{"id":2546,"date":"2021-08-16T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T00:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-issues-statement-on-gut-wrenching-conditions-in-afghanistan-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:36","slug":"merkley-issues-statement-on-gut-wrenching-conditions-in-afghanistan-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-issues-statement-on-gut-wrenching-conditions-in-afghanistan-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley emite declaraci\u00f3n sobre condiciones desgarradoras en Afganist\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC \u2013 El senador estadounidense de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, que forma parte del Comit\u00e9 de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, emiti\u00f3 hoy la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n sobre la situaci\u00f3n actual en Afganist\u00e1n:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAl principio, nuestra misi\u00f3n original en Afganist\u00e1n era clara y alcanzable: acabar con los campos de entrenamiento de Al Qaeda y responsabilizar a los perpetradores de los horribles ataques del 11 de septiembre. Pero tan pronto como la administraci\u00f3n Bush se propuso rehacer completamente Afganist\u00e1n, la misi\u00f3n se volvi\u00f3 inalcanzable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEn 2010, viaj\u00e9 a Afganist\u00e1n para aprender m\u00e1s de los l\u00edderes locales sobre las condiciones sobre el terreno. De los l\u00edderes militares escuch\u00e9 sobre el despliegue de fuerzas, l\u00edneas de suministro y t\u00e1cticas y entrenamiento militares mejorados. El argumento, a\u00f1o tras a\u00f1o, era que s\u00f3lo faltaban unos meses para que las fuerzas de seguridad afganas fueran autosuficientes. Pero de los diplom\u00e1ticos y analistas escuch\u00e9 una historia diferente: una historia sobre c\u00f3mo los elementos clave para el \u00e9xito fueron profundamente da\u00f1ados por desaf\u00edos sist\u00e9micos que inclu\u00edan un gobierno incre\u00edblemente incompetente, una corrupci\u00f3n masiva que min\u00f3 el impulso de cada iniciativa y el enigma irresoluble de que la presencia de Estados Unidos y el apoyo deslegitimaron al gobierno y fortalecieron la determinaci\u00f3n y la pasi\u00f3n de los talibanes. Estos desaf\u00edos sist\u00e9micos iluminan la desgarradora verdad de que Estados Unidos no puede decidir el destino de Afganist\u00e1n y que ninguna cantidad de sangre o tesoro estadounidense podr\u00eda haber alterado el curso de este conflicto insostenible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo podemos subestimar el coraje y el valor de los miembros del servicio estadounidense que dieron un paso al frente a petici\u00f3n de su gobierno para intentar establecer una rep\u00fablica en Afganist\u00e1n. Y estoy profundamente agradecido a nuestros valientes miembros del servicio que ahora est\u00e1n trabajando incansablemente para ayudar a los estadounidenses a evacuar Afganist\u00e1n de manera segura, y espero que todas las familias afectadas por este conflicto se re\u00fanan lo m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido posible. Tambi\u00e9n debemos hacer todo lo que podamos para ayudar a los miles de afganos, especialmente mujeres y ni\u00f1as, que, con gran riesgo personal, ayudaron al esfuerzo de Estados Unidos y buscaron construir un pa\u00eds m\u00e1s democr\u00e1tico e inclusivo. Rezo por ellos y sus familias, y hago un llamado a mis colegas y socios de Estados Unidos en todo el mundo para que les abran nuestras puertas para que puedan encontrar seguridad. Ese esfuerzo debe incluir garantizar un paso seguro para los titulares de SIV y P2 que no pueden llegar a Kabul; evacuar inmediatamente a nuestros socios afganos que ya han pasado por un riguroso proceso de investigaci\u00f3n de sus relaciones con el gobierno estadounidense y las ONG con sede en Estados Unidos; otorgar estatus de protecci\u00f3n temporal a los afganos que se encuentran actualmente en Estados Unidos; crear una categor\u00eda espec\u00edfica de libertad condicional humanitaria para mujeres l\u00edderes; y ampliar la designaci\u00f3n P2 para periodistas a aut\u00f3nomos, contratistas y corresponsales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTambi\u00e9n espero que esta tr\u00e1gica situaci\u00f3n subraye para el Congreso la importancia de reafirmar nuestras autoridades constitucionales con respecto a los poderes de guerra. Debemos crear los procesos y salvaguardas necesarios para garantizar que las operaciones militares se consideren con la debida diligencia. S\u00f3lo as\u00ed evitaremos guerras prolongadas y costosas que terminen en retiradas ca\u00f3ticas y sin ceremonias\u201d. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley&mdash;who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee&mdash;released the following statement today regarding the ongoing situation in Afghanistan: &ldquo;At the onset, our original mission in Afghanistan was clear and attainable: stamping out the Al Qaeda training camps, and holding perpetrators of the horrific September 11 attacks accountable. 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