Umthombo: Counterpunch
Okukodwa kwe izimiso zezimfundiso ngemuva kokusakazwa kwezindaba zezinkampani zombuso wase-US kanye nokuphawula kanye nepolitiki yase-US evamile ukuthi i-United States ingamandla anomusa wobunzima obubhekene nokuhle obudalwa abanye ababi kanye nezimo eziyinselele ezingabangelwa uWashington. Inkulumo-mpikiswano ivumelekile kumasu namaqhinga asheshayo kodwa ayivunyelwe kulezi zikhundla eziyinhloko zama-American Exceptionalist.
Ngakho-ke, nakuba kukhona ukuphikisana kwabezindaba namasiko ezombusazwe ase-US mayelana nendlela yokusabela esikhukhuleni sabafuduki abafuna ukungena e-United States emngceleni oseningizimu yezwe, kukhona okuncane uma kukhona ingxoxo ejulile yabezindaba kanye nokugxeka isikhathi eside nesiningi- indima eseceleni lokho I-US capitalist imperialism idlale ngokufaka usizi olubi ezigidini zabantu kulo lonke elaseMelika Ephakathi naseMexico.
Ukuhlasela kwe-US eVietnam (kanye neCambodia) kanye ne-Iraq kungagxekwa kwabezindaba eziphezulu zase-US njengesu elibi, njengamaphutha, kodwa hhayi njengobugebengu obukhulu bokubulala abantu abaningi, ukucwasa ngokobuhlanga, kanye nobugebengu bempi kanye nobugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini.
UJohn Kennedy (ubani waqala ukuhlasela kwe-US eVietnam naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia) angase abhekane nokugxekwa okujwayelekile ngokwehluleka โngokufanelekileโ ukuhlehlisa ukuhlasela kwe-Bay of Pigs okuhlulekile eCuba bese enconywa ngokuphatha kwakhe iCuban Missile Crisis. Kwakungekho ngxoxo ejulile ejulile mayelana nendlela uMbuso WaseMelika owaphatha ngayo iCuba ngesikhathi sobukoloniyali kanye nempendulo yawo kuNguquko yaseCuban ekhaliphile yazala uguquko oludumile lwesocialist olwangena ngokwemvelo esambulela esivikelayo seSoviet Union (noma ngolunye udaba: indlela u-Impiriyali uKennedy's. impendulo ebufakazini bemicibisholo yaseSoviet eCuba kwaletha umhlaba onqenqemeni lokuqothulwa kwezikhali zenuzi nokuthi kwakuyisenzo se umlawuli weSoviet lokho kwagwema leso siphetho).
Ukunqotshwa kokuhlasela kweMelika kanye nemisebenzi kungabikwa futhi kuxoxwe ngakho kwabezindaba ezijwayelekile namasiko ezepolitiki njengomphumela wokungalungi kwamasu okwenziwa abenzi bezinqubomgomo base-US kodwa hhayi njengomphumela wokumelana okusemthethweni okudumile kuma-imperialism aseMelika.
Njengelungu lephalamende lombuso, uSenator wase-US, kanye nomuntu oqokelwe isikhundla sikamongameli, umqambi kabusha ngemuva kukaGeorge W. Bush Empire u-Barack Obama ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi ukubheka njengokuhlasela kwe-Iraq. "impi embi" ngomqondo kuphela "yokuba yisimungulu" ngokweqhinga, hhayi ngoba kwakuwuhambo lokuziphatha okubi, lokucwasa ngokwebala, kanye ne-petro-imperialist ehloselwe ukubeka ibhuthi yaseMelika ku-spigot kawoyela wase-Iraqi. Umuntu ongenele ukhetho u-Obama waze wagcina esole โiphuthaโ lase-Iraq ngesifiso sikaBush esiphusile sokuthumela intando yeningi e-Iraq โ okuwubuwula obungenangqondo obuhambisana nomuntu okhethekile waseMelika. imfundiso u-Obama azoyichaza ngenkathi eyedwa izingane ezibulala ama-drone namaphathi emishado, okusiza ukuqeda iLibya kanye neHonduras, kanye nokujulisa ukucekelwa phansi kwe-US kwe-Afghanistan.
