Phantse wonke umntu wothuswa yinto eyenzekayo kwisakhiwo saseCapitol ngomhla wesithandathu kuJanuwari. Kodwa njengejoni langaphambili kwiimfazwe zaseMelika ngonaphakade, zoyikekayo njengoko zazinjalo, ndifumene okwenzekileyo kuqhelekile ngokungaqhelekanga, phantse kungenakuthintelwa. Ndacinga ukuba, ukuba nje besiyithathele ingqalelo imbali yelizwe lethu, akukho namnye kuthi obeya kuyifumana loo mini iyothusa okanye ingazange ibonwe ngaphambili.

Ngokunyaniseka, kunokubonakala kunjalo ukuba ucinga ukuba iipolitiki zasekhaya zahluke ngokupheleleyo kumgaqo-nkqubo wethu wangaphandle. Kodwa ukuba siza kufunda nantoni na kula nzame ye-maladroit yokubhukuqa urhulumente, kufanele ukuba bahluke kwaphela. Umbuzo awungowokuba uMongameli welo xesha uDonald Trump waxhokonxa uhlaselo kwiCapitol - kunjalo uyenzile. Kunokuba: Kususela nini ukuba sikhathalele ukuba umongameli waseMelika uyaxoka ukuze aphembelele uvukelo olungekho mthethweni? Ngokunyaniseka, abalawuli bethu abaziintloko bebekwenza oko kumazwe angaphandle kangangezizukulwana ngokungohlwaywa ngokupheleleyo. Kwadlula nje ixesha ngaphambi kokuba ukuwohloka kokuziphatha kubuyele ekhaya.

Emva phaya ngo-2007, ndadibana ngokwenene UNancy Pelosi ababelandela abo bavukeli-mbuso — “Xelela uPelosi siza loo b**ch. Xelela uPelosi ukuba siza kuye!” -kweso sakhiwo kanye Capitol. Ngaloo mini, usapho lwam lwalunikela ubungqina phambi kwebandla IKomiti yeNdlu yokuBeka iliso kunye noHlaziyo malunga norhulumente wase-US i nkcazelo iphulo malunga nendlela, kwiminyaka emithathu ngaphambili, umzalwana wam UPat Tillman wafela eAfghanistan (ngenxa “yobuhlobo,” kungekhona utshaba, umlilo). Sasinikela ubungqina kunye nowayesakuba lijoni UJessica Lynch owafumana ishwangusha elifana nelo lokungachazi emva kokulalelwa kabuhlungu kweqela lakhe eNasiriyah, e-Iraq, apho amajoni abhubhela khona waza wabanjwa. Emva kwetyala, saxubusha ngetyala noPelosi, owathi emva koko wasithabatha kukhenketho olufutshane lobuqu kwiiholo zeso sakhiwo. Ngenxa yeemeko, yayisisenzo esicingisisiweyo kunye namava okuzithoba.

Ke, kwakungemnandanga ukubukela ihlokondiba elinomsindo labavukeli lihlasela iCapitol yethu, abanye ngenkuthalo. efuna ukubulala ibhinqa elahamba nentsapho yakowethu kwezo holo zinye, linxibe isuti yalo yeshishini eluhlaza. Ukubona abantu behlambalaza eso sakhiwo phezu kwezikhalazo ezisekelwe kwi-demonstrable kwaye ingenangqondo ububuxoki yenziwe nguMongameli uTrump yayiyothusa kwaye ilihlazo.

Nangona kunjalo, nangona i-surreal, iyaphoxa, ingafaneleki, nokuba yingcaphephe yolo hlaselo kunye 57-43 Ukukhutshwa kweNdlu yeeNgwevu kamongameli iyakuba, into eyenzekileyo bekufanele, ngenye indlela, khange yothuse nabani na. Ingcinga yokuba umhla we-6 kaJanuwari yayiyinto entsha kweli lizwe kwaye ke ukuthotywa okukhethekileyo kwimbono yaseMelika yedemokhrasi, singathethi ngesidima esiqhelekileyo, yayingalunganga. Ngapha koko, ukususela ngowe-1945, eli lizwe liye langenelela rhoqo kunyulo ehlabathini lonke yaye lenza okubi kakhulu. Yintoni edidayo, ndiyacinga, kukuba ngeli xesha sizenzele ngokwethu.

