UBarack Obama, ophumelele ibhaso leNobel Peace Prize lika-2009, uceba enye imfazwe ukongeza kwirekhodi lakhe elichukumisayo. E-Afghanistan, iiarhente zakhe zihlala zicima amatheko omtshato, amafama kunye nabasebenzi bokwakha ngezixhobo ezinjengomjukujelwa weSihogo somlilo, ofunxa umoya emiphungeni yakho. Ngokutsho kwe-UN, iintsana ze-338,000 zase-Afghan zifa phantsi komanyano olukhokelwa ngu-Obama, oluvumela kuphela i-$ 29 ngentloko ngonyaka ukuba ichithwe kukhathalelo lwezonyango.
Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa zokumiselwa kwakhe, u-Obama waqala imfazwe entsha ePakistan, ebangela ukuba abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi bashiye amakhaya abo. Esoyikisa i-Iran - apho unobhala wakhe welizwe, u-Hillary Clinton, wathi ukulungele "ukucima" - u-Obama waxoka ukuba abantu base-Irani bafihla "indawo eyimfihlo yenyukliya", besazi ukuba sele kuxeliwe kwi-International Atomic Energy Authority. . Ekusebenzisaneni nokuphela kwamandla axhobe ngenyukliya kuMbindi Mpuma, wanyoba iGunya lasePalestine ukuba licinezele isigwebo se-UN sokuba uSirayeli wenze ubugebenga kuluntu ekuhlaseleni kwakhe iGaza - ulwaphulo-mthetho olwenziwa ukuba lwenzeke ngezixhobo zase-US ukuthunyelwa kuka-Obama ngokufihlakeleyo phambi kwakhe. ukumiselwa.
Ekhaya, indoda yoxolo ivume uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi oludlulayo nawuphi na unyaka ukususela ekupheleni kweMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi ngelixa isongamela uhlobo olutsha lwengcinezelo yasekhaya. Ngexesha lentlanganiso ye-G20 yakutsha nje ePittsburgh, ebisingathwe ngu-Obama, amapolisa omkhosi ahlasele abaqhankqalazi abanoxolo ngento ebizwa ngokuba sisiXhobo se-Long-Range Acoustic, engazange ibonwe ngaphambili ezitalatweni zase-US. Ifakwe kwi-turret yetanki encinci, yadubula ingxolo egqobhozayo njengoko igesi yokukrazula kunye negesi yepepile yayiqhunyiswa ngokungakhethiyo. Yinxalenye yomkhosi omtsha "wezixhobo zokulawula isihlwele" ezibonelelwa ngoosonkontileka basemkhosini abanjengoRaytheon. Kwi-Pentagon elawulwa yi-Pentagon "ilizwe lokhuseleko lesizwe", inkampu yoxinaniso e-Guantanamo Bay, awathembisa ukuyivala, ihlala ivulekile, kwaye "i-rendition", ukubulawa ngokufihlakeleyo kunye nokuthuthunjiswa kuyaqhubeka.
Imfazwe yamva nje yophumelele iBhaso loXolo lweNobel iyimfihlo. Nge-15 kaJulayi, iWashington yagqiba isivumelwano kunye neColombia enika i-US iziseko zomkhosi ezisixhenxe ezinkulu. I-Associated Press yathi: "Umbono, kukwenza iColombia ibe liziko lommandla wemisebenzi yePentagon. . . . phantse isiqingatha selizwekazi sinokugutyungelwa yi-C-17 [izithuthi zomkhosi] ngaphandle kokugcwalisa i-refueling", "enceda ukuphumeza ummandla. iqhinga lothethathethwano".
Ukuguqulelwa, oku kuthetha ukuba u-Obama uceba "ukubuyisela umva" kwinkululeko kunye nedemokhrasi abantu baseBolivia, eVenezuela, e-Ecuador naseParaguay abaye bayifumana ngokuchasene nezinto ezingathandekiyo, kunye nentsebenziswano eyimbali yengingqi ekhabayo umbono we-US "sphere. yempembelelo". Urhulumente waseColombia, oxhasa amaqela abulalayo kwaye unerekhodi elibi lamalungelo oluntu kwilizwekazi, ufumene inkxaso yasemkhosini yase-US okwesibini kwisikali ukuya kwa-Israyeli. IBritani ibonelela ngoqeqesho lwasemkhosini. Ikhokelwa ziisathelayithi zomkhosi wase-US, ii-paramilitaries zaseColombia ngoku zingena eVenezuela ngenjongo yokubhukuqa urhulumente wedemokhrasi kaHugo Chรกvez, nto leyo uGeorge W Bush angazange akwazi ukuyenza ngo-2002.
