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Kunyangwe iwe uchifunga nezvehuwandu hwekufa hunotyisa kana huwandu husingagamuchirwe huri kuwedzera hwenyaya dzeCovid-19, United States ine imwe zvakaipisisa zvinyorwa pasi rose kana zvasvika padenda. Zvakadaro, mutungamiri wenyika aramba achiita sekuvimbisa kwaakaita munaKurume apo pakange pangofa vanhu makumi mana chete nehutachiona apa uye iye. akati, "Handitore mutoro zvachose."
Muna Kubvumbi, pakafa zviuru makumi mashanu vekuAmerica, iye kurumbidzwa iye nehutungamiri hwake, achisimbirira, "Ndinofunga taita basa rakakura." Muna May, sezvo rufu rwakaramba ruchiwedzera munyika yose, iye akasimbisa, "Tasangana nenguva uye takunda." Muna June, iye akapika hutachiona "hwakanga huri kupera," kupokana maonero uye data yezvake-kutsvaira-into-the-closet coronavirus task force. Muna Chikunguru, akaisa mhosva yenjodzi inoenderera mberi kune magavhuna ehurumende, avo, iye Akaudzwa nyika, yakanga yabata hutachiona "zvisina kunaka," ichiwedzera, "Ndakapa munhu wese." Aiva magavhuna, iye kuvimbiswa veruzhinji, vakatadza kuwana nekugovera zvakakosha zvekushandisa, zvinosanganisira magiya ekudzivirira uye zvekuyedza.
Zvese zvataurwa, anga ari muenzaniso wakakwana mukutsausa mutoro wese, kunyangwe sehuwandu hwerufu yakasimuka vanopfuura 150,000 vane nyaya dzinopfuura mamiriyoni mana Zvinonzi munyika yose uye pasina magumo pakuona, kunyangwe sezvaakavimbisa coronavirus yeramangwana rakanaka muUS nekusimbirira kuti zvose zvikoro zvinovhurazve kudonha uku (uye kuti maCenter for Disease Control and Prevention mutsigire pamusoro pazvo).
Nemamwe mazwi, Donald Trump nechikwata chake vakapa kushomeka kwekuzvidavirira chirevo chitsva muAmerica. Kuramba kwavo kubvuma mutoro mudiki wekuti Covid-19 iparare munyika ino zvingaite sezvinotyisa (kana kungofanana nechinhu chedu chitsva) munyika yagara ichizvitsanangura seyakatsaurirwa hutongi hwegutsaruzhinji, uye kutonga kwemutemo. Yagara ichizviona seyakazvipira kujeka uye kururamisira, kuburikidza nekuferefeta, mishumo, uye cheki uye zviyero, kunyanya kuburikidza nematare uye Congress, yakagadzirirwa kuona kuti vezvematongerwo enyika nevakuru vakuru vayo vanobatwa nemhosva yezvavakaita. Hunhu hwedemocracy - sarudzo - hwaivewo musimboti wekuzvidavirira, chimwe chinhu chakaitwa naDonald Trump munguva pfupi yapfuura. kanda mukukahadzika kana zvasvika kumakwikwi ano Mbudzi.
Zvakadaro, kurasikirwa kwekuzvidavirira hachisi chiitiko chemakore eTrump. Kukukurwa kwaro kwave kuchiuya kwenguva yakareba pane izvo, mukutarisa, zvinofanirwa kuratidzika senhanho inotyisa isingachinjiki.
Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2020, zvinofanirwa kuve pachena kuti America, ichiri titanic (kana ichipera) simba, yakanyanya kukanda kuzvidavirira pamusoro. Uine izvozvo mupfungwa, heino nhoroondo shoma yekuti zvakaitika sei.
