T
he
cruise missile left (CML), maxa wambi ezikhethele โumntu othanda ilizwe
ekhohloโ (Eric Alterman, โStraw Liberals and False Prophets,โ nguEric Alterman.
le
Wesizwe
,
Disemba 9, 2002), luluhlu olwahlukeneyo lweenkululeko ezabelanayo
ukuncamathela okunzulu kwi-US i-imperial state, ephuma kuyo a
ubutshaba obubonakalayo kwabo basigwebayo eso simo kunye nokulwa
izenzo nezicwangciso zayo ngokungaqinisekanga. Aba bagxeki be
I-imperial state kuthiwa ibonisa "i-reflexive" anti-Americanism
okanye anti-Westernism (Todd Gitlin, Alterman) engena "nuance"
kwaye uyasilela ukuqaphela ukuba urhulumente wobukhosi unelungelo lokukhusela
ngokwalo kwaye lenza izinto ezilungileyo nezimbi. Ezi ntsilelo kwi
inxalenye โyabalahlekayoโ eseleyo ayiphelelanga nje ekuziphatheni
engalunganga, kodwa zibangela ukuba oko kushiywe kungadibanisi ne
abantu kwaye uchaze ukujongelwa phantsi kwayo. (Jonga iCandelo 1,
Z
EyeNkanga
2002
.)
The
Ii-CMLs ngokubanzi zicinga ukuba uClinton wayengumgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle othembekileyo
umongameli, onoxanduva isivumelwano Oslo kunye nokugxothwa
Milosevic, ekugqibeleni uxhasa imikhosi ye-UN e-East Timor, nokuba
a bit belatedly, kunye "free trade" impumelelo, kunye
ukuzimisela okukhulu ukwenza izinto kumacala amaninzi kunoko
ulawulo lukaBush. Kodwa ii-CMLs zikwatyala uBush ngokubanzi
ngokufanelekileyo ukuba mhlawumbi ukungagxili ngokwaneleyo kwe-Al Qaeda
kunye โnobugrogrisi,โ yaye bavuma ukuhlasela kwakhe iAfghanistan
njengemeko efanelekileyo yokuzikhusela eyasusa ulawulo olubi.
(Umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kunye "nomonakalo wesibambiso" awukwenzi
umdla CML.) Bush uhamba nje kakhulu ngokukhawuleza kakhulu rush yakhe
ukulwa ne-Iraq, nangona ubuncinane omnye wabo (uPaul Berman)
ihambelana ngokupheleleyo noBush apha.
The
Ii-CMLs zamkela isiseko sikaBush sokuba uSaddam Hussein kunye nezixhobo zakhe
ukutshatyalaliswa kwenyambalala yabantu kusisisongelo esikhulu kwaye uninzi lwabo lukholelwa
ukuba inkqubo yokuhlola ifanelekile kwaye kufuneka ivunyelwe
ukuqhubeka nokufuna nokususa ezo zixhobo. Akukho namnye kubo ohlaselayo
iphakheji "yokuhlolwa-isohlwayo sokutshabalalisa abantu abaninzi".
njenge-vendetta yase-US-Bhritane eyenze izigidi ezingama-24 zamabanjwa eIraq,
ngeziphumo ezibulalayo. Akukho namnye kubo ovakalisa imbono yokuba i-US
izixhobo zokutshabalalisa, okanye ezo zakwaSirayeli, zisisisongelo esikhulu
ukuba uluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe kufuneka lugxile (kwaye akukho nanye kuzo
ukhe ukhankanye ukuba iSigqibo seBhunga lezoKhuseleko esingunombolo 687 asibizanga kuphela
ukususwa kwezixhobo zikaSaddam zokutshabalalisa, kodwa
abo bakwezinye iindawo kuMbindi Mpuma [oko kukuthi, kwaSirayeli]).
