Umthombo: I-Counterpunch
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Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo eyadlulayo, ndandingqengqe kumngxunya wam kwindawo yokuphumla yamajoni, ndilindele umyalelo wokugqibela wokuwela umda usuka eKuwait usiya eIraq. Abanye oomatiloshe babebhalela izithandwa zabo iileta, bajonge izixhobo zabo kangangesihlandlo sewaka, bagxadazele kwigumbi lokuhlambela okanye batshaye ngenxa yoloyiko. Abanye bahlekisa ngokubulala abafazi baseIraq kwaye ngubani oza kubulala uninzi lwamaIraq. Niyazi, onke amakhwenkwe aseMelika, esilwa umlo olungileyo, kunye noThixo kwicala lethu, njengoko UDylan wakha wacula. Emva kweenyanga ezininzi zenkampu yoqeqesho kunye noqeqesho lwamajoni, yayilixesha lokushukuma. Ekugqibeleni, imfazwe yafika.
Ukubuyela ekhaya, umntu ophulukene nengqiqo kunye ne-dodger ezimisele ukuhlawulela ukusilela kukayise kwezopolitiko kwaye elangazelela eyakhe, wabetha abantu baseMelika ngomsindo. intetho encinci oko kwaphawula ukuqala kweyona ntshabalalo kwaye imfazwe ebangelwe yenkulungwane yama-21. Ngelo xesha, bambalwa abaqondayo Ubunzima obuyintlekele besigqibo sikaBush, eUnited States nakwihlabathi liphela, nangona ilungile, uninzi abalweli bemfazwe benjenjalo.
Ngelo xesha, ulawulo lukaBush lwaluchithe iinyanga ezininzi exoka kuluntu lwaseMelika malunga Unxibelelwano olucingelwayo lwase-Iraq kuhlaselo lwe-9/11. UDick Cheney waxoxa ukuba uSaddam Hussein kunye no-Osama bin Laden babengabahlobo abalungileyo, kodwa ubudlelwane zange bubekho kwinyani. Baye baxoxa ukuba iSaddam inezixhobo zokutshabalalisa (i-WMDs), kodwa nazo zazingekho. I-Phantoms yamkhathaza uBush kunye namaqabane akhe exesha leMfazwe ebandayo, uDick Cheney noDonald Rumsfeld. Kwaye bajika ezo ziporho zibe luloyiko-iimbumbulu ezifunekayo lungisa ihlabathi embonweni wabo, okanye babecinga njalo.
Akuzange kube kudala, umdla wehla kwiqela lethu. Iiveki zaqengqeleka zaba ziinyanga, yaye iinyanga zaba ezininzi. Yintoni eyayifanele ukuba a impinda yeMfazwe yeGulf ka-1991 ngokukhawuleza iguqulwe yaba ngu-a iphulo elinobundlobongela lokulwa nokuvukela, izinto ezinje amajoni ase-US angazange abe nazo ukususela kwilinge labo elingaphumelelanga lokoyisa ama impiriyali eVietnam, eLaos, naseKhambodiya. Iibhombu zemoto kunye nee-IED endaweni yezinti zepunji kunye nohlaselo oluphathwayo olulungelelaniswe kakhulu kunye nokulalela. Amadoda anxibe ipyjama ezimhlophe athatha indawo yamadoda anxibe ipyjama ezimnyama.
E-US, abantu bahlala bengalungelelananga emva kwamashumi eminyaka emininzi yoloyiso lwe-neoconservative kunye ne-neoliberal yezopolitiko, ngakumbi ukutshatyalaliswa kwabasebenzi abacwangcisiweyo. Ekhohlo, ndiphila kancinci, baxhoma iindibano zokulwa imfazwe kunye noqhanqalazo kodwa awuzange uphuhlise umbono ongaphaya iintshukumo ezinkulu. Kwaye nokuba bekunokwenzeka, iziseko zentlalo nezopolitiko ukwenza loo mbono bezingekho.
