Umthombo: Glenn Greenwald
Isikhathi sokuqala engake ngabhala ngaso mayelana ne-WikiLeaks yabuya ekuqaleni kuka-2010, lapho iqembu lalingakaziwa kakhulu. Okwabangela ukunaka kwami โโโโkwakukuncane isihloko ku I-New York Times okwaqala ngale ndlela:
Ohlwini lwezitha ezisongela ukuphepha kwe-United States, iPentagon yengeze WikiLeaks.org, umthombo omncane we-inthanethi wolwazi namadokhumenti ohulumeni nezinkampani emhlabeni wonke abangakhetha ukuwagcina eyimfihlo.
The NYT wachaza ukuthi iPentagon ilungiselele uhlelo oluyimfihlo lwango-2008 lapho bahlela khona ukucekela phansi i-WikiLeaks, okuhlanganisa ngokuyiputshuza ngamabomu imibhalo engamanga ngethemba lokuthi iqembu lizoshicilela ama-fakes futhi liqede ukwethembeka kwabo - uhlelo olubi olwaputshuzwa ngendlela exakile. ku-WikiLeaks, okuthi ngokushesha uthumele idokhumenti kuwebhusayithi yayo.
Noma yiliphi iqembu izwe lezokuphepha lase-U.S. elilihlanganisayo โkuhlu lwezithaโ zalo ngenxa yokushicilela izimfihlo zalo lizoheha intshisekelo yami, futhi mhlawumbe nokusekelwa yimi. Ngenxa yalokho - izinyanga ngaphambi kokuba benze izihloko zezindaba zomhlaba wonke ngokushicilelwa kwe-Iraq kanye ne-Afghanistan War Logs kanye nezintambo zokusebenzelana ezivela eMnyangweni Wezwe ka-Hillary Clinton - ngokushesha ngaphenya konke engangingakwenza mayelana nokusungulwa kweqembu kanye nomsebenzi; yaxoxa nomsunguli wayo uJulian Assange; futhi yanxusa abafundi ukuthi basize ekusekeleni leli qembu elisafufusa, ephetha ngokuthi โenye yezindlela zokugcina zokudalula izimfihlo zikahulumeni nezinye izicukuthwane yizimpimpi nezinhlangano ezibenza bakwazi. I-WikiLeaks ingelinye lamaqembu anjalo asebenza kahle kakhulu emhlabeni, ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi angaphansi kokuhlaselwa okungapheli.โ
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Kodwa bekuyidokhumenti eyodwa ye-WikiLeaks eyangithinta kakhulu ekuqaleni: i-CIA ehlukanisiwe ka-2010 "Imemorandamu Yeseli Elibomvu," ebizwa ngegama iyunithi eyimfihlo kakhulu eyakhiwe nguBush/Cheney Umqondisi weCIA uGeorge Tenet ngemuva kokuhlasela kwe-9/11.
Okwenze lo mbhalo wathakazelisa, wembula kangaka, yingxoxo ye-CIA yokuthi ingawusebenzisa kanjani umbono womphakathi ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ihlala ibekezelela uma ingasekeli i-Endless War futhi, ikakhulukazi, indima ebalulekile uMongameli Obama ayidlalile ku-CIA ekupakisheni nasekudayiseni. Izimpi zase-U.S. emhlabeni jikelele. Kulokhu kuhlaziya okuhlukanisiwe, umuntu ufunda okuningi mayelana nokuthi "inkimbinkimbi yezempi," eyaziwa nangokuthi "iBlob" noma "Isifunda Esijulile," izizathu; ukuthi i-Ejensi isebenzisa kanjani izifiso zobuntu ukuze iqinisekise ukuqhubeka kwezimpi zayo; nokuthi uyini umsebenzi wangempela kaMongameli wase-U.S. uma kukhulunywa ngenqubomgomo yangaphandle.
Okwenze ukuthi le memo ibe nokwesaba okukhulayo kweCIA kokuthi abantu baseNtshonalanga Yurophu babephendukela ngokushesha iMpi Yezobushokobezi kanye nempi yase-Afghanistan ikakhulukazi - njengoba kufakazelwa ukuwa kukaHulumeni waseDashi. eqhutshwa ingxenye enkulu yintukuthelo yabavoti ngokubandakanyeka e-Afghanistan. I-CIA yayilangazelela ukuthola ukuthi inganqanda kanjani igagasi lokulwa nempi elikhulayo kuso sonke leso sifunda, ikakhulukazi ukuvikela iFrance neJalimane kuyo, ngokuxhaphaza umbono womphakathi.
