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Iiflegi ezibomvu ezingenakubalwa ziye zavela kwiinyanga zakutshanje ezibonisa a ubuzwilakhe oburhubuluzayo bufika kwimo epheleleyo. Iifom zeVigilante zobulungisa "zobulungisa" ziye zaba yinto eqhelekileyo, njengakwi Ityala eliphezulu likaKyle Rittenhouse oneminyaka eyi-17 eKenosha, eWisconsin, kwaye i amatyala amaninzi obundlobongela nokugrogrisa Ijongiswe kumatsha ntliziyo eBlack Life Matter ukusukela oko kwaqhambuka uqhanqalazo kwilizwe liphela emva kokubulawa kwamapolisa uGeorge Floyd ngoMeyi. Umongameli wenja ubetha ikhwelo kwisiseko sakhe se-white supremacist rhoqo, kwaye kungenzeka angazamkeli neziphumo zolonyulo kule nyanga yeNkanga ukuba uyoyiswa. Le nto ikhangeleka, ivakale, xa intlalo yesizwe ichithakala, xa uluntu luzitya luphila, kwaye iziko lingasakwazi ukubamba.
Dahr Jamail uyibonile le nto ngaphambili, nangona ingekho apha. Njengomnye weentatheli ezimbalwa ezingafakwanga ingxelo ezivela e-Iraq, u-Jamail wakwazi ukufumana imbono esemhlabeni yesigebenga kunye nohlaselo lomkhosi wase-US olungenasizathu ngokupheleleyo ngo-2003, kubandakanya zonke izinto ezoyikisayo ezazityelelwe kubemi belo lizwe. . Kolu dliwano-ndlebe, u-Jamail uthi le nto ayibonayo e-United States ikhumbuza ngokoyikisayo oko wabika ngako nakubonayo ngexesha lakhe e-Iraq.
UPatrick Farnsworth: Unesiqalo sakho kubuntatheli obugubungela imfazwe yase-Iraq, kwaye libali elihle elimangalisayo. Ungene njani kubuntatheli? Yintoni eyanyanzelisa ukuba ube yintatheli kwasekuqaleni?
Dahr Jamail: Ndaya e-Iraq malunga neenyanga ezintandathu emva kokusungulwa kohlaselo ngo-2003. Ndandingeyontatheli. Ndaya kuba ndibukele i-propaganda yasekhaya yokuthengiswa kwemfazwe, sonke siyazi ukuba isekelwe kwizixhobo ezingekhoyo zokutshabalalisa, kunye nazo zonke ezi zinto zingenangqiqo kunye ne-propaganda embi, ecacileyo, engenasiseko. Ndaya kuba ndibona amajelo eendaba ethengisa oku ngelixa ndifunda iindaba zamazwe ngamazwe, ezazithetha inyaniso malunga nokufunyanwa ngabahloli bezixhobo ze-UN, okwakungeyonto. Ndacaphuka ndacaphuka. Ndagqiba ekubeni ndizibeke ngokwam; yayiyinto endinokuyenza ngokuthembekileyo njengommi wobukumkani ukuba ndiye kuxela ukuba le ntlekele yayiza kubachaphazela njani abantu baseIraq. Ngoko ke, ndaziphosa emxholweni.
Ubungomnye weentatheli ezimbalwa ezingafakwanga ezigubungela loo mfazwe yaseIraq. Ngaba ungacacisa ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukufakwa kwaye kuthetha ukuthini ukungabandakanywa njengentatheli?
Kunene. Yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kwaye ayisebenzi nje emfazweni, kodwa ngakumbi e-Iraq. Kuhlala kusenzeka ukuba ungene kunye nomkhosi kuhambo lwabo lwangaphambili kwihlabathi liphela, ubuncinci kumaxesha anamhlanje, kodwa iPentagon igqibe kwelokuba: Ewe, sinokusebenzisa oku njengendlela yokulawula ulwazi.
