Mkuu Malcom Lumumba,
Ahsante kwa kunikaribisha kwenye huu uzi mujarabu!
Awali ya yote, I doubt ikiwa kweli EU wataendelea kukaza kutokana na sababu mbalimbali!
Mosi, EU as a community, wanaofanya biashara sio wao as a community bali kampuni mbalimbali za kibiashara ambazo ni natives to EU. Hizi ni multinational companies doing billion of dollars businesses across the global. What makes North Korea possibly great is because of their presumably military power but what makes EU great ni hizi multinational companies!
The bold sentence inamaanisha, ni hizi multinational companies ndizo zitakazoamua a fate of US Sanctions to Iran. Hizi multinational companies zikiona ni too risk kuikazia US, I doubt ikiwa EU as a community wanaweza kukaziana na hizi multinational companies ambazo:
1. Zinategemea sana US banking systems! Hizi kampuni zina billion of dollars kwenye US banks duniani ambazo, US wakipiga mkwara wa ku-freeze assets zao kwenye US banks, lazima watasanda tu!
2. US is a big market almost kwa kila bidhaa... from household to corporate level! That having said, I doubt ikiwa EU & UK multinational companies watakuwa tayari kupoteza soko kubwa kama la US!
Kwa haraka haraka (mada nimeivamia nikiwa napita njia), huo ni upande wa kibiashara chini ya EU companies ambazo,nina kila sababu ya kuamini inaweza kuwa kikwazo kwa EU as a community kupingana na Trump!
Kama kweli EU & UK wapo serious, basi waanze na state owned companies! TOTAL kwa mfano, mwezi May walitangaza wazi wangejiondoa Iran kukwepa vikwazo vya Trump! Labda nimepitwa hivyo unaweza kunikumbusha! Kama kweli EU wapo serious, basi nilitarajia kuisikia serikali ya Ufaransa wakiiambia TOTAL wasijiondoe Iran!
Kinyume na hayo, I believe hizi private companies lazima zitakiuka tu wito wa EU na kuitikia ule wa US for the sake of their business! Mtoto akinyea kiganja huwezi kumkata mkono! Wakati AirBus kwa mfano wanaweza kuhofia kuzuiwa kuuza ndege zake US ikiwa wataendelea kufanya biashara na Iran (kukiuka US sanctions), hawaoni uwezekano wa kuzuiwa kuuza ndege zake elsewhere in the world (including EU Market) kwa wao kuwakiuka EU!!!
And in fact, wakati US wanakuwa wametoa ORDER ya kutofanya biashara na kampuni yoyote itakayofanya biashara na Iran, kauli ya EU sio ORDER ya kutofanya biashara na kampuni yoyote itakayoitikia US sanctions to Iran!
Kama ndivyo, ni kwanini basi kampuni ihatarishe kufanya biashara na US (read: US trade network) kwa kukikuka vikwazo vya US wakati kuendelea kufanya biashara na US hakuhatarishi biashara zao na masoko mengine duniani (including EU) except Iran?!
Hapo juu ni upande wa makampuni lakini tukija upande wa EU as a community, hawa nawaona bado ni watumwa tu kwa US pamoja na uchumi wao mkubwa, and possible military power wakiamua kuwa independent! Unless wanakuwa na NATO yao wenyewe yenye lengo la kuilinda Europe bila kuitegemea NATO ya US vinginevyo wataendelea kuwa vijibwa tu vya US!!
With a US "led" NATO, US will always be an inevitable EU ally!
Kwa maoni yangu, uvimbaji huu wa EU kwa US (kwa Trump?) ni too theoretical and less practical! Kwenye viunga vya United Nations HQ, EU wataendelea kutambua Iran Nuclear Deal inayopigwa teke hivi sasa na Trump lakini na yenyewe watakuwa wanaitambua just theoretically!
Watakuwa wanaitambua theoretically kwa sababu, the deal will mean nothing, at least to Iran, endapo hapatakuwa na practical trade between EU and Iran! Ingawaje EU wanaweza wasirudishe vikwazo kwa Iran but still it'll be meaningless ikiwa hapatakuwa na biashara kati yao... endapo hapatakuwa na biashara kati yao kutokana na sababu nilizotaja hapo juu: Will EU & UK multinatuional companies risk their businesses by violating US Sanctions?!
