Nakuba ngivakashele eNgilandi izikhathi eziningi, angikaze ngichithe isikhathi esingaphezu kwesonto elilodwa noma amabili ngesikhathi esisodwa. Kulo nyaka, ngokokuqala ngqa, ngihlala cishe izinyanga ezimbili eNyuvesi yaseCambridge, lapho ngiyisivakashi sekolishi futhi ngethula uchungechunge lwezifundo zobuntu enyuvesi.
Into yokuqala okufanele kushiwo ukuthi ukuphila lapha akucindezelekile futhi kumatasa kakhulu kunaseNew York, enyuvesi yami, Columbia. Mhlawumbe lesi sinyathelo esithe ukuxega kancane sibangelwa ngokwengxenye ukuthi iGreat Britain ayisewona umbuso womhlaba, kodwa futhi nasemcabangweni omuhle wokuthi amanyuvesi asendulo lapha ayizindawo zokucabanga nokufunda kunezikhungo zezomnotho zokukhiqiza ochwepheshe nochwepheshe abazokwazi sebenzela izinkampani kanye nohulumeni. Ngakho-ke ukulungiselelwa kwe-post-imperial kuyindawo eyamukelekayo kimi, ikakhulukazi njengoba i-US manje isiphakathi nomkhuhlane wempi oxosha ngokuphelele futhi onamandla. Uma uhleli eWashington futhi unokuxhumana okuthile nezikhulu zamandla zezwe, umhlaba wonke usakazwa ngaphambi kwakho njengemephu, umema ukungenelela noma kuphi nanoma nini. Ithoni eYurophu ayigcini nje ngokulinganisela futhi iyacabangela: futhi ayibonakali kangako, ingumuntu, iyinkimbinkimbi futhi icashile.
Impela iYurophu ngokujwayelekile kanye neBrithani ikakhulukazi inenani labantu abangamaSulumane elikhudlwana futhi elibaluleke kakhulu ngokwezibalo zabantu, imibono yabo iyingxenye yenkulumo-mpikiswano mayelana nempi yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi kanye nokumelene nobuphekula. Ngakho-ke ingxoxo ngempi ezayo emelene ne-Iraq ivame ukuveza imibono yabo kanye nokubhukha kwabo kakhulu kunaseMelika, lapho amaSulumane nama-Arabs asevele ethathwa njengomunye "ngakolunye uhlangothi", noma ngabe lokho kusho ukuthini. Futhi ukuba ngakolunye uhlangothi akusho ngaphansi kokweseka uSaddam Hussein nokuba “ongeyena umMelika”. Yomibili le mibono iyanengeka kuma-Arab kanye nama-Muslim-Americans, kodwa umqondo wokuthi ukuba um-Arab noma umSulumane kusho ukwesekwa ngobumpumputhe kukaSaddam kanye ne-Al-Qa'eda usaqhubeka. (Okwenzeka ukuthi, alikho elinye izwe engilaziyo lapho isiphawulo esithi “un” sisetshenziswa khona nobuzwe njengendlela yokuqoka isitha esivamile. Akekho othi isi-Spanish noma isiShayina: lezi izingxube ezihlukile zaseMelika ezithi zifakazela ukuthi sonke “siyathanda” Umuntu “angayithanda kanjani” into engabonakali futhi engenakunqotshwa njengezwe?).
Umehluko omkhulu wesibili engiwuphawulile phakathi kweMelika neYurophu ukuthi inkolo nemibono kunendima enkulu kakhulu kweyangaphambili kunaleyo yakamuva. Inhlolo-vo esanda kwenziwa e-United States yembula ukuthi abantu baseMelika abangamaphesenti angu-86 bakholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyabathanda. Kube nokukhuluma okuningi nokukhononda mayelana ne-Islam eshisekayo kanye nama-jihadist anobudlova, okucatshangwa ukuthi ayisishayo sendawo yonke. Yebo banjalo, njenganoma yibaphi abashisekeli benkolo abathi benza intando kaNkulunkulu futhi balwa izimpi zakhe egameni lakhe. Kodwa okuxakile inani elikhulu labashisekeli bobuKristu e-US, abakha umnyombo wokusekelwa uGeorge Bush futhi abanamandla ayizigidi ezingu-60 bamele ibhulokhi elilodwa lokuvota elinamandla emlandweni wase-US. Nakuba inani lokuya esontweni lehle kakhulu eNgilandi akukaze kube phezulu e-United States amahlelo awo angavamile obuKristu obuyisisekelo, ngokubona kwami, ayingozi emhlabeni futhi anikeza uhulumeni kaBush isizathu sawo sokujezisa ububi kuyilapho ngokulunga elahla wonke umphakathi ukuba uzinikele. kanye nobumpofu.