Oko kuthetha, ndinika uzuko olukhulu kwabo bathetha ngelo xesha. Abantu abancinci basenokungakhumbuli, kwaye abantu abadala basenokukhetha ukulibala, kodwa ukuqhankqalaza kwemfazwe kwiminyaka eyalandela i9/11 kwathatha isibindi. Kwabizwa abantu ababethetha phandle ngemfazwe abangcatshi nabanovelwano ngabanqolobi ngabantu bemithombo yeendaba abalungileyo, abaphembeleli bolondolozo, kunye namaRiphabhlikhi aqhelekileyo. Ukuchasa imfazwe yayikukuthiya amagqala kunye nendwe. Ubuncinane yayingumgca lowo ngelo xesha.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, amaphupha, iminqweno, kunye noloyiko lwabantu base-Iraqi, abathi, emva kokuba eyonakalisa iMfazwe yase-Iran-Iraq (1980โ1988), okhawulezayo, onegazi, kwaye ifakwe ngamachiza Imfazwe yeGulf (1990-1991), kunye izigwebo zokubulala (1991โ2003), azizange zixoxwe okanye ziqwalaselwe. Ngokutsho kweMarine Corps kunye namadoda awayendiqeqeshela, abantu baseIraqi โbabeziintshaba zesanti,โ โiihajiโ kunye โnabakhweli beenkamela.โ Emve Ekhaya, babizwa "abanqolobi" okanye "iintloko zeetawuli." I-xenophobes yaseMelika yabhidanisa amaSikhs kumaSilamsi, ehlukumeza abo bangaphambili bekhangela aba bamva.
NgoSeptemba 15, 2001, ngaphantsi kweveki emva ko-9/11, Balbir Singh Sodhi wahlaselwa wabulawa ngumntu oneminyaka engama-42 ubudala UFrank Silva Roque ngaphandle kwesikhululo segesi saseChevron iBalbir ephethwe eMesa, eArizona. Ngelo xesha, uBalbir wayetyala iintyatyambo ngaphandle kwevenkile yakhe xa uRoque wakhwela kwilori yakhe waza wamdubula izihlandlo ezihlanu ngompu we-semiautomatic. Umninawa kaBalbir, uSukhpal, wayekho ubulewe yimbumbulu elahlekileyo ngelixa eqhuba iteksi yakhe eSan Francisco ngaphantsi konyaka kamva. Kuphela eMelika.
E-Iraq, izinto ziye zaya zisiba mbi kakhulu kwaye zaya zisiba mbi kakhulu kwiminyaka embalwa edluleyo. Ngokuthunyelwa kwethu okwesibini (Agasti 2004 - April 2005), sabona umbhalo eludongeni: UMalume uSam wayengayi kumka eMesopotamiya nanini na. Ngokungafaniyo neVietnam, le mfazwe yayinentsingiselo yokwenyani ye-geopolitical: ioyile. Nditsho noGeorge F. Kennan, uthixo we ''Ithiyori yeDomino,' yangqina ngokuchasene nokubandakanyeka kwe-US eVietnam kwi IKomiti yeSenethi yoBudlelwane baNgaphandle kwi 1966.
Kodwa ioli iyodwa yayinganelanga ukugcina i-US e-Iraq. UBush kunye noCo kwafuneka bagcine ubuso. Amazwe ngamazwe iintloni ibingeyondlela yokukhetha. Nangona inkcaso yaseIraq yayisele iwenza buthathaka ngokupheleleyo umzamo womkhosi wase-US, uGeorge Bush andikwazanga ukuvuma ukoyiswa, hayi ngoko, hayi ngoku, nanini na. Imfazwe yayilungile. Unobangela wawububulungisa. "Esihogweni kunye nabagxeki!" bacula i-neoconservatives kunye namaKristu evangeli awayeyixhasa ngokunyanisekileyo imfazwe, abambalwa abazisebenzelayo. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, uninzi lwabo ndisayikhusela imfazwe.