An
uphawu olubalulekileyo lwemibhalo ye-CML kumgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle obonisa
indima yabo yokucela uxolo lutyekelo lwabo lokungahoyi iindawo eziphambili ze
ubundlobongela basebukhosini kunye nokuchasa ngamandla izityholo zokubaxo
yeendleko zohlaselo lwase-US kuluntu ekujoliswe kulo. Benza ngononophelo
Ukuphepha i-East Timor kunye neTurkey Kurds xa umbambazela uClinton
umva ngenxa yempumelelo yakhe yenkqubo yangaphandle, bajongela phantsi okanye
ungayihoyi indima yase-US ekucoceni umhlaba "wendoda yoxolo"
USharon kunye nabangaphambili bakhe bokuhlanjululwa kohlanga, kwaye bahlawula zero
ingqalelo kuhlanjululo olukhulu lobuhlanga kwi-NATO-ehlala eKosovo
eye yaba nemiphumo emikhulu kumawakawaka amaRomany (kunye nezinye iintlanga
abancinci) kunye namaSerbs.
Ngokulinganayo
Okumangalisayo yingqumbo yabo kumanani atyholwa ngokuba anyukelwe yingxwelerha
zibangelwa leli lizwe. UMarc Cooper wayecaphukile ukuba uWilliam
UBlum kufanele ukuba ucaphule isifundo sikaMarc Herold malunga nokwenzakala kwabantu
eAfghanistan, eyachazwa nguCooper njenge "engangqinisiswanga"
kwaye mhlawumbi "bubuxoki," kwaye uMichael Walzer naye wayekhathazekile
kwiinzame ezityholwa nguHerold zokunyusa amanani abantu abangxwelerhekileyo kunye
ukusilela ekuqondeni ukuba ayengabom, kuphela isibambiso.
UMichael Berube naye wayezilolongiwe phezu kwabangasekhohlo abangathandi ilizwe
ukusilela ukwahlula ukubulala ngabom โnomkhosi nje
impenduloโ (kwingxoxo kunye nokuchaswa koku njengento enentsingiselo
umahluko yokuziphatha, bona CML, Icandelo 1). UCooper akazange athethe nelincinci
ukucaphuka ngenxa yamawakawaka abantu base-Afghan abamsulwa,
kuphela kuqikelelo awalubona luphezulu kakhulu, olusekwe kwimpendulo yamathumbu kuphela.
UBerube naye wayenxunguphele kukutyholwa nguNoam Chomsky
phezu kokunqunyulwa kokutya e-Afghanistan, kodwa akazange abonise
inkxalabo ngayo nayiphi na imiphumo yoko kunqunyulwa-okanye i
umgaqo-nkqubo wemfazwe-kwingozi yase-Afghan. Iyaziwa,
kwaye yamkelwe yiPentagon, ukuba ayizange izikhathaze
ukubala iingxwelerha zase-Iraqi ngo-1991 kwaye ayiqokeleli olo lwazi
e Afghanistan, kodwa oku akuzange kumkhathaze Cooper okanye Berube okanye ukuphakamisa
nayiphi na imibuzo engqondweni yabo.
kuba
ESerbia, uCooper uthi kukho abantu abangama-500 ababhubhileyo kwibhombu yase-US,
olwenzeka ukuba lolona qikelelo luphantsi olunikezelwayo (olunikezelwe nguMntu
I-Rights Watch). UMichael Massing naye wamgxeka uHerold kwi
Wesizwe
ngokugqithisa iingxwelerha ("Intlungu Ngaphandle Kwemizobo,"
NgoFebruwari 4, 2002), efunda ngesiganeko esinye kuphela kwaye evalelwa
uphando lwakhe kwimithombo kushicilelo lweshishini oluqhelekileyo.
UHerode wakwazi ukubonisa ukuba uMassing wayengenatyala (โInyaniso [malunga
Ukubulawa kwabantu base-Afghan] Kuza kuphela ngeLens yaseMelika,"
kuPeter Phillips kunye neProjekthi iCensored, ed.,
Ivalwe ngo-2003
[Amabali asixhenxe: 2003]), kodwa umbuzo ngulo: kutheni le nto
Wesizwe
kunye nabahleli bayo abanegalelo kunye namanye amalungu eCML rhoqo
yiya kwiintlungu ezinjalo ukuze unciphise uqikelelo olubalulekileyo lwe-US-eyenziwe
iingxwelerha?
