Ekucwaningeni ifilimu entsha, bengibuka ingobo yomlando yamadokhumentari kusukela ngawo-1980, inkathi ka-Ronald Reagan kanye 'nempi eyimfihlo' yakhe ngokumelene ne-Central America. Okugqamayo ukuqamba amanga angapheli. Umnyango wokuqamba amanga wasungulwa ngaphansi kweReagan enegama le-coy, 'ihhovisi lezokuxhumana zomphakathi'. Inhloso yawo kwakuwukukhipha inkulumo-ze 'emhlophe' 'namnyama' - amanga - kanye nokungcolisa izintatheli ezikhuluma iqiniso. Cishe konke uReagan ngokwakhe akusho ngale ndaba kwakungamanga. Ngokuphindaphindiwe, wayexwayisa abantu baseMelika 'ngosongo oluseduze' oluvela ezizweni ezincane ezimpofu ezihlala endaweni ephakathi kwamazwekazi amabili entshonalanga nenkabazwe. 'IMelika Ephakathi iseduze kakhulu futhi iziteki zayo ziphakeme kakhulu ukuthi singaziba ubungozi bohulumeni abathatha amandla ngobudlelwano bezempi neSoviet Union,' kusho yena. I-Nicaragua 'yayiyisizinda samaSoviet' futhi 'ubukhomanisi sebuzothatha i-Caribbean'. I-United States, kusho umongameli, 'ibhekene nempi yobushokobezi, impi yenkululeko'.
Kuzwakala kujwayeleke kangakanani. Vele ungene esikhundleni seSoviet Union kanye nobukhomanisi ufake i-al-Qaeda, futhi unolwazi lwakamuva. Futhi konke kwakuyiphupho. ISoviet Union yayingenazo izisekelo noma imiklamo eMelika Ephakathi; ngokuphambene, amaSoviet ayengaguquki ekwenqabeni izicelo zosizo lwawo. Imidwebo yamahlaya 'yezindawo zokugcina imicibisholo' izikhulu zaseMelika ezethula kuNhlangano Yezizwe zaziyisandulela samanga ashiwo u-Colin Powell ekugqugquzeleni kwakhe okunedumela elibi lezikhali zembubhiso ezazingekho e-Iraq eMkhandlwini Wezokuphepha ngo-2003.
Nakuba amanga ka-Powell avula indlela yokuhlasela kwe-Iraq kanye nokufa okunodlame okungenani kwabantu abayi-100,000, amanga kaReagan afihla ukuhlasela kwakhe eNicaragua, El Salvador naseGuatemala. Ekupheleni kwamatemu akhe amabili, kwase kufe abantu abangu-300,000. EGuatemala, abameleli bakhe - abahlomile futhi befundiswa ukuhlushwa yi-CIA - bachazwa yi-UN njengabaphehli bokuqothulwa kohlanga.
Kunomehluko owodwa omkhulu namuhla. Lelo izinga lokuqwashisa abantu yonke indawo ngenhloso yangempela 'yempi yokwesaba' kaBush noBlair kanye nezinga nokwehlukahlukana kokumelana nayo okudumile. Osukwini lukaReagan, umbono wokuthi omongameli nondunankulu baqamba amanga njengezenzo zamabomu, ezibaliwe wawubhekwa njengenqaba; Amanga kaNixon eWatergate kuthiwa ayashaqisa ngoba omengameli abaqambi amanga.
Cishe akekho osakukholelwa lokho. EBrithani, ngenxa kaBlair, kuye kwaba noshintsho olwandle esimweni sengqondo somphakathi. Amaphesenti angaba ngu-80 ambheka njengomqambimanga; Amaphesenti angu-82 akholelwa ukuthi ukufudumala kwakhe kwakuyimbangela eyinhloko yokuqhuma kwamabhomu eLondon; Amaphesenti angama-72 akholelwa ukuthi wenze leli zwe laba umgomo. Akekho undunankulu wesimanje oke waba nenkinga enjalo. Ukwengeza, iningi lisalokhu linokungabaza ngobuqiniso 'becebo' lokuqhumisa izindiza ezindiza zisuka e-Heathrow. Ukuzigqaja kwakamuva, okunobugebenga kukaNobhala Wezangaphakathi (uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi) uJohn Reid kwenqatshwa iningi elicacile, kanye nokuphakanyiswa kwabezindaba kukaMgcinimafa uGordon Brown njengomuntu owaletha ukuchuma kwezomnotho eBrithani ngenkathi esebenza njengomkhokheli wezinkampani ezihlukahlukene zombuso. izigigaba. Ngaphezu kwezingxenye ezintathu kwezine zabantu bakholelwa ukuthi uBrown noBlair bamane benza abacebile baceba (YouGov and Guardian/ICM).
Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, lobu buhlakani bomphakathi obubucayi kanye nomuzwa wokuziphatha bekulokhu kuphambi kwalabo abathi bakhulumela umphakathi. Lokho uVandana Shiva akubiza ngokuthi 'ukuvukelwa kolwazi olunqotshiwe' kuyanda eBrithani kanye nasemhlabeni wonke, mhlawumbe kunanini ngaphambili, ngenxa yokuvuselelwa kwamazwe ngamazwe okusizwa ubuchwepheshe obusha. Nakuba uReagan engakwazi ukubalekela amanga akhe amaningi, uBush noBlair abakwazi. Abantu bazi kakhulu. Futhi kukhona ubukhona bomlando; awekho amandla ombuso akwazile ukusekela izimpi ezintathu zamakholoni ngesikhathi esisodwa unomphela.
Lokho sekuvele kuyiqiniso nge-United States kanye neBrithani e-Afghanistan, lapho umbuso we-puppet 'wentando yeningi' usenkingeni engabikezelwa futhi ibutho laseBrithani elivinjezelwe kufanele libize amabhomu aseMelika, okwathi, ngo-26 Agasti, abulala i-13 izakhamuzi ezibaleka, kuhlanganise neziyisishiyagalolunye. izingane, a
unya oluvamile.
E-Iraq, ngokungafani namanga ashumekiwe okuthi ukubulawa manje sekucishe kube ngamahlelo, amaphesenti angama-70 amabhomu ayi-1,666 aqhunyiswa ukuphikiswa ngoJulayi ayeqondiswe kubahlali baseMelika kanye namaphesenti angama-20 ngokumelene nombutho wamaphoyisa opopayi. Izisulu zezakhamuzi zifinyelele kumaphesenti angu-10. Ngamanye amazwi, ngokungafani nesijeziso esihlangene esikhishwe yi-US, njengokubulawa kwezinkulungwane ezimbalwa zabantu e-Fallujah, ukumelana kulwa impi yezempi futhi iyanqoba. Lelo qiniso liyacindezelwa, njengoba kwenzeka eVietnam.
ELebanon, iphethini iyaqhubeka. Ukumelana nezikhali okunamandla ayizinkulungwane ezimbalwa kwehlise ibutho lesihlanu elinamandla emhlabeni, elihlinzekwa futhi lisekelwa amandla amakhulu. Lokho kuningi esikwaziyo. Okungaziwa yiqhaza elingajwayelekile neliwujuqu elidlalwa abantu abangahlomile baseningizimu yeLebanon. Okubikwe njengomzila wezisulu, umbukwane wabantu ababuyela ezindlini zabo kwakuyisenzo esimangalisayo sokudelela nokumelana. Mhla ziyi-13 kuNcwaba, njengoba ibutho lakwa-Israyeli lisondela eningizimu yeLebanon, baxwayisa abantu ukuthi bangabuyeli emakhaya abo. Lokhu kwahlukunyezwa cishe kowesilisa, owesifazane nomntwana, owashiya izikhungo zababaleki walibangisa eningizimu, ephithizela imigwaqo nezimpawu zokunqoba ezibenyezelayo.
Ufakazi wokuzibonela, u-Simon Assaf, uchaze 'izigelekeqe zamadoda endawo agudla umzila ngokususa izinqwaba zamakhebula kagesi, imfucumfucu nezinsimbi ezisontekile ebezigcwele umgwaqo omkhulu. Uchungechunge olusha lwezimoto lwaluzovela ngokushesha kukho konke ukuphulwa kwemfucumfucu. Ayengekho amasosha namaphoyisa . . . kwakungabantu bendawo ababeqondisa izimoto, izimoto eziqondisayo zadlula imigodi eyingozi futhi zaphusha amabhasi emizileni ewubhuqu ezungeza amabhuloho awile. Njengoba besondela emakhaya abo, ababaleki babeba nodwendwe olukhulu. Idolobhana ngedolobhana, idolobhana nedolobhana labuyiselwa. Njengoba ayengenamandla okubhekana naleli gagasi lomuntu, ama-Israyeli azishiya izikhundla zawo aqala ukubalekela emngceleni. Lesi sikhukhula sabantu savela emgudwini omkhulu ongakaze ubonwe owakhula ezweni lonke njengoba amabhomu eqhuma.'
