Njengoko iUnited States neBritani zikhangela isizathu sokuhlasela elinye ilizwe lama-Arabhu elineoli eneoli, uhanahaniso luqhelekile. UColonel Gaddafi "uyakhohlisa" kwaye "ugalelwe ligazi" ngelixa ababhali bohlaselo olwabulala isigidi saseIraqi, abaye baxhwila kwaye bangcungcuthekisa egameni lethu, banengqondo ngokupheleleyo, abazange batshiswe ligazi kwaye baphinde baba ngabagwebi "bozinzo" .
Kodwa kukho into etshintshileyo. Inyani ayiseyiyo le nto ithethwa ngabanamandla. Kuzo zonke iimvukelo ezimangalisayo kwihlabathi liphela, eyona nto iyonwabisayo kukuvukelwa kolwazi okubangelwe yiWikiLeaks. Le asiyongcamango entsha. Ngo-1792, umguquli uTom Paine walumkisa abafundi bakhe baseNgilani ukuba urhulumente wabo ukholelwa ukuba "abantu kufuneka babanjwe kwaye bagcinwe ekungazini kweenkolelo zebugbear okanye ezinye". Paine Amalungelo oMntu wathathwa njengosoyikiso kulawulo oluphezulu kangangokuba ijaji enkulu eyimfihlo yayalelwa ukuba immangalele โngeyelenqe eliyingozi nelinobungcatshiโ. Ngobulumko, wabalekela eFransi.
Ubunzima kunye nesibindi sikaTom Paine sicatshulwe yiSydney Peace Foundation kwimbasa yeGolide yamalungelo oluntu eOstreliya kuJulian Assange. NjengoPaine, u-Assange yi-maverick engasebenziyo inkqubo kwaye usoyikiswa yijaji enkulu eyimfihlo, isixhobo esikhohlakeleyo esishiywe eNgilani kodwa singekho e-United States. Ukuba uthunyelwe e-US, kunokwenzeka ukuba anyamalale kwilizwe laseKafkaesque elivelise i-nightmare yaseGuantanamo Bay kwaye ngoku utyhola uBradley Manning, umtyholwa we-WikiLeaks, ngolwaphulo-mthetho olukhulu.
Ukuba isibheno sika-Assange sangoku saseBritane asiphumelelanga ekubuyiselweni kwakhe eSweden, mhlawumbi uya kuthi, xa sele ebekwe ityala, ayalelwe ibheyile kwaye agcinwe eluvalelweni de kufike ityala lakhe emfihlekweni. Icala elichasene naye sele lichithwe ngumtshutshisi ophezulu e-Stockholm kwaye unikwe ubomi obutsha kuphela xa umpolitiki onelungelo, uClaes Borgstrom, wangenelela waza wenza ingxelo yoluntu malunga "netyala" lika-Assange. UBorgstrom, oligqwetha, ngoku umele amabhinqa amabini abandakanyekayo. Iqabane lakhe lomthetho nguThomas Bodstrom, owayengumphathiswa wezobulungisa waseSweden ngo-2001, wabandakanyeka ekunikezelweni kweembacu ezimbini zase-Egypt ezimsulwa kwiqela lokuxhwila i-CIA kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseStockholm. Kamva iSweden yawonga umonakalo ngenxa yokuthuthunjiswa kwawo.
Ezi nyaniso zabhalwa kwintlanganiso yepalamente yase-Australia eCanberra nge-2 kaMatshi. Echaza ukuphangwa okumangalisayo kobulungisa obusongela u-Assange, uphando luve ubungqina beengcali bokuba, phantsi kwemigangatho yobulungisa yamazwe ngamazwe, ukuziphatha kwamagosa athile e-Sweden kuya kuthathwa "njengengafanelekanga kakhulu kwaye inetyala [kwaye] ithintela ukuxoxwa kwetyala elinobulungisa". Owayesakuba ngunozakuzaku wase-Australia, uTony Kevin, uchaze ubudlelwane obusondeleyo phakathi kwenkulumbuso yaseSweden uFrederic Reinheldt, kunye neRiphabhlikhi ekunene e-US. โUReinfeldt kunye [noGeorge W] Bush ngabahlobo,โ utshilo. UReinhaldt uhlasele u-Assange esidlangalaleni kwaye waqesha uKarl Rove, owayesakuba ngu-Bush crony, ukuba amcebise. Iimpembelelo zokukhutshwa kuka-Assange e-US esuka eSweden zimbi.