Ke, baye bayandisa kakhulu inkqubo yokubethelela uhlaselo lwase-Iraq ngo-2003, ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba apho kulula kakhulu ukufumana ividiyo yale nto, apho uninzi lweentatheli zeenkampani zagqiba ekubeni zibandakanye nomkhosi, okuthetha ukuba uyahamba kwaye ubaleke kancinci. inkqubo indoctrination ukuba bamisa. Bakubeka ibhatyi emhlophe kuwe kwaye bakunike isigcina-ntloko, kwaye ufunde indlela yabo yokwenza izinto. Emva koko uthembele ngokupheleleyo kubo ngokhuseleko lwakho, kodwa kwakhona ubanika ulawulo olupheleleyo kwinto oza kuyibona, xa uza kuyibona, uza kuyibona njani, kwaye ukuba siya kuyibona, kwaye yileyo ndlela uninzi lwemfazwe lwagutyungelwa ngayo ngamajelo eendaba e-United States.
Ke, kwakulula kakhulu kulawulo lukaBush ukuthengisa umsebenzi. Kwaye khumbula, iintsuku zokuqala zomsebenzi, inqanaba elincinane likaBush lokuhla kwinqwelo-moya ethwala inqwelo-moya, yamisa kunxweme lwaseSan Diego ngoMeyi ka-2003, ibhengeza “Umnqophiso owenziweyo” xa izinto zazingekaqalisi ncam.
Nantso indlela eyayisebenza ngayo inkqubo yokubethelela, apho kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zokuqala, abantu balapha babecinga, Owu, ibikuhambo lwekeyiki, sizise inkululeko kubantu baseIraq, ngokuchasene nentatheli engafakwanga, engumntu ovele waphuma netoliki yase-Iraqi (ukuba awuthethanga isiArabhu njengam) kwaye waphuma ezitratweni kwaye wathetha ngqo nama-Iraqis. Ndandingena ezibhedlele kunye ne-morgues e-Fallujah kunye neendawo ezinje, apho ukuba ufakwe kuyo, awuqhelekanga ukuya kwezo ndawo, okanye ukuba uyenza, kuya kuba ngendlela elawulwa ngokupheleleyo. Uza kufumana inyani eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo ukufunda into endiyibhale eIraq ngokuchasene nomntu okhwele iHumvee enamajoni. Nguwo lowo umahluko ophambili.
Umgca osezantsi ngulo: Ukuba kufakwe ngaphakathi, abo bantu bebesebenza ngokwenyani njengeentatheli zomkhosi wase-US, kwaye ukuba bebengafakwanga, uninzi lwaba bantu bebebhala malunga nenyani.
Ubufuna ukuva ukuba bathini na, ngokuchasene nolu hlobo isihluzoUmyalezo we-ed ovela kwiintatheli ezizinzisiweyo, akunjalo?
Kuba uqhanqalazo lwalungawenzi umsebenzi. Bendizoqhanqalaza eAnchorage. Ndandisenza ukungathobeli. Bendibhalela amalungu ebhunga iileta. Ndandizenza zonke ezi zinto zisixelelwa yinkcubeko eyongameleyo ukuba kufuneka siyenze ukuba sifuna ukuchaphazela inguqu kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yidemokhrasi. Kwaye, ewe, kwakusekutsha kwenkqubo yam yezopolitiko, ke ngoku ndingenangqondo bendicinga ukuba ezo zinto ziza kwenza umahluko. Kakade ke, ayizange yenze nto.
Kwakhona yayibubudenge kuba ndandikholelwa ukuba xa abantu abaninzi babenayo loo nkcazelo, oko kuya kwenza umahluko. Kwaye nditsho ndingenangqondo kuba ndithathele phantsi iziphumo zento esiphila kuyo ngoku, esi sisiphelo seminyaka elishumi ngamabomu [ukulungiswa] kwabemi. Ngokudityaniswa kwamaziko eendaba, ukuthotywa kwemfundo, nokungabikho kwembopheleleko yokuziphatha neyoluntu ekuhlaleni kumntu oqhelekileyo eUnited States, kungathethi ngokuziphatha okanye imbopheleleko yokomoya. Abemi bethu bafana ngokusondeleyo nabakwa-Orwell 1984, endaweni yabemi abazibandakanya noluntu abaqondayo ukuba idemokhrasi ibekwe phezu kwamagxa ethu ngalinye kwaye asilutyesheli olo xanduva kumagosa anyuliweyo.
Ukukhokelela kwiMfazwe yase-Iraq, ndikhumbula loo mvakalelo emoyeni-yokuba kufuneka impindezelo. Andazi ukuba ikhe yabhanga ngokupheleleyo na kweli lizwe. Makhe sithelekise indlela owawuziva ngayo xa wawuse-Iraq nendlela oziva ngayo e-United States ngoku.
