Ngithole inqwaba yemeyili engicela ukuthi ngisabele kumazwana kaChristopher Hitchens kumagazini we-Nation kanye nakuwebhusayithi yeSizwe. Ngiyakwenyanya ukwenza lokho ngoba nginovalo lokuthi amandla amakhulu abantu abamangalisayo azongena ekukhathazekeni ngamagama anembayo okufakiwe okuhlukahlukene empini yokuhlehla naphambili yababhali, esikhundleni sokungena emsebenzini onzima futhi ofanele okufanele wenziwe. ukuvimbela indlala enkulu e-Afghanistan, ukuxosha ukusangana kwezempi endaweni yonke, kanye nokuvimbela kanye nokuhlehlisa ukuqondiswa kabusha kwengqondo nenqubomgomo lapha e-US Kodwa, abaningi baye babuza mayelana nokuphawula kukaHitchens, lokho ngokusobala ukuthula ngeke kubuyisele ukunakwa. emuva lapho sonke sazi ukuthi ungowakho.

 

Indatshana yokuqala kaHitchens ku Nation wabonisa ngokufanelekile ukuthi izisusa zalabo ababehlela ukuhlasela kwango-September 11 kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba zibe ngcono isimo sabantu abahluphekayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuseMideast noma kunoma iyiphi enye ingxenye yomhlaba. Phakathi kokunye, ubuphekula obunjalo ngokusobala bubhebhethekisa amathuba asabekayo kwabampofu nababuthaka, ikakhulukazi eMideast. Okunye ukuthi, izisusa zika-bin Laden azishilo zigxile ekuketuleni ohulumeni baseMpumalanga Ephakathi futhi afake, esikhundleni salokho, indalo efana neTaliban, inganciphisi ukungabi nabulungisa, yebo. Lokhu kuhlasela kungenzeka ukuthi kudonsele i-US ekuziphindiseleni okukhulu, okwenza i-Middle East ibe nesiyaluyalu. Womabili la maphuzu ashiwo kusenesikhathi futhi ezikhathini eziningi ngabagxeki bakaBush, ikakhulukazi abantu abahlasela uHitchens, uNoam Chomsky (bona izingxoxo ezifakwe ku-ZNet, www.zmag.org). Kodwa ukugomela ngokufanelekile ukuthi umqondo nezisusa zika-bin Laden noma ezabaholi beTaliban azivelanga ebuhlungwini nasekuhluphekeni okubangelwa izinqubomgomo ezicindezelayo zase-US, akusitsheli ukuthi amanethiwekhi okusekela ubuphekula ngisho nemicabango enokhahlo yabafundi. ngokwethuswa awondliwa yileso simo esibanzi, kunjalo.

 

Oshicilelweni lwangoSepthemba 15 Kulezi zikhathi, uHitchens wanxusa ngokunengqondo ukuthi “kungani imibuzo” idinga ukubuzwa, hhayi “imibuzo enjani kuphela.” Ukhale ngokuthi uhla lwemicabango evumelekile luvumela ukuthi izinto zobuchwepheshe zixoxwe ngokungapheli, kodwa zinqamula umongo wenhlalo nomlando. Ekulandeleni kukaHitchens Nation wenza inguquko esho ukuthi abaningi abaphikisana nempi ephethwe yi-US yobuphekula bebengenzi lokho ngoba bekungaba nomthelela omubi kubantu abangenacala, kodwa esikhundleni sokugunyazwa noma ukuzwelana nokuhlasela kwamaphekula uqobo. Ocezwini lwe-ITT, uHitchens wayefuna ukukhulisa ububanzi bemicabango evumelekile. Esiqeshini saboHlanga, uhlasele labo abaphumelele ukwenza lokho. Ku-ITT wabungaza ubushoshovu be-anit-war. KwaboHlanga wagxeka izishoshovu ezimelene nempi ngendlela engafanele futhi engenabufakazi—ukugxeka okuyinhlamba azi kahle ukuthi kungamanga.

 

Akufanele kube nesidingo ukusho, kodwa vele akukho ukuqinisekiswa noma ukuhluzeka kobuphekula ngamazwi abantu ngabanye abahlaselwe ngu-Hitchens. Ukuze sikuqonde kalula lokhu, ake sithi othile uthi ukucindezeleka okukhulu emsebenzini weposi kwaba nomthelela esimweni sengqondo sesisebenzi esafika sadubula esisebenza nabo. Ingabe lokho kuzofanelana nokuthi umbulali wayenesizathu sokudubula asebenza nabo? Vele akunjalo. Ingabe kungaba yinto ebalulekile ukuqaphela? Vele bekungaba, uma sicabanga, okungukuthi, ukuthi umuntu unendaba nokunciphisa amathuba okuthi abantu “bahambe eposini” esikhathini esizayo.

