Ubani oyosisindisa “eqinisweni” elingenathemba, elingenzi lutho ‘lokushiyiwe’ abanelungelo nabakhethekile?
“UBUHLUNGU NGEKE BUYE BUYE BUYE BUYE BUYE BUYE
Ubuwazi ukuthi inkinga yobandlululo eMelika “ngeke ixazululwe?” Imizamo yokubhekana nokuhlukana kwezinhlanga e-United States manje “ayisizi ngalutho,” ngokusho kohlakaniphi oluhlakaniphile olushisekela kwesokunxele engisanda kuhlangana nalo.
Umbono wakhe ubonakala wabiwa kabanzi ekilasini lezohlakaniphi ezikhululekile, owenza ubude obukhethekile ukuvala isimo sobandlululo esijulile sokuhlukana kwezenhlalo zanamuhla abakhetha ukuxoxa ngakho ngamagama adukisayo “angaboni imibala” (ngokwesibonelo esicacile, bheka uJeremy Travis, Kodwa Babuya Bonke: Ukubhekana Nezinselele Zokuphinde Ungene Iziboshwa [New York, NY: Urban Institute Press, 2005]).
“'UKUPHUMA MANJE' UBUWUBULA OBUYIMZWELO”
Ubuwazi ukuthi i-United States "ayinakho ukukhetha" kodwa iphikelele ekugcineni impi yombuso e-Iraq isikhathi eside? “Umsebenzi wethu” ongekho emthethweni waleso sizwe ungaba wubugebengu obukhulu futhi ube nokubulala (okunecala lokufa kwabantu base-Iraqi abangaphezu kwe-100,000 ngokophenyo olunomthwalo wemfanelo) futhi kuyabiza (“amadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisigidi nokubalwa” ngokusho komlobi wephephandaba we-New York Times u-Bob Herbert. izolo). Kungase, njengoba kubikezelwe kabanzi kwesokunxele senkululeko (kanye nasezindaweni ezithile eziqinile), kubhebhezele ngokucebile ubushokobezi bamaSulumane obushisekela ngaphakathi e-Iraq naseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
Kodwa “amabutho aphumile manje,” izihlakaniphi zesokunxele ezikhululekile zingifundisa, “akunangqondo,” “ukungaphenduli” kanye “nozwela” ngoba “sonke isihogo sizogqabhuka lapho uma sihamba.” Yebo, ukuhoxa kwamasosha ase-US “kuzoholela empini yombango.”
Ngaso leso sikhathi, i-highbrow ne-left-liberal line engiyizwayo iyasebenza, i-US inesibopho “sokusiza ukuhlanza ukungcola ekwenzile lapho” “ngokwakha kabusha i-Iraq,” ukwehlula amaphekula esiwasize ukuthi azale, kanye nokuthumela kwamanye amazwe. isilinganiso "sentando yeningi" yaseNtshonalanga e-Iraq.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, impikiswano “yeqiniso” yesokunxele iyasebenza, asikho isidingo sokuzama ukuhlanganisa abantu baseMelika ukuthi bahoxe. Ukuphikisana nomsebenzi nokucela ukuhoxiswa kwamasosha ethu ngeke kusebenze. Sabona ubuze bombhikisho eminyakeni emithathu edlule, lapho imibhikisho eqopha umlando yaseMelika kanye neyamazwe ngamazwe yehluleka
(ngokuyisimangaliso) vimbela ukuhlasela kweWashington eMesophothamiya.
Futhi "uma kubhekwa uphiko lwesokudla enkambisweni yezepolitiki kanye nenkulumo yomphakathi," umlobi wephephandaba weSizwe u-Eric Alterman usanda kububula, "amaDemocrats angenamandla angeke abe nethemba lokukhuluma" "nodaka lwase-Iraq" endaweni. ngendlela enamandla, enolwazi ngokuziphatha. Abakwazi “nokuthi iziphakamiso zabo zomphakathi ziphathwe ngendlela efanele.”
Kungani, u-Alterman ebuza, kufanele iqembu eliphikisayo lesizwe elicabanga ukuthi kufanele “lizibeke engcupheni ngokunikela uRove noma u-O'Reilly ukuze ahlukumeze, asonte, futhi ahlanekezele ngenye indlela isiphakamiso sokubulawa kwezombusazwe kodwa ngo-2006 futhi ngo-2008?”
Indlela yokuzilwela, Eric.