Kwihlabathi jikelele, isizukulwana emva kwesizukulwana

Amava am alinganiselweyo ngongenelelo lwaseMelika lubandakanya imisebenzi yase-Afghanistan nase-Iraq. Emva kohlaselo lukaSeptemba 11, ndangenela uMkhosi waseUnited States noPat. Sasiza kwabelwa kwi-75th Ranger Regiment yaye icandelo lethu laliza kube ngoMatshi 2003 ithunyelwe eIraq, esinye sezixhobo ezininzi kulawulo lukaBush imfazwe yobundlobongela Pha. Siza kunceda ukususa inkokeli yaseIraq Saddam Hussein ngamandla. Yayingelulo uthumo endandicinga ngalo xa ndandibhalisa, kodwa ndandingaqondi xa kufikelelwa kumgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle. Ukuba yinxalenye yohlaselo olungekho mthethweni, nangona kunjalo, kushiya umbono ongapheliyo.

Olo ngenelelo luthile eIraq lwaqala ngothotho lwe ulawulo bubuxoki malunga nokunikezelwa kwezixhobo ezitshabalalisayo kuSaddam, zakhe amakhonkco aziwayo kwi-al-Qaeda, kunye nombono wokuba sikhulula abantu base-Iraq. Abanye bethu babelwa ukuba bajikeleze iBaghdad, “empuma, entshona, emzantsi nasemntla ngenye indlela,” sikhangela ezo zixhobo zingekhoyo zokutshabalalisa. Lonke uhlaselo luya kuba yintlekele, ngokuqinisekileyo, olukhokelela ekutshatyalalisweni koluntu lwase-Iraq, i ukufa ngamakhulu amawaka e-Iraqis kunye namawaka amajoni aseMelika, nanjengoko ubunkokeli belizwe basuswa kunye nomkhosi walo wachithwa (umsebenzi ufezekisiwe!). Kakade ke, uMongameli uGeorge W. Bush, okanye amanye amagosa aphezulu olawulo lwakhe abazange babeke uxanduva ngoko kwenzekayo.

Ke, xa ndibukele uvukelo lukaJanuwari lwe-6 luqhubeka, ingqondo yam yatsalwa kwangoko kwixesha elikhokelela kwimfazwe yaseIraq - ngaphandle kweli xesha, isigubhu sobuxoki sasinento yokwenza nobukhulu bemfazwe. ubuqhetseba babavoti, izitenxo zokuvota, “abavoti abaswelekileyo,” ubuqhophololo benkqubo yekhompyutha, nezinye izinto eziyinkohliso. Ngokucacileyo, ezi ziganeko zibini zahluke kakhulu ngokomlinganiselo, ukuntsonkotha, kunye nokutshabalalisa. Sekunjalo, babonakala besabelana ngemisonto efanayo esisiseko.

Imizekelo yongenelelo lwaseMelika kulawulo lwamazwe angaphandle ngokubhukuqa, utshintsho lolawulo, kunye namanye amaqhinga zizinto eziqhelekileyo kwimbali yethu yanamhlanje. Phakathi kwezona ziyaziwa kakhulu iya kuba kukutshintshwa kweqela leenkokeli ezinyulwe ngokwentando yesininzi njengeNkulumbuso yase-Iran u-Mohammad. Mosaddegh kunye noShah (1953), uMongameli waseGuatemala Jacobo Arbenz kunye noColonel Carlos Castillo Armas (1954), uMongameli waseChile ISalvador Allende kunye noGeneral Augusto Pinochet (1973), okanye uMongameli waseHonduran Manuel Zelaya kwi-US-backed coup (2009). Ngamanye amazwi, asithethi ngeempazamo ezimbalwa okanye ezimbalwa iimfazwe ezizizidenge.

