Property before life
Meya weNew Orleans, VaRay Nagin, vakaraira mapurisa angangosvika chiuru nemazana mashanu eguta kuti vasiye mabasa avo ekutsvaga nekununura svondo rapfuura vadzokere mumigwagwa kunomisa kupamba kwacho.{1,500}
"Mazana matatu eArkansas National Guard asvika muguta reNew Orleans," akadaro Gavhuna weLouisiana Kathleen Blanco. 'Aya mauto adzoka kubva kuIraq, akadzidziswa zvakanaka, ane ruzivo, akaedzwa muhondo uye ari pasi pemirairo yangu yekudzorera kurongeka mumigwagwa. Vane M-16s uye vakakiyiwa nekuiswa. Mauto aya anoziva kupfura nekuuraya uye anoda chaizvo kuzviita kana zvakakodzera uye ndinotarisira kuti achadaro.' {2}
Hurukuro dzakaoma kudaro, dzisina kubvumirana pane zvisina kufanira, dzine nheyo dzinopikisana nevaya vanotyora mutemo. Zero kushivirira! Izvi tinozvinzwa rinhi kubva kuvakuru vedu vehurumende panyaya yemakambani anobira homwe yehurumende nepenjeni yevashandi? Ndiani anosvibisa mhepo yatinofema tose nguva imwe neimwe yezuva rega rega, achiuraya vanhu vakawanda kupfuura vakamboita mhirizhonga muUnited States. Ndivanaani vanokwidza mitengo yepeturu zvokuti upenyu hwemazuva ose nezvishuvo zvevanhu zvinotsikwa-tsikwa zvinosiririsa. Hatingade here kuona mamwe evarwi vakanyatsodzidziswa, vane ruzivo, vakaedzwa muhondo vachidzidzisa maM-16 avo pane zvinoda maCEO eEnron kana World.com kana General Electric kana ExxonMobil kana Halliburton?
Ngano yekupondwa kwevezvenhau
Zvichitevera kurudziro yaMufundisi Pat Robertson yekuti United States iuraye Mutungamiriri weVenezuela, Hugo Chavez, vezvenhau vakaburitsa imwe yengano dzayo dzechigarire, yekuti kupondwa kwezvematongerwo enyika kunorambidzwa nehurumende yeUS nekuda kwekuita kwevaimbove Mutungamiriri Gerald Ford. Ichokwadi kuti Ford yakabudisa murayiro mukuru muna 1976 uyo waiti: 'Hapana mushandi weUnited States achapinda, kana kurangana kuita kuuraya zvematongerwe enyika.' Asi zvakazotevera, vatungamiri Reagan, Clinton, naVaBushe vose vakadarika izvi nekupa mvumo kuCIA nemamwe masangano ehurumende yeUS kuti vauraye vamwe vanhu vane mazita, saOsama bin Laden nevatevedzeri vake, kana mamwe mapoka evanhu, se'magandanga'. Mvumo yemutungamiri wenyika iyi yakadomwa se'executive order', 'memorandamu dzemutemo', kana 'zvakawanikwa nehungwaru' . Reagan akafamba achidzoka pakati pekurambidza uye kubvumidza kuponda, achigadzira pane imwe nguva chainzi nevezvenhau, 'rezinesi rekuuraya.'{3}
Kana chero yeiyi White House kushambadzwa yaive 'yemutemo', pamwe chete nekuti ivo havana kumbopokana mudare ripi neripi, repamba kana repasirese. Asi Reagan nevatevedzeri vake zviri pachena kuti vanga vasiri kuita zvetsika kana mutemo wekuda kana kupokana nekuuraya. Zvese zvave zvematongerwo enyika kana hukama hweveruzhinji, uye mutemo chaiwo weAmerica mumunda mumakore apfuura hauna kumbobvira wasiyana kutaura nezvayo, chero 'yepamutemo'meseji yezuva iri kubuda muWhite House yaive.
