Ngemuva kokuqhuma kwamabhomu okwabulala futhi kwakhubaza kabuhlungu kuBoston Marathon, ipolitiki yezwe lethu kanye nemithombo yezindaba igcwele uzwelo olusuka enhliziyweni - kanye "nokucabanga okukabili," uGeorge Orwell akuchaze njengokuzimisela "ukukhohlwa noma yiliphi iqiniso eseliphazamisekile."
Ngokuvumelanisa nemithombo yezindaba ezweni lonke, i New York Times yabeka isihloko esivusa amadlingozi ekhasini lokuqala langoLwesithathu: โAmabhomu aseBoston Alayishwe EMaim, Kusho Izikhulu.โ Indaba yabika ukuthi izinzipho namabhola amabhola kwakugxishwe ezitsheni ezicindezelayo, โezakhiwe ukuze adubule izingcezu ezibukhali kunoma ubani ongafinyelela ukuqhuma kwazo.โ
Okuncane kakhulu okuluhlaza futhi okunesisindo esingamaphawundi angu-1,000, ama-warheads e-CBU-87/B ayesesigabeni โsezikhali zemiphumela ehlanganisiweโ lapho zisetshenziswa eminyakeni engu-14 edlule ibhomu okuthiwa uMalume Sam. Ukusakazwa kwabezindaba base-US bekufushane futhi kudlula ngokushesha.
Ngolunye uLwesihlanu, emini, amabutho e-NATO eholwa yi-US aphonsa amabhomu ahlangene edolobheni laseNis, eduze nemakethe yemifino. "Amabhomu ahlasele eduze kwesakhiwo sesibhedlela eduze nemakethe, aletha ukufa nokucekela phansi, egcwele imigwaqo yedolobha lesithathu ngobukhulu eSerbia," kusho umbiko San Francisco Chronicle kwabikwa ngoMeyi 8, 1999.
Futhi: โEmgwaqweni ophuma emakethe, izidumbu ezibulewe zazisakazeke phakathi kwezaqathi neminye imifino emachibini egazi. Owesifazane oshonile, isidumbu sakhe simbozwe ngeshidi, ubesabambe isikhwama sokuthenga esigcwele izaqathi.โ
Eveza ukuthi amabhomu eqoqo "aqhuma emoyeni abese ejikijela izinsalela ze-shrapnel endaweni ebanzi," kubhala intatheli ye-BBC uJohn Simpson NgeSonto Telegraph: โEsetshenziswa ngokumelene nabantu, amabhomu ayiqoqo angezinye zezikhali ezinonya kakhulu zempi yesimanje.โ
I-Savage ayizange ikuvimbele ukusetshenziswa. Eqinisweni, kuCommander in Chief Bill Clinton kanye nezingqondo zezempi ezikhona eWashington, unya lwaluboshwe ezicini ezinhle zamabhomu eqoqo. Ngamunye wayengathumela izingcezu zensimbi ezimangelengele ezingaba ngu-60,000 XNUMX kulokho umenzi wesikhali akuchaza ngokuthi โizici ezithambile.โ
Intatheli ekhuthele ngokungajwayelekile, uPaul Watson we Los Angeles Times, kubika ePristina, eYugoslavia: โPhakathi namasonto amahlanu okuhlasela kwezindiza, ofakazi lapha bathi, izindiza zempi ze-NATO ziye zawisa amabhomu ayiqoqo asakaza izikhali ezincane ezindaweni ezibanzi. Ku-jargon yezempi, izikhali ezincane zingamabhomu. UDkt. Rade Grbic, udokotela ohlinzayo kanye nomqondisi wesibhedlela esikhulu sasePristina, ubona ubufakazi nsuku zonke bokuthi igama elicishe libe nesizotha lebhomu livala umthelela omubi. UGrbic, osindise izimpilo zabafana ababili base-Albania abalimala ngesikhathi abanye abafana bedlala ngebhomu elitholakala ngoMgqibelo, uthe ubengakaze anqume izitho ezingaka.โ
The I-LA Times Isihloko sacaphuna uDkt. Grbic: โSekuyiminyaka engu-15 manje ngingudokotela wamathambo, ngisebenza endaweni enzima lapho ngokuvamile silimala khona, kodwa mina nozakwethu asikaze siwabone amanxeba amabi njengalawo abangelwa amabhomu ayinqwaba.โ Uqhube wathi: โBangamanxeba aholela ekukhubazekeni kakhulu. Izitho zichotshoziwe kangangokuthi okuwukuphela kwendlela esele ukunqunywa. Kubi, kubi.โ
Ukulandisa kwephephandaba kuqhubekile: โIsibhedlela sikaPristina sisodwa selaphe abantu abangu-300 kuya ku-400 abalinyazwe amabhomu ahlangene kusukela kwaqala impi yomoya ye-NATO ngoMashi 24, kusho uGrbic. Cishe ingxenye yalezo zisulu kwakungabantu abavamile, esho. Ngenxa yokuthi lelo nani alibandakanyi labo ababulawa amabhomu ayiqoqo futhi alibali labo abalimele kwezinye izifunda zaseYugoslavia, inani labashonile cishe liphezulu kakhulu, esho. 'Iningi labantu liyizisulu zamabhomu eqoqo aqhuma isikhathi esithile ngemva kokuwa,' esho.