Corn-Cooper-Berube V. Antiwar
F
or
iinyanga uDavid Corn kunye noMarc Cooper baye bathatha izithonga ezininzi
kwi-MPENDULO, umququzeleli oyintloko wenyanga kaJanuwari neyoMdumba
uqhanqalazo oluchasene nemfazwe, kwaye baye badityaniswa koku ngabanye abafana
UMichael Berube kunye no-Eric Alterman. Ibango labo lelokuba IMPENDULO ngu
ihlelo kakhulu, imilo uqhanqalazo, kwaye ukhetha izithethi kwi ideological
isiseko, ivumela izithethi kuMumia Abu-Jamal kunye noLeonard Peltier (phakathi
abanye kucingelwa ukuba bahlukile okanye abangekho mthethweni), kwaye ke bayabajongela phantsi
kwaye lwenza buthathaka uqhanqalazo. Nangona kunjalo, banika ubungqina obuncinci bokuba IMPENDULO
ilawula yonke into, iyasilela ukuqaphela amaqela abalulekileyo phakathi
abaqhankqalazi, okanye oko konakalisa uqhanqalazo. Lubanzi
yaqaphela ukuba iMPENDULO namahlakani ayo basebenza nzima kwaye benza umsebenzi omhle
yokuphuma kwamanani amaninzi phakathi kovoto abaninzi. Ubininzi be
abaqhankqalazi endithethe nabo okanye izimvo zabo zithe zaxelwa
kumajelo osasazo aqhelekileyo akhange acatshukiswe bubunkokeli be
uqhanqalazo kwaye bazive ngathi olu qhankqalazo lube yimpumelelo enkulu.
Alterman
mhlawumbi inika umdlalo kude xa echaza ukuba "radical
ukugxeka [i]Melika nayo yonke into eyimeleyoโnto leyo
Ndive kwizithethi ezikhethiweyo zeMPENDULO kwi-DC ngempelaveki [ngaphambili
uthe weva iintetho ezinemizuzu eli-15 kuphela]โwenza okungakumbi
ingozi ngaphezu kokulungileyo. Benza lukhuni isigqibo selinye icala. โโฆ
Uphando lwakhe luye lwamqinisekisa ukuba uqhanqalazo lweMfazwe yaseVietnam
ibe neziphumo ezibi [MSNBC, January 20, 2003]. Yintoni eyayifuneka
"Yayimangalisa" ngakumbi enokubandakanya ukukhankanywa kwento
IMelika yenze ngokufanelekileyo-ukunika umboniso umlinganiselo
loo nto mhlawumbi ingathambisa ulawulo lukaBush kunye nabaxhasi bayo.
Nangona kunjalo, kunokwenzeka ukuba izihlwele ezikhulu aziyi kuphuma
uqhanqalazo ukuba ii-CMLs beziphethe, ukubonelela oko kunqwenelekayo
ibhalansi kunye Gitlin, Berman, Alterman, Walzer, kwaye mhlawumbi Madeleine
Albright okanye uRichard Holbrooke kwipodium.
It
Kubalulekile ukuba amajelo eendaba aqhelekileyo amkele umbona, uCooper,
Alterman, Berube, kunye nenkampani, kwaye ezi CM Leftists ziye
Ndiyavuya ukulahla IMPENDULO kunye nombutho woqhanqalazo kolu sasazo luninzi
izithuthi (Umbona, kwiFox kunye noBill O'Reilly). Amajelo eendaba
namhlanje basebenzela umatshini wemfazwe kwaye abamkelanga nzulu
abagxeki ngohlaselo oluzayo lwe-Iraq-kwaye ubukhulu becala
ubutshaba kumbutho woqhanqalazo okhulayo (onyanzelekileyo ukuba awugqume
NgoJanuwari 18 kunye noFebruwari 15-16 ngenxa yobunzima obukhulu obubandakanyekayo,
kodwa babuyela kwinkonzo yexesha elizeleyo yemfazwe ngosuku olulandelayo). Icacile
ukuba Umbona, Berube, Cooper et al. zisebenza ngendlela
uzilungiselele kakuhle iimfuno zosasazo.