Imbali ibisoloko isibonisa ukuba izinto ezenziwa ngabalawuli kwamanye amazwe xa zihlasela amanye amazwe kwaye zizama ukuseka amanye amakholoni - njengoko i-US yenza e-Iraq nakwezinye iindawo ezininzi - ekugqibeleni iya kubuyela ekhaya. Iinkukhu zihlala zibuyela ekhaya ukuza kubamba.
E-Iraq, umzekelo, amaqhinga okwahlula-nokoyisa ayethetha ukunika iingalo nemali eninzi kwiqela elinye ngaphezu kwelinye, okubangela umlo phakathi kwamaqela emva koko phakathi kwamaqela. Siyibonile le nto isenzeka kwaye ixhatshazwa kuwo wonke umsebenzi, apho badala imfazwe yamahlelo phakathi kwabantu baseIraq, ngempumelelo enkulu, kwiminyaka nje embalwa yokusebenza. Ke, yahlula kwaye woyise imisebenzi.
Gcina abantu emqaleni omnye komnye. Sibona oko kudlala ngexesha lokwenyani ngeyona ndlela icacileyo, ecacileyo nomntu obizwa ngokuba ngumongameli, otshisa imililo yobuhlanga mihla le, elandela abantu ngokwesini okanye isini okanye umbala wolusu lwabo. Yonke imiba yeemvakalelo etshisa ibunzi eluntwini iyaxhonywa, kuba isenza sihlale sisilwa lo gama okushiyekileyo kweli lizwe kuphangwa ngokuphandle phambi kwethu. Ngaphandle, ngoku, ikwimo yolu hlangulo lwetriliyoni yeedola ukuya kumagunya eshishini kunye nabantu asele bezizityebi, ngelixa abanye bethu besilwa ngokusisiseko ngemiba eyahlukeneyo. Ngoko, ulwahlula kwaye unqobe kucacile.
Enye into kukuba ukusebenza e-Iraq njengentatheli, eyona nto yayilibakala eliphantsi ukuya kwindawo yemfazwe eshushu kakhulu, ufumana ingxaki yoxinzelelo lwasemva koxinzelelo (PTSD). Kukho iindlela zokuziphatha kunye neemvakalelo eziza naloo nto. Ndifuna ukuthetha ngaloo nto kuba ndicinga ukuba sihlala kwilizwe apho nabani na othe wanikela ingqalelo kwinto eyenzekayo ephethwe yiPTSD. URobert Jay Lifton, isazi sengqondo esikhulu, ubhale ngokubanzi malunga nale nto (ngokukodwa emva kwe-9 / 11) - ukuba siphila kwilizwe elibuhlungu kakhulu. Oku kubuyela emva kwimbubhiso yokuqala kunye nokwenzakala okungapholanga, ukusuka kumenzi wobubi kunye nabo bachatshazelwa zizenzo (oko kukuthi, amaMerika Omthonyama). Emva koko ngenisa ubukhoboka nayo yonke into eyenzekayo ukususela ngoko. Siphila kwilizwe elingene nzulu kwiPTSD enganyangwayo.
Oku kuye kwagqama, kutsha nje ngobuqhetseba ezitalatweni - izithuthi zamapolisa okanye izithuthi zabemi abamhlophe zibaleka phakathi kwezihlwele zabaqhankqalazi. Ngoku badutyulwa emini emaqanda ngamanye amaxesha, okanye ebusuku kule miboniso, njengoko sibonile kule mihla.
Bendisebenza kwindawo yemfazwe, endikhethe ukungena kuyo kwaye bendinokuhamba xa ndifuna – kwaye ngumahluko obalulekileyo lowo, kuba abantu baseIraq bengenakho, babengenalo olo khetho. Uninzi lwabo, kwaye uninzi lwabantu baseMelika ngoku, abanalo olo khetho, ngakumbi nge-COVID-19. Zama ukuya kumda waseCanada ngoku kwaye ubone ukuba ungakanani na. Asinakuhamba, kwaye yinto ebalulekileyo ukuyiqonda. Ayithethwa ke leyo. Xa uhlala kwindawo yemfazwe, unexhala lokukhwela umpu nawe yonke imihla. Awuzulala nawe. Ukutya kwakho, impilo yakho iyachaphazeleka. Ndikhumbula ndinamehlo emva kwentloko yam. Unale hypervigilance.
