Kwaphazamisa ukubona amalungu amaningi kaKhongolose kuwo womabili la maqembu ekhala efuna ukuthola i-autograph kaBush kumakhophi awo e-State of the Union โ hhayi ngoba kwakuyinkulumo yokungathembeki eyenza leli zwe libi, hhayi ngoba bekufanele ngabe imnika amasamanisi esikhundleni salokho. Kunalokho, ukukhathazeka kwami โโkubangelwa umkhuba uBush awenzile ngemva kokusayinwa kwanoma yimuphi umbhalo. Ngokuvamile uya ekhaya, akhulume nabameli bakhe, futhi akhiphe โisitatimende sokusayinaโ ngakusasa eshintsha kakhulu lokho asanda kusayina. Nakuba leyo nkulumo yayiyimbi, ingase ibe yimbi kakhulu.
Impela isimo senyunyana yethu siyilokhu okuyikho, futhi uBush akazange asho lutho ngakho. Uthe umnotho wethu uyathuthuka, isimangalo esaphikiswa yi-Virginia Sen. Jim Webb's Democratic impendulo. Kodwa, esikhathini esiningi, lapho umongameli ecacisa nakancane enkulumweni yakhe, waphakamisa izinhlelo ezintsha futhi washo okuncane noma akasho lutho mayelana neminyaka eyisithupha edlule yosizi. Onyakeni wesikhombisa engumongameli, wenza isiphakamiso sokulinganisa isabelomali eminyakeni emihlanu kanye nokwehliswa kokusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli eminyakeni eyi-10. Umongameli ukhulume kakhulu โngesibindi,โ kodwa bekungeke yini kube isibindi esengeziwe ukuvuma ukuthi inkulumo efanayo kule minyaka eyisithupha edlule ilandelwe yizenzo ezisibeke kwelinye icala, futhi ngabe bekungenjalo. unesibindi esengeziwe sokuzibekela imigomo yeminyaka emibili ezayo?
Esikhathini esiningi senkulumo, umongameli ugweme imininingwane ethile. Inkulumo yakhe yayingacacile futhi nezinguquko zakhe zesihloko zazishesha kangangokuthi wayeseduze nokufakwa ohlwini lwezinkinga kunokuxoxa ngazo. Eminye imininingwane ngeziphakamiso zakhe ezahlukahlukene yafakwa kuwebhusayithi ye-White House, kodwa ayizange yengeze okuningi njalo. Ngokwesibonelo, izinguquko eziphathelene nokuthuthela kwelinye izwe โngaphandle kobutha nangaphandle koshweleโ kwavela ukuthi izifiki kwakuzodingeka zikhokhe โinhlawulo enengqondoโ ngaphambi kokuba zibe izakhamuzi.
UBush uqale ngokuhalalisela uNancy Pelosi ephindelela ngokuba nguSomlomo weNdlu. Akukho okukhethekile ayengakusho endodeni enkulu ehlezi ngakwesokunene sikaPelosi. IPhini likaMongameli u-Dick Cheney wayekade esezindabeni ngalolo suku lapho abashushisi ecaleni lalowo owayengumphathi wabasebenzi bakhe bethi u-Cheney wadlala indima ebalulekile ekujeziseleni umsholozi owadalula amanye amanga amakhulu asifaka enkantolo. impi, amanga enziwa ngesikhathi inkulumo kaBush yeSimo seNyunyana eminyakeni emine edlule. Ngandlela thize abamemezeli be-NBC behlulekile ukusho lokho noma ukuphawula irekhodi likaBush lokuthandwa okuphansi, futhi ngenkathi abathintekayo babo beyithwebule, abazange baveze noma yikuphi ukuqaphela kweqiniso lokuthi izigele zezifunda eziyisishiyagalombili ngalolo suku zethule isinqumo sokuthwesa uBush futhi. Cheney esiShayamthetho sesifundazwe eNew Mexico. (Umbuso ungaqala ukuthweswa icala ngokuthumela isikhalazo kuCongress.)
UBush waqala inkulumo yakhe futhi wagxuma ngokushesha wasixwayisa โngezitha ezizimisele,โ kodwa akazange asheshe acacise ukuthi zazingobani. Wabe esethi uhulumeni wethu udinga ukusebenzisa kahle imali yethu, uxazulule izinkinga kunokuba uzishiyele izizukulwane ezizayo futhi wethembeke emabuthweni ethu. (Ngokusobala abamemezeli be-NBC babeqinisile lapho bethi sibhekene nezinguquko ezinkulu.)
