Ukuqubuka kwakamuva kwabantu baseGaza kunikeze umbukwane wobuqhawe ongafani nanoma yimuphi omunye kusukela ekuvukeleni kwaseWarsaw ghetto kanye nokubhidlizwa koDonga LwaseBerlin. Nakuba eWest Bank edlalwe abantu, iqhinga lika-Ariel Sharon lokubiyela abantu ngodonga kanye nokuntshontsha umhlaba nezinsiza zabo seluphumelele konke, okudinga kuphela uVichy wasePalestine ukuthi alisayine, abantu baseGaza badelele abahlukumezi babo, kodwa kafushane, futhi kuyisiqinisekiso sokuthi bazokwenza lokho futhi. Kukhona ukufanekisa okujulile ekuzuzweni kwabo, ezimpilweni ezithinta inhliziyo namathemba emhlabeni wonke.
โIsiphetho [sikaSharon] ngathi,โ kubhala uKarma Nabulsi, wasePalestine, โkwakuwumbono wamaHobbesian womphakathi onesiphithiphithi: oncishisiwe, unobudlova, ongenamandla, obhujiswa, owezinkomo, obuswa amabutho ahlukene, amaqembu ezigelekeqe, imibono yenkolo nabashisekeli benkolo, abahlukene. kubandlululo lobuzwe nenkolo, futhi kukhethwe [abasebenzisana] nabasebenzisanayo. Bheka i-Iraq yanamuhla - yilokho abesibekele khona futhi wacishe wayizuza."
Izivivinyo zika-Israel kanye neMelika ekuhluphekeni okukhulu zicishe zakufeza. Kwakukhona i-First Rains, igama lekhodi ye-sonic booms eyayifika njalo ebusuku futhi ihlanyise izingane zaseGazan. Kwakukhona Imvula Yasehlobo, eyaqhumisa amabhomu nemicibisholo kubantu abavamile, kwase kuba nokubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kokwahlulela, futhi ekugcineni kwahlaselwa izwe. U-Ehud Barak, ungqongqoshe wezokuvikela kwa-Israel wamanje, usezame zonke izinhlobo zokuvinjwa: ukunqatshelwa kukagesi wamanzi namaphampu endle, ama-incubator nemishini yokuhlanza umzimba kanye nokunqatshelwa kukaphethiloli nokudla kuningi lezingane ezingondlekile. Lokhu kuhambisane nokushodelwa, ukungazenzisi, amazwi angapheli abasakazi nosopolitiki basentshonalanga, omunye ehlangana nomunye, inkulumo-ze, izinkantolo "zomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe" impendulo yawo ingekho ukusiza, kodwa ukuthethelela umsebenzi ongekho emthethweni ngokungenakuphikiswa. "ingxabano" futhi igxeka iSiphathimandla sasePalestine esikhethwe ngentando yeningi "njengamasosha e-Hamas" "enqaba ukuqaphela ilungelo lika-Israyeli lokuba khona" ngenkathi kuyi-Israel eyenqaba ngokusobala ukuqaphela ilungelo lamaPalestina lokuba khona.
"Okufihliwe emphakathini [wakwa-Israyeli]," kubhala u-Uri Avnery, umsunguli weGush Shalom, inhlangano yokuthula yakwa-Israel, ngomhla zingama-26 kuMasingana, "ukuthi ukwethulwa kwe-Qassams [amarokhethi asuka eGaza] kungamiswa kusasa. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, i-Hamas ihlongoze ukuthi kumiswe ukulwa. Iphinde yanikeza leli sontoโฆ ukuduba i-Hamas kunokuba kuqedwe ukuhlupheka kweSderot. Bonke abezindaba babambisana nalokhu kuzenzisa." I-Hamas kudala yanikeza u-Israyeli isivumelwano sokuqeda impi iminyaka eyishumi futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi yabona "iqiniso" lombuso wamaJuda. Lokhu cishe akukaze kubikwe entshonalanga.
Ukugqugquzeleka kokugqashuka kwePalestine eGaza kuboniswe ngokumangalisayo ngumdlali wasesiswini waseGibhithe u-Mohamed Aboutreika. Usize iqembu lakhe lesizwe linqoba iSudan ngo 3-0 emqhudelwaneni we-African Nations Cup, uphakamise ihembe lakhe waveza isikibha esibhalwe ukuthi โSympathise with Gazaโ ngesiNgisi nangesi-Arabhu. Isixuku sasukuma sajabula, futhi amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu emhlabeni wonke azwakalisa ukumeseka kwawo kanye neGaza. Intatheli yase-Egypt ejoyine ithimba lababhali bezemidlalo ku-Fifa bebhikishela ikhadi eliphuzi lika-Aboutreika ithe: "Yizenzo ezifana nezakhe ezidiliza izindonga eziningi, izindonga zokuthula, izindonga ezingqondweni zethu."
