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Eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu nesishiyagalolunye edlule, Bob UDylan uqophe ethi โWith God on Our side.โ Cishe awuzange uyizwe emsakazweni isikhathi eside kakhulu, uma kwenzeka, kodwa njengamanje ungayilalela njengezingoma zakhe ezihlale ziluhlaza ezishisayo:
Ngiye ngafunda ukuzonda amaRussia
Kukho konke ukuphila kwami
Uma kufika enye impi
Yibo okumele silwe nabo
Ukubazonda nokubesaba
Ukugijima nokucasha
Futhi ukwamukele konke ngesibindi
NginoNkulunkulu ohlangothini lwami
Ezinsukwini ezisanda kwedlula, ukusakazwa kwabezindaba ngengqungquthela engaba khona phakathi kukaJoe Biden noVladimir Putin kuthathe izimfanelo ezicishe zifane, njengokungathi abagibeli bamahhashi be-apocalypse sebephumile esibayeni.
I-fatalism ilula kumaqhawe e-laptop kanye nezingcweti ze-studio ezomisiwe ezilokhu zigcizelela isidingo sokuqinisa "amaRussia," okusho ukuthi uhulumeni waseRussia. Abantu bangempela abahluphekayo futhi bafele empini kalula nje baphendukela kude. "Futhi awulokothi ubuze imibuzo / Lapho uNkulunkulu engasohlangothini lwakho."
Phakathi neminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha edlule, inkolo yezempi yase-US iye yashabalala yaba isethi yokuqagela evamile-kwabelwana ngayo, kule nkinga yamanje, kuyo yonke imikhakha yezepolitiki yendabuko. Ukungazi ngomlando we-NATO kufaka phakathi okuhle vs okubi ama-bromides okulula ukuwamunca nokuwafaka ngaphakathi.
ECapitol Hill, kunzima ukuthola ilungu elilodwa leCongress elizimisele ukubiza i-NATO ngalokho osekunesikhathi eside yikho: umfelandawonye wempi (i-Kosovo, Afghanistan, Libya) futhi akukho lutho oluhlangene "nokuzivikela" ngaphandle kokuvikela izikhali ezinkulu. ukuthengisa futhi, ngezinye izikhathi, ngisho namaphupho okushintsha kombuso eRussia.
Inhlonipho nokuhlonishwa okuphuma ku-Capitol nabezindaba zebhizinisi (okuhlanganisa I-NPR futhi PBS) ku-NATO kanye nobuholi bayo base-US izimangaliso ze-jingoism embozwe kancane. Mayelana neminye imiphakathi, ehlanjalazwayo, sasizwa amagama anjengathi โinkulumo-ze.โ Lapha okucatshangwa ukuthi ama-truisms ayawashwa futhi a-ayinwe phansi njengomqondo ojwayelekile.
Izinhlamvu zeqiniso eliphazamisayo azivamile ukuthi zibhayibhe ezindabeni ezivamile zase-US, kanti maningi amathuba okuba e-Europe. "UBiden ukusho kaningi ukuthi i-US ivulekele izingxoxo neRussia, kodwa odabeni iMoscow olugcizelele kakhulu - ukukhulisa i-NATO - akukaze kube khona ukukhulumisana kwaseMelika," kusho uJeffrey Sachs. wabhala ku Izikhathi Zezezimali njengoba kwaqala leli sonto. "UPutin usecele kaningi ukuthi i-US ifunge ukuthi i-NATO izongena e-Ukraine, kanti uBiden ubelokhu egomela kaningi ukuthi ubulungu bomfelandawonye kuyisinqumo se-Ukraine."
Njengoba u-Sachs ephawula, "Abaningi bayaphikelela ukuthi ukukhuliswa kwe-NATO akuyona inkinga yangempela kaPutin nokuthi ufuna ukuvuselela umbuso waseRussia, ohlanzekile futhi olula. Konke okunye, okuhlanganisa nokwandiswa kwe-NATO, bathi, kuwukuphazamiseka nje. Lokhu kuyiphutha ngokuphelele. IRussia imelene ngokuqinile nokwanda kwe-NATO empumalanga iminyaka engama-30, okokuqala ngaphansi kukaBoris Yeltsin futhi manje uPutinโฆ. I-US noma iRussia ayifuni amasosha omunye emnyango wabo. Ukuthembisa ukuthi akukho ukukhuliswa kwe-NATO akukona ukushweleza. Ayideli indawo yase-Ukraine. Akububukeli phansi ubukhosi base-Ukraine.โ
Ukuthi banolwazi oluningi ngomlando onjalo noma cha, izikhulu zabezindaba zaseMelika kanye namalungu eCongress abonakala bengenandaba nawo. I-chauvinism ebomvu-emhlophe-noluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka isebenza kabi. Nokho zikhona ezinye izindlela zangempela zamanxusa esikhundleni sokushayisana kwempi.
