"Tikuwonongabe ngati sitinali pankhondo .... Sitingakhale ndi mfuti ndi batala nthawi imodzi." Fred Thompson, akuchita kampeni ku Iowa, Okutobala 2007
Tonse tidaphunzira - kachiwiri -Choonadi chili ndi malo apadera mu ndale zaku America: ngodya ya taboo. Ine sindikunena za John McCain “nthawi zonse kuyika dziko langa patsogolo,” kapena kupeputsa kwake kopembedza zofuna zapadera; kapena lumbiro lamphamvu la Barack Obama lokulitsa nkhondo ku Afghanistan ndikupha Bin Laden.
Pamkangano woyamba (Seputembara 26) wa Purezidenti, woyang'anira Jim Lehrer sanafunse kuti: "Kodi munthuyu adzapeza bwanji ndalama zowonjezera nkhondo ku Afghanistan (zomwe onse akufuna kuchita), kusunga mphamvu zankhondo zaku US kulikonse (zoyambira 761), ndi kuukira Iran ndi/kapena Pakistan, kwinaku akudula ndalama (McCain) kapena kukonza maphunziro osokonekera ndi zida zina (Obama)? ndalama?"
Choonadi? Ndizopweteka. Funsani bambo McCain akudzitama kuti ali ndi mlangizi wa nkhani zakunja. Pamene Kissinger adalamulira monga Mlembi wa boma ndi National Security Adviser pansi pa Nixon adagonjetsa zofalitsa, koma sakanatha kuchoka ku Vietnam "mwaulemu" mu 1975. Kuyambira pomwe Kissinger adachoka pazochitika za boma, cholowa chake chakhazikika.
M'kati mwa zaka za m'ma 1970, atolankhani omwe amapita ku "mawu achidule" a K adalemba ntchito katswiri wamisala kuti awathandize kusiyanitsa mabodza ndi chowonadi. Wobisala ngati mtolankhani, shrinkyo adakhalapo pazochitika zingapo, adayitana atolankhani pamodzi ndikuwauza kuti: "K akamasewera ndi magalasi ake, ndi chizindikiro chowona. . Akatsegula pakamwa pake kuti alankhule, akunama.
Kunama kwasanduka chizolowezi. Ngakhale dziko la United States litagonja pa nkhondo ya ku Vietnam ndikupha anthu okwana 4 miliyoni a ku Vietnam, kwinaku akuwononga madera ambiri akumidzi yawo ndi Agent Orange ndi mabomba, amphawi ena okwiya amalimbikira kunena kuti Vietnamese wopambanayo sanachite bwino. Pamene Vietnam idavutikira kuwerengera anthu omwe adafa ndikumanganso kuphulitsidwa kwakukulu kuposa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse ku Germany ndi Japan, Washington adadandaula kuti sanabwezere ma MIA onse. Ofalitsa nkhani ndi andale sanafunse kuti: Kodi Vietnam idachita chiyani kuti tiwalande ndikuwaphulitsa mabomba? Mpaka pano, milandu ina yovuta idakalipobe kuti "iwo" sanatilole kuti tipambane.
Zaka makumi awiri m'mbuyomo, Eisenhower adasiya ku Korea. Ndi Jenerali wokongoletsedwa kwambiri yekha ndi amene angachite izi! Iye ankamvetsa kuti United States sakanapambana nkhondo ya ku Asia. Choonadi Chachikulu Chonenepa!
United States siyingapambane ku Iraq kapena Afghanistan. Zabwino kwambiri, zitha kusiya gulu lankhondo laku Iraq ndi apolisi okhala ndi kukhulupirika pafupi ndi Iran kuposa ku Washington. Iran yapeza kale kutchuka m'chigawo chifukwa Bush adagwetsa Saddam Hussein ndi ulamuliro wake wotsogozedwa ndi Sunni.
Yang'anani "kuseri" kwachikhalidwe, kwa chitsanzo chochititsa chidwi cha kuchepa kwa chikoka cha US. Ngakhale kuti maliro ake sanachitikebe, atsogoleri angapo aku Latin America amaona Chiphunzitso cha Monroe ngati mtembo weniweni. Purezidenti wa Venezuela Hugo Chávez adakumbatira mosangalala alangizi ankhondo aku Russia ndikutchula boma la United States kuti "Yankis de mierda." Washington idalimbikitsa kulanda boma komwe sikunachite bwino mu 2002, koma sanamulange kwenikweni. Zowonadi, mbiya iliyonse yamafuta aku Venezuela ogulidwa ndi United States imalemeretsa ulamuliro wa Chavez.