Amasu Namanga
Umnotho omuhle kwaba yisihloko sokuqala uBush asisingatha, futhi wavula ngokuhlasela okubhaliwe ekubuyiseleni noma yiliphi inani emalini encane, ethi umnotho uzohlala umangalisa "hhayi ngohulumeni owengeziwe, kodwa amabhizinisi amaningi," umqondo uwukuthi iholo libi ebhizinisini. Yebo, amanga aluhlaza lawa, kodwa lokho akuzange kuvimbe izinhlangothi zombili zenkundla ukuthi zijabule, njengoba benzile izikhathi ezingu-62 ngemizuzu engu-49, ngokusho kwe-NBC.
UBush wabe esephakamisa ukulinganisa isabelomali sikahulumeni (eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kokushiya isikhundla uma singamlahli ngaphambi kwesikhathi esimisiwe). Manje, uBush usenyuse kakhulu indawo kahulumeni eyodwa enkulu kunazo zonke yokusebenzisa imali ngokubona: ezempi nempi. Uzophakamisa ukwanda okukhulu kobukhulu bezempi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi enkulumweni. Futhi uBush unciphise intela kwabacebe kakhulu kanye nezinkampani. Uzobhalansisa kanjani isabelomali? Nokho, ngeke, kunjalo. Kodwa angase ahambe ngale ndlela ngezindlela ezimbili: okokuqala, ngokusika izinhlelo eziwusizo futhi okwesibili, ngokugcina izindodla zemali ezincwadini. Impi yase-Iraq, isibonelo, ayisekho emabhukwini. UBush usevele uhlele isicelo sokwengeza โsezimo eziphuthumayoโ soxhaso lwezimali lweMpi yase-Iraq ngo-2008รขโฌโfuthi lokhu naphezu komthetho owashaywa yiCongress odinga ukuthi ngo-2008 izindleko zempi zibe yingxenye yesabelomali esijwayelekile. UKhongolose uJim McGovern, ongomunye wamalungu anesibindi kule Ndlu, wangitshela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi amalungu eCongress kufanele avotele ukuthi โchaโ ezithasiselweni zempi kulo nyaka naseminyakeni ezayo, kodwa wakubeka kwacaca ukuthi wayehlosile. ukunganaki ukwephula kukamengameli umthetho ngokuphakamisa ukuthi kube nokwengeza ngo-2008.
UBush ukhombe indawo eyodwa lapho ezonciphisa khona uxhaso: ama-earmark, into evele imkhathaze ngamaDemocrats ophethe.
Isihloko sesibili sikaBush sasihilela amanga akhe esibili amakhulu kusihlwa, i-oldie kodwa enhle: Wathi i-Social Security yasongelwa futhi idinga insindiso. Isihloko sesithathu, imfundo, ilethe amanga enombolo yesithathu: Umthetho Ongekho Ingane Eshiywe Ngemva uthuthukise imfundo yezingane zethu futhi wavumela ukulawula okukhulu kwendawo kwezikole. Isihloko sesine, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, siqale ngokuthi uBush ememezele ukuthi umshwalense wezempilo ozimele uwuhlelo olungcono kakhulu kubantu abaningi (kanti abantu abadala, abakhubazekile kanye nezingane ezimpofu kufanele bakhokhelwe nguhulumeni). Empeleni, uma ubheka leli zwe namanye amaningi, into engcono kakhulu kuwo wonke umuntu ngokusobala ukunakekelwa kwezempilo komkhokhi oyedwa.
UBush uphakamise izixazululo eziningi enkingeni yokunakekelwa kwezempilo kuleli, eqala ngokuncishiswa kwentela (yize namanje engakhombisi ukuthi uzobhalansisa kanjani isabelomali, futhi engasho ukuthi ukuncishiswa kwentela kuzokwenyuka minyaka yonke kanye nezindleko ezikhuphuka ngokungenakugwenywa zezinkampani ezizimele. umshwalanse we mpilo). UBush ubhale isigamu seshumi nambili ezinye izixazululo ze-Band-Aid zokushoda kwezempilo. Washayelwa ihlombe ngombono ngamunye, ngisho โnobuchwepheshe obungcono.โ Mhlawumbe lokho ekugcineni kuyincazelo yokuthi kungani sinalolu hlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo oluyinkimbinkimbi ngokuhlanya nolungasebenzi kahle: Olwemigqa yehlombe eminingi.
