Lisette Talate anamwalira tsiku lina. Ndikukumbukira mayi wina wanzeru, wanzeru kwambiri yemwe adabisa chisoni chake motsimikiza kuti analipo. Iye anali chisonyezero cha kukana kwa anthu ku nkhondo yolimbana ndi demokalase. Ndinamuona koyamba mufilimu ya mu 1950s Colonial Office yonena za anthu okhala pachilumba cha Chagos, dziko laling'ono lokhala pakati pa Africa ndi Asia ku Indian Ocean. Kamerayo idadutsa m'midzi yotukuka, tchalitchi, sukulu, chipatala, zomwe zidakhala modabwitsa komanso mwamtendere. Lisette akukumbukira kuti wopanga nyimboyo anauza iye ndi anzake achichepere kuti, โPitirizani kumwetulira atsikana!โ
Atakhala mโkhitchini yake ku Mauritius zaka zambiri pambuyo pake, iye anati: โSindinafunikire kuuzidwa kumwetulira. Ndinali mwana wosangalala, chifukwa mizu yanga inali mkatikati mwa zisumbu, paradaiso wanga. Agogo aakazi anga anabadwira kumeneko; Ndinabereka ana 6 kumeneko. Ndi chifukwa chake sakanatitulutsa mwalamulo mโnyumba zathu; anayenera kutiopseza kuti atichokere kapena kutithamangitsa. Poyamba, iwo anayesa kutipha ndi njala. Sitima zapamadzizo zinasiya kufika [kenako] zinafalitsa mphekesera zoti tiphulitsidwa ndi mabomba, kenako zinaukira agalu athu.โ
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1960, boma la Labor la Harold Wilson linavomera mwachinsinsi pempho lochokera ku Washington loti zilumba za Chagos, dziko la Britain, "zisesedwe" ndi "kuyeretsa" anthu ake 2,500 kuti malo ankhondo amangidwe pa wamkulu. Island, Diego Garcia. โAnadziลตa kuti tinali osagwirizana ndi ziweto zathu,โ anatero Lizette, โPamene asilikali a ku America anafika kudzamanga malowo, anakhomereza magalimoto awo aakulu ku malo opangira njerwa kumene tinali kukonza kokonati; mazana a agalu athu anali atasonkhanitsidwa ndi kuikidwa mโndende mmenemo. Kenako anawaphulitsa mpweya kudzera m'machubu a utsi wa magalimoto. Unkawamva akulira.โ
Lisette ndi banja lake ndi mazana ambiri okhala pachilumbachi anakakamizika kukwera ngalawa ya dzimbiri yopita ku Mauritius, mtunda wa makilomita 2,500. Iwo anagonekedwa m'chipinda chosungiramo katundu wa feteleza: zoyipa za mbalame. Nyengo inali yovuta; onse anali kudwala; akazi awiri adapita padera. Ataponyedwa pamadoko ku Port Louis, ana aangโono a Lizette, Jollice, ndi Regis, anamwalira pasanathe mlungu umodzi wina ndi mnzake. Iye anati: โAnafa ndi chisoni. โIwo anali atamva nkhani yonse ndipo anaona kuopsa kwa zimene zinachitikira agalu. Iwo ankadziwa kuti achoka kunyumba kwawo mpaka kalekale. Dokotala ku Mauritius ananena kuti sangathe kuchiza chisoni.โ
Kubera anthu ambiri kumeneku kunachitika mobisa kwambiri. Mufayilo ina yovomerezeka, pansi pamutu wakuti, "Kusunga zopeka", mlangizi wa zamalamulo ku Ofesi Yachilendo amalimbikitsa anzawo kuti abise zomwe achita mwa "kuyikanso" chiwerengero cha anthu ngati "oyandama" komanso "kupanga malamulo pamene tikuyenda. โ. Ndime 7 ya lamulo la International Criminal Court ikuti "kuthamangitsa kapena kusamutsa anthu mokakamiza" ndi mlandu wotsutsana ndi anthu. Kuti Britain idachita chigawenga chotere - posinthanitsa ndi $ 14million kuchotsera pa sitima yapamadzi ya nyukiliya yaku America Polaris - sizinali pagulu la olemba "chitetezo" aku Britain omwe adawulukira ku Chagos ndi Unduna wa Zachitetezo pomwe US โโmaziko anali. anamaliza. โMโmafayilo athu mulibe chilichonse chokhudza anthu okhalamo kapena kusamuka.โ
Masiku ano, Diego Garcia ndiwofunikira kunkhondo yaku America ndi Britain pa demokalase. Kuphulika kwa mabomba ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan kunayambika kuchokera ku mabwalo ake akuluakulu a ndege, kupitirira kumene manda omwe anthu a pachilumbachi anasiyidwa komanso tchalitchi chili ngati mabwinja ofukula zakale. Munda wokhotakhota pomwe Lisette adaseka kamera tsopano ndi linga lomwe limakhala ndi bomba la "bunker-busting" lonyamulidwa ndi ndege zooneka ngati mileme za B-2 kupita ku mipherezero m'makontinenti awiri; kuwukira Iran kuyambika apa. Monga ngati kuti amalize chizindikiro cha mphamvu zochulukirapo, zachigawenga, CIA idawonjezera ndende yamtundu wa Guantanamo kwa omwe adazunzidwa ndikuyitcha Camp Justice.
