I-SocialistWorker.org ibuze amazwi amabili aphambili enhlangano elwa nempi-UJeremy Scahill, Umbhali we I-Blackwater: Ukukhuphuka Kwebutho Lamasosha Anamandla Kunabo Bonke Emhlabeni futhi Imibiko Yezihlubuki blog, kanye Anthony Arnove, Umbhali we I-Iraq: Umqondo Wokuhoxiswa, kanye no-Coauthor, no-Howard Zinn, we Amazwi Omlando Wabantu wase-United States– mayelana nerekhodi lika-Barack Obama ngemuva kwezinyanga ezinhlanu ehhovisi.
IZIGIDI zabantu zivotele uBarack Obama ngonyaka odlule ngethemba lokuthi uzobeka umkhondo omusha
Jeremy: Ake sibuyele emuva sibheke esikubone kwenzeka ezinyangeni ezinhlanu zokuphatha kuka-Obama uma kukhulunywa ngenqubomgomo yezangaphandle.
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Lokho abantu, engicabanga ukuthi, abakuqondi kahle ngoBarack Obama ukuthi le yindoda engumsekeli okhaliphile wombuso-othole indlela yokukhohlisa abantu abaningi ukuba bakholelwe ukuthi basekela ushintsho olukhulu, kuyilapho empeleni lokho abakwenzayo kusekela ukwanda okukhulu kombuso wase-US.
Ngicabanga ukuthi kuwukungahloniphi ukuthi abantu benze sengathi bahlukunyezwe uBarack Obama ngandlela thize ngalokhu.
Ukube abantu bebedlala kakhulu ngesikhathi sokhetho-hhayi nje inkulumo yakhe esemathinini ayinikeze ephindelela, kanye nezentengiso, kanye nombono wabalandeli bakhe ukuthi ngandlela thize ube yilo muntu oguquguqukayo kwezepolitiki yaseMelika, kodwa nakwabasekeli bakhe. imibhalo ekhiqizwa umkhankaso ka-Obama kanye nezinqubomgomo ezithile azibalulile-ubone ukuthi u-Barack Obama ubeyingxenye enkulu yempi ye-bipartisan ebusa leli zwe amashumi eminyaka amaningi.
Esikubonayo ngezinqubomgomo zika-Obama e-Iraq, Afghanistan kanye nomhlaba wonke wama-Arabhu namaMuslim, kanye nezinqubomgomo zakhe zezomnotho emhlabeni wonke, ziwukuqhutshekwa kwezinqubomgomo ezibhubhisayo nezinodlame kakhulu zokuphatha kukaBush–ngenkathi ebeka ubuso kuyona obudala udlame. kulula ukwandisa isibhakela sensimbi sezempi yase-US kanye nesandla esifihliwe semakethe yamahhala ngendlela amaRiphabhulikhi, ngicabanga, abengeke akwazi ukuyenza ngalesi sikhathi emlandweni.
Anthony: Ngicabanga ukuthi igama eliyisihluthulelo umbono. Ukuthi abantu bebenaka ngokwanele noma cha, kuyacaca ukuthi u-Barack Obama ukwazile ukukhethwa ngokusayina, noma ngabe ngokukhuluma nje, ukushintsha
Kukhona ukufana okumangalisayo nezinqubomgomo zokuphatha kukaBush. Thatha, isibonelo, amalungelo e-habeas corpus. Abaphathi baka-Obama benze omkhulu umsindo mayelana nokuvala iGuantánamo. Nokho ochungechungeni lwamafisha, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa uthe iziboshwa ezigcinwe kunoma yisiphi isizinda ngaphandle kwaseGuantánamo azinawo amalungelo e-habeas corpus-ngokwesibonelo, iziboshwa ezivalelwe ejele.
Abaphathi baphinde bafaka izifinyezo zokuthi abantu baseGuantánamo akufanele babe namandla okuphonsela inselelo ukuboshwa kwabo ezinkantolo zomphakathi, ngakho-ke kugcinwa inqubomgomo yamakhomishana ezempi yokuphatha kukaBush.
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Ngamanye amazwi, kukhona ukushintshela ekugcizeleleni lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "amandla athambile" okungaphikisani ngokungadingekile abalingani abangase bakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngemali namasosha, futhi basize.
