Ngu-Edward S. Herman noDavid Peterson
I-CPD yamukela le fomethi, iyasitshela, ngoba "abanye ngakwesobunxele, nabanye futhi, baye bangabaza ukufaneleka kanye nesidingo sobumbano nenhlangano ephikisana no-Ahmadinejad," futhi i-CPD ikholelwa ukuthi "leyo mibuzo idinga kubhekiswe ngqo."
1. Cabangela kuqala ukukhetha kwe-CPD. Ukubheka kwayo "Izitatimende Zokungena ngemvume Okudlule Nezincwadi"nakwenye indawo kuyo iwebhusayithi (isb, "Isitatimende senjongo") ikhombisa ukuthi, ngokungafani ne-Q&A yayo ende, enamagama ayi-4,000 kaJulayi 7, kanye nemibhalo yayo yangaphambilini.umlayezo othi "Inkinga e-Iran"(Juni 17), I-CPD kusamele ifake i-Q&A ehlobene noma isitatimende esimemezela ubumbano lwayo nemibhikisho yabantu abaningi eHonduras ngemuva kokuketula umbuso kwamasosha ngoJuni 27-28 okwaketula umongameli wezwe owakhethwa ngokwentando yeningi, uManuel Zelaya. I-CPD ayikaze imemezele ubumbano lwayo nezisulu zomdabu eziyi-100 noma ngaphezulu zesibhicongo sangoJuni 5 nguhulumeni wase-Alan García ePeru, amanye amaqembu ayibiza ngokuthi "amaTiananmen ase-Amazon," noma ngenani eliphakeme lezisulu zezakhamuzi eziningana. - imikhankaso yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-US kanye ne-NATO e-Afghanistan nasePakistan, manje ekhuphuke kakhulu ngabaphathi abasha beDemokhrasi.
Uma sinweba ukubuka komenzi wobubi kanye nesisulu kudlula
Uma kubhekwa ukuthi i-Egypt kaHosni Mubarak isemaholweni ase-US futhi iyingxenye "yezicabucabu zomhlaba wonke" zamajele ayimfihlo aphethwe yiWashington, bekungafanele yini sikhathazeke kakhulu ngokhetho lokugcina lukamongameli wase-Egypt ngoSepthemba 2005, uMubarak, owayengumongameli wase-Egypt ngempumelelo. -impilo yonke, iwine ngamavoti angama-89%? Akufanele yini sikunake kakhulu ukungabibikho okuphelele kokhetho
Kulawa mathiyetha nakwamanye amaningi awela ngaphansi kwendima yase-US yethonya nesibopho, izinzuzo ezingaba khona zokugxekwa kwesokunxele okuqhubekayo kanye nokuqwashisa ngenqubomgomo yase-US kanye nomthelela wayo omubi ezimpilweni zabantu mkhulu kakhulu kunanoma yini. okumele kuzuzwe ngokugqugquzela "ubumbano" nabaphikisi ezweni elikude lapho ithonya lase-US ngezinjongo ezakhayo lincane, kodwa ukungenelela kwalo okunobutha nokulimazayo kuye kwaba futhi kusalokhu kukhulu.
2. Ngabe kuyinhlanhla nje ukuthi lezi zindaba ezinganakiwe, zonke ezithinta ngokungenakuphikwa imbangela yokuthula nentando yeningi, futhi yilezo lapho i-Q&A ecatshangelwe kahle ingaphonsela inselelo isenzo senqubomgomo yase-US noma ukungasebenzi, kuyilapho ukugxila e-Iran njengamanje kungena esikhundleni. inqubomgomo yesikhathi eside yase-US yokwenza amademoni, ukuhlukaniswa abantu ngabanye, unswinyo, ukucekela phansi, kanye noshintsho lombuso ekugcineni?
Ohambisana nesikhathi New York Times ukumbozwa kwezehlakalo ngaphakathi kwe-Iran neHonduras (ngokwesibonelo) kukhombisa isethi efanayo yezinto ezibalulekile: Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukugxila kakhulu okhethweni lwase-Iran, icala lokukhwabanisa kwevoti egameni lika-Ahmadinejad, imibhikisho ephikisana nalokhu. , ukuhlukunyezwa okunodlame emphakathini wase-Iranian, kanye nokuba semthethweni okunyakaziswayo kwe-Islamic Republic; futhi, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukubukelwa phansi kokuketulwa kombuso waseHonduran kanye nemibhikisho kanye nokucindezelwa lapho, indima engaba khona yase-US ngemuva kwesigameko, ukubikwa okukhohlisayo kwefomula okuphindaphindiwe ngabaphathi baka-Obama ukuthi bafuna "ukubuyiselwa kohlelo lwentando yeningi I-Honduras,"Kunokuba uMengameli okhishwe esikhundleni, imibuzo ehluzekile mayelana nokuthi uMthethosisekelo waseHonduran wenzani futhi ungakuvumeli, kanye nokuxolisa okungafihlekile ngokuvukela umbuso..