Zimene zinachitidwa ku paradaiso wa Lisette zili ndi tanthauzo lofulumira ndi lachilengedwe chonse, chifukwa zimaimira mkhalidwe wachiwawa, wankhanza wa dongosolo lonse la demokalase, ndi ukulu wa kuphunzitsa kwathu ku malingaliro ake aumesiya, ofotokozedwa ndi Harold Pinter kukhala โwanzeru. , ngakhale mwanzeru, mchitidwe wogodomalitsa bwino kwambiri.โ Kwautali komanso wamagazi kuposa nkhondo iliyonse kuyambira 1945, yomwe idamenyedwa ndi zida za ziwanda komanso gulu lachigawenga lomwe limavala ngati mfundo zazachuma ndipo nthawi zina limadziwika kuti kudalirana kwadziko lonse, nkhondo yolimbana ndi demokalase ndi yosaneneka m'magulu osankhika akumadzulo. Monga Pinter adalemba, "sizinachitike ngakhale zinali kuchitika". Julayi watha, wolemba mbiri waku America William Blum adasindikiza "chidule chake chosinthidwa cha mfundo zakunja zaku US". Kuyambira Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse, US ili ndi:
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Anayesa kugwetsa maboma opitilira 50, ambiri mwa iwo osankhidwa mwa demokalase.
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Kuyesa kupondereza gulu la anthu kapena dziko m'maiko 20.
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Adasokoneza kwambiri zisankho zademokalase m'maiko 30.
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Anaponya mabomba pa anthu a mโmayiko oposa 30.
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Anayesa kupha atsogoleri oposa 50 akunja.
Pazonse, United States yachita chimodzi kapena zingapo mwa izi m'maiko 69. Pafupifupi nthawi zonse, Britain wakhala akuthandizana nawo. Dzina la "mdani" likusintha - kuchokera ku chikominisi kupita ku Chisilamu - koma makamaka ndikukwera kwa demokalase yosadalira mphamvu zakumadzulo kapena gulu lomwe likukhala m'malo ofunikira, omwe amalingaliridwa kuti ndi ofunika, monga zilumba za Chagos.
Kuchuluka kwa zowawa, osanenapo za upandu, sikudziwika kumadzulo konse, ngakhale kuti pali anthu otsogola kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, omwe amadziwika kuti ndi atolankhani omasuka komanso masukulu okondedwa kwambiri. Kuti anthu ambiri omwe akuzunzidwa ndi uchigawenga - uchigawenga wakumadzulo - ndi Asilamu sizinganenedwe, ngati zikudziwika. Kuti ana akhanda okwana theka la miliyoni a ku Iraq anafa mโma 1990 chifukwa cha chiletso choikidwa ndi Britain ndi America nโzopanda chidwi. Jihadism yoopsayi, yomwe idatsogolera ku 9/11, idaleredwa ngati chida cha mfundo zakumadzulo ("Operation Cyclone") imadziwika ndi akatswiri koma kuponderezedwa mwanjira ina.
Ngakhale chikhalidwe chodziwika ku Britain ndi America chinamiza Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse m'malo osambira opambana, ziwopsezo zochokera kumadera olemera kwambiri a Anglo-America sizikuyiwalika. Mu ulamuliro wankhanza wa ku Indonesia Suharto, wodzozedwa โmunthu wathuโ ndi Thatcher, anthu oposa miliyoni imodzi anaphedwa. Ofotokozedwa ndi CIA ngati "kupha koyipa kwambiri kwa theka lachiwiri la 20th m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chiwiri", kuyerekeza sikuphatikizira gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a anthu a East Timor omwe adaphedwa ndi njala kapena kuphedwa mwachiyanjano chakumadzulo, oponya mabomba ku Britain ndi mfuti zamakina.
