Engxoxweni yakamuva nephephandaba lasePakistan i-Dawn, u-Osama bin Laden ukuthethelele ukubulawa kwabantu baseMelika abangenacala ngale ndlela:
“Uma isitha sithatha indawo yamaSulumane futhi sisebenzisa abantu abavamile njengesihlangu somuntu, khona-ke kuvunyelwe ukuhlasela leso sitha. Ngokwesibonelo, uma izigelekeqe zigqekeza ekhaya futhi zibambe ingane, khona-ke uyise wengane angahlasela izigelekeqe futhi kulokho kuhlasela ngisho nengane ingase ilimale. IMelika namadlelandawonye ayo bayasibulala ePalestine, eChechnya, eKashmir nase-Iraq. AmaSulumane anelungelo lokuhlasela iMelika ngokuziphindiselela.”
Lokho kuyisizathu esingokwesiko sokubulala, akunjalo?
Bayasibulala, siyababulala, bayasibulala, siyababulala.
Kwenzekani ukuthi “ungabulali”?
Okungajabulisi ngokufanayo ukuthethelela kukaMongameli Bush ngokubulala: sisempini yokwesaba.
Kulungile, kuthiwani-ke ngokwesaba okwenziwa yithi?
Sibulala abangenacala, babulala abangenacala. Konke ukwesaba.
Ngesonto eledlule, uBush uthe asiqondi izakhamuzi ezingenacala.
Ngempela? Kuthiwani ngokuhlaselwa kwenuzi eHiroshima naseNagasaki, noma ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eDresden? Kuthiwani ngosekelo lwe-US ngeminyaka yawo-1980 ngempi ephikisana ne-Nicaragua, kanye nezimayini ze-CIA zamachweba aseNicaragua - izenzo ezabulala izinkulungwane futhi zaholela ekwahlulelweni kwe-United States eNkantolo Yomhlaba?
Ukuqondisa kwezakhamuzi, nokwesaba, kumsulwa futhi kulula.
Abadelelekile kakhulu yilabo bemithombo yezindaba yethu, abahlala ngokunethezeka emahhovisi abo esimanje, bagqolozele amakhompyutha abo, futhi bashaya okhiye abakhuthaza ukubulawa kwabantu abangenacala okuqhele ngezinkulungwane zamakhilomitha.
Nalu uhlu lwethu olufushane oluyishumi olubi kakhulu, ngokulandelana kokunyanyeka:
UMichael Kelly (Washington Post): "Ama-pacifist aseMelika … asohlangothini lokubulawa kwabantu abaningi baseMelika esikhathini esizayo," "basekela ubuphekula ngokungenhloso," "babi" kanye "nabaqambimanga."
UJonathan Alter (Newsweek): Ubezibuza ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa “kuzoluqala yini uphenyo olumisiwe ngobugebengu obukhulu kunabo bonke emlandweni waseMelika.” Inxusa abalandeli bokuthula ukuthi bavale umlomo ngoba “kuyabulala noma ukubulawa.”
UBill O'Reilly (Fox TV): “I-US kufanele ibhomule ingqalasizinda yase-Afghan ukuze ichithe - isikhumulo sezindiza, izimboni zikagesi, izinsiza zabo zamanzi, imigwaqo. … Ama-Afghan anesibopho samaTaliban. Akufanele sibhekise izakhamuzi, kodwa uma zingavukeli lo hulumeni wobugebengu, ziyalamba isikhathi eside.”
I-AM Rosenthal (iWashington Times): Ngaphezu kwe-Afghanistan, ifuna ukuqhumisa amabhomu e-Iraq, eLibya, eSudan, e-Iran naseSiriya.
U-Ann Coulter (i-Ex-National Review): Impendulo yakhe ebuphekula iwukuba "ahlasele amazwe abo, abulale abaholi bawo, futhi abaguqulele ebuKristwini."
Steve Dunleavy (New York Post) ” “Impendulo yale Pearl Harbor yekhulunyaka lama-21 kufanele ibe lula njengoba ishesha - bulala ama-bastards. … Ukudubula kwesibhamu phakathi kwamehlo, bashaye kubashayi, bashaye ushevu uma unabo … Ngokuqondene namadolobha noma amazwe aphethe lezi zikelemu, ziqhumiseleni ezinkundleni ze-basketball.”
U-Rich Lowry (Ukubuyekezwa Kukazwelonke): "Uma sithambisa ingxenye yeDamaseku noma iTehran noma yini edingekayo, lokho kuyingxenye yesixazululo."
UCharles Krauthammer (Washington Post): “Silwa ngoba izigangi zabulala abantu bakithi abangu-5,000 XNUMX, futhi uma singababulali, bazophinde basibulale.”
UThomas Friedman (New York Times): “Kumelwe silwe namaphekula njengokungathi ayikho imithetho.” Futhi abaphendukezelwe “banikeza impi ithuba.”
UGeorge Will (Washington Post): “Abaphathi bakaBush batshela izwe ukuthi kukhona okusamele kwenziwe. … Umgomo akukhona 'ukuletha amaphekula enkantolo,' okusikisela ukuwafaka ezinkantolo ezidabukisayo - abameli, izinkantolo, inqubo efanele, konke kwandulelwa ukufundwa kwamalungelo ka-Miranda. Kunalokho, umgomo uwukubhujiswa kwezitha.”
Yebo, amazwi okuthula agwenywe yizinkampani ezinkulu zabezindaba.
Ngemuva kukaSepthemba 11, i-Clear Channel, umnikazi weziteshi zomsakazo omkhulu kunabo bonke esizweni, yathumela imemorandamu yangaphakathi enohlu lwezingoma iziteshi okwakungafanele zidlale, kuhlanganise nekaJohn Lennon ethi “Imagine.”
Ephendula, umfelokazi kaLennon, u-Yoko Ono, wakhipha isikhangiso esigcwele ekhasini le-New York Times esinamagama ayisishiyagalombili eculweni: “Cabanga bonke abantu bephila ngokuthula.”
Wabe esekhipha ibhodi lokukhangisa ku-Time Square elalithi: “Nikeza Ukuthula Ithuba.”
"Okubhalwe nguJohn kuwumyalezo oqinile futhi omuhle," kusho u-Ono. "Ngicabanga ukuthi (Sula Isiteshi) bebefuna wonke umuntu abe sesimweni sokuhlasela."
UJohn Lennon: "Nika Ukuthula Ithuba."
UThomas Friedman: "Nika Impi Ithuba."
Unquma.
URussell Mokhiber ungumhleli we-Corporate Crime Reporter eWashington, DC. URobert Weissman ungumhleli we-Multinational Monitor eseWashington, DC. Bangababhali ababambisene be-Corporate Predators: The Hunt for MegaProfits kanye ne-Attack on Democracy (Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 1999).
(c) URussell Mokhiber noRobert Weissman