Ukuqondana phakathi kwe-Christian Right kanye nalabo ababizwa ngokuthi ama-neo-conservatives e-America okugqugquzela ugqozi olubheke ekukhetheni uhlangothi olulodwa, ubuxhwanguxhwangu, kanye nomuzwa wokuthunywa kwaphezulu. Inhlangano ye-neo-Conservative yaqala ngeminyaka yawo-70s njengendlela yokulwa nobukhomanisi umbono wayo wawuwubutha obungapheli kubukhomanisi kanye nobukhulu baseMelika. “Izindinganiso zaseMelika”, manje esezivele zaphuma nje kancane njengebinzana lokumisa umhlaba, zasungulwa ngaleso sikhathi abantu abafana no-Irving Kristoll, uNorman Podhoretz, uMidge Decter, nabanye abake baba amaMarx futhi sebeguquke ngokuphelele (nangokwenkolo) ku olunye uhlangothi. Kubo bonke ukuzivikela okungangabazeki kuka-Israyeli njengesivikelo sentando yeningi yaseNtshonalanga kanye nempucuko ngokumelene ne-Islam kanye nobukhomanisi kwakuyindatshana yokholo. Abaningi nakuba kungewona wonke ama-neo-cons amakhulu (njengoba bebizwa kanjalo) abangamaJuda, kodwa ngaphansi kobumongameli bukaBush baye bakwamukela ukwesekwa okwengeziwe kweChristian Right okuthi, nakuba isekela u-Israyeli, nayo imelene namaSemite ngokujulile. okungukuthi lamaKristu - iningi lawo ama-Southern Baptists - akholelwa ukuthi wonke amaJuda omhlaba kufanele ahlangane kwa-Israyeli ukuze uMesiya abuye futhi, lawo maJuda aphendukela ebuKristwini azosindiswa, abanye bayolahlwa ekubhujisweni kwaphakade).
Yisizukulwane esilandelayo sama-neo-conservatives anjengoRichard Perle, uDick Cheney, uPaul Wolfowitz, uCondoleeza Rice, noDonald Rumsfeld abangabagqugquzeli bokulwa ne-Iraq, okuyimbangela engingabaza ngayo ukuthi uBush angake avinjwe indlela. . U-Colin Powell ungumuntu oqaphe kakhulu, onentshisekelo enkulu ekusindiseni umsebenzi wakhe, indoda encane kakhulu enesimiso ukumela usongo olukhulu kuleli qembu elisekelwa amakhasi okuhlela eThe Washington Post kanye nenqwaba yababhali, ochwepheshe bemithombo yezindaba ku-CNN. , i-CBS, ne-NBC, kanye namaviki onke kazwelonke aphinda ama-cliches afanayo mayelana nesidingo sokusabalalisa intando yeningi yaseMelika futhi silwe ukulwa okuhle, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zingaki izimpi okufanele zilwe emhlabeni wonke.
Akukho mkhondo walolu hlobo lwento eYurophu engingawuthola. Futhi ayikho leyo nhlanganisela ebulalayo yemali namandla ngezinga elikhulu elingalawula ukhetho nenqubomgomo kazwelonke ngokuthanda kwakhe. Khumbula ukuthi uGeorge Bush wasebenzisa imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-200 ukuze azikhethele yena eminyakeni emibili edlule, futhi ngisho noMeya uMichael Bloomberg waseNew York wasebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-60 okhethweni lwakhe: lokhu kubonakala kufana nentando yeningi ezinye izizwe ezingase ziyilangazelele, ingasaphathwa eyokulingisa. Kodwa lokhu kwamukelwa ngokungagxeki ngalokho okubonakala kuyiningi elikhulu labantu baseMelika elilinganisa konke lokhu nenkululeko nentando yeningi, naphezu kokushiyeka kwakho okusobala. Ngaphezu kwanoma yiliphi elinye izwe namuhla, i-United States ilawulwa kude nezakhamuzi eziningi; izinhlangano ezinkulu namaqembu akhuthazayo enza intando yawo ngobukhosi “babantu” eshiya ithuba elincane lokuphikisa kwangempela noma izinguquko zezombusazwe. Amademokhrasi namaRiphabhulikhi, isibonelo, avotele ukunikeza uBush isheke elingenalutho lempi ngentshiseko enjalo nokwethembeka okungangabazeki ukuze enze ukungabaza okukodwa ukuthi kukhona umcabango esinqumweni. Isikhundla sombono esivamile cishe kuwo wonke umuntu ohlelweni ukuthi iMelika ihamba phambili, imibono yayo iphelele, umlando wayo awunabala, izenzo zayo kanye nomphakathi emazingeni aphezulu okuphumelela nobukhulu bomuntu. Ukuphikisana nalokho - uma lokho kungenzeka - "ukungabi umMelika" futhi unecala lesono esikhulu se-anti-Americanism, esingaveli ekugxekeni okuqotho kodwa ngenxa yenzondo yabahle nabahlanzekile.
Akumangalisi-ke ukuthi iMelika ayikaze ibe neqembu leNxele elihlelekile noma eliphikisayo langempela njengoba kuye kwenzeka kuwo wonke amazwe ase-Europe. Ingqikithi yenkulumo yaseMelika ukuthi ihlukaniswe yabamnyama nokumhlophe, okubi nokuhle, okwethu nokwabo. Kungumsebenzi wempilo yonke ukwenza uguquko kulokho okubili kweManichean okubonakala kumiswe unomphela endaweni engaguquki yemibono. Futhi kunjalo kubantu abaningi baseYurophu ababona iMelika njengomsindisi wabo futhi manje isingumvikeli wabo, nokho ukwanga kwakhe okugcwele futhi kuyacasula ngesikhathi esisodwa.
Ngakho-ke, isikhundla sikaTony Blair sosekela-Melika ngenhliziyo yonke sibonakala sidida nakakhulu kumuntu wangaphandle njengami. Kuyangiduduza ukuthi ngisho nakubantu bakubo ubonakala engumuntu onganahlaya, umLungu osenqume ukucisha ubuyena evuna lona omunye, omelwe nguMnuz Bush owayekhala. Ngisenaso isikhathi sokufunda ukuthi i-Europe izobuyela nini ezingqondweni bese ithatha indima ephikisana neMelika ubukhulu bayo nomlando wayo oyinika igunya lokuyidlala. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, impi isondela ngokungenakuvinjelwa.
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