E-Albuquerque, aba bafana bayavela, bajongeka njengomkhosi wase-US, kodwa ngamadoda amhlophe alwela ubuzwe, kwaye balapho ukuze boyikise ngokubulala abantu. Kwaye kwakunjalo e-Iraq. Kuya kubakho uqhanqalazo e-Iraq, lweqela elinye eliqhankqalaza kwindawo ethile karhulumente, emva koko iqela elithile lamajoni liza kuvela liqale ukubabhuqa, okanye liqhube ibhombu yemoto phakathi kwabo, okanye kubekho umntu oza kubahlasela.
Sibona into enjalo isenzeka apha eUnited States. Ukusebenza kwindawo yemfazwe kunye nokufumana i-PTSD - leyo, inxalenye yoko kukusinda, kuthetha ukuba ufuna amehlo ngasemva kwentloko yakho. Kufuneka uphile nomlinganiselo othile wokuxhalaba. Kufuneka ube bukhali. Kuya kufuneka ubeke ingqalelo kwinto eyenzekayo kwaye ulinde into elandelayo ukuba yehle ukuze usabele kuyo njengendlela yokusinda.
Ngubani apha ovakalelwa ngaloo ndlela, apho kufuneka imithambo-luvo yentsimbi ukufunda nje iindaba mihla le? Ngoku siphila kwindawo yemfazwe ekumgangatho ophantsi kweli lizwe. Ukuba uya kulo naluphi na uqhanqalazo lweBlack Lives Matter ngalo naluphi na usuku, ubuncinci ungazi, uyazi ukuba ungabhubha. Umntu omhlophe welizwe angabonisa kwaye aqhube imoto ngaloo mboniso okanye abonise nge-AR-15 kwaye ahambe. Ungayifumana i-COVID-19. Ndiyathetha, kukho izoyikiso ezininzi kwimpilo yethu ngoku.
Qonda ukwenzakala kwengqondo kunye noxinzelelo lwengqondo sonke esiphila phantsi kwalo kweli lizwe, ngeli xesha; ngeli xesha ubukhosi bukwinqanaba labo lokugqibela. kulapho izidlele khona, iqale ukuhlasela abemi bayo.
Olu qhankqalazo alupheleli nje ekungxolisani. Abantu bakhupha imipu kwaye banokukudubula ngokuthatha inxaxheba. Ukuphuma esidlangalaleni, ukubona abantu beqhuba ngeeflegi zikaTrump. Kukho lo mvakalelo emoyeni othi, Sikwindawo yemfazwe, sinamaqela oluntu lwethu azimisele ukubandakanyeka kungquzulwano oluxhobileyo kunye namacandelo onke abemi. Kwaye ke unayo iphulo Trump ukuthumela iintengiso kuFacebook, ngokomzekelo, ukubethelwa kwempempe ngezinja kubalandeli besizwe abamhlophe kunye noontamo-lukhuni abamhlophe.
Ngokwesiqhelo kukho ilori elayishayo, nokuba inkulu ngokugqithisileyo okanye endaweni yoko, ibhabha, iflegi enkulu yaseMelika ngasemva kwayo. Ngamaxesha amaninzi kuye kwakho ukuziqhelanisa, akukho sifihlisi okanye isigqubuthelo esingxolayo esifakiweyo, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha unokusibona isixhobo sabo ngasemva kwayo, okanye hayi, mhlawumbi ifihliwe. Kukubonisa amandla ngabom.
E-Iraq, eli yayiliqhinga eliqhelekileyo, kanye njengokuba umkhosi wase-US wawuza kuqhuba iipatroli ngeenxa zonke eBaghdad nakwezinye izixeko, ukwazisa abantu ukuba uphantsi komsebenzi kwaye sithi abalawulayo ngoku. Elo licebo ngomkhosi wase-US, kwaye licebo elamkelwa ngaba mkhosi. Linyuke kakhulu inani laba bantu bahamba bejikeleza ezindleleni, ingakumbi kwidolophu encinci endihlala kuyo, enenkqubela phambili kwezopolitiko. Akunjalo ngengozi, oko kuyilo.
