Imodzi mwa mfundo zazikuluzikulu za zofalitsa za ku United States zinali kufufuza zachinyengo cha Watergate. Tsopano, zaka 30 pambuyo pake, ndi imfa ya Purezidenti Ford, atolankhani akuthandizira kubisala komwe adaulula.
Anthu ambiri amapeza nkhani zawo pawailesi yakanema, komabe sipanakhalepo kufotokoza kulikonse komwe kunachitika chinyengo cha Watergate. Izi ndizodetsa nkhawa kwambiri, chifukwa chakuti pafupifupi theka la anthu a ku United States anabadwa Purezidenti Nixon atasiya ntchito pa Aug. 9, 1974. Gerald Ford angamukhululukire patatha mwezi umodzi. M'malo mofotokozera Watergate, timamva choyimba chomwecho kuchokera ku maukonde onse, kuti mtunduwu uyenera kupitirira pa Watergate, wofunika "kuchiritsa," ndi kuti chikhululukirocho, ngakhale chinali chotsutsana, chinali chofunikira. Ma pundits amavomereza kuti kutsutsa Nixon kukanapangitsa kuti dzikolo liziyenda bwino.
Koma palinso chochitika china. Kuyimbidwa mlandu komanso / kapena kuimbidwa mlandu kukadawonetsa anthu aku America kuti palibe amene ali pamwamba pa malamulo, kuti maboma onse ayenera kuyimbidwa mlandu.
Tiyeni tionenso mbiriyakale: Nixon anali kuthamangira kusankhidwanso mu 1972 motsutsana ndi Sen. George McGovern waku South Dakota. Komiti ya Nixon Yosankhanso Purezidenti (CREEP - dzina lawo, osati langa) anali akuchita kampeni yazachinyengo zotsutsana ndi omwe angakhale Purezidenti wa Democratic. Mu Meyi ndi June 1972, ogwira ntchito ku Nixon, otchedwa "The Plumbers" (omwe amatchedwa kuti onse adalumikiza ndikutulutsa chidziwitso), adalowa mu likulu la Democratic National Committee, lomwe lili ku The Watergate Hotel ku Washington, D.C. munthu wakale wa CIA ndi akale ambiri aku Cuba aku America omwe adalephera kuwukiridwa ndi Bay of Pigs, anali kubzala nsikidzi ndikujambula zithunzi. Buku la maadiresi lonena za mmodzi mwa achifwambawo linawalumikiza ku White House.
Malipoti ofufuza, zokambirana za congressional ndi kusankhidwa kwa woimira milandu wapadera zinatsatira. Kukhalapo kwa matepi omvera pazokambirana mu Oval Office kudawululidwa. Nixon wina wankhanza anakana kupereka matepiwo. Woimira boma pamlandu wapadera atakana kuyankha, Nixon analamula kuti amuchotse ntchito. Loya wake wamkulu komanso wachiwiri kwa loya wamkulu adakana, ndipo adasiya ntchito. Loya wake wamkulu, a Robert Bork (yemwe Nyumba Yamalamulo pambuyo pake idzamutcha ngati woweruza wa Khothi Lalikulu), adamvera. Komiti ya congressional inalemba zolemba zotsutsa pazifukwa zitatu: kulepheretsa chilungamo, kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu molakwika komanso kunyoza Congress. Khoti Lalikulu Kwambiri ku United States linalamula kuti Nixon apereke matepiwo kwa woimira boma pamlandu wapadera watsopano. Mkati mwa matepiwo munali โmfuti yosutaโ yotchuka. Nixon adagwidwa pa tepi akukonza chiwembu kuti atseke chiwonongeko cha Watergate. Thandizo la Nixon lotsala la congressional lidasanduka nthunzi. Popeza kuti kutsutsidwa kunali pafupi, pulezidenti wochititsa manyazi adasiya ntchito.
A John Dean, phungu wa a Nixon ku White House, adakhala mboni yayikulu pakufufuza kwa Senate. Analumikiza Nixon osati kungobisala, komanso kuphwanya kwa zigawenga za ofesi ya akatswiri amisala ku Pentagon woimba mluzu Daniel Ellsberg. Mu "Demokalase Tsopano!" kuulutsidwa ndi Ellsberg ndi Dean, omwe kale anali adani adalankhula limodzi pawailesi yakanema yadziko lonse kwa nthawi yoyamba. Iwo adalongosola ziwembu zina zonyansa zomwe zidakonzedwa koma osachitapo kanthu, monga "kulepheretsa" Ellsberg, ndikuwombera moto The Brookings Institution.
Watergate idachitika mkati mwa Nkhondo ya Vietnam komanso kufunikira kwanyumba komwe kukukulirakulira. Nkhani yochititsa manyaziyi ndi nkhani ya mkulu wina wosayang'aniridwa, wobisika wokonzeka kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu molakwika kuti akhalebe paudindo zivute zitani. Kuphwanyako kutawululidwa, McGovern adatcha khalidweli "quasi-fascistic."
Kwa Dick Cheney ndi Donald Rumsfeld, kusiya ntchito kwa Nixon kunali mwayi: Ford inapanga Rumsfeld mkulu wake wa antchito, ndi Cheney monga wothandizira wake. Rumsfeld atasamukira kwa mlembi wa chitetezo, Cheney adakhala wamkulu wa antchito. George H.W. Bush adatchedwa director of Central Intelligence. Mtolankhani Robert Parry akufotokoza za kayendetsedwe ka Ford ngati "chofungatira" cha kayendetsedwe ka Bush.
Ngati mabizinesi omwe akubwerawa ataona kuti Nixon akuimbidwa mlandu ndi omwe adagwirizana naye, zikadakweza dziko ... ndikusintha mbiri. Mwina patatha zaka khumi, olamulira a Reagan-Bush akadaganiza mobwerezabwereza za chipongwe cha Iran-Contra, pomwe olamulira osavomerezeka angakane Congress ndikuthandizira mosavomerezeka a Contras ku Nicaragua, omwe adapha anthu masauzande ambiri. Mwina olamulira a Bush omwe alipo pano sakanayerekeza kugwiritsa ntchito nzeru kuti aukire Iraq, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti asitikali aku US ndi mazana masauzande aku Iraq aphedwe.
Pamene dziko likuika maliro a Purezidenti Ford, tisalole atolankhani aku US kuyika nkhaniyi.
Amy Goodman amayendetsa pulogalamu yankhani yawayilesi "Democracy Now!" Yofalitsidwa ndi King Features Syndicate.
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