Hapana Kuongorora Kwekirasi
Pasi pengano dzemukana wakaenzana uye kutekeshera kukwira kumusoro, United States inyika ine hukasha isina kuenzana ine hutsinye hwakaoma uye hutongi hwekirasi chimiro. Sechiratidzo chechokwadi chakakasharara, kutaura kana kunyora nenzira ipi neipi inobatika uye ine musoro pamusoro pekusaenzana kwemapoka munhau nezvematongerwo enyika. Iwo makuru anogona kuita gakava reruzhinji pamusoro pekushandiswa kwemujaho sechinhu chakasarudzika mukoreji uye akapedza kudzidza uye nehunyanzvi chikoro chekubvumidzwa. Zvichakadaro, hurongwa hwe "legacy" hune hupfumi, apo vana vakapfuma vevakapedza chikoro chepamusoro vanowana kukwidziridzwa kwakakosha kunzvimbo dzakaita seHarvard nePrinceton, hakuna kujeka kwekukurukurirana zvine hunhu uye gakava rinogamuchirika.
Zvinonakidza sei mukati megore rapfuura kuona chimwe chigadzirwa chenhaka - Yale uye Harvard akapedza kudzidza George W. Bush - anoraira Dhipatimendi rake reRuramisiro kuti ripindire kurwisa kushandiswa kwenhangemutange sechinhu chekugamuchira kuYunivhesiti yeMichigan. Bush akabva ataura kuti anotambira danho rekusimbisa apo Dare Repamusorosoro (rakazadzwa nemubvumirano nevakapedza kudzidza muzvikoro zvakasvibiswa nehurongwa hwenhaka), uko (pamwe nekunyimwa kukuru kwevavhoti vatema muFlorida) ane chikwereti chehofisi yake, akatsigira chiito.
Veruzhinji vanopa pachena kunyangadzwa pamusoro pechakazarurwa chokuti mutsigiri mukuru weAmerica William J. Bennett nounyengeri โakarasikirwa nemari inodarika mamiriyoni masere emadhoraโ kuindasitiri yokubhejera mukati mamakore gumi apfuura. Hapana charinotaura nezveunzenza hwepamusoro hunobatanidzwa mukuchengetedza nzanga umo mumwe murume anozvivaraidza zvake nokuchovha bhasikoro chitsama chemari inodarika katanhatu mari inowanwa kwoupenyu hwose yevazhinji vevagari vekwake kupfurikidza nemichina inopinza. (US Census Bureau, The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings [Chikunguru 8]).
"Uyai Namu Bush"
Muenzaniso wakanakisa wekutarisirwa pasi kwekirasi muhurukuro huru unowanikwa mubrouhaha yenguva pfupi yakabuda apo Bush akanyomba mabhunu ekuIraq kuti arwise varwi veAmerica kutanga kwemwedzi uno. "Kune vamwe," Bush akatsamwa akaudza vatori venhau musi waChikunguru 2 "vanonzwa sekunge vakatirwisa isu tinogona kusarudza kubva nguva isati yakwana. Havanzwisise zvavari kutaura kana zviri izvoโฆKune vamwe vanofunga sekuti mamiriro acho ezvinhu zvekuti vanogona kutirwisa ikoko. Mhinduro yangu ndeyekuti, vauye nazvo." (Sean Loughlin, "Bush Anonyevera Varwi muIraq," CNN.com./INSIDE POLITICS, Chikunguru 3, 2003, inowanikwa online pa http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/ 07/02/sprj.nitop. bush/indext.html).
Yakanga iri Gehena rechinhu chekutaura. Pazuva rimwe chete iro Bush rakaputika, New York Times yakashuma kuti "denda rechisimba reIraq hariratidzi zviratidzo zvekuderera, sezvo mauto eUnited States anotarisana nekutsamwa uye kutsiva Iraqi uye kurwiswa kusingatarisirwi mukupisa kunopisa. Kurira kwepfuti nokubhomba kwairatidzika kuva kwaibva kumativi ose nhasi,โ akadaro mutori wenhau Edward L. Andrews, โzvichisiya nzira yokutsamwa, kuvhiringidzika, uye nzara yokutsiva.โ (โMuzuva reMhirizhonga, Kurwiswa Kubva Kunzira Dzese,โ New York Times, Chikunguru 2, 2003, A16).
