Umthombo: Ilensi yemidiya
‘Isibalo sabantu baseMelika saqhunyiswa ngamabhomu ngendlela abantu base-Iraq abahlaselwa ngayo. Kwakuyimpi emelene nathi, impi yamanga ne-disinformation kanye nokweqiwa komlando. Lolo hlobo lwempi, enkulu futhi ebhubhisayo, eyalwiwa lapha e-US ngenkathi iMpi YaseGulf iqhutshwa laphaya.’ ( Howard Zinn, ‘Power, History and Warfare’, Open Magazine Pamphlet Series, No. 8, 1991, p.12 )
Yeka ukuthi kwaba umuzwa ongavamile ukwazi ukuthi umcibisholo we-cruise kubonisiwe ukwehla ngasesikhumulweni sezindiza futhi kuqhume ibhola lomlilo kwaba hhayi kuxoshwa amabutho ase-US noma aseBrithani.
Izigidi zabantu baseNtshonalanga eziphakanyiswe ukuzobuka umbukwane wokugcina wamandla e-high-tech, amarobhothi, kumele ukuthi zisheshe zaqeda ukwethuka kwazo ngenxa yokwethuka - lokhu kwaba I-Russia impi yolaka, hhayi ‘eyethu’. Lokhu kwaba hhayi i-orgy evunyiwe yokubhubhisa futhi ngokugcizelela hhayi ezogujwa.
Buyela emuva ku-April 2017: phezu kwevidiyo yevidiyo yezikhali ezicitshwayo zikaTrump ezethulwa ezindaweni ezihlosiwe eSyria ukuphendula ngokuphelele okungaqinisekisiwe uthi iSyria isanda kusebenzisa izikhali zamakhemikhali, isazi se-MSNBC uBrian Williams wazizwa ingoma ezayo:
'Sibona lezi zithombe ezinhle ebusuku kusukela ezitezi zale mikhumbi emibili yasolwandle yase-US empumalanga yeMedithera - ngilingeka ukucaphuna u-Leonard Cohen omkhulu: "Ngiqondiswa ubuhle bezikhali zethu" - futhi ziyizithombe ezinhle. wezikhali ezesabekayo ezenza lokho, kubo, okuyindiza isikhashana...'
Abahleli be-TV namaphephandaba bazizwa ngendlela efanayo. Ngaso sonke isikhathi i-US-UK-NATO iqala impi yobudlova e-Iraq, e-Libya, e-Syria - noma ubani, noma kuphi - izikrini zethu ze-TV namakhasi angaphambili gcwalisa 'ezinezithombe ezinhle' zemicibisholo evutha ukukhanya okumhlophe okuvela emikhunjini. Lokhu 'Ukwethuka Nokuthuthumela' - sicabanga ngisho nezisulu zethu 'zimangala' ngamandla ethu.
Ngo-1991, 'ukushisa okumhlophe' kwezikhali zethu zamarobhothi 'kwakukuhle' ngoba kwakusho ukuthi 'thina' sasiphucuzekile, siphucuzekile, sinozwelo, kangangokuthi kwasuswa izigodlo zikaSaddam kuphela nezakhiwo zikahulumeni 'ngokuhlinzwa', hhayi abantu. . Lokhu bekuwukubulala imbobo kakhiye. Umcebo kazwelonke we-BBC, uDavid Dimbleby, uzuze inkazimulo ku-TV ebukhoma:
'Akulona yini iqiniso ukuthi iMelika, ngokungabi naphutha kwezikhali esizibonile, iyona kuphela engaba iphoyisa emhlabeni?' (Kucashunwe, uJohn Pilger, 'I-Ajenda Efihliwe', Vintage, 1998, p.45)
Kungase kulunge! Lokhu kwabonakala kungokoqobo kuDimbleby, njengoba kwakunjalo kubantu abaningi. Eqinisweni, kwakuyizindaba ezingamanga. Ngaphansi kwamathani angama-88,500 amabhomu alandela ukwethulwa komkhankaso womoya ngoJanuwari 17, 1991, kanye nokuhlasela komhlaba okwalandela, amasosha ayi-150,000 ase-Iraq kanye nezakhamizi ezingama-50,000 zabulawa. Amaphesenti angu-7 kuphela e-ordnance ayebizwa ngokuthi 'amabhomu ahlakaniphile'.
Ngokuphambene, ekuseni ngemva kokuba iRussia iqale impi yayo yobudlova e-Ukraine, amakhasi angaphambili ayengahlanganiswa nezobuchwepheshe, kodwa igazi lezakhamuzi ezilimele kanye nemfucumfucu yezakhiwo ezibhidlikile zezakhamuzi. I-BBC media ukubuyekeza wachaza:
'Idlanzana lamakhasi angaphambili linesithombe sowesifazane wase-Ukraine - uthisha ogama lakhe lingu-Helena - enegazi ebusweni namabhandeshi ekhanda lakhe ngemuva kokushaywa kwamafulethi esitelekeni saseRussia.
'“Igazi lakhe lisezandleni zakhe” kusho i-Daily Mirror; iLanga likhetha isihloko esifanayo.'
'Izimpi zethu' azibingelelwa yizihloko ezinjalo, noma yizihloko ze-BBC ze lokhu Nomusa:
'Ezithombeni: Ukubhujiswa nokwesaba njengoba impi ihlasela i-Ukraine'
Ukwesaba nokucekelwa phansi ‘thina’ akukona ukugxila kwethu.
