Iwe unogona kunge usingazvizive, asi uri kurarama mune remangwana sainzi fiction novel. Uye ndicho chokwadi. Dai iwe waizoverenga nezvenyika yedu yeAmerica mune chinyorwa chakadaro, iwe waizoshamiswa nekushamisa kwayo. Sezvo iwe uripo wakarova pakati pazvo, zvinoita senge hupenyu hwakajairika (Donald Trump naBen Carson parutivi). Asi usaite mapfupa nezvazvo, kusvika pari zvino iri rave risinganzwisisike zana reAmerica.
Rega nditange neimwe yenguva isinganzwisisike yatakararama mairi uye ndipe kutarisisa kwayakagara kwakakodzera. Kana iwe ukatevera chitima changu chepfungwa nenhoroondo yainotisvitsa, ndinokuvimbisa kuti unozopedzisira wadzokera kwatiri - pakati pemushandirapamwe unoshamisa wemutungamiri wenyika munhoroondo yedu.
Kuti tiwane pfungwa yakazara yezvinoreva izvi, zvisinei, ngatidzokerei mukupera kwaGunyana 2001. Ndine chokwadi chekuti munorangarira nguva iyoyo, kwangopfuura mavhiki maviri mushure mekunge shongwe dzeWorld Trade Center dzadonha uye chikamu chePentagon chakaparadzwa, zvichisiya. munyori wezvekudzivirirwa akatsamwa kuraira vabatsiri vake, “Endai zvikuru. Tsvaira zvese. Zvinhu zvine chekuita uye kwete. ”
Ini handina kukwanisa kuramba kuomerera mumutsetse wekare waDonald Rumsfeld, asi ndinozvisiira kune vamwe kuti vabate naSaddam Hussein, idzo ngano. zvombo zvekuparadza kukuru, kupindirwa kweIraq, uye zvese zvakaitika kubva ipapo, kusanganisira kugadzwa kwehugandanga "caliphate" neboka remaIslam anonyanyisa. vakaungana mumisasa yevasungwa yemauto eAmerica - zvese izvo zvawaisazotenda kana chiri chikamu chebhuku resainzi. Chinhu chakaipa chaizoita Planet yeApeskuita senge chokwadi chaicho.
Pane kudaro, edza kurangarira misoro yenyaya inopopota iyo rakanyorwa iyo 9/11 inorwisa “Pearl Harbor yezana ramakore rechimakumi maviri nerimwe” kana kuti “Zuva idzva Remukurumbira,” uye vanodenha “makamikazes omuzana ramakore rechimakumi maviri nerimwe.” Rangarira nguva apo Mutungamiri George W. Bush, nyanga yemombe muruoko, yakatsika pamarara pa“Ground Zero” muNew York, akatenderedza ruoko rwake pamudzimi wemoto, uye akapika payback muzita revanhu vekuAmerica, sezvo nhengo dzemhomho yezvisina kujairika dzakashevedzera zvinhu zvakaita sekuti "Enda unotora 'em, George!"
“Ndirikunzwa! Ndiri kukunzwa!” akapindura. “Nyika yose inokunzwa! Uye vanhu - uye vanhu vakakoromora zvivako izvi vachatinzwa tose munguva pfupi!
“USA! USA! USA!” vakademba chaunga.
Zvadaro, musi waSeptember 20, kutaura kuCongress, Bush akawedzera kuti, “Vanhu vokuAmerica vaiziva hondo, asi kwemakore 136 apfuura dzave dziri hondo munyika dzokumwe, kunze kweSvondo imwe chete muna 1941.” Panguva iyoyo akanga atova kutaura nezve "hondo yedu yekutya."
