Munthu Wopanda nzeru
Ndikupangira zolemba zatsopano za Ralph Nader, zomwe zidawonetsedwa posachedwa pa TV ya PBS, "Munthu Wopanda nzeru". Cholinga chake chachikulu ndikukangana kwa Nader kuti adachita nawo zisankho za 2000 ndi 2004 ngakhale akuwakayikira omwe adawayimira chipani cha Democratic Party. Monga ndalembera kale: Chisankho chomwe anthu ngati ine ndinali nacho sichinali Ralph Nader kapena Albert Gore kapena John Kerry. Chisankho chomwe tinali nacho chinali Ralph Nader kapena osavota konse. Nader akadapanda kuvota, tikadakhala kunyumba. Ndi zophweka choncho. Kanemayu akuwonetsa kanema wankhani yapa TV patangotha chisankho cha 2000 pomwe owonetsa nkhani za nyenyezi Katie Couric ndi Tom Brokaw akukambirana funso lomweli, ndipo chodabwitsa changa onse afika pamalingaliro omwewo - Nader sanawononge ma Democrats. mavoti ambiri konse. Akadapanda kuvota, ambiri mwa omwe amamutsatira sakadavotera Democratic m'malo mwake.
Izi zikuthawa otsutsa a Nader, monga awiri omwe adawonetsedwa mufilimuyi, wolemba nkhani wa magazini ya Nation Eric Alterman ndi wolemba komanso chithunzi cha 60s Todd Gitlin. NASA ikuyenera kuwayang'ana - ingotchulani "Ralph Nader" ndipo akupita patsogolo. Amakhala m'chizoloŵezi choyitana mayina aukali, kutchula Nader kukhala wodzikuza, wopanda nzeru ... "chiyeretso chokonzedweratu" ... "malire a oipa" ... omwe amachititsa nkhondo ya Iraq ndi kuwononga chilengedwe ... pakati pa malingaliro a Nader kapena omutsatira ake. Sakusangalatsidwa ndi zomwe ndimawona kuti zimandisangalatsa kwambiri - chodabwitsa cha munthu wodziwika bwino wandale yemwe amangokhalira kutsata mfundo zake. Otsutsa a Nader sangavomereze kuti pali mfundo yomwe ikukhudzidwa mu zonsezi, chifukwa choopa kuwulula kusowa kwawo kwa khalidweli, pamene akukakamira kuteteza zomwe sizingadziteteze - lingaliro lakuti Democratic Party ndi mphamvu ya kusintha kwaufulu, osakumbukira kupita patsogolo. .
Kanemayo amaperekanso nthawi kwa otsutsa ena a Nader, pakati pawo Michael Moore, yemwe ndimasilira kuposa zomwe amakonda Alterman kapena Gitlin. Komabe, zimasonyeza Moore akulankhula pamwambo wa 2000 m’malo mwa Nader, akuuza omvera kuti asachite mantha kuvota chikumbumtima chawo; kenako amamuwonetsa mu 2004, akuseka anthu omwe amafuna kuvotera chikumbumtima cha munthu - Inde, chinyengo ndi chowonekeratu. Moore ndi nyama yachilendo yandale. Wopanga "Fahrenheit 911" ndi "Sicko" anali mpaka kalekale kukhala wothandizira kwambiri Hillary Clinton (kuvomereza ngakhale kukhudzika pa kugonana), ndipo adathandizira General Wesley Clark kukhala purezidenti, chigawenga chenicheni chankhondo. kuphulitsa kwake kopanda chifundo kwa masiku 78 ku Yugoslavia.
Otsutsa a Democrats tsopano akufunsa kuti: "Kodi Al Gore akanalanda Iraq?" Mwina ayi. Ayenera kuti adagonjetsa Iran m'malo mwake; chimenecho mwachionekere chinali chosankha choyamba cha Israeli ndi malo awo ofikira alendo Achimereka. Kumbukirani kuti olamulira a Clinton-Gore adapereka zaka zisanu ndi zitatu za zilango zopanda chifundo komanso zopanda kufunikira kwa anthu aku Iraq, nthawi imodzi kuphulitsa mabomba kambirimbiri, kuwononga miyoyo ya anthu opitilira miliyoni miliyoni, ndikuwononga miyoyo ya ena mamiliyoni ambiri. Al Gore adalanda kale Iraq.
