Ukucabanga Ngemisebenzi Yenqwaba Yokwethuka
ULaura Bush ufuna wonke umuntu akhululeke nje; nokunye okufika ephuzwini, ufuna abezindaba balekelele ohlelweni lokudambisa izinzwa ngokuzibamba kulokho akubona kuwumkhuba okhulayo wokwethusa umphakathi ngezindaba zenhlekelele ezayo.
Kusukela ekubhalweni okuphindaphindiwe “kwesexwayiso esisawolintshi” esimenyezelwe uMqondisi Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya u-Tom Ridge, kuya ekusakazweni kwezingxenye ezandisiwe zencwadi ka-Osama bin Laden yakamuva emelene nothando, uNkosikazi Wokuqala ukhathazekile ngokuthi izingane zingase zikhathazeke ngokweqile. Phela, kunzima ukuchazela izingane ezineminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ukuthi kungani abazali bazo begijima endlini, bevala iminyango ngepulasitiki futhi bavale amafasitela nge-tape.
Njengoba uLady Bush echazele izethameli eNew York muva nje, "kufana nempisi ekhalayo ... uyazi ukuthi akukenzeki."
Nokho, nakuba isitatimende esinjalo sibuza umbuzo osobala uma kungenanhlonipho: okungukuthi, ubani acabanga ukuthi obekade ephakela abezindaba ulwazi kwasekuqaleni? Ubani owathi kufanele sethule "impi yokuvimbela" ne-Iraq ngoba ukulinda kungase kubangele "amafu amakhowe" phezu kweMelika?
Kalula nje, ukube bekungengenxa yomyeni kaLaura Bush nabalandeli bakhe abaphakamisa ifulegi elibomvu ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho u-bin Laden farts bekungeke kube nezindaba ezingaba ihaba. Imijikelezo yezindaba yamahora angu-24 kulula kakhulu ukuyigcwalisa uma uthola amafeksi njalo ngemva kwesigamu sehora ePentagon ememezela “ubufakazi obusha” bokholo olubi lukaSaddam Hussein, olunikezwa imithombo ongeke uyisho, kodwa okufanele umphakathi waseMelika uyisho. noma kunjalo sithembele, noma kunjalo sitshelwa.
Mhlawumbe isazi sokuqala sokwazi ukufunda nokubhala—okusobala esikhohliwe isimemezelo esithi “inhlangano esiza abantulayo iqala ekhaya”–akufanele ikhathazeke kancane ngabezindaba futhi ikhathazeke kakhulu ngeHhovisi Lezokuphepha Kwasekhaya elikhipha izexwayiso ezisekelwe emalulekweni avela kubantu ababengekho. ngisho nokunikezwa i-polygraph amasonto amabili, futhi lapho bekhona, behluleka. Futhi ibiza malini le yunithi ye-cracker-jack futhi?
Ukwesaba akuyona into edalwe abezindaba, kakhulu ngabaholi bezepolitiki ababhalayo. Osopolitiki abamasheya abo kwezohwebo adala ukungavikeleki phakathi komphakathi; ngemva kwakho konke, iyiphi indlela engcono yokubaqinisekisa ukuthi basekele imingcele yenkululeko yabantu njengaleyo ekumthetho we-Patriot Act; iyiphi indlela engcono yokubakholisa ukuthi basekele impi engase ibulale-ngokusho kwezilinganiso ze-UN-isigamu sesigidi sama-Iraqis?
Abaningi baseMelika bangabantu abahloniphekile abangawujabuleli umcabango wokuchithwa kwegazi okunjalo. Kepha uma sitshelwa ukuthi “yibo noma yithi,” ngisho nomphefumulo omuhle kakhulu ungaguqulwa ube i-automaton esabelayo ezobhekana nokubulawa kwabantu abaningi.
Ukwesaba kuyasebenza. Ayifezi nje kuphela izintshisekelo zabezindaba, ezingadonsa izilinganiso ezinkulu lapho kubhekene nenhlekelele, kodwa futhi nezintshisakalo zezikhulu ezikhethiwe ezidinga ukwethuka komphakathi ukuze zithethelele izinqubomgomo zazo.
Ngempela, ngaphandle kokwesaba okuvezwa yilokhu kuPhatha, uLaura Bush ubezobheka ushintsho oluqinisekisiwe lwendawo yokuhlala eminyakeni emibili, ebona ukuthi umnotho usesimweni esibucayi kanye necebo lomyeni wakhe lokuyihlenga alikwazi ngisho nokuthola ukwesekwa isazi sezomnotho esiqinile njengo-Alan Greenspan. Kunokuba agxeke ukusakazwa kokwethusa kwabezindaba, kufanele akwamukele njengokuwukuphela kwento emgcina kulawo mahlobo ashisayo aseTexas e-Crawford Ranch.