Nkhani zowona izi zimanenedwa m'mafayilo osadziwika mu Public Record Office, komabe zikuyimira gawo lonse la ndale komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu mosaganiziridwa ndi anthu. Izi zakwaniritsidwa ndi ulamuliro wowongolera zidziwitso mosakakamiza, kuchokera ku ma evangelical mantra ya kutsatsa kwa ogula mpaka kulumidwa ndi mawu pa BBC news komanso tsopano ephemera ya media media.
Zili ngati olemba ngati agalu atha, kapena amakopeka ndi a sociopathic zeitgeist, akukhulupirira kuti ndi ochenjera kwambiri kuti asanyengedwe. Umboni wa kupondana kwa a sycophants ofunitsitsa kupembedza a Christopher Hitchens, wokonda nkhondo yemwe amalakalaka kuti aloledwe kulungamitsa milandu yamphamvu yankhanza. "Pafupifupi nthawi yoyamba m'zaka mazana awiri", analemba Terry Eagleton, "palibe wolemba ndakatulo wotchuka wa ku Britain, wolemba masewero kapena wolemba mabuku wokonzeka kukayikira maziko a moyo wakumadzulo". No Orwell akuchenjeza kuti sitifunika kukhala mโgulu la anthu opondereza kuti tiipitsidwe ndi ulamuliro wankhanza. Palibe Shelley amalankhulira osauka, palibe Blake amene amapereka masomphenya, palibe Wilde amatikumbutsa kuti "kusamvera, pamaso pa aliyense amene wawerenga mbiri yakale, ndi ukoma woyambirira wa munthu". Ndipo momvetsa chisoni palibe Pinter yemwe amakwiya pankhondo, monga momwe zilili Mpira wa ku America:
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Tidawaphulitsa mipira yawo kukhala fumbi.
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Miyoyo yonse yomwe idawomberedwa kumeneko ndi Barack Obama, Hopey Changey wachiwawa chakumadzulo. Nthawi zonse ndege imodzi ya Obama ikafafaniza banja lonse kudera lakutali la Pakistan, kapena Somalia, kapena Yemen, olamulira aku America kutsogolo kwamasewera awo apakompyuta amalemba "Bugsplat". Obama amakonda ma drones ndipo amawaseka ndi atolankhani. Chimodzi mwazomwe adachita ngati purezidenti ndikulamula kuti ziwopsezo za Predator drone ku Pakistan zomwe zidapha anthu 74. Kuyambira pamenepo wapha zikwi, makamaka anthu wamba; Ma drones amayaka Mizinga yamoto ya ku Gahena yomwe imayamwa mpweya kuchokera m'mapapu a ana ndikusiya ziwalo za thupi zitatambalala.
Kumbukirani mitu yankhani yothimbirira misozi pomwe Brand Obama adasankhidwa: "zochititsa chidwi, zogwedeza msana": the Guardian. โTsogolo la Amereka,โ analemba motero Simon Schama, โndi masomphenya, ochuluka, osaumbika, opepuka . . . The San Francisco ChronicleWolemba nkhani adawona "wogwira ntchito zowunikira [amene] angabweretse njira yatsopano yakukhala padziko lapansi". Kupitilira pa drivel, monga woululira mluzu wamkulu Daniel Ellsberg adaneneratu, kuukira kwa asitikali kukuchitika ku Washington, ndipo Obama anali munthu wawo. Atanyengerera gulu lodana ndi nkhondo kuti likhale chete, wapatsa gulu lankhondo lachinyengo ku America mphamvu zomwe sizinachitikepo m'boma komanso kuchitapo kanthu. Izi zikuphatikizapo chiyembekezo cha nkhondo mu Afirika ndi mwayi woukira China, wobwereketsa wamkulu wa America ndi "mdani" watsopano ku Asia. Pansi pa Obama, gwero lakale la paranoia waku Russia, wazunguliridwa ndi zida zoponya ndipo otsutsa aku Russia adalowa. Magulu opha asilikali ndi a CIA atumizidwa ku mayiko a 120; Kuukira kwa nthawi yayitali ku Syria ndi Iran kumabweretsa nkhondo yapadziko lonse lapansi. Israel, chitsanzo cha ziwawa ndi kusayeruzika ku US poyimilira, yalandira kumene ndalama zake zapachaka zokwana $3bn pamodzi ndi chilolezo cha Obama chobera malo ambiri aku Palestine.