Kuyavela ukuba, i-hubris kunye nemfundiso yeengcamango zifana nje amandla anamandla, ngakumbi xa zidityanisiwe, njengoko izinto eziphathekayo okanye zibonwa realpolitik. Noko ke, ekugqibeleni, akuzange kubekho nto ibalulekileyo. Ama-Iraqi, afana neVietnam, asebenzisana nemikhosi yase-US, ehlala esazi into enye: nokuba kwenzeka ntoni na, babesilwa kwilizwe labo. I I-US ibindwendwela okwethutyana. Kwaye nokuba oko kuhlala okomzuzwana kwaphela iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu okanye amashumi amahlanu eminyaka, ama-Iraqi aya kuhlala enyamezele. Inkcubeko eyanwenwela emva isifingo sempucuko wayesilwa inkcubeko eyakhulela kwiBigMacs. Isiphumo sasinokuqikelelwa, kungakhathaliseki ukuba iMelika iphezulu emkhosini, kwezobuchwepheshe, nakwezoqoqosho.
E-Iraq, iiMarines zaphuma ekugwebeni ii-IED kunye nokudubula abantu ukuya ukungcungcuthekisa amabanjwa yonke imisebenzi yosuku. Iiyunithi ezingoomatshini zoyikisa abalimi zaza zabetha iingxowa zesanti kwiintloko zabafana abamsulwa bama-Arab ababegqalwa 'ngeeThagethi zeXabiso eliPhezulu' (HVTs). Inkoliso yabo yayingakwazi ukuthetha isiNgesi yaye ayizange isiqonde isizathu sokuba bathinjelwe. Kubi kakhulu kubo, eh? Babekwindawo engafanelekanga ngexesha elingafanelekanga. Yindlela ehamba ngayo. Iimfazwe zimdaka, ubuncinci yiloo nto esiyixelelwa ngabaphathi bethu.
I-Morale yehla kakhulu ekupheleni kokuthunyelwa kwesibini xa abaphathi bethu bazisa i-battalion ukuba abanye bethu baya kuthumela okwesithathu. Ngeli xesha, icocaine kunye nokhula zazisele ziziindawo eziphambili kwinkampu. Abanye bethu babevuthela imigca kunye nezitya ezitshayayo begadile yaye bemile besemsebenzini kwizithuba zokuphonononga. Oomatiloshe baselwandle babenxila rhoqo yaye bejikeleza bengenazo izixhobo ezifanelekileyo. Akukho mntu wenza i-fuck. Abo benzayo babehlekwa okanye bangahoywa.
Ekufikeni kwethu ekhaya, uninzi lweqela lalingamanxila, amakhoboka eziyobisi, abathanda isini, okanye umxube wabathathu. Uqhawulo-mtshato, iintlawulo zohlaselo, ii-DUIs, kunye neendawo zokubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo zaqala, kubandakanya ukuzibulala, ukusebenzisa iziyobisi ngokugqithisileyo, kunye noxilongo lomhlaza. Uyazi, uhlobo lweshiti abangakubonisi kwiintengiso okanye bathethe ngalo kwiziko lokugaya abantu.
Kodwa eso sisiqingatha sebali kuphela. Imiphumo yokulwa idla ngokuba yingozi ngakumbi kunesenzo ngokwaso, nto leyo, xa sithetha inyani, yayimnandi kakhulu ngamanye amaxesha. Akukho nto idlula i-adrenaline yokulahla i-firefight. Akukho nto. Yiyo loo nto abaninzi abafana bayayikhumbula. Yiyo loo nto bebaninzi kangaka abafuna ukuzonwabisa kubomi babahlali, maxa wambi bezenzakalisa bona nabanye. Iimoto ezikhawulezayo kunye nezithuthuthu zishiya izidumbu ezifileyo. Inaliti inokuzisa kuphela induduzo enkulu: ibhotile, efanayo. Yinyani: ubomi basekuhlaleni buyakruqula. Wonke umntu onamava okulwa uyayiqonda loo nto. Kwinqanaba lomntu kakhulu, kwinqanaba leselula, imfazwe itshintsha ngokusisigxina.