Emiculweni yokubulala, lapho iningi lomhlaba libhekwa njengento ewusizo noma esebenzisekayo, asinawo umqondo walokhu. Ukukhethwa kwezindaba kuyaphazamisa futhi kuyakhubaza. Ukugxekwa kweqembu elifanayo losomathuba abafuna i-White House kunikezwa ukuhlonishwa njengoba ngamunye wabo encintisana ukusekela impi yombuso kaBush. UJohn McCain, cishe oqokwe njengomengameli weRiphabhulikhi, ufuna "impi yeminyaka eyikhulu". Ukuthi abaqokelwe esikhundleni seDemokhrasi abahamba phambili ngowesifazane futhi indoda emnyama akubalulekile kakhulu; i-Condoleezza Rice eshisekayo ingowesifazane kanye nomnyama. Bheka emhlabeni onodaka ngemuva kuka-Hillary Clinton futhi uthola abafana ne-Monsanto, inkampani ekhiqize i-Agent Orange, ikhemikhali yempi esaqhubeka nokucekela phansi i-Vietnam. Omunye wabahlebezi abakhulu baka-Barack Obama ngu-Zbigniew Brzezinski, umakhi we-Operation Cyclone e-Afghanistan, eyazala i-jihadism, i-al-Qaeda kanye no-9/11.
Leli sekisi elibi alizange lisho lutho ePalestine naseGaza futhi cishe noma yini ebalulekile, kuhlanganise nesimemezelo esilandelayo, mhlawumbe esibaluleke kakhulu ekhulwini leminyaka: "Ukusetshenziswa kokuqala kwezikhali zenuzi kufanele kuhlale emgodleni wokukhuphuka njengethuluzi elikhulu lokuvimbela izikhali zenuzi. ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali ezibhubhisayo." Ekhuthaza ukuthambekela, la mazwi angase adinge ukufundwa okungaphezu kokukodwa. Baphuma esitatimendeni esibhalwe ngabaholi abahlanu abaphezulu bezempi entshonalanga, owaseMelika, owaseBrithani, owaseJalimane, ongumFulentshi kanye nowaseDutch, abasiza ngokuphatha le kilabhu eyaziwa ngeNato. Bathi amazwe asentshonalanga kufanele abulale amazwe anezikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu - ngaphandle kwalokho, okungukuthi, izikhali zenuzi zasentshonalanga. I-Nuking izodingeka ngoba "amagugu nendlela yokuphila yasentshonalanga isengozini".
Luvelaphi lolu songo? โNgapho,โ kusho ojenene.
Kuphi? "Ezweni elinonya".
Ngomhla zingama-21 kuMasingana, ngobusuku bangaphambi kokumenyezelwa kwe-NATO, uGordon Brown naye waphuma u-Orwell Orwell. Wathi โumjaho wokuthola inqwaba yenqwaba yembubhiso yenuzi [sic]โ usuphelile. Isizathu asinikeza kwakuwukuthi โumphakathi wamazwe ngamazweโ (empeleni, entshonalanga) ubhekene โnezinselele ezinzimaโ. Enye yalezi zinselelo i-Iran, engenazo izikhali zenuzi futhi engenalo uhlelo lokuzakha, ngokwe-American's National Intelligence Estimates. Lokhu kuhluke kakhulu kweyaseBrithani kaBrown, okuthi, ngokwedelela iSivumelwano Sokungavikeleki KweNuclear, isebenzise izikhali zenuzi ezintsha ze-Trident ngenani okukholakala ukuthi lilinganiselwa ku-ยฃ25bn. Obekwenza uBrown kwakuwukusabisa i-Iran egameni lombuso kaBush, ofuna ukuhlasela i-Iran ungakapheli unyaka kamongameli.
UJonathan Schell, umbhali wencwadi ethi Fate of the Earth, unikeza ubufakazi obuqandโ ikhanda encwadini yakhe esanda kushicilelwa ethi The Seventh Decade: the New Shape of Nuclear Danger ukuthi impi yenuzi manje isidlulele enkabeni yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yasentshonalanga nakuba isitha sisungulwe. Ngenxa yalokho, iRussia isiqalile ukubuyisela izikhali zayo ezinkulu zenuzi. URobert McNamara, unobhala wezokuvikela waseMelika ngesikhathi senhlekelele yaseCuba, uchaza lokhu ngokuthi "Apocalypse Maduze". Ngakho, udonga olwadilizwa amaJalimane asemasha ngo-1989 futhi lwathengiselwa izivakashi luyakhiwa ezingqondweni zesizukulwane esisha.