Umehluko ku TimesUkwelashwa kwe
KwabaseMelika abathuthukayo, akunjalo Isikhathi saseNew YorkOkuhamba phambili kubheke phansi? Kodwa-ke kuthiwani ngalabo boMkhankaso Wokuthula Nentando Yeningi? Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-CPD empeleni incoma ukusebenza kwabezindaba e-Iran, ithi "abukho ubufakazi obuhle kuze kube manje bokuthi imibiko yezindaba zaseNtshonalanga mayelana nokukhwabanisa kukahulumeni okhethweni kanye nokucindezelwa kobudlova kokuphikisa bekungalungile" (#7). Kodwa kube nokungalungi okukhulu ekugomeleni kwenhlangano yabezindaba ngokukhwabanisa kwamavoti. Njengoba uMark Weisbrot ebonisa,[5] umusho wokuqala ohamba phambili, indaba esekhasini lokuqala eqhutshwa ngu New York Times ngoJuni 23 wabika ukuthi "umkhandlu wokwengamela onamandla kakhulu wase-Iran umemezele ngoMsombuluko [Juni 22] ukuthi inani lamavoti aqoshwe emadolobheni angama-50 lidlula inani labavoti abafanelekile lapho izigidi ezintathu, okuqhubeka nokungcolisa ukhetho lukamongameli oseluvule inselelo eqhubekayo ebuholini base-Iran eminyakeni engu-30."[6] Nokho, u-Weisbrot uyanezela,
Imikhankaso yabangenele ukhetho ithe emadolobheni nasemadolobheni angama-80-170, baningi abantu abavotile kunabafanele ukuvota. Sinqume, ngokusekelwe ocwaningweni lokuqala, ukuthi cishe kunamadolobha noma amadolobhana anjalo angaba ngu-50 kuphela….Isamba samavoti kulawa madolobha noma amadolobhana sicishe sibe izigidi ezintathu; ngakho-ke, ngisho noma singawalahla wonke la mavoti, ngeke iwuguqule umphumela.[7]
Ngakho kwakukhona 3 million Inani amavoti emadolobheni nasemadolobheni angama-50, hhayi amavoti angaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuvota ngokweqile akuzange kubonise ukukhwabanisa. Abantu base-Irani bangavota kunoma iyiphi indawo yokuvota, ngakho-ke kuvamile—ngokusho kukahulumeni—ukuba namavoti amaningi kunabavoti abafanelekile lapho kunabagibeli abaningi, abavakashi, noma izindawo lapho izifunda zokuvota zingacaciswanga ngokucacile. Nokho i Times umbiko odukisayo wathathwa kabanzi futhi wasetshenziselwa ukukholisa abantu ukuthi uhulumeni "uvumile" ngokweba amavoti ayizigidi ezintathu.