Owayeyintatheli yeGuardian uJonathan Cook kuphawulwe:
'Hewu! Ushintsho olukhulu lwenqubomgomo kwa-BBC News at Ten. Ibika ngenjabulo abesifazane abasebasha - ukumelana - ukwenza amabhomu athuthukisiwe ngokumelene nokuthuthuka kweRussia. Ngokunokwenzeka amaPalestine amelana no-Israyeli manje angalindela ukusakazwa okufanayo komkhosi wezintatheli ze-BBC '
Ividiyo ye-BBC umbiko yayinesihloko esithi:
'Ingxabano yase-Ukraine: Abesifazane abenza ama-cocktail e-Molotov ukuze bavikele idolobha labo'
Kunzima ukukukholwa, kodwa umbhalo ongezansi ufundeka kanje:
'U-Sarah Rainsford we-BBC ukhulume neqembu labesifazane abenza ama-cocktail e-Molotov epaki.'
Ikuseni yonke yangoMashi 2, ikhasi lasekhaya le-BBC libonisa isakhamuzi sase-Ukraine esijikijela i-cocktail ye-Molotov evuthayo. Isihloko esiseduze:
'Ama-paratroopers namarokhethi aseRussia ahlasela iKharkiv - Ukraine'
Ngamanye amazwi, izakhamuzi ezihlome ngezikhali zokuzenzela zazibhekene namasosha ahlome kakhulu. Cabanga ngempendulo uma, ezinsukwini zokuqala zokuhlasela, i-BBC yayinesihloko sesithombe somuntu ovamile e-Baghdad noma e-Kabul ephikisana nobuqhawe amabutho ase-US-UK ngendlela efanayo.
Enye i-BBC yekhasi lokuqala esihlokweni wabuza:
'Ukuhlasela kwe-Ukraine: Ingabe ukuhlasela kweRussia kungamacala empi?'
Impendulo ithi 'yebo,' Yebo - ukuhlasela kweRussia kuyisibonelo sencwadi 'sobugebengu obuphakeme kakhulu', ukulwa kwempi yobudlova. Kanjalo, futhi, kwakuwukuhlasela kuka-2003 kwe-US-UK nokuhlala e-Iraq. Kodwa-ke, umbono wokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi isihloko esinjalo sivele ngesonto lokuqala lika ukuthi ukuhlasela kuyinto engacabangeki nhlobo.
Ukukhiqiza I-Propaganda Schwerpunkt
Ngomhla zingama-27 kuNhlolanja, izindaba zokuqala ezingama-26 ekhasini lasekhaya le-BBC zanikelwa ekuhlaselweni kweRussia e-Ukraine. Iwebhusayithi ye-BBC ifaka nezindaba eziyingxenye yeshumi nambili e-Ukraine phezulu esigabeni sayo sezemidlalo.
Ngomhla zingama-28 kuNhlolanja, iwebhusayithi ye-Guardian ice ngokungqubuzana, okulandelwa ezinye izixhumanisi ezingu-20 ezindabeni ezimayelana nenkinga yase-Ukraine. Iphethini efanayo itholakala kuyo yonke imithombo yezindaba 'evamile'.
Umphumela ongenakugwemeka waleli zinga lokuhlasela kwabezindaba kubantu abaningi: Izingxabano e-Ukraine impi 'yethu' - 'Ngima ne-Ukraine!'
Umhlaziyi wezepolitiki uBen Norton Ubeke amazwana:
'Ukungenelela kweRussia e-Ukraine sekuthole ukusabalala okukhulu, nokulahlwa, emahoreni angama-24 nje kunempi yase-US-Saudi e-Yemen eseyitholile kusukela yaqala cishe eminyakeni eyi-7 edlule…
Akuyona into encane lena. Norton ungeze:
'Balinganiselwa ku-377,000 Yemenis abashonile empini yase-US-Saudi ezweni labo, futhi cishe u-70% wokufa bekuyizingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwe-5'
Abanye abantu baseYemeni abayizigidi ezingu-15.6 baphila ngobumpofu obukhulu, kanti izigidi ezingu-8.6 zihlushwa ukungondleki kahle. Umbiko wakamuva weZizwe Ezihlangene waxwayiswa:
'Uma impi e-Yemen iqhubeka ngo-2030, silinganisela ukuthi abantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.3 bazofa ngenxa yalokho.'
Ngaphezu kwengxenye yezindiza zokulwa zaseSaudi Arabia ezisetshenziselwa ukuhlasela kwamabhomu eYemen zihlinzekwa e-UK. Imishini eyenziwe e-UK ihlanganisa indiza yeSiphepho neTornado, amabhomu e-Paveway, imicibisholo yeBrimstone ne-Stormshadow, kanye nezikhali ezicitshwayo. Umkhankaso Wokuhwebelana Ngezikhali imibiko:
‘Abacwaningi ngalezi zizathu bathole izingcezu zezikhali ezibonisa ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali ezenziwe e-UK ekuhlaselweni kwabantu okuhlosiwe.’
