U-Elvis Costello wayibiza ngokuthi 'Iphunga Lomhlaba Omusha', wengeza ngokuthi iphunga elibi kakhulu kunaleli elidala. Lokho kwabuya lapho omunye uGeorge Bush ememezela, ngemva kwenye impi ne-Iraq. Bambalwa ababenezinhliziyo zokubonisa ukuthi omashiqela abaningi bamemezela ukuhleleka kwezwe elisha; U-Adolf Hitler ngokwakhe wenza kanjalo phakathi nokubhonga kwamadoda egqoke umfaniswano eNuremberg.
I-New World Order - noma i-Novus Ordo Seclorum (ngokwezwi nezwi, i-New Order of the Ages) - ibongwa ngokusobala ngemuva kwe-bill yedola elilodwa. Isatshalaliswa olwandle lokufumbathisa, ubuxhwanguxhwangu kanye nesiphazamiso osebeni lomfula i-East River ezigcawini ezisikhumbuza ingqungquthela ye-The Sopranos. Ethunzini kukhona u-John Negroponte, inxusa lika-George Bush ku-UN kanye 'nomuntu wangaphambili', e-Honduras, ngomkhankaso ka-Ronald Reagan wokubulala i-Contra eNicaragua ngeminyaka yawo-1980. Umsebenzi wabasekeli bakhe eMelika Ephakathi - obandakanya ukubulawa kwababhishobhi, abapristi nezindela, kanye nokunqunywa komphimbo kwamavolontiya alethe ukugonywa nokwazi ukufunda nokubhala emizaneni ekude okokuqala emlandweni waseNicaragua - wenze i-US yathola isigwebo secala. icala lobushokobezi phambi kwenkantolo yomhlaba wonke eThe Hague. Ephendula, i-US yawulahla lo mthetho futhi yaqala uhambo lwayo olude ngaphezu kokufinyelelwa cishe kuyo yonke imithetho yamazwe ngamazwe.
Futhi bheka, kukhona abanye abavela emahlazweni e-Iran-Contra, lelo gciwane elibi lezidakamizwa, izibhamu kanye nezinhlanya ezihlanyayo ezicishe zenza 'u-Gipper' abekwe icala: u-Elliot Abrams, u-Bud MacFarlane - ogqugquzelwa umsakazo onethonya 'Shock-Jock', umngane wethu wakudala u-Oliver North, uhlaka lobufakazi bokuthula. Lapho, futhi, uRichard Perle, iNkosana Yobumnyama, owayevame ukwesabisa ngisho namahhashi kaReagan. Kanye nekhanda lakhe lamaqanda uPaul Wolfowitz. Futhi iqanda elikhulu kunawo wonke, u-Humpty Dumpty uqobo, u-Henry Kissinger wakudala, owaminza iNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ngezikhali zamakhemikhali ngeminyaka yawo-1970, wazihlanganisa futhi, ephonsa iso elibukhali ezindongeni ezigudle i-Potomac. I-New World Order, ngamanye amazwi, ayintsha nhlobo, kodwa lokhu kungase kube ihora layo elibi kakhulu.
Bush's White House yindlu kaNixon-Reagan ephindelela โ ngaphandle kohlakanipho olubi lwangaphambili kanye nemvelo enhle yamuva. Ngempela lena i-Nightmare ku-Elm Street futhi bayazi ukuthi uzobe wenzani ehlobo elizayo. Ecosha izingcezu, efaka umlilo phansi, ecofa igazi.
Okucasula kakhulu ozakwethu basephalamende abasekela impi wumbuzo engihlale ngibabuza wona: kwenzeke kanjani ukuthi uhulumeni wezabaSebenzi, uhulumeni wezabaSebenzi, azulazule ngama-limousine, ukusuka enhlokodolobha kuye enhlokodolobha, ukusebenzela amandla angaphandle. - esebenza, njengoba i-Wall Street Journal yayinayo, 'njengenxusa elisha laseMelika nelikhanya kakhulu'? Njengoba sazi, inxusa ngumuntu othunyelwa phesheya ukuze aqambele izwe lakhe amanga. Impela sekufike okuthile lapho uNdunankulu waseGreat Britain ethunyelwa phesheya ukuthi ayoqambela izwe lomunye amanga.