Robertson zvechokwadi haazorangirwi nemashoko ake pamusoro peChavez, kupfuura zvaakarangwa nokuda kwekutaura kwake kwaOctober 2003 achidana nuking yeDhipatimendi reHurumende. ('Dai ndaigona kuwana mudziyo wenyukireya mukati meFoggy Bottom [zita remadunhurirwa reDhipatimendi reHurumende],' akadaro paredhiyo. 'Ndinofunga kuti ndiyo mhinduro.' ){4} Asi fungidzira kana mufundisi wechiMuslim - kana mumwewo zvake. MuMuslim โ anogara kuUS akadana kuurayiwa kwemutungamiri weBritain, Tony Blair, kunyangwe muhurukuro yakavanzika. Fungidzira *chero ani zvake* akanga asiri muKristu ane simba anochengeta kana muJudha achitaura zvimwe chetezvo muzuva ranhasi. Fungidzira migumisiro yacho.
Robertson akadaidza Chavez kuti mudzvanyiriri. Chimwe chezviratidzo zvehudzvanyiriri kusavapo kwevezvenhau vanopikisa vane simba, asi muVenezuela nhepfenyuro yemazuva ese nematerevhizheni ari mumaoko emauto anopikisa Chavez zvakanyanya. Kusiyana neizvi, muUnited States masimba anofambira mberi (chikamu chega chakakodzera zita rekuti 'kupikisa' ) harina kana pepanhau rezuva nezuva kana chiteshi cheTV; ivo vanongogumira pavhiki uye pamwedzi kudhindwa zvinyorwa uye mablog. 'MuAmerica,' mumwe munyori anonzi Paul Goodman akamboti, 'unogona kutaura chero chinhu chaunoda, chero bedzi chisingabatsiri.'
Liberal anti-war protesters
PaCamp Casey muCrawford, Texas nedzimwe nzvimbo vanopikisa hondo vanoungana mazuva ano kuramba kunogona kunzwika: Isu tinopesana nehondo asi tinotsigira varwi vedu vakashinga.
Ndapota, vanhu, chimbomirai.
Muna Kurume 2003, gorilla rinorema makirogiramu 1000, pasina kudenhwa, rakarwisa mukadzi ane makore 95 okukura ari muwiricheya. Tarira uye tarira gorilla rakamukunda zviri nyore. Izvi zvinoita kuti godo rishinga here?
Muvhimi anovata ari bofu rake
'Neath camouflage yemarudzi ese
Murume mukuru uyu, ane rombo rakanaka
Ari kutarisira kukunda dhadha.
Ogden nash
Masoja eAmerica akashinga nekuti vari kuisa hupenyu hwavo panjodzi mazuva ese? Aiwa, mapenzi; mapenzi ekuisa upenyu hwavo panjodzi nokuda kwezvinangwa zvinotyisa zvehondo iyi, zvavasingatombonzwisisi. Kana ini ndichipokana nehondo nekuda kwezviuru zvemarudzi zvinotyisa zvinonaya pamusoro pevanhu veIraqi, ndingatsigira sei avo vanoita zvinotyisa?
Al Franken, munyarikani anove anotungamira redhiyo yeAir America, anoda kuti iwe utende kuti anopesana nehondo, asi akaenda kuIraq kunofadza mauto kwechinguva kumashure. Izvozvo zvine musoro here? Sei mauto achiunza varaidzo kuvarwi? Kuti vasimudze mweya yavo. Sei mauto achida kusimudzira mauto? Murwi anofara anoita basa rake zviri nani. Basa remusoja nderei? Kunaya zviuru zvemhando dzekutyisa pavanhu veIraqi.
Uye heunoi mutauriri weMHINDURO, mumwe wemasangano maviri anotungamira anorwisa hondo ari kushanda nhasi: 'Hatipikisane nemauto. Isu hatipikisane nemauto, tinoada. Ndosaka tichida kuvaunza kumba.' {5} Panofanira kuva neimwe nzira iri nani yekutaura manzwiro iwayo.