Kwakusekuxoxweni kwabokufika lapho uBush eqala ukukhuluma โngamaphekulaโ enkulumweni yakhe, nalapho ethi i-US incike kakhulu kuwoyela wangaphandle wawathinta okwesibili. Ukukhuluma kwakhe kafushane nje ngokufudumala kwembulunga yonke (akubiza ngokuthi โukuguquka kwesimo sezulu sembulunga yonkeโ) kwacisha lapho ebhekisela okwesithathu kumaphekula. Manje ungene esihlokweni se-9/11, futhi wakhuluma sengathi kukhona akwenzayo ngalokho kuhlasela kusukela lapho, into exhumene nempi yase-Iraq kanye โnempi yokwesaba.โ Waphikelela ngokuthi โkumelwe silwele isitha.โ Akukacaci ukuthi angaqiniseka kanjani ngalokho ngenkathi i-NBC ilokhu igcizelela ukuthi amaDemocrat adinga ukwenza ubungane namaRiphabhlikhi, futhi angathathi noma iyiphi impi kubo.
UBush uthe uyakweletwa ngezigameko ezine okuthiwa zivimbela ukuhlasela kwamaphekula kubantu baseMelika, okuhlanganisa namabhomu e-British toothpaste asabekayo. Lezi zimangalo ziye zachithwa, kodwa uBush ubedinga okuthile okuhle angakusho ngaphambi kokuba aphendukele esihlokweni se-Iraq. Usikhuthaze ukuthi sesabe i-al-Qaida. Ngeke kube khona "into kuphela okufanele siyesabe" ukuphawula kwalo mongameli.
Iraq Futhi Amanga Amakhulu Ngempela
Ukuguquka kukaBush kusuka ku-9-11 kuya e-Iraq bekukude kakhulu nokucashile. Wathi abaphikisi beShia ekuhlaselweni kwe-Baghdad babeyingxenye yamandla amabi afana ne-"Sunni extremist" al-Qaida. Akekho noNancy Pelosi noma omunye umuntu owasukuma waphazamisa ukuveza ukuthi ama-Iraqi awazange ahlasele iMelika ngomhlaka-9/11 futhi aqala ukumelana nomsebenzi ngemuva kokuba isizwe sawo sesithathiwe.
Nakuba iMpi yase-Iraq yaziwa kabanzi ngokwenza abantu baseMelika baphephe kancane, uBush wathi kudingeka sakhe imibuso yentando yeningi eMpumalanga Ephakathi ukuze sivikeleke. Wonke umuntu wajabula. Bayajabula kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bayavuma noma cha, cishe okubasiza ukuba bagweme ukucabanga ngokuthi ihlombe ngalinye elishaya izandla lithembekile noma cha.
UBush waqhubeka nokuqamba amanga ukuthi impi yombango e-Iraq yaqala ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eGolden Mosque. Lokhu kwashintsha izinto kithi, wathi, kodwa ngeke sikwazi ukushiya abangane bethu besengozini. Yini yethu? Ukube besinabangane e-Iraq, kungani uBush engaphakamisa, njengoba enza ngokulandelayo, ukuthumela abanye abantu baseMelika abangama-20,000?
Ekugcineni, ngalesi siphakamiso, ukujabula kwakulinganiselwe futhi uPelosi akazange asijoyine. Kodwa i-NBC isondeze u-Peter Pace isikhathi eside, ngakho awukwazanga ukubona amaDemocrats engamile. "Mina nabaphathi bethu bamasosha sizicubungule kahle izindlela esingakhetha kuzo," kusho uBush, ebhekise ekungeneni esikhundleni kwabaphathi abaxoshiwe ngenxa yokuphikisana necebo lakhe.
Amanga amakhulu ngempela asebusuku ayengakafiki. UBush uthe uma amasosha aseMelika ephuma e-Iraq, udlame luzokhula futhi ngokunokwenzeka luholele empini yesifunda - umgomo "wezitha." Lesi isibikezelo esiyinqaba, njengoba iningi lodlame lwamanje lubhekiswe emsebenzini. UBush uxwayise ngokuthi i-Iraq izoba yindawo yokuqeqesha abashokobezi uma amasosha aseMelika ehamba.