Ndi nkhani yakale komanso yowawa. Mademokalase sangadaliridwe mwamalingaliro, ngakhale kukhala omasuka nthawi zonse, komanso osapita patsogolo kapena opitilira muyeso, ziribe kanthu momwe timafunira kuti tiwakhulupirire, ngakhale a Republican atakhala oyipa bwanji. Mu 1968 Democratic Senator Eugene McCarthy waku Minnesota anali wokondedwa wakumanzere. Anathamangira m'ma primaries a pulezidenti wa Democratic pa nsanja ya nkhondo yotsutsana ndi Vietnam yomwe inakondweretsa mbadwo wonse wa achinyamata. Ma Peaceniks ndi ma hippies, nkhaniyo imati, anali kumeta tsitsi, kuvala ngati Achimereka abwino, ndikusiya dope, zonse kukhala "zoyera kwa Gene" ndikugwira ntchito mu kampeni yake. Komabe, mu 1980, Gene McCarthy anabwera kudzachirikiza Ronald Reagan motsutsana ndi Jimmy Carter.[1]
Nthawi zambiri ndi mfundo zakunja zomwe zimalekanitsa omasuka kuchokera kumtunda kupita kumanzere. Munthawi ya Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, m'modzi mwa anthu olemekezeka kwambiri aku America anali Senator Hubert Humphrey. Koma iye anali pa nthawi yomweyo wotentheka wotsutsa chikominisi. Mu 1954 iye anakhazikitsa lamulo loletsa Chipani cha Komyunizimu ponena kuti chinali “chiwembu chosaloledwa chofuna kugwetsa Boma la United States ndi mphamvu ndi chiwawa osati chipani chovomerezeka cha ndale.” Pamene adakhala wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Lyndon Johnson mu 1965 adathandizira nkhondo ya Vietnam. Zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake adalimbikitsidwa kulengeza kwa asitikali aku America ku Vietnam kuti: "Ndikukhulupirira kuti Vietnam imadziwika kuti ndi malo omwe banja la munthu lapeza nthawi yofunikira kuti lidutse nyengo yatsopano ya chiyembekezo ndi chitukuko cha anthu. ndi chilungamo. Uwu ndi mwayi umene tili nawo. Uwu ndi ulendo wathu waukulu, ndipo ndi wodabwitsa.
Unali utsogoleri wa gulu la ufulu Jimmy Carter lomwe lidayambitsa kulowererapo kwa Soviet ku Afghanistan mu 1979, zomwe zidapangitsa Washington kukhala ndi gawo lalikulu pakugwetsa boma lomwe, poyerekeza ndi lomwe lidalowa m'malo mwake, lidapita patsogolo kwambiri. Analinso Carter amene anapereka Iraq OK kuti aukire Iran mu 3, ndi zotsatira zoipa kwa mayiko awiri.
Ayi, sindikudziwa kuti titani ndi atsogoleri athu. Chisankho cha US chomwe tonse tikuvutika nacho pakali pano, chomwe chikuwoneka ngati chikupitilira mpaka muyaya, chikudzaza ndi kulira kosalekeza kwa omwe akuyimira pawokha za "kusintha". Nanga angatanthauze chiyani? Iwo sakutanthauza kanthu. Ndipo atolankhani amazitenga ngati mtundu wina wa mpikisano wamahatchi, masewera owonera. Kodi pali njira iliyonse yazisankho padziko lapansi yomwe ilibe zokambirana zanzeru, zoipitsidwa mopanda chiyembekezo ndi ndalama, komanso zopanda demokalase monga momwe aku America adadalitsidwira? Ndi patinso pa dziko lapansi pamene munthu amene ali ndi mavoti ambiri sangakhale wopambana? Ngati titha kufunsa wovota aliyense waku America kuti tidziwe chifukwa chake adavotera munthu wina, poyerekeza ndi zomwe zili zenizeni za munthu ameneyo, ndipo zotsatira zake zidalengezedwa kwambiri, zitha kukhala zochititsa manyazi dziko lonselo chisankho chotsatira chingakhale. kuyimitsa. Kodi kupambana pachisankho kumatanthauza chiyani kupatula kuti kampeni yogulitsa idapambana? Kugulitsa malonda kwa purezidenti kungakhale kothandiza, komanso moona mtima.
