Cabanga nje ukube uGeorge W. Bush wayeme emanxiweni ashunqayo e-World Trade Center futhi wamemezela, "Sizoqhubeka nokuphishekela ukubusa umhlaba nokucekelwa phansi kwemvelo kuze kuphakame izilwandle, iziphepho ezishisayo, kanye nale ndawo kanye nazo zonke izindawo ezizungezile. Imigwaqo icwila ezikhukhuleni ezijwayelekile, ibhidliza ingqalasizinda, futhi ibhidliza izakhiwo zaleli dolobha elikhulu, kuyilapho nina bohlanya niphazanyiswa ukukhala kwami kwempindiselo nokuqothulwa kohlanga kubantu abangakaze bashayele i-SUV block ezimpilweni zabo noma abake bezwa ngakho. thina."
Cabanga nje uma u-Barack "Clean Coal" u-Obama wayelandele indlela efanayo yokwethembeka, futhi akazange nje ancintisane noMitt Romney ezingxoxweni zokuthi ubani ongamba uwoyela owengeziwe, kodwa washo ngokusobala nangokusobala ukuthi iPentagon ayikalungeli ukuthi iMpi Yezwe II iphele. .
Ngo-August 14, 1941, amasosha aletha phambi kweSenethi ihlela ukwakha isakhiwo esihlala njalo esasizoba isakhiwo samahhovisi esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni futhi esizobizwa ngokuthi iPentagon. USenator Arthur Vandenberg ucele incazelo: "Ngaphandle kokuthi impi izoba unomphela, kungani kufanele sibe nezindawo zokuhlala ezihlala njalo ezikhungweni zempi ezingaka?" Khona-ke waqala ukubamba: "Noma ingabe impi izoba unomphela?"
Bekungafanele sibe namabutho amile, kungasaphathwa amabutho ami emazweni awo wonke umuntu, ingasaphathwa eyezimpi ezilwela ukulawulwa kwamandla kaphethiloli acekela phansi iplanethi namabutho wona adla inani elikhulu lalawo mafutha, nakuba amabutho elahlekelwa. zonke izimpi. Ngaphambi kokuba uMklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel unikezwe abenzi bempi, wawuhloselwe labo abenze umsebenzi ongcono kakhulu wokususa amabutho amile emhlabeni. IMpi Yezwe II yashintsha yonke into.
Asizange sibuyele ezintela zangaphambi kwe-WWII noma ezempi yangaphambi kwe-WWII noma ngaphambi kwe-WWII embusweni wangaphandle noma inhlonipho yangaphambi kwe-WWII yenkululeko yomphakathi noma imibono yangaphambi kwe-WWII yokuthi ubani ofanelwe uMklomelo Wokuthula we-Nobel. Asizange sibone esinye isimemezelo sempi esivela kuCongress, kodwa asizange siyeke ukusebenzisa lezo zango-1941, asizange sisuke eJalimane, asizange sisuke eJapane, asizange sihlakaze iPentagon. Esikhundleni salokho, njengoba uWilliam Blum ebhala encwadini yakhe entsha ephawulekayo, "America's Deadliest Export: Democracy," kusukela ekupheleni kweWWII, i-United States izamile ukuketula ohulumeni bangaphandle abangaphezu kuka-50, iningi labo elikhethwe ngentando yeningi; wagxambukela okhethweni lwentando yeningi okungenani emazweni angama-30; wazama ukubulala abaholi bakwamanye amazwe abangaphezu kuka-50; wawisa amabhomu kubantu emazweni angaphezu kuka-30; futhi wazama ukucindezela inhlangano yabantu abaningi noma yobuzwe ezizweni ezingu-20.