Zvino, svetukira mberi kune iyo nguva yakakanganikwa yaaizopedzisira aburitsa pachena kuti mutungamiri weAmerica wemuzana ramakore rechimakumi maviri nerimwe anofanira kuunganidza nekuunganidza vanhu vekuAmerica muzita rekupedzisira munjodzi. Sezvakataurwa neCNN panguva iyoyo, "Mutungamiri Bush ... Yake mashoko chaiwo vaiva:
“Uye chimwe chezvinangwa zvikuru zvehondo yenyika iyi kudzoreredza chivimbo cheveruzhinji muindasitiri yendege uye kuudza veruzhinji vanofamba, kwira, ita bhizinesi rako kutenderera nyika, kubhururuka uye kunakidzwa nenzvimbo huru dzekuAmerica. Enda pasi kuDisney World muFlorida, tora mhuri dzako uye unakirwe nehupenyu nenzira yatinoda kuti inakirwe nayo. "
Saka takaenda kuhondo muAfghanistan uye gare gare Iraq kuti tivakezve kutenda mukubhururuka. Kunyangwe izvo zvakava nehanya shoma panguva iyoyo, ndiudze kuti haisi ruzivo kubva mune imwe sci-fi novel. Kana kuisa imwe nzira, maererano nekutonga kweBush panguva iyoyo, Rosie iyo Riveter aiva kuumba muguva rake uye muenzaniso wekuAmerica wekuunganidza nyika yegutsaruzhinji munguva yehondo aive Rosie the Frequent Flyer. Yakazove isiri nguva yechando muValley Forge, asi zhizha risingaperi muOrlando. Kubva ipapo zvichienda mberi, sezvo hutongi hweBush hwakaronga vhezheni yayo yekutsiva-cum-pasirese-kutonga, meseji yayakatumira kuvagari yaive: enda nezve bhizinesi rako usiye basa rakasviba kwatiri.
Disney World yakavhurwa muna 1971, asi kwechinguva fungidzira kuti yanga iripo muna 1863 uye kuti, anopfuura makore manomwe apfuura, yakatarisana nenyika mukati mehondo inotyisa yevagari, Abraham Lincoln kuGettysburg aive. akati ichi:
"Zvakanaka kuti isu tive pano takatsaurirwa kune basa guru rakasara pamberi pedu - kuti kubva kune ava vakafa vanoremekedzwa tinotora kuzvipira kwakawedzerwa kune chikonzero icho chavakapa chiyero chekupedzisira chekuzvipira - kuti isu pano tinotsunga zvikuru kuti ava vakafa vasina kufa pasina - kuti rudzi urwu, pasi paMwari, ruchava nekuzvarwa patsva kwerusununguko paDisney World - uye hurumende iyoyo yevanhu, nevanhu, yevanhu, haizoparari nekuda kwekushayikwa kwezororo muFlorida. "
Kana kuti fungidzira kuti, mukupindura "zuva rekunyadzisa," Pearl Harbor yezana remakore rechimakumi maviri, Franklin Roosevelt akanga aenda pamberi peCongress uye, muhurukuro kurudzi, akanga akati:
“Kurwisana kuriko. Hapana chinobwaira paidi rokuti vanhu vedu, ndima yedu, uye zvatinofarira zviri mungozi huru. Nekuvimba nendege dzedu, nekutsunga kusingaverengeki kwevanhu vedu kushanyira Disney World, tichawana kukunda kusingadzivisike - saka tibatsirei Mwari. "
Kana izvo zvisina musoro, saka ndizvo zvakaita America yezana ramakore remakumi maviri nerimwe. Pakupera kwaGunyana 2001, kunyangwe pasina angadai akazvitaura nenzira iyi, kudzoreredzwa kwevanhu veAmerica kwakange kwave chinhu chakakosha pamararamiro eWashington. Pfungwa yekuti maAmerican vangangodaidzwa kuti vape chero nzira munguva yenjodzi yakanga yaenda nemhepo. Chero ichangobva minted shanduro ye Classic "usatsike pandiri" mureza wenguva yehondo yechimurenga ungadai wakaverenga kuti: "musavanetsa."
Chiratidzo cheHondo
Chishuvo chekutora ruzhinji rweAmerica kubva mu "vanhu, nevanhu, revanhu" bhizinesi rinogona kurondwa zvishoma kumashure kuHondo yeVietnam, kusvika panguva iyo mauto emugari akatanga kuvhota netsoka uye manzwiro ekurwisa hondo akakura. kusvika kuhomwe inokatyamadza kwete kumberi kwemba chete, asi mukati memauto ari mumunda. Ipapo ndipo pakatanga kutya mukuru wacho kuparara weU.S. Army.
Hakushamisi kuti pakanga pane chishuvo chikuru chokusatongodzokorora chiitiko chakadaro. (Hapasisina maVietnam! Hapasisina antiwar movements!) Nekuda kweizvozvo, on January 27, 1973, nekurohwa kwepeni, Mutungamiriri Richard Nixon akabvisa mauto, uye saka mauto emugari. Zvakafamba nepfungwa yekuti maAmerican vaive nechisungo chekushandira nyika yavo munguva yehondo (nerunyararo).