Naphezu kobukhulu benhlekelele kanye nomthwalo wemfanelo ocacile wezomthetho nokuziphatha waseBrithani, ngo-2017, i-Independent. kubika:
'Ingxenye engaphezu kwengxenye yabantu baseBrithani abazi "impi ekhohliwe" eqhubekayo eYemen, naphezu kokusekelwa uHulumeni komfelandawonye wezempi osolwa ngokubulala izinkulungwane zabantu.
'Inhlolovo ye-YouGov ebonwe yi-The Independent kuphela iveze ukuthi abantu abangamaphesenti angama-49 bayazi ngempi yombango eqhubekayo, esebulale abantu abangaphezu kuka-10,000, yaxosha abanye abayizigidi ezintathu futhi yashiya abayizigidi eziyi-14 bebhekene nendlala.
'Isibalo sehle ngisho nangaphezulu kwabaneminyaka engu-18 kuya kwengama-24, lapho kuphela amaphesenti angu-37 ayeyazi ngengxabano yaseYemen njengoba ingena onyakeni wayo wesithathu wokuchitheka kwegazi.'
I-Independent yengeza ngokuthi:
'Okungenani abantu abangu-75 balinganiselwa ukuthi bayafa noma balinyazwe nsuku zonke kule ngxabano, osekubeke izwe onqenqemeni lwendlala njengoba abantu abayizigidi ezingu-14 bengenakho ukudla okuzinzile.'
Ku-Twitter, uDkt Robert Allan wenza iphuzu elibalulekile:
‘Thina njengezakhamuzi ezikhokha intela futhi njengesizwe sibhekene ngqo nezenzo zethu. Hhayi izenzo zabanye. Yebo singakwazi futhi kufanele sigqamise ubugebengu bezizwe futhi senze ngokufanele nangomusa (irekhodi lase-UK lapha lihlasimulisa umzimba). Owokuqala - thina, i-NATO, izisusa nezenzo zethu.'
Singaqiniseka ukuthi i-Instagram, i-YouTube ne-Tik Tok azisoze zagcwala umuzwa othi: ‘Ngima ne-Yemen!’
Njengokungathi umhlaba wonke ungowethu, ukufutheka kwethu kokulunga e-Ukraine kusobala kangangokuthi siyakukhohlwa lokho we empeleni azihlaselwa, aziqhunyiswa ngamabhomu; yethu amasosha kanye nezakhamuzi azibulawa. Noma kunjalo, i-RT (eyayiyi-Russia Today), i-Going Underground ne-Sputnik ivaliwe ku-YouTube naku-Google sengathi i-US ne-UK. ngamashumi ngaphansi kokuhlaselwa okuqondile, ebhekene nosongo olukhona.
Impela, thina kwaMedia Lens siyawamukela umbono wokuthi abezindaba abanamandla bakahulumeni kufanele bavinjwe ekukhuthazeni udlame lombuso. Akunangqondo ukuthi abantu bayaboshwa futhi bagqunywe ejele ngenxa yokusongela noma ukugqugquzela udlame, kuyilapho izintatheli zivame ukubiza udlame olukhulu, ngisho nolokubulala, olubhekiswe emazweni wonke olunemiphumela engemihle (intuthuko yomsebenzi eceleni). Kodwa ukuvimbela imidiya ekhuthaza udlame lwezwe kusho ukuvimba, hhayi nje i-TV yaseRussia, kodwa empeleni bonke abasakazi namaphephandaba ase-US-UK.
Ukuqinisekisa ubuzenzisi, The Intercept kubika:
'I-Facebook izovumela okwesikhashana abasebenzisi bayo abayizigidigidi ukuthi badumise i-Azov Battalion, ibutho lezempi lase-Ukraine neo-Nazi ngaphambilini elalivinjelwe ukuthi kuxoxwe ngalo ngokukhululekile ngaphansi kwenqubomgomo yenkampani ethi Dangerous Individuals and Organizations, i-The Intercept ifundile.'
Ngo-2014, intatheli ye-Guardian ephakathi nasempumalanga yeYurophu, uShaun Walker, wabhala:
'I-Azov, elinye lamasosha amaningi okuzithandela azolwa eduze nebutho lase-Ukraine empumalanga yezwe, selizakhele idumela lokungesabi empini.
'Kodwa kunokukhathazeka okukhulayo kokuthi ngenkathi i-Azov nezinye izimpi zokuzithandela zingase zibe amandla amakhulu futhi zithembeke kakhulu e-Ukraine enkundleni yempi ngokumelene nabahlukanisi, ziphinde zibe usongo olubi kakhulu kuhulumeni wase-Ukraine, futhi mhlawumbe ngisho nombuso, lapho ingxabano empumalanga iphelile. I-Azov ibangela ukukhathazeka okuthile ngenxa yelungelo elikude, ngisho ne-neo-Nazi, ukuncika kwamalungu ayo amaningi.'
Umbiko waqhubeka:
‘Amalungu ayo amaningi anokuxhumana namaqembu eNeo-Nazi, futhi nalabo abahleka umqondo wokuthi bangamaNazi amasha abazange banikeze ukuphika okugculisayo.’
Mhlawumbe amakhulu ezintatheli ezahlasela uJeremy Corbyn ngokubuza ukususwa komdwebo osesithombeni okuthiwa wawuphikisana namaSemite - owawubonisa ingxubevange yabamabhange abadumile bamaJuda nabangewona amaJuda - ngegama elilodwa, 'Kungani?' phawula?