BACK TO IRAN....
Binafsi sioni jipya kutokana na vikwazo hivi vya Trump dhidi ya Iran! Tangu nianze kufuatilia siasa za kimataifa, nimeishuhudia Iran ikiwa ndani ya vikwazo! Iran ime-survive figisufigisu za US for almost 40 years now... kwahiyo, hakuna jipya!!! Ime-survive figisu figisu za kijeshi na za kiuchumi kwa muda wote huo!!
Katika muda huo Iran imekumbana pia na marais vichaa sawa na Trump... mfano mzuri ukiwa Ronald Reagan hususani wakati wa muhula wake wa pili. Reagan aliendesha figisu figisu za kijeshi na kiuchumi dhidi ya Iran only his administration to end with Iran–Contra affair scandal!
If Donald Trump is smart enough, I believe hili pia aanayafahamu yote haya na kwamba, hakuna jipya kwenye vikwazo vyake! Sana sana ninachokiona kwa Trump ni kujaribu kuchochea chuki za wananchi wa Iran dhidi ya serikali yao! Wakiwa smart, wanaweza kufanikiwa kupandikiza hizi fitina lakini haiwezi kuwa kazi ndogo!
What about vikwazo vya mafuta ambavyo ndiyo bakora kali zaidi dhidi ya Iran?
Iran wameshavimba kwamba wataendelea kusafirisha!!!
Russia na China wameshasema wataendelea kununua mafuta ya Iran!!! Russia na China sio EU... wakisema watanunua, watanunua kweli! Kwanza hata pale TOTAL walipotangaza kujiondoa Iran, China National Petroleum Company wakasema wazi watabeba shares za TOTAL ikwa watashindwa kuvumilia sindano za Trump!
Kwa tangazo lile la CNPC, China wanaonesha wazi wataendelea kufanya biashara na Iran! Isitoshe, hawa CNPC wame-invest pesa nyingi sana kwenye Iran's oil & gas industry!
Na kwamba China ndie largest consumer wa Iran's crude oil, hilo ni pigo kubwa sana kwa US!!
Ahsante kwa kunikaribisha kwenye huu uzi mujarabu!
Awali ya yote, I doubt ikiwa kweli EU wataendelea kukaza kutokana na sababu mbalimbali!
Mosi, EU as a community, wanaofanya biashara sio wao as a community bali kampuni mbalimbali za kibiashara ambazo ni natives to EU. Hizi ni multinational companies doing billion of dollars businesses across the global. What makes North Korea possibly great is because of their presumably military power but what makes EU great ni hizi multinational companies!
The bold sentence inamaanisha, ni hizi multinational companies ndizo zitakazoamua a fate of US Sanctions to Iran. Hizi multinational companies zikiona ni too risk kuikazia US, I doubt ikiwa EU as a community wanaweza kukaziana na hizi multinational companies ambazo:
1. Zinategemea sana US banking systems! Hizi kampuni zina billion of dollars kwenye US banks duniani ambazo, US wakipiga mkwara wa ku-freeze assets zao kwenye US banks, lazima watasanda tu!
2. US is a big market almost kwa kila bidhaa... from household to corporate level! That having said, I doubt ikiwa EU & UK multinational companies watakuwa tayari kupoteza soko kubwa kama la US!
Kwa haraka haraka (mada nimeivamia nikiwa napita njia), huo ni upande wa kibiashara chini ya EU companies ambazo,nina kila sababu ya kuamini inaweza kuwa kikwazo kwa EU as a community kupingana na Trump!
Kama kweli EU & UK wapo serious, basi waanze na state owned companies! TOTAL kwa mfano, mwezi May walitangaza wazi wangejiondoa Iran kukwepa vikwazo vya Trump! Labda nimepitwa hivyo unaweza kunikumbusha! Kama kweli EU wapo serious, basi nilitarajia kuisikia serikali ya Ufaransa wakiiambia TOTAL wasijiondoe Iran!