Chochita "chambiri" cha Obama ndikubweretsa nkhondo yolimbana ndi demokalase ku America. Madzulo a Chaka Chatsopano, adasaina National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), lamulo lomwe limapatsa Pentagon ufulu wolanda alendo komanso nzika zaku US ndikuwatsekera, kuwafunsa ndi kuwazunza, kapena kuwapha mpaka kalekale. Amangofunika "kuyanjana" ndi "ankhondo" a United States okha. Sipadzakhala chitetezo chalamulo, palibe mlandu, palibe woyimira milandu. Ili ndi lamulo loyamba lomveka bwino kuthetsedwa habeus corpus (ufulu wotsatira malamulo) ndikuchotsa bwino Lamulo la Ufulu wa 1789.
Pa Januware 5, m'mawu odabwitsa ku Pentagon, a Obama adati asitikali sakhala okonzeka "kuteteza madera ndi anthu" kutsidya lina koma kumenya nkhondo "kudziko lakwawo" ndikupereka "thandizo kwa maboma". Mwanjira ina, asitikali aku US adzatumizidwa m'misewu ya mizinda yaku America pomwe zipolowe zapachiweniweni zomwe sizingalephereke.
America tsopano ndi dziko laumphawi wadzaoneni komanso ndende zankhanza: zotsatira za "msika" wonyanyira womwe, pansi pa Obama, wapangitsa kusamutsidwa kwa $ 14 thililiyoni m'ndalama zaboma kumabizinesi amilandu ku Wall Street. Ozunzidwawo ndi achinyamata ambiri omwe alibe ntchito, osowa pokhala, omangidwa ku Africa-America, omwe aperekedwa ndi purezidenti woyamba wakuda. Mbiri yakale ya dziko lankhondo losatha, izi siziri zokomera, osati pano, komanso si demokalase mwanjira iliyonse yodziwika, mosasamala kanthu za ndale za placebo zomwe zidzawononge nkhani mpaka Novembala. Kampeni ya Purezidenti, akutero Washington Post, "zidzawonetsa kusagwirizana kwa mafilosofi ozikidwa pamalingaliro osiyana kwambiri a zachuma". Izi ndi zabodza. Ntchito yozunguliridwa ya utolankhani kumbali zonse za Atlantic ndikupanga kunamizira kusankha ndale komwe kulibe.
Mthunzi womwewo uli ku Britain ndi ku Europe konse komwe demokalase ya chikhalidwe cha anthu, nkhani ya chikhulupiriro mibadwo iwiri yapitayo, idagwa kwa olamulira ankhanza a banki yayikulu. Mu "gulu lalikulu" la David Cameron, kuba kwa mapaundi 84bn pantchito ndi ntchito kumapitilira kuchuluka kwa msonkho "mwalamulo" kumapewa ndi mabungwe achifwamba. Kudzudzula sikuli kumanja kwenikweni, koma chikhalidwe chamantha chandale chomwe chalola kuti izi zichitike, zomwe, adalemba Hywel Williams pambuyo pa ziwopsezo za 9/11, "ikhoza kukhala mtundu wokonda kudzilungamitsa". Tony Blair ndi m'modzi mwa otengeka otere. Poyang'anira kusayanjanitsika kwaufulu womwe amati amaukonda, bourgeois Blairite Britain adapanga dziko loyang'anira ndi zolakwa zatsopano za 3,000 ndi malamulo: kuposa zaka zana zapitazi. Apolisi amakhulupirira momveka bwino kuti alibe chilango choti aphe. Pofunsidwa ndi CIA, milandu ngati ya Binyam Mohamed, munthu wosalakwa waku Britain yemwe adazunzidwa ndikusungidwa kwa zaka zisanu ku Guantanamo Bay, adzakambidwa m'makhothi achinsinsi ku Britain "kuti ateteze mabungwe anzeru" - ozunzawo. .
Dziko losaonekali linalola boma la Blair kumenyana ndi anthu a pachilumba cha Chagos pamene adanyamuka kuchoka ku kukhumudwa kwawo ku ukapolo ndipo amafuna chilungamo m'misewu ya Port Louis ndi London. โPokhapokha mutachitapo kanthu mwachindunji, maso ndi maso, ngakhale kuswa malamulo, mโpamene mumazindikira,โ anatero Lisette. "Ndipo ukakhala wamng'ono, chitsanzo chako chimakhala chachikulu kwa ena." Yankho lomveka bwino chotero kwa iwo amene amafunsabe, โKodi ine ndichite chiyani?โ
Ndidawona kamwana kakang'ono ka Lisette kakuyimirira akuyendetsa mvula pamodzi ndi amzake kunja kwa Nyumba ya Malamulo. Chimene chinandikhudza ine chinali kulimba mtima kosatha kwa kukana kwawo. Ndi kukana uku kusiya mphamvu zowola za mantha, koposa zonse, podziwa kuti ndi mbewu pansi pa chisanu.