Ngakho-ke, esikubonayo ukuguquguquka kokukhuluma kanye nokushintsha kwamaqhinga. Kepha umbono oyisisekelo kanye nesisekelo senqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US kusalokhu, njengoba kusho uJeremy, kuhambisana nokuvumelana okubanzi kwe-bipartisan okuchazwa inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US amashumi eminyaka.
Kokubili amaDemocrats namaRiphabhulikhi ashintshana ndawonye ngemva komhla zili-11 kuSeptemba, lapho kwakukhona, njengoba u-Condoleezza Rice ekubeka, "ithuba" elisha le-United States lokuqhubekisela phambili izithakazelo zayo, ngokushintsha kwamapuleti e-tectonic of geopolitics. Lokhu kuthathwe yizinhlangothi zombili, nokuholele ochungechungeni lwemigomo u-Obama aseyilungisa manje. Eqinisweni, uqhubeka nokulungiswa okwaqala ngesikhathi sehlandla lesibili likaGeorge W. Bush, ngoba abahleli bezempi abaphezulu baqaphela ukuthi lezi zinqubomgomo zazinciphisa ikhono lezempi.
KUBE nenkulu inhlokomo kwabezindaba ngenkulumo ka-Obama eCairo eyabeka umbono omusha mayelana nenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseMelika, kodwa ngisho nabelungu bayavuma ukuthi kuqhubekani uma kukhulunywa ngendaba. Ucabanga ukuthi inkulumo ibimayelana nani.
Jeremy: Okokuqala, lokho engicabanga ukuthi kwakubaluleke ngokuphawulekayo mayelana nezimpawu yiqiniso lokuthi u-Obama waya eMpumalanga Ephakathi, futhi ngokushesha wahamba wayohlonipha amaSaudis, esinye sezifundazwe ezincane zentando yeningi emhlabeni. Ube eseya ezweni elinondlovukayiphikiswa ophelele, u-Hosni Mubarak–osephathe iminyaka engu-28–futhi u-Obama utshela i-BBC ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuvakasha kwakhe ukuthi u-Mubarak akayena umbusi ongumashiqela.
Nokho uyayigxeka iHamas, eyakhethwa ngamaPalestine ngokwentando yeningi, futhi abaphathi baka-Obama benqaba ukuhlanganyela kunoma yiziphi izingxoxo eziqondile. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uno-Obama obambe ukuhlupheka kwabantu basePalestine ngendlela uBush angeke abe nakho, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, uyaqhubeka nokweseka uhulumeni ononya kakhulu wakwa-Israel.
Ngicabanga ukuthi u-Obama uzibonakalisa eyingcweti yokukhohlisa—cishe njengomlingo. Uzosho izinto ezimbalwa enkulumweni yakhe ezizwakala sengathi zintsha, njengendlela ehluke ngokuphelele yase-US, kodwa futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo uzokhipha umgomo ongaphezu kwalokho uBush athatha izinto.
Isibonelo esihle salokhu sinikezwe uMichael Ratner ovela esikhungweni samaLungelo oMthethosisekelo, engisanda kwenza naye umcimbi ngo.
Ngakho-ke nakuba inkulumo yaseCairo yahunyushwa abanye abantu njengethumela umlayezo omusha eMpumalanga Ephakathi nasemhlabeni wama-Arab, iqiniso liwukuthi kwakungekho lutho kuleyo nkulumo okubonisa noma yikuphi ukuguquka ukuze kube ngcono kunqubomgomo yase-US. Ukuthi nje manje sesinomongameli okwazi ukuphimisa amagama esi-Arabhu futhi akhulume ngemisho ephelele futhi aphathe inkulumo cishe ihora, into uBush angakwazi ukuyenza.
Anthony: I Izikhathi Zezezimali ube nendatshana ende ka-Roula Khalaf, umhleli wayo waseMpumalanga Ephakathi, ecaphune u-Daniel Levy we-centrist New America Foundation efingqa inkulumo ethi "u-Obama uthenge 'isikhathi nesikhala'" sokuphatha. Lokho bekuyinhloso ye-
Abaphathi bakaBush baqhubekisela phambili uchungechunge lwezinjongo zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ku-cul de sacs, u-Obama manje uzama ukukhipha i-United States-ngomgomo wokulandela uhlelo uBush angazange alufeze, ngenxa yesimo sengqondo sika-Bush. i-unilateralism enolaka nebhomu, kanye nochungechunge lokungahlangani kahle nokungahluleli kahle, ikakhulukazi ethemini yakhe yokuqala.