Okhulumayo NgoMsombuluko kuqhubeke Intando yeningi Manje!, uKatrina vanden Heuvelโumqondisi womhleli we The Nation kanye nochwepheshe waseRussia osenesikhathi esideโuthe ukusebenzisa lolu hlelo Minsk izivumelwano kungaba indlela eya ekuthuleni e-Ukraine. Futhi, uveze ukuthi, "manje akukhulunywa nje ngendaba ye-NATO, ebaluleke kakhulu, kodwa futhi nesakhiwo esisha sezokuphepha eYurophu."
Okudingeka kakhulu uhlaka olusha lwezokuphepha lwase-Europe, ukuqeda impi futhi kudambise izingxabano phakathi kweRussia namadlelandawonye ase-US. Kodwa indlela efanayo okwase kuphele amashumi amathathu eminyaka iphushela ukwandisa i-NATO emingceleni yaseRussia manje isiyi-gung-ho ukuqhubeka nokukhuphula i-ante, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukwenza kanjalo kwandisa kanjani amathuba okungqubuzana okuqondile phakathi kwemibuso emikhulu yomhlaba yezikhali zenuzi.
Inxusa lokugcina laseMelika eSoviet Union ngaphambi kokuwa, uJack Matlock, wabhala ngesonto eledlule: โNjengoba isidingo esikhulu sikaMongameli uPutin siyisiqiniseko sokuthi i-NATO ngeke iphinde ithathe amanye amalungu, futhi ikakhulukazi hhayi i-Ukraine noma i-Georgia, kusobala ukuthi bekungeke kube nesisekelo senkinga ekhona ukube bekungazange kwanwetshwa umfelandawonye ngemuva kokuphela. yeMpi Yomshoshaphansi, noma ukube ukwanda kwenzeke ngokuvumelana nokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo sezokuphepha eYurophu esasihlanganisa neRussia.โ
Kepha ukungayifaki iRussia ezinhlakeni zokuphepha, ngenkathi izungeza izitha ezihlomile, bekuyinhloso ecacile yokwanda kwe-NATO. Okungacace kangako kwakuwumgomo ofezekisiwe wokuguqula amazwe aseMpumalanga Yurophu abe amakhasimende okuthengiswa okukhulu kwezikhali.
Isahluko esivusa amadlingozi kwesithi โThe Spoils of War,โ incwadi entsha ka-Andrew Cockburn, sichaza intshiseko enkulu yenkampani ngemuva kwemikhankaso emikhulu yokwandisa i-NATO kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1990s. Osonkontileka abakhulu bePentagon abanjengo-Lockheed Martin babedangele ngokuhlakazwa kwe-USSR futhi besaba ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwamasosha kuzoqhubeka kwehla. Kepha bekukhona izimakethe ezintsha ezingaba ezinkulu emkhathizwe.
"Enye imakethe ethembisa kakhulu yayiphakathi kwamalungu angaphambili e-Warsaw Pact engasekho," uCockburn. wabhala. โUkube bebengajoyina i-NATO, bebengaba amakhasimende emvelo emikhiqizo efana ne-F-16 fighter u-Lockheed ayithola kuGeneral Dynamics. Kube nesithiyo esisodwa esincane: abaphathi bakaBush [uGeorge HW] base bevele bethembise iMoscow ukuthi i-NATO ngeke iye empumalanga, isifungo esasiyingxenye yokuqeda iMpi Yomshoshaphansi.โ
Ngesikhathi isazi senqubomgomo yezangaphandle uGeorge F. Kennan sikhipha eyakhe isixwayiso esingaguquki ngo-1997โโukwandisa i-NATO kungaba iphutha elibi kakhulu lenqubomgomo yaseMelika esikhathini sangemva kweMpi Yomshoshaphansiโโukwanda kwase kwenzeka kakade.
Njengoba uCockburn ephawula, "Ngo-2014, amalungu amasha angu-12 ayesethenge izikhali zaseMelika ezingabiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-17."
Uma ucabanga ukuthi lokho okwenziwayo kwezikhali bekumayelana nokuhambisana namaRussia, ubulokhu uthemba imidiya yezinkampani yase-US kakhulu. โKusukela ngasekupheleni kuka-2020,โ kuchaza incwadi kaCockburn, ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi kwe-NATO โkwakufinyelele ku-$1.03 trillion, noma cishe izikhathi ezingama-20 isabelomali sezempi saseRussia.โ
Ake sishiye amagama okugcina lapha ku-Bob Dylan, asuka kwenye ingoma engekho ohlwini lokudlalwayo lomsakazo. "Amakhosi Empi."
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UNorman Solomon ungumsunguli kanye nomxhumanisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org. Izincwadi zakhe zihlanganisa ethi "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Us Us Us Us Death" (2006) kanye nethi "Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State" (2007).