The
igiya yagxininiswa yi
New York Times Magazi
neqhekeza
nguGeorge Packer kwi "Liberal Quandry Over Iraq" (Disemba
8, 2002), eyayivakala njengeCorn okanye iCooper, ene
Imiqondiso yoqhanqalazo โengachazwangaโ njengothi โAkukho Gazi leOli,โ
ulawulo "kweyona ndawo ikude yaseMelika ekhohlo,"
"ingcamango emxinwa," kunye nokungabikho ngoko ke a
"intshukumo eyakhayo yenkululeko yokulwa imfazwe." Kwabakho nkqu
isinyanzelo esisinyanzelo sikaNoam Chomsky, ekutyholwa ukuba ubonakalise
Imbono yokuba nasiphi na isenzo sase-US yayiyimpiriyali, ebangela ukuba "a
utsibe ekukhuseleni uSlobodan Milosevic.โ (Oku kwakuphindwe kabini
ubuxoki, njengezizathu zikaChomsky zokuchasa imfazwe yaseKosovo
bezingasekelwanga kwimbono yokuba nasiphi na isenzo sase-US sasiyi impiriyali,
kodwa kuqwalaselo olusondeleyo lweenjongo kunye neziphumo ezinokubakho; kwaye
UChomsky akazange amkhusele uMilosevic, nangaphezu kokuba โwatsiba
ukhuselo lweHo Chi Minhโ okanye nayiphi na enye inkokeli yelizwe
iphantsi kohlaselo lwase-US. UChomsky akabuthandi ubundlongondlongo,
nokuba yiSoviet Union eAfghanistan okanye eUnited States
eVietnam okanye ngoku ilungiselela uhlaselo lwayo e-Iraq. Isipakishi siyalinganisa
Alterman, Berube, Berman et al. ekusebenziseni kwabo ngokungaguquguqukiyo ukubetha nokubaleka
amaqhinga okujongana noChomsky, ekhetha ukutyhoboza kunokulungisa
ngumcimbi obalulekileyo.)
Umbona,
UCooper, uBerube, noAlterman ngokuqinisekileyo banyanisekile ekugxekeni kwabo
yeMPENDULO, kodwa yintoni intsingiselo yoluntu ngokugqabhuka kwabo
amajelo eendaba aphambili? Ngentsingiselo yoluntu ndibhekisa kwiziphumo zabo
endaweni yamabango asesikweni enjongo. Ngaba ezi ziphumo ziluncedo
kwintshukumo echasene nemfazwe? Ngaba bayanceda ukuthengisa imiyalezo echasene nemfazwe kwi
uluntu? Ngaba bazisa uhlaziyo oluluncedo kwintshukumo ngokwayo
oko kuya kuyinika amandla angakumbi? Ndicinga ukuba impendulo ngokucacileyo
kukuba isiphumo sabo esiphantse sibe sisodwa kukungcolisa intshukumo
emehlweni oluntu, ukuphazamisa ingqalelo kumanani
kunye neenkolelo zamalungu entshukumo kulawulo olutyholwa ngokubi
โiicommiesโ (Umbona). Kungenxa yoko le nto imidiya eqhelekileyo, leyo
bathathe umsebenzi weearhente zepropaganda kwiqela lemfazwe,
wamkele uCooper kunye nombona kwaye uvumele kwaye ubakhuthaze ukuba bahlasele IMPENDULO,
engummeli wombutho woqhanqalazo.
I-Anti-Semitism Gambit
A
ngumbhalo
Ithuba le-CML lokuhlasela IMPENDULO laziveza xa uRabhi uMichael
ULerner wabanga ukuba akazange anikwe ithuba lokuthetha
Indibano yokulwa imfazwe eSan Francisco ngoFebruwari 16, kutyholwa ngokuba
โwayengumxhasi kaSirayeli.โ Oku kwenza ukuba kube nokwenzeka ukunyelisa
IMPENDULOโyaye ngentsingiselo, enoba bekunenjongo okanye akunjalo, uqhanqalazo
ukunyakaza-njengazo zombini ezichasayo kwintetho yamahhala kunye ne-anti-Semitic ukuya
isihlangu. I-Corn-Cooper-Berube-Lerner i-axis ityhale lo mgca ngokungqongqo
kwaye ndafumana upapasho olukhulu.