Lokhu empeleni kuwumsebenzi wokwenza kabusha igama, njengoba uJeremy ekuchazile kweminye yemibiko yakhe. Kungumzamo ukugomela
U-Barack Obama manje ucela amasosha angama-20,000 e-NATO, athunyelwe okwesikhashana
Ucela amazwe ase-Europe ukuthi ameseke
Ngakho-ke emqondweni wami, bekuwumzamo wamasu ohlakaniphe kakhulu ukuveza isithombe esihlukile nokubeka ubuso obuhlukile ezinjongweni zenqubomgomo yangaphandle yezwe.
Jeremy: Isici esisodwa esiphazamisa kakhulu senkulumo ka-Obama ku
Iqiniso liwukuthi sinabashisekeli abanobudlova abafuna ukubulala abantu baseMelika in
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Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu bekuyinkomba eyingozi kakhulu yokuthi u-Obama ufuna ukuhlala isikhathi esingakanani
Iqiniso liwukuthi ubegxeka kakhulu abantu endaweni ekude kunaye abantu ababulala abezempilo besifazane kuleli. Lokho ubuphekula basekhaya in the
Anthony: Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanele futhi ngiveze ukuthi abezindaba bezinkampani baphakamise kaningi ukuthi inkulumo ka-Obama
UGeorge Bush uphinde wathi useseka isixazululo semibuso emibili. Kuzo zombili izimo, noGeorge Bush kanye no-Barack Obama, kufanele ubheke umehluko phakathi kwenkulumo yokweseka isixazululo semibuso emibili kanye neqiniso elisekelwe phansi-lokuxhaswa okuqhubekayo kwe-Israel ekuvimbeleni noma yiluphi uhlobo lwesixazululo semibuso emibili. .
Ngokuphathelene nokusebenza kwangempela mayelana
Inkulumompikiswano ekhona phakathi kwe-Israel neWashington imayelana nendlela yokuchaza izinga lokukhula kwalezi zindawo zokuhlala ezizovunyelwa, nokuthi lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "ukukhula kwemvelo" kwezindawo zokuhlala kuzovunyelwa-yize kungekho lutho olungokwemvelo. mayelana nalo mkhuba wokuthi abokufika balethwe kwa-Israel futhi baxhaswe ukuze bahlalise umhlaba wasePalestine ngokungemthetho.
Qaphela ukuthi abaphathi baka-Obama abakaze bathathe izinyathelo ezathathwa ngu-George Bush Sr.-zokuqinisekisa iziqinisekiso zokubolekwa kwemali eziqandisiwe zokukhokhelwa.
Ngakho-ke, empeleni, lokhu akulona ushintsho. Phansi, siyaqhubeka nokubona ukucekelwa phansi okuqhubekayo kanye nokuhlukaniswa kweGaza, ukwanda okuqhubekayo kwezindawo zokuhlala, kanye nokuqhubeka kuka-Israyeli eqola noma yikuphi ukuzinqumela okunengqondo kwabantu basePalestine, kuyilapho ethi usebenzela ukuthola isisombululo semibuso emibili.
KUBANTU abeseka uBarack Obama ngoNovemba nyakenye, futhi manje abazama ukuqonda igebe phakathi kwenkulumo yakhe nalokho akwethulelayo, ungabakhomba kanjani ngokubanzi ngokuthi
Anthony: Kubalulekile ukwedlula uhlaka lwesikhashana olungeyona nje imithombo yezindaba esunguliwe kodwa neningi lakwesokunxele elinalo kuleli zwe.
Empeleni, ngesikhathi sokuphatha kukaBush, zonke izingxenye zesobunxele zenza sengathi umbuso waqala ngoGeorge W. Bush. Njengokungathi yinto ephethwe abantu abambalwa kuphela: u-George Bush, u-Dick Cheney, u-Donald Rumsfeld, izingxenye ze-neo-conservative movement, mhlawumbe ne-Republican Party ngokujwayelekile.
Lokho kuthatha izehlakalo zeminyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule kumongo womlando we
Uma ubheka lowo mlando, ufika uzobona izinto eziningi. Okokuqala, uthola ukuthi amaDemocrats ayiqembu lombuso njengamaRepublican. Eqinisweni, umuntu angenza icala ngokomlando ukuthi amaDemocrats abe nolaka ekwandiseni nasekugomeleni kwamandla aseMelika kunamaRiphabhulikhi, abehlale ethanda ukuba nophiko lokuzihlukanisa.