Ngokosesho lwethu lwe-ProQuest, i-Guardian ayizange ikhulume ngebutho le-Neo-Nazi Azov ngesonto eledlule - njengoba bekuyoba njalo, ukube i-Ukraine ibiyisitha Esisemthethweni SaseNtshonalanga. I-ProQuest ithola ingqikithi yezinto ezintathu okukhulunywe ngazo nge-Azov Battalion kuwo wonke amaphephandaba kazwelonke e-UK - okubili okudlulayo, nokukodwa okukhulu. Ucezu kuDaily Star - ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa ezedlule. 'Isiyalo esihlaba umxhwele', njengoba uNoam Chomsky ethanda ukusho.
'I-Russia kumele yephulwe'
IBrithani kanye ne-US bebelokhu belwa impi engaka, ngonya, isikhathi eside, kangangokuthi izintatheli nabahlaziyi baseNtshonalanga balahlekelwe yiwo wonke umqondo wokulinganisa nokuzibamba. U-Neil Mackay, owayengumhleli we-Sunday Herald (2015-2018), wabhala ku-Herald:
‘IRussia kumele yephulwe, ngethemba lokuthi ngokwephula umbuso ngokwezomnotho futhi iwunikeze izwe elihlukile emhlabeni wonke, abantu baseRussia abanesibindi nabahloniphekile bazosukuma badonse uPutin emandleni.’
Uma kungekho okunye, ukuphawula kukaMackay kubonise ukuthi umthelela omncane kangakanani owenziwe yi- ukufa yezingane ezingu-500,000 ezingaphansi kweminyaka emihlanu lapho i-US neBrithani iqinisekisa ukuthi umnotho wase-Iraq ‘uphulwa’ ngeminyaka engu-13 yezijeziso zokuqothula uhlanga.
Ngokuchaza ukuphawula kwakhe 'njengamanyala', uMackay wasivimba ngaso leso sikhathi ku-Twitter. Ukufunwa kwakhe ngesihluku kusikhumbuza amazwana eyenziwe ngumlobi uThomas Friedman kuNew York Times:
'Uthanda noma ungathandi, sisempini nesizwe saseSerbia… futhi izingozi kufanele zicace kakhulu: Isonto ngalinye ucekela phansi i-Kosovo elinye ishumi leminyaka sizobuyisela izwe lakho ngokukuxosha. Ufuna 1950? Singenza 1950. Ufuna 1389? Nathi singenza u-1389.'
Singajabulela 'ukwethuka nokwesaba' kwalawo mazwana, uma singenawo nhlobo umqondo wokuthi abantu baseSerbia bangabantu bangempela abakwazi ukuhlupheka, uthando, ukulahlekelwa nokufa okujule kakhulu njengokwethu.
Ku-Channel 5 yaseBrithani, isihlabani se-BBC uJeremy Vine utshele ofonayo, uBill, waseManchester:
'Bill, Bill, iqiniso elinonya liwukuthi, uma ugqokela uPutin umfaniswano futhi uhambe uyolwa impi yakhe, cishe ufanelwe ukufa, akunjalo?'
Ngokungafani nomuntu oxoxisana naye odumile, uBill, ngokusobala akekho umlandeli kaPutin, owayebugcinile ubuntu bakhe:
'Ingabe?! Ingabe izingane zifanelwe ukufa, 18, 20 - ukubizwa, ukubuthwa - abangakuqondi, abangaziqondi izindaba?'
Impendulo ivela ku- Vine:
'Impilo leyo! Kunjalo nje!'
Sonke siyazi ukuthi bekuzokwenzekani kuVine ukube ubekhulume noma yini eqhathaniswa nebutho lase-US-UK elihlasele i-Iraq ngokungemthetho.
Umhlaziyi we-MSNBC uClint Watts ukuphawula:
'Into exakile - umhlaba wonke ubukele igeja elikhulukazi laseRussia elilungisa izikhali libheke e-Kyiv, sijabulela i-Ukraine, kodwa siyazibamba. I-NATO Air Force ingaqeda lokhu emahoreni angu-48. Qonda ukubhala ngesandla ngalokho uPutin ayezokwenza, kodwa siyabona ukuthi yini ezayo '
Okuxaka kakhulu abahlaziyi bemidiya bacabanga ukuthi i-US-UK-NATO ingabeka noma isiphi isimangalo sokuziphatha noma esingokomthetho ukuze senze njengamaphoyisa omhlaba anodlame oludlulele.
USolwazi uMichael McFaul waseStanford University, naye osebenza nabemithombo yezindaba abayi-101st UChairborne Division, ubonakale ebhekana nama-wargasms amaningi ngesikhathi yena tweeted:
'Izinti Eziningi Eziya e-Ukraine! Ama-javelin amaningi! Amanye ama-drones!'
Amahora amabili kamuva:
‘Ama-NLAW amaningi [imicibisholo ecitshwayo], i-Stingers (engcono kakhulu), kanye namaJavelini ase-Ukraine! Manje!’
Echonga uMackay, McFaul kugashulwe (futhi kamuva yasuswa):
'Akasekho amaRussia “amsulwa” “angathathi hlangothi”. Wonke umuntu kufanele akhethe—ukusekela noma ukuphikisa le mpi. Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuqeda le mpi uma i-100,000s, hhayi izinkulungwane, ibhikisha ngokumelene nale mpi engenangqondo. UPhuthini akakwazi ukunibopha nonke!'
