Manje, ngemva kokuba abezindaba bezwe sebekwenzile ku-George W. Bush, ukukhononda kwensizwa. Uthi: โKunomqondo wokuthi abantu baseMelika abalitholi iqiniso.
Yeka ukucasuka!
โNgiyasikhumbula isisefo okuhamba ngaso ezinye izindaba,โ kusho umongameli muva nje, โfuthi ngezinye izikhathi kufanele udlule phezu kwamakhanda okuhlunga futhi ukhulume ngokuqondile nabantu.โ
Abanye abaculi abakhohlisayo abaneliseki.
Inqubo yokuhlunga yemithombo yezindaba enkulu isebenzele inzuzo enkulu kaBush. Phakathi nomkhankaso ka-2000, irekhodi lakhe elibi njengombusi - eligcwele ikhadi elibi lezemvelo kanye nendlela esabekayo yokubulawa kwabantu eTexas - athola ukunakwa kwabezindaba okunganele. Ezinyangeni zakhe zokuqala njengomongameli, abantu baseMelika abaningi bengabaza ukufaneleka kokunqoba kwakhe okhethweni futhi bezwa ukuthi ukhuphuke ngaphezu kwezinga lakhe lobuhlakani, ukusakazwa kwabezindaba jikelele kwesikhulu esiphezulu esisha kwaba nokudelela.
Maphakathi no-September 2001, lapho uBush ekhuphukela ku-stratosphere yezindaba ngokuzumayo, u-Karl Rove kanye nabanye osomaqhinga bezombangazwe e-White House baqala ukuxhashazwa kwabo ngokungaphezi ngoSepthemba 11.
Kodwa bebengeke bakukhiphe ngaphandle kokubamba iqhaza ngentshiseko kwabezindaba. Imithombo yezindaba eminingi ejwayelekile ihalalisele ngokushesha uGeorge W. Bush njenge-FDR esesimweni somuntu. Bamangala ngekhono lakhe eliphelele lokusebenzisa i-TelePrompTers nokukhuluma ngokujulile phambi kwamakhamera. Ngokudlula lokho ayekulindele okuphansi nokuncane, isitoko sakhe senyukele phezulu emakethe yezombangazwe.
Kusukela empini eya e-Iraq kuye ekuhoxisweni kwenkululeko ebalulekile yomphakathi kuya ekuqhubekiseni phambili ukuhlanekezela kwesakhiwo sentela sivuna abacebile, yonke into esohlwini lwezifiso zeqembu likaBush ifakwe ngokungenamahloni njengengxenye โyempi yobushokobezi.โ
Kodwa ngisho nama-cowboy athola ukudumala, ikakhulukazi lapho intshiseko yawo yombuso ibonakala ingenangqondo. Naphezu kwebutho lezempi elinamandla emhlabeni ngaphansi komyalo wabo, ukufinyelela emhlabeni wonke kwabakhi bombuso eWashington kungaphezu kwamandla akho. Manje babhekene nezingqinamba ezinzima kakhulu.
Njengoba umnotho wase-US usantengantenga kanye nokusebenza kwe-Iraq kusekulokho u-Daddy Bush angase akubize nge-"deep doo-doo," singalindela ukuxhashazwa kwezombusazwe kwe-9/11 ukuthi kushube phakathi kwamanje noNovemba 2004. Zilungiselele unyaka wokhetho ogcwele yemizamo yokuklinya wonke amaconsi ejusi yemidiya kulokho okwenzeka ngoSepthemba 11.
Ohlelweni olusha lwencwadi yakhe ethi โW: Revenge of the Bush Dynasty,โ intatheli u-Elizabeth Mitchell uphawula ukuthi โiNgqungquthela Kazwelonke YaseRiphabhulikhi izoba seNew York City ngosuku lwakamuva emlandweni weqembu weminyaka engu-148 ukuze isondele isikhumbuzo seminyaka ka-September 11.โ Izinsuku ezimbalwa kuphela ezizohlukanisa umhlangano we-GOP eManhattan kanye nesikhumbuzo sika-9/11.
Ukwehla okuqhubekayo kwezilinganiso zokugunyazwa kukaBush ezweni lonke ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula ngokuqinisekile kugcizelele umbono wabaphathi beRove ngekhadi le-9/11 njenge-ace yalo emgodini.
Emhlabeni wangempela, noma ngabe izikhalazo zakhe, uMongameli Bush "angakhuluma ngqo nabantu" ngokungafani nabanye abantu. Izinga lokufinyelela kwakhe kwabezindaba okungahlungiwe - okuhlanganisa nokusakazwa bukhoma kwezinkulumo ezikhulumayo kanye nama-photo-ops ahlakaniphile - likhulu kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, nsuku zonke, iziteshi zezindaba ziminyanisa abaqokwe nguBush, abaholi beRiphabhulikhi kuCongress, osolwazi abasekelayo kanye nabashayeli bamathangi abasekelwa yizinkampani abagxeka umongameli nezinqubomgomo zakhe ngokungakhathali.
Futhi asikaboni lutho. Okuningi kukaBush okulindeleke ukuthi akhokhe izigidi ezingama-200 zamarandi ngonyaka ozayo kuzonikelwa ekuthengeni โokungahlungiweโ ukufinyelela emphakathini ngendlela yokukhangisa encoma ubukhulu bale ndoda.
UBush unento eyodwa elungile: Ikakhulukazi, abezindaba basebenza njengohlelo lokuhlunga kuleli zwe. Yebo, ufuna ukuthi ihlunge ezinye izindaba eziningi kanye nokubukwa angakuthandi. Kodwa uBush angashaqeka ngempela uma imithombo yezindaba yesizwe ingasebenzi njengesistimu yokuhlunga futhi njengendlela yokuxhumana okubanzi kwentando yeningi.
E-United States nasemhlabeni wonke, abantu abampofu abahlupheka ngenxa yezinqubomgomo zabaphathi baphakathi kwezisulu zangempela zokuhlungwa kwabezindaba. Kodwa ngokusobala izikhalo zabo azizona izindaba.
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UNorman Solomon ungomunye wababhali be "Target Iraq: Lokho Imithombo Yezindaba Ayikutshelanga." Ukuze uthole ingcaphuno nolunye ulwazi, vakashela ku: www.contextbooks.com/new.html#target
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