Varwi vakashinga, vandinoda, ndivo vakaramba nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana kuenderera mberi nemhosva dzevanhu, kunyangwe zvichireva kujeri kana kudzingwa muCanada.
Kuseka dzidziso dzekurangana
Munguva yehondo inotonhora apo Washington yakatarisana nemhosva yekusazvibata kweAmerica kunze kwenyika, zvaive zvakajairika kureva kuti maRusskis kana mamwe makomisheni akashata aive seri kwekupararira kwengano dzakadaro; izvi zvaiwanzokwana kuzvidza nyaya mupfungwa dzemuAmerica anofunga zvakanaka. Kubva panguva iyoyo, nzira yekuzvidzivirira nayo pakupomerwa uye mibvunzo isingafadzi yave iri mutsauko wekuti: 'Ah, zvinonzwika sedzidziso yekurangana.' (Chuckle, chuckle) Wese munyori wenhau weWhite House anodzidza izvozvo zuva rake rekutanga risati rasvika pabasa.
Ndiri kuyeuchidzwa nezveizvi nekuda kwekuvandudzwa kwazvino munyaya yakatora nguva refu yekubhomba kwePanAm 103 pamusoro peLockerbie, Scotland muna 1988, izvo zvakatora hupenyu hwevanhu mazana maviri nemakumi manomwe. Kweanopfuura gore zvadaro, US neUK dzakasimbirira kuti Iran, Syria, uye sangano rePalestine rakanga riri kukonzeresa bhomba. Vakuru veWashington neLondon vakasimbirira kuti 'vaivimba' , 'vakagutsikana chose' , vaiva 'nehumbowo hwakaoma'โฆ kusvikira kuvakwa kweHondo yeGulf kwauya muna 270 uye rutsigiro rweIran neSyria rwaidiwa. Kamwe kamwe, muna Gumiguru 1990, US yakazivisa kuti yaive Libya - nyika yechiArab isingatsigire US kuvaka kuGulf War uye zvirango zvakatemerwa Iraq - izvo zvaive kumashure kwebhomba. Kubva ipapo, avo vakabvunza iyi vhezheni itsva yepamutemo vakadaidzwa kuti (choke, gasp) 'mazano ekurangana' .
Pakupedzisira, maLibya maviri akapomerwa zviri pamutemo muUS neScotland, akatongwa muHague, nemumwe, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, achiwanikwa aine mhosva muna 2001 uye akatongerwa kugara mujeri. Mhosva yacho yanga iri nhando chaiyo, yandakataura zvakadzama. ('Ndiri kushamiswa zvachose, kushamiswa,' akadaro purofesa wemitemo wekuScotland uyo akanga ari mugadziri wekutongwa. 'Ndakanga ndisingadi zvikuru kutenda kuti chero mutongi weScottish aizopa chero munhu mhosva, kunyange muLibya, pamusana pehuchapupu hwakadaro.' ){6}
Chinhu chakakosha chehumbowo hunobatanidza Libya kune mhosva yaive chidimbu chidiki chedare redunhu, chinofungidzirwa kuti chakabva mumudziyo wenguva kana detonator, izvo vaongorori vakangowana munzvimbo ine matanda mamaira akawanda kubva kuLockerbie imwe nguva mushure mehutsinye. Zvino, aimbova mukuru wemapurisa ekuScotland auya uye akabvuma kuti humbowo uhu hwakagadzirwa. CIA yakairima, akadaro. Uyezve, chapupu chikuru chemuchuchisi chakapinzwa mubvunzo mushure mekunge kwanzi dzimwe nyaya nhatu dzakamiswa nekuti humbowo hwayo hwakanga husina kuvimbika. zvakazarurwa kuita kuti asave nechokwadi zvakanyanya neshanduro yepamutemo.
