Ngemva kokusebenza ngaphakathi kwemithombo yezindaba yase-US ngesikhathi kuqala “Impi Yobuphekula” kanye nokulungiselela ukuhlasela kwe-US e-Iraq, umehluko ekusingatheni kwempi yanamuhla uyangidida.
IZAKHAMUZI: Ngenkathi ihlanganisa ubudlova obunyantisayo baseRussia e-Ukraine, kugxilwe ngempela - njengoba kufanele kube njalo - ezisulungeni zempi. Namuhla, ukugxila kuleso sici esibalulekile sokuhlasela kweRussia kugqamile futhi kuyaqhubeka - kusukela ekufeni kwabantu kuya ekuhlukumezekeni okuzwiwa izakhamuzi njengoba imicibisholo ihlasela eduze.
Ngeshwa, kwakungagxilwanga ekubulaweni kwabantu kanye nobuhlungu lapho ibutho lase-US liqala ukuhlasela. Ngemuva kokuthi i-US ihlasele i-Iraq ngo-2003 ngokuzenzisa okungamanga - okwenziwe ukuba nokwenzeka ukuhambisana nemithombo yezindaba yase-US ukuthi bazibonela ngawabo - ukufa kwezakhamuzi kwakunganakwa kakhulu futhi kwehlisiwe phakathi neminyaka.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba i-US ihlasele i-Afghanistan ngo-Okthoba 2001, lwenze iziqondiso kusukela kubaphathi be-CNN kuya kwababhalelana nabo kanye nezikhonkwane kubonise ukuthi inethiwekhi yayihlose ukudlala phansi futhi ilinganisele ukubulawa nokulimala kwezakhamuzi zase-Afghan ngamasosha ase-US. Imemo eyodwa yayala amahange e-CNN ukuthi uma eke abhekisela kwizisulu zase-Afghan, kufanele amemezele ngokushesha ezilalelini zawo: “T.Izenzo zezempi zase-US ziwumphumela wokuhlasela kwamaphekula okwabulala abantu abangaba ngu-5,000 XNUMX abangenacala e-US” Ulimi olunjalo lwaluyisibopho, kusho lo mbhalo: “E.nakuba kungase kuqale ukuzwakala njengenhloko, kubalulekile ukuthi siveze leli phuzu isikhathi ngasinye.”
Emasontweni ambalwa ngemva komhla ka-9/11, yisiphi isibukeli se-CNN esasisikhohlwe?
Ngokuqaphela ukusabalala kwethelevishini yase-US yabalimala base-Afghan, a New York Times intatheli ibhale ukuthi: “E-United States, izithombe zethelevishini zezisulu zokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-Afghan ziyadlula, ziboshwe phakathi kwamahange noma izikhulu zaseMelika zichaza ukuthi lezo zithombe ziyingxenye eyodwa kuphela yendaba. Nokho, emhlabeni wonke, izithombe zezingane zase-Afghan ezilimele ezigoqe emibhedeni yasesibhedlela noma abesifazane bezamazama ngenxa yesidumbu somntwana, ezikhanyiswa ngesathelayithi yinethiwekhi yaseQatar, i-Al Jazeera, noma i-CNN International, zivame kakhulu futhi ziyalibala. .”
Ukuvalwa kwenani lokukhokhiswa kwezakhamuzi kwaqhubeka amashumi eminyaka. Ngo-Ephreli wonyaka odlule, isazi se-NBC u-Lester Holt wenza umbiko ofingqiwe nge-Afghanistan ngokuthi “impi ende kunazo zonke yaseMelika” ngokunikeza oyedwa noyedwa owashona: “Bangu-2300 abantu baseMelika abafa.” Akuzange kukhulunywe ngokufa kwabantu base-Afghan abangaphezu kuka-70,000 kusukela ngo-2001, futhi akushiwo lutho Ucwaningo lwe-UN okutholwe engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2019, ngenxa yokuqhuma kwamabhomu emoyeni, i-US kanye nabalingani bayo babulale izakhamizi eziningi kuneTaliban kanye nabalingani bayo.
Njengoba impi yobushokobezi yanda nakwamanye amazwe, imithombo yezindaba yase-US yahlala kakhulu ongenantshisekelo
UMTHETHO WOMHLABA WONKE: Ukuhlasela nokuhlasela kwezempi kwezwe elilodwa ngokumelene nelinye akukho emthethweni ngokusobala ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, ngaphandle uma kwenziwa ngokuzivikela kwangempela (noma kugunyazwe uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN). Endabeni yokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine, abezindaba abajwayelekile base-US baye basebenzisa umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe ngendlela efanele, ngokuphindaphindiwe, futhi ngaphandle kokungabaza, futhi bathi awukho emthethweni. Njengoba benza ngesikhathi iRussia ihlasela iCrimea ngo-2014.