Amazwi anesibindi ngempela avela ehhovisi lakhe le-Ivy League. Kuyaphazamisa ukuphawula ukuthi uMcFaul wayeyinxusa laseRussia ngaphansi kukaBarack Obama, obhekwa kabanzi njengosanta.
'Ukugxambukela Okushaqisayo' - Umlando Ongekho
Pho sifike kanjani lapha? Ukusakazwa kwezindaba zenkampani kahulumeni kunokushiyelwa okusobala.
NgoFebhuwari 2014, ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu zemibhikisho enodlame, eyayisizwa yi-US, ingxenye enkulu yayo ehilela amasosha aphikisana nohulumeni wamaNazi, umongameli wase-Ukraine, uViktor Yanukovych, wabalekela eKiev waya eRussia. Ukulunga Nokunemba Ekubikeni (FAIR) Ukuhlinzeka omunye umongo:
'Ngomhla ziyisi-6 kuNhlolanja wezi-2014, njengoba imibhikisho emelene nohulumeni yayishuba, iqembu elingaziwa (elicatshangwa abaningi njengeRussia) laputshuza ucingo phakathi kukaNobhala Womsizi Wezwe [uVictoria] Nuland kanye nenxusa laseMelika e-Ukraine uGeoffrey Pyatt. Lezi zikhulu ezimbili zixoxisane ngokuthi yiziphi izikhulu eziphikisayo ezizosebenza kuhulumeni omusha, zavumelana ngokuthi u-Arseniy Yatsenyuk - uNuland ombiza ngesiteketiso "Yats" - kufanele aphathe. Kuphinde kwavunyelwana ngokuthi kulethwe umuntu “osezingeni eliphezulu” azophusha izinto. Lowo kwakunguJoe Biden.'
The BBC kubika UNuland ukhetha umholi omusha wase-Ukraine:
'Ngicabanga ukuthi u-"Yats" ungumfana onolwazi lwezomnotho, ulwazi olubusayo.'
I-FAIR iyaqhubeka:
‘Emasontweni kamuva, ngoFebhuwari 22, ngemva kokuba isibhicongo sabahlaseli esolisayo sidale ukungezwani, iphalamende lase-Ukraine lamsusa ngokushesha uYanukovych esikhundleni ngendlela engabazeka ngokomthethosisekelo. U-Yanukovych wabe esebaleka ezweni, ebiza ukuketulwa umbuso ngokuketula umbuso. Ngo-February 27, u-Yatsenyuk waba undunankulu.’
Singafunda phakathi kwemigqa lapho Nuland kuchazwe ukuthi i-US itshale kanjani 'ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezi-5 zamaRandi' ukuze 'iqinisekise i-Ukraine evikelekile nephumelelayo nentando yeningi'.
Esibonelweni esiyivelakancane sokungavumelani ku-Guardian, u-Ted Galen Carpenter, umlingani ophezulu wezokuvikela kanye nezifundo zenqubomgomo yangaphandle e-Cato Institute, wabhala kuleli viki:
'Ukugxambukela okushaqisayo kwabaphathi baka-Obama ezindabeni zezombusazwe zase-Ukraine ngo-2013 nango-2014 ukuze basize ababhikishi baketule umongameli wase-Ukraine okhethiwe, owayesekela iRussia kwaba yisona senzo esibi kakhulu, futhi kwadala ukushuba kwesimo. Ngokushesha iMoscow yasabela ngokuthatha futhi yathatha iCrimea, futhi impi entsha yamakhaza yayiqhubeka ngempindiselo…'
Umbazi waphetha ngokuthi:
'Umzamo weWashington wokwenza i-Ukraine ibe yi-Nato yezombusazwe kanye nezempi (ngisho ingekho ubulungu bezwe obusemthethweni kumfelandawonye) ingase igcine ilahlekisele abantu base-Ukraine.
'Umlando uzokhombisa ukuthi impatho yase-Washington yaseRussia emashumini eminyaka alandela ukushabalala kweSoviet Union yayiyiphutha lenqubomgomo yezilinganiso ezinkulu. Kwakubikezelwa ngokuphelele ukuthi ukwanda kweNato ekugcineni kuzoholela ekwephuleni okudabukisayo, mhlawumbe okunodlame, kobudlelwano neMoscow. Abahlaziyi abanokuqonda baxwayisa ngemiphumela engase ibe khona, kodwa lezo zixwayiso azizange zilalelwe. Manje sikhokha intengo ye-myopia kanye nokuzikhukhumeza kwenhlangano yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US.'
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokuketula umbuso ngo-2014, amasosha athembekile eRussia athatha izintambo zokulawula inhlonhlo yeCrimea eningizimu ye-Ukraine. NjengoJonathan Steele, owayeyintatheli yaseMoscow ye-Guardian, muva nje wachaza:
'Ukuma kwe-NATO ngobulungu be-Ukraine yikho okwabangela ukuthi iRussia ithathe iCrimea ngo-2014. UPutin wayesaba ukuthi ichweba laseSevastopol, okuyikhaya lemikhumbi yaseRussia yoLwandle Olumnyama, lizoba ngelabaseMelika.'
