Isuka kwintetho kaNoam Chomsky, ngoJuni 2010
Isihenda ukubuyela ekuqaleni. Isiqalo sibuyela umva kakhulu, kodwa kuluncedo ukucinga malunga nemiba ethile yembali yaseMelika ehambelana ngqo nomgaqo-nkqubo wangoku wase-US kuMbindi Mpuma. I-US lilizwe elingaqhelekanga ngeendlela ezininzi. Mhlawumbi lilizwe kuphela ehlabathini elasekwa njengobukhosi. Yayibubukhosi beentsana-njengoko uGeorge Washington wayeyibiza njalo-kwaye ootata baseki babeneminqweno ebanzi. Oyena mntu wayenenkululeko enkulu kubo, uThomas Jefferson, wayecinga ukuba obu bukhosi bulisana kufuneka bunwenwe kwaye bube yinto awayibiza ngokuba "yindlwane" apho ilizwekazi liphela liza kwenziwa ithanga. Oko kuya kubasusa โabaBomvu,โ amaIndiya njengoko aya kugxothwa okanye atshatyalaliswe. AbaMnyama bebeza kubuyiselwa eAfrika xa singasabadingi kwaye abaLatini baza kukhutshwa ngogqatso olubalaseleyo.
Ukoyiswa koMmandla weSizwe
Yayililizwe elinobuhlanga kakhulu kuyo yonke imbali yalo, ingelilo nje elichasene nabamnyama. Lowo yayingumfanekiso kaJefferson kwaye abanye ngakumbi okanye ngaphantsi bavumelana nayo. Ngoko ke luluntu lwamathanga. I-Settler colonialism ikude kwaye ikude lolona hlobo lubi lwe-impiriyalizim, olona hlobo lukhohlakeleyo kuba lufuna ukuphelisa abemi bomthonyama. Oko akunxulumananga, ndiyacinga, kuhlobo lwenkxaso yase-US ejonge uSirayeli-ekwaluluntu lwamathanga. Imigaqo-nkqubo yayo ihambelana noluvo lwembali yaseMelika. Luhlobo lokuyihlaziya. Idlulela ngaphaya koko ngenxa yokuba abahlali bokuqala e-US babengama-fundamentali enkolo ababezithatha njengabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, belandela umyalelo kaThixo wokuzinzisa ilizwe ledinga kwaye babulale ama-Amaleki njalo njalo njalo njalo. Kulapha kanye, abahlali bokuqala eMassachusetts.
Konke oku kwenziwa ngenceba enkulu. Ngoko, ngokomzekelo, iMassachusetts (iMayflower nalo lonke elo shishini) yanikwa uMqulu wayo nguKumkani waseNgilani ngowe-1629. Lo Mnqophiso wayalela abemi balapho ukuba basindise abemi bomthonyama kubugxwayiba bobuhedeni. Kwaye, eneneni, ukuba ujonga itywina elikhulu leBay Colony yaseMassachusetts, libonisa umIndiya ephethe utolo olujongwe phantsi luphawu loxolo. Kwaye emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma incwadi esongwayo ebhalwe kuyo kwathiwa: "Yiza uze usincede." Lo ngomnye wemizekelo yokuqala yento ebizwa ngokuba lungenelelo loluntu namhlanje. Kwaye iqhelekile kwezinye iimeko ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. AmaNdiya ayecenga amakholoni ukuba eze ngaphaya aze awancede kwaye amakholoni ayelandela ngobubele umyalelo kaThixo wokuba eze kubanceda. Kwafumaniseka ukuba sasincedisa ngokubatshabalalisa.
Oko kwakugqalwa njengokudidayo. Malunga noo-1820, enye ijaji yeNkundla ePhakamileyo yabhala ngayo. Uthi kuyamangalisa ukuba, nangona kukho konke ububele bethu kunye nothando lwamaNdiya, bayabuna kwaye basasazeke "njengamagqabi ekwindla." Inokwenzeka njani loo nto? Wathi, ukuthanda kukaThixo kokhokelo โkungaphaya kokuqonda komntu.โ Kukuthanda kukaThixo nje. Asinathemba lokuyiqonda. Lo mbono-ubizwa ngokuba yi-Providentism-ukuthi sihlala silandela ukuthanda kukaThixo ukuya kuthi ga ngoku. Nantoni na esiyenzayo, silandela ukuthanda kukaThixo. Lilizwe lenkolo ngokugqithisileyo, ngaphandle kweenkolelo zonqulo. Ipesenti enkulu kakhulu yabemiโandisakhumbuli amanani, kodwa iphakame kakhuluโikholelwa kwigama lokoqobo leBhayibhile yaye inxalenye yoko kuthetha ukuxhasa yonke into eyenziwa nguSirayeli ngenxa yokuba uThixo wathembisa ilizwe ledinga kuSirayeli. Ngoko ke kufuneka sibaxhase.