Mangwana acho, mwedzi miviri mushure mekunge VaBush vazivisa "kukunda" kweAmerica muIraq, gumi nerimwe veIraqi vakahwandira mauto eUS mumugwagwa mukuru kuchamhembe kweBaghdad uye mauto gumi nemasere eUS akakuvadzwa mukurwisa kwedhaka munzvimbo imwe chete. Mumwe musoja weAmerica akapfurwa akafa achichengeta Baghdad Museum. ("Kurwiswa Kunosiya Murwi WeUS Afa, 18 Hurt," USA Nhasi, Chikunguru 4, 2003). Mukuru weAllied Forces Lt. General Ricardo S. Sanchez muIraq akabvuma kuti "tichiri kuhondo" uye akapa mubairo unosvika mamiriyoni makumi maviri nemashanu emadhora ekutorwa kwaSaddam Hussein.
Zvichakadaro, US yaikumbira dzimwe nyika kuti dzivabatsire kuve nevanhu veIraq, basa rinodhura uye rine njodzi hutongi hweBush hauna kumbobvira hwanyatsopinda muhurongwa hwayo hwekutonga nyika. Pakazosvika Chikunguru 10, New York Times yakashuma kuti mauto makumi matatu neshanu eUS akaurayiwa kubva Bush paakazivisa kupera kwehondo huru uye CNN yakataura kuti 31 mauto eAmerica akakuvadzwa iyo US yakatanga hondo yayo. http://truthout.org/docs_03/071103C.shtml) musi wa20 Kurume. Vazhinji vaparara kubva uye hongu vazhinji vachafa, sekubvuma kwakaita mamirioni mazhinji uye aimbove CEO wekambani Donald Rumsfeld munguva pfupi yapfuura.
Kurohwa nehana uye Kukatyamadzwa, kusvika paPoindi
Kutenda kwavo, manzwi eruzhinji aipindura nekukurumidza nekutsoropodza kune anotsamwisa "vaunza" chirevo, chakataurwa munzvimbo dzakanaka, ine mhepo inotonhorera yeWhite House's Roosevelt Room. Takanzwa kubva kuMumiriri Richard A. Gephardt, uyo akati "akakwana" neMutungamiriri we "manyepo, matauriro eurume. Ndine meseji yemutungamiri wenyika, "Gephardt akawedzera, achidzokorora zvakataurwa nevazhinji veDemocrats. "Tinoda chirongwa chakajeka chekuunza kugadzikana kuIraq uye nhaurirano yechokwadi nevanhu vekuAmerica nezve mutengo wekuita ikoko. Tinoda kuedza kwakakomba kugadzira hurongwa hwepashure pehondo yeIraq uye kwete kupfura-kubva-ku-hip-one-liners. "
โPandakabatira muEurope mukati meHondo yeNyika II,โ akadaro Senator asingadaviri Frank Lautenberg, โhandina kutongonzwa mutungamiriri upi noupi weutoโtisingarevi mukuru mukuruโanokoka vavengi kuti varwise mauto eU.S.
Anotungamira Democratic mumiriri wemutungamiri wenyika, Howard Dean, akayera, achishoropodza Bush nekuratidza "kusaziva nezvengozi" maGI ekuAmerica anotarisana nawo. Aya manzwiro akakosha airatidzika kunge akagoverwa nemutori wenhau weNewsweek uye mutsinhiri Howard Fineman. Fineman akaudza Chris Matthews weMSNBC kuti Bush "akagumburwa" ne "kutaura zvakaoma" apo "kuIraq mauto edu anoziva kuti ari mudambudziko." "Mutungamiri," Fineman akawedzera, "haana kunyatsotsanangura" chirongwa cheUS muIraq, "uye haazvibatsire nerudzi irworwo rwechinhu." Fineman akatora mashoko kubva pakadhi raachangobva kugamuchira kubva kuโshamwari inova mukuru mukuru muIraq.โ โNdine dzimwe nhau kwauri here,โ positikadhi racho rakaverenga kudaro. โVatori venhau vachangobva kutiza uye nyaya chaidzo dzichangotanga. Iraki yakashata. " Bush "vakange vasina hurongwa," Fineman anoti, uye "hatina mauto akakwana."