 

Ukufaniswa kwamaphekula kubasebenzi abacindezeleke kakhulu abaya eposini akuphelele, kuyavunywa, kodwa kuyafundisa. Ukuveza ukuthi ukungabi nabulungisa kudala umongo oshukumisela abanye abantu ekusekeleni ngisho nasekubhaliseni ukuzibandakanya nobuphekula akusafanele ukuthethelela ubuphekula kunokuphawula ukuthi ukucindezeleka kudala umongo oholela odlameni lwasemsebenzini kuwukuthethelela udlame lwasemsebenzini. Uma abantu abaveza indima yokungabi nabulungiswa ekukhiqizeni ukwesekwa kobuphekula bengabalweli besikhathi eside belwela ubulungisa emhlabeni wonke, ingabe kwenza umqondo omncane ukweqa kusukela ekuhlonzeni kwabo isici esinomthelela ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi babethethelela ukwesaba, ngokumelene nemisebenzi yabo yonke yokuphila, ngisho ngokumelene nemisebenzi yabo yamanje kanye namazwi? Ngokubanzi, ukwenqaba ukusetshenziswa kodlame olubhekiswe kubantu kwazisa ukuphikisa kwezishoshovu empini yobuphekula futhi kusebenza nasemicimbini yangoSepthemba 11, kunjalo. UHitchens uyakwazi lokhu. Isimangalo sakhe sokuthi u-Chomsky, kanye no-Howard Zinn kanye no-Norman Finkelstein bathethelela ukwesaba kwakungelula futhi, vele, akuzange kuqinisekiswe njengoba kungekho bufakazi obungenzeka. Ngiyangabaza ukuthi kwaze kwawela emqondweni kaHitchens ukunikeza ubufakazi. Uyazi ukuthi akekho.

 

Manje ngicabanga ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi i-Nation-Hitchens, ngokungafani ne-ITT-Hitchens, icabanga ukuthi kukhona into engafanele, ngesikhathi lapho umongameli wase-US ekhuluma ngempi enkulu yesikhathi eside, ekuletheni ulwazi oluhlobene nemiphumela engase ibe khona. lezo zinqubomgomo ezihlanganisa nobufakazi bokuthi, ngaphandle kwenkulumo-nkulumo, ukungenela kwethu kwezempi ngisho nesijeziso sezombangazwe (njengasezivimbelweni) kuyaqabukela uma ezikhathaza kakhulu ngezindaba zezobulungiswa, okuhlanganisa usizi lwezakhamuzi-kodwa angiboni ukuthi kungani uHitchens engazizwa lokho. Esikhundleni salokho, ukuvumelanisa ne-ITT-HItchens, kubonakala kimi ukuthi isikhathi sokuqala ukugxeka inqubomgomo ehlasimulisayo ehlongozwayo futhi uqale ukunikeza ubufakazi bokuphakamisa ukuphikiswa okubanzi komphakathi kumgomo onjalo ngaphambi kokuba kusetshenziswe inqubomgomo embi, manje. , kunjalo.

 

Hitchens' Nation ucezu ngokusobala ulethe inqwaba yama-imeyili athukuthele ngendlela yakhe. Futhi yilapho indaba iwohloka kakhulu. Uphendule abagxeki bakhe ngendatshana yesibili, nayo ebekwe ku Nation iwebhusayithi. Kweyesibili yakhe Nation umyalezo u-Hitchens uncoma izisusa zika-Sam Husseini no-Noam Chomsky, futhi ngenxa yokweqa kwabo imikhawulo yomcabango ovunyelwe uHitchens ngokwakhe awukhalelayo ngaphambilini. Kunzima kimi ukukholelwa ukuthi u-Hitchens ukholelwa ngempela ukuthi uHusseini, uChomsky, nabanye abasebenza kanzima ngangokunokwenzeka ukugwema inhlekelele enqwabelene phezu kwenhlekelele, babelungile noma "bathambile ku-fascism," nanoma yiziphi ezinye izici. AmaHitchens abajikijela. Uma u-Hitchens engakukholelwa lokhu, ngethemba ukuthi uzohoxisa ukuphawula kwakhe maduzane futhi abuyele emisebenzini ekhiqiza kakhulu. Uma ngokumelene nabo bonke ubufakazi, ukucabanga okunengqondo, kanye nokuphila kwakhe konke kokubandakanyeka kwezombusazwe, uyazikholelwa lezi zinto, khona-ke isikhathi sokukhathazeka ngenqubo eyaletha ukudluliswa kobuhlakani obunjalo cishe kamuva kakhulu. Manje kunezindaba ezibaluleke kakhulu okufanele zinakekelwe.

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