Aba bantu bafanayo-oyena ndoqo wenkxaso eqinileyo kuyo nantoni na eyenziwa nguSirayeli-kwaye kwenzeka ukuba ngabona bantu bachasene namaSemite ehlabathini. Benza ukuba uHitler abonakale ethobekile. Bakhangele phambili ekutshatyalalisweni ngokupheleleyo kwamaYuda emva kweArmagedon. Kukho ibali elide malunga noku, okukholelwayo, ngokoqobo, kwiindawo eziphakamileyo-mhlawumbi abantu abafana noReagan, uGeorge W. Bush, nabanye. Inxulumana nohlobo lwembali yobukoloniyali yobuZionism yobuKristu-okudala yandulela iZiyonism yamaYuda kwaye yomelele ngakumbi. Inika isiseko esiluqilima senkxaso ye-reflexive kuyo nantoni na eyenziwa nguSirayeli.
Ukoyiswa kommandla wesizwe kwaba ngumcimbi ombi kakhulu. Yaqatshelwa ngabanye bamanani anyanisekileyo afana noJohn Quincy Adams owayengumcebisi omkhulu we-expansionism-ithiyori ye-Manifest Destiny njalo njalo. Kwiminyaka yakhe yamva, kudala emva kokuba ezakhe izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezihlasimlisโ umzimba zenzeka kwixesha elidluleyo, wakhala ngoko wayekubiza ngokuba lishwangusha โlohlanga olungenalusizi lwabemi bomthonyama baseMelika, esilubhangisa ngenkohlakalo engenalusini nelunya.โ Wathi eso sesinye sezono uYehova aya kusohlwaya ngazo. Ndisalinde loo nto.
Iimfundiso zakhe zinconywa kakhulu okwangoku. Kukho incwadi enkulu yezifundiswa nguJohn Lewis Gaddis, umbhali-mbali ophambili waseMelika, kwiingcambu zemfundiso kaBush. UGaddis ngokuchanekileyo, ngokucacileyo, uchaza imfundiso kaBush njengenzala ethe ngqo yesicwangciso esikhulu sikaJohn Quincy Adams. Uthi, ngumbono oqhuba kanye kwimbali yaseMelika. Uyayidumisa; icinga ukuba yingcamango echanekileyoโyokuba kufuneka sikhusele ukhuseleko lwethu, ukuba ukwandiswa kuyindlela yokhuseleko nokuba awunako ngokwenene ukhuseleko de ube ulawula yonke into. Ngoko ke kufuneka sandise, kungekhona nje kwi-hemisphere, kodwa phezu kwehlabathi. Leyo yimfundiso kaBush.
Nge-WWII, ngaphandle kokungena kwiinkcukacha, nangona i-US yayisele ikude lelona lizwe licebileyo emhlabeni, yayidlala indima yesibini kwimicimbi yehlabathi. Oyena mdlali uphambili kwimicimbi yehlabathi yayiyiBritaneโnkqu namaFrentshi ayefikeleleka ngakumbi kwihlabathi. IWWII yatshintsha yonke loo nto. Abacwangcisi baseMelika ngexesha leWWII, abacwangcisi bakaRoosevelt, baqonda kakuhle ukususela ekuqaleni kwemfazwe ukuba yayiza kuphelisa nge-US kwindawo yamandla amakhulu.
