Amumwe munhu anga achitsoropodza (kuratidzira, kuita kusateerera kwevanhu, kugadzira imwe nhepfenyuro) yehurumende yeUnited States mutemo wezvekune dzimwe nyika (pakati pezvimwe zvinhu), achiona nhepfenyuro yeAmerica paMutambo Wokuvhurwa kweMitambo yeBeijing kwakafanana nekuve pane imwe. yezviya zvecarnival zvikwiriso zvinotenderera nekutenderera nekukwira nekudzika nekukasira, zvichikonzera post-ride regurgitation. Izvi, zvisinei nekuti ndinoda zvemitambo uye kunyangwe zvinosemesa sei kushambadza nezvematongerwo enyika, ndichavaona zvakadaro.
Pakati pezvenhau chit-chat pamusoro pekuti zvematongerwo enyika zvinofanira kuchengetedzwa sei kunze kwemitambo, zvinonyatsorehwa ndezvekuti rudzi rwakashata rwezvematongerwo enyika runofanira kuchengetwa kunze kwemitambo. Semuyenzaniso, vazivisi vekuUS vanogona kutaura nezvekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu kuChina, uko kune, hongu (pasina zvakawandisa, kuti vanhu vaone kuti dzimwe nyika dziri kutyora zvakafanana kana zvakanyanya). Asi kana mauto eAfghan achipinda munhandare, vazivisi vekuUS vanosheedzera nezve "matambudziko" enyika iyoyo.
Matambudziko? Cheka kuBush mubhokisi revanoremekedzwa, sezvo vazivisi vanotaura nezvehunyanzvi hwake hwekumiririra. Mukubvunzurudzwa kwakatevera, maererano neNBC, "Mutungamiriri akati akamanikidza Hu Jintao pane dzimwe nyaya panguva yemusangano wake wepamutemo nemutungamiri weChina, kusanganisira kodzero dzevanhu uye zvirongwa zvenyukireya zveNorth Korea neIran." Hmm. Ndiani ari nani kutsoropodza zvinhu izvi, asi mutongi wenyika ine hombe yenyukireya arsenal papasi?
A Washington Post Chinyorwa chenhau nemafungiro, "The Stakes at the Beijing Olympics," inoshuma yaBush kushoropodza China nekusunga vanopikisa. China yakapindura nekuudza nyika kuti "ibude muzvinhu zvayo." Chinyorwa ichi chinoshamisika nemagumo erusununguko rwevanhu kana iri "chiyero chekuedza kwaBush kutonga muChina," saka anotarisira kuti anogona "kukanganisa zvimwe zvakanaka kubva muMitambo iyi iyo nyika yakabvumira - pasina kupikisa kushoma - kuitika mu" mapurisa. nyika."
Saka zvematongerwo enyika zviri pachena zita remutambo we (Olympic) chero bedzi iri zvematongerwo enyika. Vezvenhau havagone kutaura zvakaita sekuti, "Mutungamiriri weUS, mambo, kuuraya, kupinda, kuparadza kodzero dzevanhu, anotyora Misangano yeGeneva uye mutemo wepasi rose, aive muBeijing kusimudzira zvido zvebhizinesi reUS." Zvakaoma, saka, kucheka kuenda kune kutengeserana kwePepsi iyo yebhuruu can ikozvino yakatsvuka uye ine sirogani panguva yeOlympics "enda Red kuChina." Asi pamwe kwete. Ndiani ane hanya nekupinda uye kuuraya apo "Pepsi ikozvino inogona kushambadza chigadzirwa chayo kumusika usina kubatwa unodarika bhiriyoni imwe" (Dave Zirin, "Olympic Trials, the nyika, Chikunguru 2008).