Uphando lwase-Australia lwalungahoywa e-UK, apho i-farce emnyama ikhethwa ngoku. Nge-3 kaMatshi, i Guardian ubhengeze ukuba i-Dream Works kaStephen Spielberg yayiza kwenza "uphando oluchulumancisayo Wonke Amadoda kaMongameliโ kwincwadi yayo WikiLeaks: Ngaphakathi kwiMfazwe kaJulian Assange kwiMfihlo. Ndabuza uDavid Leigh, owabhala incwadi kunye noLuka Harding, ukuba yimalini uSpielberg ehlawule ngayo Guardian kumalungelo esikrini kunye nento ebelindele ukuyenza ngokwakhe. โAkukho mbono,โ yatsho impendulo edidayo yoMninimzi Eyomgadi "umhleli wophando". I Guardian ihlawulwe i-WikiLeaks nto ngenxa yendyebo yayo yokuvuza. I-Assange kunye ne-WikiLeaks-hayi i-Leigh okanye i-Harding-banoxanduva lwento Eyomgadi Umhleli, u-Alan Rusbridger, ubiza "enye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo zobuntatheli kwiminyaka engama-30 edlulileyo".
The Guardian ikwenze kwacaca ukuba akusenakusetyenziswa kwakhona kwi-Assange. Uyi-cannon ekhululekileyo engazange ilingane ne-Guardianworld, engqineke elukhuni, umntu othethathethana ongaguqukiyo. Kwaye ukhaliphile. Kwi Eyomgadi incwadi yokuzijonga, ubugorha obumangalisayo buka-Assange bukhutshiwe. Uba ngumfanekiso wokuhlekisa, "umntu waseOstreliya ongaqhelekanga" onomama "oneenwele ezinqabileyo", ngokukhululekileyo uxhatshazwe "njengobuthuntu" kunye "nobuntu obonakalisiweyo" obu "kwi-autistic spectrum". Ingaba uSpeilberg uzakujongana njani nokubulawa komlinganiswa kobuntwana? e
Kwi-BBC iPanorama, U-Leigh uye wafumana iindaba malunga no-Assange ngokungakhathali ngobomi babo babizwe ngokuvuza. Ngokubhekiselele kwibango lokuba u-Assange wakhalaza "ngeyelenqe lamaYuda", elilandela umsinga wobubhanxa be-intanethi ukuba yi-arhente embi yaseMossad, U-Assange ukukhabile oku ngokuthi โbubuxoki ngokupheleleyo, ngomoya nangelizwiโ.
Kunzima ukuchaza, singasathethi ke ngokucinga, imvakalelo yokuba yedwa kunye nemeko yokungqingwa kukaJulian Assange, othi ngenye indlela okanye enye ehlawulela ukukrazula i-faรงade yamandla arhabaxa. I-canker apha ayilona lungelo lide kodwa inkululeko yephepha-ebhityile yabo bagada imida yokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo. I ENew York Times izibalule ngokusonta kunye nokuhluza imathiriyeli yeWikiLeaks. UBill Keller, umhleli, wathi: โSisa zonke iintambo kubaphathi, basiqinisekisa ukuba kuya kuba bubulumko ukuhlengahlengisa inkcazelo ethile.โ Kwinqaku likaKeller, uAssange uxhatshazwa buqu. Kwi-Columbia School of Journalism nge-3 kaFebruwari, uKeller uthe, ngokwenene, uluntu alunakuthenjwa ngokukhululwa kweentambo ezingaphezulu. Oku kunokubangela "cacophony". Wathetha umgcini-sango.
Iqhawe elinguBradley Manning ligcinwe ze phantsi kwezibane kunye neekhamera iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku. UGreg Barns, umalathisi woMbutho wamaGqwetha waseOstreliya, uthi uloyiko lokuba uJulian Assange โuya kuphelela ekuthuthunjisweni kwintolongo yaseMerika ekhuseleke kakhuluโ kufanelekile. Ngubani oza kuthwala uxanduva ngolwaphulo-mthetho olunjalo?