Njengoko imfazwe yayiqhubeka kwaye amaRashiya aphantsi amaJamani kwaye aphumelela kakhulu kwimfazwe yaseYurophu, kwaqondwa ukuba i-US iya kuba yinto evelele ngakumbi. Kwaye babeka izicwangciso ezilumkileyo malunga nokuba ihlabathi lasemva kwemfazwe liya kuba njani. IUnited States yayiza kuba nolawulo olupheleleyo kummandla owawuya kubandakanya iNtshona yeHemisphere, iMpuma Ekude, uBukhosi bangaphambili baseBritani, kunye neEurasia eninzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka, kuquka, ngokubalulekileyo, undoqo wayo wezorhwebo nezoshishinoโiNtshona Yurophu. Nantso ke incinci. Ubuninzi behlabathi lonke kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, siyayifuna loo nto kukhuseleko. Ngaphakathi kulo mmandla, i-US iya kuba nolawulo olungathandabuzekiyo kwaye iyakunciphisa nayiphi na inzame elongameni ngabanye.
I-US yaphela imfazwe kwindawo yokulawula kunye nokhuseleko olwalungenalo umlingane okude kwimbali. Yayinesiqingatha sobutyebi behlabathi, yayilawula ihemisphere iphela, amacala achaseneyo azo zombini iilwandlekazi. Yayingekho iyonke. AmaRashiya ayekhona kwaye ezinye izinto zazingekabikho phantsi kolawulo, kodwa zazisanda ngokuphawulekayo. Kanye embindini wawo yayinguMbindi Mpuma.
Omnye wabacebisi bakaMongameli Roosevelt ixesha elide, abakwinqanaba eliphezulu, uAdolf A. Berle, inkokeli ekhokelayo yenkululeko, wabonisa ukuba ulawulo lwe-oli yoMbindi Mpuma luza kunika ulawulo olumandla lwehlabathiโkwaye loo mfundiso ihleli ihleli. Yimfundiso esebenzayo ngoku kwaye isahleli ingumxholo ophambili womgaqo-nkqubo.
Emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II
Kangangexesha elide ebudeni beminyaka yeMfazwe Yomlomo, imigaqo-nkqubo yayisoloko ithetheleleka ngesisongelo samaRashiya. Ubukhulu becala yayisisisongelo esiyiliweyo. AmaRussia aqhuba obawo ubukhosi obuncinci ngesizathu esifanayo, isoyikiso samaMelika. La mafu aphakanyiswa emva kokuwa kweSoviet Union. Kwabo bafuna ukuqonda umgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle waseMelika, indawo ecacileyo yokujonga yinto eyenzekayo emva kokuba iSoviet Union yanyamalala. Leyo yindawo yendalo yokujonga kwaye ilandela phantse ngokuzenzekelayo ukuba kungabikho mntu uyijongayo. Kunqabile ukuba kuxoxwe kuncwadi lwezifundiswa nangona kucacile apho ungajonga khona ukuze ufumanise ukuba iMfazwe Yomlomo yayimalunga nantoni. Ngapha koko, ukuba uyajonga ngokwenene, ufumana iimpendulo ezicace kakhulu. Umongameli ngelo xesha wayenguGeorge Bush I. Ngokukhawuleza emva kokuwa kweDonga laseBerlin, kwakukho iSicwangciso soKhuseleko lweSizwe esitsha, uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lokukhusela, njalo njalo. Benza ukufunda okunomdla kakhulu. Umyalezo osisiseko ngulo: akukho nto iza kutshintsha ngaphandle kwezizathu. Ngoko sisafuna, bathi, umkhosi omkhulu womkhosi, ukuba singazikhuseleli kwimikhosi yaseRashiya ngenxa yokuba bemkile, kodwa ngenxa yento abayibiza ngokuba "bubuchwephesha bezobuchwepheshe" bamagunya ehlabathi lesithathu. Ngoku, ukuba ungumntu oqeqeshwe kakuhle, ofundileyo ovela eHarvard njalo njalo, awufanelanga ukuba uhleke xa usiva loo nto. Kwaye akukho mntu wahleka. Enyanisweni, andiqondi ukuba akukho mntu wakha wayixela. Ke, bathi, kufuneka sizikhusele kubuchwephesha betekhnoloji yamagunya ehlabathi lesithathu kwaye kufuneka sigcine oko bakubiza ngokuba "isiseko seshishini lokhuselo" -i-euphemism yeshishini letekhnoloji ephezulu, ephuma kakhulu kwicandelo likarhulumente (iikhompyuter). , i-Intanethi, njalo njalo), phantsi kwesizathu sokukhusela.