Vezvenhau veUS vanogona kupa zvakawanda zvekutaura kwakanaka kune anti-China torch kuratidzira, asi vasingataure nezvekurwisa kwehondo yeIraq, iyo yakakwevera mazana ezviuru ("Kutakura Torch for Anti-China Protests" naJulie Hollar, Zvakawedzera!, July/August 2008). Nekudaro, apo Russia yakatumira mauto kuGeorgia vhiki mushure meMutambo Wokuvhura, Time Magazine (pamhepo) zvinyorwa zvakakurudzira vanhu kuti varatidzire uye vakarumbidza Bush nekuvimbisa kutumira mauto (pakunyora uku) - pasina kutaura kuti kuita izvi kunenge kwakafanana neRussia inotumira masoja kuVermont, kana ikarambana.
mune nguva "Hushe hweRussia Hunodzokera," Robert Baer anonyora kuti: "Kupinda kweRussia muGeorgia kune chekuita neSouth Ossetia pane neRussia isina kumbozviyananisa nekurasikirwa nehumambo - kana kubatwa sesimba rechipiri. makore ano.Kutsamwa kweRussia kwakangowedzera sezvo mitengo yemafuta yakwira, ichishandura Russia, nemamiriyoni mashanu emafuta anotengeswa kunze kwenyika pazuva, kuita simba rehupfumi hwenyika yekutanga.Yaingova nyaya yenguva, ipapo, Russia isati yasvika. akadzidzisa nyika chidzidzo." Invasion? Mafuta? Empire? Hmm. Zvinoita sooooo kujairika.
Rtichidzokera kuMutambo Wekuvhura, vazivisi veTV veUS, vachitarisira kusvika kwevarwi veIraqi munhandare, vakashamisika kana vaoni veChinese vangave vashoma pane kugamuchira. Ivo havana kunyatso kupa chikonzero cheizvi, asi ivo vaireva zvakajeka Saddam neWMDs uye al Qaeda. Mazuva mashoma gare gare NYT yakamhanyisa chinyorwa chakanzi "KuVafambisi veIraqi, Kuenda kuBeijing Kwaive Kukunda Kwako." Munyori anoshuma "nyaya inonakidza" yevatyairi vaviri veIraqi avo, vachipesana nematambudziko ese, vakakwanisa kusvika kumaOlympics. Vanotaura mumwe wavo vachiti, "Tiri kunzwa kufara uye kufara zvikuru kuti tiri pano nokuti ... tinoda kuratidza rutivi rwakanaka rweIraq." The bad side rinova, maererano nechinyorwa, Saddam Hussein uye kurwisana kwevagari vemo, asi hapana kutaurwa nezvekupinda kweUS, zvirango zvehupfumi, nezvimwe. ivo uye ndinoona kuti kune mhando yepasi rose muOlympian yega yega uye iri kukunda dambudzikoโฆasi mamwe matambudziko akaoma kupfuura mamwe.'
Carnival tilt-a-whirl inoenderera mberi. Vezvenhau vekuUS vanogona kutaura pamusoro penyika imwe neimwe sezvo mauto avo achipinda munhandare uye anotipa nyaya dzakasiyana-siyana dzinofarirwa nevanhu, dzimwe nguva dzichiratidza hurumende dzinodzvinyirira, sezvavakaita apo North neSouth Korea dzakafora dzakasiyana. Chile payakapinda munhandare, vakatiyeuchidza here kuti US yakauraya sei mutungamiri wavo akasarudzwa nedemocracy? Vakataura here nhamba yenyika iyo US yakabhomba, yakagadziridzwa, uye zvichienda mberi?
Pane imwe nguva, mutsigiri weTV weUS akataura mukupfuura kuti vanhurume vese vakapinda munhandare vaive varume nekuti "havatenderi vakadzi kutamba mitambo." Taura kuti chii? Uku hakusi kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu nekutiโฆ? Izvi hazvifanire kuve chikamu cheMitemo yeOlympic yekuti nyika inoramba kutora chikamu kune hafu yevanhu haifanirwe kukwanisa kuenda kuMitambo?