Saka nguva inotevera yaunonzwa mutauriri wehutongi achiseka pamusoro pemumwe munhu ari kubvunza tsananguro yehurumende pane zvimwe zvakaoma zviri kuitika, yeuka kuti kuderedzwa kwedzidziso dzekurangana kungangove kurangana.
Zvichienderana nekunyatsotsvaga kweLexis-Nexis dhatabhesi, zvinoita sekunge hapana kana izwi rimwe chete rezvakazarurwa izvi zvitsva rakabuda mune chero bepanhau reAmerica. Hakusi kurangana. Asi inotaura chimwe chinhu nezve mashandiro anoita nhepfenyuro yeAmerica. Mienzaniso yekudzvinyirirwa kwakapararira muUnited States yenhau dzakakosha dzinobva kunze kwenyika dzakawanda uye dzinenge dzinogara dzichisanganisira zvinhu zvinoratidzira zvakaipa pamitemo yeAmerica yekune dzimwe nyika; iyo ichangoburwa flap nezve Downing Street Memos ndiyo imwe nyaya mune poindi
Postscript: Zvinotonyanya kushamisa kuti kwemakore gumi nemashanu United States yanga ichidzivirira Iran semugadziri webhomba rePanAm. Zvakaoma kuona kuti Washington ingambobvuma sei manyepo aya kuti yanga ichirarama, asi ndinofungidzira kuti panguva yakakodzera chimwe chinhu chicha'onekwa', sechidimbu chebhodhi redunhu.
Uye nenzira, Libya haina kumboreurura kuti yakaita chiitiko ichi. Vakangotora 'basa', vaine tarisiro yekuti zvirango zvakasiyana siyana kwavari zvipere.
Kuponesa Japan kubva pacifism
'Vachishuvira nemoyo wese kurunyararo rwepasi rose rwakavakirwa pakururamisira uye kurongeka, vanhu vekuJapan vanoramba zvachose hondo sekodzero yekutonga yenyika uye kutyisidzira kana kushandiswa kwesimba senzira yekugadzirisa kusawirirana kwenyika.
'Kuti tizadzise chinangwa chendima yapfuura, nyika, gungwa, uye mauto emhepo, pamwe chete nemamwe masimba ehondo, haazombochengetedzwa. Kodzero yokurwa kwehurumende haisati ichizocherekedzwa.โโ Chikamu 9 cheBumbiro reMitemo reJapan, 1947, mashoko akakosheswa kwenguva refu navazhinji zvikuru vavanhu vokuJapan.
Mukukunda kwekupera kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, kutorwa kweAmerica kweJapan, mumunhu waGeneral Douglas MacArthur, kwakaita basa guru mukusikwa kwebumbiro iri. Asi mushure mekunge macommunist atanga kutonga muChina muna 1949, United States yakasarudza Japan yakasimba yakavharirwa zvakachengetedzeka mumusasa unopesana nemakomunisti. Zvanga zvichidzika kubva ipapo. Danho nedanhoโฆ MacArthur pachake akarayira kuti pave ne 'nzvimbo inochengeterwa mapurisa yenyika', iyo yakazova mwana mucheche wemauto eJapan aizouya ... Achishanyira Tokyo muna 1956, Munyori weUnited States of State John Foster Dulles akaudza vakuru vakuru veJapan kuti: 'Kare, Japan yakanga akaratidza ukuru hwake pamusoro pevaRussia uye pamusoro peChina. Yakanga yava nguva yokuti Japan ifunge zvakare kuva uye kuita seSimba Guru.' . rubatsiro kuUS mukuita mauto anogara achirwa muAsia ... yakadzokorodza kumanikidza kweUS kuJapan kuti iwedzere bhajeti rayo remauto uye saizi yemauto ayoโฆ nzvimbo dzinopfuura zana dzemauto eUS muJapan, dzakadzivirirwa nemauto eJapanโฆ maekisesaizi echiuto uye tsvakurudzo yakabatana pamusoro pechirongwa chekudzivirira chinokandwa โฆ Mumiriri weUS kuJapan, 8: 'Ndinofunga kuti chokwadi chemamiriro akaita zvinhu munyika chichakurudzira maJapan kuti vadudzire zvakare kana kutsanangura patsva Chisungo chechipfumbamwe.' . State Colin Powell, 2001: 'Kana Japan ichaita basa rakazara pasi rose uye ikava nhengo yakazara yeSecurity Council, uye iine mhando yezvisungo iyo yaizotora senhengo yeSecurity Council. , Chisungo cheChipfumbamwe chinofanira kuongororwa saizvozvo.'{9} ...
