The Anti-Empire Report
Kana musingazive, pana Ndira 19 tepi yazvino uno yakanzwika kubva kuna Osama bin Laden yakabudiswa uye imomo akazivisa kuti: “Kana imi [veAmerica] muri pachokwadi muchishuvo chenyu chorugare nokuchengeteka, takakupindurai. Uye kana Bush afunga kuenderera mberi nemanyepo ake uye hudzvanyiriri, zvino zvingave zvakakosha kuti iwe uverenge bhuku Rogue State, iro rinoti musumo yaro ... ”Anobva aenderera mberi nekutaura kuvhurwa kwendima yandakanyora (inoonekwa. chaizvoizvo muSumo yeshanduro yeBritish chete, iyo yakazoshandurirwa kuArabic), iyo inorava zvizere kuti:
“If I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize — very publicly and very sincerely — to all the widows and the orphans, the impoverished and the tortured, and all the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. I would then announce that America’s global interventions — including the awful bombings — have come to an end. And I would inform Israel that it is no longer the 51st state of the union but -– oddly enough -– a foreign country. I would then reduce the military budget by at least 90% and use the savings to pay reparations to the victims and repair the damage from the many American bombings and invasions. There would be more than enough money. Do you know what one year of the US military budget is equal to? One year. It’s equal to more than $20,000 per hour for every hour since Jesus Christ was born.
"Ndizvo zvandaizoita pamazuva angu matatu ekutanga muWhite House. Pazuva rechina, ndaizopondwa.”
Mumaawa mashoma ndakazarirwa nevezvenhau uye nenguva isipi ndakaonekwa pazvizhinji zvezviratidziro zveTV, akawanda ezvirongwa zveredhiyo, zvine nhoroondo refu muWashington Post, Salon.com nekumwewo. Mumakore gumi apfuura Post yakanga yaramba kudhinda imwe yetsamba dzangu, zhinji dzacho dzakanga dzaratidza zvikanganiso munhau dzavo dzokumwe. Zvino mufananidzo wangu waive papeji yekutanga.
Zvizhinji zvenhau zvaida kuti nditaure kuti ndakanyangadzwa ne "kubvumidzwa" kwabin Laden. Handina kuti ndakarambwa nekuti ndakanga ndisina. Mushure memazuva mashoma ekubvunzurudzwa ndakawana mhinduro yangu pamwe chete uye yaiwanzoenda seizvi:
“There are two elements involved here: On the one hand, I totally despise any kind of religious fundamentalism and the societies spawned by such, like the Taliban in Afghanistan. On the other hand, I’m a member of a movement which has the very ambitious goal of slowing down, if not stopping, the American Empire, to keep it from continuing to go round the world doing things like bombings, invasions, overthrowing governments, and torture. To have any success, we need to reach the American people with our message. And to reach the American people we need to have access to the mass media. What has just happened has given me the opportunity to reach millions of people I would otherwise never reach. Why should I not be glad about that? How could I let such an opportunity go to waste?”
Munhu akakurumbira - kubudirira kwepamusoro kwetsika dzemazuva ano - chinhu chinoshamisa. Izvo chaizvo hazvina kukosha chero chinhu kunze kwekunge iwe waita chimwe chinhu nazvo.
Vanofona muzvirongwa zvandaive ndiri, uye dzimwe nguva mugamuchiri, mukuwedzera kune akawanda maemail, akadzokorora nharo huru mbiri dzekupokana neni. (1) Ndokupi kumwe kunze kwokuUnited States kwandaigona kuva norusununguko rwokutaura zvandaitaura panhepfenyuro dzenyika?
Kunze kwekusaziva kwavo kwakadzama mukusaziva nyika zhinji dzine rusununguko rwakaenzana rwakaenzana (kunyanya kubva munaGunyana 11), zvavari kutaura chaizvo ndezvekuti ndinofanira kuonga rusununguko rwangu rwekutaura zvekuti ndinofanira kuratidza kuonga kwangu tisingashandisi rusununguko irworwo. Kana vasina kutaura izvozvo, hapana chavari kutaura.
(2) America yagara ichiitira nyika zvinhu zvinoshamisa, kubva kuMarshall Plan nekukunda communism neTaliban kusvika pakuvakazve nyika dzakaparadzwa uye kusunungura Iraq.