Kubva panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi, chido chekubvisa vanhu veAmerica uye kuvatumira kuDisney World chaizokura chete. Kutanga, vaifanira kubviswa pazvinhu zvose zvaungafungidzira zvokuita hondo. Gare gare, musimboti mumwechete waizoshandiswa kumaitiro ehurumende uye kune democracy pachayo. Muchirevo chechinyorwa chino, semuenzaniso, unogona kunyora nhoroondo yekukura kunotyisa kwe zvakavanzika uye ongororo sevanamwari mapatya vehurumende yeAmerica: chido chekuchengeta ruzivo rwakanyanya kubva kune vagari venyika uye kuona zvakawanda zvezvaiitwa nevagari ivavo munguva yavo yega. Ose ari maviri anofanirwa kutariswa maitiro ekubvisa.
Iyi nzira yemapatya zvechokwadi ine nhoroondo refu muU.S., sezvaizoratidza chero biography yeaimbove Mutungamiriri weFBI J. Edgar Hoover. Zvakadaro, kuwedzera kwekuvanzika uye kucherechedzwa muzana rino rave budiriro inoshamisa, sezvikamu zvakakura zvehurumende yenyika nemauto (kunyanya 70,000-yakasimba Special Operations forces) vakawira mumimvuri. Mumakore aya, America "chengetedzo" uye "chengetedzo" yaive redefined maererano nezvinodiwa nemugari wekusaziva. Kungoshambidzwa mukusaziva, isu takanga takachengeteka kubva panjodzi yainyanya kukosha (hugandanga hweIslam - kutyisidzira kwe microscopic zviyero munyika yeUnited States).
Sezvo vanhu veAmerica vakabviswa kubva kuhondo uye vakasiiwa, munguva yepashure-9/11, neiyo basa rimwe chete yekutenda nekusingaperi nekurumbidza "varwi" vedu (kana "varwi vedu vakakuvadzwa"), hondo pachayo yakanga ichishandurwa kuita rudzi rutsva rwekunakidzwa kweAmerica. Mumakore ekuma1980, mukupindura ruzivo rweVietnam, Pentagon yakatanga kutora basa kwete rekuita hondo chete asi kuigadzira. Pakutanga, mukurwiswa kweGrenada nePanama, izvi zvaireva kunyanya kumisa nhepfenyuro, izvo vatungamiriri vazhinji veUS vachiri kupomera kukundwa muVietnam.
NeHondo Yekutanga Gulf ye1991, zvisinei, Pentagon yakagadzirira kuburitsa vhiki-yakareba terevhizheni extravaganza, iyo yaizopinda mumakamuri ekugara evaAmerica vari kuramba vachidzvinyirirwa sechiratidziro cheriveting. Iyo yaizove neyayo snazzy magiraidhi, marogo, mimhanzi yekumashure, uye yakakosha mhedzisiro (kusanganisira mhino-koni mapfuti ezvinangwa zvakadzimwa). Pamusoro pezvo, varume vakasiya basa vemauto vakaunzwa kuti vaite Muvhuro Night Nhabvu-maitiro ekutamba-nekutamba uye rondedzero yemavara pakurwa kuri kuitika. Mune iyi vhezheni itsva yehondo, paifanira kunge pasina mauto anopandukira, pasina mabhegi emuviri, hapana kuverenga kwemuviri, pasina vatori venhau vane hutsinye, uye pamusoro pezvose hapana kufamba kwehondo. Mune mamwe mazwi, Hondo yeGulf yaifanira kunge iri anti-Vietnam. Uye zvaiita kunge zvinoshanda… muchidimbu.
Nehurombo kune yekutanga Bush manejimendi, Saddam Hussein akaramba ari musimba muBaghdad, iyo yakanyatso kurongwa mushure mehondo "kukunda" maparadhi akadzikira nekukurumidza, ma network makuru akarasikirwa nemari yekushambadza pachiratidziro chePentagon, uye zviyero zvehondo sezvo varaidzo yanyura. Anopfuura makore gumi gare gare, hutongi hweBush wechipiri, zvakare vaine shungu dzekusadzokorora Vietnam uye nechinangwa chekumisa ruzhinji rweAmerica payakapinda nekutora Iraq, yakazviita zvekare.
Panguva ino, Pentagon yakatumira vatori venhau ku "boot camp, ""midzi” ivo vane mayuniti anofambira mberi, yakavakwa bhaisikopo remakota-miriyoni emadhora rakagadzirirwa mapfupi akarongwa muDoha, Qatar, uye akatanga kurwisa kwayo ne "decapitation strike" pamusoro peBaghdad iyo yakavhenekera matenga epaterevhizheni eguta guru reIraqi girinhi inotyisa paTV muAmerica yose. Ichi chiratidziro chehondo, chimiro cheAmerica, chakazoita chakajeka Disney-esque aura kwachiri. (Kazhinji, zvisinei, izvo zvinorova Yakabudiswa zviuru zvevaIraqi vakafa, asi vakakwanisa "kubvisa musoro" hapana kana mumwe chete yakanangana nemutungamiri weIraqi kubva kuSaddam Hussein zvichidzika.) Chiratidziro ichocho, chizere nemimhanzi yakajairika, marogo, mibairo yakakosha, uye nevakuru vakasiya basa-cum-commentatorer — rwendo rwuno zvakatowanda. zvakasimba zvakarongeka nePentagon - zvakazoitika zvakare kuve nehupfupi hupfupi hwehupenyu.