Hondo Yekutyisa
Sezvinorehwa nevanyori venhau dzakaitika uye vanoongorora zvematongerwo enyika, sarudzo yekuenda kuhondo muIraq muchirimo che2003, iyo inodhura kupfuura 8,000 yeAmerica. upenyu uye yakatungamira kune vanopfuura 200,000 Iraqi kufa, mauto nevanhuwo zvavo, zvaipfuura kudzivirirwa. Yakanga iri mhedzisiro yemanyepo uye ruzivo rwakagadzirwa kuti US ibatanidzwe muchikamu chakakosha cheicho chaizove "hondo dzekusingaperi" mhiri kweGreater Middle East neAfrica.
SaRobert Draper nguva pfupi yadarika akayeuchidzwa isu, avo vari muhutungamiri hweMutungamiri George W. Bush avo vakapikisa ruzivo pamusoro pekuvapo kwezvombo zvekuparadza kukuru muIraq yaSaddam Hussein vakafuratirwa kana kunyarara. Zvakatoipisisa, kurwadziswa yakashandiswa kubvisa kureurura kwenhema kubva kune mukuru al-Qaeda nhengo Ibn Sheikh al-Libi maererano nesangano rehugandanga rinofungidzirwa. kuedza kuwana zvombo zvakadaro ikoko. Uchapupu hwaAl-Libi, hwakazoregwa, hwakashandiswa sechimwezve chikonzero chekutanga chisimba icho vakuru vakuru veAmerica vaive vagara vakazvipira kutanga.
Uye chakanga chisiri chisarudzo chekunyengera chete. Yakanga iri njodzi chaiyo zvakare. Kune nhasi chimwe chinhu chakaita sea kubvumirana pakati pevanoongorora mitemo kuti ingangove "chikanganiso chikuru munhoroondo yemauto eAmerica" โโkana, seaimbove Mutungamiriri weSeneti Majority, Harry Reid (D-NV) chiisei makore mana pashure pekupinda nechisimba, โchikanganiso chakaipisisa chemitemo yokune dzimwe nyika munhoroondo yeU.S.,โ kuchitsiva Hondo yeVietnam mupfungwa dzevakawanda.
Uye izvozvo zvinomutsa mubvunzo uri pachena: Ndiani akanzi azvidavirire nokuda kwenjodzi iyoyo ichiri kusingaperi? Ndiani aipomerwa mhosva yekuendesa rudzi rwacho nemaune uye nemaune kuhondo - uye hondo yakakundikana ipapo - zvichibva pane zvakagadzirwa? Mumabhuku akawanda, zvinhu zvinosuruvarisa zvenguva iyoyo zvakaiswa pachena. Kana zvasvika kune chero rudzi rwekutsoropodzwa neruzhinji, kana kutongwa, kana kunyange chirevo chepamutemo chekutadza, hapana chaimbouya.
Uye pakanga pasina kuzvidavirira kune mutemo uye tsika yekurwadzisa, "mutemo" yakatemerwa ipapo, iyo yakadzosa nyika kumaitiro akajairika muMiddle Ages. (Zvakakosha kucherechedzawo kuti John Yoo, akanyora memos achibvumira kutambudzwa kwakadaro, iye zvino kubatsira hutongi hwaTrump hunotsvaga nzira dzekuenderera mberi nekunzvenga macheki pahutungamiriri.)
Anopfuura makore gumi apfuura pa TomDispatch, Ndakanyora nezvekuti hutongi hweBush hwakatsigira sei zviito zvakadaro pamazinga epamusoro. Nekuda kweizvozvo, mumakore ekutanga ehondo yehugandanga, in 20 CIA "nzvimbo nhema," dziri mukati sere nyika, hurumende yeU.S. yakashandisa kurwadziswa, seSenate Select Intelligence Committee Report yaDecember 2014 yaizotsanangura, kuunza ruzivo uye manyepo kubva kune akawanda e "vasungwa vepamusoro-soro."
Zvinofanira kuenda pasina kutaura kuti kurwadziswa kunotyora chirevo chega chega chemutemo wemazuva ano: kuramba kutongwa uchifarira hutsinye, kushandiswa kwemakamuri akafanana negomba nemidziyo yepakati kwete hunyanzvi hwenyanzvi dzehungwaru dzinounganidza ruzivo, uye nezve. chokwadi kurambwa kwechivimbo chipi nechipi chokuti ushamwari nekodzero zvinokosha.
