Ipropati ngaphambi kobomi
USodolophu waseNew Orleans uRay Nagin uyalele phantse onke amapolisa esixeko ali-1,500 ukuba ashiye umsebenzi wawo wokukhangela nokuhlangula kwiveki ephelileyo abuyele ezitalatweni ayeke ukuphanga.{1}
'Amakhulu amathathu eArkansas National Guard afikile kwisixeko saseNew Orleans,' yatsho iRhuluneli yaseLouisiana uKathleen Blanco. 'Le mikhosi ibuyile e-Iraq, iqeqeshwe kakuhle, inamava, ivavanyiwe edabini kwaye iphantsi kwemiyalelo yam yokubuyisela ucwangco ezitratweni. Zine-M-16 kwaye zitshixiwe kwaye ziyalayishwa. Le mikhosi iyakwazi ukudubula nokubulala yaye ikulungele ngakumbi ukwenjenjalo ukuba kuyimfuneko yaye ndilindele ukuba iya kwenjenjalo.' {2}
Intetho eqatha ngolo hlobo, engalalanisiyo, enemigaqo imela abo baphula umthetho. Zero ukunyamezela! Siyiva nini le nto kumagosa ethu oluntu xa kufikwa kumaqumrhu aphanga ingxowa-mali karhulumente kunye nemali yomhlalaphantsi yabasebenzi? Ngubani ongcolisa umoya esiwuphefumlayo yonke imihla, sibulala abantu abaninzi ngakumbi kunabo bonke abaqhankqalazi baseUnited States abakhe benza. Ngoobani abanyusa amaxabiso epetroli ukusa kwinqanaba lokuba ubomi obuqhelekileyo neminqweno yabantu inyathelwe kabuhlungu. Ngaba besingethandi ukubona abanye babo baqeqeshwe kakuhle, abanamava, amajoni avavanyiwe edabini aqeqeshela iiM-16 zawo kwizinto ezithandwa zii-CEO ze-Enron okanye iWorld.com okanye iGeneral Electric okanye i-ExxonMobil okanye iHalliburton?
Intsomi yokubulawa kwamajelo eendaba
Ukulandela ikhwelo loyena Mfundisi uPat Robertson ukuba iUnited States ibulale uMongameli waseVenezuela u-Hugo Chavez, amajelo eendaba akhupha enye yeentsomi zawo ezingapheliyo, zokuba ukubulawa kwezopolitiko akuvumelekanga ngurhulumente waseMelika ngenxa yesenzo sowayesakuba nguMongameli uGerald Ford. Liyinyaniso elokuba iFord yakhupha umyalelo wolawulo ngowe-1976 owawusithi: โAkukho mqeshwa waseUnited States oya kubandakanyeka, okanye enze iyelenqe lokubandakanyeka, ekubulaleni ngokwezobupolitika.โ Kodwa emva koko, oomongameli uReagan, uClinton, kunye noBush bobabini baye bayigqitha le nto ngokukhupha izigunyaziso zeCIA kunye nezinye ii-arhente zikarhulumente wase-US ukuba zibulale abantu abathile, njengo-Osama bin Laden namasekela akhe, okanye iindidi ezithile zabantu, 'njengabanqolobi'. Ezi zigunyaziso zikamongameli zichongwe 'njengemiyalelo yesigqeba', 'imemorandam zomthetho', okanye 'iziphumo zobuntlola' . UReagan wahamba esiya ngapha nangapha phakathi kokuvalwa umlomo nokugunyazisa ukubulala, edala into eneneni eyayibizwa ngokuba liphephandaba, 'ilayisensi yokubulala.'{3}
Ukuba naziphi na kwezi zibhengezo ze-White House 'zazisemthethweni', mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba azizange zicele umngeni kuyo nayiphi na inkundla, ekhaya okanye kumazwe ngamazwe. Kodwa uReagan kunye nabangena ezihlangwini zakhe ngokucacileyo bebengenzi nto ngaphandle kwemigaqo yokuziphatha okanye yomthetho okanye ngokuchasene nokubulawa. Yonke ibiyipolitiki yokwenyani okanye ubudlelwane boluntu, kwaye eyona migaqo-nkqubo yaseMelika ebaleni kule minyaka idlulileyo ayizange itshintshe ukuthetha ngayo, nokuba wawuyintoni na 'umyalezo' wosuku ophuma kwi-White House.
