Siyazi ukuba ukugqwesa kuxhaphakile kwigalelo leSekela likaMongameli kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yaseCheney-Edwards ngoLwesibini. Kodwa umzuzu omnye ongafumani ngqalelo ingako kukutyhila kukaDick Cheney ukusetyenziswa kakubi kwemfazwe yamakhaya yoo-1980 e-El Salvador. Abakhi-mkhanya bemicimbi yaseLatin America bothukile kwaye bothukile xa uSekela Mongameli ecaphula ungquzulwano njengongqamaniso lwemeko ekhoyo e-Afghanistan:

UCheney wathi: “Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini eyadlulayo sasikwimeko efanayo e-El Salvador. “Besinovukelo lwabanqolobi olulawula malunga nesithathu selizwe, abantu abangama-75,000 babhubhile. Kwaye sibambe unyulo olukhululekileyo. Ndandilapho njengomakhi-mkhanyo egameni leNkongolo… Kwaye njengoko abanqolobi babengena badubule iindawo zovoto kamsinya nje bakuba bemkile, abavoti babebuya beze emgceni kwaye babengazukuvinjwa ilungelo labo lokuvota. Kwaye namhlanje i-El Salvador [iphelele] kakhulu kuba besibambe unyulo olukhululekileyo… Kwaye [loo mbono] iya kusebenza e-Afghanistan. Kwaye iya kusebenza naseIraq. ”

Eyona nyaniso ifanelekileyo yokuba i-Vice-President ayishiyi apha kukuba abantu abangama-75,000 babulawa hayi ngama-guerilla, kodwa ngurhulumente owayexhaswa nguCheney kunye neqela lakhe lokufa. Eyesibini eyona nyaniso ibalulekileyo yeyokuba unyulo luka-1984 lwaqondwa ngokubanzi njengobuqhetseba, nomgca omde wabagqatswa abachasayo bokwenyani sele bebulewe kwaye i-US ichithe i-10 lezigidi zeedola ukukhohlisa isiphumo. Ukuba lo ngumzekelo wokuthumela idemokhrasi kumazwe angaphandle kuthetha okuninzi malunga nento egcinwe yi-neoconservatives kuthi.

Ngokwenyani, ukuba i-El Salvador ingcono kakhulu namhlanje, kungenxa yokuba intshukumo echasene norhulumente iqhubekile. IKomishoni yeNyaniso yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, eyagunyaziswa njengenxalenye yezivumelwano zoxolo zelizwe ngowe-1992, yaqinisekisa inyaniso yokuba iiReaganites zayikhanyela ngokuqinileyo ngoko kwaye zikhetha ukulibala namhlanje. IKomishoni ifumene i-FMLN guerillas ejongene ne-5% yokuphulwa kwamalungelo oluntu kunye ne-Armed Forces ejongene ne-90%, kunye ne-5% eseleyo engaqinisekanga.

IThe New York Times igqabaze ngokukhutshwa kwale ngxelo:

“IKomishoni yeNyaniso yeZizwe eziManyeneyo ngoku iyayingqina into efunwa luLawulo lweReagan-ukuba ubugebenga obubi benziwa egameni lenkululeko ngumkhosi oxhobileyo wase-El Salvador. … Le ngxelo ichonga owayesakuba nguMphathiswa wezoKhuselo njengomnye wamagosa aphezulu awayalela ukubulawa kwabefundisi abathandathu bamaJesuit ngo-1989. Ikhankanya omnye uMphathiswa wezoKhuselo njengophakathi kwabo bazama ukufihla ukubulawa kwabafazi abane becawa yaseMelika. Ifumanise ukuba uRoberto D'Aubuisson, usopolitiki okwiphiko lasekunene kunye negorha likaSenator uJesse Helms, wayalela ukuba kubulawe uBhishophu omkhulu uRomero.

Umbhali wemihlathi ye<em>Times uAnthony Lewis waqukumbela ngelithi: “[EUnited States] yachitha iidola ezisisi-6 samawaka ezigidi ixhasa uRhulumente waseSalvador owawulawulwa ngababulali. Sabaxhobisa, saqeqesha amajoni abo saza sabufihla ulwaphulo-mthetho lwabo.” Ingxelo ephawulekayo yeKhomishini yeZizwe eziManyeneyo ifumaneka kwi-intanethi: Ngelixa uJohn Kerry ebandakanyeka ekuhlaselweni kwe-Iraq, wenza imilinganiselo ebalulekileyo kwiminyaka yoo-1980 egxeka inkxaso ye-US yokuxhatshazwa kwamalungelo oluntu e-El Salvador naseNicaragua. Umsindo oqhubekayo wephiko lasekunene kwezi nqanaba lenzela ukufunda okunomdla, njengoko lilinganisa uCheney ekuzobeni kanye izifundo ezingalunganga kwimbali yaseMbindi Melika.

Umzekelo obalaseleyo: Ukhuseleko lwamva nje lukaHugh Hewitt malunga nemfazwe enegazi, engekho mthethweni yeContra War kwiThe Weekly Standard. UHewitt uthi iSenanti uKerry noHarken, ngokutyelela eNicaragua ngowe-1985, “babemkholisa” uSandinista uDaniel Ortega, ambiza ngokuba ngomnye “weentshaba zaseMelika.” Iingcaphuno zexesha uHewitt alisebenzisayo ukubonisa ubungqina bokuba sityholo esityholayo enyanisweni zibonisa umntu onombono ocacileyo wezopolitiko zommandla kunabo baphetheyo, ngelo xesha okanye ngoku:

“Ukuba ujonga emva kwisigqibo seGulf of Tonkin,” utshilo uKerry, “ukuba ujonga ngasemva kwimikhosi eyayiseKhambodiya, imbali yokubalwa kwabantu, kunye nokutolikwa gwenxa kwembali yaseVietnam, kwaye ujonge indlela sitolika umzabalazo kuMbindi Merika kwaye sivavanya ukubandakanyeka kweCIA, ukumbiwa kwamachweba, umzamo wokuxhasa ngemali iContras, kukho ukuhambelana okuthe ngqo nokungathintelekiyo phakathi kwala maxesha mabini embali yethu. Nangona ii-neocons ziqhubeka nokujika intsingiselo yazo, ukuhambelana kuyaqhubeka. Njengoko uCheney ebambe njengomzekelo werekhodi longenelelo lwase-US kuMbindi Merika, sinokuqiniseka ukuba “ulwaphulo-mthetho egameni lenkululeko” ngumbono oya kusebenza kakuhle kwixesha elizayo.

- UMark Engler, umbhali ozinze kwisiXeko saseNew York, unokufikelelwa kwiwebhusayithi http://www.DemocracyUprising.com.

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