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Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba iRussia ihlasele i-Ukraine, abezindaba baseNtshonalanga baveze uMengameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin njengomholi ongenangqondo—mhlawumbe ogula ngengqondo—ongenakuboniswana naye noma kuxoxwe naye. Ukuvezwa okunjalo kuye kwadlondlobala njengoba inkinga yase-Ukraine iza ukubusa i-ajenda yezindaba.
Imithelela ekhona kulezi zingxoxo zabezindaba kanye nokuqagela mayelana nengqondo kaPutin mikhulu. Uma umuntu ekholelwa ukuthi uPutin "ungumuntu ohlanyayo," okusho ukuthi izingxoxo zokusebenzelana ezinengqondo neRussia azinakwenzeka, ziphushela izinketho zamasosha phambili njengendlela yokuxazulula isimo sase-Ukraine.
Uma u-Putin engeyena umlingisi onengqondo, okushiwo ukuthi alukho uhlobo lwe-diplomacy olungavimbela ukuhlasela kweRussia, ngakho-ke alikho elinye izwe ngaphandle kweRussia elihlanganyela icala ngodlame oluqhubekayo. (Bheka FAIR.org, 3/4/22Okunye okubalulekile ukuthi uma amaphutha kaPutin enza ukuthi ukuhlasela kweRussia kungagwemeki, khona-ke ukuguqulwa kombuso kungase kudingeke ukuze kuxazululwe ukungqubuzana.
'Kuya ngokuya kuhlanya'
Abezindaba baseNtshonalanga sekuyiminyaka bephikisana ngokuthi uPutin uyahlanya yini (Okungeziwe!, 5/14; FAIR.org, 2/12/15) noma ukuzenza nje—ukuqagela okuye kwaqina emasontweni adlule:
- Guardian (2/24/22): “Isinqumo Sokuhlasela I-Ukraine Siphakamisa Imibuzo Ngokuphathelene ‘Nomqondo Weqiniso’ kaPutin”
- Daily Beast (3/1/22): "Abantu baseRussia Bangase Baqale Ukucabanga UPutin Uyahlanya"
- Vanity Fair (3/1/22): “Bika: UPutin 'Okhungatheka Kakhudlwana', Uhlanya Oluphethe Izikhali Zenuzi, Ugasela Endingilizini Yakhe Yangaphakathi”
- I-New York (3/4/22): “Impi KaPutin Ibukeka Ihlanya Ngokuqhubekayo”
The Guardian bika (2/24/22) ukhulume ngokukhathazeka okuvezwe emibuthanweni esemthethweni yaseYurophu mayelana nesimo sengqondo sikaPutin:
Bakhathazeka ngekhehla elineminyaka engama-69 elithambekele ekuzivikeleni liye landiswa yizinyathelo zokuphepha ezibhekene ne-Covid, limshiya ezungezwe i- i-coterie ehlala iwa yezinceku zenkantolo ezesabayo ezilalelayo. Ubonakala engahlangani ngokuqhubekayo emhlabeni wamanje, encamela ukungena ngokujulile emlandweni nasekufuneni kwakhe ubukhulu.
Ngisho nalapho abanye abahlaziyi bemithombo yezindaba bethi ukugula ngengqondo kukaPutin kwakumane kuyisu lokuzama ukuzuza imvume evela entshonalanga, lokhu akwethulwanga njengesizathu sokuxoxisana naye, kodwa njengesizathu sokwenqaba ukwehliswa kanye nezingxoxo. Forbes (3/1/22) wathi nakuba uPutin “ngokusobala ekwazi ukwenza amaphutha amakhulu ekwahluleleni,” lokho akusho ngempela ukuthi “ulahlekelwe amamabula akhe,” njengoba uPutin “efinyelele leli phuzu ngokubala nobuqili.” Forbes' UMichael Krepon uqhubeke nokuchaza ukuthi "ithiyori yendoda ehlanya isebenza kuphela lapho umuntu osongelayo ehlanya ngokugculisayo," nokuthi amazwe aseNtshonalanga kufanele aqhubeke nokubiza uPutin's bluff: "Siza abantu base-Ukraine ngosizo lwezempi, ezomnotho kanye nobuntu," wanxusa, kunalokho. kunokuphishekela izingxoxo zamadiplomate neRussia.