ABC's Diane Sawyer aitaridza kushamiswa nezvakataurwa naBush. Musi waChikunguru 7, akashamiswa apo General Tommy Franks akamuudza kuti "zvachose" akabvumirana naBush "kuunza" mhinduro. "Unodaro?!," Sawyer akapindura, achiratidza kusatenda pachiso chake. White House mutori wenhau Terry Moran, achitambira ABC Nhau kwehusiku, akafuridzirwawo nemhepo. โZvinofadza zvikuru Diane. Mukuru mukuru wemauto achiungira mukuru ipapo, โvaunzei.
Fortunate Son(s)
Asi kunyangwe veruzhinji vakaratidza pfungwa iri pamutemo kuti zvakataurwa naBush "hazvina basa," "hazvina hanya," zvichiratidza kusaronga zvakanaka, uye kunyangwe kusada nyika, hazvina kukwanisa kuona humbwende uye zvine chekuita neboka rakapfuma mune zvese zvataurwa nemutungamiri wenyika uye mauto eAmerica. "Macho" ichokwadi sei, kushinga maIraqi kuti arwise kwete iwe asi kure (zvese munzvimbo uye munharaunda), ari panjodzi, uye akafumurwa ari pasi, akarambira mumigwagwa nejecha rebasa risina kurairwa, risina kurongeka, rinopikiswa, isu. ungawedzera, kubva pakutanga neruzhinji rwevanhu vane hanya nezvematongerwo enyika?
Kufanana nevakawanda vezera rekurwa kubva kudenderedzwa rake rine rombo, hupfumi hwepamusoro, "vaunze paBush" vakadzivisa basa rechiuto chairo panguva yeHondo yeVietnam. Akanzvenga mauto epakati penguva yake "nekuita nguva nenguva kuTexas National Guard" (Eric Margolis, "Bring 'Em, On Bush," Toronto Star, Chikunguru 3, 2003). Akapiwa mukana wokutaura manzwiro ake akaoma, eWest-Texas pamusoro pe "Communist" vavengi veAmerica "rusununguko" mumasango eSoutheast Asia, akagutsikana kusiya basa rine ropa uye rakasviba kuvanakomana veAmerican working-class. Akazeza nekutya nesangano rainzi elitist anti-war movement asi akafara kuisa masoja eAmerica ane hurombo uye anoshanda-class kuti auraye nerufu kubva kudivi rakachengetedzwa remubairo wevakuru. Mafungiro ake ekutanga uye chinzvimbo chakabatana akabatwa zvakakwana uye akasekwa zvine hutsinye murwiyo rwerwiyo rweVietnam-era anti-war rock "Fortunate Son":
Vamwe vanhu vanozvarwa vakaitwa kuzunguza mureza,
Ooh, iwo matsvuku, machena uye bhuruu.
Uye kana boka richiridza "Rumbidzai kumukuru",
Ooh, vanonongedza cannon kwauri, Ishe,
Handisi ini, handisi ini, handisi mwanakomana weseneta, mwanakomana.
handisi ini, handisi ini; Ini handina rombo rakanaka, aiwa, Vamwe vanhu vanozvarwa chipunu chesirivha muruoko,
Ishe, havazvibatsire here, oh.
Asi kana muteresi asvika pamukova.
Ishe, imba yacho inoita senge yekutengesa rummage, hongu,
Handisi ini, handisi ini, handisi mwanakomana wemamirioni, kwete.
handisi ini, handisi ini; Ini handina rombo rakanaka, kwete. Vamwe vanhu vanogara nhaka nyeredzi meso spangled,
Ooh, vanokutumira kuhondo, Ishe,
Uye paunovabvunza, "Tinofanira kupa yakawanda sei?"
Ooh, vanopindura Zvimwe chete! zvimwe! zvimwe! yo,
Handisi ini, handisi ini, handisi mwanakomana wechiuto, mwanakomana.
Handisi ini, handisi ini, handisi mwanakomana ane rombo rakanaka.
NaJ.C. Fogarty (Kumutsidzira Mvura Yakajeka)
Iye zvino, Bush, chokwadi chekupedzisira Mwanakomana Fortunate, ane - nekuda kwetsaona dzekuzvarwa, mari yemushandirapamwe, rusaruraganda rwesarudzo, mafuta uye Osama (mukoma wekirasi) - akapedza basa repamusoro mune zvemagariro ehondo, akabatwa mumakore makumi matanhatu apfuura. Anti-war anthem, Bob Dylan's "Masters of War" (1963):
Hauna kumboita noth'n Asi kuvaka kuti uparadze
Unotamba nenyika yangu Senge katoyi kako
Waisa pfuti muruoko rwangu
Uye tendeuka kubva pameso angu
Uye unotendeuka womhanya uchienda kure Apo mabara anokurumidza kubhururuka
Munosungirira zvinokonzeresa Kuti vamwe vapfute.
