Pamene 'Arab Spring' ikupitilizabe kutsutsa olamulira ankhanza, kugwetsa nyumba zakale ndikuganizira za tsogolo labwino, US idadziperekabe ku mfundo zake zomwe zidalephera, malingaliro olakwika komanso zokonda zake.
Arabu akhoza kutsutsana pa zinthu zambiri, koma ochepa amatsutsa mfundo yakuti tsopano palibe kubwerera mmbuyo. Zaka za wolamulira wankhanza, Mubaraks ndi Bin Alis zikutha. M'bandakucha watsopano wokhala ndi zovuta zatsopano zabwera. Mikangano m'derali tsopano ikukhudzana ndi demokalase, mabungwe aboma komanso nzika. Anzeru okha achiarabu omwe amalankhulabe za uchigawenga ndi zida za nyukiliya ndi omwe adatumidwa ndi akasinja oganiza aku Washington kapena ochepa omwe akufunitsitsa kuwonekera pa Fox News.
Mwachidule, zoyamba za Aarabu sizilinso zofunika kwambiri ku America, monga momwe zidakhalira Hosni Mubarak akadali Purezidenti wa Egypt. Potsogolera gulu la 'Arab moderates', udindo waukulu wa Mubarak unali kuwonetsa mfundo zakunja za US ngati kuti ndizofunikanso pa zofuna za dziko la Egypt. Panthawiyi, ku Syria, Bashar al-Assad adagwidwa ndi kutsutsana. Ngakhale kuti ankafunitsitsa kulandira zidziwitso zapamwamba pa ntchito yake mu zomwe zimatchedwa nkhondo yolimbana ndi zigawenga, adadzigulitsabe ngati mlonda wa Arab resistance.
Pamene US idagonjetsa Afghanistan kumapeto kwa 2001, mawu oti 'War on Terror' adakhala maziko a chikhalidwe cha Aarabu. Arabu wamba adakakamizika kuchitapo kanthu pazinthu zomwe zinalibe kanthu kwa iwo, koma zomwe zidakhala msana wankhondo zaku US komanso ndale mderali. Mwamuna ndi mkazi wa Chiarabu - onse amakana ufulu, ulemu komanso mawonekedwe a chiyembekezo - anali nkhani chabe za malingaliro okhudza Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda ndi nkhani zina zomwe sizinalembedwe pa radar yawo ya tsiku ndi tsiku ya kuzunzika ndi kuchititsidwa manyazi.
Wolamulira wankhanza wachiarabu anadyera masuku pamutu kutengeka kwa America ndi chitetezo chake. Ali Abdullah Saleh waku Yemen adayenera kusankha pakati pa kulanda dziko mwankhanza ndi US - 'kugonjetsa al-Qaeda' - kapena kuchita yekha nkhondo yonyansa. Anasankha yomalizayo, posakhalitsa kuti adziwe ubwino wa ntchito yotereyi. Pamene anthu aku Yemeni adalowa m'misewu kufuna ufulu ndi demokalase, Saleh adatumiza gulu lankhondo lokhulupirika ndi alonda aku Republic kuti akaphe zigawenga za al-Qaeda (omwe ziwerengero zawo zidaphulika mwadzidzidzi) komanso kupha otsutsa demokalase opanda zida. Mchitidwe wolunjika koma wochenjera unali wofanana ndi mgwirizano wosaneneka ndi United States: Ndidzamenyana ndi anyamata anu oipa, bola ngati ndikuloledwa kuwononga anga.
Muammar al-Qaddafi waku Libya adagwiritsanso ntchito zomwe America ndizofunikira kwambiri. Kugogomezera kwaulamuliro wake pakukhalapo kwa omenyera a al-Qaeda pagulu la otsutsa adalandira kutsimikizika kokwanira m'ma TV akumadzulo. Qaddafi adapita kukamenya nkhondo poyesa kudabwitsa akumadzulo, mpaka kunena kuti nkhondo yake yolimbana ndi zigawenga sizinali zosiyana ndi nkhondo ya Israeli yolimbana ndi 'oipa' aku Palestine.
Chodabwitsa n'chakuti chinenero cholankhulidwa ndi US ndi kuti ndi olamulira ankhanza achiarabu sichikupezeka mu lexicon ya oponderezedwa, Aarabu wamba omwe akufunafuna ufulu wawo woyamba.
