Bambalwa kakhulu abantu abangaphandle kwezolimo abaziyo ukuthi uma iqhude emhlambini lifa izikhukhukazi zizoqhubeka zikhiqiza amaqanda avundile kuze kube amasonto amane ngoba โizidleke zesidoda,โ ezitholakala emiseleni yesibeletho sezinkukhu, ziqoqa futhi zigcine isidoda ukuze siphile. indlela yokuqinisekisa amaqanda avundile ngisho nangemva kokuba eyeduna isihambile. Bekufanele ngikwazi lokhu njengengxenye yendima yami ekwakhiweni kabusha kwe-Iraq.
Njengokufunda ukuthi i-Baghdad ikhiqiza amathani kadoti ayi-8,000 nsuku zonke, ubani owayengacabanga ngenkathi sihlasela i-Iraq ukuthi ulwazi olunjalo lungaba lubalulekile eMpini Yomhlaba Wonke Yobuphekula? Ukube bengizohlangana noGeorge W., bengizomtshela lokhu ngokusikisela ukuthi wayengazi ukuthi leli zwe ulifaka kuphi.
Ngizomema nomongameli wangaphambili ukuthi avakashele imboni yokulungisa izinkukhu eyakhiwe ngamadola akho entela futhi yenganyelwe i-ePRT yami (Ithimba Lokwakha Kabusha Lesifundazwe). Sawuthenga ngempela umqondo wezinkukhu futhi sachitha njengamatilosi aphuzile esogwini ukuze siwuqinisekise. Kulokhu, intengo bekungu-$2.58 wezigidi zalesi sikhungo.
Isibonakaliso sokuqala salokhu kwakuyiphunga lenkukhu njengoba sifika embonini neqembu labangane beNxusa sisohambweni lokuyohlola. Iphunga elasibingelela lapho singena endaweni okwakufanele kube izinkundla zokubulala izinkukhu e-Iraq laliwupende omusha. Abukho ubufakazi bokubulala inkukhu njengoba sidlula ulayini wama-cooler esiqandisini.
Lapho sivula umnyango owodwa wefriji, silindele ukubona izinkukhu zigodola, sathola amabhakede amadala kapende. Umqondisi wethu waphawula ngokushesha ukuthi imboni yayithenge izinkukhu ezingu-25 ngalolo suku ekuseni ukuze zisibulalele futhi ziboniswe kuvidiyo ekhuluma ngobuhle besitshalo esisha. Lezi kwakuyizindaba ezinhle, ukweqa okungu-100% kokukhiqiza kusukela ezinsukwini ezedlule, lapho isitshalo singabulalanga nhlobo izinkukhu.
Ukutshala imali ku-Tram of Chicken Death
Isinyathelo sokuqala ekubulaweni kwezinkukhu zase-Iraq sasidala ngendlela emangalisayo. Lesi sikhungo sasinefasitela elincane, empeleni iwindi elilodwa kuyo yonke indawo, elalibheke endaweni yokupaka futhi, ngale kwalokho, iMecca. Indoda edabukile, nesikhumba esiqinile yakhipha inkukhu ekhejini locingo, yayibonisa indawo yokupaka, yabe isiyinquma ikhanda.
Indoda yaqhubeka nokubamba, ukukhomba, nokusika izikhathi ezingu-25. Ngokushesha amakhanda angu-25 anqwabelana ezinyaweni zakhe. Igazi elibomvu klebhu laqala ukugcwala phansi, lantanta amakhanda. Kwanele ukukuguqulela i-vegan ngaso leso sikhathi, ufunge ukuthi ngeke udle noma yini engaba yisithunzi. Umshayi wayengabonakali ewuthanda noma engawuthandi umsebenzi wakhe. Wayebukeka ediniwe. Ngangilokhu ngilindele ukuthi uzodonsa i-side show grin noma azulise ikhanda lenkukhu ebheke kithi, kodwa wabulala izinkukhu wabe esephuma. Lokhu kwabonakala kuwubukhulu bomsebenzi wakhe.
Lapho umbulali eseqedile, ezinye izisebenzi ezimbalwa ezazikhona zaqala umshini wokugaya izinkukhu, ibhande elihamba isikhathi eside elinamahhuku ukuthutha izinkukhu ziye futhi zidlule eziteshini ezihlukahlukene zokucubungula, njengohambo lohambo oluhle kakhulu. Kodwa esikhundleni sokudlula enqabeni kaCinderella kanye ne-Tomorrowland, umzila wesitimela wama kubhayela, umnqobi, kanye nesaha lomlenze.
