Kudliwanondlebe lwakutsha nje nephephandaba lasePakistan iDawn, u-Osama bin Laden ukuthethelele ukubulawa kwabantu baseMelika abamsulwa ngale ndlela:
โUkuba utshaba luhlala kummandla wamaSilamsi luze lusebenzise abantu abaqhelekileyo njengekhaka lomntu, ngoko luvumelekile ukuhlasela olo tshaba. Ngokomzekelo, ukuba izihange zigqogqa endlwini zize zibambe umntwana, ngoko uyise womntwana unokuzihlasela izihange yaye kolo hlaselo kwanomntwana usenokwenzakala. IMelika namahlakani ayo ayasibulala ePalestine, eChechnya, eKashmir naseIraq. AmaSilamsi anelungelo lokuhlasela iMelika ngokuzohlwaya.โ
Oko kuthetheleleka ngokwesithethe ukubulala, akunjalo?
Bayasibulala, siyababulala, bayasibulala, nathi siyababulala.
Kwenzeka ntoni ukuba โuze ungabulaliโ?
Ngokulinganayo ukuthetheleleka kukaMongameli Bush ngokubulala: sikwimfazwe yoloyiko.
Kulungile, ngoko kuthekani ngoloyiko olwenziwe sithi?
Sibulala abamsulwa, babulala abamsulwa. Kunkwantya konke.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, uBush uthe asijongi abantu abamsulwa.
Ewe? Kuthekani ngohlaselo lwenyukliya eHiroshima naseNagasaki, okanye ukuqhushumba komlilo eDresden? Kuthekani ngenkxaso yase-US kwi-1980s yemfazwe echasene ne-Nicaragua, kunye nemigodi ye-CIA yamachweba aseNicaragua-izenzo ezibulele amawaka kwaye zakhokelela kwisigwebo esichasene ne-United States kwiNkundla yeHlabathi?
Ukujoliswa kwabemi, kunye noloyiko, olusulungekileyo kwaye lulula.
Abona bacekisekayo ngabo bakumajelo eendaba ethu, abahlala ngokukhululekileyo kwiiofisi zabo zangoku, bejonge kwiikhompyuter zabo, kwaye babethe izitshixo bekhuthaza ukubulawa kwabantu abamsulwa kumgama wamawakawaka eekhilomitha.
Nalu uluhlu lwethu olufutshane lweshumi olubi kakhulu, ngokulandelelana kwentiyo:
UMichael Kelly (iWashington Post): "Abavukeli baseMelika รขโฌยฆ bakwicala lokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi baseMelika kwixa elizayo," "bangabanqolobi ngeenjongo," "bangendawo" kunye "namaxoki."
UJonathan Alter (I-Newsweek): Wayezibuza ukuba ingaba intuthumbo "iya kuqalisa uphando olumisiweyo lolona lwaphulo-mthetho lukhulu kwimbali yaseMelika." Ibongoza abo balwela uxolo ukuba bavale umlomo kuba โibulala okanye iyabulawa.โ
UBill O'Reilly (iFox TV): "I-US kufuneka ibhombuze iziseko zase-Afghan ukuze zichithe - isikhululo seenqwelomoya, amaziko ombane, iindawo zabo zamanzi, iindlela. รขโฌยฆ Ama-Afghan anoxanduva kwiTaliban. Akufunekanga sijonge abantu, kodwa ukuba abavukeli lo rhulumente wolwaphulo-mthetho, bayalamba, ixesha. โ
I-AM Rosenthal (iWashington Times): Ukongeza kwi-Afghanistan, ifuna ukubhobhoza i-Iraq, iLibya, iSudan, i-Iran kunye neSiriya.
U-Ann Coulter (uPhononongo lwangaphambili lweSizwe): Impendulo yakhe kubunqolobi kukuba "ahlasele amazwe abo, abulale iinkokeli zawo, aze aziguqulele ebuKristwini."
USteve Dunleavy (Iposti yaseNew York) "Impendulo kule nkulungwane yama-21 yePearl Harbour ifanele ibe lula njengoko ikhawuleza - bulala i-bastards. รขโฌยฆ Ukudubula kompu phakathi kwamehlo, bavuthele kubabethi, batyhefe ukuba unayo รขโฌยฆ Ngokuphathelele izixeko okanye amazwe aphethe ezi ntshulube, ziqhumisele kumabala ebhola yomnyazi.
U-Rich Lowry (uPhononongo lweSizwe): "Ukuba sithe tyaba inxalenye yeDamasko okanye iTehran okanye nantoni na efunekayo, leyo yinxalenye yesisombululo."
UCharles Krauthammer (Iposti yeWashington): โSisilwa ngenxa yokuba ootsotsi babulala abantu bethu abangama-5,000 XNUMX, yaye ukuba asibabulali, baza kusibulala kwakhona.โ
UThomas Friedman (iNew York Times): โKufuneka silwe nabanqolobi ngokungathi akukho mithetho.โ Kwaye abagqwethiweyo "banika imfazwe ithuba."
UGeorge Will (iWashington Post): "Abalawuli bakaBush baxelela ilizwe ukuba kukho into ekufuneka yenziwe. โฆ Injongo ayiko 'kuzisa abanqolobi ematyaleni,' nto leyo ecebisa ukuba bafakwe kwiindawo ezipholileyo zenkundla - amagqwetha, amagumbi enkundla, inkqubo efanelekileyo, zonke ezilandelwa kukufundwa kwamalungelo kaMiranda. Kunoko, injongo kukutshatyalaliswa kweentshaba.โ
Ewe, amazwi oxolo aye aphetshwa ngamaqumrhu amakhulu eendaba.
Emva kwe-11 kaSeptemba, i-Clear Channel, umnini omkhulu welizwe kwizikhululo zikanomathotholo, yathumela imemorandam yangaphakathi kunye noluhlu lweengoma ezazingamele zidlale izikhululo, kuquka nekaJohn Lennon ethi "Imagine."
Ephendula, umhlolokazi kaLennon, uYoko Ono, wakhupha intengiso yephepha elipheleleyo kwiNew York Times enamagama asibhozo kwingoma ethi: โKhawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wabo bonke abantu bephila ngoxolo.โ
Emva koko wakhupha ibhodi yezaziso kwiTime Square eyayisithi: โNikeza Uxolo Ithuba.โ
โOko kubhalwe nguJohn ngumyalezo onamandla kakhulu kwaye mhle,โ utshilo u-Ono. "Ndicinga ukuba bona (iSitishi esicacileyo) bafuna wonke umntu abe kuhlobo lohlaselo."
UJohn Lennon: "Nika uxolo ithuba."
UThomas Friedman: "Nika iMfazwe ithuba."
Uyagqiba.
URussell Mokhiber ngumhleli weNgxelo yoLwaphulo-mthetho oluzinze eWashington, D.C.. URobert Weissman ngumhleli weMultinational Monitor esekwe eWashington, D.C.. Bangababhali ababambeneyo be-Corporate Predators: Ukuzingela iMegaProfits kunye nokuhlaselwa kweDemokhrasi (Monroe, Maine: I-Common Courage Press, i-1999).
(c) URussell Mokhiber noRobert Weissman