I-Ejensi iphethe ngokuthi: okuwukuphela kwempahla yayo engcono kakhulu yokwenza lokho kwakunguMongameli Obama kanye nokuduma kwakhe emadolobheni aseNtshonalanga Yurophu.
Isisekelo sememo ye-CIA sasiwukuthi inani labantu bamazwe e-NATO abamba iqhaza eMpini yase-Afghanistan abazange bayisekele leyo mpi. Lokho labo hulumeni abambisene ne-CIA ababethembele kukho - njengoba kuphawulwe ngenhla kwesihloko - yilokho le nhlangano eyakubiza ngokuthi "ukunganaki komphakathi": okusho ukuthi "ukunganaki komphakathi okuphansi kwempi kuye kwavumela abaholi baseFrance nabaseJalimane ukuba banganaki ukuphikiswa okudumile futhi bakhulise kancane iminikelo yabo yamasosha. kwi-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).โ
Ngamanye amazwi, inqobo nje uma umphakathi usalokhu ungalaleli ngokwanele, abaholi bawo ngokwentando yeningi babekhululekile ukungazinaki izifiso zabo futhi bahlale belwa empini izakhamuzi zalelo zwe ezaziyiphikisa. Kepha obekukhathaza kakhulu i-CIA ukuthi ukungathandi impi yaseNtshonalanga Yurophu kuzophenduka ukuphikiswa okunamandla, okugxilile - njengoba bekusanda kwenzeka eHolland - okuphoqa imiphumela emibi kakhulu kuyo yonke: ukuthi ohulumeni abalwa ne-US e-Afghanistan eduze ishumi leminyaka empeleni kuzodingeka lihloniphe izinkolelo zezakhamizi zabo ukuthi impi yayingafanele, futhi iphume, ishiye i-US ukuthi ithwale umthwalo wodwa:
Noma ngabe kwenzekani, into eyodwa i-CIA engeke ikubekezelele ukuthi abaholi bamazwe ahlangene โbalalele abavotiโ (yingakho i-CIA kudala ikhetha ukuthi amazwe โasebenzisana naboโ abuswe ubushiqela: asikho isidingo sokwamukela umbono womphakathi okhathazayo) . Kepha ngisho nasemibusweni yentando yeningi yasentshonalanga, inqobo nje uma abantu behlala benganakile ngokwanele, i-CIA yacabanga, ngakho-ke imizwa yabo yokulwa nempi ingashaywa indiva ngokuphepha.
Inkinga ngo-2010 yayiwukuthi kwaba nokuqwashisa okwandayo entshonalanga ye-Europe mayelana nendlela iMpi yase-Afghanistan eyayiyisiqalekiso ngayo kumagugu abo, izinsiza ezasetshenziswa zimoshe kangakanani, nokuthi kuncane kangakanani okunye okwakuhlobene nezinga lezimpilo zabo. Leyo nkinga yemibono yomphakathi - noma, omunye angase athi, isicefe sentando yeningi - yilapho, njengenjwayelo, i-CIA yangena khona.
Ukuxazulula inkinga mayelana nokukhula kwemizwa yokulwa nempi eNtshonalanga Yurophu, le nhlangano yakha izixazululo ezimbili eziyinhloko: 1) ukusizakala ngosizi lwabesifazane base-Afghan ukuze badonse izinhliziyo zamaJalimane namaFulentshi futhi bazame ukubancenga - ikakhulukazi abesifazane baseYurophu - ukuthi impi yase-Afghanistan. kwakuwuhlobo oluthile lwephrojekthi yokusiza abantu ukusiza abantu, hhayi umzamo we-geo-strategic wokulawula isifunda nezinsiza zaso; futhi 2) asebenzise ukuduma phakathi kwabantu baseYurophu kaMongameli Obama, manje osewine uMklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel, ukubeka ubuso obuhle, obuyinkimbinkimbi, obuhlanganisa umhlaba wonke empini esikhundleni se-Evangelical Texan swagger eqinile eyayimelwe uGeorge W. Bush.