Iqale yama kancane phambi kwesisebenzi esathatha inkukhu efile yayilengisa ngezinyawo ehhukuni, yabe isiyethula ohambweni lwayo oluya esiteshini esilandelayo, lapho yafuthwa khona ngesitimu esinomfutho. Lokhu kwaxegisa izimpaphe ngaphambi kokuba ibhande lithuthe izidumbu emabhulashini okuphotha, njengendawo yokugeza izimoto, esusa izimpaphe. Amanzi e-fluff namanzi enkukhu andizela yonke indawo.
Esinye isisebenzi sasimi eduze sicosha izinyoni ezishayelwa ngamabhulashi phansi. Indoda yathelwa ngamanzi yafakwa izimpaphe entshebeni. I-tram yabe isiqondisa izinkukhu phezulu nangaphezulu endaweni yokusika izinyawo, eyakhipha uthuli oluningi lwamathambo, okwenza ukuphefumula endaweni kungabi mnandi.
Izinyawo zaqhubeka ku-tramway sans torso, ekugcineni zakhishwa futhi zalahlwa enye indoda eyavuka embhedeni yazi ukuthi iyona into eyayizoyenza ngosuku lwayo. Isidumbu ngokwaso sawela kubhavu omkhulu wensimbi engagqwali, lapho othile owayephethe ummese omude wasishwabula khona, wafaka izibilini phansi emgodini wokukhipha amanzi, wabe esephushela isidumbu esiteshini sokugcina, lapho isisebenzi sasisonga ngopulasitiki. Inqubo iyonke izwakale njengokuthile okuvela ekhishini likaSathane, ukugaya, ukuklinya, nokukhala ku-racket ye-helluva.
Ngokusho kokukhishwa kwethu kwabezindaba, ukhiye wephrojekthi "kwakuwucwaningo lwemakethe olwakhombisa ukuthi ama-Iraqi angavuma ukukhokha i-premium entsha, Halal-inkukhu eqinisekisiwe, imakethe ehlukile kweshibhile evela kwamanye amazwe yenkukhu eqandisiwe etholakala emashalofini ezitolo e-Iraqi.โ Inkinga nje yayiwukuthi akekho ngempela owenza noma yiluphi ucwaningo lwemakethe.
Ngo-2010, abantu abaningi base-Iraqi badla inkukhu eqandisiwe eyayivela eBrazil. Labo bantu baseBrazil abanobuqili okungenani babhala inkukhu ngokuthi Halal, futhi ungathenga ikhilo lezinto ngemali engaba ngu-2,200 1.88 dinar ($3,000). Ngenxa yokuthi i-Iraq yayingakhuli noma iziphi izinkukhu ezidliwayo, ukudla kwakufanele kulandwe kwamanye amazwe, okukhuphule inani lezinkukhu zendawo. Inyoni ephilayo emakethe ibize cishe amadina angu-4,000, kanti inkukhu yasembonini yethu, lapho kwakudingeka sikhokhele khona ukudla kanye nabasebenzi futhi ababekwazi okunye, ibiza ngaphezu kwamadinari angu-XNUMX, ngaphezu kwezinhlobonhlobo ezibukhoma kakade ezibizayo futhi cishe kabili. intengo yezinto ezishibhile ezifakwe eqandisiwe.
Njengoba imakethe ye-niche yenkukhu entsha yaneliswa izinyoni eziphilayo ozibulele ekhaya futhi inkukhu yethu egayiwe ibiza kakhulu, isitshalo sethu sezinkukhu sahlala singenzi lutho; yayingenakukwazi ukucubungula noma iyiphi inkukhu. Yayingekho imakethe engagcwalisekanga yabasanda kuhlanganyela Halal izinyoni esizilungisile. Akekho obebonakala sengathi uke wahlola lokhu ngaphambi kokuthi sibeke ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-2.58.
Ummeleli woMnyango Wezolimo wase-US ovela e-Baghdad ovakashele lesi sikhungo nathi uthe isisombululo kwakuwukuchitha imali eyengeziwe: u-$20,000 ukuze ukhokhele usonkontileka ukuze athole izinombolo zezinombolo zamaloli amane akwaHyundai ngaphandle endaweni yokupaka ebheke eMecca. Isibonelelo sethu sokuqala asizange sifake ukugunyazwa kwezimoto esizithengile. Wayenethemba lokuthi, ngelinye ilanga amaloli azothwala inkukhu ayiyise endaweni lapho kungase kube khona imakethe yangempela.