Ngokwenyani, bekukho unikezelo olungapheliyo longenelelo olunjalo lwase-US kwihlabathi liphela: uhlaselo, ubhukuqo-mbuso lwasemkhosini, ubhukuqo-mbuso oluthambileyo, izohlwayo zezoqoqosho, ukuxhasa ngemali ngasese abaviwa abakhethwe yiWashington, ukubamba iingxabano ezikhoyo, uyibiza kwaye mhlawumbi yenzekile.

Ngokomzekelo cinga ngabamelwane bethu abakuMzantsi Merika, kuMbindi Merika nakwiCaribbean. Inene andazi ukuba kukho isizwe esinye ilatin America engekabi lixhoba longenelelo lwase-US lolunye uhlobo: iArgentina (1976), Bolivia (1971), Brazil (1964), Cuba (1961), El Salvador (1980s), Grenada (1983), Haiti (2004) , Honduras (1980 kunye no-2009), iPanama (1989), iParaguay (1962), iPeru (1968), iSuriname (i-1980), i-Uruguay (1973), iVenezuela (umzuzu wangoku). Mhlawumbi iCosta Rica yasinda?

IVenezuela lityala elinomdla kakhulu kuba iminyaka engama-20 - abongameli abathathu abalandelelanayo - iWashington ayiphumelelanga. zixhaswe multiple ubukuqo-mbuso imizamo, ihlawuliswa isiqhwala ngokungekho mthethweni zohlwayo zo qoqosho, kwaye bazibandakanya kwezinye iintlobo zamaqhinga okuwisa owayesakuba ngumongameli UHugo Chavez kunye noMongameli wangoku UNicolás Maduro. Ngempazamo, ngoJanuwari ka-2019, owayesakuba nguMongameli uTrump waqaphela uJuan Guaidó, ilungu leNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yaseVenezuela, njengomongameli welo lizwe. UGuaidó wayenayo wazichaza njengomongameli emva kokuba engazithandi iziphumo zonyulo (ngokungafaniyo noMnu Trump kwiminyaka emibini kamva).

Ukujonga ngaphesheya koLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, ungalibali ngeemfazwe esiye sazibamba kwiVietnam, iLaos, neKhambodiya, okanye malunga nenkxaso yeWashington. eSuharto's Ngo-1965 ubhukuqo-mbuso lwase-Indonesia.

Kwaye, ewe, ngubani ongayikhumbuliyo into eyenzekayo (kwaye iyaqhubeka ukwenzeka) kuMbindi Mpuma oMkhulu ukusuka eIraq naseAfghanistan ukuya eSyria, Yemen, naseIran, phakathi kwezinye iindawo? Kwiminyaka ephantse ibe yi-20 edluleyo, iWashington engapheliyo iMfazwe yeHlabathi yoBugrogrisi idale inqanaba lokufa, intshabalalo, kunye nokufuduka ekunzima ukuyiqonda, nangona iProjekthi yeeNdleko zeMfazwe yeYunivesithi yaseBrown yenze umsebenzi oncomekayo (ukuba umbi) uzama ukuba ubungakanani konke.

Kwaye le nto ndiyidwelise ngasentla ayikho enye into olubanzi. Ingongoma kukuba, isizukulwana emva kwesizukulwana, abantu baseMelika baye babandakanyeka ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungathanga ngqo okanye bavezwa kwindlela yokuziphatha ekhohlakeleyo, uhlobo lokuphazamiseka esele lide libe yinxalenye yelaphu lethu lesizwe ngexesha lokufika kwiCapitol.

Phelisa Isithethe

Ngokuqinisekileyo, oku kube yipatheni ye-bipartisan, njengoko ulawulo lukamongameli emva komongameli, iDemocrat kunye neRiphabhlikhi, babandakanyeka kuyo.

