Makore apfuura, munyori weNew Yorker Janet Malcolm akagadzira bhuku, Mutori wenhau uye Murderer, umo akataura kuti hunhu hwehutori venhau hwaive hunyengeri. Chaizvoizvo, akatora muenzaniso wakanyanyisa wekutapi venhau - mutori wenhau akapinda muhukama hwechibvumirano nechidzidzo chake - asi akaita manzwiro chaiwo anojairika kune vazhinji vatori venhau ekutengesa chidzidzo chake mukuita kwekunyora nyaya. Zvakangodaro, kana zvasvika kune yakakosha hunhu hwehutori venhau, rudzi rwunoitwa mumapepa edu epamusoro uye nenetiweki nhau, aive, mupfungwa dzangu, akarasika. Imomo, chiito chakajairika hakusi kunyengera asi kubatana.
Ini ndinofunga kana iwe waizotsvaga mazwi achangoburwa, iwe ungangowana akanyanya kushandiswa mumavhiki mashoma apfuura pane "akaiswa." Chave chinhu chekudada kwevatapi venhau muGulf, kunyangwe hofori yekubatana yakanyudzwa mukati mayo, kunyangwe huremu hwePentagon propaganda iyo munhu wese anoziva kuti iri kumashure kwayo. Isu tanga tichibata nemazana evatori venhau "vakaiswa" muIraq sekunge vaive chiitiko chakazara munhoroondo yevatapi venhau, uye zvakadaro (kutombokanganwa vese vatori venhau veHondo Yenyika II nevatori vemifananidzo vakaenda kumahombekombe nemvumo yepamutemo muNormandy. kana pazvitsuwa zviri muPacific, akazviburitsa kunze, ndokufa nemauto) kudzvanya ndiyo tsika yehutori venhau yekuAmerica. Tichitariswa mufuremu yakapamhama zvishoma, chii chinonzi Washington press Corps asi seti yevaparidzi, vari kudzidzira kutengeserana, ne "unilateral" isinganzwisisike yakakandwa mukati meyero yakanaka?
Mufungo iwoyo wakamuka nezuro pandakaita basa reSisyphean rekuverenga kuburikidza negumi nematanhatu peji rakasununguka "Rudzi Pahondo" chikamu cheNew York Times uye ndakagumburwa mukati memasekondi pamusoro pechimwe chidimbu chekutungamira naElisabeth Bumiller, "Mutungamiri, Hazvina mhosva, Anochengeta. Battlefield Pedyo." Iwo muenzaniso wakakwana weakamisikidzwa utori venhau, Washington-maitiro, kubva ku pussycat ye embeddee. Bumiller inovhara iyo "ins" (ini handikwanise kutaura ins-and-outs) yeWhite House. Kana Raibhurari yeAmerica ikaita kuunganidzwa kwayo kwemavhoriyamu maviri, Kushuma pamusoro peGeorge neSaddam's World, ini ndinosarudza chidimbu ichi, chekare chetapi venhau chakamisikidzwa, kuti chibatanidzwe.
Bush, tinoziva, anorara nekukurumidza, anorovedzera muviri nesimba, uye haafarire kupotsa kupera kwevhiki kuCamp David, chero chii chinoitika chiri kuitika munyika. Anogona kutaridzika - ndinofungidzira iwe ungati - akavharirwa zvishoma, zvingangoita kusava nehanya. Mazuva mashoma apfuura, "vakuru vehurumende" vaivimbisa vatori venhau muWashington kuti Mutungamiriri anga asiri kuona hondo paterevhizheni. Asi kana iwe wanga uchinge uchinge uchitungamira mufananidzo wePresident mushure-iyo-vhiki-kuenda-kuCamp-David, panguva iyo vamwe maAmerican vakarwa ndokufira muIraq, uye vamwe vakatadza kubvisa maziso avo paTV, ndiyo mhando. chechinhu chaungade kugadzirisa zvishoma. Saka iwe unogona kungotarisa-tarisa kune akamisikidzwa mutori wenhau kubva kuNguva dzakapihwa kune yako unit uyezve.