Omunye uzakwabo waseNxusa uphinde wathi lesi sikhungo senzelwe ukudala amathuba emisebenzi endaweni enabantu abaningi abangasebenzi, nokube yizindaba ezimnandi kulowo osika izinkukhu kodwa angasiza kakhulu. Uma ngempela ukuqashwa bekuwumgomo, kungani kunesitshalo esizisebenzelayo esine-tram yokufa kwenkukhu? Kunalokho, abafana abangu-50 abenza wonke umsebenzi ngesandla babonakala bewumbono ongcono. Umuntu weNxusa leNxusa lesithathu oyisidudla oze embonini yosuku, eququda futhi egqolozela izivikelo zomzimba, uthe inhloso kwakuwukufaka amaprotheni engeziwe eketangeni lokudla, okungenzeka kube ingxabano yefektri ye-tofu noma i-White Castle.
Inkambu Yezinkukhu Yamaphupho e-Iraq
Bangaki abasebenzi be-PRT okudingekayo ukuze bafice isibani? Omunye ukuqasha usonkontileka ohlulekayo ukuqedela umsebenzi futhi ababili ukubhala umbiko kwabezindaba ebumnyameni.
Silinganise umthelela wamaphrojekthi ethu ngomthelela wawo kithi, hhayi ngomthelela wawo kuma-Iraqi. Okukhiphayo bekuyigama elishodayo kusilulumagama sokuthuthukisa i-Iraq. Yonke into ikalwa kuphela ngalokho esikufaka kukho - amadola asetshenzisiwe, amahora azibophezele, abantu abahlanganyele, ukukhishwa kwezindaba okubhaliwe.
Imboni yezinkukhu โyayinohlelo lwebhizinisi,โ kodwa ayizange isho ukuthi izinkukhu zizothengiswa kuphi noma kanjani, kucatshangwa ukuthi uma lesi sitshalo sikhiqiza izinkukhu abantu bazozithenga - inkukhu. Inkambu Yamaphupho. Ngaphandle kokugxila enjongweni elinganisekayo ngale kokusikwa kweribhoni, imininingwane efana nokuthi uzithengisa kanjani izinto zokugcina ezibandayo endaweni ngaphandle kwesiqandisi iwele emifantwini. Sasihlulekile "ukwenza isisekelo sephiramidi esenza ukuthi kube khona indawo ephezulu," iphuzu lomsebenzi wokuthuthukiswa ophumelelayo.
Uhlelo lwebhizinisi lwalesi sikhungo luphinde lwakhuluma โngomkhankaso wokukhangisa onolakaโ kusetshenziswa i-TV nomsakazo, okugxilwe kuwo kucutshungulwa izinkukhu ngemishini yesimanje, hhayi imikhiqizo ngayinye. Lona kwakuwumbono omuhle kakhulu ezweni lapho abantu abaningi bethenga ezimakethe ezivulekile eziseceleni komgwaqo, bexoxisana ngokudla kwansuku zonke.
Ngemali engenayo yomuntu ngamunye engu-$2,000 kuphela, i-Iraq ibingeyona indawo lapho izikhangiso ze-TV bezingaba indlela yokuthengisa inkukhu ewubukhazikhazi enenani eliphindwe kabili emqhudelwaneni. Ekilasini lebhizinisi lasekolishi, lolu hlelo luzothola i-Cโ. (Yayibhalwe kahle.) Lapho othile etshela uprofesa ukuthi kakade kwase kusetshenziswe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-2.58 kukho, leli banga lingase lehlele ku-D.
Ngithole umbiko ngemboni yezinkukhu, wangoJuni 2008, ngu Imma Uhlelo lwe-Agribusiness, ingxenye ye-United States Agency for International Development (futhi ebizwa kanjalo ngegama lesi-Arabhu elisho โukukhulaโ). Isiphetho sombiko, esitholakala ngaphambi kokuba sakhe isitshalo sethu, sasiwukuthi izici ezimbalwa zenza ukutshalwa kwezimali embonini yenkukhu esanda kuzalwa yase-Iraq kube umsebenzi oyingozi kakhulu, okuhlanganisa phakathi kwezinye izici โUkuntuleka kweketango elibandayo elisebenzayo ukuze udayise inyama yenkukhu entsha kunokuba izinkukhu eziphilayo; izindleko zikagesi ezingavumelekile; ukuntuleka kwedatha mayelana nesidingo sabathengi kanye nokuthandwa kwenkukhu entsha; ukuntuleka kokuncintisana ngokuqhathaniswa nempahla eqandisiwe evela eBrazil nase-USA.โ
Naphezu kwesiphetho esikhathazayo salo mbiko sokuthi โayikho imininingwane ngosayizi wemakethe yezinkukhu ezintsha,โ iButho Lezempi kanye noMnyango Wezwe baqhubeka nokwakha imboni yokugaya izinkukhu ngokweseluleko sikaMajor Janice. U-Major uvumile ukuthi asikwazanga ukuncintisana ngentengo kodwa wagcizelela ukuthi "sizowina ngokunikeza umkhiqizo omusha, otshalwe endaweni ... ocwaningo lwethu olubonisa ukuthi unemakethe ekhethiwe, elungile."