Umagazini waseNew Yorker ichaza usosayensi wezepolitiki uJohn Mearsheimer 'njengomunye wabagxeki abadume kakhulu benqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseMelika kusukela ekupheleni kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi':
"Sekuyiminyaka, u-Mearsheimer ethi i-US, ekuqhubekiseleni phambili i-NATO empumalanga kanye nokusungula ubudlelwano obunobungani ne-Ukraine, inyuse amathuba empi phakathi kwamazwe ahlomile ngezikhali zenuzi futhi yabeka isisekelo sesimo esinolaka sika-Vladimir Putin e-Ukraine. Ngempela, ngo-2014, ngemva kokuba iRussia idle iCrimea, uMearsheimer wabhala ukuthi “i-United States namadlelandawonye ayo aseYurophu banesibopho esikhulu sale nkinga.”’
U-Mearsheimer uthi iRussia ibheka ukunwetshwa kwe-NATO emngceleni wayo ne-Ukraine 'njengosongo olukhona':
‘Uma i-Ukraine iba umbuso wentando yeningi we-pro-American, futhi ilungu le-NATO, kanye nelungu le-EU, amaRussia azobheka lokho njengokungamukeleki ngokuphelele. Ukube bekungekho ukunwetshwa kwe-NATO futhi kungekho i-E.U. ukwanda, futhi i-Ukraine isanda kuba umbuso wentando yeningi okhululekile futhi yayinobungani ne-United States naseNtshonalanga ngokujwayelekile, cishe yayingase ibaleke kulokho.’
I-Mearsheimer yengeza:
‘Ngicabanga ukuthi ubufakazi busobala bokuthi asizange sicabange ukuthi [uPutin] wayengumhlukumezi ngaphambi komhla ka-February 22, 2014. Lena indaba esiyiqambile ukuze simsole. Impikiswano yami iwukuthi amazwe aseNtshonalanga, ikakhulukazi i-United States, yiwo abangela le nhlekelele. Kepha akekho umenzi wenqubomgomo waseMelika, futhi akukho ndawo esikhungweni senqubomgomo yangaphandle yaseMelika, ozofuna ukuvuma leyo mpikiswano…’
Ngo-2014, owayenguNobhala Wezwe WaseMelika ngaleso sikhathi John Kerry waba nenyongo yokumemezela ngokuthatha kweRussia iCrimea:
'Ngekhulunyaka lama-21 awuziphathi ngendlela yekhulu le-19 ngokuhlasela elinye izwe ngezaba ezingamanga.'
Ababhali beBBC abakhulu ngandlela thile bakwazile ukubika izinkulumo ezinjalo ezivela kuKerry nabanye, ngaphandle kokubhekisa noma yikuphi ukuhlasela kwamazwe aseNtshonalanga e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan.
Iphethini isaqhubeka nanamuhla. Ngenkathi iFox News isanda kukhuluma ngenkinga yaseRussia-Ukraine nalowo owayenguNobhala Wezwe laseMelika, uCondoleezza Rice, ongomunye wabaphehli abaphambili bokuhlasela ngokungemthetho kwe-Afghanistan ne-Iraq, wanqekuzisa ikhanda lakhe ngesivumelwano esiqinile lapho umethuli. wathi:
‘Uma uhlasela isizwe esizimele, lokho kuyicala lempi.’
I-dissonance yokuqonda edingekayo ukuze uhlanganyele kule ngxoxo futhi uyidlulise njengokuhlaziya okujulile kuyamangalisa ngempela.
Noam Chomsky okuvelele ukushiywa okukodwa okusobala kokusakazwa kwemithombo yezindaba yaseNtshonalanga ye-Ukraine, nanoma iyiphi enye inkinga ehilela i-NATO:
'Umbuzo okufanele sizibuze wona ukuthi kungani i-NATO yaba khona ngemuva kuka-1990? Uma i-NATO yayizomisa ubuKhomanisi, kungani manje sebunwebela eRussia?'
Kuyadabukisa ukufunda izimpikiswano eziphikisayo ezingenhla futhi ukhumbule umholi Wezabasebenzi uSir Keir Starmer isixwayiso kumaLungu ePhalamende ngesonto eledlule:
'Ake ngicacise - Ngeke kube khona indawo kuleli qembu yokulingana okungamanga phakathi kwezenzo zaseRussia kanye nezenzo zeNato.'
I-Independent ibike ukuthi isexwayiso sika-Starmer size 'ngemuva kokuthi abadlali besokunxele abahamba phambili - okuhlanganisa namalungu ekhabhinethi ayisithunzi ngesikhathi sikakhiye wenkathi kaJeremy Corbyn, uJohn McDonnell noDiane Abbott - basatshiswa ngokuthi bazokhishwa isiswebhu uma amagama abo engasuswa. incwadi yeMpi eyayisole uhulumeni wase-UK "ngokumisa ngobudlova", futhi yathi i-Nato "kumele imise ukwanda kwayo ngasempumalanga"'.
U-Starmer wayenakho ngaphambilini kwaxhuma Churchillian ku-Twitter:
'Kuyoba nezinsuku ezimnyama ngaphambili. Kepha uPutin uzofunda isifundo esifanayo nesobushiqela baseYurophu bekhulu leminyaka elidlule: ukuthi ukuzimisela komhlaba kunzima kunalokho akucabangayo futhi isifiso senkululeko sivutha kakhulu kunangaphambili. Ukukhanya kuyonqoba.'