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3. Ngokuveza iRiphabhulikhi YamaSulumane njengombuso ongekho emthethweni ongaphezu kwalokho owawuvezwe ngaphambi kukaJuni 12, ingabe lokhu akugxili kakhulu ekwehliseni isithunzi sokhetho lwase-Irani emkhankasweni wokuqeda uzinzo nowokushintsha umbuso wase-US-Israel? Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-CPD ibhikisha kangakanani ngenye indlela (#13), ayifuni "ubumbano nenhlangano emelene no-Ahmadinejad" kanye nokumela kwayo "uhlobo oluhlukile lukahulumeni
Ukuhlaziya okuningi okukhaliphile kukhombise ukufana phakathi kwesu elasetshenziswa ikamu laseMousavi ngoJuni 2009, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwalelisu emikhankasweni yangaphambili yokuqeda uzinzo
Kodwa ukuvezwa kabusha kokhetho lwase-Iran lwango-2009 njengobuzenzisi, obugcwele ukukhwabanisa nokungekho emthethweni, kusikhumbuza nomkhankaso wenkulumo-ze wabaphathi bakwa-Reagan ngo-1984, owawugxile ekuphathweni kabi kwamaSandinista ephephandabeni. I-Prensa, ukuhoxiswa komholi we-Contra u-Arturo Cruz okhethweni, kanye nezinye izenzo ezilugunyaze, ngaleyo ndlela kuthetheleleka obunye ubuphekula obuxhaswe yi-US. Ekuqaleni kukaJulayi 1984, uRonald Reagan ngokwakhe wayefanise isiphakamiso samaSandinista sokubamba ukhetho ngoNovemba "nobuqili besitayela samaSoviet." The
Kubantu baseMelika abathuthukayo abangathanda "ukwenza kucace kubantu base-Irani ukuthi kukhona 'enye iMelika', eyodwa ezimele of uhulumeni futhi ephikisana nenqubomgomo yakhe yangaphandle ecindezelayo nephikisana nentando yeningi" (#12), kodwa inkumbulo yabo yomlando kahulumeni wabo okusamele ikhishwe kuTwitter, akuwona umphumela wokushoshozela kwe-CPD ukwandisa amathuba okuthi umongameli olandelayo wase-Iran, esikhathini esithile ngo-2013 (uma kungakabiphi.[12]), kuzoba ikhandidethi elisekelwa yi-US—ngephethini "yokunqoba okumangalisayo" kuka-Violeta Barrios de UChamorro ngo-1990 wethula "ukusola okulimazayo kumaSandinistas," New York Times
4. Ngisho nolimi olusetshenziswa yi-CPD lukhombisa ukuchema obala. AAkukho ndawo ku-7 Julayi Q&A i-CPD ebhekisa kuyo the
Kodwa esitatimendeni se-CPD sikaNovemba 2002 (esibuyekezwa kamuva), "Siphikisa Kokubili uSaddam Hussein kanye neMpi Yase-US e-Iraq: Ucingo Lwenqubomgomo Entsha Yentando Yeningi Yase-US," ulimi olunjalo olungenangqondo lusetshenziswa kuphela ukuchaza umbuso kaSaddam Hussein, owubiza ngokuthi "umbulali kanye nomhlukumezi we-serial," kanye "nondlovukayiphikiswa okufanele asuswe emandleni," kodwa hhayi i-United States.
"Impi" - hhayi uGeorge Bush noma
I-CPD yabona ukuthi inhloso kaMongameli Bush "kwakuwukukhulisa nokuqinisa
5. I-CPD iya kude kakhulu ukuphika ukuthi imibhikisho yangemva kukaJuni 12
Kodwa "ukulawula kwamanye amazwe" kanye "nokushaya isibhamu" kuyizinhlobo ezeqisayo zokugxambukela kwamanye amazwe, futhi sikuthatha njengamadoda okwenziwa yi-CPD. Enye indoda ewutshani ukuphika kwe-CPD umbono wokuthi "izigidi zabantu emigwaqweni" bezikhokhelwa yiCIA, i-CPD isho ukuthi. ngokuqinile ukuthi imiphumela ye
Kodwa wuke washo ukuthi amanani amakhulu abantu base-Irani babekuholelwa kweCIA? Okuningi mayelana nephuzu: Ingabe i-CPD inabo "ubufakazi obuthembekile" bokuthi none yazo?[14]
Impela i-CPD iyazi ukuthi ekuqaleni kuka-2006, uNobhala Wezwe u-Condoleezza Rice wacela ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-75 "ngoxhaso oluphuthumayo ukuze aqinise ingcindezi kuhulumeni wase-Irani, okuhlanganisa nokwandisa ukusakazwa komsakazo nomabonakude
I-CPD iwushaya indiva umbiko we-ABC TV ngo-2007 wokuthi i-CIA "ithole imvume kamongameli eyimfihlo yokufaka umsebenzi ocashile 'omnyama' wokudicilela phansi uhulumeni wase-Iran," inqubomgomo "ezohambisana nendlela yonke yaseMelika ezama ukuthola izindlela zokufaka ingcindezi. embusweni," kusho isikhulu seCIA eselathatha umhlalaphansi uBruce Riedel etshela abe-ABC. I-CPD iphinde iwushaye indiva umbiko kaSeymour Hersh mayelana "nokwanda okukhulu kwemisebenzi eyimfihlo
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