UBush wabe esekhuluma nomphakathi waseMelika esikhundleni seCongress futhi wathi kithi, ebhekisela okhethweni lwangoNovemba odlule: "Noma ngabe yini eniyivotele, anivotelanga ukwehluleka." Yebo, ngokusho kwe-NBC, ngivotele ukuvumelana kwe-bipartisan kanye nesizotha, futhi lokho kuvame ukuphela ngokwehluleka. Ngakho-ke, kungenzeka ukuthi uBush unephutha. Eqinisweni, ngenkathi sivotela kumaDemocrats amasha angama-30 hhayi nelilodwa iRiphabhulikhi entsha, kungenzeka ukuthi besivotela ukwehluleka kukaBush.
"Ngicela ukuthi usekele amasosha ethu enkundleni kanye nalabo abasendleleni," kusho uBush, ezama ngokuhlazisayo ukuxhumanisa ukwesekwa kwecebo lakhe ngentando enhle kubantu besilisa nabesifazane afuna ukubathumela kule mpi engekho emthethweni neyinhlekelele, futhi ngokungenamahloni enza sengathi ukukhuphuka kwakhe kuwumsebenzi owenziwe ngaphambi kwegatsha lokuqala likahulumeni wethu, elinamandla okukunqanda.
UBush wabe esephakamisa ukuthi kwengezwe amasosha angama-92,000 eButhweni Lezempi Nasemanzini eminyakeni emihlanu futhi kwakhiwe โiqembu lamavolontiya lamasosha,โ ngokusobala ukuze andise amasosha ngokuhlinzeka ngamasosha angalwi.
Ngaphambi kokuthi aqedwe, uBush wasisongela ngokungathembeki ngama-nukes ase-Iran, ethi ubesebenzela ukukhishwa kwezikhali eKorea futhi wenza sengathi izinqubomgomo zakhe zisiza ukunciphisa ingculazi e-Afrika. Uphakamise uhlelo lokulwa nomalaleveva okungenzeka ukuthi luzohlangabezana nesiphetho esifana nesitatimende sokusayina esihlangatshezwane neziphakamiso ezedlule zokulwa nengculazi.
UBush uphethe ngokukhomba abantu abane ezithamelini njengamamodeli ethu sonke: umdlali webasketball owenza imali eningi angayikhipha kancane, usomabhizinisi wesifazane owenza imali eningi angayikhipha kancane, umfana owasindisa umuntu. esitimeleni esingaphansi komhlaba eNew York kanye nodokotela wezilwane wase-Iraq. Kunjalo, okuwukuphela kwayo kulawa maqhawe abantu abangaphuma bayokulingisa udokotela wezilwane, kodwa imindeni yama-Iraqis awabulala empini yakhe yesibindi yayingekho ukuze yabelane ngemicabango yayo. Futhi amadodakazi kaBush ayengamkhonzi ayengabonakali.
Izisulu zase-Iraq nazo bezingekho ekuphenduleni kukaWebb. Ngenkathi uWebb egxile empini nasezindlekweni zayo, akazange akhulume ngama-Iraqis alinganiselwa ku-655,000 esiwabulele. Ngokusobala ababali noma yiliphi iqembu kuKhongolose.
Impendulo kaWebb yayibhalwe ngokucacile ngaphambili, ngoba wathi wayethemba ukuthi uBush wayezimisele ngokufuna ukwakha kabusha iNew Orleans, kuyilapho eqinisweni uBush wayengenaso isithunzi sokukhuluma ngeNew Orleans.
Amazwi kaWebb akhombe indlela efanele, kodwa ayengacacile. Wacela uBush ukuthi aqede impi futhi wasikisela ukuthi iCongress izokwenza kanjalo uma engenzi. UBush akasoze aqeda le mpi ngaphandle uma ephoqelekile ukuthi enze kanjalo yiCongress ukunqamula imali, futhi mhlawumbe ngisho nangaleso sikhathi.
Yingakho simasha ngoMgqibelo futhi sinxenxa ngoMsombuluko, sifuna ukuthi iCongress iphenye ukukhwabanisa kukaBush futhi iqede le mpi ngokunqamula imali. Lezo zinyathelo ezimbili ziholela engxabanweni eyodwa engenakugwemeka ehamba ngegama รขโฌลukuthweswa icala.รขโฌ Bona: http://www.unitedforpeace.org
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