O, kodwa besiqonde kahle, futhi siqonde kahle. Akunjalo neze. Akukho "thina" ohilelekile lapha. Uhulumeni wase-US wayeqonde futhi usho ukubusa umhlaba wonke, akukho okunye. Nokho, ngisho nabezinye izizwe bathenga amafutha enyoka ase-US. UGaddafi wayecabanga ukuthi angajabulisa iWashington futhi angasinda. Kanjalo namaTaliban, noSaddam Hussein. Lapho uHugo Chavez ezwa ngokuketulwa umbuso okwakuhlelelwe yena ngo-2002, wathumela ummeleli eWashington ukuba ayoziphendulela icala lakhe. Ukuketula umbuso kwaqhubeka ngendlela efanayo. I-Subcomandante uMarcos wayekholelwa ukuthi iWashington izowasekela amaZapatista uma isiwaqonda ukuthi angobani. U-Ho Chi Minh wayebone ngemuva kwekhethini lapho u-Woodrow Wilson engumongameli; IMpi Yezwe II ayizange ishintshe yonke into. UMaurice Bishop waseGrenada, uCheddi Jagan waseBritish Guiana, kanye nongqongqoshe wezangaphandle waseGuatemala banxuse iWashington ukuze kube nokuthula ngaphambi kokuba iPentagon iketule ohulumeni babo. "Thina" asiqondile kahle uma sisongela impi e-Iran kunalokho esasikuhlosile ngenkathi "thina" siketula uhulumeni wase-Iran ngo-1953. Uhulumeni wase-US unohlelo olufanayo nowayenalo ngo-1953 ngoba namanje usabambe iqhaza. impi efanayo, impi engapheli.
Ngawo kanye umzuzu wokuzenzisa okuphakeme ngo-1946, njengoba i-United States yayihola ukushushiswa kwamacala empi yamaNazi nokubulala amaNazi atholakala enecala, ngaso leso sikhathi lapho uMahluleli Wenkantolo Ephakeme uRobert H. Jackson ememezela ukuthi labo ababehlala ekwahluleleni eNuremberg bekuzoba ngaphansi kwezinga lomthetho elifanayo, i-United States yayinikeza abantu baseGuatemala ugcunsula ukuze babone ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kubo, futhi ingenisa ososayensi bamaNazi ngeshumi nambili ukuze basebenzele iPentagon. Impi yokusindisa amaJuda ayizigidi eziyisi-6 empeleni eyawagwebela ukufa kanye nabanye abayizigidi ezingama-60, impi yokungabi nacala eyalandela ukuhlonyiswa kwezikhali kwamaShayina namaNgisi, futhi ngaphambi kwalokho ukuhlonyiswa kwezikhali kwamaNazi namaJapan, impi ngokumelene nombuso empeleni kwasakazwa umbuso omkhulu kunayo yonke owake wawazi umhlaba, impi yokulwa nobudlova empeleni eyakha futhi yasebenzisa izikhali ezinkulu kunazo zonke ezake zaqondiswa kubantu: leyo mpi yayingelona ukunqoba; KUWUKUnqoba. Ayikaze iphele. Asikaze siyeke ukwenza izingane zethu zifunge ukwethembeka njengama-fascists amancane. Asikaze siyeke ukulahla imali yethu endaweni eyinkimbinkimbi u-Dwight Eisenhower asixwayise ngayo ukuthi izoba nethonya eliphelele emphakathini wethu. Asikaze sime ukuze sicabangele ukuthi ingabe ukuhlasela kweplanethi enomkhawulo kufanele kuphele ngolunye usuku. U-Truman ubonise u-Stalin amabhomu ambalwa, futhi amafulegi e-goddamn awakayeki ukuphephezelisa okwamanje.
Uma ungangikholwa, funda okwengeziwe William Blum. I-Marshall Plan yayiwuhlelo lokubusa - ukubusa okuhlakaniphile nokunekhono kuneminye imizamo - kodwa kusabusa. Ukulawulwa konxiwankulu base-US kwakuyinhloso ephezulu kakhulu. Ukucekelwa phansi kwezinzuzo zezombangazwe kwesokunxele kwakuyiyona ndlela eyinhloko. Ayikaze ishintshe. Omashiqela abadlala kanye nabo banokwesekwa "kwethu" okugcwele. Ungahambi ufuna ukuhlasela "kokusiza abantu" kwe-NATO e-Bahrain noma e-Saudi Arabia noma e-Jordan noma e-UAE noma eQatar noma e-Kuwait noma e-Yemen, njengoba nje u-Obama ayezimisele ukuvukela u-Ben Ali noma u-Mubarak noma u-Gadaffi noma u-Assad kuze kube yilapho kubonakala kuyisu. ngokuphishekela ukubusa umhlaba wonke. I-United States ayingeneleli. Ayikaze ingenele. Ayikwazi ukungenelela. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi sekungenelele yonke indawo. Lokho elikubiza ngokuthi ukungenelela empeleni ukushintsha izinhlangothi.