Ngokuphambene, lapho i-US ihlasela ngokungemthetho noma ihlasela amazwe ngamazwe emashumini eminyaka amuva nje, umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe cishe awukaze usetshenziswe abezindaba base-US abavamile. Kwaba njalo ngempela ngaphambi kokuhlasela kwe-Iraq - ngokungafani neBrithani, lapho abezindaba abakhulu baxoxa ngokugqamayo ngeqiniso lokuthi ukuhlasela i-Iraq kungaba icala elimelene nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe ngaphandle uma kugunyazwe isinqumo soMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN. Kwi Isipesheli sethelevishini ye-BBC amasonto ayisithupha ngaphambi kokuhlasela, isibonelo, Tony Blair kwaba kuphekwe ngemibuzo kulelo phuzu yizakhamuzi ezilwa nempi.
Ngo-1989, lapho i-US ihlasela iPanama cishe ekuxhashazweni kwezidakamizwa okuchitha igazi kakhulu emlandweni, imithombo yezindaba yase-US umzamo ozimisele ukunganaki umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokwephulwa kwawo - kanye nokubulawa kwabantu.
IMPERIALISM: Abezindaba abajwayelekile ezweni lethu namuhla bacasulwe yi-imperialism. NgoLwesihlanu ebusuku, uLawrence O'Donnell we-MSNBC ngokucasuka nangokuphindaphindiwe yalahla “i-imperialism yaseRussia.”
Njengomphikisi wempilo yakhe yonke we-imperialism, ngicasulwa futhi ukuthi izwe elinamandla njengeRussia lisebenzisa amandla ukuzama ukuphoqelela intando yalo kanye nobuholi obukhethiwe kubantu base-Ukraine.
Kodwa angikaze ngizwe u-O'Donnell nanoma ubani kwa-MSNBC egxeka i-US imperialism. Ngempela, ukuba khona kokuthile okubizwa ngokuthi “i-US imperialism” kuphikwa abezindaba abavamile base-US kangangoba umusho awuveli ekuphrintiwe ngaphandle kwezingcaphuno ezithusayo.
Lokhu kungafuni kwenkani ukuqaphela impiriyali yase-US kuyaqhubeka naphezu kokuthi alikho izwe (kuhlanganise neRussia) elisondele kwelethu. eminyakeni eyi-70 edlule ekubekeni intando yayo ekuguquleni ubuholi bohulumeni bangaphandle — ngokuvamile kusuka kokuhle kuye kokubi (ngokwesibonelo, e-Iran ngo-1953; eGuatemala ngo-1954; eCongo ngo-1960; eChile, ngo-1973; Honduras ngo-2009). Ingasaphathwa eyezinye izinguquko zombuso oholwa yi-US (isibonelo, i-Iraq ngo-2003 kanye ne-Libya ngo-2011).
Lokhu kuphika kuyaqhubeka naphezu kokuthi izwe lethu ligcina izisekelo zezempi ezingaphezu kuka-750 emazweni angaphandle angama-80 (iRussia inezisekelo zangaphandle ezingaba ngu-20 emazweni angamashumi amabili nambili); ukuthi isabelomali sethu sezempi sincane kunesawo wonke amanye amazwe (inkulu ngokuphindwe izikhathi eziyi-12 kuneyaseRussia); ukuthi i-US ihlinzeka cishe Amaphesenti angu-80 ezikhali zomhlaba athunyelwa kwamanye amazwe - okuhlanganisa ukuthengiswa kwezikhali nokuqeqeshwa kwezempi kwabangu-40 kwabangu-50 ohulumeni abacindezela kakhulu, abamelene nentando yeningi emhlabeni.
Ekhuluma ngama-imperialism aseMelika, owayenguNobhala Wezwe u-Hillary Clinton ubelokhu esematheni kulezi zinsuku ezedlule ephawula nge-Ukraine futhi egxeka ngokunembile uPutin ngokuthi. ngokumelene nentando yeningi. Kodwa amazwi akhe achaza ubuzenzisi ngezizathu eziningi; enye indima yakhe ebalulekile, enganakwa abezindaba abajwayelekile base-US, ekuvumeleni umbuso onodlame wokuketula umbuso owathatha isikhundla sikaMongameli waseHonduran okhethiwe u-Manuel Zelaya ngo-2009. (Ungafunda ngakho lapha futhi lapha.)
Ngakho njengoba sihlanganyela ukusekela izakhamuzi zase-Ukraine ngokumelene namandla amakhulu ubudlova obuvela eRussia, masenze kanjalo ngokuqonda ukuthi impiriyali kufanele kuphikiswe ngaso sonke isikhathi, ukuthi zonke izisulu zezimpi kanye nokuketulwa kombuso ngobudlova zifanelekile noma ngabe i-Iraqi noma iHonduran noma i-Ukraine - nokuthi zonke izigebengu ezephula umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kufanele zithweswe icala noma ngabe ' izinze eMoscow noma eWashington, DC
Jeff Cohen ungumsunguli we-RootsAction.org, uprofesa wobuntatheli osethathe umhlalaphansi e-Ithaca College nombhali we-“Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.” Ngo-1986, wasungula iqembu lokubuka abezindaba ANO.
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