Imfazwe ka-Obama yoxolo nedemokhrasi eLatin America ilandela isimbo athe wasibonakalisa ukususela kubhukuqo-mbuso ngokuchasene nomongameli wedemokhrasi waseHonduras, uManuel Zelaya, ngoJuni. UZelaya wonyuse owona mvuzo uphantsi, wanikezela ngenkxaso-mali kumafama amancinci, wacutha inzala wanciphisa intlupheko. Wayeceba ukwaphula ulawulo lokuthengisa amayeza e-US kwaye enze amayeza enziwe afana nalawo aveliswe ngumenzi anexabiso eliphantsi. Nangona u-Obama ecele ukubuyiselwa kukaZelaya, uyala ukugxeka abaqhankqalazi kunye nokukhumbula i-ambassador yase-US okanye imikhosi yase-US eqeqesha imikhosi yaseHonduran ezimisele ukuyiphelisa inkcaso ethandwayo. U-Zelaya uye wanqatshwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo intlanganiso kunye no-Obama, oye wavuma imali mboleko ye-IMF ye-164m yeedola kulawulo olungekho mthethweni. Umyalezo ucacile kwaye uqhelekile: izigebenga zingenza ngokungohlwaywa egameni le-US.
U-Obama, osebenza kakuhle osuka eChicago edlula eHarvard, wabhaliswa ukuba abuyisele oko akubiza ngokuba โbubunkokeliโ kwihlabathi liphela. Isigqibo sekomiti yeBhaso likaNobel luhlobo lokucalula ucalucalulo oluye lwayibetha indoda ngaphandle kwesizathu ngaphandle kokuba lilungu labambalwa kwaye linomtsalane kwiimvakalelo zenkululeko, ukuba akunjalo kubantwana base-Afghan ababulalayo. Olu lubizo luka-Obama. Ayifani nempempe yenja: ayivakali kwabaninzi, ayinakuphikiswa kwi-besotted kunye ne-boneheaded. "Xa u-Obama engena egumbini," watsho uGeorge Clooney, "ufuna ukumlandela kwindawo ethile, naphi na."
Ilizwi elikhulu lenkululeko emnyama uFrantz Fanon wayeyiqonda le nto. Kwincwadi ethi The Wretched of the Earth, uchaze "umthetheleli [omsebenzi wakhe] ongenanto yakwenza nokuguqula isizwe: ubandakanya, ngokwenyani, ukuba ngumgca wothumelo phakathi kwesizwe kunye nobukapitali, obuxhaphakileyo nangona bufihliwe". Ngenxa yokuba ingxoxo yezopolitiko iye yathotywa kakhulu kwimidiya yethu ye-monoculture - uBlair okanye uBrown; UBrown okanye uCameron - uhlanga, isini kunye neklasi zinokusetyenziswa njengezixhobo ezikhohlisayo zepropaganda kunye nokuphazamiseka. Kwimeko ka-Obama, eyona nto ibalulekileyo, njengoko uFanon wachazayo kwixesha langaphambili, ayikuko ukuphakama "kwembali", kodwa yiklasi ayikhonzayo. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, isangqa sangaphakathi sikaBush mhlawumbi sesona sizwe sininzi kwimbali kamongameli. Kwakukho uCondoleezza Rice, uColin Powell, uClarence Thomas, bonke bekhonza ngokugqithisileyo amandla ayingozi.
IBritane ibone eyayo imfihlakalo efana no-Obama. Ngomhla emva kokuba uBlair wonyulwa ngo-1997, i-Observer yaxela kwangaphambili ukuba uya kudala "imithetho emitsha yehlabathi kumalungelo oluntu" ngelixa i-Guardian yayivuya "ngesantya esingenamoya [njengoko] amasango ezikhukula otshintsho avuleka". Xa u-Obama wanyulwa ngoNovemba odluleyo, uDenis MacShane MP, ozinikele ekuhlaselweni kwegazi likaBlair, ngokungazi wasilumkisa: "Ndivale amehlo am xa ndimamele lo mfana kwaye ingaba nguTony. Wenza into efanayo naleyo sayenzayo kwi-1997. "