Uma iDemocratic Party yakhe ezisolayo ethi Do-Nothings yamukele "out now"
Inqubomgomo, u-Alterman uyanezela, "umphumela kungaba ukuqinisa 'ukudideka/laba bantu abanakwethenjwa ukuthi bazosivikela'
ukulandisa okuhlala kuyi-Democrats Achilles isithende. " Isidingo sedemokhrasi sokuhoxa “sizophathwa kuhulumeni wentando yeningi olandelanayo njengelingana nekhwelo lokuthi 'sika futhi uqhube,' futhi lokho kuzovula lonke 'ibhokisi elibuthakathaka ekuvikeleni' likaPandora elicishe lilahlekisele amaDemocrat okhethweni lukazwelonke” (Eric Alterman, "Iraq:
Inkinga yamaDemocrats,” The Nation, April 3, 2006, p. 12).
Uyawezwa amavayolini ngemuva?
Banjalo abakhubazekile, abavumela ilungelo, futhi abazinikele "oh kodwa THOLA IMPELA LEYO INDLELA OKUYIYO eMelika ephiko lwesokudla" izimpikiswano ezivame ukwenziwa ngohlakaniphi abangakwazi ukwenza lutho, ngithethise ngokukhuluma emibukisweni lapho abantu becula iziqubulo “eziwubuwula” kanye “neziphelelwe yisikhathi” njengokuthi “Misa Le mpi Kawoyela Yobandlululo,” “Amasosha Aphuma Manje,” kanye (nokwethuka) “Amandla Kubantu.”
Ungakwazi ngisho nokucosha okuningi kwalomugqa wokuzidela odabukisayo emaqenjini acindezela isishoshovu se-liberal-left njenge-Moveon.org kanye nezinye izingubo zokulwa nempi eziqhubekayo eziphikisana nokuhoxa ngokushesha.
UNGALALI IDEMOKRASI
Ungakunaki lokho, njengo-Anthony Arnove (“The Logic of Withdrawal,” ZNet Magazine, March 20, 2006, http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=9945 ) amanothi:
* "Amasosha ase-US akanalo ilungelo lokuba se-Iraq kwasekuqaleni"
* I-US ayinanhloso yokukhuthaza intando yeningi eMpumalanga Ephakathi njengoba iWashington iphikisana “nabantu abavamile abalawula imithombo yamandla yesifunda sabo.”
* “Intando yeningi ‘ayikwazi ukufakwa’ amandla angaphandle, sikhonjwe ngesibhamu.”
* I-US iyadla, ayivimbeli impi yombango e-Iraq. "Ixabanisa ngamabomu amaKurds nama-Arabhu, amaShia ngokumelene namaSunni, kanye neqembu kanye neqembu ... kulandela isu lakudala [lombuso] lokuhlukanisa nokubusa."
* Umsebenzi wombuso wamaphekula (bona u-Edward S.Herman, “The Preeminence of State Terrorism,” Z Magazine, February 2006) uwumthombo oyinhloko wezenzo zobuphekula zamaSulumane njengoba zikhona manje e-Iraq.
* I-US kanye nezinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe ezihamba phambili ezimele (isb. i-Halliburton ne-Bechtel) ziyaphanga, ziyathenga, futhi ziyaklinya, azikhi kabusha, i-Iraq, ngokuhambisana nephrojekthi eyisisekelo yokuhwebelana kwebhizinisi neoliberal ephila ngaphansi kobudlova obusobala bombuso.
* "Ama-Iraqis angakwazi ngokugcwele ukwakha kabusha umphakathi wawo."
* I-US ingakwazi futhi kufanele ifake isandla ekwakhiweni kabusha kwama-Iraqis ngokukhokha izinxephezelo (emboza umonakalo owenziwe yi-US obuyela emuva kudala ngaphambi kokuhlasela kwamanje), ukukhansela zonke izikweletu zezwe lase-Iraqi kusukela esikhathini se-Saddam, nokuhlinzeka ngosizo lwangaphandle njengo Ama-Iraqi adinga.
Futhi ungakhohlwa ukuthi:
* Ngaphezu kwesigamu sabantu base-US manje seseka ukuhoxa kwe-US ngokushesha (i-poll yangoSepthemba 2005 ye-CBS New York Times)
* Ingxenye yabantu base-US manje ithi impi AKUKHO “ilungile ngokokuziphatha,” yehle isuka kumaphesenti angama-75 ngoMashi 2003 (USusan Ikhasi, “Abaningi Bathi Impi Ihlukumeze I-USA Kodwa Izosiza Ama-Iraqi,” USA Today, 17 March 2006) .