Okwesibili, uyabona ukuthi inkulumo yombuso igubuzelwe ngolimi lokusabalalisa intando yeningi nokusabalalisa inkululeko ayiqali ngoGeorge Bush. Iphinde ibuyele emuva ekhulwini le-19. Uyabona ukuthi ukuthethelelwa kwempi ngemva kwempi bekungeyona incazelo ethembekile yezinzuzo ezibonakalayo okufanele zenziwe ngokunwetshwa kombuso waseMelika-ukufinyelela ezimakethe, ukulawula abasebenzi kanye nezinsiza-kodwa izimangalo mayelana nokukhulula abantu ebugqilini, ukusabalalisa. Amagugu aseMelika kanye nokukhombisa ubuholi baseMelika emhlabeni.
Okunye okukhathazayo ngokwamukelwa ngokungagxeki kwezinkulumo eziningi zikaBarack Obama wukuthi ngemuva kwalo mbono wokuthi uqinisekisa ubuqiniso balokho okubizwa “ngobuholi baseMelika” emhlabeni. U-Eduardo Galeano, umbhali omkhulu wase-Uruguay, wayekhona
Lelo yiphuzu engicabanga ukuthi kufanele silihlole. Umbono oyisisekelo wenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US ukuthi iMelika "iyisizwe esibalulekile," esinelungelo lokungenelela emazweni emhlabeni jikelele-ukuthi ngandlela thize ingumdayisi othembekile, futhi ihlukile ekhonweni layo lokuxazulula izinkinga zomhlaba. Leyo nkolelo-mbono iye yasetshenziswa kaningi emlandweni njengendlela yokufihla izithakazelo zangempela ezingemuva
Isizathu sangempela
Jeremy: Ngichithe ingxenye engcono kakhulu yeminyaka emibili edlule ngihambahamba izwe lonke, futhi phakathi nokhetho, ngakhuluma nabantu bayo yonke imibono engenzeka ngo-Barack Obama. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kunzima ukusho kubantu ukuthi benze okuthile okungalungile ngokuvotela u-Barack Obama ephikisana no-John McCain.
Iqiniso liwukuthi umbutho weqembu lesithathu kuleli wawunesiphithiphithi ngesikhathi sokhetho, futhi abantu abaningi babemesaba ngempela uJohn McCain njengomongameli futhi babanjwa yisasasa likaBarack Obama. Angicabangi ukuthi kukhona ukuhlakanipha ekushayeleni abantu lokho.
Isifundo lapha sicace kakhulu: Noma nini uma ubheka ipolitiki yokhetho njengesixazululo sezinkinga zesistimu emphakathini wethu noma emhlabeni jikelele, wehla ngomgwaqo ongasekho.
Engicabanga ukuthi imigomo yabaphathi baka-Obama kulezi zinyanga ezinhlanu ezedlule iyakuveza ukuthi sidinga izinhlangano zezombusazwe ezizimele kuleli lizwe ezingakwazi futhi ezingeke zivume ukuqokwa yiDemocratic Party-ezingasebenzi njengezinhlangano ezihlangene. ukuze kuthuthukiswe elinye lamaqembu amabili ezinkampani, kodwa kunalokho bagcine njengokugxila kwabo okuyinhloko okuqeda izimpi zobudlova zase-US emhlabeni wonke, ukulwela ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okukhokhelwa oyedwa kanye nokulwela amalungelo abantu besigaba sabasebenzi nabampofu kulesi sizwe. .
Ngicabanga ukuthi sinesikhashana manje lapho kunabantu abaza ngaphambili bathi, "Ngizizwa sengathi ngikhohlisiwe," noma "Ngidumele ngempela," noma "Akukhona lokhu engikuvotele." Ngicabanga ukuthi intukuthelo nokukhungatheka abantu abaningi abakuvezayo manje kuyanda, futhi kungase kuhlanganiswe nokunyakaza okulwela ushintsho lwangempela.
Ngicabanga ukuthi sisempambanweni wemigwaqo lapho uma sithatha lolu suku, singabheka ngempela ukwakha izinhlangano zezombusazwe ezizimele ezingakhethwa kalula yiDemocratic Party, njengoba kwakunjalo, amaqembu amaningi amelene nezimpi kanye nobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle ayekhona ngo-2008. umkhankaso wokhetho.
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