Ndibone izinto ezininzi ezifanayo eIraq. Amajoni athile ayengamanyana norhulumente walapho. Umzekelo, xa i-US yabhangisa uSaddam kunye nenkxaso yakhe encinci yamaSunni kurhulumente. Kwisithuba esingangonyaka onesiqingatha, [iNkulumbuso uNouri] u-Al Maliki wamiselwa esihlalweni, iShia yazimanya namajoni aseShia. Emva kokungqingwa kukaNovemba ka-2004 kwe-Fallujah, urhulumente wase-Iraq weza kunye ne-Iranian-backed Shia militia kumkhosi wase-Iraq, e-Fallujah, isixeko esiqinileyo saseSunni, esinolondolozo kakhulu. Babazisa ukuba benze umsebenzi omdaka wokucoca baze boyise amaSunni alapho.
Olu yayiluhlobo olufana nolu apha, apho sibona amajoni amhlophe, esabela kwezinja zikaTrump, esenza izinto ezinjengokuqhuba izithuthi ngoqhanqalazo lweBlack Lives Matter kunye noqhanqalazo, okanye ngamanye amaxesha avulele nje umlilo ngokuphandle. Sibona, kwiveki ephelileyo, ukwanda kwezi zehlo. Oku kwakusenzeka phesheya. I-US yayiyixhasa ngokuthe ngqo nangokungathanga ngqo, ngaphakathi kurhulumente wase-Iraq, ekusebenziseni kwabo imikhosi eyahlukeneyo yokubeka phantsi iindawo zabemi ezazingahambelani kunye nokuxhasa urhulumente.
Ngoku sibona uTrump eqesha - okanye hayi yena, kodwa ulawulo lwakhe - amaqhinga afanayo apha. Masivuthele impempe yenja. Makhe sikhuphe enye i-tweet yamandla amhlophe njengoko uTrump enzile kule Cawa idlulileyo, kwaye emva koko siyihlise. Ayinamsebenzi nokuba uyayithatha phantsi. Umyalezo uthunyelwe; uhlala ebonisa abaxhasi bakhe abanyanisekileyo besiseko sakhe, Ndinawe, ndinomqolo wakho, qhubeka undixhasa, kwaye banjalo, kwaye bahlala bebonisa oku ngokuphuma baye kwimiboniso kwaye bayiphazamise, ebangela ukuba ibe yingozi ngakumbi kuye nabani na obandakanyekayo kuyo.
Yintoni yonke le nto ibangela ukuba kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba abantu beli lizwe baqonde apho sikhoyo kunye nento esiyibonayo - ukuba isigqubuthelo sehle ngokupheleleyo ngeli xesha, ukuba le nto ayizange ibe yidemokhrasi, kodwa ngoku incinci. kunangaphambili. Kufuneka siyamkele into yokuba nenkohliso yedemokhrasi, okanye ukuba kukho ithuba lokwenyani kweli lizwe, ayisekho kwaphela. Ayizange ibekho ngenene, kodwa inkohliso yayo ngoku ayisekho.
Ngaba siza kubona ngokucacileyo ukuba siphila kwimeko yobuzwilakhe? Ngaba siza kwamkela ukuba akukho lunyulo lusemthethweni ngoNovemba? Nokuba kuthe kwakho intetha yonyulo olungekho mthethweni, mhlawumbi ayizukwenzeka loo nto, kodwa siyakwamkela na ukuba unyulo lwenziwe kweli lizwe, siziphathe ngokufanelekileyo? Ngaba siya kwamkela ukuba sinorhulumente ozimisele ukusifumana? Ngaba siya kwamkela ukuba impendulo yabo kubhubhani wehlabathi kukuba bafuna ukuba abantu bafe? Bafuna abantu bebala bafe. Bafuna ukuba abantu abangezozityebi bafe. Sukuhamba ngale nto bayithethayo, jonga nje into abayenzayo. Inkohliso yenze kwakhululeka ukuba uninzi lwethu luhlale kweli lizwe kwaye sicinge ukuba kukho ithuba kunye nenkululeko.
Eli lixesha lesiphelo. Hayi kweli lizwe kuphela, kodwa nakwihlabathi jikelele, xa sisanda kwaye sijonga imeko yemozulu, ubhubhani wehlabathi, kunye nokuphela kobu qoqosho bobungxowankulu bubalekayo njengoko besisazi, zonke ezi zinto ziyaphela. Kukho isilivere kwezinye zezi zinto, kodwa kukwathetha ukuba singena kwixesha elimnyama kakhulu, apho naluphi na uxinzelelo kunye nesiphithiphithi kunye nelahleko esiyibonayo namhlanje, esi sisiqalo nje sento ezayo.
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