Wadiwa VaSulzberger:
Makorokoto pa achitora matomu yerudzi urwu - uye zvine nharo, yepasirese - ine simba zvakanyanya kuburitswa. Ndiro bhizinesi remhuri, hongu, saka kugadzwa kwako kuti ubudirire baba vako hakunyatsokodzeri sechishamiso. Kunyangwe zvakadaro, basa rekutungamira rombo renzvimbo huru rinofanira kukuremedza, kunyanya kana mamiriro enhau ari kuchinja nekukurumidza uye zvakanyanya.
Pasina kupokana, iwe uri kutowana akawanda mazano ekufambisa bepa, pamwe kupfuura iwe waunoda kana waunoda. Zvakadaro, nekushivirira kwako, ndinoda kupa maonero ekunze nezve "nhau dzakakodzera kudhindwa." Iyo yakakurumbira motto ye Times anosimbirira kuti bepa rakazvipira kuburitsa "zvese" nhau dzakadai - chishuvo chinoyemurika kunyangwe zvisingaite. Mukuita, izvo vaverengi vakaita seni vanowana zuva nezuva "nhau dzese idzo Times vapepeti vanoona vakakodzera kudhindwa.”
Ehe, mukati meiyi nyika inoganhurira zvikuru yenhau, hadzisi nyaya dzese dzakaenzana. Mamwe anooneka papeji yekutanga pamusoro pepeta. Vamwe vanoendeswa kupeji A17 neMugovera mangwanani.
Uye mimwe misoro inotariswa zvakanyanya kupfuura mimwe. Mumakore achangopfuura, kufukidzwa kwakadzama kwenyaya dzine chekuita nekusiyana, zvepabonde, uye chimiro chevakadzi chave chinhu Times chiratidzo. Kana zvasvika kuna Donald Trump, "zvakakwana" hazvigone kuita kururamisira kune tarisiro yaanogamuchira. Pa Times (uye anopfuura mamwe mashoma enhau enhau), akakurudzira imwe nzira yekupenga, nekunyomba kwake kwemazuva ese, kunyomba, kutaura kwakashata, manyepo, uye sarudzo dzakaitwa, ndokurambwa pakarepo, zvese zvinoshumwa zvakadzama. Kanda mune zvakazarurwa zvine hungwaru kubva kune yaTrump ine mavara yakapfuura uye kuburitswa kubva mukuferefetwa kwaMueller kwemushandirapamwe wake uye mutungamiri wedu wechimakumi mana neshanu ave Times chimwe chinhu chakafanana neGreat White Whale, kunyangwe iine muzinga-pamusoro uye nesarudzo yemabhegi masutu.
Zvichakadaro, dzimwe nyaya dzakaenzana kana kutonyanya kukosha - ndaizoisa shanduko yemamiriro ekunze muchikamu ichi - handigamuchire zvinopfuura kuvharwa kwesporadic kana kusiri nguva. Uye, hongu, mimwe misoro haigone kugura zvachose, senge chero chinhu chipfupi chekupfura kwechikoro kunoitika munzvimbo yakakura kumadokero kweHudson iyo Saul Steinberg makore apfuura zvisingakanganwike. kuratidzwa nokuti New Yorker.
Pfungwa yeiyi inobvumwa isina kukumbirwa memo haisi yekukurudzira iyo Times kuvhura hofisi muTerre Haute kana mukukurumidza kunyungudika Arctic. Uye handisi kureva kuti bepa rinofanirwa kudzika pasi kuedza kwaro kuputsa iyo hetero-normative kurongeka, kupa vakadzi simba, uye kukurudzira kuenzana kune transgender. Asi ini ndinoda kupa zano kuti kutarisisa nezvehutongi hunokatyamadza tomfoolery hunowana iyo Times tichitarisa imwe nyaya inotangira uye inodarika iyo Trump Moment. Nyaya iyi ndeyekugadziriswa kwehondo, nevanyori vako, vapepeti, uye bhodhi rekudhirowa vakagamuchira nerunyararo kuti, kuUnited States, hondo yave chigarire.
Rega nditaure kuti Times inopa huwandu hunokatyamadza hwema column-inches kumakumi ezviuru emauto eUS kutenderera pasirese. Nyaya dze deployments, kudzima moto, eirstrikes, kukomba, uye vanokuvadzwa zvakawanda. Vaverengi vanogona kuvimba ne Times kuendesa ichangoburwa White House kana Pentagon zviziviso pamusoro pechiedza chinoonekwa muchidimbu pamagumo eimwe mugero wakareba kwazvo. Uye zvinhu zvinotsanangura dambudziko revakarwa hondo kumashure kubva kunzvimbo yehondo zvakare kuoneka neakakodzera uye anoyemurika kakawanda.