Nkhani ina ya liberal
Gilbert Harrison, yemwe kale anali mkonzi ndi wofalitsa wa magazini yotchuka ya Washington, New Republic, anachoka padziko lapansi pa January 3. Sindinakumanepo ndi mwamunayo, koma mu 1975, ndikukhala ku London, ndinapereka ndemanga ya bukhu latsopano la mkulu wa CIA Philip Agee. , "Mkati mwa Kampani: CIA Diary", ku magazini. Bukuli linali lodabwitsa, limafotokoza zambiri za ntchito zobisika za CIA ku Latin America kuposa buku lililonse lomwe linalembedwapo, kuwulula mayina a mazana akuluakulu a CIA, othandizira, ndi mabungwe akutsogolo. Bukuli linali lisanatuluke ku United States ndipo dziko la New Republic linali losangalala kukhala ndi lomwe likanakhala limodzi mwa ndemanga zoyamba. Panthaŵiyo magaziniyo inali idakali yolimba mumsasa waufulu. Pomaliza CV yanga yolemba ingalembe china chake osati makina osindikizira ena.
Patapita milungu ingapo, kalata ina inabwera kuchokera kwa mkonzi wa magaziniyo. Anali wachisoni kundiuza kuti Mkonzi Wamkulu, Gilbert Harrison, adatsutsa kufalitsa ndemanga yanga panthawi yomaliza. Nkhaniyo inabwezedwa kwa ine, yokonzedwa kale kuti ifalitsidwe, ngakhale nditalembapo deti lotuluka. Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, ndinazindikira kuti Harrison anali wankhondo wamba wa Cold-War, wodana ndi chikomyunizimu - ngakhale malingaliro awo akupita patsogolo bwanji okhudza munthu ndi gulu, mfundo zoyambira, malingaliro, ndi zolinga za mfundo zakunja zaku America zinali zopatulika. Mu 1961 New Republic idapeza mbiri yokwanira yokonzekera ndi CIA pakuwukira kwawo ku Cuba. Harrison anali bwenzi la Purezidenti Kennedy ndipo adapereka moyenerera nkhani yomwe idakonzedweratu ya magaziniyo ku White House kuti alandire upangiri. Chifukwa chake tili ndi mlandu pano waku United States watsala pang'ono kuyambitsa zomwe Khothi Lankhondo Lapadziko Lonse ku Nuremberg lidatcha "nkhondo yankhanza ... osati mlandu wapadziko lonse lapansi, ndi mlandu waukulu padziko lonse lapansi." Ndipo mtolankhani waku America sanadziwe ngati akuyenera kuwulula izi. Kennedy atapempha kuti nkhaniyi isasindikizidwe, Harrison anavomera. [5] Nkhaniyo ikadasindikizidwa, zikanapangitsa kuti kuwukirako kuthe, ndipo motero kupulumutsa miyoyo ya anthu masauzande angapo kumbali ziwirizo.
Chodabwitsa ndi chomvetsa chisoni, patangopita masiku anayi Harrison atamwalira, Philip Agee anamwalira. Tinakhala mabwenzi kuyambira pamene ndinakumana naye ku England mu 1975, buku lake litangotuluka. Phil analidi ngwazi. Anasiya ntchito yake, chitetezo chake chandalama, moyo wabanja wabwinobwino, komanso chitetezo chake kuti agwire ntchito yolimbana ndi CIA m'maiko angapo omwe adawopsezedwa ndi Agency - Cuba, Jamaica, Grenada, Chile, Nicaragua, Venezuela. CIA idachotsa pasipoti yake yaku US, ndikufalitsa nkhani zabodza zamtundu uliwonse za iye (monga kuti amalipidwa ndi a KGB), ndikumuzunza ku Europe, kumuthamangitsa ku UK, Netherlands, Italy, ndi mayiko ena. Bungweli linkamuyang'anitsitsa kwa moyo wake wonse. Kupsyinjika kwakukulu kumene kumeneku kunamuika kungakhale kunachititsa kuti chilondacho chikhale choboola kwambiri chimene chinachititsa kuti afe.