Ndakambobata nengano idzi nemafungiro asiriwo; se sub-atomic particles, vanoita zvakasiyana kana vakaonekwa. Somuenzaniso, mumushumo wemwedzi wapera ndakaratidza zvakadzama kuti "nyika dzakaparadzwa" dzaiwanzoparadzwa nemabhomba eAmerica; uye America haina kuvavakazve. Nezve maTaliban, United States yakapidigura hurumende, yekodzero dzevakadzi muAfghanistan, izvo zvakaita kuti maTaliban atore simba; saka iyo US haigone kukudzwa nekubvisa maTaliban makore gumi gare gare, vachiitsiva nekugara kweAmerica, mutungamiri wezvidhori weAmerica, mauto ehondo, uye vakadzi vakasungwa.
Asi edza kutsanangura aya mapfundo akanaka muminiti imwe chete kana kupfuura paredhiyo kana TV. Nekudaro, ini ndinofunga ini neimwe nzira ndakakwanisa kudzvanya mune yakawanda ruzivo uye pfungwa nyowani kuAmerican psyche.
Vamwe mauto nevazhinji vaifona vakarwadziwa zvakajeka kundinzwa ndichitaura kuti magandanga anopikisa America ari kudzorera kukuvadzwa kwakaitwa nyika dzavo nemutemo wekunze weUS, uye havasi vanhu vakaipa, vasina pfungwa, vanopenga vanobva kune imwe nyika.[1] Vazhinji vavo vakafunga, vaine chokwadi chakawanda uye pasina chikonzero chakanaka zvachose, kuti ndaiva mutsigiri weDemocratic Party uye vakarwisa Bill Clinton. Pandakaratidza kuti ini ndakanga ndisiri fan zvachose weDemocrats kana Clinton, ivo vaiwanzovhiringidzika mukunyarara kwechinguva chidiki vasati vasvetukira kune chimwe chinhu chisina maturo. Ivo havazive kuti imwe neimwe nzira yenyika iripo pamusoro uye kupfuura maRepublicans neDemocrats.
Nguva pfupi yadarika tanga tichinzwa nekuverenga zvakataurwa munhau dzekuAmerica nezvekuti maMuslim aya aipikisa makatuni echiDanish akadzokera kumashure uye ane chisimba zvakadii, akatakura zviratidzo zvekudamburwa misoro yeavo vanotuka Islam. Asi munhu akafona kuchirongwa cheredhiyo chandakanga ndiri akati "ndinofanira kuchengetwa", uye imwe yemazana emaemail akashata yandakagamuchira yakatanga: "Rufu kwauri nemhuri yako."
Imwe yenguva dzangu dzandinoda pachangu: Pachirongwa cheredhiyo che AM muPennsylvania, tichikurukura nezvekurwisana kweIsrael nePalestine: Iye anotambira (nekushungurudzika muzwi rake): "Israel yakamboita sei kune maPalestine?" Ini: "Wave uri pakoma makore makumi maviri apfuura?" Uyu mubvunzo wandaigona kubvunza vazhinji veavo vakandibvunzurudza mavhiki mashoma apfuura. Chaizvoizvo, makore 20 aizova akakodzera zvikuru.
Sarudzo mudzidzisi wangu haana kumbondiudza nezvayo
Vanhu vekuAmerica vese vanodzidziswa kubva paudiki nezve kukosha uye hutsvene hwesarudzo dzakasununguka: Haugone kuve nechinhu chinonzi "democracy" pasina icho chinonzi "sarudzo dzemahara". Uye kana wava nechinhu chinonzi sarudzo dzakasununguka zvinenge zvakangofanana nekuve nechinhu chinonzi democracy. Uye takadzidziswa ndiani aive shasha huru yesarudzo dzakachena chero kupi zvako pasi rose? Sei, mudzidzisi wedu mumwe cheteyo, nyika yaMwari, yakanaka US yaA.
Asi nyika yaMwari yakanga ichiitei chaizvo makore ose aya atakanga tichitora nokupika neshoko iri? Nyika yaMwari chaizvoizvo yakanga ichipindira musarudzo dzakasununguka mumativi ose enyika inozivikanwa; zvakakomba kudaro.
The latest example is the recent elections in Palestine, where the US Agency for International Development (AID) poured in some two million dollars (a huge amount in that impoverished area) to try to tilt the election to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its political wing, Fatah, and prevent the radical Islamic group Hamas from taking power. The money was spent on various social programs and events to increase the popularity of the PA; the projects bore no evidence of US involvement and did not fall within the definitions of traditional development work. In addition, the United States funded many newspaper advertisements publicizing these projects in the name of the PA, with no mention of AID.