Umcabango wokuthi i-United States inelungelo lokuhlasela, ukuhlasela, kanye nokuthatha ezinye izizwe uthathwa kalula emithonjeni yezindaba yase-US nepolitiki. "Abantu baseMelika," ikhandidethi u-Obama ngokuzithoba utshele iChicago Council on Foreign Relations ngo-2006, โbabone amadodana namadodakazi abo ebulawa emigwaqweni yaseFallujah.โ Into ephawuleka kakhulu ngalokhu kuphawula akukhona nje ukuthi u-Obama ushiye ngaphandle uMbuso WaseMelika ukucekelwa phansi okunonya kwalelo dolobha elibalulekile lase-Iraq, egcwele ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali ezikhipha imisebe ezabangela umqedazwe we-leukemia yezingane, kodwa ukuthi u-Obama wayevele acabange ukuthi amasosha aseMelika ayenalo ilungelo lokugada imigwaqo yedolobha elikhulu lase-Iraq!
โSihola umhlaba,โ kuchaza u-Obama owayengenele isikhundla sikamongameli, โekulweni nobubi obungaleso sikhathi futhi sikhuthaze ubuhle bokugcina. โฆ IMelika iyithemba lokugcina, elingcono kunawo wonke emhlabeni.โ U-Obama uchaze kabanzi enkulumweni yakhe yokuqala yokuvula. โUkuvikeleka kwethu,โ kusho umongameli, โkusukela ekulungeni kwenjongo yethu; amandla esibonelo sethu; izimfanelo eziduduzayo zokuthobeka nokuzibambaโโukuphawula okuthakazelisayo kwe-Fallujah, i-Hiroshima, ukubethelwa kwe-US kwaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, "Umgwaqo Omkhulu Wokufa" nokunye.
IMelika ihlezi inhle futhi inezinhloso ezinhle. Lokhu kugxiliswe ngokwemfundiso kumbono wesigaba esibusayo sase-US kangangokuthi ubufakazi obuphambene ngokuphelele kufanele buchithwe ngokuzenzakalelayo. Esikhathini esingaphansi kwesigamu sonyaka egcotshwe esikhundleni, irekhodi lika-Obama elikhula ngokushesha lezenzo zonya ezweni lamaSulumane lizohlanganisa ukuqhuma kwamabhomu edolobhaneni lase-Afghan i-Bola Boluk. Abantu abangu-130 kwabashonile abahlukaniswa iziqhumane zaseMelika eBola Boluk bekuyizingane. โOcingweni olwadlalwa ngombhobho ngoLwesithathu lubhekiselwa kumalungu ePhalamende lase-Afghan athukuthele egane unwabu,โ kubika i-New York Times, โumbusi weSifundazwe saseFarah . . . Ngokwesinye isishayamthetho sase-Afghan nofakazi wokuzibonela, โizakhamuzi zathenga izinqola zogandaganda ezimbili ezigcwele izicucu zemizimba yabantu ziye ehhovisi laso ukuze zibonise izisulu eziye zenzeka. Kwakhala wonke umuntu kumbusi ebuka lesi sigameko esishaqisayo.โ Abaphathi benqaba ukuxolisa noma ukuvuma umthwalo wemfanelo โwamaphoyisa omhlaba wonkeโ.
Ngokuqhathanisa nokucasulayo, u-Obama wayesanda kuxolisa ngokuphelele futhi waxosha isikhulu se-White House ngoba leso sikhulu sasithuse abantu baseNew York ngendiza engabalulekisiwe ye-Air Force One ye-Air Force One ekhumbuza abantu ngo-9/11. Umehluko wawumangalisa: Ukwethusa abantu baseNew York kwaholela ekuxoliseni okuphelele kukamongameli kanye nokukhishwa kwesisebenzi saseWhite House. Ukubulala izakhamuzi zase-Afghan ezingaphezu kwekhulu akudingi kuxoliswa.