URobertson ngokuqinisekileyo akayi kuhlwaywa ngenxa yamazwi akhe malunga noChavez, ngaphezu kokuba wahlwaywa ngenxa yengxelo yakhe ka-Oktobha 2003 ebiza i-nuking yeSebe likaRhulumente. ('Ukuba ndinokufumana nje isixhobo senyukliya ngaphakathi kweFoggy Bottom [isiteketiso seSebe likaRhulumente],' watsho kunomathotholo. 'Ndicinga ukuba yimpendulo leyo.' ) {4} Kodwa khawufane ucinge ukuba umfundisi wamaSilamsi - okanye nawuphi na UmSilamsi - ohlala e-US wayecele ukubulawa kweNkulumbuso yaseBritane uTony Blair, nakwincoko yangasese. Khawufane ucinge *nabani na owayengengomKrestu onempembelelo okanye umYuda ethetha into enye kule mihla. Khawucinge nje ngemiphumo.
URobertson wabiza uChavez njengozwilakhe. Enye yeempawu zolawulo lobuzwilakhe kukungabikho kwamajelo eendaba aphikisayo, kodwa eVenezuela ushicilelo lwemihla ngemihla kunye nothungelwano lukamabonakude lusezandleni zemikhosi echasene noChavez. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, eUnited States imikhosi yenkqubela (ekuphela kwecandelo elifanele igama elithi 'inkcaso' ) ayinalo elinye iphephandaba lemihla ngemihla okanye isikhululo sikamabonwakude; zilinganiselwe kushicilelo lweveki kunye nenyanga kunye neeblogi. 'EMerika,' umbhali uPaul Goodman wakha wathi, 'unokuthetha nantoni na oyifunayo, ukuba ayinamiphumo.'
Abaqhankqalazi benkululeko yokulwa imfazwe
KwiCamp Casey eCrawford, eTexas nakwezinye iindawo abaqhankqalazi abachasene nemfazwe bahlanganisana kwezi ntsuku kuvakala ukurhoxa: Sichasene nemfazwe kodwa siyawaxhasa amajoni ethu akhaliphileyo.
Ncedani, bantu, niphumle.
NgoMatshi ka-2003, igorila ebunzima buziikhilogram ezili-1000, ngaphandle kokucatshukiswa, yahlasela ibhinqa elineminyaka engama-95 ubudala kwisitulo esinamavili. Khangela kwaye qaphela igorila yamoyisa ngokulula. Ngaba loo nto iyenza inkawu ikhaliphe?
Umzingeli ugoba kwimfama yakhe
'I-camouflage ekufutshane yalo lonke uhlobo
Le ndoda ikhulile, ine-pluck kunye nethamsanqa
Unethemba lokuloyisa idada.
Ogden nash
Ngaba amajoni aseMelika anesibindi kuba ebeka ubomi bawo esichengeni mihla le? Hayi, baziziyatha; zizidenge zokubeka ubomi babo esichengeni ngeenjongo ezimanyumnyezi zale mfazwe, abangaziqondi nokuziqonda. Ukuba ndiyayichasa imfazwe ngenxa yeentlobo eziliwaka zokoyikeka ezina phezu kwabantu baseIraq, ndingabaxhasa njani abo benza izinto ezoyikisayo?
U-Al Franken, u-humorist ohamba phambili kwirediyo ye-Air America, angathanda ukuba ukholelwe ukuba uchasene nemfazwe, kodwa waya e-Iraq ukonwabisa amajoni okwethutyana emva. Ngaba iyavakala loo nto? Kutheni umkhosi uzisa abantu abazonwabisa kumajoni? Ukukhuthaza umoya wabo. Kutheni umkhosi ufuna ukomeleza amajoni? Ijoni elonwabileyo liwenza kakuhle umsebenzi walo. Yintoni umsebenzi wejoni? Ukunetha iwaka leentlobo ezoyikisayo kubantu baseIraq.
Kwaye nantsi isithethi seMPENDULO, omnye wemibutho emibini ekhokelayo echasene nemfazwe esebenzayo namhlanje: 'Asichasene nemikhosi. Asiyichasi imikhosi, siyayithanda. Yiyo loo nto sifuna ukubazisa ekhaya.' {5} Kufuneka kubekho indlela engcono yokuvakalisa loo mvakalelo.