Arabu samalumikizana ndi nkhani za al-Qaeda kapena US. Amagwirizanitsidwa ndi zinthu zina zomwe nthawi zambiri zimathawa ndemanga zakumadzulo ndi akuluakulu. Kupatula mbiri yakale, zipembedzo, zilankhulo komanso malingaliro ogwirizana omwe ali nawo, amakhalanso ndi zofanana zomwe amakumana nazo pakuponderezedwa, kupatukana, kupanda chilungamo ndi kusalingana. Lipoti lachitatu la UN Arab Development Report, lofalitsidwa mu 2005, linanena kuti m’dziko lamakono la Aarabu, “mabungwe akuluakulu akufanana ndi chibowo chakuda chomwe chimasintha malo ozungulira malowo kukhala malo osasunthika komanso osathaŵa chilichonse.” Zinthu sizinali bwino m’maiko achiarabu mu 2009, pamene voliyumu yachisanu ya nkhani zotsatizanazi inati: “Ngakhale kuti boma likuyembekezeka kutsimikizira chitetezo cha anthu, m’maiko angapo achiarabu, chakhala chiwopsezo chofooketsa mapangano a mayiko onse aŵiri. ndi malamulo a dziko.”
Nkhani ya magazini ya TIME yofalitsidwa mu Meyi inali ndi mutu wakuti 'Momwe Chitsime cha Arabu chinapangira Bin Laden Kukhala Woganiza Pambuyo'. Zinkawoneka ngati zikondwerero za kuukira kwa Aarabu kwa gulu limodzi, zachikunja pamene zinakumbutsa oŵerenga kuti: “Panalibe mbendera zotamanda Osama bin Laden m’bwalo la Tahrir ku Egypt; palibe zithunzi za wachiwiri wake Ayman al-Zawahiri paziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi boma ku Tunisia, Libya kapena Yemen. Zithunzi zowona, zomwe zatulutsidwanso m'mankhani mazana ambiri kumayiko akumadzulo, zikadali zachinyengo kwambiri. Chowonadi ndi chakuti, mtundu wa al-Qaeda sunatengere malingaliro a anthu ambiri achiarabu. Kuukira kwa Arabu sikunatsutse momwe Al-Qaeda amaonera Al-Qaeda, chifukwa gululi linali lisanatengere gawo laling'ono la Al-Qaeda. Komabe, zosinthazi siziyenera kutsutsa malingaliro ovomerezeka aku America pa ma Arabu.
Kafukufuku wa "Arab Attitudes, 2011" adasindikizidwa Julayi watha ndi Zogby International. Idafotokoza malingaliro osadabwitsa a mayiko asanu ndi limodzi achiarabu, kuphatikiza mfundo yoti kutchuka kwa Barak Obama pakati pa ma Arabu kudatsika mpaka 10 peresenti. Pamene a Obama adalankhula mawu ake otchuka ku Cairo University mu 2009, ma Arabu ambiri adawona kuti zomwe US-Arabu zimayika patsogolo zinali kukumana nthawi zina. Koma mfundo yakuti ndondomeko ya US sinapitirire kusuntha mbali iliyonse yabwino inachititsa kuti Arabu azindikire kuti ndondomeko za US zinali zokanira. US idapitilizabe ndi nkhondo zake, kuthandizira kwake Israeli, komanso mgwirizano wake wakale ndi ochita zachinyengo kwambiri achiarabu. Arabu adapeza (kapena adapezanso) kuposa kuti panalibe mfundo zokumana pakati pa zokhumba zawo ndi mfundo zaku US, awiriwo anali panjira yosagwirizana.
Ndi zachilendo kuti US izichita mfundo zake m'dera lomwe lili ndi mafuta ambiri ngati Middle East potengera zomwe amakonda komanso zolinga zake. Koma zomwe zakhala zikuchitika ndikubedwa kotheratu kwa zokhumba za Aarabu komanso zokonda zamayiko ambiri achiarabu kuti zigwirizane ndi zomwe US ikufuna. Mothandizidwa ndi olamulira ankhanza achiarabu, ndondomeko zosadziwika bwino za US, ndi zolakwika zinabweretsa mavuto osaneneka ku mayiko achiarabu. Tsopano mamiliyoni a Aluya wamba, amene zoika patsogolo ndi ziyembekezo zawo zinatsitsidwa kotheratu, akusonyeza kuti salinso ofunitsitsa kuvomereza chowonadi chimenecho.
Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) ndi wolemba nkhani padziko lonse lapansi komanso mkonzi wa PalestineChronicle.com. Buku lake laposachedwa ndi My Father was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story (Pluto Press, London), likupezeka pa Amazon.com.
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