* Irekhodi elingamaphesenti angama-60 abantu baseMelika bathi impi “ayibanga nanzuzo” (Ikhasi, “Iningi Lithi Impi Ilimaza I-USA”)
* Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisikhombisa nambili amasosha ase-US e-Iraq athi i-US kufanele iphume e-Iraq ungakapheli unyaka futhi kuphela amaphesenti angu-23 asekela umugqa kaBush othi “hlala enkambweni” (bona www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews. dbm?ID=1075)
* Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisikhombisa nambili abantu baseMelika abahlolwa yiChicago Council on Foreign Relations ngo-2004 (iphesenti liphakeme ngempela namuhla) bathi i-US kufanele isuse amasosha ayo e-Iraq uma kuyilokho okufunwa iningi labantu base-Iraqi (Chicago Council on Foreign Relations). , I-Global Views 2004: Inqubomgomo Yezangaphandle YaseMelika kanye Nombono Womphakathi, Okthoba 2004, p. 17).
* Inhlolovo eyagunyazwa uMnyango Wezokuvikela WaseBrithani ngonyaka odlule ithole ukuthi Amaphesenti angu-82 aphelele ama-Iraqi "ayephikisana kakhulu" nokuba khona kwamasosha angaphandle futhi ngaphansi kwephesenti elilodwa bakholelwa ukuthi amasosha yiwona abhekele ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuphepha. ” (URichard Norton Taylor, “Amasosha AseBrithani Abopha Abase-Iraq Abayisishiyagalolunye Njengoba Ukuvota Kubonisa Ubutha Kumasosha,” The Guardian, October 1, 24, itholakala ku-www. guardian.co.uk/military/story/2005,,0.html ).
OH YEYE LOKHOLO LWEDEMOKRASI ELINCANE
Inkinga eyodwa ngezihlakaniphi ezikhululekile ukuthi zintula ukholo lwakudala lukaThomas Jefferson lwenkululeko yaseMelika kubantu kanye nomsebenzi wentando yeningi “uhulumeni othandwayo” wokwenza ngokuhambisana nentando “yabantu”, ngisho noma leso senzo singase siholele. kuzinqubomgomo "ezingahlakaniphile".
Njengoba i-radical-democratic left yazi, akukho “okungahlakaniphile” mayelana nokuhoxa ngokushesha. Kodwa noma ngabe ukususwa ngokushesha kwamasosha ase-US e-Iraq kwakuyinqubomgomo “embi”, umqondo kaJefferson wokubusa kwentando yeningi ofanele ukhomba ngokusobala kulokho kususwa – imiphumela engemihle (yangempela noma ecatshangelwayo) noma kunjalo.
Ngaphansi kwayo yonke inhlamba yabo, uBush-washing mbumbulu, ukwenqaba “abangempela” kwesobunxele ukuqhubekisela phambili inqubomgomo ngokuhambisana nezifiso zezakhamizi kubabeka eduze nemizwa yobukhosi yomphikisi ongumashiqela ka-Jefferson u-Alexander Hamilton. Ku-Hamilton, "abantu" "babeyisilo" esiyingozi futhi esingazi lutho - isiphithiphithi esibi esingakufanelekeli ukubusa. Leso “silo” sasidinga ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuthi sigcinwe futhi “simelwe” ngendlela efanele emihubheni yamandla nenqubomgomo “ngochwepheshe” abaningi kanye nabaphathi bezwe abavela kubantu abakhethekile nabanegunya.
Iya cishe kunoma yiliphi ikolishi noma inyuvesi yase-US okuthiwa “inxele” namuhla futhi uzofunda ukuthi labo baphathi abahlakaniphe kakhulu bahlanganisa ingxenye enkulu yosolwazi abakhululekile, abazinhlobo zabo ezinesibindi ezithanda ukufundisa izifundiswa nabafundi abaqinile (futhi ngokuvamile ngenxa yalokho) abangafundile ngobuwula bomzwelo. kanye nengane naivete ka
i-contemporary anti-war activism.
Uma ngibheka imininingwane yemibono engenhla ephakamisa ukuthi lesi yisikhathi sethuba elihle lokuqhubekisela phambili imbangela efanelekile yokuhoxa, ngihlatshwa umxhwele ubugwala bokwaneliseka kwezihlakaniphi ze-liberal-left fatalistic liberal-left kwazi-konke kanye nezihlakaniphi ezingenzi lutho. Babonakala bekhathazeke kakhulu ngokulalela i-ajenda yokhetho eyehluleke ngendlela ebabazekayo futhi ewumngcingo nokwamukela ububi kunokwamukela amathuba ayingozi oshoshovu oluzibandakanya nokuziphatha oluqhutshwa izinhloso zentando yeningi.
Amandla kubantu.
UPaul Street ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]) unguSolwazi Ovakashile Womlando WaseMelika eNyuvesi yaseNyakatho Illinois. Incwadi yakhe eshicilelwe yayihlanganisa i-Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11 (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2004) kanye Nezikole Ezihlukanisiwe: Educational Apartheid in the Post-Civil Rights Era (New York, NY: Routledge, 2005)
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