Ibhulogi engasekho esungulwe ukwazisa umphakathi ngephrojekthi ebizwa ngokuthi โOperation Chicken Runโ futhi yahlanganisa nesitatimende esiqotho somlimi, โNgalwa ne-al-Qaeda ngezinhlamvu ngaphambi kokuba nina baseMelika nibe lapha. Manje ngilwa nabo ngezinkukhu.โ Umhlaziyi we-inthanethi ogama lakhe linguJenn wase-Jungle wanezela kubhulogi, esho ngokuziqhenya: โLokhu khona lapha yilokho okuhlukanisa iMelika ku-swill okuyiwo wonke umuntu. Yithina sodwa esingavele sihambe, silwe impi, bese sithi hasta la vista. Sinikeza amatshwele amancane amahle afiphele. Ngiyalithanda izwe lami.โ
Ngakho-ke, ukufingqa: I-USAID/Inma yatusa ngokumelene nesikhungo ngo-2008, akukho cwaningo lokumaketha olwenziwe, uMajor Janice wathi ukumaketha kuhlonze indawo, uhlelo lwebhizinisi lwaklanywa ngokwesifiso (hhayi idatha), kwasetshenziswa u-$2.58 wezigidi, cha. izinkukhu zazicutshungulwa, futhi, ngokwerekhodi, i-al Qaeda yayisebhizinisini. Sinalokhu engqondweni, nesitshalo esingenazo izinkukhu ezifile, cishe sifuna ukufisela u-Major Janice okuhle kodwa ngezinhlelo zakhe ezintsha.
Ukumaketha ngocingo? Ukuthengisa kwe-Refi? Cha. UMajor Janice washiya eButhweni Lezempi futhi uMnyango Wezolimo wase-US eBaghdad wamqasha. Uthando lwakhe olusha kwakuwukuzalanisa izinkomo, futhi safunda engosini yakhe, โAwufuni nje isidoda sezinkunzi abazali bazo abakhiqiza ubisi oluhle. Ungase ufune izinyawo ezinhle, iqolo elihle noma isifuba esibanzi.โ Lokho nje obungakulindela enqwabeni yezinkunzi.
War Tourism
Ngokushesha ngemva kokuvakasha kwami โโkokuqala kwesitshalo sezinkukhu sadlala indawo yabavakashi abathathu bempi yamaNxusa. Ngokungafani nedlanzana elihambe liyokwenza ibhizinisi langempela, iningi labantu baseNxusa lalingavamile, uma kwenzeka, lishiye indawo Ehlaza Evikelekile e-Baghdad phakathi nezabelo zabo zonyaka owodwa e-Iraq. Babeneliswe yilokho, bejabulela ukuqoqa iholo labo lendawo yempi, nenkokhelo yobunzima, kanye nenkokhelo yomsebenzi oyingozi ngenkathi beziphumulele endaweni yokucima ukoma.
Abanye, nokho, baba nelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi futhi bafuna ukuyolunguza kule ndawo yase-โIraqโ ababesebenze kuyo izinyanga, ngakho-ke bathola izaba zokuvakashela i-ePRT. Ukuvakasha okuyimpumelelo kwasho ukubavumela ukuba bathathe izithombe ezikhombisa ukuthi bebengaphandle kodwa okubaphatha kabi kangangokuthi bangaphinde babuye bazosicasula ngaphandle kwesizathu sangempela.
Iqembu lezigelekeqe labathandi bobumnandi abavela eNxusa elabhala ngezindaba zamanzi e-Iraq linqume ukuphumela โezweni laseNdiya.โ Kwa-ePRT kwakudingeka sihlole eminye yemithombo esasiyikhokhelaโokungukuthi, ukubona ukuthi wawungekho yini umgodi phansi esasiwukhokhele wona. (Sabhekana nomshikashika oqhubekayo wokunquma ukuthi lokho esikukhokhelayo kukhona ngisho na.) Ngakho-ke ithuba lalibonakala lithunyelwe izulu. Iqembu lifike lisanda kusuka eGreen Zone, abesifazane ababili nowesilisa.
