Kuyinto eyodwa ukuphawula kukholamu njengoba inhlekelele yase-Ukraine iqhubeka futhi iWashington - ngokungenangqondo, ingazi lutho ngokulandelayo - ibhidliza ubudlelwano neMoscow. Kungokunye, njengoba ukuxoxisana okude noStephen F. Cohen kukwenza kucace, ukubuka njengoba ukubaluleka komsebenzi ohloniphekile wamaqiniso esazi ebekelwa eceleni kuvuna ubuqili obungekho emthethweni, umkhuhlane wempi ongafinyeleli kangako kweka-Hearst kanye nalokho uCohen akubeka phakathi ukwanda okubabazekayo komkhakha wethonya—e-NATO—emlandweni.
Uma bekufanele ngichaze amandla nokubaluleka komsebenzi kaCohen ngomusho owodwa, bekungaba yilokhu: Kuwukugcizelela okungaphezi ukuthi kumele silethe umlando kulokho esikubonayo. Umuntu angacabanga ukuthi lena iphrojekthi encomekayo, kodwa ifake uCohen kumama wazo zonke izingxabano zobuhlakani kusukela ngesikhathi kuketulwa umbuso eKiev osekwasekelwa yi-US ngonyaka odlule. Ukuthi manje “usenebala elimnyama” noma “ufakwe ohlwini lwabamnyama”—imibandela uCohen angayithandi—kukhulu kakhulu. Masiyishiye ukuze indawo imlinde phakathi kwabaprofethi abaningi baseMelika ngaphandle kokuhlonishwa phakathi kwabo.
Akumangazi neze ukuthi uMnyango Wokukhohlwa, owaziwa nangokuthi uMnyango Wezwe, uzogwema umbono ka-Cohen nge-Ukraine kanye nobudlelwano neRussia: Uletha okuningi kakhulu ngendlela yecala nokuzibophezela ecaleni. Kepha lapho ozakwabo bezazi bemhlasela “njengomxolisi kaPutin” umuntu uba novalo ngethemba lokubuyela esikhathini sikaMcCarthyist. Njengamanje, ongqondongqondo abalalelayo esikoleni sebephendule inkulumo-mpikiswano yaba umbukiso ongavamile.
U-Cohen, oneminyaka engama-76, usuwonke umdlalo futhi okhumbula konke, akacabangi ukuthi sesibuyile ngeminyaka yawo-1950 okwamanje. Kodwa manje usematasa ekulweni ne-Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, ekwindla eyedlule yenqaba isibonelelo sika-$400,000 u-Cohen ayehlongoze ngaso nomkakhe, uKatrina vanden Heuvel, ngoba ubudlelwano obuzoxhaswa buzobizwa ngegama likaCohen. Kholwani, bafundi, yithina lesi ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-21.
Ingxoxo elandelayo yenzeke efulethini likaCohen's Manhattan emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokusayinwa kwesivumelwano sokumisa umlilo esaziwa ngeMinsk II maphakathi noFebhuwari. Yasakazeka emahoreni amaningana adonsa umoya. Njengoba ngisebenza nombhalo kwaba sobala ukuthi u-Cohen unginike idokhumenti ebalulekile, eyenza itholakale kubafundi i-accounting emfushane, efinyelelekayo, enolwazi ngokomlando ethi “lapho esikhona namuhla,” njengoba uCohen akubeka, e-Ukraine nase-US. - Ubudlelwano Russia.
I-salon izosebenza ngezingxenye ezimbili. Lona umbhalo ohleliwe wokuqala. Ingxenye yesibili ilandela ngesonto elizayo.
Sithini isinqumo sakho ngokubandakanyeka kweRussia e-Ukraine? Esimeni samanje, isidingo siwumlando omuhle nolimi olucacile. Ngokombono ongokomlando, ingabe ubheka iRussia njengefanele?
Hhayi-ke, angikwazi ukucabanga ngenye indlela. Ngaqala ukuxwayisa ngenhlekelele enjalo eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 edlule, emuva ngawo-90. Bengilokhu ngithi kusukela ngoFebhuwari wonyaka odlule [ngesikhathi uViktor Yanukovich exoshwa eKiev] ukuthi ngeminyaka yawo-1990 yilapho konke kwakungahambi kahle phakathi kweRussia ne-United States kanye ne-Europe. Ngakho-ke udinga okungenani umlando ongaka, iminyaka engama-25. Kodwa-ke, iqala ngisho nangaphambi kwesikhathi.
Njengoba ngike ngasho isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, siseMpini Yomshoshaphansi entsha. Sesibe koyedwa, impela, iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi. Umbono wami [isikhathi esithile] wawuwukuthi i-United States yayingakayiqedi iMpi Yomshoshaphansi yangaphambili, nakuba iMoscow yayinayo, noma yayiyivuselele kabusha eWashington. AbaseRussia bavele bebengakayihlanganisi kuze kube muva nje ngoba ibingabathinti ngqo.