Ngokubhekiselele kuMbindi Mpuma, bathi, kufuneka sigcine imikhosi yethu yokungenelela, uninzi lwayo lujolise kuMbindi Mpuma. Emva koko kuza ibinzana elinomdla. Kufuneka sigcine imikhosi yokungenelela ejoliswe kuMbindi Mpuma apho izisongelo ezinkulu kwiminqweno yethu "zingenakubekwa emnyango weKremlin." Ngamanye amazwi, uxolo bahlali, kudala sinixokisa iminyaka engama-50, kodwa ngoku eso sizathu siphelile, siya kunixelela inyani. Ingxaki kuMbindi Mpuma yiloo nto ibizwa ngokuba bubuzwe obugqithisileyo. I-Radical ithetha nje ukuzimela. Ligama elithetha ukuba "akayilandeli imiyalelo." I-radical nationalism inokuba naluphi na uhlobo. IIran yimeko entle.
Umsongelo weRadical Nationalism
Ngoko ngowe-1953, isisongelo saseIran yayibubuzwe behlabathi. Emva kowe-1978, bubuhlanga bonqulo. Ngo-1953, yanyanyekelwa ngokubhukuqa ulawulo lwepalamente kwaye kwafakwa uzwilakhe owayedunyiswa kakhulu. Yayingeyomfihlo. I New York Times, fokanye umzekelo, waba nenqaku lomhleli elincoma ukubhukuqwa kukarhulumente "njengesifundo" kumazwe amancinci. "go berserk" ngobuzwe obugqibeleleyo kwaye bafune ukulawula ubutyebi babo. Oku kuya kuba sisifundo kubo: ungazami nayiphi na loo mbudane, ngokuqinisekileyo kungekhona kwindawo esiyifunayo ukulawula ihlabathi. Kwakungowe-1953.
Ukususela ekubhukuqweni kobuzwilakhe obubekwe yi-US kwi-1979, i-Iran ibisoloko iphantsi kohlaselo lwase-US-ngaphandle kokuyeka. Okokuqala, uCarter wazama ukubuyisela umva ukubhukuqwa kweShah ngoko nangoko ngokuzama ukuphembelela ubhukuqo-mbuso lwasemkhosini. Loo nto ayizange isebenze. AmaSirayeli-enyanisweni u-ambassador, njengoko bekukho ubudlelwane obusondeleyo phakathi kuka-Israyeli kunye ne-Iran phantsi kwe-Shah, nangona kungekho budlelwane busemthethweni-bacebise ukuba ukuba sinokufumana amagosa omkhosi azimisele ukudubula abantu abayi-10,000 ezitratweni, thina. inokubuyisela iShah. UZbigniew Brzezinski, umcebisi weCarter's National Security, wayenecebiso elifanayo. Ayizange isebenze loo nto. Kwangoko, i-US yajika ifuna inkxaso kuSaddam Hussein ekuhlaseleni kwakhe i-Iran-eyayingeyona nto incinci. Amakhulu amawaka abantu base-Irani babulawa. Abantu abaqhuba ilizwe ngoku bangamagqala aloo mfazwe kwaye nzulu ekuqondeni kwabo kukuqonda ukuba ihlabathi lonke lichasene nabo-amaRashiya, amaMerika onke ayexhasa uSaddam Hussein kunye nomzamo wokubhukuqa ilizwe elitsha lamaSilamsi.
Yayingeyonto incinci. Inkxaso yaseMelika kuSaddam Hussein yayigqithise. Ulwaphulo-mthetho lukaSaddam-njengembubhiso yase-Anfal, ukubulawa kwabantu baseKurds-yakhatywa nje. Ulawulo lweReagan lwabakhanyela okanye babatyhola ngeIran. I-Iraq yade yanikwa ilungelo elinqabileyo kakhulu. Lilo kuphela ilizwe ngaphandle kwe-Israel elinikwe inyhweba yokuhlasela inqanawa yomkhosi waselwandle wase-US kwaye ibaleke ingohlwaywa ngokupheleleyo. Kwimeko yamaSirayeli, yaba U khu luleko in 1967. Kwimeko Iraq yaba USS Stark ngo-1987-inqanawa yomkhosi yasemanzini eyayiyinxalenye yenqanawa yase-US ekhusela iinqanawa zase-Iraq ezivela e-Iran ngexesha lemfazwe. Bahlasela inqanawa besebenzisa imijukujelwa yaseFransi, babulala oomatiloshe abambalwa, kwaye bafumana impompo encinci esihlahleni, kodwa akukho nto ingaphaya koko.