Saka chero munhu anoverenga Times kwevhiki kana mwedzi anenge abata chokwadi chakakosha chenyaya yacho, kusanganisira zvinotevera:
* Anopfuura mazuva 6,000 mushure mekunge yatanga, hondo yeAmerica muAfghanistan inoenderera mberi, pamwe Times vatori venhau vachipa dzose uye nguva dzose kudzokorora zvigadziriso;
* Muhondo yevagari vemo yakatora makore manomwe yakaputira Siria, varwi vanogara vachichinja-chinja zvino vanosanganisira kunyanya 2,000 (mamwe masosi anoti 4,000) Vashandi veUS vakakosha, chikonzero chekuvapo kwavo kuchichinja kubva vhiki nevhiki, kunyangwe zvirongwa zvekuchengeta mauto eUS muSyria. nekusingaperi take shape;
* MuIraq, ikozvino yakasunungurwa kubva kuISIS, pachayo chibereko chekupinda nekugara kweUS, mauto eUS agadzirira gara pamusoro, zvakawanda kana zvishoma sezvavakaita muWest Germany muna 1945 uye muSouth Korea pashure pa1953;
PaArabia Peninsula, mauto eUS akabatana neSaudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud mu hutsinye Yemen, zvichiita kuti pave nenjodzi huru yekubatsira vanhu pasinei nekushaikwa kwezvido zveUS zvinonzwisisika zviri mungozi;
* Muchiuto chakaenzana nekudzura masora akadyarwa ega, maAmerican drones gara uchirwisa Mapoka emauto eLibya akavepo nekuda kwemhirizhonga yakaitwa muna 2011 apo United States yakapinda nechimbi chimbi mukupidigura Muammar Gaddafi;
* Makore anopfuura zana mushure mekunge mauto eAmerica apinda muSomalia kuzodyisa vane nzara, mauto eUS anoenderera mberi, parizvino ari muchimiro che kudzokororwa kwendege;
* Kumwe kunhu muAfrica, ichangoburwa theatre kupa mikana yekuyedza nzira dzemazuva ano dzekurwisa hugandanga, mauto eUS anotsika nekukurumidza kuwedzera, zvese asi pasina congressional (kana zvimwe chero rudzi rwe) utariri;
* Kubva kuLevant kuenda kuSouth Asia, a mafashamo zvezvombo zvinogadzirwa neAmerica zvinoramba zvichiyerera zvisingaregi, zvichifadza mauto-maindasitiri akaoma, asi neuchapupu hushoma hwokuti zvombo zvatinotengesa kana kupa izvo zviri kuita kuti dunhu rive nerunyararo nekugadzikana;
*Mukati meiyi nhambo isingaperi yehondo dzisingataurwi dzeAmerica nemakakatanwa, Kongiresi inomira yakangoita, ichingozvimutsa sezvinodiwa kuti itore mari inova nechokwadi chekuenderera mberi kusingadzivirirwe kwezvose zviri pamusoro;
* Zvichakadaro, Mutungamiri Trump, kunyangwe vachiongorora hunyanzvi hwese uhu hwemauto sehusina kurongeka - "Mabhirioni manomwe emadhora. Kukanganisa kwakadini.”- ari kuenderera mberi uye kunyange kusimudzira marongero akapayona nevakamutangira.
Uku kusanganiswa kwemamiriro ezvinhu, ndinoendesa, kunokoka kutarisisa kumibvunzo yakati wandei yekutanga iyo iyo Times anoratidzika kunge akasindimara kukanganwa. Iyi mibvunzo haisi yekutanga kwandiri. Zvechokwadi, Mr. Sulzberger (ndingakudana iwe AG?), Kana iwe wakaramba uchiita TomDispatch - kana usati, iwe unofanirwa chaizvo - unenge watosangana nezvakawanda zvacho. Zvakadaro munzvimbo dzepamusoro dzevatapi venhau vemazuva ose vanoramba vakaregeredzwa zvinosiririsa, zvine mhedzisiro yakaipa yekuita nehunhu.
Chinhu chakakosha ndechekuti kana zvasvika kune ichangoburwa hondo dzeAmerica, the Times inopa kufukidzwa pasina maonero. “Nhau dzose” hadzina kudzika uye hadzina basa. Madonhwe akawanda, mashoma ekubatanidza.