Emibusweni kaBush noBlair, ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq kanye nemikhankaso emelene neHamas, Iran kanye neSyria kubalulekile ekwakheni lolu โsongo lwenuziโ olusha. Umphumela wokuhlasela kwe-Iraq, kusho ucwaningo olucashunwe nguNoam Chomsky, "ukwanda okuphindwe kasikhombisa kwenani laminyaka yonke lokuhlaselwa kwamajihadist abulalayo".
Bheka "umhlaba ononya" ka-Nato.
Yebo, udonga oluphakeme noludala kakhulu yilolo oluhlukanisa "thina" "nabo". Lokhu namuhla kuchazwa njengokwehlukana okukhulu kwezinkolo noma "ukungqubuzana kwempucuko", okungamaqiniso angamanga, asakazwa emifundazweni yasentshonalanga kanye nobuntatheli ukuze kuhlinzekwe lokho u-Edward Said akubiza ngokuthi "enye" โโ- okuhlosiwe okubonakalayo kokwesaba nenzondo okubonisa ukuhlasela. kanye nempango yezomnotho. Eqinisweni, izisekelo zalolu donga zabekwa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-500 edlule lapho amalungelo โokuthola nokunqobaโ enikezwa uChristopher Columbus ezweni upapa owayenamandla onke ngaleso sikhathi ayebheka impahla yakhe, eyayizolahlwa ngokuvumelana nombono wakhe. intando.
Akukho okushintshile. I-World Bank, i-International Monetary Fund, i-World Trade Organization kanye ne-Nato manje batshalwe ngemali efanayo yokunqoba egameni lopapa omusha e-Washington. Umgomo yilokho uBill Clinton akubiza ngokuthi "ukuhlanganiswa kwamazwe emphakathini wemakethe yamahhala", imigomo, ephawula i-New York Times, "idinga ukuthi i-United States ihileleke ekufakweni kwamapayipi nokufaka izintambo kwamanye amazwe ngaphakathi. izindaba zijule kakhulu kunangaphambili".
Lolu hlelo lwesimanje lokubusa ludinga inkulumo-ze eyinkimbinkimbi eyethula izinhloso zayo njengeziyinhle, ngisho "nokuthuthukisa intando yeningi e-Iraq", ngokusho kwabaphathi beBBC abanomthwalo wemfanelo wokuphendula amalungu omphakathi angabazayo. Ukuthi "thina" entshonalanga sinelungelo elingavinjelwe lokuxhaphaza umnotho nezinsiza zomhlaba ompofu kuyilapho sigcina izindonga zentela kanye noxhaso lukahulumeni kufundiswa njengemfundo ejulile eminyangweni yezomnotho yamanyuvesi aphambili. Lena i-neoliberalism - i-socialism yabacebile, i-capitalism yabampofu. "Esikhundleni sokuvuma," kubhala u-Chalmers Johnson, "ukuthi ukuhweba mahhala, ukuthengiswa kwangasese kanye nazo zonke ezinye izinqubomgomo zabo ziyimbudane yezomnotho engokomlando, yokuzicabangela bona, abaxolisi be-neoliberalism baye bavuselela incazelo endala yekhulu le-19 kanye ne-neo-Nazi yokwehluleka kwentuthuko. - okungukuthi, isiko."
Okungavamile ukuthi kuxoxwe ngakho ukuthi ukukhululeka njengombono ovulekile, nobudlova kubhubhisa ukukhululeka njengento engokoqobo. Ukuzondwa kwamaSulumane kukhangiswa kabanzi yilabo abathi bayahlonishwa abakubiza ngokuthi โkwesokunxeleโ. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abamelene nopapa abasha bavame ukugcotshwa, njengoba kubonakala emacaleni omgunyathi akamuva e-narcoterrorism ngokumelene no-Hugo Chรกvez. Ngemva kokungena engxoxweni yasesidlangalaleni, ama-smears ahlanekezela ukugxeka okuyiqiniso kwe-Chavez's Venezuela futhi alungiselela isisekelo sokuhlasela kuyo.
Lena indima edlalwe ubuntatheli ekuhlaselweni kwe-Iraq kanye nokungabi nabulungiswa okukhulu ePalestine. Futhi imele udonga, lapho u-Aldous Huxley, echaza isimo sakhe sobushiqela Ezweni Elisha Elinesibindi, okungenzeka ukuthi wabhala: "Ukuphikisa kuwukuhlubuka. I-Fatalism ilungile. Ukuthula kuyakhethwa." Uma abantu baseGaza bengabalaleli bobathathu, kungani thina singakwazi?