Ngokuphawulekayo,
ekunene, i-pro-Sharon, kunye ne-pro-war
Wall Street Journal
iphepha lomhleli linike isithuba kuLerner phantsi kwesihloko esithi โI-Antiwar
Abachasene namaSemiteโ (ngoFebruwari 12). ULerner wabanga ukuba konke oku
ikhuthaza kakhulu kuba wathi kwinqaku lakhe usahamba
ukubonisa kunye nama-anti-Semites. Kodwa oku kwakuhanahanisa:
le
Wall Street Journal
Khange ukhohliswe ekuxhaseni
uqhanqalazo oluchasene nemfazweโbona, ukuba yayingenguye uLerner, babesazi ukuba oku kunjalo
ukubetha kwintshukumo.
The
Umbona-Cooper-Berube phalanx uthumele ikholamu kwi
Yezizwe
iwebhusayithi iphinda izityholo zikaLerner kwaye yafumana i-Intanethi
isicelo esenza kwaloo nto. Esi sicelo safakwa ngokukhawuleza kuDavide
Iwebhusayithi kaHorowitz, kunye noBerube bathathe inxaxheba kwingxoxo-mpikiswano
Indawo kaHorowitz kulwaphulo-mthetho lweMPENDULO. Njengoko iHorowitz ikude-ekunene
unenzondelelo yempambano, ukwenza ishishini naye akubonakali ngathi yindlela
yengxoxo eyakhayo yeengxaki zombutho woqhanqalazo,
nangona kunokuthiwa okufanayo ngokutshintshiselana kukaCorn ngalo mbandela
kunye noBill O'Reilly kwiFox. UBerube usabele ngamandla ngokuchasene
intlawulo yokuba kwiligi kunye neHorowitz, kodwa njengoAlexander Cockburn
uthi, โSifumanisa ukuba ivuthiwe into yokuba uBerube ancwine
malunga netyala ngumbutho emva kokuba yena noCooper noCorn bechithe
iinyanga zithambise umbutho woxolo kuba iWorkers World Party
yaye IMPENDULO ibilungiselela imiboniso.โ
Umbona,
I-Cooper, i-Berube, kunye nenkampani nayo iphumelele ekufumaneni ezininzi
iinkululeko kunye nabasekhohlo ukuba basayine kwi-Intanethi yezikhalazo zabo ezigxekayo
IMPENDULO isityholo sokukhanyela ukuthetha ngokukhululekileyo kwaye siqinisekisa ukuba kunjalo
kufuneka ithintelwe kuyo nayiphi na indima yobunkokeli. Ibango lokuba lokwenyani
umba wokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo wawusesichengeni apha bubuqhophololo, njengoko ndiza kuchaza
ngezantsi, kodwa yayinohanahaniso lweCorn kunye nabalingane ukutyhala
ngayo kwesi siseko. I-Cooper ngokukodwa yayibandakanyeke ngokunzulu
umsebenzi omkhulu wokuhlolwa phantsi kwePacifica echithiweyo ngoku
ulawulo, ekungekho mntu (ngaphandle kwabaphathi) ebekho
kuvunyelwe ukuxoxa ngengxaki yePacifica kuyo nayiphi na inkqubo yePacifica.
Eli qhinga, linyanzeliswe ngamandla ngumhlobo kaCooper uMark Schubb
eLos Angeles, yasetyenziswa ukubonelela ngesiseko sokudutyulwa kwabaninzi
Abavukeli basePacifica abangavumiyo ukubotshelelwa ngulo mthetho wohlolo.
UCooper wayixhasa ngaphandle kombuzo kwaye uCorn akazange aphikise.
Ukuzinikela kwabo kumgaqo wenkululeko yokuthetha kuyakrokrelwa.
kodwa
bubuqhophololo kwimeko yangoku kwaye abaninzi abatyikitya uxwebhu lwezikhalazo lombona
ngengakhange akwenze oko ukuba ebenazo zonke iinyani ezifanelekileyo.