Kuti uzviise neimwe nzira, chiri kushaikwa chero mhando yeBig Mufananidzo. The Times yaisazomboratidza zviito zvemauto eRussia muCrimea, kumabvazuva kweUkraine, neSyria, pamwe chete necyber-provocations, sezvisina hukama kune imwe neimwe. Zvakadaro inopa zvinoshamisa simba shoma pakuona chero hukama pakati pezviri kuitwa nemauto eUS nhasi muNiger nezvavari kuita muAfghanistan; pakati peUS drone kurwisa kunonangana neboka iri re "magandanga" neavo vanonangana nerimwe boka; kana kuti, zvakanyanya, pakati pezvataifunga kuti taive tichiita kubva kuma1980 apo Washington yakatsigira Saddam Hussein uye zvatinofungidzira kuti tiri kuita nhasi munyika dzakasiyana-siyana dzeMuslim-zhinji umo mauto eUS aripo, angave anogamuchirwa kana kwete.
Nehukasha, mubvunzo wepakati unoenda kwete chete usina kupindurwa asi usingabvunzwe ndeuyu: Chii chinonzi hero chiri kuitika? Rega ndigadzirise izvozvo nenzira dzinoenderana nazvo Times vanyori:
Chii chaizvo chatinofanira kudaidza bhizinesi umo mauto eUS anga achiita makore ese aya? Shoko rakaziviswa naGeorge W. Bush kare muna 2001, “Hondo Yepasi Pose paUgandanga,” harina kufarirwa kare kare. Hapana chaonekwa chingachitsiva. Chirongwa icho nhasi chinowana mauto eUS akanyura muhondo dzakavhurika munzvimbo yakakura yenyika dzeMuslim-zhinji, ini ndinokurudzira, yakakodzera zita, kunyangwe mukuru-mukuru akatumira zhinji dzenyika idzo "shithole” chimiro. Nenguva isipi, ndakabvunza "Hondo yeGreater Middle East,” asi izvozvo hazvina kuitika. Chokwadi, mutungamiri wenyika kana kuti mumwe wevakuru vemauto ake anogona kuuya nechimwe chinhu chiri nani, mamwe mutsara unoburitsa pfungwa yechinangwa, hukuru, hoko, kana nzvimbo. Bepa rerekodhi rinofanira kusimbirira kuti chero zvazvingave mauto kunze uko angave achiita, kuita kwavo kunofanirwa kuve nezita rinotsanangura.
Chinangwa chedu chikuru ndechei mukurwa hondo isina zita? Mushure me9/11, George W. Bush akapika panguva dzakasiyana-siyana kubvisa hugandanga, kusunungura vakadzvinyirirwa, kuparadzira rusununguko uye democracy, kusimudzira chikonzero chekodzero dzevakadzi munyika yose yeIslam, uye kunyange kupedza uipi pachahwo. Nhasi, zvinangwa zvakadaro zvinoita sekufungidzira kwakawanda. Saka chii chatiri kuedza kuita? Tichagadzirisa sei? Pasina chinangwa chiri nyore kuzivikanwa, munhu angaziva sei nguva yekusimudza iyo "Mission Yakapedzwa” mureza (zvakare) uye regai mauto auye kumba?
Nekuwedzera, ndeipi chaizvo zano rekuunza yedu isina-zita hondo kusvika kumagumo anobudirira? Zano imhando yemepu yemugwagwa yakanangana nekuona zviwanikwa, kutsanangura vavengi (pamwe neshamwari), uye kutsanangura kutevedzana kwematanho anozotungamira kune imwe fungidziro yekukunda. Zvinofanira kupa muono unotibvisa patinenge tiri kuenda kwatinoda kuva. Asi kana zvasvika pakurwa hondo yayo isina-zita, Washington nhasi haina zano rakakodzera zita. Ichi chokwadi chinofanira kutsamwisa vanhu vekuAmerica uye kunyadzisa sangano rekuchengetedzwa kwenyika. Inofanirawo kukwezva kuda kuziva kwe New York Times.
Kutaura zvazviri, hondo iyi ingapera mugore ripi, makore gumi, kana kuti zana remakore? Kunyangwe kana ingangoita, zvingabatsira kuziva - uye vanhu vekuAmerica vanokodzera kuziva - kana peji rekutanga re Times ingangova nomusoro unoti “Rugare Rwakachengetedzwa” kana kuti “Kurwisana Kwapera” kana kuti kungoti “Zvapera.” Nekune rumwe rutivi, kana zvisingaite kutarisira kuti hondo inogara ichingogara morphing, inogara ichipararira isina-zita ichapera zvachose, saka mumwe munhu haafanire kutaura kudaro, achibvumira vagari vemo kutsenga zvinorehwa netarisiro iyoyo? Ndiani ari nani kuburitsa chakavanzika ichi chakavanzwa pachena kupfuura bepanhau raunotungamira?