Zvichakadaro, Bush ari kunyemwerera anosangana nevanoremekedzwa, anoratidza kushushikana uye kusafarira zvakaitwa neRussia muGeorgia, mamiriro ekunze muChina, zviito zveChinese muTibet, uye obva ataura naKobe Bryant nevatambi vevolleyball vechikadzi vakapfeka bhikini yepamusoro shanu nekuti ari angori mukomana akanaka anoda zvemitambo.
Ndiregerereiwo ndichiri kubhowekana. Kwete zvematongerwo enyika? Vari kutamba here? Mitambo yeOlympic yagara ichiratidza dzidziso, hunhu, uye hurongwa hwemasangano, angave ari kuratidzwa kwesimba rehondo, ratidziro yemadzitateguru, vekirasi, nzanga ine rusaruraganda, mota yeparaganda yeNazi pamusoro pehukuru hwe "rudzi rweAryan," kana nzvimbo yekukwikwidzana kweCold War, tisingarevi huwori, kutengeserana, uye zvematongerwo enyika zviri seri kwesarudzo dzemaguta anotambira. Uyezve, maererano Rome 1960 munyori David Maraniss, motokari yeCIA inounganidza-kureva, kutora vatambi veUnited States kuti vasore vatambi veRussia vanogona kukanganisa, nehuwandu hwemashoko enhau, kuU.
Chokwadi pachave nekuratidzira kumwe kumwe kunhu munharaunda yeBush, vamwe vatambi vakashinga vanozoisa rekodhi, kana zvisina kutwasanuka, vangangokurudzira imwe vhezheni yezvinhu kana kuisa zvinhu mugwara. Zvichida kugutsurira kuchokwadi chekuti maOlympics ekutanga aive mhemberero dzechiuto (uye dzechirume) dzaisabatanidza "vatorwa, varanda, vanhu vasina kukudzwa, nevakadzi."
Chokwadi, mumwe munhu, rimwe boka richamisa rwendo urwu rwepasi rose rwecarnival kubva pakutenderera pane izvi, makore makumi mana emitambo yeOlympic ya40 muMexico City, mitambo yechipiri chete yakaitirwa muLatin America uye yechipiri chete yakamboitika kunze kweEurope, Australia, neUS. - chirevo chezvematongerwo enyika pachacho. Zvichida tinogona kukurudzirwa nenguva munhau apo vatambi, vakatapurwa nezviri kuitika munzanga yose, vakataura.
Tiye 1968 mitambo yakatangirwa neTlateloco Massacre umo mazana evadzidzi vakaurayiwa nemauto ekuchengetedza mazuva gumi zuva rekuvhura risati rasvika. Vadzidzi vakanga varayira, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, kubviswa kweZvinyorwa 145 ne145b zvePenal Code (iyo yaibvumira kupfigirwa mutorongo kwomunhu upi noupi aipinda misangano yavanhu vatatu kana kuti vanopfuura, anofungidzirwa kuti anotyisidzira runyararo); kubviswa kwemauto emapurisa ane hunyanzvi; uye rusununguko rwevasungwa vezvematongerwo enyika.
Kupondwa kwacho kwakatanga pakunyura kwezuva apo mapurisa nemauto โ vaive nemotokari dzehondo nematangi โ vakakomba nzvimbo yeTlateloco Square ndokutanga kuridza pfuti mukati memhomho yevanhu, vachirova kwete varatidziri chete, asiwo vaivepo, kusanganisira vana. Mirwi yezvitunha yakangoti rabada pasi sezvo kuuraya kwaienderera mberi usiku hwose.
Muna 2003 basa rehurumende yeUS mukuponda rakaziviswa pachena apo National Security Archive kuGeorge Washington University yakaburitsa zvinyorwa kubva kuCIA, Pentagon, State Department, FBI, uye White House, zvichiratidza kuti "Pentagon yakatumira. maredhiyo emauto, zvombo, zvombo, uye kudzidzisa mhirizhonga kuMexico nguva isati yasvika uye panguva yedambudziko," nepo "chiteshi cheCIA muMexico City chaiburitsa mishumo yemazuva ese maererano nezviri kuitika munharaunda yeyunivhesitiโฆ kubva muna Chikunguru kusvika Gumiguru."