'Ihlukanisiwe neqiniso'
In the Daily Beast (3/1/22), u-Amy Knight, isazi-mlando saseRussia nase-USSR, wabonisa ikhono elimangalisayo lokufunda ingqondo kaPutin, ebona izisusa zangempela zothile amchaza ngokuthi ngokunokwenzeka “ohlukanisiwe neqiniso.” Uveze ukuthi isinqumo sikaPutin sokuhlasela sibangelwa umuzwa wokungazethembi ngenxa “yokubamba amandla,” ngoba “uyazi ukuthi akakhethwanga ngokwentando yeningi esikhundleni sikamongameli ngo-2018, noma nango-2012, ngoba izimbangi ezinkulu zazinqatshelwe ukubamba iqhaza.”
Lo muzwa okuthiwa “ukungazethembi” ngokusobala uqhube uPutin ukuthi azonde “izifundazwe zentando yeningi emngceleni wezwe lakhe,” ngoba “akafuni abantu bakhe bathole imibono.” U-Knight wathi yonke inkulumo kaPutin mayelana "neNtshonalanga ibhubhisa izindinganiso zaseRussia kanye ne-NATO esongela iRussia ngezikhali zenuzi" imane "ifihla ukwesaba kwakhe okukhulu kwezifiso zentando yeningi ezweni lakubo." Okuxakayo ukuthi nakuba u-Knight eqagula ngokusangana okungaba khona kukaPutin, ubuye anikeze izincazelo eziphusile mayelana nesenzo sikaPutin, ngoba uma umholi esaba ukuthi abakhethwanga ngokusemthethweni, angakhetha ukusungula impi ukuze akhe “umhlangano” wokuzungeza ifulegi”. umphumela, njengoba kwenza uGeorge W. Bush. Lokhu kubukela phansi isiphakamiso sokuthi uPutin ungumdlali ongenangqondo.
UKnight uphakamise ukuthi uPutin wayeyingozi kakhulu kunabaholi baseSoviet abafana noNikita Khrushchev noma uJoseph Stalin, noma ngisho no-Adolf Hitler waseJalimane. U-Khrushchev, wabhala, wayengumuntu “owayengadliwe amagqubu omlando kanye nesidingo sokubonisa ngeziqu zakhe zobudoda,” futhi “kwakufanele acabangele imibono yamalungu akanye nawo ePolitburo” esikhundleni sokwenza izinqumo ezibalulekile eyedwa, njengokuthi. UPutin kuthiwa uyakwenza.
Esinye sezinqumo zikaKhrushchev, ezenziwe ngokuhlanganyela noma ngenye indlela, kwaba ukwethula ukuhlasela kwamaSoviet eHungary ngo-1956, okwagcina lelozwe liseSivumelwaneni saseWarsaw kwalahlekelwa ukuphila kwezinkulungwane ezimbalwa. Lokho kuhlasela akubonakali kuhluke ngokusobala emzamweni kaPutin wokuvimbela i-Ukraine ukuthi ishiye lokho iRussia eyithatha njengomkhakha wayo wethonya.
'Isizathu ngeke sisebenze'
Ezinye izihloko zezindaba zaseNtshonalanga zinikeze ukuhlolwa okuqondile, nakuba kuhluka, kwesimo sengqondo sikaPutin ukude. (Lokhu kwesinye isikhathi kwenzeka futhi ngezibalo zasekhaya ezifana owayengumongameli uDonald TrumpIzimo ezimbalwa:
- Atlantic (4/15/14): "UVladimir Putin, uNarcissist?"
