Litlhōlo tsa mantlha tsa John Kerry li ntse li eketseha mme bakhethi ba "mang kapa mang-empa-Bush" ba ntse ba batlana le Moahi. Massachusetts Senator ea "e tlisa" lipuo tsa tlhōlo li etsa hore Ma-Democrats a lelekoe, empa ha ho tluoa tabeng ea leano la linaheng tse ling, Kerry ha se motho ea khahlanong le Bush eo ba bangata ba e labalabelang.
Ha papali e qala har'a ba ratang mosebetsi oa mmuso haeba Kerry a ka otla Bush ka Pulungoana, ha ho eso ho ka ho fa batho ba nang le tšepo hajoale ba eletsang mokhethoa hore a shebe ka botebo.
Nahana ka baeletsi ba Kerry ba maano a kantle ho naha. Botsa batšehetsi ba mokhethoa, 'me moeletsi eo ba mo bolelang pele ke Joe Wilson, setho sa Lekhotla la Ts'ireletso la Naha la mehleng ea Clinton se ileng sa etsa lipatlisiso ka liqoso tsa hore Saddam Hussein o ne a leka ho reka uranium ea boemo ba libetsa ho tloha Niger. Wilson o hapile linaleli tsa ntoa ho tsoa ho tsoelopele bakeng sa ho phatlalatsa seo a se fumaneng, se neng se hanana le liqoso tsa tsamaiso ea Bush. Mosali oa Wilson, moemeli oa CIA Valerie Plame o ile a ntšoa ke mohloli kapa mehloli ea White House ka lebaka leo.
Wilson e kanna ea ba katiba e tšoeu, empa ho thata ho bua se tšoanang ka Richard Morningstar, Rand Beers le William Perry, litho tse ling tse tharo tsa sehlopha sa maano a kantle ho naha sa Kerry.
Morningstar, moeletsi oa mehleng oa Mopresidente Clinton mabapi le matla a Caspian, o ile a kenya letsoho ho sutumelletsa peipi ea oli ea Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan. Morero ona o na le ts'ehetso e matla mahlakoreng ka bobeli a tsela ea lipolotiki. Likhamphani tse kopaneng tsa oli li tsetelitsoe haholo, ho kenyeletsoa BP ea Borithane, le lifeme tsa US Unocal le Amerada Hess. Lilemong tsa bo-1990, tsamaiso ea Clinton e ile ea etsa sohle se matleng a eona ho hleka tsela bakeng sa BTC, ho kenyeletsoa ho atolosa lichelete tsa US Export-Import Bank, le ho thaotha Dick Cheney, James Baker le ba bang ho buella mebuso ea libaka.
Feme ea molao ea James Baker, Baker Botts, e emetse BP. Dick Cheney's Halliburton, morekisi oa indasteri ea oli, o hapile konteraka ea ho aha libaka tsa tlhoekiso bakeng sa linaha tse 'maloa tsa Caspian. Joaloka setho sa Boto ea eona ea Batsamaisi, Condoleezza Rice o ile a thusa ho buisana ka tumellano ea Chevron ea ho cheka tšimo eo ho neng ho thoe e ruile ka ho fetisisa ea Caspian, Tengiz.
Ka 2003, Morningstar o ile a hlalosetsa lenaneo la Harvard University Caspian Studies hore pipeline, e neng e tla feta Azerbaijan, Georgia le Turkey, e lebeletsoe hore e sebelisoe ke linaha tsa Leoatle la Caspian ho tlisa oli ea bona ka bophirimela 'marakeng. Joalo ka ha Morningstar e hlaloselitse litho tsa morero oa Harvard, e nts'etsapele lipheo tse fapaneng tsa leano la tikoloho, har'a tsona, ho khothaletsa ts'ireletso ea matla le ho netefatsa hore ha ho Russia kapa Iran e ka nts'etsapele puso ea li-piplelines tse tsoang Caspian. (Lenaneo la Harvard la Caspian Studies le tšehelitsoe ke Chevron, Unocal le Amerada Hess har'a ba bang.)
Ka tumellano ea Turkey, mosebetsi oa phala ea BTC o qalile ka September '02. Banka ea Lefatše e ile ea lumellana ka November e fetileng ho fana ka lichelete tsa liranta tse limilione tse 250, empa lihlopha tsa litokelo tsa botho le litsebi tsa tikoloho li ntse li tšepile hore e ka emisoa. Selemong se fetileng, Amnesty International e ile ea lokolla tlaleho e bontšang hore morero ona o tla hatakela litokelo tsa botho tsa batho ba likete-kete le ho baka tšenyo e khōlō ea tikoloho. AI e bolela hore tumellano ea batšehetsi ba lipeipi le mmuso oa Turkey e amohang batho ba lehae le basebetsi litokelo tsa bona tsa botho. (“Human Rights On the Line,” Amnesty International, May 2003.)