Inkxaso yase-US yayinamandla kangangokuba bayiphumelela imfazwe yase-Iraq. Emva kokuba imfazwe iphelile, inkxaso ye-US kwi-Iraq yaqhubeka. Ngo-1989, uGeorge Bush I wamema iinjineli zenyukliya zase-Iraq e-US kuqeqesho oluphezulu kuphuhliso lwezixhobo zenyukliya. Yenye yezinto ezincinci ezithi cwaka kuba kwiinyanga ezimbalwa kamva uSaddam waba yinkwenkwe embi. Akazange ayithobele imiyalelo. Kanye emva koko kweza izohlwayo eziqatha njalo njalo, kude kube namhlanje.
Usongelo lwaseIran
Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, kuncwadi lomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle kunye nenkcazo ngokubanzi into oqhele ukuyifunda yeyokuba eyona ngxaki inkulu yomgaqo-nkqubo we-US ibisoloko isisisongelo se-Iran. Yintoni kanye kanye isoyikiso sase-Iran? Ngokwenyani, sinempendulo egunyazisiweyo kuloo nto. Iphume kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo kwiingeniso kwiCongress yiDOD kunye nobukrelekrele base-US. Banika ingxelo kwiCongress minyaka le malunga nemeko yokhuseleko lwehlabathi. Iingxelo zamva nje, ngo-Epreli, ngokuqinisekileyo zinecandelo kwi-Iran-esona sisongelo esikhulu. Kubalulekile ukufunda. Into abayithethayo kukuba, nokuba yintoni na isoyikiso sase-Iranian, ayisosisongelo somkhosi. Batsho ukuba inkcitho yasemkhosini yaseIran iphantsi kakhulu, nangokwemigangatho yengingqi, kwaye xa kuthelekiswa ne-US, ewe, ayibonakali-mhlawumbi ingaphantsi kwe-2 yepesenti yenkcitho yethu emkhosini. Ngaphaya koko, bathi imfundiso yomkhosi waseIran ijolise ekukhuseleni umhlaba welizwe, eyenzelwe ukucothisa uhlaselo ngokwaneleyo ukuze kube lula ukuba idiplomacy iqale ukusebenza. Leyo yimfundiso yabo yasemkhosini. Bathi kunokwenzeka ukuba i-Iran icinga ngezixhobo zenyukliya. Abagqithi ngaphaya koko, kodwa bathi, ukuba bebenokuphuhlisa izixhobo zenyukliya, bekuya kuba yinxalenye yeqhinga lokuthintela i-Iran kumzamo wokuthintela uhlaselo, olungeyiyo into eyenzeka kude. Elona gunya likhulu lomkhosi embalini-elithi thina-ebelichase kakhulu kubo, lithatha amazwe amabini kwimida yawo kwaye liwagrogrisa ngokuphandle ngohlaselo, njengoko kunjalo nomxhasi walo wase-Israel.
Eli licala lomkhosi wesoyikiso saseIran njengoko kuxeliwe Ibhalansi yasemkhosini. Nangona kunjalo, bathi, i-Iran isisoyikiso esikhulu kuba izama ukwandisa impembelelo yayo kumazwe angabamelwane. Kubizwa ngokuba kukumisa. Benza ukutshatyalaliswa kumazwe angabamelwane ngokuzama ukwandisa impembelelo yabo kwaye yingxaki ye-US kuba i-US izama ukuzisa uzinzo. Xa i-US ihlasela elinye ilizwe, iza kuzisa uzinzo-igama lobugcisa kuncwadi lobudlelwane bamazwe ngamazwe elithetha ukuthobela imiyalelo ye-US. Ke xa sihlasela iIraq kunye neAfghanistan, oko kukudala uzinzo. Ukuba ama-Irani azama ukwandisa impembelelo yawo, ubuncinci kumazwe angabamelwane, oko kuyadodobalisa. Oku kwakhelwe kwimfundiso yezifundo kunye nezinye. Kukwanokwenzeka ukuthetha ngaphandle kokugculelwa, njengoko kwenziwa ngumhlalutyi wenkululeko kunye nomhleli wangaphambili we Imicimbi yabangaphandle, UJames Chase, ukuba i-US kwafuneka iphazamise iChile phantsi kwe-Allende ukuzisa uzinzo, oko kukuthi ukuthobela imiyalelo yase-US.
Yintoni Ubunqolobi?