Lokhu kusiletha embukwaneni wamanje e-Afghanistan, lapho iphini likamongameli ka-Obama kanye nenduna yempi yamanje yase-US uJoe Biden benziwa ukuthi babukeke njengemfene ngenxa yezigcawu ezinesiphithiphithi nezingenathemba ezivela ehhovisi lenxusa langaphambili laseMelika kanye nesikhumulo sezindiza saseKabul. Ukuwa okuphelele kombuso wase-Afghan owawuxhaswe yi-US kuhlekisa ngonya isicelo sakhe enyangeni eyodwa nje edlule ukuthi konke kwakuhamba kahle ekuphumeni okuhlelekile kwe-US kanye nokuphikelela kukahulumeni ongewona oweTaliban enhlokodolobha yezwe. Ingabe lokhu kubukelwa phansi kwamandla avukelayo, amelene nombuso wezombangazwe kanye namandla okulwa kuzwakala nhlobo ngokuhambisana nezilinganiso ezingaphezulu ezisemthethweni zaseMelika zangaphambilini nekhono lemibuso yamakhasimende awo angekho emthethweni lokucindezela ngezempi umnyakazo wokumelana? Kuyindaba efanayo futhi, njengase-Iraq naseVietnam, egcwele izithombe zezindiza ezinophephela emhlane eziphuma phezu kwehhovisi lenxusa lase-US elivinjezelwe ngendlela exakile njengalezo zaseSaigon ngo-1975. Abathwali bezindiza. E-Kabul, bahambisa abaxoshiwe esikhungweni sezindiza esiseduze lapho isigameko sinesiphithiphithi nakakhulu).
Abaphathi be-Biden babikezelwa futhi bahlekwa usulu ngokuphambanisa kwakhe kwamasu kanye nobuhlakani obubi obakhiqiza. ama-optics alulazayo akhumbulekayo (โisiphithiphithi esiphelele nesishoyoโ) e-Kabul. Ngasikhathi sinye, umcimbi wokusuka kokugcina kweWashington uholela ekufuneni umphefumulo okuvumelekile ngokusemthethweni mayelana nokuthi "impi ende kunazo zonke yaseMelika" "beyifanele yini" kwasekuqaleni - noma ngabe bekuyiphutha lesu ukuthi ungene I-Afghanistan, โindawo yamathuna emibusoโ eyaziwayo, kwasekuqaleni.
Qaphela izinto ezimbili ngaphandle kwemingcele yengxoxo evumelekile: uhlobo lobugebengu lokuhlasela kwe-US kusukela ngosuku lokuqala, kanye nendima ende ye-US ekuqeqesheni nasekuhlomiseni ubuphekula be-Islamo obuphiko lwesokudla e-Afghanistan kanye nomhlaba wonke wamaSulumane nama-Arab.
I-Afghanistan ayizange ihlasele i-United States ngoSepthemba 11, 2001, i-al Qaeda yenza kanjalo, futhi i-al Qaeda yavikelwa futhi yaxhaswa kakhulu yiSaudi Arabia nePakistan, zombili izinhlaka ezinkulu zesifunda zase-US. I-France ayinalo ilungelo lokuhlasela futhi ibhomule i-Vermont kanye ne-United States ngokubanzi uma i-neofascist okuthiwa iphephele e-Green Mountains kuthiwa ihlanganise ukuhlasela kwamaphekula okubulalayo e-Eifel Tower kanye ne-French National Assembly. Ngemuva kuka-9/11, abadlali abehlukene e-Afghanistan, okuhlanganisa nohulumeni weTaliban, base bekulungele ukukhuluma nokuxoxisana, mhlawumbe baze banikeze u-Osama bin-Laden ukuze ashushiswe ngamazwe ngamazwe. Babengafuni ukuthi amandla amakhulu emhlabeni ahlakaze izwe. I-US yazichitha lezi zigebengu futhi esikhundleni salokho yathatha โamandla amakhulu asetshenziswa ukubhidliza ingqalasizinda yase-Afghanistan nokuvula izibopho zayo zomphakathiโ (uNoam Chomsky noVijay Prashad). Njengokuthile okuphuma emibhalweni yesazi-mlando esihlakaniphile saseMelika esiphikisana nombuso Esisha UGabriel Kolko, esikhundleni salokho uMbuso WaseMelika wahamba nendlela eyayilahlwe futhi ebhubhisa kakhulu yesijeziso sezempi. Izakhamizi zase-Afghan ezingaphezu kuka-71,000 zafa odlameni olwalandela ngenkathi izinkampani zaseMelika "zokuvikela" (umbuso) ezihlanganisa u-Boeing, uRaytheon, no-Lockheed Martin zithole imali yenkontileka yezindleko kanye nezindleko ezathenga izikhali zokucekelwa phansi kombuso.