CIA inali, monga momwe ilili, mphamvu ya zinthu zoopsa. Kodi munthu wa mfundo ndi malingaliro abwino, wodziwa zambiri zamkati mwa ntchito za Agency, angachite chiyani koma kupereka moyo wake kulimbana ndi mphamvu yotereyi?
O, mwa njira, ma Iraqi samatifuna kwenikweni
Mwaphonya izi? Iyenera kukhala nkhani yotsogola m'nyuzipepala iliyonse ndi wailesi ndi pulogalamu ya TV ku America. Mu Washington Post inali patsamba 14. Pafupifupi zofalitsa zonse zinali patsamba ziro, channel zero, 0000 AM kapena 00.0 FM.
Asitikali aku US ku Iraq adalemba ntchito makampani kuti azitsogolera magulu osiyanasiyana a anthu. Lipoti lachidule la zomwe zapezedwa linapezedwa ndi Post. Nazi zina mwazofunikira za lipotilo monga momwe nyuzipepala yafotokozera:
Mpaka pa Marichi 2003 kugwidwa kwa US ku Sunnis ndi Shiite kudali mwamtendere.
Ma Iraqi a magulu onse amagulu ndi mafuko amakhulupirira kuti kuwukira kwa asitikali aku US ndiye gwero lalikulu la kusiyana kwachiwawa pakati pawo.
United States ikachoka ku Iraq, chiyanjanitso cha dziko chidzachitika "mwachibadwa."
Lingaliro la "chiyembekezo chotheka chinalowa m'magulu onse ...
Kugawa dziko la Iraq kukhala mayiko atatu kungalepheretse mgwirizano wamayiko. (A Kurds okha ndi omwe sanakane njirayi.)
Ambiri angafotokoze zovuta za moyo ku Iraq kuyambira ndi ntchito yaku US.
Ochepa adatchula kuti Saddam Hussein ndiye adayambitsa mavuto awo, zomwe lipotilo lidafotokoza kuti ndizofunikira kwambiri, kutanthauza kuti "mikangano yomwe ilipo ku Iraq ikuwoneka kuti yathetsa zowawa zilizonse kapena madandaulo omwe ma Iraqi ambiri akadakhala nawo kuchokera muulamuliro wakale, womwe udapitilira. pafupifupi zaka makumi anayi - mosiyana ndi mkangano wamakono, womwe wakhalapo kwa zaka zisanu. "
Nyuzipepala ya Washington Post inawonjezera kuti: "Kunja kwa asilikali, kufufuza kwina kofala kwambiri ku Iraq kunachitika ndi D3 Systems, kampani ya ku Virginia yomwe imakhala ndi maofesi m'madera 18 a Iraq. zomwe zidachitika mu Seputembala kwa mabungwe angapo atolankhani, zidawonetsa chikhulupiriro chofala cha Iraqi chonenedwa ndi magulu ankhondo: kuti kuchoka kwa US kupangitsa zinthu kukhala zabwino.
Izi zangochitika: US yapeza njira yabwino yothanirana ndi malingaliro opusawa a anthu aku Iraq. Pa Januware 10, nyuzipepala ya Associated Press inanena kuti: "Oponya mabomba aku US ndi omenyera ndege adaphulitsa mabomba okwana mapaundi 40,000 kum'mwera kwa Baghdad mkati mwa mphindi 10 Lachinayi pakuwukira kumodzi kwakukulu kwankhondoyo, kusokoneza zomwe asitikali adatcha malo otetezeka a al. -Qaida ku Iraq." Sipanatchulepo ngati ndegezo zinagwetsanso timapepala takuti: "Tikukuphulitsirani mabomba chifukwa timakusamalani."