Wobva wagara wotarisa Apo nhamba yerufu ichikwira
Munovanda mudzimba dzenyu, Muropa repwere,
Inoyerera ichibuda mumitumbi yavo uye inovigwa mumatope.
Zvakakosha, zvisinei, kuziva kuti Bush, Rumsfeld, nevamwe vavo vakapfuma zvikuru, vanokambaira ganda reWar Party vakagamuchira carte blanche kubva kuUS Congress kuti vatevere hondo isiri pamutemo uye kugara kwehumambo muIraq. Zvakatonyanya kukosha, mushandirapamwe weneo-imperial wagara uchigoneswa, uchikurudzirwa uye kunyange zvakanyanya kutungamirwa nevezvenhau vehurumende yeUS. Pakati pevana venhengo mazana mana nemakumi matatu neshanu dzeImba yeVamiriri uye veMaseneta zana (angangoita makumi mapfumbamwe muzana ekupedzisira mamirioni), zvakakosha kucherechedza, mumwe chete - baba vemwanakomana mumwechete, ari ega Senator - ane mwana. uyo akashanda muOperation Iraqi Freedom. Iko hakuna iripo yekufananidza data pamusoro pevanakomana nevanasikana vezvenhau vanoita purofiti uye "kudzivirira" vatariri vekambani. Zvakadaro, data iripo inoratidza kuti isu hatizowana vazhinji vavo pakati peavo vakashanda muhondo yainzi yekurwira kuponesa America nenyika kubva kuSaddam Hussein.
"Magirazi eMasoja Anoshanda-Kirasi America" โโuye "Kirasi Yedu Yepamusoro Haichashandi"
Ndiani chaizvo ari stewing, dodging uye kutora mabara, kufa, nekuuraya muIraq? Maererano neThe New York Times, mune imwe nzvero inokosha yakabudiswa sezvo kuvhozhokera kwacho kwakawedzera, โnzvero yenhamba yemauto eAmerica akaunganidzwa uye akaongororwa kusingaperi inobudisa mufananidzo weuto rehondo risiri chikamu chimwe chete cheAmerica.โ
Mauto, The Times akawana, "magirazi Kushanda-Kirasi America," yakafanana ne "kuumbwa kwemakore maviri ekufamba kana chikoro chekutengesa kunze kweBirmingham kana Biloxi zvakanyanya kupfuura izvo zveghetto kana barrio kana makore mana yunivhesiti muBoston. โ Iro, โchaizvoizvo, uto reboka revashandi,โ iro โrinoda[d] kurwira uye kufira America yakapfuma.โ
Kunyange pakati pezvinzvimbo zvevakuru vakuru, anodaro nyanzvi yezvemagariro evanhu paYunivhesiti yeNorthwestern Charles C. Moskos, vapfumi vekuAmerica vasipo. "Mupurisa nhasi," Moskos akaudza Times, "haamiriri vanokudzwa. Ava havasi vanhu vanozove macongressmen kana maseneta mune ramangwana. Huwandu hwevarwi vehondo muSeneti neImba, "akawedzera, "iri kuderera gore rega. Zvinokuratidza kuti boka redu repamusoro harichashandi.โ
Iko hakuna dhizaini, kuve nechokwadi, asi mauto "anozvipira" azere nevanhu vanopinda nekuti vanoshaya, netsaona yekuzvarwa, kuwana nzira yeAmerica yepakati-yepakati nzira yekubudirira pabasa. Chinangwa chikuru mukana wekudzidza hunyanzvi uye kuwana rubatsiro rwechikoro chekoreji, chimwe chinhu chinopihwa nemauto sechiokomuhomwe kukwezva varwi.