Pakati pezviito zvake zvekutanga kupinda muOval Office, Barack Obama akapika kuti United States pasi pehutungamiriri hwake "haizotambudza." Zvakangodaro, magweta akanyora memos achibvumidza zviri pamutemo marongero aya haana kumbobvira azvidavirira, kana nevakuru veBush manejimendi vakasaina pavari (uye vaive nehunyanzvi hwakadai. akaratidzwa kwavari muWhite House); uyewo, chokwadika, vakanga vasiri vatambudzi chaivo naivo vanachiremba akavarayira nenzira ipi zvayo akavatsiura kana kupomerwa mhosva mumatare eAmerica.
Chokwadi, mazhinji emabasa avo aingoenderera mberi sezvo vakatora mabasa senge mutongi wedare, mumwe purofesa pachikoro chezvemitemo chine mukurumbira, kana kuti chinobhadharwa zvakanaka munyori. Pakasimudzwa mazano ekupa mhosva kana kuita musangano nekuferefetwa, hutongi hwaObama hwakasarudza kusaenderera mberi. Gweta Guru rehurumende Eric Holder vakati kuti "uchapupu hunogamuchirwa hunenge husina kukwana kuwana nekuchengetedza kutendeseka pasina mubvunzo," apo Mutungamiri Obama. akasimbisa kuti manejimendi anofanirwa "kutarisira kumberi kwete kutarisa kumashure." Kuzvidavirira kwakaregwa zvakare.
Uye kuuya pamusoro pehondo yehugandanga, kupindirwa kweIraq, uye iwo marongero ekutambudza kwaive kuramba kubata chero agency, manejimendi, kana chero ani zvake ane mhosva yekutadza kumisa 9/11 kuti isaitike pekutanga. The 9/11 Komisheni Report inogona kunge iri nhanho yekutanga mukuita ikoko, asi semutori wenhau Philip Shenon akazviisa mubhuku rake Komisheni: Iyo Isingaverengeki Nhoroondo ye9/11 Kuongorora, mushumo wacho โwakaita mitongo pamusoro pevanhu vanenge vaine mhosva yokukundikana kudzivirira musi waSeptember 11.โ
Kunzvenga kumwe
Yakanga isiri chete maererano nehondo yehugandanga kuti kuzvidavirira kwakanyangarika. Hurumende yakapindura dambudziko rebhangi ra2007-2008 nekutsunga kwakafanana kuridzivirira. Panguva iyoyo, varume vaimhanyisa mabhanga makuru erudzi vakatamba nemakaro evanoisa mari kuti vawedzere mari yembavha kudzamara, vachishaya mabheti ehurumende, makambani avo angadai apinda. Mukupindura, zvese zviri zviviri Bush uye Obama manejimendi akasunga kurasikirwa nemari yemubatanidzwa. Zvakadaro kana zvasvika pakunyura kwechinyakare mukusave nehanya uye kunyangwe zvisiri pamutemo maitiro emari, vakapa yambiro yakaoma uye hapana chimwe.
Kuzvidavirira kwakanga kwave kusingabviri kupara mhosva dzemakambani kwemakumi emakore. Tora, semuenzaniso, iyo 1989 Exxon Valdez kudururwa kwemafuta iyo yakafukidza makiromita 1,300 1 emhenderekedzo yegungwa yeAlaska namafuta, nepo ichiuraya zviuru zveshiri, otter, seal, uye whale. Mhosva dzakaunzwa nenyika iyi dzakazobhadhara mari inodarika bhiriyoni imwe chete mushure mekunge hurumende yapomera ExxonMobil mhosva yekutyora Mutemo Wemvura Yakachena. Zvisinei, kaputeni wengarava chete, uyo nyanzvi dzakawanda dzaifunga kuti akanga adzingwa, akatongerwa mhosva.