Ngasikhathi sinye, njengoba kubonakala kungashiwo emithonjeni yezindaba yase-US, i-Taliban ezondwayo ayiyona neze into encane umkhiqizo wase-US. Njengoba UNoam Chomsky noVijay Prashad bachaza ngoMeyi odlule kusuka ngaphesheya kwemingcele yenkulumompikiswano nenkumbulo yase-US eyamukelekayo:
'I-Afghanistan ibe sempini yombango iminyaka engu-1978, okungenani kusukela kwasungulwa i-mujahideen-kuhlanganisa no-Abdul Haq-ukuze alwe neqembu leDemocratic Party likahulumeni wase-Afghanistan (1992-XNUMX). Le mpi yombango yaqiniswa ukwesekwa kwe-US kwezakhi zase-Afghanistan ezibambelele kakhulu neziqinile, amaqembu azoba yingxenye ye-Al Qaeda, iTaliban, namanye ama-Islamist. Ayikaze nakanye i-United States inikeze indlela yokuthula ngalesi sikhathi; esikhundleni salokho, ibilokhu ikhombisa ukulangazela ekujikeni ngakunye ukusebenzisa ubukhulu bamandla aseMelika ukulawula umphumela eKabul.'
Akunangqondo ukuthi noma yimuphi inhloko ekhuluma e-CNN noma i-MSNBC, ingasaphathwa eye-FOX News, ingaveza ukuthi isikhathi esingcono kakhulu samalungelo abantu besifazane kanye nentuthuko e-Afghanistan yesimanje saba ngaphansi kwamandla amaKhomanisi, ngokubambisana neSoviet Union phakathi kuka-1979 kanye ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980. Iqhutshwa ukukhathazeka kwe-geopolitics yombuso hhayi amalungelo abantu (inkulumo ka-Orwellian yase-US noma kunjalo), i-United States yaxhasa ukuphikiswa kwe-arch-reactionary kanye ne-hyper-sexist Islamist ku-socialist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, isekela izakhi ezayazi ukuthi zizochoboza amalungelo abesifazane ngemuva kokunqoba i-socialist. isimo.
Ukucatshangelwa kwe-geopolitical kusalokhu kubalulekile e-US e-Afghanistan, ngaphansi kwayo yonke into esabekayo yabezindaba ngonya lwama-Taliban kanye nobulili. Njengoba UChomsky noPrishad babhala NgoMeyi odlule, โKubukeka sengathi i-United States izimisele ukuvumela iTaliban ukuthi ibuyele emandleni ngemihume emibili: okokuqala, ukuthi ubukhona base-US buhlala, kanti okwesibili, ukuthi izimbangi ezinkulu ze-United StatesโokuyiChina neRussiaโ abanandima eKabul.โ
Ukuthi leyo migomo ingafinyeleleka kusazobonakala kodwa into eyodwa icacile: Inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseWashington isasele nanamuhla, njengawo wonke umlando wayo omude nonegazi, mayelana nokubala kombuso okuyisisekelo kuqala nokubalulekile. Inkulumo yamalungelo abantu ukugqoka amafasitela okuhloswe ukuvala ukucatshangelwa kwamandla omhlaba we-wolfish esembozweni sezimvu ezikhohlisayo zokukhathazeka kobuntu.
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