“Kusvikira veruzhinji kwakabatanidzwa mukugadzira chirongwa chega chega kuratidza basa reP.A. mukuzadzisa zvinodiwa nevagari vemunyika,” rakadaro gwaro rekufambira mberi kwezvirongwa izvi. "Chirongwa ichi ndechekuita zviitiko zviri kuitika zuva rega rega revhiki rinouya, kutanga 13 Ndira, zvekuti pave nekutevedzana kwezviziviso uye kuzivisa veruzhinji nezve zvakanaka zviri kuitika munzvimbo dzese dzePalestine muvhiki yakaoma sarudzo dzisati dzaitwa."
Pasi pemitemo yegadziriro yesarudzo yePalestine, mishandirapamwe uye vaikwikwidza vakarambidzwa kugamuchira mari kubva kune dzimwe nyika.[2] Mutemo weAmerica unorambidza zvakajeka zvakafanana musarudzo dzemuUS.
Kubva zvakakunda Hamas musarudzo, America yakabuda pachena kuti haisi kucherechedza sarudzo semhando ipi zvayo yekukunda kwehutongi hwejekerere uye haina shuviro yekuti iite hukama hwakakwana nehurumende yeHamas. (Israel yave nemafungiro akafanana, asi hazvifanirwe kukanganwa kuti Israeri yakapa mari nekutsigira kubuda kweHamas muGaza mumazuva ayo ekutanga, ichitarisira kuti ichapikisa Palestine Liberation Organisation pamwe nePalestine leftist elements.)
Nekuverenga kwangu, pakave nezviitiko zvinopfuura makumi matatu zvekupindira kwakanyanya kweWashington musarudzo dzekunze kubva pakupera kweHondo Yenyika II - kubva kuItari muna 30 nePhilippines neRebhanoni kuma1948s, kuenda kuNicaragua, Bolivia neSlovakia muma1950s - mazhinji. yakaitwa nenzira inotojeka kupfuura muenzaniso wePalestine.[2000] Dzimwe nzira dzakashandiswa dzakashandiswa muUnited States pachayo sehurongwa hwedu hwesarudzo, kana chinhu cherudado rwenyika nepasirese, chatsvedza zvisingaite kubva ku "munhu mumwechete, vhoti rimwe", kuenda ku "dhora rimwe, vhoti imwe".
Kuuya munyika (kana guta) pedyo newe munguva pfupi
Musi wa13 Ndira United States of America, muhuchenjeri hwayo hunokatyamadza uye hunoshamisa, yakaona zvakakodzera kubhururutsa ndege isina munhu yePredator pamusoro pemusha uri kure munyika yakazvimirira yePakistan uye kupfura chombo cheHellfire kupinda mukomboni inogara mukuyedza kuuraya vamwe " vanhu vakaipa”. Dzimba dzinoverengeka dzakapiswa, vanhu 18 vakaurawa, kubatanidza nhamba isingazivikanwi ya“vakaipa”; mishumo kubva ipapo inopa chiratidzo chese chekuti nhamba isingazivikanwe yakadzikira sezero, al Qaeda wechipiri-mu-mutungamiri Ayman al-Zawahiri, chinangwa chikuru, asiri pakati pavo. Kutsamwa kuchiri kuratidzwa muPakistan. MuUnited States kuita muSeneti kwakaratidzira hasha dzeAmerica:
"Tinokumbira ruregerero, asi handikwanise kukuudza kuti hatingaite chinhu chimwe chete zvakare" akadaro Sen. John McCain wekuArizona.
"Mamiriro ezvinhu anosiririsa, asi chii chimwe chatinofanira kuita?" akadaro Sen. Evan Bayh vekuIndiana.
“Mashoko angu ndeokuti kuramwa basa uku kwakaruramiswa zvakajeka nenjere,” akadaro Sen. Trent Lott wekuMississippi.[4]
Kurwiswa kwakafanana kweUS uchishandisa ma drones uye makombora akatsamwisa vagari nevatungamiriri vezvematongerwo enyika muAfghanistan, Iraq neYemen. Mukati zvave zvisina kujairika kuti kuparadzwa kuve kwakakwana zvekuti hazvigoneke kuratidza kuti ndiani akaurayiwa, kana kuti vangani vanhu. Amnesty International yakwidza zvichemo kuBusheviks zvichitevera kuramwa mabasa kwevanofungidzirwa kuti vePredator. Mushumo weUN mushure mekuramwa mabasa kwa2002 muYemen wakakudana “chiitiko chinotyisa [uye] nyaya iri pachena yekuuraya vanhu zvisiri pamutemo” mukutyora mitemo nezvibvumirano zvepasi rose.[5]
Zvinogona kufungidzira here kuti vakuru veAmerica vaizokanda chombo mumba muParis kana London kana Ottawa nekuti vaifungidzira kuti nhengo dzepamusoro dzeAl Qaeda dzaivepo? Kunyangwe dai iyo US yaiziva nezvekuvapo kwavo kune chokwadi chakakwana, uye kwete kungofungidzira sezvakaita muPredator kesi dzataurwa pamusoro? Zvakanaka, kazhinji kwete, asi isu tinogona kuisa chero chinhu chakapfuura Swaggering- Superarrogant-Superpower-Cowboys-on-steroids? Mushure mezvose, vakatozviita kune yavo, muPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. Pana May 13, 1985, bhomba rakadonhedzwa nechikopokopo chemapurisa rakapisa bhuroko rose, dzinenge dzimba 60 dzakaparadzwa, 11 vakafa, kubatanidza vana vaduku vanoverengeka. Mapurisa, hofisi yameya, neFBI vese vaive nechekuita mukuedza uku kudzinga sangano rinonzi MOVE mumba mavaigara.