Imwe mhosva yakamhan'arwa yakamirira vabati vehove veko, zvizvarwa zveAlaska, uye varidzi veminda zvakabudirira zvishoma. Munguva yedu yepashure-9/11 nguva yekusazvidavirira, zvirango zvakange zvakaiswa pakambani yemafuta zvakaongororwazve. Mu 2008, Dare Repamusorosoro rakaderedza mubairo we$5 bhiriyoni wekukuvadza ne89% kusvika pamadhora mazana mashanu nemazana mashanu emadhora. Uye muna 507.5, mumwedzi yekutanga yehutongi hwaTrump, makore makumi maviri nematanhatu ematare akasvika pakupera nekukurumidza apo dare remubatanidzwa muAlaska rakasarudza. kwete kutevera mubhadharo wekupedzisira weExxonMobil wemadhora zana emamiriyoni ekukuvadzwa kubva mukuteuka.
Sezvazvinoitika, (kushaya) kuzvidavirira kuri kuwedzera kwete nyaya yemutemo chete asi yezvematongerwo enyika, sekuferefetwa kwaMueller kwekupindira kweRussia musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ye2016. Hazvina mhosva kuti ruzivo rwakawanda sei rwakaunganidzwa naMueller nechikwata chake zvichiratidza kutyorwa kwemutemo negwara mune ramangwana remutungamiri wenyika, VaDonald Trump, neRussia, kana ruzivo rwakadii rwakateerana rwevamiriri vebasa nevakuru vezvekuchengetedzwa kwenyika. Quid pro Quo kusvika kuvakuru veUkraine, kutiza mhosva, tisingarevi kupomerwa mhosva, zvakaratidza kuti zviri nyore kumutungamiri wenyika.
As Attorney General Barr akaudza nyika, achimiririra zvisizvo chirevo cheMueller, ongororo iyi "haina kuona kuti mushandirapamwe waVaTrump kana chero ani zvake ane chekuita nawo akarangana kana kurongeka neRussia mukuedza kwayo kupesvedzera sarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika yeUS muna 2016." Nenzira yakarurama, mushumo wacho wakagumisa kuti ufakazi โhahubvisi mhosvaโ purezidhendi.
Zvichizoitika, vanhu vapfumbamwe, vanomwe vavo nhengo dzeboka reTrump, vakawanikwa vaine mhosva uye 13 vagari vekuRussia uye makambani matatu eRussia vakapomerwa mhosva (kunyange mhosva mbiri dzemakambani dzakaderedzwa neDhipatimendi reRuramisiro raBarr). Uye kunyange vashanu vevakabatwa nemhosva vakaenda kujeri, Donald Trump akabvisa mutongo weshamwari yake yepedyo Roger Stone. Zvichakadaro, kumhan'arirwa kweake wekutanga National Security Advisor Michael Flynn kuchiri mumhirizhonga mushure meDhipatimendi reJustice. inotungamirirwa uye dare redzimhosva akarayirwa nyaya yoraswa. Sezvinoratidzwa nechikamu chaFlynn, kunyangwe vanhu vakazvidavirira, mutungamiri wenyika nehutungamiriri hwake vakaramba kutambira mitongo yematare.
Mune mamwe mazwi, nzira dzekuvheneka chiedza chezvakaipa zvehurumende dziri kuderedzwa uye kubviswa. Nemweya iwoyo, muna Kubvumbi naChivabvu vachirairwa nemutungamiri wenyika, vaongorori vakuru vazhinji, vakapihwa basa nemutemo kuferefeta nekutaura pamusoro pechakaipa mumasangano avo. akadzingwa, kusanganisira idzo dzeDhipatimendi reHurumende neveIntelligence Community, pamwe nevari kuita inspectors general kumadhipatimendi eDefence, Health and Human Services, uye Transportation.
Muzera raTrump tiri kusvika kumagumo emutsara kana zvasvika pakuzvidavirira muhoro dzehurumende. Kuwedzera, haisisiri pfungwa yeAmerica.