Pamene gulu lachinyengo lofuna kudzipatula linabuka ku Bolivia mu August mu August, dziko la United States mosakayikira linachirikiza olemera ndi azungu polimbana ndi osauka ndi akhungu lakuda. Kenako, pansi pa utsogoleri wa Chile, mayiko aku Latin America adakumana ndikuthandizira Purezidenti Evo Morales poyesetsa kusunga ulamuliro ndi umphumphu wa Bolivia. Washington sanali wosewera.
Purezidenti wa Ecuadorian Rafael Correa adathamangitsa gulu lankhondo laku US - lomwe akuti likugwirizana ndi nkhondo yamankhwala. M'chilimwe, Bush anatumiza Fourth Fleet kuyenda kum'mwera kuti akasonyeze mphamvu. Akonzi aku Latin America adanyodola ndikubuula. Pomaliza, Bush adafotokoza kuti kuyesayesa kwake kumakhudzana ndi nkhawa za anthu. Mmodzi mwa zombozo anali ndi mabedi ochepa ndi madokotala ochepa kuti azichiza odwala - kuyesayesa mopusa kuti apikisane ndi masauzande masauzande a madotolo aku Cuba omwe adachiritsa anthu osauka aku Latin America kwazaka zambiri ndipo amaphunzitsa achinyamata awo kuti akhale madokotala. .
Akazembe aku US sanachite bwino ku Asia, pomwe omenyera ufulu wa neo okhwima adalephera kuchititsa North Korea kuti iwononge zida za nyukiliya. Mphamvu yayikulu pansi pa Bush yoyendetsedwa ndi neo cons sinakhazikike ku Middle East, ndipo idalowererapo mwankhanza pankhondo yankhondo ya Purezidenti waku Georgia ndi Russia ku South Ossetia ndi Abkhazia.
Dziko lonse lapansi likuwona Ufumu wa US ngati colossus wopitilira muyeso komanso wosawongolera. Koma atsogoleri athu andale amakana kuvomereza kuti ali ndi ulamuliro.
Pamene misika ya padziko lonse ikunjenjemera, mochititsa chidwi kwambiri ku United States, olemba nkhani amaoneratu za kutha kwa American Century, yomwe inayamba mu 1945. John Gray analemba kuti: “Poganizira za nkhondo zoopsa za chikhalidwe chawo komanso kukangana pakati pawo, akuwoneka kuti sakudziwa zoti utsogoleri wa dziko la America ukutha mofulumira. Dziko latsopano likubwera mosadziwika bwino, kumene America ndi imodzi mwa maulamuliro akuluakulu angapo, omwe akuyang'anizana ndi tsogolo losadziwika lomwe silingathe kukonzanso." (The Guardian, September 28, 2008)
Gray amatanthauza mizati iwiri ya neo liberalism, mphamvu zenizeni zankhondo komanso chuma chamsika waulere wopanda malire. Adakumbutsa owerenga momwe Purezidenti George "Free Market" Bush adawukira atsogoleri ena adziko kusachita bwino pakugwiritsa ntchito zitsanzo zaulere. Bush tsopano akufuna mwachangu kuti Congress ivomereze kulowererapo kwakukulu kwa boma pazachuma.
Zachidziwikire, mayiko ambiri padziko lonse lapansi adakumana kale ndi zovuta zamitundu yaulere ya IMF. Anthu okwiya aku America tsopano atemberera mabanki, osunga ndalama ndi ogulitsa. Anawononga chuma kunyumba. China, yomwe boma lake linaseka zitsanzo za neo liberal, anapitiriza kugula mapepala aku US. Palibe mabanki ake akuluakulu omwe adagwa. M'malo mwake, China ikukondwerera kubwerera kwa oyenda mumlengalenga kuchokera kumlengalenga wawo. Ndalama zaku US mu kafukufuku wasayansi zikuchepa.