Nokuba besinokuthatha indawo yokuba olunye kolo ngenelelo lusemthethweni, lunokuziphatha, okanye luyimfuneko, indlela yokuziphatha ngokwayo iye yaqheleka ngokupheleleyo njengokhetho olubalulekileyo kuye nawuphi na umongameli. Kukwafanelekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba zeziphi na iintlobo zezizwe eziye zajoliswa kungenelelo olunjalo-amazwe ahlala esengozini enoqoqosho olubuthathaka kunye namaziko abuthathaka. Nokuba iidemokhrasi okanye ubuzwilakhe khange bubonakale bubalulekile. Noko ke, abemi baloo mazwe phantse babengaguquguquki abamhlophe. Ukubeka ecaleni ukungabikho semthethweni okucacileyo, ukuziphatha okubi, kunye nobugwala bokuchola izizwe ezisesichengeni, izenzo ezinje ngokwembali mhlawumbi ziye zayenza mandundu indima yejingoism kunye nokubukulwa kwabemi bamanye amazwe, kunye nokuphakama kwenkcubeko kunye nobuhlanga kweli lizwe, kanye uhlobo lokucinga olucacileyo ngoJanuwari. 6th. Oku kuziphatha kubangela ukungamanyani kunye nentiyo.

Xa kuthethwa ngokubhukuqa abanye oorhulumente, oomongameli bethu babesoloko bebhengeza ubuxoki obucacileyo nobunokuqinisekiswa, bephula okanye betyeshela imithetho (yasekhaya neyamazwe ngamazwe), yaye ngokukhululekileyo basebenzise ubundlobongela nokoyikisa ukuze bafumane amandla nengeniso, abafane bathweswe uxanduva nangayiphi na indlela. . Nangona kunjalo iindlela ezinjalo zaziza kubuyela ekhaya ngenye imini, okwenzekayo nge-6 kaJanuwari kufanele kube yinto yokuvusa, isinyanzele sonke ukuba sibone ukuba kuthetha ukuthini xa le ndlela yokutyikitya yaseMelika kumgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle isetyenziswa ngokuchasene nedemokhrasi yethu.

Uvukelo lweCapitol kufuneka lube (kodwa akukabikho) luphathwe njengesikhumbuzo esicacileyo sendlela umgaqo-nkqubo welizwe langaphandle ujongele phantsi inkqubo yaseMelika, nayo. Ndiyibona njengendlela "ye-blowback," ukusebenzisa igama leCIA yaduma kudala nguChalmers Johnson.

Ngandlela thile, ubuncinci, ngokungathandabuzekiyo kwaba nefuthe kwindlela yokuziphatha yalowo wayesakuba ngumongameli uTrump kunye nabalandeli bakhe, echaza ukuba kutheni bekholelwa ukuba yayiyindlela efanelekileyo yokusebenzisa amandla eCapitol ukumisa idemokhrasi kumkhondo wayo. Ngokusekwe kwimbali yethu, yayilicebo ekudala libekwe kwenye indawo ngaphandle kokuzisola okanye uloyiko lokurhoxa ukuze kufumaneke oko kwakufunwa ziinkokeli zaseMelika.

Okwakukhe kwabonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuba idemokhrasi yethu ibandezeleke ngequbuliso yaba yinto yokwenene, leyo kudala ibonwa ngabanye abantu abaninzi ezandleni zethu. Kwaye ukuba utshintsho alwenziwanga, ayizukuba lixesha lokugqibela.

Kwakhe Intetho yokuQalwa, uMongameli Biden ubonakale ekulungele ukujongana nemicelimngeni emikhulu ilizwe lethu elijongene nayo ngoku. Wathetha ngoluhlobo olucacileyo, ububele, ukubandakanya, kunye nengqondo ebengekho mva nje. Ngokukodwa, wajongana neemfuno zesi sizwe:

Kuninzi ekufuneka kulungiswe. Kuninzi ukubuyisela. Kuninzi ukuphilisa. Kuninzi ekufuneka kwakhiwe. Kwaye kuninzi ukufumana…. Ukoyisa le mingeni - ukubuyisela umphefumlo kunye nokukhusela ikamva laseMelika - kufuna okungaphezulu kwamagama. Ifuna ezona zinto zinzima kwidemokhrasi: Umanyano… Ukumanyana ukulwa neentshaba ezifanayo esijongene nazo: Ingqumbo, ingqumbo, intiyo. Iimbono ezibaxiweyo, ukuchas’ umthetho, ugonyamelo. Izifo, ukungabi namisebenzi, ukuphelelwa lithemba.”