Pane imwe nguva
Hazvina kugara zvakadaro. Munguva yakapfuura, kana hurongwa hwehurumende kana vakuru vakuru vakazviita vasina hutsinye, vakatyora mutemo, uye kurangana vachipokana nedzidziso dzehutongi hwejekerere hweAmerica, dzimwe nguva vaibhadhara mutengo. Anenge makore zana apfuura, semuenzaniso, Mutungamiriri Warren Harding Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall akaenda tirongo yekubvuma chiokomuhomwe kubva kumakambani emafuta muTeapot Dome Scandal. Kutaura zvazviri, mazita evaimbova vakuru vakuru vehurumende vakabatwa nemhosva uye vakaiswa mujeri kwenguva refu.
Makore makumi mashanu gare gare, mukunyomba kweWatergate kwemutungamiri waRichard Nixon, vanhu makumi matanhatu nevapfumbamwe, kusanganisira vakuru vakuru vehurumende vakati wandei, rakapomerwa uye 48 vavo vakawanikwa ane mhosva yekuba magwaro kubva nekubaya newaya kumuzinda weDemocratic Party, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu. Nzira yekusaita zvisiri pamutemo nekuvhara yakakwira kusvika kuhofisi yemutungamiri wenyika, ichipera kutongwa kwemhosva, iyo yakatungamirira Mutungamiri Nixon kusiya basa.
Mumakore ehutungamiri hwaRonald Reagan, kushandiswa zvisina kunaka kwesimba kwakarangwawo. Vanhu gumi nevana vari mukati kana pedyo nehutungamiri hwake vakabatwa nemhosva nekuda kwekuita kwavo Iran-Contra scandal umo hurumende yakatengesa zvombo muchivande kuIran, chiito chakarambidzwa nemutemo, nehurongwa hwekushandisa mari kubva kune izvo zvekutengesa kutsigira vapanduki veAmerican-backed Contra muNicaragua (zvakare mukutyora mutemo weUS). Chokwadi, pavane 14 vakapomerwa uye 11 vakabatwa nemhosva, chete mumwe chaizvoizvo akaita mutongo wake mujeri. Kunyanguvezvo, kutongwa kwacho kwakamira soufakazi hwokubvuma pachena kuipa kwehurumende.
Pamwe chinosiririsa pane zvese ndechekuti hutongi hwaTrump hauna kungoramba kutora mutoro wechero chinhu, asi vakapomera vamwe, kunyangwe avo vari pamberi pekudzivirira denda, pazvinhu zvavakaita. Kubva Covid-19 yakarova mahombekombe eAmerica uye mutungamiri nevakuru vakuru vake vakatadza kupindura, zvichikonzera njodzi yakakwira - uye kukwira - kufa kwevanhu, kuzvidavirira kwakaiswa kune zvematongerwo enyika nenzira itsva. Mutungamiriri wenyika, semuenzaniso, vakapomera Mutungamiri Obama ane hofisi yedenda kubviswa naTrump's own national security chipangamazano John Bolton.
Kusvika nguva pfupi yadarika, Mutungamiri Trump vakaramba kupfeka a masiki paruzhinji uye akasimbirira - kudzamara adzima Republican National Convention muJacksonville, Florida, ichiri kuzara nedenda - pakubata munhu asina mask, asina hukama-kure. indoor rally muTulsa kunyangwe humbowo hwakakura hwekuti kutapurirana kwemukati ndiyo nzira huru iyo Covid-19 inopararira nayo. Mukuita izvi, akakurudzirawo kusavimbika padanho renzvimbo, vachitsigira magavhuna akagadzirira kuvhura hupfumi hwenyika nekukasira uye nekudaro vakapomera vanhu vekuAmerica kuti nyaya itsva dziparare.