Kinyume na hayo, I believe hizi private companies lazima zitakiuka tu wito wa EU na kuitikia ule wa US for the sake of their business! Mtoto akinyea kiganja huwezi kumkata mkono! Wakati AirBus kwa mfano wanaweza kuhofia kuzuiwa kuuza ndege zake US ikiwa wataendelea kufanya biashara na Iran (kukiuka US sanctions), hawaoni uwezekano wa kuzuiwa kuuza ndege zake elsewhere in the world (including EU Market) kwa wao kuwakiuka EU!!!
And in fact, wakati US wanakuwa wametoa ORDER ya kutofanya biashara na kampuni yoyote itakayofanya biashara na Iran, kauli ya EU sio ORDER ya kutofanya biashara na kampuni yoyote itakayoitikia US sanctions to Iran!
Kama ndivyo, ni kwanini basi kampuni ihatarishe kufanya biashara na US (read: US trade network) kwa kukikuka vikwazo vya US wakati kuendelea kufanya biashara na US hakuhatarishi biashara zao na masoko mengine duniani (including EU) except Iran?!
Hapo juu ni upande wa makampuni lakini tukija upande wa EU as a community, hawa nawaona bado ni watumwa tu kwa US pamoja na uchumi wao mkubwa, and possible military power wakiamua kuwa independent! Unless wanakuwa na NATO yao wenyewe yenye lengo la kuilinda Europe bila kuitegemea NATO ya US vinginevyo wataendelea kuwa vijibwa tu vya US!!
With a US "led" NATO, US will always be an inevitable EU ally!
Kwa maoni yangu, uvimbaji huu wa EU kwa US (kwa Trump?) ni too theoretical and less practical! Kwenye viunga vya United Nations HQ, EU wataendelea kutambua Iran Nuclear Deal inayopigwa teke hivi sasa na Trump lakini na yenyewe watakuwa wanaitambua just theoretically!
Watakuwa wanaitambua theoretically kwa sababu, the deal will mean nothing, at least to Iran, endapo hapatakuwa na practical trade between EU and Iran! Ingawaje EU wanaweza wasirudishe vikwazo kwa Iran but still it'll be meaningless ikiwa hapatakuwa na biashara kati yao... endapo hapatakuwa na biashara kati yao kutokana na sababu nilizotaja hapo juu: Will EU & UK multinatuional companies risk their businesses by violating US Sanctions?!
BACK TO IRAN....
Binafsi sioni jipya kutokana na vikwazo hivi vya Trump dhidi ya Iran! Tangu nianze kufuatilia siasa za kimataifa, nimeishuhudia Iran ikiwa ndani ya vikwazo! Iran ime-survive figisufigisu za US for almost 40 years now... kwahiyo, hakuna jipya!!! Ime-survive figisu figisu za kijeshi na za kiuchumi kwa muda wote huo!!
Katika muda huo Iran imekumbana pia na marais vichaa sawa na Trump... mfano mzuri ukiwa Ronald Reagan hususani wakati wa muhula wake wa pili. Reagan aliendesha figisu figisu za kijeshi na kiuchumi dhidi ya Iran only his administration to end with Iran–Contra affair scandal!
If Donald Trump is smart enough, I believe hili pia aanayafahamu yote haya na kwamba, hakuna jipya kwenye vikwazo vyake! Sana sana ninachokiona kwa Trump ni kujaribu kuchochea chuki za wananchi wa Iran dhidi ya serikali yao! Wakiwa smart, wanaweza kufanikiwa kupandikiza hizi fitina lakini haiwezi kuwa kazi ndogo!
What about vikwazo vya mafuta ambavyo ndiyo bakora kali zaidi dhidi ya Iran?
Iran wameshavimba kwamba wataendelea kusafirisha!!!
Russia na China wameshasema wataendelea kununua mafuta ya Iran!!! Russia na China sio EU... wakisema watanunua, watanunua kweli! Kwanza hata pale TOTAL walipotangaza kujiondoa Iran, China National Petroleum Company wakasema wazi watabeba shares za TOTAL ikwa watashindwa kuvumilia sindano za Trump!
Kwa tangazo lile la CNPC, China wanaonesha wazi wataendelea kufanya biashara na Iran! Isitoshe, hawa CNPC wame-invest pesa nyingi sana kwenye Iran's oil & gas industry!
Na kwamba China ndie largest consumer wa Iran's crude oil, hilo ni pigo kubwa sana kwa US!!