Isoyikiso sesibini se-Iran yinkxaso yayo yobunqolobi. Yintoni ubugrogrisi? Imizekelo emibini yenkxaso ye-Iran yobunqolobi inikezelwa. Enye yinkxaso yayo kwiHezbollah eLebhanon, enye yinkxaso yayo kwiHamas ePalestine. Nokuba ucinga ntoni ngeHezbollah neHamasโmhlawumbi ucinga ukuba zezona zinto zimbi ehlabathiniโyintoni kanye kanye ejongwa njengobugrogrisi babo? Ewe, "ubugrogrisi" beHezbollah ngokwenene bubhiyozelwa eLebhanon minyaka yonke ngoMeyi 25, iholide yelizwe laseLebhanon ekhumbula ukugxothwa kwabahlaseli bakwaSirayeli kwintsimi yaseLebhanon ngo-2000. Ukuchasana kwe-Hezbollah kunye nemfazwe yama-guerilla ekugqibeleni kwanyanzela uSirayeli ukuba ahoxise eSouthern Lebhanon, apho uSirayeli ebehleli iminyaka engama-22 etyeshela imiyalelo yeBhunga lezoKhuseleko, kukho ubugrogrisi nogonyamelo nentuthumbo.
Ke u-Israyeli ekugqibeleni wemka kwaye lusuku lweNkululeko yaseLebhanon. Yiloo nto ethathwa njengeyona nto iphambili yobunqolobi beHezbollah. Yindlela echazwe ngayo. Eneneni, kwaSirayeli ide ichazwe njengogonyamelo. Unokufunda iphephandaba lakwa-Israel kule mihla apho amanani aphakamileyo ngoku aphikisa ukuba yayiyimpazamo ukurhoxa eMzantsi Lebanon kuba loo nto ivumela i-Iran ukuba iqhubele phambili "ubundlongondlongo" obuchasene no-Israyeli, obuqhubeka kude kube yi-2000 ngokuxhasa ukuchasa. Ukuhlala kwaSirayeli. Oko kugqalwa njengogonyamelo nxamnye noSirayeli. Balandela imigaqo yase-US, njengoko sithetha into enye. YiHezbollah leyo. Kukho ezinye izenzo onokuthi uzigxeke, kodwa ngundoqo wobugrogrisi beHezbollah.
Olunye ulwaphulo-mthetho lwe-Hezbollah kukuba umfelandawonye osekwe yi-Hezbollah uphumelele ivoti yamva nje yepalamente, nangona ngenxa yenkqubo yamahlelo yokwabela izihlalo, abasifumananga isininzi. Oko kwakhokelela ekubeni uThomas Friedman aphalaze iinyembezi zovuyo, njengoko wachazayo, ngenxa yemimangaliso yonyulo olukhululekileyo, apho uMongameli waseUnited States u-Obama woyisa uMongameli waseIran u-Ahmadinejad eLebhanon. Abanye bathelela kulo mbhiyozo. Elona rekhodi lokuvota zange lixelwe, ngokolwazi lwam.
Kuthekani ngeHamas? I-Hamas yaba sisongelo esinzulu-intlangano enkulu yabanqolobi-ngoJanuwari 2006 xa amaPalestina enza ulwaphulo-mthetho olubi ngokwenene. Lowo yayingumhla wokuqala wonyulo olukhululekileyo nakweliphi na ilizwe kwilizwe lama-Arabhu kwaye amaPalestine avote ngendlela engalunganga. Oko akwamkelekanga kwi-US Ngoko nangoko, ngaphandle kokuqhwanyaza kweliso, i-US kunye no-Israyeli bajike kakhulu esidlangalaleni ukuba bohlwaye abantu basePalestine ngolo lwaphulo-mthetho. Unokufunda kwi ENew York Times, kwiikholamu ezihambelanayo, emva koko-omnye wabo uthetha ngokuthanda kwethu idemokhrasi kunye nokunye kunye nasecaleni kwayo, izicwangciso zethu zokujezisa amaPalestina ngendlela abavota ngayo kunyulo lukaJanuwari. Akukho mvakalelo yongquzulwano.
