Ukube uMark Twain ubephila manje esikhundleni sekhulu leminyaka elidlule - lapho ezimemezela ukuthi "u-anti-imperialist" futhi ememezela ukuthi "Ngimelene nokuthi ukhozi lubeke izinzipho zalo kunoma yimuphi omunye umhlaba" - imibono yomlobi odumile yayiyoba khona kahle ngaphandle. uhlaka lwemithombo yezindaba evamile yanamuhla.

Esikhathini samanje, akuvamile ukuthi uyinki noma isikhathi somoya esiningi siphonsele inselelo ilungelo likahulumeni wase-US lokungenelela ngokuqondile kwamanye amazwe. Kunalokho, izimpikiswano ezifakiwe zimayelana nokuthi - noma kanjani - kuwukuhlakanipha ukwenza kanjalo esimeni esithile.

Akuyona nje indaba yamabhuzu aseMelika phansi namabhomu avela esibhakabhakeni. Okuvame kakhulu kunohlu lodlame olusobala oluvela ezenzweni zezempi zase-US, inqubo yokujulisa ubumpofu kusukela ekungeneleleni kwezomnotho. Ngaphandle kokukhanya kwemithombo yezindaba, izinqubo-mgomo zaseWashington zihilela ukudonsa izintambo kwezezimali ukuze kujeziswe amazwe anabaholi abangajabulisi okuwukuphela kwamandla amakhulu emhlabeni.

E-Haiti, ubumpofu obunyanyekayo baba bubi kakhulu phakathi neminyaka yokuqala yekhulu lama-21 ngenkathi uMalume uSam evimba usizo olwaludingeka kakhulu.

UJeffrey Sachs, owayeshiseka kakhulu ekwelapheni ukushaqeka kwezomnotho, wayenokuqonda lapho ebhala encwadini ka-March 1 ye-Financial Times: “Isimo esibucayi saseHaiti singesinye isigameko sokukhohlisa kwe-US ezweni elincane, elimpofu ngeqiniso elingakatholwa. izintatheli.” Phakathi kwamaqiniso angakhanyisiwe: Sekuyiminyaka, abaphathi bakaBush bevimbela usizo ukuthi lufinyelele kwelinye lamazwe ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni.

"I-US igcine usizo lwayo luqinile, futhi abaphikisi (eHaiti) baqhubekile nokuvotela usizo lwamazwe ngamazwe," kubhala uSachs, manje onguprofesa wezomnotho e-Columbia University. “Unqanyuliwe ekuxhaseni ngezimali amazwe amabili namazwe ahlukahlukene, umnotho waseHaiti uye waba sengozini.”

Ngokusakazwa kwabezindaba okuncane kakhulu kwe-US ngezindaba ezinjalo zezomnotho - futhi, ngokufanayo, ukunaka okuncane ekusebenzisaneni phakathi kwabaphathi bakaBush kanye nabaphikisi abahloniphekile bombuso ka-Aristide - ukwamukela kwabezindaba ukungenelela kwamanje kwe-US eHaiti kwakubikezelwa.

I-carping yokuhlela evelele ayilungiseleli ukusakazwa kwezindaba. Futhi kulokhu, ngemva kosuku lokuketula umbuso lapho abezindaba base-US ngokuvamile benqaba ukubiza ukuketula umbuso, i-New York Times yabhala isihloko esihamba phambili mayelana neHaiti ngoMashi 1 esavumela umbuso kaBush ukuba uhlukane nesihlamba.

Abaphathi bakaBush, abahleli be-Times, "babezimisele kakhulu ukukushaya indiva ukuba semthethweni kwentando yeningi ukuze bavumele ukususwa komholi ababengamthandi futhi bengamethembi." Isihloko somhleli sinephutha “uMnu. Bush” futhi waqhubeka wathi “kuyadabukisa ukuthi uMongameli Bush wama eduze” kuyilapho amadoda afana nababulali ababili abagwetshiwe kanye nomsolwa osolwa ngokushushumbisa i-cocaine “athathe ingxenye enkulu yeHaiti.” Umusho wokugcina wokuhlela uthulise iphimbo elibucayi, ubhekisele nje “ekuphatheni kabi le nkinga.”

Ngisho noma inamandla kakhulu, isihloko se-Times sasola abaphathi bakaBush ngokungenzi lutho ("ziba" ... "ukungabaza" ... "kumiswe" ... "ukuphatha kabi"), njengokungathi umnyombo wenkinga wawuwuhlobo lokungenzi lutho - kunokuba ukuguqulwa okubaliwe kusevisi ye-ajenda yokungenelela.

Khonamanjalo, nangoMashi 1, ikhasi lokuqala le-Times linikeze indaba esemthethweni kungathi ubuntatheli. Ihluleka ukusho ukuthi i-anecdotal eyinhloko ichuma kunoma yimuphi umthombo - ngenkathi ihlinzeka ngenguqulo yaseWashington yezenzakalo ezingokomlando ngokushesha - iphephandaba elirekhodiwe libike ukuthi u-Aristide "ngobumnene wabuza inxusa laseMelika eHaiti ngomsizi ukuthi ukwesula kwakhe kuzolisiza yini izwe."

Ohlelweni lwangosuku olulandelayo lwe-Times, indaba esekhasini lokuqala mayelana neHaiti yayihlanganisa umbango ka-Aristide wokuthi uketulwe yi-United States. Isihloko esikhulu saleso sihloko: “Izihlubuki ZaseHaiti Zingena Enhloko-dolobha; U-Aristide Bitter.”

Okubabayo.

Ngaphansi kwezindaba ezinjalo kanye nokuphawula kunenhlonipho enamandla kubakhi benqubomgomo baseWashington, okuqinisa amalungelo abangeneleli ngisho nalapho begxeka ukusetshenziswa kwabo. Umcabango oyisisekelo ogcwele ukusakazwa kwabezindaba ubulokhu ungaguquguquki - ilungelo lokungenelela. Hhayi ubuhlakani bokungenelela, kodwa ilungelo lokugcina lokwenza lokho.

EPort-au-Prince, ngo-March 3, u-Raymond Beausejour osenesikhathi eside engasebenzi, waphawula ngokujulile intatheli ye-New York Times mayelana ne-US Marines ezulazula edolobheni: “Ngesikhathi sokugcina befika abenzanga lutho olutheni. Lolu akulona uhlobo losizo esiludingayo. Kufanele basisize ekwakheni izikole nemitholampilo futhi sithole nemisebenzi.”

Kuyisiko ukuthi abezindaba zezindaba baziba abantu baseMelika abaphikisana ngokungananazi nokungenelela kwamasosha ase-US - ukusebenzisa inkulumo kaTwain - "noma yimuphi omunye umhlaba." Izintatheli zithambekele ekwenqabeni imibono enjalo ngokuthi “ukuzihlukanisa.” Kodwa ukukhetha akukhona phakathi kwezenzo ze-iron-fist kanye nokukhwabanisa kwezomnotho ngakolunye uhlangothi kanye nokunganaki kokuzibamba ngakolunye. Inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yokusiza abantu ngempela, enikeza usizo olungenantambo njengokudla nemithi ngezinga elikhulu, inketho efanelwe ukuba yingxenye yenkulumo yabezindaba e-United States.

UNorman Solomon ungomunye wababhali be "Target Iraq: Lokho Imithombo Yezindaba Ayikutshelanga."

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