Okwenzeka e-Ukraine ngokusobala akusifakanga kwentsha noma evuselelwe kuphela—izazi-mlando mazinqume ukuthi—iMpi Yomshoshaphansi, kodwa okungenzeka ibe yingozi kakhulu kunaleyo eyandulele ngenxa yezizathu ezimbili noma ezintathu. Ingqophamlando ayikho eBerlin ngalesi sikhathi kodwa ise-Ukraine, emingceleni yaseRussia, ngaphakathi kwempucuko yayo: Lokho kuyingozi. Ngaphezulu komlando weminyaka engu-40 weMpi Yomshoshaphansi endala, kwasetshenziswa imithetho yokuziphatha nokuqashelwa kwemigqa ebomvu, ngaphezu kocingo olubomvu. Manje akukho mithetho. Lokhu sikubona nsuku zonke—akukho mithetho nhlangothi zombili.
Okungiphatha kabi kakhulu, akukho ukuphikiswa okuphawulekayo e-United States kule Mpi Yomshoshaphansi entsha, kuyilapho esikhathini esidlule kwakuhlale kukhona ukuphikiswa. Ngisho nase-White House ungathola umsizi kamongameli owayenombono ohlukile, ngokuqinisekile eMnyangweni Wezwe, ngokuqinisekile kuCongress. Imithombo yezindaba ibivulelekile—i-New York Times, iWashington Post—ukuba ikhulume. Abasekho. Kushaywa isandla esisodwa emaphephandabeni ethu amakhulu nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ngakho yilapho esikhona.
Inkinga yase-Ukraine ngokombono womlando. Umhlaba oyingozi kakhulu. Ukwazi lokhu kangcono kunanoma ubani, bengike ngacabanga.
Yilapho engihlaselwa khona futhi ngihlaselwe. Kuyisahlulelo esingokomlando. [Inkinga manje] yavela emigomeni kaClinton, engikubiza ngokuthi “owinile thatha konke” inqubomgomo yaseMelika ngakulokho okwakucatshangwa ukuthi injalo—kodwa lokhu akulona iqiniso—ukunqotshwa kwangemva kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi yaseRussia, eyayihola abantu ngeminyaka yawo-'90s. ukucabanga ngeRussia ngendlela efana neJalimane neJapan ngandlela thize ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II: IRussia izonquma izinqubomgomo zayo zangaphakathi ngokwezinga elithile, futhi izovunyelwa ukuba iphinde iqale indima yayo njengombuso ezindabeni zamazwe ngamazwe—kodwa njengozakwethu omncane ophishekelayo. izintshisekelo ezintsha zezwe laseMelika.
Lokho kwaba ukuphishekela uClinton noStrobe Talbott, manje osecasulwe kakhulu ukwehluleka kwenqubomgomo yakhe, enkathini ye-Yeltsin. Yilokho ababekufuna, futhi babecabanga ukuthi babekuthola, ku-Boris Yeltsin. Ungafunda imemori kaTalbott, “Isandla SaseRussia,” futhi wazi ukuthi yonke inkulumo esemthethweni mayelana nobungane baphakade nobudlelwano bekuyi-malarkey. Manje konke sekumuncu, ngokubikezelwa nangezizathu ezahlukahlukene, futhi kusiholele kulesi simo.
Inkinga ukuthi ngokuthatha umbono, njengoba kwenza abezindaba baseMelika kanye nenhlangano yezepolitiki, ukuthi le nkinga iyiphutha “lolaka lukaPutin,” akukho ukucatshangelwa kabusha kwenqubomgomo yaseMelika kule minyaka engama-20 edlule. Angikamboni umuntu oyedwa onethonya ethi, "Hhayi, mhlawumbe senze okuthile okungalungile, mhlawumbe kufanele sicabange kabusha okuthile." Leyo iresiphi yokunye okufanayo, kunjalo, futhi okunye okufanayo kungasho impi neRussia….
Ake ngikunike isibonelo esisodwa. Kuyinto enzima kakhulu ukuthi i-American elite yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle kanye ne-media elite ukubhekana nayo.
Umbono wethu ukuthi akekho umuntu onelungelo lomkhakha wethonya ekhulwini lama-21. I-Russia ifuna umkhakha wethonya ngomqondo wokuthi ayifuni izisekelo zamasosha aseMelika e-Ukraine noma eBaltics noma eGeorgia. Kodwa yini ukwanda kwe-NATO ngaphandle kokwandiswa kwendawo yaseMelika noma umkhakha wethonya? Akukhona nje ezempi. Kungokwezimali, kungokomnotho, kungokwempucuko, ukuganana—amasosha, ingqalasizinda. Cishe ukwanda okumangazayo komkhakha omkhulu wethonya ngesikhathi esifushane kangaka nangesikhathi sokuthula emlandweni womhlaba.