Ehe, ndiri kungofungidzira, asi imhaka yekuti Bumiller pachake haape zano rekuti anogona kunge achipfuura pamhando yakaipisisa yepiffle, kunyanya disinformation, kana Karl-Rove-inotariswa mutsara wemutungamiri wenyika.
Anongotanga neMutungamiriri pamberi peTV "kuCamp David svondo rapfuura, akabatikana mune zvese zvenhau kubva kuIraq, mutori wenhau paakauya kuzotaura kuti mutungamiri weUnited States, sekureva kwevakuru veWhite House, yakanga isina kumira paTV. Mr.
Bush akatanga kuseka." - uye heunoi sosi yake imwe chete, isingagoneki sezvo anga asipo kuzotaura izvi - "akadaro shamwari yake yepedyo Roland Betts." - VaBetts vanoramba vasina kuzivikanwa. "'Achangonyudzwa zvachose,' VaBetts vakadaro mubvunzurudzo."
Kumwe kunhu Mutungamiriri anotsanangurwa se "akanyura zvizere" mu "zvakajeka" pane mauto edu, sekureva kwe "mukuru wekutonga." Zviripachena hazvina kuitika kuti embeddee Bumiller kuti vanhu vaviri vari pedyo neMutungamiriri vakangoerekana vamuvimbisa kuti "akanyudzwa chose" uye "kunyura chose" vanogona kunge vachipa mufananidzo wakabvumiranwa wePresidential Self kwete chokwadi chechokwadi. Pane kudaro anotivimbisa neshungu kuti Bush "abuda semukuru wemauto."
Kutenda Bumiller, Mutungamiriri wedu abuda pamubhedha, asi mbatatisi yemubhedha, chimwe chinhu chakaita seFirst Absorbee yenyika (ane seti yake yekufona, sezvo taziviswa kuti chipangamazano chezvekuchengetedzwa kwenyika Condi Rice ari mukabhini iri padyo. wakagadzirira pakupenya kwezapper kutarisa chero kunetseka kunokonzerwa neterevhizheni kweMutungamiri). Mutungamiri, Bumiller anotivimbisa, ndiyewo Mutongi Wokutanga, aita maviri (count 'em, one, two) "sarudzo huru dzemauto mukati memazuva gumi apfuura nezvinotaurwa nevabatsiri vake hazvina kuenzana."
Munguva yekutanga yeiyi, sarudzo yekuenda kuhondo, Colin Powell "akatambanudza ruoko ndokubata ruoko rwepurezidhendi zvishoma," akadaro mukuru mukuru wehurumende. (Pasina mubvunzo, tsime rake raiva Munyori weHuman Touch kana muviri kaviri kubva kune imwe Monty Python routine.) Mutungamiri ndiyewo Muurayi Wokutanga, aita chisarudzo pachake, anotivimbisa, "kubvisa" Saddam nevanakomana vake vakaipa. Aive, anoreva, akadzivirirwa kubva pachisarudzo chikuru chechitatu - icho chave kutenderedza mvura yeWashington - pane mauto mangani ekupinda mu "chirongwa chehondo" chakakurumbira. Zvichingoenda zvakadaro. Chokwadi, zviverengere wega. Iyo instant classic yeBushwa.