Kodwa akukho kulokhu obekuzosebenza, ekulinganisweni kweCIA, ngaphandle kokuba noMongameli ongasebenzisa ngempumelelo ukuthandwa kwakhe phesheya ukuthengisa impi hhayi njengesenzo sobudlova esingapheli kodwa njengesenzo sobuntu - njengoMongameli ngokwakhe - wayenomusa. , yizicukuthwane, futhi enomusa. Njengomphumela wemibono yabo emihle ngo-Obama, le nhlangano yaphetha ngokuthi, amaFulentshi namaJalimane ngeke nje โbamukele ukuqinisekiswa [kuka-Obama] okuqondile kokubaluleka kwabo kumishini [ye-Afghanistan]โ - lokho kungaba ukuqinisa okuhle - kodwa kuzoba futhi abe โnokuzwela ekuboniseni [kwakhe] okuqondile kokudumazeka kwabasekeli abangasizi.โ
Ngamanye amazwi, u-Obama wayefana nobaba onomusa kodwa olungile ozikhulu zakhe owawukholelwa kuye ngisho nalapho kuqhunyiswa amadolobhana ngamabhomu futhi kuqhunyiswa amagceke esikole, nokuphoxeka kwakhe ngokokuziphatha (awuphili ngokwemisebenzi yakho njengomfelandawonye) ubumagange ukugwema. Ngakho-ke idatha yokuvota yabonisa ukuthi lapho abantu baseYurophu bekhunjuzwa ukuthi u-Obama wayesekela impi e-Afghanistan, ukwesekwa kwanda kakhulu:
Kunzima ukweqisa udalula kanjani lo mbhalo. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba i-CIA imemezele ikhono eliyingqayizivele lika-Obama lokuthengisa impi futhi aqinisekise ukuthi iyaqhubeka, iKomidi Lomklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel laklomelisa u-Obama ngokuhlonishwa okukhulu. ukuthi ibibiza ngani โimizamo yakhe emangalisayo yokuqinisa ukuxhumana kwamazwe ngamazwe nokusebenzisana phakathi kwabantu,โ enezela: โSekuyiminyaka engu-108 iKomiti YeNobel yaseNorway ifuna ukuyishukumisa ngokunembile leyo nqubomgomo yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nalezo zimo zengqondo u-Obama asengumkhulumeli wazo ohamba phambili emhlabeni manje.โ
Nokho iCIA, njengoba ijwayele ukwenza, yalazi iqiniso elifihliwe: ukuthi inani elibaluleke kakhulu lika-Obama lalikhona prettifying, marketing kanye nokwandisa izimpi, engabaqedi. Bambone ngalokho oMongameli base-US abayikho ngempela: amathuluzi okudala uhlobo nesithombe mayelana neqhaza lase-U.S. emhlabeni elingadayiswa ngempumelelo kubo bobabili abantu basekhaya e-U.S. bese kuba sesiteji somhlaba, futhi ikakhulukazi ukuzenza sengathi lokho kungapheli. Izimpi zase-US ezinonya zingamaphrojekthi wobuntu aklanyelwe ukusiza abantu - the izaba ezisetshenziselwa ukuthethelela zonke izimpi ngawo wonke amazwe emlandweni.
Abaningi babuze ukuthi kungani i-CIA izophikisana kakhulu nokuqokwa kukaDonald Trump, bese kuba ngumongameli wakhe. Yize ayengabaza izithixo zabo eziningi ezibaluleke kakhulu - kusukela ezimpini zokushintsha umbuso njengaseSyria kuya ekusebenzeni okuqhubekayo kwe-NATO ngemuva kokuwa kweSoviet Union - futhi wakugxeka kabi ukwehluleka kwabo kwezobunhloli (okuyikhona okwadala ukuthi i-NATO iqhubeke nokuwa kweSoviet Union." Isexwayiso sangaphambi kokuvulwa kuka-Chuck Schumer ukuthi bazoziphindiselela kuye ngokwenza lokho), akufani nokuthi uTrump ubengumongameli we-peacenik. Yena wenza kahle ngesithembiso sakhe somkhankaso khuphuka ukuqhuma ngamabhomu imikhankaso egameni lokulwa nobuphekula nge izithiyo ezimbalwa kunangaphambili.