Ukumelana neLebanon, kuhlomile futhi kungahlomile, kuvela emthonjeni ofanayo neminye imibutho emhlabeni wonke. Ngamunye uye wafunda ukubeka eceleni ukuhlukana kwawo kwehlelo phambi kwesitha esivamile - umbuso odlangile kanye nabameleli bawo. EBolivia, izwe elimpofu kakhulu eLatin America, uhulumeni wokuqala wabantu bomdabu kusukela ekugqilazweni kwabo yiSpain ukhethwe ngamalengiso kulo nyaka, ngemuva kokuba amakhulu ezinkulungwane zama-campesinos angahlomile kanye nababengabavukuzi bebhekane nezibhamu zebutho elithunyelwe umashiqela we-oligarchic, uGonzalo. Sanchez de Lozada. Bemasha enhloko-dolobha yaseLa Paz, bamphoqa ukuba abalekele e-United States, lapho ayethumele khona izigidi zakhe. Lokhu kwalandela ukuphikiswa okukhulu kokwenziwa kwangasese kokuphakelwa kwamanzi e-Cochabamba, idolobha lesibili laseBolivia, kanye nokuthathwa kwayo yinhlangano ephethwe inkampani enamandla i-Bechtel. Manje uBechtel, naye, uphoqelekile ukuba abaleke.
Kulo lonke elaseLatin America, ukunyakaza kwesixuku kuye kwakhula ngokushesha kangangokuthi manje sekudlula amaqembu endabuko. E-Venezuela, banikeza ukwesekwa okudumile kwezinguquko zikaHugo Chavez. Njengoba zivele ngokuzenzakalelayo ngo-1989 ngesikhathi seCaracazo, ukuqubuka kolaka lwezepolitiki ngokumelene nokuthobela kweVenezuela izimfuno zemakethe yamahhala ze-IMF kanye neBhange Lomhlaba, banikeze umcabango namandla uhulumeni waseChavez ahlasela ngawo isihlava sobumpofu.
Lapha entshonalanga, njengoba abantu bewalahla amaqembu epolitiki abebecabanga ukuthi ngawabo, kuningi okumele bakufunde emikhankasweni yomzabalazo ezindaweni eziyingozi kanye namaqhinga abo okuthatha ukwaziswa okuqondile. Sinezibonelo zethu ezethu eBrithani, njengezimpumelelo zokumelana okukhulayo noBlair kanye noBrown ekwenzeni kube yimfihlo Isevisi Yezempilo Kazwelonke ngomshoshaphansi. Isikhondlakhondla saseMelika, i-United Health Europe, sivinjwe ukuthi silawule izinsiza ze-GP (local medical) eDerbyshire, ngemuva kokuthi umphakathi ungaxoxisananga waphinde walwa. UPat Smith, ohola impesheni, walifaka enkantolo icala walinqoba. 'Lokhu kubonisa lokho amandla abantu angakwenza,' esho, njengokungathi ukhulumela izigidi.
Akukho mehluko ngokomgomo phakathi komkhankaso kaPat Smith wokuphikisa kanye nowabantu baseCochabamba abenqaba ukukhokha cishe ingxenye yomholo wabo enkampanini yaseMelika ukuze bathole amanzi. Awukho umehluko emqondweni phakathi kwenhlangano yabantu eyabona abahlaseli bakwa-Israel kanye nokuxokozela abantu yonke indawo njengoba sebeqaphela incazelo yangempela yezifiso nobuzenzisi bukaBush nesikhonzi sakhe, abafuna sihlale sesabe futhi bathuswe 'ubuphekula' kuyilapho, eqinisweni, amaphekula amakhulu kunawo wonke kuyibona.
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