Pa Disembala 20, nyumba yamalamulo ku Panama idalengeza kuti tsikuli ndi "maliro adziko" pokumbukira kuukira kwa America tsiku lomwelo mu 1989. "Ichi ndi kuzindikira kwa omwe adagwa pa Disembala 20 chifukwa cha kuukira kwankhanza ndi kopanda chilungamo kochitidwa ndi gulu lankhondo lamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, "atero Rep. Cesar Pardo, wa chipani cholamulira cha Democratic Revolutionary Party, chomwe chili ndi anthu ambiri m'nyumba yamalamulo. Akuluakulu aku US adapeputsa nkhaniyi. "Timakonda kuyang'ana zam'tsogolo," adatero mneneri wa kazembe wa US. "Ndife okhutitsidwa kwambiri kukhala ndi bwenzi ndi bwenzi ngati Panama, dziko lomwe lakwanitsa kukulitsa demokalase yokhwima." [7] Monga momwe adachitira ndi kuukira kwawo ku Iraq pa Marichi 19, 2003, United States, popanda chokhumudwitsa kapena mayiko ena. malamulo (inde, nkhondo ina yaukali), poyamba anaphulitsa Panama, kenako anaukira pansi, kupha ochuluka ngati masauzande angapo, popanda kupereka chifukwa chodalirika cha khalidwe lawo la psychopathic.[8]
Kodi tsiku lina tidzawona mu Iraq yaulere komanso yodziyimira pawokha kukhazikitsidwa kwa Marichi 19 ngati tsiku lakulira dziko lonse?
Ena adaganizanso za gulu lachowonadi la 9/11
Pamene ndikunena, monga momwe ndinachitira mu lipoti la mwezi watha, kuti sindikuganiza kuti 9-11 inali "ntchito yamkati", osati chifukwa ndimakhulupirira kuti amuna monga Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, et al. . alibe makhalidwe oipa moti n’kumachita zinthu zoipa ngati zimenezi; amuna awa aliyense ali ndi chidutswa chosowa, chidutswa chomwe chimapangidwa ngati chikumbumtima cha anthu; iwo mwachidziwitso komanso mwachindunji adayambitsa zoopsa zomwe zikuchitika ku Iraqi ndi Afghanistan zomwe zawononga kale miyoyo yambiri ya ku America kuposa yomwe inatayika pa 9/11, osatchulapo ma Iraqi ndi Afghan oposa milioni omwe ankafuna kukhalabe pakati pa amoyo. Mu Gulf War ya 1991, Cheney ndi atsogoleri ena aku America mwadala adawononga mbewu zopangira magetsi, makina opopera madzi, ndi zimbudzi ku Iraq, kenako adapereka zilango mdzikolo zomwe zimapangitsa kukonza kwa zomangamanga kukhala kovuta kwambiri. Kenako, patatha zaka khumi ndi ziwiri, anthu aku Iraq atagwira ntchito yolimba mtima kuti machitidwewa agwirenso ntchito bwino, oponya mabomba aku US adabweranso kudzawononga koopsa kwa iwo kamodzinso. Mabuku anga ndi ena ambiri amalemba zaumbanda waukulu wotsutsana ndi anthu ndi America wathu womwe udali wokondeka komanso woyamikiridwa.
Chifukwa chake si funso lamakhalidwe abwino lomwe limandipangitsa kukayikira zamkati mwantchito. Ndilo mayendedwe a zonse - zovuta zosaneneka zakukonzekera zonse kuti zigwire ntchito komanso kuti zisakhale zosakhulupilika kwathunthu komanso mowonekera. Izi ndi kuchulukira kwakukulu - sanafunikire kuwononga kapena kuphwanya nyumba ZONSEzo ndi ndege ndi anthu. Imodzi mwa nsanja zopha anthu opitilira chikwi zikadakhala zokwanira kugulitsa Nkhondo Yowopsa, Patriot Act, ndi Security Homeland. Anthu aku America si ogula movutikira. Iwo amafunitsitsadi kukhala okhulupirira owona. Tawonani momwe amakuwa modabwitsa Hillary ndi Obama.
Kuti tigonjetse anthu ngati ine, chowonadi cha 9/11 anthu akuyenera kuwonetsa zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zinthuzo zikhale zomveka. Atha kuyamba ndi kuyesa kuyankha mafunso ngati awa: Kodi ndege zidagundadi nsanja ndi Pentagon ndikugwa ku Pennsylvania? Kodi izi zinali ndege zinayi za United Airline ndi American Airline zomwe zinanyamuka ku Boston ndi Newark? Panthaŵi ya ngoziyo, kodi anali kuwayendetsa ndi anthu kapena ndi makina akutali? Ngati anthu, anthu awa anali ndani?