Chiratidziro cheDemocracy
Hondo sechiratidziro chekutanga chekudzikisira chenguva yedu yave kukanganwika zvakanyanya nekuti, sevaraidzo, yaitsamira pazviyero, uye pakupedzisira, yakarasikirwa nehondo yevaoni. Nekuda kweizvozvo, hondo dzeAmerica dzakaramba dzichiitwa mumumvuri kunze kwekuona kwevazhinji vekuAmerica.
Kana hondo yaive yekutanga bvunzo yekuratidzira kwedemocracy, democracy uye sarudzo dzakazove dzakaibva pakudzurwa zvakare. Nekuda kweizvozvo, tave nemwaka wekutsvaga mutungamiri wenyika usingapere. Kare, sarudzo dzaisave dzisina mutambo kana chisionekwi. Muzana ramakore rechigumi namapfumbamwe, somuenzaniso, kwakanga kune mushandirapamwe matochi parades, asi iwayo aigara ari mashura ekuunganidza vanhu. Hapachina. Yedu itsva 1% sarudzo daidzira chimwe chinhu chakasiyana.
Haisi chakavanzika kuti mishandirapamwe yedu yemutungamiri wenyika yakachinja kuita "nhandare yemabhiriyoniire,” kunyange kodzero yokuvhota zvaita zvakanyanya kumanikidzika. Mazuva ano, zvinogona kutaurwa kuti iro chete boka revagari rinongounganidza zviitiko zvakadaro "boka remabhiriyoni" (saBernie Sanders. kudana izvozvo). Zvichiwedzera, vazhinji vedu tinobata mutambo wegore rose wakaitwa mudzimba dzedu dzekutandarira, tichiona vatori venhau vachitamba… gap!… vatori venhau paTV vachipa demokrasi yeAmerica iyo Gotcha yakare yakanaka!
Muna 2001, George W. Bush aida kutitumira tose kuDisney World (padhora redu, hongu). Muna 2015, Disney World iri kuwedzera kuuya kwatiri.
Mushure mezvose, pakati pesarudzo 2016 ndiDonald Trump. Kune nhoroondo yakaenzana, iwe unofanirwa kufungidzira PT Barnum, ndiani aigona kutengesa chero "kuda kuziva" kuruzhinji rweAmerica, achikwikwidza semutungamiri. (Kutaura zvazviri, akashanda matemu maviri mudare remutemo reConnecticut uye anga ari meya weBridgeport.) Zvichakadaro, TV “makakatanwa” ekuti VaTrump nevamwe vese vavhoti vari kutora chikamu mumwedzi isati yatanga. vakasiya League of Women Voters uye Komisheni pamusoro pePresident Debates muguruva. Aya ndiwo maratidziro-anotungamirwa akaenzana ekurwisa kwechikafu kwakakomberedzwa mumashambadziro, ne "mibvunzo" zvakajeka zvichibva pane zvichave glue ziso.
Pano, semuenzaniso, yaive CNN yemubvunzo wekutanga waJake Tapper we gakava rechipiri reRepublican: “Mai. Fiorina, ndinoda kutanga newe. Mumwe ari kumirira bato remaRepublicans, uye Gavhuna weLouisiana, VaBobby Jindal, vakurudzira kuti mutungamiri webato renyu, VaDonald Trump, vangave nenjodzi semutungamiri wenyika. Akataura kuti aisazoda, achitaura, ‘musoro unopisa wakadaro nemunwe wake pamakodhi enyukireya.’ Newewo, wamutsa kutyira pamusoro peunhu hwaVaTrump. Wamudzinga semuraidzi. Unganzwe wakasununguka nemunwe waDonald Trump pamakodhi enyukireya? "
Uye chiitiko chacho chakangodzika kubva ipapo sezvo mhinduro dzakabva kune dzisiri mhinduro kuenda ku (hapana kutamba!) nhaurirano yezvitarisiko zvevachakwikwidza uye zvakadaro chiitiko chakaratidza kurova kwakadaro zvekuti vataridzi vayo vanosvika mamirioni makumi maviri nematatu. kuenzaniswa zvakanaka pakuona mitambo yeNational Soccer League.