inye
Inyani kukuba uLerner khange acele ukuthetha ngoFebruwari
16 ukuhlanganisana (inqaku elenziwe ngumququzeleli weMPENDULO uRichard Becker, kodwa
Yamkelwa nguLerner kudliwanondlebe no
LA ngeveki
). Yena
ukuba ebenako, ebeya kuvinjwa ixesha lokuthetha, kodwa akenzanga
buza. Ngewayethintelwe sisivumelwano phakathi koqhanqalazo olune
amaqela aququzelela ukukhanyela umgangatho kuye nabani na oye wagxeka esidlangalaleni
nawaphi na amaqela. Lo ibingumgaqo ekunokuxoxwa ngawo,
kodwa yayingakhuselekanga ngokupheleleyo njengoko umntu onjalo enokwenza
sebenzisa kakuhle iqonga ukuqhubeka nokugxeka abaququzeleli, ngokungathandabuzekiyo
ulwabiwo oluthandabuzekayo lwexesha elinqabileyo (abafake izicelo zokuthetha
ixesha laliphindaphindwe kahlanu njengeendawo zokubeka). Ngaba uyamkhanyela uDavide
Ixesha lokuthetha leHorowitz libe kukwaphulwa komgaqo wokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo?
(IMPENDULO ngengazange imthintele uLerner ukususela nge-18 kaJanuwari
Indibano eyabakho ngaphambi kokuba kumiselwe umthetho omtshaโkuloo nto
ityala, uLerner wawa ngasendleleni kuba wagxininisa kwimizuzu eyi-15,
kunemizuzu emi-3 enikwa ezinye izithethi.) Okwesibini
Ukuqwalaselwa okufanelekileyo kukuba kwintlanganiso yocwangciso apho izithethi
babekhethwa nge-4 kaFebruwari, into yokuba uLerner wayengafanelekanga
kwaxoxwa nommeli we
I-Tikkun
, owakhulisayo
akukho zichaso. Oku, kunye nenyaniso yokuba uLerner akazange afake isicelo
ixesha lokuthetha ngoFebruwari 16, libonisa ukuba isikhalo sakhe kamva
malunga nokuthintelwa kwakucetywe kwangaphambili okanye, ngakumbi, kusemva kwexesha
ukuqonda ukuba ngobungqina bokuphulula obuncinane anokuthi abenze
ngokwakhe abe lixhoba lokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo lokuchaswa kwamaYuda.
A
Ingqwalasela yesithathu efanelekileyo kukuba, ngokutsho
yobuYuda
Ilizwi likaP
e
i-eyisi
(JVP) incwadana yeendaba, ephendula kuyo
i-phalanx: โSifumene amahlakani asondeleyo nathembekileyo kwi
umanyano oluchasene nemfazwe. Sifumene ukuba uluvo lwethu lufunwa ixesha
kwaye kwakhona nokuba ukuma kwethu ekuxhaseni uxolo lokwenene phakathi
amaSirayeli kunye namaPalestina kunye nentlonipho yamalungelo oluntu akwaSirayeli njengoko
kunye namaPalestine 'iye yahlonitshwa kwaye yamelwa kuyo
izithethi ezikhethiweyo. Kumboniso ozayo,
UMitchell Plitnick [we-JVP] uya kuthetha, kunye ne-Israel refusnik
U-Ofer Shorr, kunye noKate Raphael baseSan Francisco Women in Black,
URabi uSteven Pierce, uRabi uPam Frydman-Baugh, kunye noRabi uDavid Cooper.
Oku kubonisa uluhlu olubanzi lweembono zamaYuda ezichasene nemfazwe. "
Le JVP ingxelo iyaqhubeka ukuba izimvo Lerner yamkelwe
yaye, โusisithethi esibalulekileyoโ soxolo kunye
intshukumo yezobulungisa-ukuba ulawulwe njengongafanelekanga kucwangciso
intlanganiso, izinyaswe ngu a
Ti
kkun
ummeli, apho
kwagqitywa ekubeni โsikwazile ukufumana esinye isithethi
ngemibono efana neyakhe engazange ahlasele ngokuphandle imbumba
iqabane.โ Ngamafutshane, ibango lokuba akazange afakwe ngenxa yokuba
wokutyekela kwizimvo zakhe ngabaququzeleli boqhanqalazo yi
buxoki.