Ngokusobala, leyo nkululeko ayidluli kumaLungu ePhalamende Abasebenzi akhethiwe agxeka i-NATO.
Ku-Guardian, uGeorge Monbiot ufake isandla ekuzingeleni abathakathi, ukuphawula Ngokudabukisayo ukuthi ukuphawula kukaJohn Pilger 'kubonakala sengathi kunanela inkulumo kaPutin ngobusuku bangaphambilini'. Ngendlela yobufakazi obengeziwe:
'I-BBC ibika ukuthi izimangalo zikaPilger zabiwe kabanzi ngama-akhawunti asakaza inkulumo-ze yaseRussia.'
Ngokumangazayo, i-Monbiot ayizange inikeze izimpikiswano eziphikisayo 'ezimangalweni zika-Pilger', awekho amaqiniso, ethembele ngokuphelele ekubhebheni ngokuhlangana. Lokhu kwakungebona ubuntatheli; bekukubi, ukushaywa nokugijima, inkulumo-ze yesitayela sikaMcCarthy.
Ngaphambilini, uMonbiot wayenakho tweeted nge-acerbically:
'Ungalokothi uvumele u-@johnpilger akuncenge ukuthi uphikisane nesimiso somsebenzi nokuhlasela. Ubonakala elungile kubo, inqobo nje uma umhlaseli kuyiRussia, hhayi i-Israel, i-US noma i-UK.'
Eqinisweni, iminyaka, u-Pilger wabika - ngokuvamile ngasese futhi engozini enkulu - evela eSoviet Union kanye namasathelayithi ayo aseYurophu. Isahluko sencwadi yakhe ethi, 'Amaqhawe', sigxile emihlanganweni yakhe eyimfihlo kanye nokweseka abaphikisana namaSoviet (Bheka: John Pilger, 'Heroes', Pan, 1987, pp.431-440). Emshoshaphansi wakhe wango-1977 ifilimu eCzechoslovakia, 'Izwe Elikude', wachaza abacindezeli bezwe 'njengamafascists'. Ubeke amazwana:
'Abantu engixoxisana nabo kule filimu bayazi ukuthi babeka engcupheni enkulu ngokukhuluma nami, kodwa bayaphikelela ukuthi bakhulume. Sinjalo isibindi nokuzinikela kwabo enkululekweni eCzechoslovakia.'
Ezinsukwini ezintathu ngaphambi kokuthi kushicilelwe i-athikili kaMonbiot ku-Guardian, uPilger wayenakho tweeted e-Ukraine:
'Ukuhlasela kombuso ozimele akunamthetho futhi akulungile. Ukwehluleka ukuqonda amandla aphikisayo abangela ukuhlasela kwe-Ukraine kuhlambalaza izisulu.'
U-Pilger ungomunye wezintatheli ezihlonishwa kakhulu esikhathini sethu ngokunembile ngoba uye wathatha ukuma okunezimiso nokungaguquguquki ngokumelene nazo zonke izinhlobo zombuso wobukhosi, kuhlanganise neSoviet imperialism, umbuso wamaShayina (ikakhulukazi ukusekelwa kwawo kwePol Pot), impiriyali yase-Indonesia (ukuhlasela kwawo iMpumalanga Timor), njalonjalo.
Isiphetho - 'Whataboutism' Noma 'Wearenobetterism'?
Ngaphandle komlando nomongo walokho okwafika ngaphambili, ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine kuwubugebengu obukhulu bamazwe ngamazwe futhi imiphumela mibi kakhulu.
Iphuzu lethu elibalulekile eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 kube ukuthi umphakathi uhlaselwe ngamacala Ezitha Ezisemthethweni yimithombo yezindaba ‘evamile’, kuyilapho ubugebengu ‘bethu’ bushaywa indiva, noma bubukelwa phansi, noma ‘bulungiswa’. Imidiya ekhululekile futhi ezimele ingaba ncamashi eqinile futhi eyinselele ezenzweni nezinqubomgomo ze-US-UK-NATO njengoba zinjalo ngezenzo nezinqubomgomo zaseRussia.
Ukuveza lokhu okuphindwe kabili okugqamayo akukona 'ukuphathela uPutin amanzi'; ngaphezu kokukhomba inkohliso yenkampani yombuso nge-Iraq, iLibya neSyria kwakusho ukuthi sibambele noma yiluphi uhlobo lwekhandlela u-Saddam, uGaddafi noma u-Assad.
Njengoba uChomsky ehlale eveza, kulula ukugxeka ubugebengu be-Official Enemies. Kodwa kuyisimiso sokuziphatha esiyisisekelo ukuthi, okokuqala nokubaluleke kakhulu, kufanele sibambe iqhaza labo hulumeni esibanikeza isibopho esiqondile sezombangazwe nezokuziphatha. Yingakho sigxila kakhulu ebugebengwini bukahulumeni wethu kanye nabasekeli bakhe abahamba phambili.