The victims were all black of course. So let’s rephrase the question. Can it be imagined that American officials would fire a missile into a residential area of Beverly Hills or the upper east side of Manhattan? Stay tuned. “The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” Milan Kundera I’m occasionally taken to task for being so negative about the United States role in the world. Why do you keep looking for all the negative stuff and tear down the positive? I’m asked.
Zvakanaka, ibasa rakashata, asi mumwe munhu anofanira kuriita. Kunze kwezvo, pachidimbu chimwe nechimwe chakashata ndinobhadharwa madhora mazana mashanu neal Qaeda. Uye kushambadzirwa kwakapihwa kumabhuku angu naOsama ... kusingakoshi.
Firimu idzva rakanyorwa naEugene Jarecki, "Why We Fight", iro rakahwina mubairo weSundance Festival's Grand Jury, rinorondedzera kuti kutsvaga purofiti nevatengesi vezvombo nemamwe makambani emuUS kwakakurudzira hondo dzeAmerica mushure meHondo Yenyika II zvakanyanya kupfuura chero ipi zvayo. rudo rwerusununguko uye democracy. Gamba risingafungidzirwe remufirimu ndiDwight Eisenhower, ane nyevero yakakurumbira nezve njodzi ye "mauto-maindasitiri akaoma" ndiyo inonyanya kukosha yefirimu.
Heino Jarecki ari kubvunzurudzwa neWashington Post:
Post: Why did you make “Why We Fight?” Jarecki: The simple answer: Eisenhower. He caught me off-guard. He seemed to have so much to say about our contemporary society and our general tilt towards militarism. … The voices in Washington and the media have become so shrill. … It seemed important to bring a little gray hair into the mix.
Post: Ungaisa sei zvematongerwo enyika ako? Iwe wakapomedzerwa kuve wakasara.
Jarecki: Ndiri mukuru wepakati. … Kana Dwight Eisenhower ari kuruboshwe, neniwo ndiri. Ipapo ndichafamba naIke.[6] [maellipses mune yekutanga]
Isn’t it nice that a film portraying the seamier side of the military-industrial complex is receiving such popular attention? And that we are able to look fondly upon an American president? How long has that been? Well, here I go again.
Eisenhower, zvisinei nezvaakataura paakanga achisiya chigaro chemutungamiri wenyika, zvaisave chipingamupinyi kuhondo yeAmerica kana imperialism yemakambani. Mumakore ake masere ari pachigaro, United States yakapindira kumativi ose enyika, ichipidigura hurumende dzeIran, Guatemala, Laos, Congo, neBritish Guiana, uye ichiedza kuita zvimwe chetezvo muCosta Rica, Syria, Egypt, uye. Indonesia, pamwe nekuisa mauto nezvematongerwo enyika hwaro hwekuuya kweIndochinese holocaust.
Munyori weHurumende anodzvinyirira weEisenhower, John Foster Dulles, akapfupisa maonero ehurumende yenyika seizvi: “Kwatiri kune marudzi maviri evanhu munyika: kune avo vari vaKristu uye vanotsigira mabhizimisi akasununguka uye kune vamwe.”[ 7]
ZVINYORWA
[1] See my essay on this subject at: http://members.aol.com/essays6/myth.htm [2] Washington Post, January 22 and 24, 2006 [3] Rogue State, chapter 18, includes the text of the US law prohibiting foreign contributions to US elections. [4] Associated Press, January 15, 2006 [5] Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2006 [6] Washington Post, February 12, 2006, p.N3 [7] Roger Morgan, “The United States and West Germany, 1945-1973” (1974), p.54 Previous Anti-Empire Reports can be read at this website.
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