwemali" lwe-Iran, kokubili kubonisa ukuthi ukuvulwa kabusha kwalo mthambo wokuthutha obalulekile womhlaba wonke kusekude. Kuze kube yilapho ukuqhuma kwezibhamu kunciphile, uchungechunge lokuphakelwa komhlaba wonke lungabekezelela buthule ubuhlungu obude balokhu "kuvinjelwa kwemithambo yegazi."
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-20-2026
