Njengoko ukungavisisani phakathi kwe-US ne-Iran kuqhubeka nokukhula, iStrait of Hormuz—enye yezona ndlela zothutho lwamandla kunye nemithwalo ezibaluleke kakhulu kwihlabathi—ijongene nengxaki yokuphazamiseka engazange ibonwe ngaphambili. Emva kohlaselo lwamva nje lomkhosi wase-US kwiindawo zokudubula imijukujelwa yase-Iran kunye neendawo zomkhosi waselwandle kufutshane neStrait of Hormuz, le ndlela yokuhambisa ioyile emanzini, ethwele malunga nesinye kwisihlanu sorhwebo lweoyile lwehlabathi, sele iphantse yema. Amaza othusayo ewenzileyo angaphaya kwemarike yamandla, asasazeka kwikhonkco lokubonelela ngempahla kwihlabathi liphela ukuya kwiinqanawa, kwimveliso, nakwiitafile zokutya zabantu.
Ukususela nge-19 ukuya kwi-20 kaMatshi, ngexesha lendawo, imisebenzi yomkhosi wase-US kuMbindi Mpuma yanda kakhulu. I-US Central Command yabhengeza ngokucacileyo ukuba imikhosi yase-US yayitshabalalisa iinjongo zomkhosi wase-Iran ezisongela iStrait of Hormuz kunye neenqanawa zamazwe ngamazwe ezikufutshane. Kwangaxeshanye, abezindaba base-US batyhile ukuba iPentagon iceba umsebenzi onesibindi ngakumbi: i-US 31st Marine Expeditionary Force enabasebenzi abamalunga nama-2,200 isendleleni esuka eJapan ukuya kuMbindi Mpuma ngenqanawa yokuhlasela emanzini, ekulindeleke ukuba ifike kwiveki. Lo mkhosi ungasetyenziselwa ukubamba iSiqithi saseKharg, isiseko esikhulu sokuthumela ioyile ekrwada e-Iran, njengesixhobo sokunyanzela i-Iran ukuba ivule iStrait of Hormuz.
Olu lwaphulo-mthetho lwenzeka emva kwengxoxo ezibulalayo phakathi kwe-Israel ne-Iran. Inkulumbuso yase-Israel uNetanyahu uvumile ukuba kubekho uhlaselo lomoya kwiindawo zegesi zase-Iran kodwa wathi uza “kuthobela” isicelo sikaMongameli wase-US uTrump sokuba “kumiswe” uhlaselo lomoya kwiindawo zamandla. Nangona kunjalo, ukubandakanyeka ngokuthe ngqo komkhosi wase-US kubonisa ukuba nangona kuncitshiswa kancinci ukuqhushumba kweendawo zamandla, umdlalo womkhosi kwiindlela zokuthutha usandul’ ukuqala. Owayesakuba nguMlawuli we-US Central Command uFrank McKenzie uthe ngokucacileyo ukuba ukuhlala okanye ukutshabalalisa iSiqithi saseKharg kuya kubangela “umonakalo ongenakulungiswa” kuqoqosho lwase-Iran nakwihlabathi. Kwishishini lokuthutha ngenqanawa kwihlabathi liphela, imeko yangoku yeStrait of Hormuz ayiseyiyo “ingozi enkulu,” kodwa “ikukuvinjwa” okubonakalayo.
Okokuqala, kukho iindleko ezingalawulekiyo zeinshorensi. Ngenxa yokuhlaselwa rhoqo kweenqanawa zorhwebo kunye nokulimala phakathi kwabasebenzi baselwandle, amaziko amaninzi einshorensi aye arhoxisa okanye athintela kakhulu iinkonzo zeinshorensi kwiindlela ezinxulumene noko. Ukuphendula,I-Globallinkuqalise umgaqo-nkqubo okhethekileyo wokubonelela nge-inshurensi yasimahla. Ukuze ufumane ulwazi oluthile, nceda uqhagamshelaneI-Globallink.
Okwesibini, ukuvalwa kweStrait of Hormuz kuchaphazela okungaphezulu kakhulu kuneetanki zepetroli zeemoto. Ingcali yezoqoqosho ephumelele iNobel uJoseph Stiglitz uchaze le meko “njengokuphosa igrenade” kuqoqosho lwehlabathi. Ngomhla wama-20,UTrump unyanzelisa ukuba 'kuncitshiswe' njengoko ioyile inyusa i-$120.
Nokuba sisongelo somkhosi wase-US sokuthimba ezi ziqithi okanye isicwangciso "sokuhlawula" sase-Iran, zombini zibonisa ukuba ukuvulwa kwakhona kwale mithambo yokuhambisa imithwalo ebalulekileyo yehlabathi kusekude. De kube kuphele ukudubulana ngemipu, uthungelwano lokubonelela ngempahla lwehlabathi lunokunyamezela kuphela buthule intlungu ende yale "mibhobho yokuvaleka".
Ixesha lokuthumela: Matshi-20-2026