โHazvina kunaka,โ yakadaro imwe pwere yeArmy yakazvimirira yakanokorwa mashoko neTimes, โkuti vamwe vana varombo havana zvakawanda zvokusarudza kunze kwokukumbanira kana vachida kuva vanobudirira nemhaka yokuti havana kuenda kuchikoro chakanaka, kana kuti. vaiva nezvinetso zvemhuri zvaivatadzisa kuita zvakanaka, saka vanobatana uye ndivo vanofira nyika yedu asi vana vakapfuma vanogona kuzvinzvenga.โ (David M. Halbfinger naSteven A. Holmes, "Military Mirrors Working-Kirasi America," New York Times, March 30, 2003).
Iyo yaimbove yakashandiswa uye ikozvino yakapembererwa zviri pamutemo Jessica Lynch inopa muenzaniso wakakwana. Iye zvino akuvara zvakaipisisa nekuda kwebasa rake muhondo yaBush, Lynch mwanasikana wemutyairi wemarori anobva kunzvimbo inocherwa marasha muWest Virginia's Wirt County. Chikamu chechishanu chevagari vedunhu iri, kusanganisira vanopfuura chikamu chimwe chete muzvina chevana vayo vaigara pasi pehurumende yemubatanidzwa inonyanyozivikanwa kuti haina kukwana padanho repamusoro rehupfumi hwema1990s. (United States Census, Census 2000 Summary File 3 โ Wirt Country, West Virginia).
Kufanana nevamwe vechidiki vazhinji vekuAmerica kubva kuboka rake rezvemagariro nehupfumi, Jessica akabatana nevanonyanya kushanda-mapoka emauto achitsvaga basa rinopfuura repakarepo. Akanga achitsvaga rubatsiro rwechikoro chekoreji kuti awane chitupa chedzidzo chakanyanya kukosha kuti ararame zvakanaka muUnited States, nyika isina kuenzana zvakanyanya munyika dzakabudirira. Basa rechiuto ndiwo mutengo waanobhadhara nevamwe vazhinji vekuAmerica kuti vazvarwe munzvimbo dzepasi dzehutungamiri hweAmerica.
Sokutaura kunoita mumwe iconoclastic West Virginian, โmuno muWest Virginia, tine kunyoresa kwakanyanya pamunhu wechero nyika. Ndinofunga izvo zvinotaura zvakawanda pamusoro pemikana iyo hupfumi hunopa vechidiki muzvikamu izvi. Mabasa mumigodhi yemarasha haana kana kuwanda zvakanyanya. Jessica akanga ari mumwe wevane tariro, achitsvaka nzira yokuwana nayo unyanzvi nedzidzo yaaida uye pakupedzisira kudzokera kumusha wake unodiwa mugomo. Akawana zvakawanda kupfuura zvaakanga aronga munzira dzakawanda kupfuura imwe chete. " (Anne Tatelin, "Evhangeri Maererano naJessica Lynch," pa http://wheresmypants.net/jessica.htm)
Armchair Cowboy
Mukomana akaremerwa Mambo muWhite House anofarira kurima vanhu, faux-populist kujairana nevashandi vekuAmerica. Sezvineiwo, iye nevabati vake vanogara vachikwenya kirasi iyo nemutemo wepamba unosanganisira regressive mutero kuderedzwa kunotamba sechimwe chinhu kunze kwe "Fortunate Son." Uye Bush wepedyo anoda kuuya kuhondo ine njodzi yaanoshuvira varwi veIraqi kuti vatange kurwisa vanhu vanoshanda vekuAmerica akagara pamberi peterevhizheni, achiona mabhomba echikepe achiputika muBaghdad kana kupenya kwemutambi waanofarira - uyo- Dimensional Cold War chiito gamba Chuck Norris.
Bush anozvifungidzira pachake, zvichida, upenyu chaihwo Norris, kutya kunotyisa mumwoyo yeavo โvakaipaโ maArabu, avo vakashinga kurwisa Mwari neNyika yakasarudzwa yeNhoroondo, nzvimbo yeโkunakaโ panyika, musi waGunyana 11 2001. Muchokwadi. , mutyairi wemombe wechigaro chemaoko kubva kumakwikwi eeffete eropafadzo, uko vanofungidzirwa kuti varume vakuru vane simba vanofara kutumira majaya uye zvino vakadzi vechidiki venzvimbo yakaderera kuzvipatara zvemauto kana guva rekutanga mukutsvaka zviroto zveumambo izvo zvinobatsira vashoma vane rombo. . Aiwa, zvese hazvina kuchinja pa9-11.
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