Tsamaiso ea Kerry e nang le Morningstar e le Moeletsi oa Tšireletso ea Sechaba e ka lebelloa ho boloka BTC e le tseleng. Ha ho letho le ka fetohang lefats'eng la khoebo ea temo le khoebo. Ka 1999, e le moemeli oa United States ho European Union, Morningstar e ile ea fana ka tlhaselo e matla ea leano la EU le thibelang lijo tsa GM. "Lipolotiki le demagoguery li nkile ka ho feletseng ts'ebetso ea taolo," o ile a re. Mongoli oa Temo oa Bush, Ann Veneman, o sebelisa mantsoe a tšoanang hantle.
E mong oa baeletsi ba maano a Kerry a kantle ho naha ke Rand Beers. Sean Donahue oa Massachusetts Anti-Corporate Clearinghouse o ngotse tlaleho e senolang ka mosebetsi oa Beer bakeng sa webosaete ea Counterpunch khoeling e fetileng. Ho lekane ho bolela hore Beers e ne e le sefahleho sa sechaba sa lenaneo le bolaeang la Clinton la ho chesa lijalo Colombia. O kile a bua ka kano hore likhukhuni tsa Columbia li fumane koetliso likampong tsa Al Qaeda Afghanistan. (Tlaleho eo hamorao a ileng a tlameha ho e tlosa.)
"Haeba John Kerry a lumella Rand Beers hore e tsoele pele ho tataisa leano la hae la kantle ho naha, tsamaiso ea Kerry e ke ke ea e-ba molemo ho batho ba mahaeng ba Colombia ho feta tsamaiso ea Bush," ho ngotse Donahue. Bakhethi ba batlang hore Senator Kerry a fane ka mokhoa o mong oa botho ho Bush ba lokela ho batla hore Senator e itlame hore e se ke ea etsa Mongoli oa Naha oa Beers.
Ho potoloha sehlopha sa Kerry ke William Perry. Joaloka Mongoli oa Tšireletso, Perry o ile a etella pele leano la ntoa la ka mor'a serame sa ho tsosolosa indasteri ea ts'ireletso, empa morero oa Perry e ne e se "karohano ea khotso" eo Maamerika a neng a nahanne ka eona. Perry o ile a sutumetsa lenaneo la mmuso le lefang borakonteraka ba sesole ho kopanya, ba pheha khang ea hore ke li-conglomerate tse kholo feela tse tla ba le se hlokahalang ho qothisana lehlokoa le 21st Century. Pentagon e fane ka mongolo o sa fellang bakeng sa ho kopanya indasteri ea ts'ireletso.
Ho seo mohlahlobisisi Bernie Sanders (I-VT) a ileng a se bitsa "litefo bakeng sa ho lelekoa mosebetsing," Pentagon ea Perry e ile ea nka litšenyehelo tsa ho tsamaisa lisebelisoa, ho qhaqha lifeme le ho fana ka liparachute tsa khauta bakeng sa batsamaisi ba phahameng. Leano la Litaba tsa Kantle ho Naha ho Focus le tlaleha hore Perry o ile a tlameha ho fumana khohlano ea phaello pele a ka khantša lenaneo la lithuso tsa ho kopanya. O ile a sebetsa e le moeletsi ea lefuoang bakeng sa Martin Marietta hang-hang pele a kena tsamaisong ea Clinton. ("Military-Industrial Complex Revisited," Foreign Policy in Focus, 2001.)
Kajeno, Lockheed Martin, e bōpiloeng ka kopano e phatlalalitsoeng likhoeli tse seng kae ka mor'a hore leano la Perry le qale, ke moetsi ea ka sehloohong oa libetsa naheng. Likarolo tsa eona li kenyelletsa Martin Marietta, Loral Defense le General Dynamics. Likopano li ile tsa fokotsa meputso ea lik'hamphani, empa li ile tsa atolosa tšusumetso ea tsona ea lipolotiki.
Ha a tlohela mosebetsi ka '98 Perry o ile a ikopanya le boto ea e' ngoe ea tse kholo ka ho fetisisa - Seattle-based Boeing Corporation. Bakeng sa ba thahasellang, Perry o ile a boela a kena sehlopheng sa Carlyle, feme e thehiloeng Saudi eo balekane ba eona ba kenyelletsang baeta-pele ba lefats'e ba kenyeletsang Tonakholo ea mehleng ea Brithani John Major, mongoli oa mehleng oa naha James Baker le Mopresidente oa pele Bush.
Mang kapa mang haese Bush mohlomong, empa bakhethi ba bangata ba kanna ba batla ho bona mmusong mang kapa mang ntle le Morningstar, Perry le Beers.
KA TLHOKOMELISO: Laura Flanders ke motsamaisi oa Mohala oa Hao o utluoang matsatsing a beke ho KALW-FM e San Francisco le Marang-rang le mongoli oa Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species, (March 2004, ho tsoa Verso Books.)