- Independent (2/1/15): “Umongameli u-Putin Uyi-Psychopath Eyingozi—Isizathu Ngeke Sisebenze Naye”
- USA Today (2/4/15): "I-Pentagon 2008 Izimangalo Zocwaningo UPutin Une-Asperger's Syndrome"
- Sun (2/28/22): "U-Vladimir Putin Ungumuntu Ozicabangelayo, U-Narcissistic & Ubonisa Izici Ezibalulekile Ze-Psychopath"
- Fox News (3/2/22): “Umongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin Unezici Ze-Psychopath: Uchwepheshe”
Lezi zifo zisuka kude kade zenzeka. Ngo-2014, udokotela wengqondo uJoseph Burgo (Atlantic, 4/15/14) waphikisa ngokuthi “uPutin kungenzeka noma angabi i-narcissist yasemtholampilo,” ngoba “akunakwenzeka ngempela ukuxilonga indoda ukude.” Noma kunjalo, uBurgo ukhuthaze inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US ukuthi icabange ukuthi uyi-narcissist, ukuze usize "ukunciphisa ubungozi ngezindlela ezisebenzisana naye."
Ngo 2015, USA Today (2/4/15) yabika ngocwaningo lwango-2008 oluvela ethangini labacabangi le-Pentagon elathi u-Putin une-Asperger's syndrome, "isifo se-autistic esithinta zonke izinqumo zakhe." Kucatshangelwa ukuthi uPutin "ukuthuthukiswa kwezinzwa kwaphazamiseka kakhulu esemncane," nakuba umbiko uvumile ukuthi ngeke ukwazi ukufakazela lo mbono ngoba abakwazanga ukwenza ukuhlolwa kobuchopho kumongameli waseRussia.
Ucwaningo lwango-2008 belusekelwe “ekuhlaziyweni kwephethini yokunyakaza,” empeleni ukubuka amavidiyo okunyakaza komzimba kaPutin ukuze athole imikhondo yokuthi uthatha kanjani izinqumo nokuthi usabela kanjani ezenzakalweni. Ukubika okwengeziwe ngocwaningo (Guardian, 2/5/15) waphawula ukuthi ababhali abasho ukuthi benza ukuxilongwa, ngoba lokho ngeke kwenzeke ngokusekelwe ebufakazini obuncane. Umsebenzi ugqugquzelwe uBrenda Connors, owayeyisikhulu soMnyango Wezwe, umdansi okhokhelwayo kanye nochwepheshe “wokuhlaziya amaphethini okunyakaza” e-US Naval War College.
Isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo uPete Etchells (Guardian, 2/7/15) wahleka usulu ucwaningo lwe-Pentagon ngoba indlela yokusebenzisa ukuhlaziya iphethini yokunyakaza ukuze kuhlonzwe i-Asperger's syndrome "ijwayelekile kangangokuthi ayinanjongo," nokuthi ukuzama "ukuthola isimo somqondo womuntu ngokusekelwe kuphela endleleni ahamba ngayo kuwumzamo omkhulu wokuzicabangela, kuthambekele ekuchazeni kabi kalula.” Uphinde waphawula ukuthi akwenzeki ukuhlonza ukuthi abantu bakwi-autism spectrum nge-brain scans.
Abanye ababhali (isb. Guardian, 2/22/17; Daily Beast, 8/9/21) baye bagxeka lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi “iPutinology”—ukunciphisa ezombangazwe zaseRussia ukuze kuhlaziywe ulwazi olungaphelele, futhi ngezinye izikhathi olungamanga, mayelana noPutin nezisusa zakhe. Kuyisu elivamile lemithombo yezindaba yaseNtshonalanga ukulinganisa nokunciphisa izwe lonke ukuba libe inhloko yombuso eyedwa (futhi evame ukwenziwa i-caricatured), evamise ukwethulwa njengesidlakela samakhathuni esinezisusa ezibuhlungu nezingenangqondo, ukuze kuthethelelwe ubutha obuqhubekayo baseNtshonalanga kulawo mazwe (ndima, 12/14/21; Okungeziwe!, 11–12 / 90, 4/91, 7–8 / 99).
'Ukwephulwa kwemithetho yokuziphatha'
Eminye yemizamo yesimanje yokuchaza ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine ngokuhlaziya u-Putin ngokwengqondo yenza izinqumo ezijulile mayelana nesimo sakhe sengqondo, noma egcizelela ukuthi ukuxilongwa kochwepheshe kungadingeka ukuze kuqinisekiswe imibono yabo yokuqagela ngaye.