Kuisa mukati kunoratidzika kunge kwakabira murombo Bumiller kuseka kwese, chinhambwe, kana kutonga - uye Times, iyo semamwe mapepanhau eumambo akadzika midzi munzvimbo dzepamusoro dzezvematongerwo enyika, anodhinda zvinhu izvi pasina kana yambiro yauri kuita. ndaizokwira pakiti chefodya. Ehezve, kudhumhana inzira yekuda kuziva yekuwana, kubata kumeso, husungwa, uye kukwezva (tsanangudzo inokodzera yakamisikidzwa vatori venhau vehondo zvakanaka kwazvo). Rega iwe wakamisikidzwa seBumiller, uye iwe unowana rukudzo, semuenzaniso, rwekuchinjana maemail naPaul Wolfowitz, sekujekesa kunoita Bumiller mukoramu yake. (โ..mune meseji yeemail neChishanu, vachipindura mubvunzo pamusoro penzira iyo mutungamiri wenyika anoita nayo sarudzo dzechiuto.โ) Sezvinobvumwa, kune vamwe venyu, izvo zvingasava mafaro ehupenyu hwese, asi zvakare hausi. ikoko. Ndayeuchidzwa nezve aimbova mumiriri kuJapan uye munyori wenhoroondo Edwin Reischauer akamboitwa kukirasi munhoroondo yeEast Asia. Angangodaro aitaura nezvaMao Tse-tung, asi ndagara ndichinzwa kuti inoshanda zvakakwana kuhuzhinji hwehupenyu hwose. "Chii chinonzi charisma kune mumwe," akadaro, "zvilch kune mumwe."
Nenzira, wedzera kune iyo runyorwa rwePresident vekutanga, Chekutanga Cowboy, saSusan Faludi, anonongedza muchidimbu chake chakanaka pane Times op-ed peji nezuro, "Nhema yeAmerica Inokwira Kunyura kweZuva." Asi, chokwadi, Faludi munhu wekunze akashongedzerwa nekunyomba, chinhambwe, pfungwa yenhoroondo uye yekuparadzira propaganda - uye ingori peji re-op-ed, shure kwezvose.
Zvino, ngatitendeukei kune chimwe chidimbu chemushumo wemukati kubva nezuro chikamu che "Rudzi paHondo", David Sanger's "Sezvo Kukunda Kunokurumidza Kunokura Zvishoma, Kupokana kunotaurwa chinyararire muWashington." Sanger anogara kwenguva refu Washington embeddee uye chidimbu chake chinotiudza chimwe chinhu nezve miganhu yekuti mukati menhau inogona kuenda pasina mutori wenhau akamisikidzwa achibviswa muchikamu chake uye nekukasira kubuda munzvimbo yehondo yezvematongerwo enyika. Pashure pemazuva gumi ehondo, Sanger anoshuma kuti, โguta guru rinowanzobatanidza purezidhendi nezano rake munguva yehondo rava kutanga kuratidza kutsemuka.โ Anobva ataura mhando "dzinopikisa" dzaanofunga kuti anotamba e-mail kana tag yefoni nadzo: "Kune vaongorori veCentral Intelligence, vachigunun'una chinyararire kuti yambiro yavo yekuti hurumende yaSaddam Hussein ingasatsemuka senge peanut brittle yakadzingwa." Kune vasina kudomwa mazita "veteran Democrats," guta guru D, vachiyambira mamwe maDemocrats, guta guru D, kuti vasashoropodza nekukurumidza munguva yehondo (asi kugadzirira nzira yekurwiswa kwemutungamiri wenyika). Kune vanhu vakasiya basa reDemocratic Party - mune iyi nyaya Lee Hamilton, aimbova mukuru weHouse International Relations Committee - avo vanoda vatungamiriri vakasiya basa uye vanoyemura vanogona kutaura nezve izvo vamwe vavo vachiri "musevhisi" vanofanira kuzevezera vasingazivikanwe. Kune masosi asina kudomwa mazita akamutsveta "e-mail" kubva kune vatsoropodzi veDemocratic iyo yakatakura "ine tarisiro yakanyanya kutorwa kwehondo isati yatanga kubva kune vane mukurumbira hawks." Uye kune, hongu, vanodzoka kubva ku "vabatsiri" kuMutungamiriri kuti vape chidimbu chiyero chinodiwa. Kune kunyange asina kudomwa zita "aimbove mubatsiri kuMutungamiriri Bush wekutanga" uyo anonzi akati, "Zvakanga zviri hubris kuenda kuFox News uye kuzivisa kuti hondo yaizova kekewalk. Vanamwari vaifanira kuzvinzwa.โ
Chimwe chezviratidzo zveakamisikidzwa mushumo kubva kuWashington, kungave kuri kubata kumeso kana kutsoropodza, imhando yayo yeclaustrophobic. Hapana asiri mukati kana neimwe nzira akabatana nenyika iyoyo angangofungidzirwa kuva nechero kutaura. Sanger anotora zvine hungwaru kubata neizvi uye kuregedza mweya mudiki mukati. Anosvika kumashure munhoroondo kuti ataure vatungamiri vakashoropodzwa munguva yehondo uye mukuita izvi anokwanisa kutora Mark Twain achishoropodza Mutungamiri McKinley munguva yehondo yeSpain-America.