Abesifazane bebesafake amacici - sasazi ukuthi insimbi iyashisa futhi ibanjwe kumahedisethi - futhi izinwele zabo zidonswe emuva ngama-scrunchies. (Noma ubani obekumele aphile esigangeni akunqamule.) Umfana ubegqoke i-safari, enamabhande amaningi noziphu kuno-Michael Jackson namaphakethe nezikhwama ezanele zokuthwala izimpahla ngempelasonto. Izicathulo zawo wonke umuntu zazihlanzekile. Amanye amasosha abiza izivakashi zethu buthule ngokuthi โamagiya queers.โ
Nomaphi lapho sima khona, sihehe isixuku samadoda nezingane ezingasebenzi ebezicabanga ukuthi sizozinikeza uswidi, ngakho abavakashi bempi bathola izithombe zabo eziningi kuma-chic getups abo emi eduze kwama-Iraqis. Babejabule. Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi kwakungama-degree angu-110 futhi imithombo yayitholakala ezindaweni ezikude ezinothuli ngehora elilodwa, ngemva kwesithombe sokuqala noma ezimbili izivakashi zempi zasheshe zakhathala futhi zingcolile, okusho ukuthi babejabule ukuthi bangaphinde bakwenze konke.
Sathatha ezinye izivakashi ezimbili sazibuyisela endaweni yezinkukhu: Isekela LeNhloko Yezithunywa Zenxusa (owamemezela ukuvakasha usuku oluhle kakhulu ake waba nalo e-Iraq, ephakamisa ukuthi udinga ukuphuma kaningi) kanye nomngane wentatheli kaGeneral Raymond Odierno. , ngaleyo ndlela owayenelungelo lokuthola ukwelashwa kwe-VIP.
Ama-VIP awazange ashayele, andiza, ngakho-ke ajwayele ukubona abavakashi bempi abancane kakhulu. Ukuvakasha kwabo nakho bekulawulwa kakhulu ukuze bahlale emlayezo kumabhulogi abo nama-tweets. Kuvele ukuthi izintatheli eziningi azifuni ukwazi njengoba izinhlelo ze-TV namamuvi bekungenza ukholelwe. Abaningi banentshisekelo kuphela ku a indaba, hhayi the indaba.
Ngakho-ke, kwaba lula ukungatsheli intatheli ngezinkinga zesitshalo sezinkukhu. Kunalokho, sabulawa izinkukhu ukuze indawo ibukeke imatasa. Saba nesidlo sasemini lapho kuhlatshwa khona - inkukhu ethosiwe esanda kuthengwa emakethe. Abantu base-Iraqi bawosa izinkukhu zabo kancane njengoba kwenza abantu baseSalvadorean futhi kwakunamanzi, kunesikhumba esicwebile. Inikezwe usawoti omncane, ivele yahlukana emlonyeni wakho. Sadla kahle futhi, njengebhonasi, sadla ubufakazi bokukhwabanisa kwethu.
U-Peter Van Buren uchithe unyaka e-Iraq njengeSikhulu Senkonzo Yangaphandle Komnyango Wezwe esisebenza njengoMholi Wethimba lamaQembu Okwakha Kabusha Ezifundazwe (PRTs). Manje eseWashington, ubhala nge-Iraq kanye neMpumalanga Ephakathi kubhulogi yakhe, Besisho Kahle. Le ndaba ithathelwe encwadini yakhe entsha, Besiqonde Kahle: Ukuthi Ngisize Kanjani Ukulahlekelwa Impi Yezinhliziyo Nezingqondo Zabantu Base-Iraq (The American Empire Project, Metropolitan Books). Ukuze ufunde mayelana nokugcoba akuthole eMnyangweni Wezwe ngokukhuluma kwakhe iqiniso Chofoza lapha. Ukulalela inhlolokhono yakamuva ka-Timothy MacBain yomsindo we-Tomcast lapho u-Van Buren exoxa ngokuthi uMnyango Wezwe uyosiwe unjani chofoza lapha, noma uyilande ku-iPod yakho lapha.
Lesi sihloko sivele okokuqala ku-TomDispatch.com, i-weblog ye-Nation Institute, enikeza ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, izindaba, kanye nemibono evela ku-Tom Engelhardt, umhleli wesikhathi eside ekushicileleni, umsunguli we-American Empire Project, umbhali we Ukuphela Kwesiko Lokunqoba, njengenoveli, Izinsuku Zokugcina Zokushicilela. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi The American Way of War: How Bush's Wars Became Obama's (Haymarket Books).
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