Bekukho ukohlwaywa okuninzi kubantu basePalestina phambi konyulo, kodwa kuye kwanda emva kokoโuSirayeli wade wanqumla umsinga wokuqukuqela kwamanzi ukuya kwindawo eyomileyo yaseGaza. NgoJuni, u-Israyeli wayedubule malunga nama-7,700 iirokethi eGaza kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zezinye izinto. Konke oku kubizwa ngokuba kukuzikhusela kubunqolobi. Emva koko, i-US kunye ne-Israel, ngokubambisana ne-Palestine Authority, bazama ukuqhuba umkhosi womkhosi ukuze babhukuqe urhulumente onyuliweyo. Babethwa emva kwaye iHamas yathatha ulawulo. Emva koko, iHamas yaba ngomnye wemikhosi ekhokelayo yabanqolobi kwihlabathi. Zininzi izigxeko onokuthi uzenze kubo-indlela abaphatha ngayo abantu babo, umzekelo-kodwa ubunqolobi beHamas kunzima ukubumisela. Ibango langoku lelokuba ubunqolobi babo buqulathe imijukujelwa evela eGaza ebethe izixeko zemida yakwaSirayeli. Eso yayisisizathu esinikiweyo se-Operation Cast Lead (uhlaselo lwase-US/lwamaSirayeli ngoDisemba 2008) kunye nohlaselo lwe-Israel kwiflotilla ngoJuni ophelileyo kumanzi amazwe ngamazwe apho kwabulawa abantu abalithoba.
Kukwilizwe eligxininiswe nzulu kuphela apho unokuva oko kwaye ungahleki ngokuhlekisa. Ukubeka ecaleni uthelekiso phakathi kweerokethi ze-Qassam kunye nobugrogrisi okwenziwa yi-US kunye no-Israyeli rhoqo, ingxabano ayinakho ukuthembeka ngenxa yesizathu esilula: u-Israyeli kunye ne-US bayazi kakuhle indlela yokumisa iirokethi-ngeendlela zoxolo. NgoJuni ka-2008, u-Israel wavuma ukuba kupheliswe imfazwe neHamas. USirayeli akazange aphile ngokwenyaniโbabefanele ukuyivula imida yaye akazangeโkodwa iHamas yaphila ngokuvisisana nayo. Unokuyijonga kwiwebhusayithi esemthethweni yakwa-Israel okanye uphulaphule isithethi sabo esisemthethweni, uMark Regev, kwaye bayavuma ukuba ngexesha lokuphela komlilo kwakungekho nenye i-rocket ye-Hamas eyadubula.
U-Israyeli waphula isivumelwano ngoNovemba ka-2008 xa wahlasela iGaza waza wabulala isiqingatha seshumi elinambini lamatshantliziyo eHamas. Emva koko kwabakho i-rocket fire kunye nohlaselo olukhulu kakhulu oluvela kwaSirayeli. Kwabulawa abantu abaninziโbonke babengabasePalestina. I-Hamas yanikezela ukuhlaziya ukupheliswa kokudubula. Ikhabhinethi yakwaSirayeli yayiqwalasela yaza yayikhaba, ikhetha ukusebenzisa ubundlobongela. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva kwafika uhlaselo lwase-US/Israel eGaza.
E-US naseNtshona ngokuqhelekileyo, kuthathwa ngokungathandabuzekiyo, nangamaqela amalungelo oluntu kunye nengxelo yeGoldstone, ukuba uSirayeli unelungelo lokunyanzelisa nokuzikhusela. Kwakukho izigxeko zokuba uhlaselo belungalingani, kodwa lumcimbi wesibini njengoko uSirayeli wayengenalo kwaphela ilungelo lokusebenzisa amandla kwasekuqaleni. Awunasizathu sokusebenzisa amandla ngaphandle kokuba uphelelwe ziindlela zoxolo. Kule meko, i-US kunye no-Israyeli abazange baphelelwe amandla, baye bala nokuba bazame iindlela zoxolo, ababenaso sonke isizathu sokukholelwa ukuba baya kuphumelela. Imvume yokuba uSirayeli wayenelungelo lokuhlasela sisipho nje esimangalisayo.
Kwimeko nayiphi na into, ngokwe-DOD kunye ne-US intelligence, iinzame ze-Iran zokwandisa impembelelo yayo, kunye nenkxaso yayo ye-Hezbollah kunye ne-Hamas, yintoni eyenza i-US kunye namaqabane ayo, isongelo sase-Iranian.
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UNoam Chomsky yiNjingalwazi yeLinguistics (Emeritus) eMIT kunye nombhali weencwadi ezininzi ezingomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US.