Kwinqanaba le-geopolitical, asikaqondi ngokupheleleyo iimpembelelo zexesha elide zeMfazwe yase-Iraq. Mhlawumbi asisoze. Uluhlu lwabantu luyothusa: naphi na 250,000โ1,000,000+ abafileyo, ne izigidi ziye zagxothwa ngaphandle nangaphakathi. Amakhulu amawaka anyamezele izigulo zobomi bonke ngenxa yeembumbulu ezifakwe ngamachiza ezifana i uranium okanye imizimba eyenzakeleyo ngenxa yohlaselo lwebhombu, uhlaselo lweenqwelomoya, imbumbulu elahlekileyo, okanye ezinye iintlobo zemibhobho yegadi. Imfazwe yaseIraq yabangela ukuba eyona ngxaki inkulu yeembacu ukususela ngeMfazwe Yehlabathi II. Yona akhulule amandla kulo lonke elaseLibya, eSyria, nangaphaya koko kufana neyona mikhosi isabelayo nebulalayo yamaXesha Aphakathi.
Mawaka Imikhosi yase-US yafa ngenxa yobuxoki kunye neengxabano. Iintsapho zabo bonakele ngokwasemoyeni, ngokwentlalo nangokomoya. Kukwanjalo nangeentsapho zabemi baseIraq abangenamagama abatshabalala kumathafa edabi anothuli eMesopotamiya. Amashumi amawaka amagqala bazibulele, eshiya ngasemva iintsapho ezaphukileyo yaye izizukulwana zokwenzakala ngokweemvakalelo. Ukuthatha umhlobo wakho ofileyo okanye amalungu akhe aqhekekileyo nanegazi kuyoyikeka ngokwaneleyo, kodwa kubi kakhulu xa ufumanisa ukuba ibiyinto engento, ngenye indlela eyaziwa ngokuba 'yi 'Ukwenzakala Ekuziphatheni.' Ewe, akukho nto kanye - senze abantu abaninzi isihogo imali eninzi kwaye wamisa i-egos yamadoda angakhuselekanga awayecinga ukuba alawula ihlabathi.
Kwixesha elizayo, ndinokuba nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wolutsha luthetha โNgeeMfazwe Ezinkulu Zeoyile Zenkulungwane Yama-21.โ Ukulwa iimfazwe zeoyile, eyona mveliso inokubangela ukuphela kwempucuko. Owu, isigqebelo. Kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa, umfana okanye ibhinqa eliselula elingazange lizalwe xa iMfazwe yase-Iraq yaqalayo iya kunyathela kwisanti yase-Iraq njengokontraka, igosa leDoD, okanye abasebenzi basemkhosini. Ngaba unokuthelekelela?
Emva ekhaya, imfazwe yanceda ekutshabalaliseni into eyayisele isele ayinademokhrasi kwaye ezopolitiko zamandulo kunye nenkqubo yomthetho. Abantu baseMelika bathembele kancinci kumajelo eendaba ngenxa yobuxoki beentatheli, kunye neendaba ezixelwe ngexesha lokukhokelela emfazweni. I Imfazwe yaseIraq yaqalisa ngexesha lokungathembi amaziko enkululeko. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, umkhwa okhule kwakudala ngaphambi ko-2003, kodwa oye wakhawuleziswa bubuxoki obuthethelela ukuvela kobukhosi okunexabiso eliphezulu (iibhiliyoni ezi-2 zeedola nokubalwa).
Ngo-2008, nangona kunjalo, inyaniso yaphakamisa ngokwenene ikhuselo loBukhosi baseMelika kunye ne-capitalism. Enjalo amaphephandaba kunye norhulumente ebexoke ngeWMDs ngoku ukuxoka ngemvelaphi (ukubeka ityala kubantu abahluphekayo kunye neemanyano zabasebenzi endaweni yeebhanki kunye neenkampani) zokudodobala koqoqosho olukhulu, eyona ntlekele yoqoqosho ibalulekileyo eya kubetha i-US ukusukela ngo-1929 (yade yabetha i-COVID). Ngenxa yoko, ngo-2010, i-Tea Party yathatha amandla. Ngo-2017, uTrump wangena kwi-White House, kwaye yonke enye yimbali.