Chii chatingatarisira kuti hondo isina-zita inodhura? Kunyangwe fungidziro yemutungamiri wenyika yemadhora mazana manomwe emamiriyoni emadhora inogona kunge isiri nguva isati yakwana, ndizvo kwete zvakaipa. Inogona kutopedzisira yave kudivi rakaderera. Izvo mari iyo ingave yakabhadhara neimwe nzira - zvinosanganisira zvivakwa, dzidzo, tsvakiridzo yesainzi uye yekurapa, uye pamwe kugadzirisa mhirizhonga yakakonzerwa nekuedza kwedu kusiri kutariswa kwemauto - zvakakodzera kukurukurwa kwakadzama. Heino nzira yekutanga nhaurirano yakadai: Fungidzira kumhanya kwemitengo yakanyura uye inofungidzirwa inokwirisa inoratidzwa papeji yekutanga ye Times Mangwanani oga-oga. Nhamba mbiri chete: yekutanga tabulation yeizvo Pentagon yakatopedza zvichiteerana nemauto ese eUS, makuru nemadiki, kubvira 9/11; chechipiri, fungidziro yekuti bhiri rekupedzisira rinogona kutaridzika sei makumi emakore kubva zvino kana wekupedzisira wechizvarwa ichi mawar vets achipfuura.
Pakupedzisira, ndezvipi zvinorehwa nekushungurudza zvizvarwa zvinotevera nemutoro wemari uyu? Kunze kweiyo pfupi Hondo yeGulf ye1990-1991, iyo isina-zita hondo ndiyo yega hondo yakakura kwazvo munhoroondo yeAmerica apo chizvarwa chayakaitwa muzita rayo chakaramba zvachose kuibhadhara - zvirokwazvo, mutero wakagamuchirwa nemufaro. kuderedza apo kuwedzera kwaive kwakanyanya kurongeka. Kunze kwezvishoma zvinoshamisa, vezvematongerwo enyika vakatsigira urongwa uhwu. Mumwe anogona kufunga kuti vatori venhau vane hunyanzvi vangada kuferefeta zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana zvinokurudzira kusaita basa kwakadaro.
Saka ndiko kutora kwangu. Ndine chokwadi, AG, kuti vatori venhau vari pabasa renyu vanogona kurodza mibvunzo yangu uye kugadzira yavowo. Asi hechino chirevo chidiki: kwezuva rimwe chete, sunga Donald Trump kune peji A17 uye ipa yedu isina-zita hondo kutarisisa iyo Times kazhinji inochengetera mutungamiri wenyika inosemesa.
Ini handisi munyori wepepanhau, asi ndinoyeuchidzwa nezveiyo bhaisikopo reHitchcock rinoshamisa ra1940 Wekunze Munyori. Ndinotarisira kuti wazviona. Europe iri kugumburwa yakananga kuhondo uye Mr. Masimba, musoro honcho pakunyepedzera New York Globe, aneta nekutora mudhara mumwe chete kubva kuvanhu vaainavo panzvimbo. “Handichadazve nyanzvi dzezveupfumi, vachenjeri, kana kuti masvikiro abhomba patambo dzedu,” anodaro. “Ndinoda mutori wenhau. Mumwe munhu asingazivi mutsauko pakati peism nekangaroo."
Chirevo chake chinoda kutsanangura. Chinodiwa neMasimba ndeye munhu ane musanganiswa weguts uye naiveté kubvunza mibvunzo iyo vatori venhau vane ruzivo vakabatikana murondedzero isina kunaka yezvavakasikira vanongokanganwa.
Saka anodhonza John Jones asina kurongeka uye asina ruzivo rwakanyanya kubva pakurohwa kwemapurisa, anomupa zita rekuti Huntley Haverstock, anomuisa neakaundi yemutengo, uye anomuendesa kunotarisa patsva izvo zvinopa muEurope. Haverstock anoenderera mberi nekufukunura chokwadi chikuru icho vamwe vake vakanyanya hunyanzvi vakave mapofu. Anenge asina kuroorwa anozivisa vanhu vekuAmerica nezvenjodzi dziri mberi - uye anotorawo musikana. Mabhaisikopo anotyisa (kunyangwe, akapihwa Hitchcock akanyatso kubatwa zvisina kunaka kwevakadzi, zvinogona kunge zvisiri izvo mune zvematongerwo enyika kutaura kudaro).
Zvakadaro, AG, tinoda kuti muite chimwe chinhu chinoenderana nezvakaitwa naVaMasimba, asi muhupenyu chaihwo. Rombo rakanaka. Ndiri mukona yenyu.
Andrew J. Bacevich, a TomDispatch dzose, ndiye munyori we Hondo yeAmerica yeGreater Middle East: Nhoroondo Yemauto nemamwe mabhuku.
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 Mugumo Wekukunda Muitiro, serinovhero, Mazuva Ekupedzisira Ekudhinda. Bhuku rake razvino nderekuti Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, uye Global Security State muNyika-Inotyisa (Mabhuku eShimarket).
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