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Ngicabanga ukuthi kunengqondo futhi sekudlule isikhathi eside ukuxazulula izimpi zombango zeminyaka engu-8 e-Ukraine. Kweqisa ukusebenzisa iRussia ifuna ukwenza kanjalo njengezaba zokuhloma nokusebenzisa yonke i-Ukraine ukunwebeka empini yabo yombango futhi iyenze impi yommeleli neRussia. Kwaba futhi ukwanda kwe-USA NATO kwasempumalanga e-Ukraine ngokusebenzisa, indlela uhulumeni we-fascist i-USA NATO ayifake ekuvukeleni umbuso wentando yeningi yase-Ukraine ngo-2014, okwadala ukusabela kwezifunda ezihlubukayo kanye neRussia ibasiza. I-Ukraine akufanele ihlome futhi ikhuthazwe ukuthi ilwe nempi yommeleli we-USA NATOs neRussia ezifundeni zayo ezihlubukayo futhi ngokunokwenzeka inwebe ngale. I-Russia kufanele ibalwe ngokubumbana kwayo ukuze ixazulule isimo se-8year se-republic e-Ukraine ngokusebenzisa amazwe amaningi ekuxazululeni impi yombango yeminyaka engu-8 eqhubekayo lapho ekugcineni, ngokubuyela ezivumelwaneni zaseMinsk futhi abagcini bokuthula abanenjongo bangaba amasosha e-UN.
Akuyona iRussia ebilokhu yanda futhi esengozini yokuthi manje isidanjiswe, iRussia inciphile, yi-NATO ne-USA ebekwe isabelomali esikhulu ngokuphindwe ka-20 ebilokhu inweba eMpumalanga Yurophu ize iyofika emingceleni yaseRussia. Kuyimpi ye-proxy elambile ngamagwala abahleli be-NATO base-USA okungafanele baxolise ngayo yonke i-Ukraine neRussia ngokuya ngokwedlulele kanye nohlobo lwempi olwandayo, lapho kunengqondo futhi kuhle ukuthi impi yombango ye-8year ixazululwe ngezingxoxo, ibuyele ezweni. Seluvele lukhona uhlaka lwezingxoxo zaseMinsk, lokuxazulula ngokuthula imiphumela enegazi yokuketula umbuso kwe-USA ngokumelene nentando yeningi yase-Ukraine ngo-2014 yiqembu likaZelensky. Ukubiza uZelensky neqembu lakhe lokuketula umbuso, abakhethwe ngentando yeningi okhethweni olwalandela abalungenela, akuvumelekile ngokwanele. Ukuba nokhetho olungakhethwanga lokuketula umbuso oluphoqelelwe, futhi ngenkathi izwe lihlukene phakathi futhi linqanyuliwe empini yombango yeminyaka engu-8, ngeke kubizwe ngokuthi ukhetho olusemthethweni.
Akuyona indaba yengozi 'Yokunxenxa I-Russia' iRussia ayikhuli, yi-USA NATO ekhula iminyaka engu-30 eyedlule ngokumelene nezithembiso zayo ezicacile zokholo eRussia eyaqeda iMpi Yomshoshaphansi, ngomlingiswa oqhubekayo weGorbachev neRussia. Ulimi oluyimfoloko i-USA ibuyele emuva kancane kancane kuzo zonke izivumelwano nezithembiso zayo zezikhali. Manje kufanele sibe nobuhlakani bokungathokozisi i-USA NATO kanye nokusebenzisa kwabo okweqisayo nokuphindiwe kwempi yombango edabukisayo eyasungulwa ukuketulwa kwabo umbuso e-Ukraine. Ukunwetshwa kwe-USA NATO kanye nekhwelo labo lokuqhubeka nokuhlukumeza abantu base-Ukrainian ukuze manje balwe impi egcwele nezakhamuzi ezikanye nabo kuma-republic ahlubukayo, yilokhu okungafanele sikuthethelele noma sikushwelezele.
Kunengqondo ukuxazulula izimpi zombango e-Ukraine, kodwa-ke kufanele kuxazululwe multilaterally hhayi unilaterally by Russia, kodwa ukuyixazulula kuyisixazululo enkingeni USA NATOs Ukraine ukuketula uhulumeni, ukube abazange bahlukanise izifunda Russian ukukhuluma. I-Ukraine bebengeke babe nomuzwa wokuthi badinga ukwehlukana futhi balwele amakhaya abo, behlomisa i-Ukraine ukuze iguqule izwe lonke libe yimpi enkulu ye-USA NATO ayilungile, isimo samaRiphabhulikhi ahlubukayo singaxazululwa futhi kufanele sixazululwe, njengoba iRussia. nayo ikhombisile ukuthi iyakufuna. Ukwandisa impi yombango yeminyaka engu-8 ibe yimpi enkulu kuyizaba i-USA i-NATO ebilokhu isilindile, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi uhulumeni wase-Ukraine uyafuna, kodwa akufanele ashwelezwe. Impi ye-proxy yase-Ukraine ebanzi eyenziwe nge-expansionist USA NATO akumele ishwelezwe. Isixazululo esinokuthula sezifunda ezihlubukayo ngendlela enengqondo nevunyelwene ngayo ye-Autonomy kungaxoxiswana ngayo ngokubuyela ku-Minsk Accords noma into efana nayo neRussia ne-Ukraine ne-Europe hhayi i-NATO ebambe iqhaza, uma i-USA NATO izocelwa ukuthi ivale bese iyivumela phumelela. Kepha kusobala ukuthi bafuna impi yombango ebanzi yase-Ukraine kanye nempi ye-proxy neRussia, akufanele sibalandele noma sibajabulise.