Fox News (3/2/22; kuthunyelwe kabusha ngu Yahoo!, 3/2/22) wacaphuna uchwepheshe wezifo zengqondo uDkt. Ziv Cohen, owaphika ukuthi kwakuyoba “ukwephulwa kwemithetho yokuziphatha yomsebenzi wakhe ukuze axilonge umuntu ovamile angakazihlolelanga yena mathupha.” Waqhubeka ebonakala ephula lezo zimiso zokuziphatha ngokuveza ukuthi izingxoxo zamanxusa “ne-psychopath” efana noPutin zazingenangqondo:
“Akahlanyi,” kusho uCohen. “Uyathandeka, uyabala futhi uyakhohlisa. Nge-psychopaths, awukwazi ukuthuthukisa ukuqonda okufanayo. Awukwazi ukuba nezivumelwano nabo. Ngempela basabela kuphela emandleni aphakeme, osongo olukholekayo lwamandla.”
Fox empeleni ucaphune omunye umthombo, uRebekah Koffler, owayeyisikhulu se-Defence Intelligence Agency eRussia, owaphawula ukuthi “abanye odokotela bengqondo baye bahlola ukusimama kwengqondo kaPutin futhi baphetha ngokuthi uyisikhulu esivamile esingenakho ukuphambana,” nokuthi izenzo zikaPutin “zibonisa imikhuba yamasiko aseRussia. nezindinganiso zokuziphatha.” U-Koffler waphikisa ngokuthi ukuqhathanisa okwenziwa phakathi kukaPutin nezibalo ezinjengoStalin noHitler kuyihaba, nokho. Fox yayihlanganisa kuphela umbono kaDkt. Cohen ohlukunyeziwe esihlokweni sawo esithi: “UMongameli waseRussia u-Vladimir Putin Unezici Zomuntu Wengqondo: Uchwepheshe.”
Isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo u-Emma Kenny wafuna i-tabloid yaseBrithani Sun (2/26/22) ukuthi nakuba “engakwazi ukumletha egunjini lokubonisana ukuze ahlolwe,” nokho uzizwa ekhululekile ukwenza izimemezelo ezifana nokuthi:
UPutin uyaqhubeka nokwenza "i-alpha male" persona. Ungumuntu ozicabangelayo ngendlela emangalisayo, futhi unokuzethemba nokuzikhukhumeza akazami ukukufihla…. Imizwa efana nomuzwa wecala namahloni ayibonakali ingabhali kuye—esinye isibonelo esiyinhloko semvelo engase ibe nengqondo.
Kulokhu kubhalwa, uNobhala Wezwe u-Antony Blinken akazamanga zingxoxo nozakwabo, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseRussia uSergei Lavrov, ngenkathi abaphathi bezempi baseRussia benqaba izingcingo ezivela ePentagon, okungenzeka ngenxa I-US yabelana ngobuhlakani bezempi nohulumeni wase-Ukraine. Lokhu kuthula kuzo zombili izinhlangothi zezombusazwe kanye nezempi kubeka engcupheni ukwanda esikhundleni sokuphela kwempi okuxoxiswana ngayo.
I-caricature yezindaba zaseNtshonalanga zikaPutin njengomholi we-psychopathic osebenza ngezinkolelo ezingenangqondo nezingajwayelekile kuyindaba yenkulumo-ze elula ethethelela izikhulu zase-US ekuthatheni izingxoxo ngokungathi sína-ngezindleko zezimpilo zase-Ukraine kanye ne-nuclear brinkmanship.Antiwar.com, 3/10/22). Izingxoxo zakamuva phakathi kweRussia ne-Ukraine e-Istanbul zanconywa yizo zombili izinhlangothi njengezizakhayo, iRussia ifunga ukuthi izokwehlisa ukusebenza kwezempi eKyiv nasenyakatho ye-Ukraine ngenxa yalokho (I-NPR, 3/29/22). Kubalulekile ukuthi singavumeli izikhulu zase-US zichithe izingxoxo zokuthula phakathi kwezinhlangothi zombili ngezizathu ezingenabufakazi zokuthi izingxoxo neRussia azinamsebenzi.
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