Ngoku, iminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo emva kwesigqibo solwaphulo-mthetho sika-W sokuhlasela nokuhlala e-Iraq, uluntu luzifumana lukwindawo ekhethekileyo yembali. Utshintsho lweMozulu lulodwa luya kuphinda luhlengahlengise ubume behlabathi kunye nayo yonke inkalo yobomi bethu ngeendlela ekungekho mntu unokuthelekelela ngayo. Sele isenza njalo. Uqoqosho lwehlabathi, oluxhomekeke kuhlobo lohlumo olungenasiphelo, alukwazi ukunika ubomi obundilisekileyo nesidima kubantu abaninzi, lutyhalela kwiibhiliyoni eluntwini. Iinkqubo zethu zezopolitiko nezomthetho zihlala zingasebenzi, ziphelelwe lixesha, kwaye zingonelanga. Oorhulumente abangoozwilakhe baya besanda. Kwaye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, i-global left ayikaboneleli ngenye indlela ecwangcisiweyo, enzulu, nehambelanayo. Ukanti, ezinye iindlela ezizezinye ziyafuneka ngoku ngakumbi kunangaphambili. Eneneni, kufuneka iinguqulelo ezinkulu, kungekhona ngokweengcamango, ngokwemilinganiselo yokuziphatha, kodwa ngenjongo yokusinda.
Namhlanje, nangona kunjalo, ndiza kuthabatha umzuzwana ndicinge ngabahlobo bam abangasekhoyo kunye nobomi endabuthathayo kwidabi lase-Iraq, imbonakalo ekude yamaphupha alityelweyo kunye neenkumbulo ezahlukeneyo. Ngokungafaniyo neminyaka edlulileyo, andiyi kulila. Uvimba wam weenyembezi woma kudala. Itanki yam yegesi, edla ngokuzaliswa ngumsindo, ngoku isebenza ingenanto. Ndidiniwe. Imfazwe ithabathe inyathelo layo. Iminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo yokucinga, uqhanqalazo, amaphupha amabi, izincoko, iintetho, udliwano-ndlebe, amaxwebhu abhaliweyo, iincoko, kunye neziporho zindenze ndadideka kwaye ndakrokra, ngamanye amaxesha ndithandabuza, kodwa ndinomdla ngakumbi kwaye ndizinikele kunangaphambili.
Ewe, ndisaqhubeka ndithetha phandle ngemfazwe. Luxanduva lwam. Ndimele ndiphendule kumaqela amabini abantu: abantu endibathandayo (usapho kunye nabahlobo) kunye nabantu base-Iraq. Ngabo kuphela abantu kwesi sijikelezi-langa endinetyala kubo, elinye endiza kuchitha ixesha lam eliseleyo ndibahlawula. Kwaye kulungile. Obo bubomi.
Ngaphandle koxanduva kunye nokuphendula, uthando kunye nentlonipho, kunye nethemba lokuhlengwa kunye nokuzalwa ngokutsha, besiya kuba phi njengoluntu, njengezidalwa? Ndazixolela kwakudala ngokuba nenxaxheba emfazweni. Andisalahli bubuthongo ngayo. Kwezi ntsuku, ndiphelelwa bubuthongo ngenxa yokungakwazi kwethu ukuphuhlisa amaziko ezopolitiko akwaziyo ukubonelela ngenye indlela kwi-capitalism kunye ne-empire, ubuhlanga kunye ne-patriarchy, ukutshatyalaliswa kwendalo kunye nobundlobongela.
Ekugqibeleni, abantu bazizidalwa ezikwaziyo ukunyamezela kwaye eziguquguqukayo. Asinaluxolo okanye ubundlobongela ngendalo - sincinci sobabini. Oko, phakathi kwezinye izinto, yeyona nto isenza sibe sodwa, sintsokothe, kwaye siguquguquke. I-Evolution yasinika obu buchopho bukhulu, kodwa asikagqibi indlela yokubusebenzisaโonjani wona umngeni onika umdla.
Ngenye imini, mhlawumbi uluntu lunokuhlala ngoxolo. Kude kube lelo xesha, kufuneka silwe njengesihogo ukuze sigubungele iintlobo kwelo cala. Oko kuqala ngokuthetha inyaniso. Oko kuqala ngokukhumbula imbali yethu edibeneyo kunye nendawo yethu ephakathi kuyo. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo kamva, masingayilibali iMfazwe yase-Iraq.
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