Uma ungangikholwa, funda incwadi entsha emfushane ka-Nick Turse ebizwa ngokuthi "The Changing Face of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Spies, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyberwarfare." Ibutho lezempi lase-US "elisha" alikona ukubuyela kwangaphambi kwe-WWII, hhayi ukuncishiswa kwezindleko zezezimali, hhayi ukuqondisa kabusha kude nokubusa umhlaba wonke, hhayi ukushintshela ngandlela thize ekubeni ngokuzivikela kunokuba kucasule. Ibutho "elisha" liwukushintshwa kwezobuchwepheshe namasu ombuso okhona wase-US ngokusekelwe ekuxhashazweni ngokobuhlanga. Nakhu okusha:
Amagatsha ayafiphala. Amasosha, i-CIA, i-State Department, kanye ne-Drug Enforcement Agency sebeyithimba elisebenza ngokuyimfihlo ngokuyalelwa nguMongameli. (Ngaphambi kokuthi ujabule, yima futhi ucabange ukuthi uma kufika uJanuwari umongameli angase abe ngoweQembu Elibi.) I-Pentagon manje ine-ejensi yayo "yezobunhloli", kuyilapho uMnyango Wezwe unehhovisi lawo lokwenza impi yommeleli. Amasosha Akhethekile ase-US asebenza emazweni angama-70 nganoma yiluphi usuku, egameni likaMongameli, ngaphandle kokugunyazwa yiCongress, futhi egameni labantu abangenalwazi base-United States. Amandla "akhethekile", asebenza ngaphansi kwezifinyezo SOCOM kanye ne-JSOC, awasabalulekile ngokuba mancane. Akhethekile ngokuba namandla okusebenza ekusithekeni okukhulu futhi ngaphandle komkhawulo osobala wanoma yimiphi imithetho.
Uyakhumbula lokho kugasela okwabulala u-Osama bin Laden? Yebo! Hurray! Hhawu Huuu! Ukubulala kumnandi kakhulu. Kodwa bewazi yini ukuthi amasosha akusebenzelayo enza okungenani izikhathi eziyishumi nambili zokuhlasela okunjalo endaweni ethile emhlabeni nganoma ibuphi ubusuku? Ingabe uyaqiniseka ukuthi wonke umuntu obulewe ezigamekweni eziyishumi nambili ngobusuku futhi Uyi-Pure Satanic Evil efanele ukubulawa ngaphandle kwenkokhiso noma icala? Ingabe uqinisekile ukuthi lo mkhuba ubeka isibonelo esihle? Ungazisekela yini ezinye izizwe zamukele ukusetshenziswa kwayo? Amabutho ethu "akhethekile" manje asemakhulu kunamasosha ezizwe eziningi, futhi asinawo nomncane umqondo wokuthi lawo mabutho enzani. "Ukufinyelela kwethu [emazweni angaphandle]," kusho u-Eric Olson, owayeyinhloko ye-Special Operations Command, "kuncike ekhonweni lethu lokungakhulumi ngakho." Ukutholile lokho? Ababulali bakho bafuna uthule.