Amajoni akhaliphileyo, endiwathandayo, ngabo abathe ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo bangavumi ukuqhubeka nolwaphulo-mthetho olunxamnye noluntu, nokuba oko kuthetha intolongo okanye ukugxothwa eCanada.
Ukuhleka iithiyori zeyelenqe
Ngexesha lemfazwe ebandayo xa iWashington yayijongene nesimangalo sokuziphatha kakubi okufihlakeleyo kweMelika phesheya, kwakuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuthetha ukuba amaRusskis okanye amanye ama-commies akhohlakeleyo ayengasemva kokusasazeka kwamabali anjalo; oku kwakudla ngokwaneleyo ukudelela ibali engqondweni yakhe nawuphi na umMelika ocinga okulungileyo. Ukusukela ngelo xesha, indlela yokuzikhusela kwizityholo ezingathandekiyo kunye nemibuzo iye yahluka: 'Oh, oko kuvakala ngathi yithiyori yeyelenqe.' (Chuckle, chuckle) Wonke unobhala weendaba eWhite House ufunda oko ngaphambi kosuku lwakhe lokuqala emsebenzini.
Ndikhunjuzwa oku ngenxa yophuhliso lwamva nje kwimeko yexesha elide yokuqhushumba kwePanAm 103 phezu kweLockerbie, eSkotlani ngo-1988, eyathatha ubomi babantu abangama-270. Kangangethuba elingaphezu konyaka emva koko, i-US kunye ne-UK zanyanzelisa ukuba i-Iran, iSyria, kunye nombutho wasePalestine ubengasemva koqhushumbo. Amagosa aseWashington naseLondon anyanzelisa ukuba 'azithembe' , 'aneliseke ngokupheleleyo' , 'ayenobungqina obubambekayo'โฆ de kwafika ulwakhiwo lweMfazwe yeGulf ngo-1990 kwaye nenkxaso ye-Iran ne-Syria yayifuneka. Ngequbuliso, ngo-Okthobha ngo-1990, i-US yabhengeza ukuba yayiyiLibya-ilizwe lama-Arabhu lincinci lixhasa ukwakhiwa kwe-US kwiMfazwe yeGulf kunye nezohlwayo ezibekwe ngokuchasene ne-Iraq-eyayisemva kwayo yonke into. Ukususela ngoko, abo baye bathandabuza le nguqulelo yaseburhulumenteni entsha baye babizwa ngokuthi (choke, ukuphefumla) 'abathiyori beyelenqe' .
Ekugqibeleni, ababini baseLibya bagwetywa ngokusemthethweni e-US naseScotland, bazama eHague, kunye no-Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, wafunyanwa enetyala ngo-2001 waza wagwetywa ubomi entolongweni. Ityala ibiyi-farce yokwenyani, endiye ndaxoxa ngayo ngokweenkcukacha. ('Ndimangalisiwe ngokupheleleyo, ndimangalisiwe,' watsho unjingalwazi wezomthetho waseSkotlani owayengumyili wetyala. 'Ndandimadolw' anzima ukukholelwa ukuba nayiphi na ijaji yaseSkotlani yayinokugweba nabani na, nokuba ngumLibya, ngenxa yobungqina obunjalo.' ){6}
Ubungqina obuphambili obudibanisa iLibya kulwaphulo-mthetho yayisisiqwenga esincinci sebhodi yesekethe, ekutyholwa ukuba ivela kwisixhobo sexesha okanye isiqhushumbisi, apho abaphandi bathe bawufumana kwindawo enemithi ekwiikhilomitha ezininzi ukusuka eLockerbie ixesha elithile emva kobu bubi. Ngoku, owayesakuba ngumphathi wamapolisa aseScotland uye waphuma waza wavuma ukuba obu bungqina benziwe. I-CIA yatyala, watsho. Ngaphezu koko, ingqina eliphambili lengcaphephe yezotshutshiso liye labuzwa emva kokuba kuxelwe ukuba amanye amatyala amathathu aye acinywa ngenxa yokuba ubungqina bakhe abuvunywanga. izityhilelo zokumenza athandabuze ngokunzulu inguqulelo esemthethweni.
Ke kwixesha elizayo xa usiva isithethi sezolawulo sihleka umntu ebuza ingcaciso karhulumente ngento entsonkothileyo eyenzekayo, khumbula ukuba ukuncitshiswa kwethiyori yeyelenqe inokuba liyelenqe.