Pambuyo pa ulamuliro wadziko lonse lapansi ndi wopanga malamulo, atsogoleri aku US atsimikizira kukhala osadalirika kwambiri. Mu 1945, Washington idaumirira kukhazikitsa malamulo oyambira nkhondo pamayesero a Nuremberg. Atakhazikitsa kusaloledwa konse kwa nkhondo zolusa (zosayembekezereka), Washington idachita zingapo mwa izi - kuphatikiza Vietnam ndi Iraq. Malamulowo, monga momwe dziko lonse lapansi linapezera, anali kugwira ntchito kwa iwo, osati ku United States.
Pazachuma, Washington idafuna kudziko lonse lapansi kukhala ndi chikhalidwe chake cha neo liberal fiscal orthodoxy. Kenako, polimbana ndi chimodzi mwazofunikira za "msika waulere", idayamba kubwereka ndalama zochulukirapo. Ngongole zaku China ndi Saudi zidathandizira kulipira msonkho wa Bush. Arab Petro-states ndi Japan adapereka ngongole kuti asitikali aku US athe kufa ndikupha ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq ndikukhala m'malo kulikonse.
Candidate McCain akudzudzula kugwa kwachuma chifukwa cha umbombo. Iye ndi Obama adapereka chithandizo chankhosa pamalingaliro osinthidwa. McCain akufuna kuchepetsa boma koma kukulitsa ntchito yake yopereka chithandizo ndi ntchito zake zankhondo - monga momwe Obama amachitira. Izi zikutanthauza kubwereka zambiri kuchokera kunja.
Kutsika kotani nanga kuchokera ku ukulu! Roosevelt ankakhulupirira kuti bungwe la UN likhoza kutsogolera njira yomwe ingasinthe khalidwe laukali. Monga Eisenhower, FDR idamvetsetsa kuti atachita nawo zankhondo zapadziko lonse lapansi ngakhale chuma champhamvu kwambiri chiyenera kupindika. Nkhondo Yoyamba Yapadziko Lonse inawononga kwambiri England ndi France. Germany idayambiranso kuchoka ku chigonjetso mpaka kukakamira zokhumba zachifumu - kenako idawonongedwa, ndikugawika kwa zaka makumi anayi kuphatikiza.
Gulu la Soviet Union la Waterloo linabwera ku Afghanistan komanso mu mpikisano wa zida pamene silinathe kugonjetsa mpikisano wake. Nkhondo za Bush zawononga $ 1 thililiyoni kapena kuposerapo. Munthu wina amene amadzitcha kuti wachifundo, wawononga chuma chambiri padziko lonse m’ngongole. Bush akukankhirabe chitetezo chokayikitsa cha mizinga pomwe akuluakulu akuchokera ku Washington, omangidwa pankhondo ziwiri ndikuthamangira kupulumutsa msika wake wangongole. Russia idawonetsa kusathandiza kwa US pomwe asitikali ake adalowa ku Georgia. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, mapulani ankhondo a Bush akadali a neo con amafuna ndalama zambiri ndipo Congress idapereka bajeti yankhondo popanda mtsutso womwe umaposa - ndi Iraq yowonjezera ndi luntha - chiwerengero cham'mbuyo cha $ 700 biliyoni.
Chodabwitsa, chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa chuma chathu, palibe munthu wodziwika bwino pazandale kapena wofalitsa nkhani yemwe adanenapo kuti zomwe zidachitika kunkhondo zaku US sizimveka: Iraq, Afghanistan, akufuna kuukira Iran ndi Pakistan, kukonza zida za 761 ndikupanga zida zatsopano zanyukiliya.
Makanema amagulabe nthano yakuchita bwino kwa Bush; kumasuliridwa ngati kupereka ziphuphu kwa Sunni ndikulimbikitsa kuyeretsa mafuko kuti achepetse mikangano ku Iraq, osati kuchuluka kwa asitikali.
Chithunzi cha dziko lino, cholimbikitsidwa ndi magwero onse ovomerezeka ndi osavomerezeka, chikuwonetsa kuti ndilo nambala yachikhalire. Kufuula ku USA ndikuyimba "God Bless America" ndi zipewa zovula pamasewera a baseball kungapangitse ena aife kupitiriza kumva bwino, bola ngati chowonadi sichidzasokoneza.
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