Uyinxusa elizulazulayo kuphiko lwesokudla, elizelwe kabusha, iqembu le-Bible-belting fundamentalist eliqale laguqula iTexas yaba yindlu yokubulawa kwabantu onobuthi emazweni aseNtshonalanga, futhi manje, ngamavoti amane-amathathu eNkantolo Ephakeme kanye nokunye okuningi. yezingane ezikhulelwe, ezibelethwe uhulumeni okuyigama elisho izivumelwano zokubhidliza isivumelwano, i-scuppering, isivumelwano-wrecking international thuggery. Yonke imizamo yomhlaba yokuqeda izinhlupho ezinjengamabhomu agqitshwayo, ukwanda kwezikhali ezincane, ukungcola, izikhali zamakhemikhali nezebhayoloji (angenzi okokugcina: i-US ivimbe imithetho emisha ngesisekelo sokuthi izodinga ukuthi vumela abahloli be-UN ukuthi babone i-inventory yabo) iphihlizwe uhulumeni manje omelwe esiteji somhlaba wonke nguTony Blair.
Umlando uzomahlulela ngempela uMnu uBlair ngokushweleza kwakhe okubaluleke kakhulu ngaleli thimba lolwelwesi; futhi hhayi ngomusa. Sonke siyabazisa ubudlelwano obukhethekile phakathi kwethu nabantu base-USA. Amashalofu ami ekhaya abubula ngesisindo semisebenzi, isibonelo, uRobert Frost noRobert Zimmerman. Sifuna nje ubudlelwano obukhethekile obusekelwe kunobu uNkosazana Lewinsky ayenabo noMongameli uClinton - uhlangothi olulodwa, olungalingani ngendlela exakile, futhi nozakwethu obuthakathaka njalo eguqe ngamadolo.
Kodwa ngeke kudingeke ukuthi silinde noma yiziphi izincwadi zomlando ukuze sifunde konke mayelana nokulandelayo. Enkathini ye-TV yesathelayithi umhlaba wonke uzobe ubukele zonke izakhiwo ezivuthayo, zonke izidumbu ezishunqayo, zishiswe egameni likaNkulunkulu, ukuziphatha kanye namalungelo abantu ngabashumayeli bethelevishini abangagculisi kangako selokhu uMfundisi uJimmy Swaggart ehla ngenxa yokukhwabanisa. Bathi konke kuzoba kufushane futhi kubukhali. Ngithi kuzoba yiBali kuyo yonke imigwaqo kuwo wonke amadolobha namadolobha ase-Iraq, futhi ayibi kakhulu kunalokho.
Futhi nakuba abesifazane base-Iraqi bengeke babe nomakhalekhukhwini ukushiya imiyalezo yokuvalelisa emindenini yabo, usizi lwabo luzozwakala kakhulu, lapho luyoba nomthelela omkhulu khona. Futhi lapho amasosha enkolo yenkolo ezulazula yonke imigwaqo e-Iraq, kufanele azi ukuthi azokwamukeleka njenge-chop yengulube emshadweni wamaSulumane. Noma, ukukubeka ngenye indlela, njengoba kwamukelekile njengebutho likaJenene uSharon emigwaqweni yaseGaza. Zilungiselele ukudla kwasekuseni kwasekuseni-izindaba zokudla okwenziwa ngokuzibulala, amabhomu ezimoto, ukudubula ngokushayela kanye nabaduni. Izigidi zabantu base-Iraq ziyamzonda uMongameli wazo. Izigidi azikwenzi, nakuba enkungwini yenkulumo-ze zihlala zingabonakali kuFox TV noma okufana nakho okunyathelisiwe lapha. Kodwa nalabo abazonda uMongameli Saddam bazomzonda uMbusi uTommy Franks ngendlela efanayo. Lindani nje nibone.
Ababhali abancane abasebenzela uNdunankulu bakhombise ubuhlongandlebe bezingane kuzo zonke izingozi zabo ngenyanga edlule lapho betshela izintatheli ezikhohlisayo egameni lakhe ukuthi lena kuzoba 'yimpi yezinsuku eziyisithupha'. Lokhu kubhekiselwa kukho kwakusekunqobeni okwakusobala kwama-Israyeli phezu kwamabutho ama-Arab ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ngo-1967. Babonakala benganakile ngokumangalisayo ukuthi, ngosuku eyaphela ngalo impi, kwaqala impi yeminyaka engu-35 phakathi kuka-Israyeli namaPalestine - futhi isaqhubeka , emigwaqweni emikhulu eya e-Haifa, emijondolo yaseGaza egcwele isigebengu, emakamu ababaleki agcwele uthuthuva aseRamallah.
Kunjalo, le 'oda elisha' alihloselwe amaSulumane kuphela. I-US inamabutho emazweni angaphezu kwe-100 emhlabeni jikelele, futhi isendleleni eya ekuthatheni ngokugcwele i-Colombia ne-Philippines. Lapho kushona u-Fidel Castro, bambalwa abangabaza ukuthi i-Bay of Pigs entsha izobe ifakwe emakhaleni aseMelika emkhombeni. Isiqubulo senhlangano emelene nembulunga yonke - 'Awukwazi ukuba neMcDonald's ngaphandle kukaMcDonnell-Douglas' - sifezeka kuphrojekthi yekhulu leminyaka elisha laseMelika.