Mumwe muuyo kana kuti chiratidzo chezvose izvi zvimwe unogona kuoneka muchinoitika chazvino uno chaKimiko Nezu, mudzidzisi wechiJapan ane makore 54 okukura, uyo akarangwa kupfurikidza nokutamiswa kubva kuchikoro kuenda kuchikoro, kumiswa, kuderedzwa kwemihoro, uye kutyisidzirwa kwaakaitwa. kudzingwa basa pamusana pokuramba kwake kumira pakuridzwa kwerwiyo rwenyika, rwiyo rweHondo Yenyika II rwakasarudzwa serwiyo muna 1999. Anopikisa rwiyo rwacho nokuti rwakaimbwa rumwe chete neHondo yeImperial yakatanga kubva kuJapan ichishevedzera ' kutonga kusingaperi' kwamambo. Pamhemberero dzekupedza kudzidza muna 2004, vadzidzisi 198 vakaramba kumiririra rwiyo urwu. Mushure mekutevedzwa kwefaindi nekurangwa, Nezu nevamwe vadzidzisi vapfumbamwe ndivo chete vairatidzira gore rino. Nezu ava kutenderwa kudzidzisa chete kana mumwe mudzidzisi aripo.{11}
Ngozi dzepoto nemvura
Mukutanga kwaNyamavhuvhu ane makore 25, mupurisa weWashington, DC akafa mushure mekushandisa mvura yakawandisa paaidzidzira bhasikoro 'hyponatremia, kusaenzana kwesodium kunokonzerwa nekunwa mvura yakawandisa. Muna 2003, Washington Post yakashuma kuti 'vamhanyi vana vemarathon vakafa nekukuvara kwakabatana nehyponatremia mumakore gumi apfuura' .{12} Ndakaverengawo nezvemumwe munhu ari kufa nekuda kwekunwa mukaka wakawandisa panguva imwe chete.
Saka izvi zvinoenda kupi? Kune vaya vanonyevera nezvenjodzi yembanje. Vanotaura nezvekukuvadza kunonzi kwakaitwa kune mumwe munhu akaishandisa, vasingataure kuti yakashandiswa yakawanda sei uye munguva ipi. Pfungwa yekuchengeta mupfungwa ndeyokuti * chero chinhu * chinogona kukuvadza kana chikanwiwa muhuwandu hwakawandisa uye / kana nekukurumidza.
ZVINYORWA
{1} Associated Press, Gunyana 1, 2005
{2} Agence France-Presse, Gunyana 2, 2005
{3} Los Angeles Times, Gumiguru 5, 1988, 'CIA Inonzi Yakawana 'Rezinesi Kuuraya' Magandanga'
{4} The Seattle Times, Gumiguru 15, 2003, p.A7
{5} Washington Post, Gunyana 2, 2005
{6} members.aol.com/bblum6/panam.htm
{7} The Herald (Glasgow), Nyamavhuvhu 19, 2005; Scotland neSvondo (Glasgow) Nyamavhuvhu 28, 2005
{8} Los Angeles Times, Gunyana 23, 1994
{9} Washington Post, Chikunguru 18, 2001
{10} BBC, Nyamavhuvhu 14, 2004
{11} Washington Post, Nyamavhuvhu 30, 2005, p.10
{12} Ibid., Gumiguru 24, 2003
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