Nakhu okusha: amasosha ase-US amise inqwaba yezisekelo emhlabeni jikelele lapho ezondiza khona amarobhothi abulalayo aziwa ngokuthi ama-drones. Futhi kunenqwaba yezisekelo kulo lonke elase-United States ezibandakanyeka ezimpini ze-drone. U-Turse ubalula ngokusizayo; Ngiyaqinisekisa ukuthi kukhona okungenani eyodwa eduze nawe. Lapha eVirginia e-Langley Air Force Base ababulali bethu bedeski abanesibindi babuka lokho abakubiza ngokuhlekisa ngokuthi "i-Death TV" - okuphakelayo kwamavidiyo abukhoma avela kuma-drones endizela phezu kwemizi yabantu ngakolunye uhlangothi lomhlaba. E-Fort Benning e-Georgia, lapho kuzovela khona umbhikisho waminyaka yonke wesikole sokuhlushwa se-School of the Americas maduzane, bahlola ama-drones angadubula abulale ngaphandle kokufaka umuntu. Yini engase yonakale? Akukhona nje ukuthi i-blowback iqalile, kodwa yindlela esifunda ngayo lapho ezinye zezisekelo ze-drone. Ngo-2009, ukuhlasela kokuzibulala kwabulala izikhulu ze-CIA kanye namasosha e-Forward Operating Base Chapman esifundazweni sase-Khost e-Afghanistan, futhi yilapho-ke sathola khona ukuthi isisekelo sasisetshenziselwa ukukhomba ukubulawa kwe-drone ePakistan.
Lokhu kungaphandle kwe-blowback evamile yobutha obukhulu kakhulu obukhiqizwa amasosha ase-US ezizweni emhlabeni wonke. Ukuhlasela kweLibya ngo-2010, ngokwesibonelo, kwaholela ekutheni amasosha aseTuareg abehlome aphelele, ayeseke uGadaffi, aphindela eMali, akhubaza lelo zwe, futhi akhiqiza ukuketulwa kwezempi kwesikhulu esiqeqeshwe yi-US, kanye nezingxenye zezwe. ibanjwe inkampani yakamuva ye-al Qaeda. Futhi lokho kuseMali. Ungalokothi ukhohlwe ukuthi iLibya ipharadesi elinjani ngemva kwenkululeko!
Izisekelo eziningi amasosha ase-US azisebenzisayo phesheya zisemazweni anabantu abaningi kakhulu kune-Afghanistan. Bavunyelwe ukusebenza lapho benza khona ngohulumeni ababi balezo zizwe, ngenxa yokwesekwa kwe-US ngobushiqela. Lokhu kuchaza ukuthi kungani i-Arab Spring ikhiqize amavidiyo amaningi kangaka ezinkampani zezikhali zezikhali ezenziwe e-US, amathangi, izindiza ezinophephela emhlane, nesisi esikhalisa izinyembezi. Abaphathi baka-Obama bakhulisa ngentshiseko ukunikezwa kwezikhali ezenziwe e-US kuyona kanye imibuso eshaya, ibopha, futhi ibulale izishoshovu ezisekela intando yeningi. Phinda ngemva kwami: "Kodwa wuhlelo lwemisebenzi."
Eqinisweni, wuhlelo olukhulu lwemisebenzi. I-Pentagon/State Department imaketha izikhali zase-US phesheya, kanti i-US iphinde yaphinda kathathu ukuthengiswa kwayo kwezikhali phesheya ngonyaka odlule, manje ebalwa ngama-85% okuthengiswa kwezikhali kwamanye amazwe.
Kodwa ukuthengiswa kwezikhali kuncane kakhulu. I-United States manje igcina amasosha ayo emazweni amaningi emhlabeni futhi izibandakanya nokuqeqeshwa okuhlangene namasosha endawo. Izindawo ezinkulu zokwakhiwa kwesisekelo namuhla cishe yi-Afghanistan ne-Afrika. Naphezu kokuthi impi yase-Afghanistan "iphelile" eminyakeni emi-2 noma engu-12 ezayo, ukwakhiwa kwesisekelo kuqhubeka phambili, okuhlanganisa izisekelo "eziyimfihlo" zamabutho "akhethekile", izisekelo ezintsha "eziyimfihlo" ze-drone, namajele amasha. . Ukucabanga - futhi ngisebenzisa leli gama ngokukhululekile - e-Afghanistan nasemhlabeni jikelele ukuthi i-United States kufanele ivumele abantu bendawo ukuthi benze okuningi ngokubulala nokufa. Yebo, lokhu akusebenzanga e-Afghanistan noma e-Iraq, njengoba kungasebenzanga eVietnam. E-Afghanistan, impi yama-proxy ngeminyaka yawo-1980s yakhiqiza i-blowback ephawulekayo engabongwa kuphela ngabashisekeli bempi eqhubekayo, hhayi izakhamuzi zaseDolobheni laseNew York.
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