Komanso, chifukwa chiyani nyumba 7 idagwa? Ngati anagwetsedwa dala - chifukwa chiyani? Zifukwa zonse zomwe ndawerenga mpaka pano sindikuwona kuti sizodalirika. Ponena za mafilimu a nsanja ndi nyumba 7 ikugwa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ziwoneke kuti izi ziyenera kukhala chifukwa cha zowonongeka zowonongeka - ndikuvomereza, zikuwonekadi choncho. Koma ndikudziwa chiyani? Ine sindine katswiri. Sizili monga momwe ndawonera, mwa munthu kapena pafilimu, zitsanzo zambiri za nyumba zikugwa chifukwa cha kugwetsedwa molamulidwa ndi zitsanzo zina zambiri za nyumba zomwe zikugwa chifukwa cha ndege zomwe zagunda, kotero ndikhoza kusiyanitsa mwanzeru. Tikuuzidwa ndi anthu owona 9/11 kuti palibe nyumba yomangidwa ngati nsanja yomwe idagwa chifukwa chamoto. Koma bwanji za moto kuphatikiza ndege yodzaza, yodzaza ndi kusweka mkati mwake? Kodi tili ndi zitsanzo zingati za izo?
Koma pali mtsutso umodzi womwe amachirikiza mtundu wovomerezeka amagwiritsa ntchito motsutsana ndi okayikira omwe ndingafunse. Ndi zotsutsana kuti ngati boma likukonzekera ntchitoyi payenera kukhala anthu ambiri pa chiwembucho, ndipo ndithudi pakali pano mmodzi wa iwo akanayankhula ndipo atolankhani ambiri akananena nkhani zawo. Koma zoona zake n’zakuti ozimitsa moto angapo, woyang’anira nyumbazi, ndi ena achitira umboni kuti anamva kuphulika kwambiri m’nsanjazi patangopita nthawi ndithu ndegezo zitagwa, zomwe zikuchirikiza chiphunzitso cha mabomba obzalidwa. Koma kuchepa kwa izi kwapangitsa kuti izi zitheke. Momwemonso, kutsatira kuphedwa kwa JFK osachepera amuna awiri adabwera pambuyo pake ndipo adadziwika kuti ndi m'modzi mwa anthu atatu "opondaponda" pamtunda waudzu ku Dallas. Ndiye chinachitika ndi chiyani? Ofalitsa nkhani ambiri sanawanyalanyaze onse awiri. Ndikudziwa za iwo okha chifukwa atolankhani a tabloid adatulutsa nkhani zawo. Mmodzi mwa anthuwa anali bambo wa wosewera Woody Harrelson.
zolemba
[1] San Francisco Chronicle, October 24, 1980, p.7
[2] United Press International (UPI) kutumiza kuchokera ku Saigon, October 31, 1967
[3] Onani kuyankhulana ndi Zbigniew Brzezinski, mlangizi wa chitetezo cha dziko la Carter - http://members.aol.com/bblum6/brz.htm
[4] http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/xfile5.html
[5] Victor Marchetti ndi John Marks, "CIA ndi Cult of Intelligence" (1975), p.307; Peter Wyden, "Bay of Pigs: The Untold Story" (1979), p.142-3
[6] Washington Post, Disembala 19, 2007, nkhani kuphatikiza pamzere wotsatira; onaninso Lipoti la Anti-Empire la Ogasiti 18, 2006, chinthu chomaliza, kwa nkhani ina ya Post yomwe ikuwonetsa chikhulupiriro cha anthu aku Iraq, komanso asitikali aku America, kuti zinthu zikhala bwino ngati US atachoka mdzikolo.
[7] Associated Press, Disembala 20, 2007
[8] Kuti mumve zambiri, onani William Blum, "Killing Hope", mutu 50.
William Blum ndi mlembi wa: Kupha Chiyembekezo: Kulowererapo kwa Asitikali aku US ndi CIA Kuyambira Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower West-Bloc Dissident: A Cold War Memoir Kumasula Dziko Kuti Ife: Essays on the American Empire. Magawo a mabuku angathe kuwerengedwa, ndi makope osayinidwa kugula, pawww.killinghope.org >