Umongameli uBiden wathetha ngobungozi bobuxoki obukhulu kunye "nezinye iinyani," esithi:

“Kukho inyaniso kwaye kukho ubuxoki. Ubuxoki buthethwa ngenjongo yokufumana igunya nengeniso. Kwaye ngamnye wethu unomsebenzi noxanduva, njengabemi, njengamaMelika, kwaye ngakumbi njengeenkokeli - iinkokeli ezithembise ngokuhlonipha uMgaqo-siseko wethu kunye nokukhusela isizwe sethu - ukukhusela inyani kunye nokoyisa ubuxoki. "

Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo iinkxalabo zikaMongameli Biden zifuna ukulungiswa ngeli xesha leenkathazo kuthi sonke kwaye ndiyakholelwa ukuba wayeyithetha ngenene le nto ayithethileyo. Ukusuka kubhubhane ukuya kukungalingani, ngokucacileyo kukho imiba yasekhaya, eqhutywa luphuhliso ngaphakathi kwimida yethu efuna ukuhoywa ngokunzulu.

Nangona kunjalo, naziphi na iinzame zokufezekisa ezo njongo ekhaya ziya kuthi ekugqibeleni zingaphumeleli ukuba ezo mpikiswano zingagcinekiyo ngaphandle kwemida yethu ziyaqhubeka. Ukuba umnxeba kaMongameli Biden womanyano kukuvelisa iziphumo ezibonakalayo nezihlala zihleli, into efunekayo yindlela ebanzi eyandisa kwindlela yokuziphatha yaseMelika phesheya.

Kwixesha elidlulileyo, nangona uMongameli uTrump wayethetha ngokumisa iimfazwe zethu ezingapheliyo kunye nokungenelela, ipateni iqhubekile. Kwakusoloko kubonakala kukho isizathu esenza isenzo esilandelayo sokuphanga "iyimfuneko kwaye ifanelekile.” Ngeli xesha, ewe, ndiyathemba ukuba umongameli kunye nabasebenzi bakhe baya kuba nesibindi sokwaphula isiko, kodwa ngokusekwe kwi Uhlaselo lwasemoyeni lwakutsha nje UBiden wayalela eSyria, ilizwe umphathi wakhe wancedisa ukulitshabalalisa ngelixa wayengusekela mongameli, eyona nto ifunekayo lucwangco kunye nelizwi. imfuneko kubantu baseMelika.

Kuba kucacile ukuba isebe lethu elilawulayo linegunya elingathintelwanga lokuyalela ngokungekho mthethweni uvukelo-mbuso apha ekhaya, lihlasele kwaye litshabalalise amazwe abuthathaka ngokuthanda, lixhelele kwaye ligxothe iintsapho, lilambe abantu basemzini ngezohlwayo zoqoqosho, liphembelele ubhukuqo-mbuso kumazwe angaphandle, likhethe iinkokeli zamanye amazwe. ukungohlwaywa, kunye nokuthumela imikhosi yaseMelika ukuba ifele "ubuxoki obuxelwe amandla kunye nenzuzo" ngokuchasene "neentshaba" ezenziweyo, ngoko ke ngokomthetho ngaphakathi kwamandla alo ukungenzi nayiphi na loo nto.

Mhlawumbi ukusebenzisa amandla, igunya, kunye noxanduva lokunqanda ukuziphatha okungekho mthethweni, okungekho mthethweni, kunye nokuziphatha okubi kwihlabathi jikelele kunokungqina inyathelo lokuqala elisingise kwiinjongo zikamongameli zokumanya zombini isizwe sethu kunye noluntu lwehlabathi olwabelwana ngalo.

Ilungelo lokushicilela lika-2021 uKevin Tillman

Kevin Tillman, osebenza kwishishini lesoftware, wajoyina i-US Army kunye nomntakwabo uPat kwi-2002 emva kokuhlaselwa kwe-11 kaSeptemba. Wayesebenza e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. UPat wabulawa eAfghanistan ngoAprili 22, 2004. Le yeyokuqala kaKevin TomDispatch qhekeza.