Ngokusekwe kukhangelo olunyamekileyo lwesiseko sedatha seLexis-Nexis, kubonakala ngathi akukho nelinye igama lezi zityhilelo ezitsha ezivele kulo naliphi na iphephandaba laseMelika. Ayiloyelenqe elo. Kodwa iyathetha into malunga nendlela amajelo eendaba aseMelika asebenza ngayo. Imizekelo yokucinezelwa okuxhaphakileyo e-United States yamabali abalulekileyo eendaba avela kumazwe angaphandle maninzi kwaye phantse ahlala ebandakanya imiba ebonisa kakubi umgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle waseMelika; i-flap yakutshanje malunga ne-Downing Street Memos yenye imeko
I-Postscript: Kuyothusa kakhulu ukuba iminyaka eli-15 i-United States ibikhusela i-Iran njengongqondongqondo emva koqhushumbo lwe-PanAm. Kunzima ukubona indlela iWashington enokuthi ivume ngayo obu buxoki buhlala buphila, kodwa ndicinga ukuba ngexesha elifanelekileyo into ethile iya 'kufunyanwa' , njengeqhekeza lebhodi yesekethe.
Kwaye ngendlela, iLibya ayikaze ivume ukuba iyenzile esi senzo. Bathathe kuphela 'uxanduva', ngethemba lokufumana izohlwayo ezahlukeneyo ngokuchasene nabo.
Ukugcina iJapan kwi-pacifism
'Ukulangazelela ngokunyanisekileyo uxolo lwezizwe ngezizwe olusekwe kubulungisa nocwangco, abantu baseJapan bayayilahla ngonaphakade imfazwe njengelungelo elizimeleyo lesizwe kunye nosongelo okanye ukusetyenziswa kwamandla njengendlela yokusombulula iingxabano zamazwe ngamazwe.
'Ukuze kuphunyezwe injongo yomhlathi owandulelayo, umhlaba, ulwandle, kunye nemikhosi yomoya, kunye namanye amandla emfazwe, ayinakuze igcinwe. Ilungelo likarhulumente lemfazwe aliyi kugqalwa.โโ Inqaku lesi-9 loMgaqo-siseko waseJapan, wowe-1947, la mazwi ekudala exatyiswa yinkoliso yabantu baseJapan.
Ekuphumeleleni kokuphela kweMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, ukuhlaliswa kweMelika eJapan, kumntu kaGeneral Douglas MacArthur, wadlala indima enkulu ekudalweni kwalo mgaqo-siseko. Kodwa emva kokuba amakomanisi alawula e-China ngo-1949, iUnited States yakhetha iJapan eyomeleleyo evalelwe ngokukhuselekileyo kwinkampu echasene nobukomanisi. Bekusehla yonke into ukusukela ngoko. Inyathelo nenyathelo โฆ UMacArthur ngokwakhe wayalela ukuba kwenziwe 'indawo yokugcina amapolisa esizwe' , eyaba yimbumba yomkhosi waseJapan wexesha elizayo ... Endwendwela iTokyo ngo-1956, uNobhala weLizwe lase-US uJohn Foster Dulles waxelela amagosa aseJapan: 'Kwixesha elidlulileyo, iJapan yayikhe yazinika ithuba lokuya emkhosini. wabonisa ukongama kwakhe ngaphezu kwamaRashiya nangaphezu kweTshayina. Yayilixesha lokuba iJapan iphinde icinge ngokuba negunya eliKhulu.' {8} โฆ iminqophiso eyahlukeneyo ye-US-Japan yokhuseleko kunye nentsebenziswano yezokhuselo, eyathi, umzekelo, yacela iJapan ukuba idibanise itekhnoloji yasemkhosini kunye ne-US kunye ne-NATO ... uncedo kwi-US kwimisebenzi yayo yomkhosi rhoqo e-Asia ... iphinda uxinzelelo lwe-US kwi-Japan ukuba yonyuse uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi kunye nobukhulu bemikhosi yayo exhobileyo ... ngaphezu kwekhulu leziseko zomkhosi wase-US eJapan, zikhuselwe yimikhosi exhobileyo yaseJapan ... i-US-Japan joint imithambo yasemkhosini kunye nophando oludibeneyo kwisixokelelwano sokhuselo lwemijukujelwa ... unozakuzaku wase-US eJapan, ngo-2001: 'Ndicinga ukuba ubunyani beemeko zehlabathi buzakucebisa amaJapan ukuba alitolike ngokutsha okanye alichaze ngokutsha iGatya lesi-9.' {9} โฆ phantsi koxinzelelo oluvela eWashington, iJapani yathumela iinqanawa ezininzi zomkhosi wasemanzini kuLwandlekazi i-Indian ukuze zifake amafutha kwiinqanawa zemfazwe zase-US nezaseBritane njengenxalenye yephulo le-Afghanistan ngo-2002, emva koko yathumela imikhosi engeyiyo eyokulwa e-Iraq ukuya kuncedisa kwimfazwe yaseMelikaโฆ State Colin Powell, 2004: 'Ukuba iJapan iza kudlala indima epheleleyo kwinqanaba lehlabathi kwaye ibe lilungu leBhunga lezoKhuseleko elithatha inxaxheba ngokupheleleyo, kwaye ibe nohlobo lwezibophelelo enokuthi izithathe njengelungu leBhunga lezoKhuseleko. , Inqaku lesithoba kuya kufuneka lihlolwe ngolo hlobo.'{10} ...