Siyigxekile impi kaPutin yolaka futhi seseka izimfuno zokuhoxa ngokushesha. Asiwona uhulumeni osekela iRussia ukude - sihlambalaza ubudlova bukaPutin kanye nodlame lwezwe njengoba sihlambalaza ubudlova baseNtshonalanga, udlame lombuso. Sesikubeke kwacaca kaningi ukuthi thina phikisa zonke izimpi, ukubulala nenzondo. Inkolelo yethu eyisiqondiso ukuthi lezi zinto ezesabisayo ziba mancane kakhulu amathuba lapho ubuntatheli behlisa izindinganiso zabo ezimbaxambili futhi buphonsele inselelo ubugebengu 'bethu' ngendlela efanayo obubekela ngayo 'okwabo' inselele.
UChomsky wachaza:
‘Ake sithi ngigxeka i-Iran. Kunamuphi umthelela lokho? Ukuphela komthelela enawo ukuqinisa labo abafuna ukwenza imigomo engingavumelani nayo, njengokuqhuma kwamabhomu.’
Ukwengeza kwethu ukwehla kokugxekwa ku-tsunami yaseNtshonalanga yomhlaba wonke, exhaswe ngezigidigidi zamadola, ukuzondwa kuka-Putin okungama-24/7 akuzuzi lutho ngaphandle komphumela ohlonzwe nguChomsky. Uma sinethemba lokuba nomthelela omuhle emhlabeni, kulele ekulweni nenkohliso nodlame lukahulumeni esiziphendulela ngalo ngokuziphatha.
Kodwa kungani ukhulume manje, ikakhulukazi? Akufanele yini sivele sithule futhi 'sigibele' ngesikhathi sobunzima? Cha, ngoba impi iyisikhathi lapho imilayezo yenkulumo-ze igxivizwa khona ngamandla amakhulu: 'Singabafana Abahle abamelela intando yeningi.' Kuyi-a kubalulekile isikhathi sokuhlola nokuphikisa lezi zimangalo.
Lokho abagxeki abakuchithayo njengokuthi 'Whataboutism' empeleni 'Wearenobetterism'. Uma 'thina' singengcono, noma uma 'thina' empeleni sibi kakhulu, pho lokho kushiya kuphi 'intukuthelo' yethu yokulunga yokuziphatha? Ingabe ‘ububele’ obusekelwe ekuzenziseni okujulile bungazwakala ngokujulile?
Abagxeki abachitha ubufakazi bezindinganiso ezimbaxambili njengokuthi 'whataboutery', bakhuthaza umbono wokuthi ubugebengu 'babo' kufanele bulahlwe ngokuphelele, kodwa hhayi lobo enziwe 'Thina' kanye 'Nezimbimbi Zethu'. Izenzo Zezitha Ezisemthethweni kufanele zahlulelwe ngezinga elehlukile kunalelo esizahlulela ngalo thina ngokwethu.
Njengoba thina wabonisa nge-Twitter:
Bona bonke abahlaziyi abasezingeni eliphakeme abagxeka udlame lwaseRussia olubhekiswe e-Ukraine…
…futhi abathula mayelana noma basekele:
* Ukuhlasela kwe-Afghanistan ne-Iraq
* Ukucekelwa phansi kwe-NATO kweLibya
* Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okuholwa yiSaudi eYemen
* Ukuchotshozwa kuka-Israyeli wobandlululo amaPalestine
Umbuzo kufanele ubuzwe: Ingabe ukusabela komphakathi okunozwelo kokunye ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kwabezindaba kohlobo oluchazwe u-Howard Zinn phezulu kwalesi saziso kuwukubonakaliswa kwamandla ozwelo lomuntu, noma kuwukubonakaliswa kwamandla?
Ingabe sibona ukukhathalela komuntu kwangempela, noma ikhono lezintshisekelo zombuso wezwe jikelele ukuthengisa indaba efanayo ngokuphindaphindiwe? Umuntu omubi ofanayo: uMilosevic, uBin Laden, uSaddam, uGaddafi, u-Assad noPutin; abafana Abahle: US, UK, NATO kanye namakhasimende 'ethu' alalelayo; isizathu esifanayo esibhekwa njengesihle: inkululeko, intando yeningi, amalungelo abantu; izindlela ezifanayo: ukubhekana, udlame, izikhukhula zamabhomu nemicibisholo ('engcono kakhulu'). Futhi imiphumela efanayo: ukulawulwa kwawo wonke amazwe, ukwanda okukhulu kwesabelomali sezikhali, nokulawulwa kwemithombo yemvelo.
Ekugcineni, siyacelwa ukuthi sikholwe ukuthi uhlelo lwenhlangano kahulumeni oluqhume ngamabhomu ngokungemthetho, lwacwilisa amanzi, lwahlasela, lwathatha futhi lwagunyaza amazwe amaningi kangaka emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule - uhlelo olusabela ngisho nasosongo lokuqothulwa kwabantu ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. 'Blah, blah, blah!' - igqugquzelwa uzwela ngokuhlupheka kwezakhamizi zase-Ukraine. Njengoba u-Erich Fromm ebhala:
'Ukungabi nangqondo nokukhohliswa kalula akuvumelekile, namuhla kunanini ngaphambili, lapho amanga akhona engase aholele enhlekeleleni ngoba ephuphuthekisa abantu ezingozini zangempela namathuba angempela.' (Kusuka ku-'The Art of Being', Continuum, 1992, p.19)
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