Asi hapana mutsoropodzi mupenyu kunze kwenyika ye embeds inodudzwa.
Tichifunga nezvekubatana kwekutaura kwezvematongerwo enyika muWashington, hapana chidimbu chinogona kuenda kure kupfuura mukati-the-Beltway vatsoropodzi vanoda kuenda. Uye tichifunga kuti bato reDemocratic Party rave risiri bato rinopikisa rinopikisa kwemakore - chokwadi, rinogona kunge risisave bato rezvematongerwo enyika - vatori venhau vakaita saSanger kusvika parizvino, vanga vasina kwekuenda.
Ehe, sezvo iyo Times pachayo inzvimbo yakamisikidzwa, unogona kuwana yakamisikidzwa kutapanhau pese bepa. Chinyorwa chinotungamira chezuva, "Zvombo Zvatiri Kuda Iye Zvino," muenzaniso uri pachena. Achitaura kusaita zvakanaka mumazuva gumi ekutanga ehondo muIraq neAir Force "ndege dzakaputirwa negoridhe asi dzisina kukodzera," munyori wekunyora anoisa sebasa rake (kana rake), kubatsira Pentagon kushandisa mari yayo:
"Pentagon yanga ichishuvira kuratidza zvombo zvayo zvepamusoro-soro kubasa muIraq, uye zvimwe zvacho zvinokatyamadza. Asi tiri kuonawo kuti ramangwana richange rakadii pakugona kwemauto kurwisa hondo dzemagandanga nekutora misha nemaguta vachishandisa mauto epasi, pane kubhomba kwese kwenzvimbo dzine vanhu vakawanda. Dhipatimendi reDziviriro richiri kutenga masisitimu ezvombo akagadzirirwa kurwisa vakashongedzerwa vakashongedzerwa vavengi vezana ramakore rechi20 pane kufambiswa, masimba asina kujairika anogona kukwidzwa nenyika dzakaipa dze21st. Dhora rega rega rakashandiswa pazvombo zvisina kukodzera nezuro idhora risisawanikwe kune zvimwe zvinonyanya kukosha zvemangwana. "
Zvinogona kuita sekuti Pentagon yakagadzira "kumisikidza" yehondo muIraq.
Vezvenhau zvechokwadi vakashuma chiitiko chacho nenzira iyoyo. Asi zvakakosha kurangarira kuti chinhu chakajairwa sei kunyudzwa kwechiitiko chaicho. Nyika inounzwa kwatiri zvakanyanya, muno muUnited States iyi, neyakadzamidzirwa neyakadzama yakadzika yepasirese maonero uye kushoma kuziva kwemitemo yavanorarama uye yekushuma nayo. Inoshanda zvirinani kana pasina anonetsa kukunongedza, hapana anotofunga kuti uri embeddee.
Tom Engelhardt inguva yakareba mupepeti mukutsikisa uye munyori weKupera Kwekukunda Tsika. Chinyorwa ichi chakatanga kubuda paweblog yake yeNational Institute, http://www.tomdispatch.com <http://www.tomdispatch.com> , iyo inopa kuyerera kwakadzikama kwemamwe masosi, nhau uye maonero.
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