Mushure meimwe hurukuro yekukanzura, maOlympics akavhurwa sezvakarongwa. Musi waGumiguru 16, mutambi weAmerica weOlympic Tommie Smith akahwina mujaho wemamita mazana maviri munguva yakarekodhwa pasi rose yemasekonzi 200, naPeter Norman wekuAustralia wechipiri, uye wekuAmerica Juan Carlos wechitatu. Mujaho wapera, vatatu ava vakaenda kunotora menduru dzavo papodium. Smith naCarlos vakagamuchira menduru dzavo vasina kupfeka, asi vakapfeka masokisi matema, kumiririra hurombo hwevatema. Smith akapfeka jira dema muhuro kuratidza kudada kutema. Carlos aipfeka mabhero aakatsanangura "aive eavo vanhu vakaurayiwa kana kuurayiwa.
Vatambi vese vari vatatu vakapfeka mabheji eOlympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR). Nyanzvi yezvemagariro evanhu, Harry Edwards, muvambi weOPHR muna 1967, akange akurudzira vatambi vechitema kuti varambe mitambo iyi. OPHR yaive nezvaidiwa zvikuru zvitatu: 1. kudzoreredza zita raMuhammad Ali; 2. kubvisa Avery Brundage semukuru weUnited States Olympic Committee (anozivikanwa muchena mukuru wepamusoro, Brundage akabvumira Adolf Hitler kuti atore Mitambo yeOlympic ye1936 muBerlin); 3. kusakoka South Africa neRhodesia kuti dziratidze kubatana nehondo yerusununguko rwevatema munyika mbiri idzi dzehudzvanyiriri.
Vose Smith naCarlos vaida kuunza magurovhosi matema kuchiitiko, asi Carlos akakanganwa yake. Norman akakurudzira Carlos kupfeka girovhosi yaSmith yeruboshwe, ichi chiri chikonzero chaakasimudza ruoko rwake rweruboshwe, zvichibva zvasiyana nesalute yechinyakare yeruoko rweBlack. Panguva ye "The Star-Spangled Banner," Smith naCarlos vanokwazisa vakakotamisa misoro, chiratidzo chakazova nhau dzepeji rekutanga pasi rose.
Ipapo-IOC Mutungamiri Brundage akarambidza Smith naCarlos kubva kuOlympic Village. Apo Komiti yeOlympic yeUnited States yakaramba, Brundage akatyisidzira kurambidza boka rose remutambo. Kutyisidzirwa uku kwakaita kuti vatambi vaviri ava vadzingwe muMitambo. (Muna 1997 Smith akagamuchira mubairo weSportsman weMillennium; Carlos akashanda, pane imwe nguva, kuOlympic Organising Committee yemitambo yeLos Angeles.)
Muna Chikunguru, BBC Four yakatepfenyura chinyorwa, Black Power Sarute, naGeoff Small, uyo akacherechedza mune imwe nyaya kuti boka reBritish Olympic ra2008 rakakumbirwa kusaina zvinyorwa zvegag zvinorambidza kodzero yavo yekutaura zvematongerwo enyika. Asi vakaramba. Zvakanaka, ndicho chinhu. Zvichida, kana "matambudziko" aya eUS akaenderera mberi, tichaona kuratidzira ku2010 Winter Olympics muVancouver uko kunogadzira uye kunokurudzira sezvibhakera zvakasimudzwa zvaSmith naCarlos muna 1968.
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Lydia Sargent mubatsiri uye mushandi weZ, pamwe neaimbova mutambi wechikoro chesekondari. Iye zvakare ane Masters mumitambo kubva kuBoston University.