Kamuva, ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kanye nezikhathi zokuqala zokuhlala, amasosha ase-US aphonsa amabhomu eqembu e-Afghanistan futhi adubula izikhali zeqoqo e-Iraq.
Namuhla, uMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika usamelene nokuvala lezo zikhali, umemezele kuwebhusayithi yawo esemthethweni: โIzikhali zeqoqo zibonise ukusetshenziswa kwezempi. Ukususwa kwabo ezinqolobaneni zaseMelika kuzobeka izimpilo zamasosha ayo kanye nalabo ababambisene nabo engozini. โ
UMnyango Wezwe isitatimende uyanezela: โNgaphezu kwalokho, izikhali eziningi zingase zibangele kuncane kakhulu ukulimala okubanjiswayo kunezikhali ezihlangene, njengebhomu elikhulu noma igobolondo lezikhali ezinkulu ezingadala, uma zisetshenziselwa umsebenzi ofanayo. " Mhlawumbe i(aba)bhomu abagxisha izipikili nama-ball bear kubapheki abacindezelayo ukuze basetshenziswe eBoston babenomqondo osontekile ngendlela efanayo.
Kodwa ungalindeli ukuhlolwa kwezindaba ezinjalo emaphepheni ansuku zonke ase-USA noma amanethiwekhi ezentengiselwano โ noma kusukela ekuthandweni kwe-NPR ethi โMorning Editionโ kanye โAll Things considered,โ noma i-PBS โNewsHour.โ Lapho indaba ibulala futhi ikhubaza, izitolo ezinjalo zezindaba zithatha njengokucatshangelwa kwesisekelo sokuziphatha sokugabadela sikahulumeni wase-US.
Enovelini yakhe 1984, u-Orwell wabhala nge-reflex enesimo โyokuma kancane, njengokungathi ngomzwelo wemvelo, embundwini wanoma yimuphi umcabango oyingozi . . . kanye nokucikeka noma ukuxoshwa yinoma isiphi isitimela somcabango esikwazi ukuholela endleleni yokuhlubuka.โ
I-doublethink - ehlale iqiniswa yimithombo yezindaba - ihlala ingaphakathi kwendawo engenazo indida engafinyelela ekuzibhuqeni uma ingekonakali kangako ukuhambisana kobuhlakani nokuziphatha.
Yonke imibiko yezindaba ngezingane ezabulawa futhi zalimala entanjeni eBoston, yonke imibiko yokulahlekelwa izitho zomzimba ngendlela enyantisayo, ingenza ngicabange ngentombazane encane okuthiwa uGuljumma. Wayeneminyaka eyisikhombisa lapho ngihlangana naye ekamu lababaleki lase-Afghan ngolunye usuku ehlobo lika-2009.
Ngaleso sikhathi, I wabhala: โUGuljumma wakhuluma ngokwenzeka ekuseni ngonyaka odlule lapho elele ekhaya eningizimu ye-Afghanistan Helmand Valley. Cishe ngo-5 ekuseni, kwaqhuma amabhomu. Abanye abantu bomndeni wakhe bafa. Ulahlekelwe ingalo."
Ekamu lababaleki emaphethelweni eKabul, lapho imindeni engamakhulu ambalwa yayiphila ngaphansi kwezimo ezingcolile, uhulumeni wase-US wayenganikezi usizo. Isikhathi sokugcina uGuljumma noyise baba nokuxhumana okunengqondo nohulumeni wase-US kwaba ngenkathi ubaqhumisa ngamabhomu.
Impi iphumelela ezintweni ezingabonakali, kodwa i-Guljumma yayingeyona into engavamile. Wayengeyena umuntu ongasho lutho noma ongaphansi kwezingane ezimpilo yazo ecekelwe phansi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu entanjeni yaseBoston.
Kodwa yona le mithombo yezindaba yase-US edlulisa ukubaluleka kwezingane ezilinyazwe kakhulu e-Boston ayinazo intshisekelo ezinganeni ezifana no-Guljumma.
Ngaphinde ngacabanga ngaye lapho ngibona imibiko yezindaba nokugodola isithombe ngo-April 7, ngemva nje kokuba izingane ezingu-11 empumalanga ye-Afghanistan zibe neshwa kakhulu kunaye. Lezo zingane zabulawa isiteleka sezindiza sase-US/NATO. Ezintathelini eziyinhloko zaseMelika, kwakungeyona indaba eningi; ezikhulwini zaseMelika, kwakungeyona into enkulu.
โIzinja zesekisi ziyagxuma lapho umqeqeshi eqhulula isiswebhu sakhe,โ kuphawula u-Orwell, โkodwa inja eqeqeshwe kahle ngempela yileyo ephendula i-someli yayo lapho singekho isiswebhu.โ
UNorman Solomon ungumsunguli we RootsAction.org kanye nomqondisi ongumsunguli we-Institute for Public Accuracy. Izincwadi zakhe zifaka phakathi ethi "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keeps Spinning us to die." Ubhala ikholamu yePolitical Culture 2013.
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