Amandla, vele anezinhlangothi ezintathu: ezempi, ezomnotho namasiko. Ngaphansi kukaBush i-US ichitha imali 'ekuvikeleni' (sic) kunamazwe amahlanu alandelayo ehlanganiswa. Uma ethola ihlandla lesibili, lapho-ke ekupheleni kwayo ukusetshenziswa kwe-US kwezempi kuzoba kukhulu kunawo wonke amanye amazwe emhlabeni ehlanganiswe ndawonye. Uhlelo lwezimpi zezinkanyezi, uma lusetshenziswa, luzonikeza i-US 'ukulawula okugcwele kwe-spectrum' - umhlaba, ulwandle, umoya kanye namazulu ngokwawo. Kodwa esigabeni sesibili isimo somnotho sihluke kakhulu. Umnotho wase-US ubheda kabi, ukuzethemba kwawo kudlulele phambili, abathengi bawo nabatshalizimali bemakethe yamasheya becashe ngemuva kokuthengisa okudlondlobalayo kwamatheyipu okudonsa amanzi kanye namaskimaski. Ukuzikweleta kwayo kungokwezinkanyezi njengezifiso zayo zezempi; kanye nezimbangi zayo - i-Europe, i-China, ngisho neRussia ethuthukayo - izokhula kakhulu ngokomnotho.
Ikakhulukazi ekukhanyeni kwesigaba sesithathu. Nakuba i-Hollywood kanye ne-Billboard 100 kusalokhu kuxhumene okuphawulekayo phakathi komhlaba ne-USA (okungenzeka ukuthi kungani izihlabani eziningi zasesiteji nezesikrini ziphikisana kakhulu noBushwhacker), 'i-anti-Americanism' igcwele umhlaba wonke. Umbono omubi kaGeorge Bush ogqoke ijakhethi yebhomu ezindlini zokuphanyeka zezindiza, ebhonga njengenkunzi phambi kwezinsizwa nezintombi ezinxanela igazi eziwazi okuncane ngomhlaba kodwa ezicindezela entanjeni ukuze ziphume zibulalele umkhuzi wazo omkhulu, yintsha ubuso beMelika ngezigidigidi. Izakhiwo ezivuthayo zaseBaghdad naseBasra zizoba ngesinye.
Okuxakayo ukuthi, umhla ziyi-11 kuMandulo kwaba umzuzu lapho iMelika ehlukile yayingazalwa, iMelika okwathi osizini lwayo yabonisa ukuthi isivukelwe exhaphozini lenzondo nomunyu okwazala lezi zimiyane ezimbi kakhulu. Esikhundleni salokho abaholi baseMelika benza sengathi baphume esibhakabhakeni bengaguquguquki yinoma yibuphi ubudedengu baseMelika - base belungela ukujulisa ixhaphozi.
I-imperialism entsha, ngiyakholwa, izobhidlika phakathi kokuduba, i-radicalisation, anti-capitalism namalangabi, azovutha kakhulu, nakuba kungenjalo, emhlabeni wamaSulumane. Ukusuka e-Indonesia kuya eNigeria, ukusuka ePhilippines kuya e-Bahrain, ukusuka e-Algiers kuya e-Baghdad, izinxushunxushu nokuchitheka kwegazi nobungozi obubulalayo kuzoba uhlelo olusha. Futhi izakhiwo zethu ezinde ngeke zisale. Kulo myalelo omusha ngixwayisa labo abasemgwaqweni: ungabi ngamaNgisi. Ungazami ukuthengisa izimpahla zaseBrithani. Ungaphakamisi ifulegi laseBrithani ucabanga ukuthi isithombe sakho sezwe yi-Beatles, i-BBC kanye no-Bobby Charlton. Ubonwa njengomsila wenja eyisiphukuphuku, enkulu futhi enonya.
Ngelinye isonto ngikhulume emhlanganweni omkhulu wabafana e-Eton - amalungu e-George Orwell Society yesikole, owayenguMnuz Blair owayazi kancane mayelana ne-imperialism. Ezinsukwini zakhe zaseBurma, iqhawe lika-Orwell uFlory usikhumbuza ukuthi, ekuhlaziyeni okokugcina, umbuso umayelana nokweba izinto zabanye abantu.
Phela, abomdabu ngeke besakwazi ukubekezelela. Ngemuva komhla ziyi-11 kuSepthemba bayazi ukuthi bangasilimaza kanjani futhi. Futhi namanje bayalufukamela ulaka lwabo ukuze lufudumale. Ngakho, makuqale 'iMpi Yenkolo Entsha' yombuso omusha omubi; kukhona amaSaladin amaningi afuna nje ukuzalwa.
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