Esinye isiphumo okanye umqondiso wako konke oku mhlawumbi unokubonwa kwimeko yanamhlanje kaKimiko Nezu, umfundisi-ntsapho waseJapan oneminyaka engama-54 ubudala, oye wohlwaywa ngokutshintshelwa esikolweni, ukunqunyanyiswa, ukuthotywa imivuzo, kunye nezisongelo. ukugxothwa ngenxa yokwala kwakhe ukuma xa kudlalwa umhobe wesizwe, ingoma yeMfazwe Yehlabathi II eyakhethwa njengomhobe wesizwe ngowe-1999. Uyayichasa le ngoma kuba yayiyingoma efanayo naleyo yoMkhosi woBukhosi owawusuka eJapan ubiza ingoma ethi ' ulawulo lukanaphakadeโ lomlawuli. Kwimibhiyozo yothweso-zidanga ngowama-2004, ootitshala abayi-198 abazange bavume ukuyimela ingoma. Emva kothotho lwezohlwayo kunye namanyathelo oluleko, uNezu nabanye ootishala abalithoba ibingabo kuphela abaqhankqalazi kulo nyaka. UNezu ngoku uvumelekile ukuba afundise kuphela xa kukho omnye utitshala.{11}
Ubungozi bembiza namanzi
Ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala, esempilweni, eWashington, DC ipolisa lafa emva kokutya amanzi amaninzi ngelixa liqeqeshelwa ukujikeleza ngebhayisekile ' hyponatremia, ukungalingani kwesodium okubangelwa kukusela ulwelo olugqithisileyo. Ngo-2003, iWashington Post yabika ukuba 'ubuncinci iimbaleki ezine zembaleki ziye zasweleka ngenxa yokwenzakala okunxulumene ne-hyponatremia kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo' .
Ngoko ke oku kukhokelela phi? Kwabo bantu balumkisa ngobungozi bentsangu. Bakhankanya ukwenzakala okutyholwa ukuba kubangele umntu othile oye wayisebenzisa, ngaphandle kokukhankanya ukuba kusetyenziswe malini kwaye ngaliphi ixesha elimisiweyo. Inqaku ekufuneka ligcinwe engqondweni kukuba *nantoni na* inokuba yingozi xa ithe yatyiwa ngobuninzi kunye/okanye ngokukhawuleza.
AMANQAKU
{1} I-Associated Press, ngoSeptemba 1, 2005
{2} Agence France-Presse, Septemba 2, 2005
{3} I-Los Angeles Times, ngo-Okthobha 5, 1988, 'iCIA inikwe ingxelo yokuba 'iLayisenisi yokubulala' abanqolobi'
{4} I-Seattle Times, ngo-Oktobha 15, 2003, iphe.A7
{5} Washington Post, ngoSeptemba 2, 2005
{6} amalungu.aol.com/bblum6/panam.htm
{7} The Herald (Glasgow), Agasti 19, 2005; EScotland ngeCawa (Glasgow) Agasti 28, 2005
{8} Los Angeles Times, ngoSeptemba 23, 1994
{9} Washington Post, Julayi 18, 2001
{10} BBC, Agasti 14, 2004
{11} Washington Post, Agasti 30, 2005, p.10
{12} Ibid., Okthobha 24, 2003
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