Kodwa esinye isizathu esikhulu sokudelelwa kukaTrump phakathi kwezisebenzi zombuso wezokuphepha kwaba ukungakwazi kwakhe nokungafuni ukwenza sengathi izenzo zobuqaba zase-US nokwenza sengathi i-US ingenye into engeyiyo. Khumbula intukuthelo nokucasuka okwacasulwa ngo-2017 lapho, ephendula umbuzo ka- Fox News' UBill O'Reilly mayelana nokusebenzisa kukaPutin ubudlova obubhekiswe kwizintatheli nabanye, Kuphendule uTrump: โBaningi ababulali. Ucabanga ukuthi izwe lethu limsulwa kangaka?"
Ukuthukuthela okuvela kulokho kuphawula ngokusobala bekungaqhutshwa noma yikuphi ukungabaza mayelana neqiniso lesitatimende sikaTrump. Akekho umuntu onozwela ongakubona njengento enye ngaphandle kweqiniso. Intukuthelo ibidalwa wukuthi akumele omengameli benze kanjalo Khuluma iqiniso mayelana ne-US nalokho ekwenzayo emhlabeni (njengoba nje oMongameli kufanele benze sengathi bayabazonda ama-despots njengoba bebasekela ngayo yonke indlela ecatshangwayo). Njengoba imemo ye-CIA yango-2010 ikhombisa, omongameli abawusizo yilabo, njengo-Obama, abanekhono lokukhohlisa umhlaba futhi basakaza ukuthi babuke uchuku lwase-US njengolunobuntu, ukuze bavumele ngisho nabaholi abakhethwe ngokwentando yeningi ukuthi benze izinto ezingqubuzana nemibono yomphakathi lapho ukwenza lokho kufanela i-U.S. izithakazelo.
Njengoba mina wabhala ku-2017 lapho umphakathi wenqubomgomo yezangaphandle kanye nesigaba sama-pundit bekhombisa intukuthelo ngokwamukela kukaTrump umashiqela waseGibhithe u-Adel Fattah el-Sisi, njengokungathi ukusekelwa kobushiqela kuwukwephulwa kwezindinganiso zase-US esikhundleni sokuyisisekelo senqubomgomo yase-US yangemva kweMpi Yezwe II:
Lokho uTrump akufezayo ngokuvulela uSisi iminyango ye-White House akungenisi inqubomgomo entsha kodwa kunalokho ukucacisa nokukhanyisa endala kakhulu. Lo mphumela we-Trumpian โ odalula kubo bonke ububi bawo obunqunu lokho ama-D.C. mavens akhetha ukukufihla โ ubonakala kwezinye izindawo eziningiโฆ..
Yingakho abaningi eWashington - abangakaze bahlangane ne-pro-U.S. umashiqela bebengazimisele ukuhlomisa nokuxhasa - bacasulwe yikho konke lokhu. Usisi akayena umuntu ommemayo endlini yakho ukuze uzodla isidlo sakusihlwa; ungumuntu omthumelela imali nezikhali ngasese ngemva kokunikeza izinkulumo zakho ezinhle phambi kwamafulegi aseMelika mayelana namalungelo abantu nenkululeko. Lokho uTrump akwephulayo akuzona izimiso noma izimiso zokuziphatha zaseWashington kodwa amaqhinga enkulumo-ze yaseWashington.
Akuyena uTrump kuphela owacasula abalingisi abanamandla base-US ngokudalula ubuso bangempela be-US emhlabeni. NguJulian Assange futhi owenza kanjalo, ngokusungula inhlangano eyanyathelisa imibhalo efana nalena eyembula amaqiniso abaluleke kangaka.
Ngaleso sizathu, i-CIA yahlasela uTrump ngokungapheli kusukela ngaphambi kokuthi akhethwe, futhi ngenxa yesizathu esifanayo, u-Assange uhlezi ejele laseBrithani ngamacala obunhloli avela eMnyangweni Wezobulungiswa wase-US. Zimbalwa izinto ezithukuthelisa izikhulu zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle zase-U.S. kunalabo abathi, bengazi noma ngenye indlela, babonise ubuso bangempela besimo sezokuphepha sase-U.S. emhlabeni.
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