Ngakho-ke unePhini likaMongameli uBiden njalo ethi, "IRussia ifuna umkhakha wethonya futhi ngeke sikuvumele." Hhayi-ke, siphusha umkhakha wethu wethonya phansi emphinjeni weRussia, ngokucabanga ukuthi ngeke ihlehle. Ngokusobala, ingxoxo ingase iqale kahle: “Ingabe iRussia inelungelo lendawo noma indawo esendaweni yayo engenazisekelo zamasosha angaphandle?” Lokho nje, akukho okunye. Uma impendulo inguyebo, ukwanda kwe-NATO bekufanele kuphele eMpumalanga Jalimane, njengoba amaRussia ayethenjisiwe. Kodwa sinyonyobe sisondela. I-Ukraine imayelana nokwanda kwe-NATO-no-matter-what. IWashington ingaqhubeka ngentando yeningi nobukhosi nakho konke okunye, kodwa imayelana nalokho. Futhi asikwazi ukuphinda sivule lo mbuzo…. Ubuzenzisi, noma ukungakwazi ukuhlanganisa amachashazi eMelika, kuyamangaza.
Imvelo yombuso waseKiev. Nalapha, kunenkungu eningi. Ngakho kukhona izingxenye ezimbili kulo mbuzo. Udaba lokuketula umbuso kanye nobudlelwano bukahulumeni wase-Yatsenyuk noMnyango Wezwe-manje sesinongqongqoshe wezeziMali e-Kiev oyisakhamuzi saseMelika, ekhuluma noMkhandlu Wezobudlelwano Nezangaphandle lapha njengoba sikhuluma-bese kuba nobudlelwano bombuso wase-Kiev ne-ultra. -kwesokudla.
Umbuzo obalulekile. Ngakhuluma ngayo esiqeshini seSizwe ngonyaka odlule esibizwa ngokuthi “Distorting Russia.” Iphuzu elilodwa kwaba ukuthi abaxolisi emithonjeni yezindaba ngohulumeni waseKiev njengoba eqala ukubusa ngemuva kuka-Feb. 21, kanye nemibhikisho yaseMaidan njengoba iphenduke yaba nodlame, bayishaya indiva indima yeqembu elincane kodwa elibalulekile lama-ultra-nationalists abukeka, anuka. futhi kuzwakala njengama-neo-fascists. Futhi ngenxa yalokhu ngahlaselwa kanzima, kuhlanganise noTimothy Snyder eYale, ongumlandeli omkhulu weKiev, eNew Republic. Angazi ukuthi uvelaphi, noma uprofesa angasho kanjani izinsolo azenzile. Kodwa impikiswano yayiwukuthi le ngqikithi ye-neo-fascist kwakungekaPutin, ukuthi engangikusho kwakuwukuxolisa kukaPutin nokuthi ama-fascists angempela aseRussia, hhayi e-Ukraine.
Mhlawumbe kukhona ama-fascists eRussia, kodwa asisekeli uhulumeni waseRussia noma ama-fascists aseRussia. Umbuzo uwukuthi, futhi kubaluleke kakhulu, “Ingabe ikhona inhlangano ye-neo-fascist e-Ukraine okuthi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iphumelele kanjani okhethweni, engazange ibe yinhle, ibe nomthelela ezindabeni kwezombusazwe noma kwezempi, futhi ingabe lokhu kuyinto okufanele sikhathazeke ngayo? ”
Impendulo ithi yebo ngamaphesenti angu-100. Kodwa ukuvuma lokhu e-United States kuye kwancishwa ngamaphesenti angu-100 kuze kube muva nje, lapho, ekugcineni, amaphephandaba ambalwa eqala ukucaphuna izimpi zaseKiev ezinama-swastika ezigqokweni namathangi awo. Ngakho-ke uthole ukufakwa okwengeziwe kancane. Izintatheli zakwamanye amazwe, zishiya eceleni amaRussia, ziye zafaka lesi sigameko se-neo-fascist, okungamangazi. Ikhula emlandweni wase-Ukraine. Kufanele kube umbuzo obaluleke ngempela wezepolitiki kubenzi benqubomgomo baseNtshonalanga, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi manje sewaseJalimane. Ubuhlakani baseJalimane cishe bungcono kunobunhloli baseMelika uma kukhulunywa nge-Ukraine—okungagwegwesi kakhulu kulokho obukutshela ubuholi obuphezulu. UMerkel ukhathazekile ngokusobala ngalokhu.
Esinye isibonelo sento ongakwazi ukuxoxa ngayo kwabezindaba ezivamile noma kwenye indawo ekusungulweni kwaseMelika. Uma ufunda ubufakazi buka [umsizi kaNobhala Wezwe] uNuland, lokhu akushiwo. Kodwa yini engaba ebaluleke ngaphezu kokuvela kabusha kwenhlangano yobufascist ezwenikazi laseYurophu? Angikhulumi ngalama fascists ane-sappy agijima azungeze imigwaqo eNtshonalanga Yurophu. Ngikhuluma ngabafana abaphethe izikhali eziningi, abafana abenze izinto ezimbi nababulala abantu. Ingabe lokho kugunyaza ingxoxo? Nokho, abantu bathi, uma bekhona bayidlanzana elincane. Impendulo yami ecacile ithi, “Yebo, wayenjalo uHitler kanye noLenin ngesinye isikhathi.” Uyanaka futhi uyacabanga ngakho uma ufunda noma yini emlandweni….
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