Zvinogoneka kuti kubviswa kwehutungamiriri uku, zvichikonzera kusimukira kwakashata nhamba yekufa, pakupedzisira, zvichabatsira vanhu vekuAmerica kutendeuka kubva pakusazvidavirira kuenda kuzvidavirira - uye kwete kungoitira njodzi mhinduro yeCovid-19. Kuratidzira kwemumugwagwa nguva pfupi yadarika kubva kuPortland kuenda kuManhattan, Chicago kusvika kuKansas City, chiratidzo chekuti kuzvidavirira kwakanonoka, kwete kwenguva ino chete, asi muzana rino rehupenyu hweAmerica.
Muna Kurume, mutori wenhau Peter Bergen ndiye aive munhu wekutanga kuita kudana komisheni ye9/11-style yekuongorora mhinduro yehurumende kukoronavirus, "kana chete kuita chokwadi chekuti nyika yakagadzirira denda rinotevera." Munguva pfupi yapfuura, Seneta weDemocratic Dianne Feinstein uye Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff, vese vanobva kuCalifornia, zvakare yakarongwa Komisheni yeCovid-19 "kwete sechiitwa chezvematongerwo enyika kupa mhosva, asi kudzidza kubva mukukanganisa kwedu kuti tikwanise kudzivirira matambudziko atiri kusangana nawo kuti asadzokororwe zvinosiririsa ... Ongororo yechokwadi ndiyo chete nzira yekugadzirira zvakakwana hutachiona hunotevera. kana imwe njodzi.โ
Ehe, hapana chinhu chakadaro chinga fungidzirwe kudzamara Donald Trump abuda muhofisi uye Seneti iri mumaoko eDemocratic, zvinoita sekunge zvinogoneka. Zvichakadaro, nenzira yayo inouraya, dambudziko redenda rinogona kubatsira kushandura mafambiro uye kudzosa kuzvidavirira kumahombekombe eAmerica. Kana kupfuura 150,000 kufa, nhamba dzisingaverengeki dzadzo dzinodzivirirwa, hadzipe chikonzero chinomanikidza chekubata vakuru vehurumende vane mhosva, zvino zvaizodii?
Zvingave zvirango zvacho, zvisinei kuti zvine mucherechedzo kana zverunako, mhosva dzerudzi urwu dzinofanirwa kuburitswa pachena kune zvadziri uye neavo vakazviita vanozivikanwa zviri pamutemo uye nekuzvidavirira. Izvi hazvinei nekutsiva. Hazvisi zvekupa chirango. Ndezvekuvheneka mwenje wechiedza pane zviito zvave zvichikuvadza kupfuura fungidziro uye hazvifanirwe kudzokororwa. Isu serudzi tinofanira kuzviyeuchidza nezvezvinogona kureva tsika, kururamisira, uye kushandisa zvine musoro kwesimba. Nyika inofanirwa kupihwa mukana wekudzoreredza chisungo chayo chakagara chapera kuhurumende inozvidavirira. Uye pamwe tinofanira kubvuma chimwe chinhu chakakosha: kuti uyu ungave mukana wedu wekupedzisira.
Karen J. Greenberg, a TomDispatch dzose, ndiye director weCentre on National Security kuFordham Law, mukuru we Zvakakosha Zvido Podcast, International Security Fellow kuNew America, uye munyori we Rogue Justice: Kuitwa kweSecurity State uye mupepeti we Kufungidzira zvakare iyo National Security State: Liberalism paBrink. Julia Tedesco akabatsira nekutsvaga kwechinyorwa ichi.
Chinyorwa ichi chakatanga kuoneka paTomDispatch.com, weblog yeNational Institute, iyo inopa kuyerera kwakadzikama kwemamwe masosi, nhau, uye maonero kubva kuna Tom Engelhardt, mupepeti wenguva refu mukutsikisa, co-muvambi weAmerican Empire Project, munyori we Kupera Kwekukunda Tsika, seyenoveli, Mazuva Ekupedzisira Ekudhinda. Bhuku rake razvino ndereRudzi Rusina Kugadzirwa Nehondo (Haymarket Books).
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