Khumbula izinsuku ezibucayi, ezinengqondo zasekuqaleni kuka-2005? Uyazi, njengoJanuwari 1 kuya, ukusho, umhlaka 7 noma 8? Ngemva kokuchitheka kwegazi kwezinsuku ezingamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisithupha nesithupha okwakungu-2004, kanye ne-Are-the-Tourists-Okay? I-angle yendaba ye-Tsunami yaphonswa phansi – ngoba ngokusobala izivakashi zocansi ezineminyaka ephakathi ziseyisithombe esiphoqayo sokuhlupheka kwaseThailand kunezintandane zendawo – kubonakale sengathi, kulo nyaka, ukulila abantu abanebala elinsundu nakuba bekungabantu bangempela bekungaba yimfashini.

Ama-ejensi wezindaba aqala ukufulathela, kancane kancane, abalekela izindawo zokungcebeleka ezincane, ezikhethekile ezisogwini lolwandle, futhi aqala ukukhuluma ngenani labantu bomdabu enhlekeleleni yaseNingizimu-mpumalanga Asia; izindaba ezingezona, kufanele ziphawulwe, ngaphandle kokuhambisana nokuqhubeka konxiwankulu baseMelika: ukuhlupheka kwangemva kokuhlukumezeka kwalezo zingane ezinenhlanhla ezisinde emagagasini kuphakamisa imibuzo efanele yezohwebo, njengokuthi bangaki abantu base-Asia. izingane ingabe uPhilip Knight wakwaNike kuzodingeka axoshe njengoba kukhula ukulova ngesikhathi zibheka imizimba yabazali bazo? (Ukushesha eceleni: Khumbula ukuthi akekho owayefuna ukuyeka ukugqoka i-Nikes naphezu komonakalo owenziwe yinkampani eNingizimu-East Asia? Nokho, ngokujulile ukuthi i-tsunami yayiyiShakespearean.)

Naphezu kwesimo sabo sokungqubuzana okuhambayo ngokwemibandela, “Izintatheli Zethelevishini— zadlondlobala zahaya izinkondlo mayelana nomonakalo. Kungazelelwe baphelelwe isingathekiso sabo – “Amagagasi amakhulu ababaleki,†“Imakethe iyantengantenga,†njalo njalo— izintatheli zizabalaza ukuthola isiphithiphithi esifanelekile sezindaba ezinjalo ezithusayo nezinzima. Saqala ukukhuluma ngokukhululeka ezikweletini, namaphakheji osizo, futhi sonke sakhukhuleka ngesikhathi sokusiza abantu kangangokuthi akuzange kubonakale kukhathaza noma ubani ukuthi izindiza ezinophephela emhlane zaseMelika bezingakatholakali ukusiza, zibambeke phansi njengoba zihamba. base Quagmire.

Futhi kwaba yiyo kanye leya Quagmire, eBhabhiloni, eyasibuyisela emuva kupolitiki yangempela yepharadigm yethu yamanje yangemva kukaJanuwari 10. Imithombo eguquguqukayo, ekude, emelene nohulumeni njenge-Newsweek yaqala ukubika ngenkulumompikiswano evuthayo e-Pentagon eye yawaqeda nya amathemba e-Tsunami okuthi ngo-2005, iNyakatho emhlophe ingase inikeze ngisho nezindinganiso ezilula ezifana nomuntu. izimpilo ezingezona ezimhlophe: Inkulumompikiswano “Inketho kaSalvador,†okuyigama ngokwalo elipholile futhi elingenabuntu ukukhumbula ukufaneleka kokuziphatha komunye umbuso womhlaba wokuqala owawulinganisa “inketho†yaseMadagascar ngokumelene noZyklon B. .

Yini leyo? Awujwayele ‘Salvador Option’? Hhayi-ke, khumbula ngeminyaka yawo-1980, lapho bonke labo Latinos abavuthayo, abathanda ngokungenangqondo kanye nabalingani babo abangama-hippy abakhohlisayo beqhubekisela phambili umbono wozungu ongenabufakazi wokuthi i-CIA yayihlela amaviyo ababulali nabahlukumezi e-El Salvador ngokumelene nabashokobezi be-FMLN abangakwesokunxele, kanye Abefundisi bamaKatolika nezakhamuzi ezingenacala? Hhayi-ke – futhi akudingeki sigxile kulokhu - empeleni, konke ukusola ababekwenza kwakuyiqiniso, futhi sikuvuma buthule manje, kuphela ngoba sithemba ukwenza into efanayo. (ngaphandle obala ngalesi sikhathi) e-Iraq. Ngakho-ke ngenkathi ubucabanga ukuthi umbuzo wokubuza abaqokwe kuBush abasha njengo-Gonzales wawuthi ‘Ingabe uyakuvumela ukuhlushwa’, kuvele ukuthi umbuzo onzima kakhulu ungaba ‘Ingabe uyakuvumela ukucwiywa kwezitho zangasese zezindela nokushiya ababhishobhi befile imigodi?’ Futhi impendulo ozoyithola, kuleli qophelo, ithi: Sizokwazisa. Futhi, ngokwe- Newsweek, “Uhulumeni wesikhashana kaNdunankulu u-Ayad Allawi kuthiwa ungomunye wabasekeli abangagwegwesi kakhulu ukhetho lukaSalvador.†Sibonga uNkulunkulu ngokuthi umashiqela uHussein usesitokisini sase-US, ukuze abantu abazinikele ngentando yeningi njengo-Allawi bakwazi. bazibeke emsebenzini onzima wokwakha inkulumo yepolitiki ekhululekile nephumelelayo emphakathini wase-Iraq.

Ukucatshangelwa okuvulelekile kukahulumeni wase-US mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwe-Death Squads e-Iraq kuphakamisa imibuzo eminingana ethokozisayo: Kunini ngaphambi kokuba uBush aqale ngokukhululeka ukusebenzisa ama-winks kanye nezicaphuno zomoya ekumiseni kwakhe izingxoxo ngentando yeningi yase-Iraq? Kuze kube nini ngaphambi kokuba uChristopher Hitchens azikhiphe ebhodleleni isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuze asitshele futhi mayelana nosongo olubangelwa ama-Islamo-fascists ekuziphatheni komuntu? Futhi, ngenothi lomuntu siqu: Njengesazi sokukhuluma esimangele, esinxele, kulindeleke ukuthi ngiqhubekisele phambili kanjani uhwebo lwami inqobo nje uma iqiniso liqhubeka nokuduna ukufinyelela okuxakile kwe-hyperbole etholakalayo?

Kunjalo, ngokuhlukunyezwa namacala empi empi engekho emthethweni kaBush emelene ne-Iraq evunywe iningi labavoti baseMelika ngoNovemba odlule, abaphathi ababoshiwe yinoma yikuphi ukuhlolwa kokuziphatha noma, akubonakali, ukuthi baboshwe imikhawulo ebekwe amahloni – inqobo nje uma beyeka ukuminza ama-Iraqi ngamagagasi amakhulu, cishe ngeke sibone noma yiluphi uhlobo lokuthululwa kosizi noma ukucasuka okuvela lapha enqabeni yaseNyakatho Melika. Futhi ngubani owaziyo nangaleso sikhathi; uma u-Rumsfeld eqala ukubheka impi ye-seismological, ngiqinisekile ukuthi ochwepheshe kanye nabaxolisi bazoba nombono wokuthi angafika lapho, futhi.

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