A
yesine ingqalelo kukuba Lerner isityholo ukuba wathintelwa
ngenxa ye-anti-Semitism phakathi kwabaququzeleli, kwaye ilizwi lakhe
kwakudingeka ukukhuphisana noqhanqalazo-intshukumo echasene namaYuda, yenye
ugqweso olubi kunye nolwezopolitiko olubuyela umva kunye nokusetyenziswa gwenxa
yegama elithi anti-Semitism. ULerner uye wasebenzisa i-anti-Semitism njenge
isixhobo sezopolitiko ukunyelisa inkcaso kwimigaqo-nkqubo yase-Israel. Yena
uye wayibiza ngokuba yi-anti-Semitic ukudibanisa uSirayeli kwi-drive ye
Uhlaselo lwaseIraq (โUkukhetha uSirayeli kumxholo we
I-War Rally inobuhlanga,โ
I-Tikkun
website, Februwari 17, 2003).
Kule mpikiswano ikhoyo ngoku uLerner usebenzise igama elithi anti-Semitism
ukusebenza, kungekhona kubantu abawathiyileyo amaYuda, kodwa kwabo bakugxininisayo oko
USirayeli namhlanje unobuhlanga, uhlambululo lobuhlanga, kwaye ngokuyingozi ungalawuleki
urhulumente owenza ulwaphulo-mthetho olumandundu lwemfazwe mihla le kwaye
ifuna ukunqandwa ngokukhawuleza luluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe. Ezi
Abantu bakholelwa ukuba uSirayeli ngoku usenza into enzulu ngakumbi
isoyikiso kunye nengxaki kune-Iraq kwaye iUnited States yenza njengoko
inikwe kakuhle "intelekelelo yamandla" kunye nokubhala phantsi
yeSharon nemigaqo yakhe.
I
uyavumelana naba bantu, kodwa uLerner akafuni kunye nabantu beCML
ungenzi nawe. UAlterman ubhekisa โkwiimbono ezilizothe
yembongi yaseIreland, uTom Paulin, owabiza amaYuda ahlala eNtshona
AmaBhanki 'amaNazi,'โ kodwa uAlterman akaze asebenzise igama elizothe
ukuchaza imigaqo-nkqubo yakwaSirayeli, equka ngoku ukumiselwa ngabom
indlala enkulu kunye nengxaki yezempilo yobungakanani bentlekele,
inani labantu abafayo lifikelela kwishumi elinesibini okanye ngaphezulu ngeveki, โamakhulu
amawakawaka abantu abamsulwa abangakwaziyo ukusebenza, ukufunda nokushukuma
malunga nexesha lokufika ekhaya kunye nama-300 okanye ngaphezulu imiqobo ethintela ubomi babo bemihla ngemihla,
izindlu eziqhushumbisiwe zaza zavuthululwa ngobuninzi.โ Alterman
uyalithanda igama elithi "impindezelo" kwaye akajoli kwi
amaxhoba okuziphindezela, kodwa โkwintlekele ebuhlungu
ukuze abathandi beZiyon ehlabathini lonke babandezeleke...ukubona uSirayeli ephakathi
izandla zobunkokeli obumfamekileyo, obuzitshabalalisayo.โ
So
enye intsingiselo kawonke-wonke yomanyano lwe-CML-Lerner, kunye neLerner
i-gambit, kukuba isebenza ukukhuphisana kunye nokunyelisa umbutho woqhanqalazo
Ukudibanisa okusebenzayo kohlaselo lwaseBush ngokuchasene ne-Iraq kunye nokuqina
Ukuhlanjululwa kohlanga lwamaPalestina ngu-Ariel Sharon. Unikwe into kaSharon
I-IDF iyenza kumaPalestine imihla ngemihla, i-aggressive yayo
ukutyhala kweendawo ezintsha zokuhlala kunye nokuhluthwa komhlaba wasePalestine,
ekuxoxwe ngayo ngokuphandle iinketho zomgaqo-nkqubo โwokudluliswaโ, kunye nawo
Inkxaso enomdla yohlaselo lwase-Iraq oluya kubonelela ngokhuselo
ngokoyikeka okukhulu kombuso, oku kukuxolisa kwento ethile
ubungendawo ngokwenene โnezothe,โ phantsi kwesithunzi sokukhusela
intetho ekhululekileyo.
Edward
S. Herman yi-economist, umbhali, umhlalutyi weendaba, kunye nesiqhelo
Umrhumo kuZ ukusukela ngo-1988.