Ukwesaba njalo kufeza izithakazelo zabase-elite. Kuwo wonke umlando baye bafuna ukuhlonza izingozi abaphikelela kuzo ukuthi izikhonzi zabo kumelwe zivikeleke kuzo: abathakathi, abaxhasi bezimali abangamaJuda, abalandeli bakaPapa, ama-freemason, amaNdiya, abokufika, abangakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, amakhomanisi, abadayisi bezidakamizwa, izigqila ezihlubukayo, ama-Mafia, ama-Black Panthers, i-jazz, Umculo we-rock and roll nowamanje we-rap, “indlela yokuphila yobungqingili,” ukuxhashazwa okungokwesiko kobusathane, abaqaphi abanukubeza izingane, futhi manje amaphekula angamaSulumane.
Futhi esimweni ngasinye, isizukulwane sokwesaba nokungazethembi senza okungenani izinto ezimbili.
Okokuqala, kuthuthukisa amandla ezikhulu ngokukholisa abantu ukuthi babagcine ezikhundleni. Phela, abavotelwa abavamile ukutshela abavoti zonke izinto ezinhle abanethemba lokuzenza; kunalokho, bagxila endleleni abahlose ngayo "ukusivikela" ebugebengwini, "intela yokufa," abaphikisi babo abafuna ukugasela isikhwama se-social security trust, isishayo sezidakamizwa, noma abahlanya abafana noSaddam Hussein.
Ukwesaba kuyadayiswa, futhi kwenza abantu bakhethwe.
Okwesibili, ukwesaba kutshala ukungathembani kubantu, okunciphisa amandla abantu okuhlangana ndawonye ukuze kube noshintsho olwakhayo lwezenhlalo; kuphazamisa ubumbano ngamanye amazwi. Uma umphakathi ugqugquzelwa ukuthi uzibuze ukuthi omakhelwane bawo bangamakhomidi, abenzi bocansi, abafuna ukuphanga noma amalungu e-al-Qaeda sleeper cell, mangakanani amathuba okuthi bazofuna ukwakha ubudlelwano nabanye, ikakhulukazi abangabazi?
Futhi kuyosho ukuthini ukuntuleka kokubumbana komphakathi mayelana nekhono lomphakathi lokubhekana nezinkinga ezingathi sína zomphakathi, kusukela ezikoleni eziwohlokayo, ukungcoliswa kwemvelo, kuya ekunakekelweni kwezempilo okwanele?
Lapho abamhlophe bebaleka emadolobheni beyofuna izindawo “ezinhle, eziphephile” emadolobheni, ngoba baye baqiniseka ukuthi izimpilo zabo azikho engozini kwabanye abantu abamhlophe njengabakha amabhomu, izingane ezishayela bedakiwe, kodwa kunalokho ngabantu abamnyama nabansundu. ku-hood, yimaphi amathuba okuba abamhlophe nabamnyama bahlangane ukuze babhekane nezithakazelo zabo ezivamile zezomnotho?
Ngokomlando sikubonile lokhu izikhathi eziningi. Cabanga ngalezo zinyunyana zabasebenzi ezazibhebhethekisa ukucwasa ngokwebala futhi ezakhuthazwa ukuba zenze kanjalo ngabaqashi abasebenzisa abantu bebala elimhlophe ukuze baphule iziteleka zabasebenzi abamhlophe. Ngokutshala izinsolo “kubantu bangaphandle,” ama-elite angahlukanisa abantu ngezithakazelo ezifanayo, abavimbele ekwenzeni ubumbano, futhi bakhulise isikhundla sabo ngenxa yalokho.
Ngokufanayo, abanikazi bezigqila eNingizimu, abakholisa abamhlophe abampofu ukuthi balwe futhi mhlawumbe bafe empini, ngokuvuma kwabo, imayelana nokuvikela izithakazelo zempahla yabantu abaphezulu. Futhi bakwenze kanjani? Ngokwethusa uquqaba ngokuthi kwakuyokwenzekani ukube abansundu babekhululekile: babezothatha imisebenzi yabamhlophe, badlwengule abesifazane abamhlophe, futhi bagumbuqele “indlela yethu yokuphila.”
Noma phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi, phakathi nesikhathi esatshelwa ngaso ukuthi kwakumelwe sivimbe abaseSoviet ukuba bangene “egcekeni lethu” ngokuhlasela izinsongo ezaziseduze njengeGrenada. Usongo olucatshangelwayo lobuKhomanisi lwasetshenziselwa ukukhulisa imisebenzi yezikhulu zezombangazwe kanye nokuthethelela ukusetshenziswa kwemali okukhulu kwezempi, okwaba kuhle kwabathile kwezomnotho.
Ngamafuphi, ukwesaba nokungavikeleki kwandisa amandla ombuso, kusikhuthaza ukuthi sithembe labo abazibiza ngochwepheshe, esitshelwa ukuthi banolwazi olukhethekile lokusivikela ezingozini eziningi ezikhona. Zisikhuthaza ukuba singazethembi ukwahlulela kwethu, sisole abanye ngokwenza okubi, futhi singahileleki kangako kwezombusazwe.
Uma umuntu esaba, phela ujwayele ukuhoxa, aphelelwe amandla, abheke ukuphepha ngendlela esheshayo, okusho ukuthi kulokhu ukwethemba abanye abathembisa ukusivikela, ngisho noma kusho ukulahla inkululeko ethile futhi uqhubekele phambili. kwilungelo lokugunyaza lomkhakha wezepolitiki. Isibalo sabantu silawulwa kangcono uma sesaba.