Muchidimbu, basa remugari, ingave munguva yehondo kana sarudzo, ikozvino, zvakanyanya, kuona show, kana zvakanyanya, kusaona chinhu zvachose.
Chokwadi ichi chakaratidzwa ne vacheri yechizvarwa chino, kusanganisira Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, uye John Kiriakou. Pese pavakaburitsa chimwe chinhu chezviri kuitwa nehurumende yedu zvatisingaone, vakasungwa nehukasha hwakasiyana munhoroondo yedu uye nechikonzero chakakwana. Avo vanotitarisa vanozvitenda ivo pachavo vasingatariswi nesu. Ndiyo tsanangudzo yavo ye "democracy." Apo “vasori” vanoonekwa pakati pavo, kunyange kana vaya vanoridza muridzo vari “vasori” kwatiri, vanotyiswa pamwero we visceral uye nekukasira kubudisa nguva yeHondo Yenyika I. Espionage Mutemo. Ivo zvino vanotarisira kupindurwa kune chero chavanoita uye kana chimwe chinhu chiri kuuya, vanodzosera nehasha.
Nyika Yakaderedzwa Zvikuru
Chirevo pamusoro peAmerica yakaderedzwa haifanire kupera pasina kutaurwa kweinenge imwe yekupokana-kukurudzira. Masisitimu ese anofungidzira kuti ane anopesana akahwanda kumwe mukati mawo, izvo zvinotiunza kuna Bernie Sanders. Ndiye munhu anoita seasiri kuverengera munyaya iyi kusvika zvino.
Chawaifanira kuita kuona chete yekutanga nharo dzeDemocratic kuti unzwe kuti anomaly chii, kana iwe ungadai wakacherechedza kuti, kusvika nguva yaakaenda pachikuva manheru iwayo, vashoma vakabatanidzwa musarudzo dze2016 vezvenhau vaive nenguva yezuva kwaari. Uye mutorwa zvakadaro, izvo kushaya hanya mune zveruzhinji zvakaratidza kuti hapana chipingamupinyi mukuwedzera kwedanidziro yake nevatsigiri vake, avo, kuburikidza nesocial media uye mumunhu mu fomu of mapoka makuru, zvinoita kunge zviripo mune chimwe chadenga chakafanana.
Mukutenderera kwesarudzo uku, Sanders ega anoshandisa mazwi ekuti "unganidzira" uye "kuunganidza" nguva nenguva, uku achidaidzira "shanduko yezvematongerwo enyika." (“Isu zvinoda kurudzira makumi emamiriyoni evanhu kuti vatange kusimuka uye kurwisa uye kutorazve hurumende, iyo zvino ine mari yakawanda.”) Uye hapana mubvunzo kuti zvechokwadi akaunganidza nhamba huru dzevechiduku, vazhinji vavo vari pasina mubvunzo yakaburitswa paTV, kunyangwe yakanamirwa kune mamwe masikirini, uye saka anogona kunge asiri kucherechedza mutambo mukuru zvachose.
Kunyangwe chiitiko cheSanders chinomiririra zvekare kana ramangwana redu, zera rake kana zera revateveri vake, hazvigoneke kuziva. Isu tine, zvamazvirokwazvo, tine mumwe muenzaniso wenguva pfupi yapfuura wekuunganidza mumwaka wesarudzo. Musarudzo dzemuna 2008, shasha Barack Obama akagadzira bato revadiki, rehuswa, rudzi rwehunhu hwakabatsira kumutsvaira mukukunda, kungomubvisa. demobilize paakangopinda muOval Office. Sanders pachake anoisa kukoshesa kushoma pahunhu kana chinamato chakafanana uye pasina mubvunzo anomiririra chimwe chinhu chakasiyana, kunyangwe izvo zvinosara zvakavhurika mubvunzo.
Panguva ino, simba rehurumende yekuchengetedzwa kwenyika harisi kunyanya kupikisa; makambani endege achiri kubhururuka; Disney World inoramba iri nzvimbo yekusarudza; uye United States inoramba iri nyika yakaderedzwa zvakanyanya.
Tom Engelhardt mubatanidzwa wei American Empire Project uye munyori we United States of Fear uyewo nhoroondo yeCold War, Mugumo Wekukunda Muitiro. Iye ishamwari yeNation Institute uye anomhanya TomDispatch.com, kwakatanga kubuda nyaya iyi. Bhuku rake razvino ndere Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, uye Global Security State muNyika-Inotyisa.
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