Akulawulwa kuphela, kodwa kuphambukisiwe. Uma umuntu ekhathazekile ngoSaddam, noma uQuadaffi, noma uKhomeini, noma uNoriega, noma uBreshnev, uKruschev, noma uCastro, khona-ke ngeke akwazi ukunaka kakhulu izenzo zika-Enron, iWorldCom noma iHalliburton noma ezinye inani lezingozi ezengeziwe zasendaweni enhlalakahleni yethu. Kungazelelwe, abantu abayizigidi ezingamashumi amane abangenazo ukunakekelwa kwezempilo noma abampofu baphuma ekhasini lokuqala, futhi ukwanda kokuntuleka kwemisebenzi kuba umbhalo waphansi.
Uma umphakathi wesaba ukuba esinye isibalo sokubulawa kwabantu—futhi ngempela abantu ababalelwa ku-15,000 bayabulawa minyaka yonke—ngakho-ke ngeke babone abantu abangu-60,000 noma ngaphezulu abafa minyaka yonke ngenxa yokugula emsebenzini, izifo noma izingozi ebezingavinjelwa. unganqamuki ezindinganisweni zokuphepha zasemsebenzini noma ukuvikelwa kwemvelo.
Uma abazali abamhlophe besaba isenzo sokuqinisekisa futhi bezizwa besongelwa yilokho okubizwa ngokuthi izintandokazi zobuhlanga ezindaweni ezifana neCalifornia, bazoya okhethweni ukuze bavimbele izinqubomgomo ezinjalo, kuyilapho bebheka ukuguguleka kokusekelwa kombuso kwemfundo ephakeme ngokuvamile, kanye neqiniso lokuthi iminyaka engamashumi amabili edlule iCalifornia yakha ikhampasi entsha yeminyaka emine kuphela, kuyilapho yakha amajele angaphezu kwamashumi amabili.
Ukube isilinganiso besihlehlisiwe, zonke izingane ezifanelekile ekolishi kuhulumeni beziyoba nesikole esihle okufanele zisifunde futhi isenzo sokuqinisekisa besingeke sisebenze. Kodwa kunokuba bathathe isinyathelo ngalelo qiniso elilula, baphendukela omakhelwane babo futhi balwela izingcezu zikaphayi okungekho noyedwa kubo owayenazo kwasekuqaleni.
Ngokwesaba ubuphekula kanye noSaddam, i-gambit iyasebenza. Yonke indawo engihamba kuyo ngibona izincwadi emaphepheni endawo ezicela abantu baseMelika ukuthi “bayeke inkululeko ethile,” ngenxa yokuphepha: ukugadwa okwengeziwe kwamakhamera, ukuhlola ama-imeyili, ukungena kwezinhlangano nama-mosque, noma ukuvala imingcele nokuxosha abokufika.
Ngizwa abantu emsakazweni bethi kufanele siye empini, noma ngabe inhloso kuwukubusa uwoyela, njengoba “indlela yethu yokuphila” incike entweni. Okuxakayo ukuthi lezi zixwayiso ngokuvamile zilandelwa izinkulumo zokuthi lowo obhale incwadi noma ofonayo “uyenqaba ukuphila ngokwesaba,” ngoba ukwenza kanjalo kungavumela amaphekula ukuba anqobe. Lokhu, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ukwesaba yisona simo abaphila ngaphansi kwaso, kubonakala njalo. Uphethiloli oshisa amavoti abo, ukuthengwa kwabathengi, izinqumo zokuhamba—konke.
Futhi ukusiza ukuphonsa uphethiloli owengeziwe kulowo mlilo, manje sesinombiko we-CIA othi amathuba okuthi uSaddam aqale ukuhlasela i-US ngezikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu angama-59% ngaphambi kokuphela kukaMashi, nokuthi kukhona i-6% kuphela. ithuba lokuthi akasoze asebenzisa izikhali ezinjalo ngokumelene nathi. Vele abezindaba babike lesi simemezelo, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi sinakho konke ukuzwakala kwendlela yokufunda yeTarot kaMiss Clio.
Kodwa ingabe ukwethuka okubangelwa “isambulo” esinjalo kuyiphutha likaGeorge Stephanopolous, owabuza uTom Ridge ngakho kumabonakude kazwelonke, noma iphutha le-CIA ngokwayo, ebeka izibikezelo ezenziwe ngendwangu yonke, azi kahle kamhlophe. ukuthi iningi lomphakathi lizothenga lokho elikuthengisayo? Izimpendulo ziyabonakala.
Ekupheleni kosuku, lapho uLaura Bush esola abezindaba ngokususa ukukhathazeka komphakathi, ngingaqagela ukuthi kunethuba elingu-91.3% lokuthi iNkosazana ibhikishe kakhulu, futhi ithuba elingu-8.7% kuphela lokuthi likukholelwa ngempela lokho elikushoyo. Phela, kuqinisekile ukuthi ukwesaba yikho okumkhokhela inothi lendlu yakhe.
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