“Akukho okushintshayo ngoSuku Lonyaka Omusha…” (U2)
Emithonjeni yezindaba yebhizinisi elingana ne-scoop, u-Dana Priest kanye no-Barton Gellman we-Washington Post "baphule" indaba yokuhlukunyezwa kwe-US "iziboshwa" zama-Arab kanye ne-Afghan. I-athikili yangoDisemba 26, ebekwe isikhathi esikahle sokuduka engxoxweni yamaholide, iqala njengenoveli embi yezinhloli: “Ekujuleni kwendawo engavunyelwe esikhungweni sezindiza sase-Bagram esihlaselwe yi-US e-Afghanistan, ekhoneni kusuka esikhungweni sokuboshwa nangale kwezindawo ezihlukanisiwe. amayunithi ezempi ayimfihlo, kuhlala iqoqo leziqukathi zensimbi ezivikelwe ungqimba oluthathu lwentambo ye-concertina. Amakhonteyina aphethe imiklomelo ebaluleke kakhulu empini yabasebenzi be-al Qaeda abathunjwe ngobushokobezi kanye nabaphathi beTaliban. "
UPriest noGellman babika ukuthi labo abenqabayo ukubambisana “ngezinye izikhathi bagcinwa bemile noma beguqe amahora amaningi, begqoke izigqoko ezimnyama noma izibuko ezipendwe ngopende” noma “babanjwe ezindaweni ezixakile, ezibuhlungu futhi bangalali ngokuqhunyiswa kwezibani amahora angu-24” ( ngendlela egculisayo ebizwa ngokuthi “izindlela zokucindezeleka nokucindezela”). Futhi laba abanenhlanhla.
Abanye ababoshiwe (isimo se-POW sinqatshelwe kalula) banikelwa “kubambisene besithunzi samalungelo abantu esingabazisayo, lapho imigqa yendabuko phakathi kokulungile nokungalungile, okusemthethweni nokungabi nobuntu, ishintshashintsha futhi ifiphale,” kubhala uPriest noGellman abacaphuna umthombo osemthethweni ongashiwongo ngegama. njengoba echaza: “Asikukhahleli [inhlamba] kuzo. Sibathumela kwamanye amazwe ukuze bakwazi ukukhahlela [inhlamba] kubo.”
Owayengumhloli jikelele we-CIA uFred Hitz uthi i-Ejensi "ayihlukumezi" kodwa uma izwe linikeza imininingwane etholwe ekuphenyweni, "singasebenzisa izithelo zayo."
Le ndlela, ebizwa ngokuthi “i-operational flexibility,” kusolwa ukuthi iyinto entsha. Esigcawini esihlanganyelwe sango-Septhemba 26 samakomiti ezobunhloli eNdlu kanye neSenethi, u-Cofer Black, ngaleso sikhathi owayeyinhloko ye-CIA Counterterrorist Center wamemezela: “Ngemuva kuka-9/11 amagilavu ayaphuma.”
Lokhu kuyizindaba impela emhlabeni wonke lapho ukuhlukunyezwa okuxhaswe yi-US kungesona isambulo.
Kunezibonelo eziningi zokuhlukunyezwa okuqondile kwase-US, okungukuthi ikomidi leSenethi eliphenyayo lango-1975 ladalula izindlela zase-US zokuphenya ngababili eziboshwa zase-Vietcong. Kwesinye isigameko, lapho isiboshwa sokuqala senqaba ukukhuluma, saphonswa endizeni engamamitha angu-3000. Isiboshwa sesibili saphendula yonke imibuzo kodwa saxoshwa endizeni noma kunjalo. Ezinye izindlela zazihilela ukusika iminwe, izinzipho, izindlebe, noma izitho zobulili zesinye isiboshwa kuyilapho esinye sibukele.
Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokuqeqeshwa kwe-CIA no-US, ifa langempela lokuhlushwa laseMelika lisezigxivizweni zeminwe ezinegazi ezitholakala emhlabeni wonke. Cabanga nge-SAVAK, amaphoyisa omshoshaphansi ase-Iran adume kabi enkathini ye-Shah adalwe ngokuhlanganyela yi-CIA ne-Israel. I-Amnesty International ithathe umlando we-SAVAK wokuhlukunyezwa “njengokungaphezu kokukholelwa.”
Ngawo-1960 iGreece, ngaphansi kokubusa komsebenzi okhokhelwayo weCIA uGeorge Papadopoulos, amaphoyisa ahlomile e-US asebenzisa izindlela ezinjengokusunduza “indwangu engcolile, evame ukucwiliswa umchamo, futhi ngezinye izikhathi indle” ehle ngomphimbo walabo ababesolwa ukuthi bangamakhomanisi.
Ngesikhathi sempi engcwele ye-CIA ngokumelene ne-USSR e-Afghanistan, i-Moujahedeen eqeqeshwe futhi exhaswa ngemali yase-US yabamba amasosha aseSoviet futhi yawagcina ezitokisini. Intatheli yeFar Eastern Economic Review yakhuluma ngamasosha aseSoviet abulawa, akhishwa isikhumba, futhi alengiswa esitolo sobhusha. “Umthunjwa oyedwa,” ebika, “wazithola eyisikhungo sokukhangwa emdlalweni we-buzkashi,” uhlobo lwe-polo yase-Afghan esebenzisa imbuzi engenakhanda njengebhola. Kulokhu, kwasetshenziswa isithunjwa saseSoviet, siphila. “Wadatshulwa waba yizicucu okwangempela,” kusho intatheli.
URonald Reagan wabiza i-Nicaragua contras ngokuthi “ukuziphatha okulingana noFata Abasunguli.” Leli qembu elihle “labalweli benkululeko” lalihlasela njalo izakhamuzi, linquma amabele abesifazane namasende amadoda, likhipha amehlo, linquma izinsana, lisebenzisa izingane ukuze lizicije, linqume uqhoqhoqho futhi likhipha ulimi lwesisulu ngembokodo. Enye intombazane eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala yadlwengulwa yiqembu futhi yanqunywa ikhanda. Ikhanda lakhe labekwa esigxotsheni njengesixwayiso kubalandeli bakahulumeni endaweni yangakubo. Usihlalo we-Americas Watch kanye ne-Helsinki Watch waphetha ngokuthi “i-US ayikwazi ukugwema icala ngalezi zenzo zonya.”
Kwenye indawo e-Latin America, u-Dan Mitrione, inhloko ye-Orwellian ebizwa ngokuthi Ihhovisi Lezokuphepha Komphakathi lase-US waqeqesha umbutho wamaphoyisa wase-Brazil ngeminyaka yawo-1960. Enye yezindlela uMitrione azifundisayo yayihlanganisa ukubeka isiphetho somhlanga endunu yendoda enqunu elenga ilenga. Olunye uhlangothi lomhlanga lucwiliswe ngamafutha futhi luvutha. E-Uruguay, uMitrione wabizwa ukuze asize ekubhekaneni namaTupamaros, iqembu uWilliam Blum alibiza ngokuthi “mhlawumbe amavukela-mbuso asemadolobheni ahlakaniphe kunawo wonke, ahlakaniphe kunawo wonke, futhi ahlakaniphe kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaMitrione, iSigele Sase-Uruguay sathola ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa kwase kuphenduke “isenzakalo esivamile, esivamile, nesivamile.” Amacebo ayehlanganisa ukushaqeka kukagesi ezithweni zangasese, izinaliti zikagesi ngaphansi kwezinzipho, kanye nokusebenzisa “intambo encane kangangokuthi yayingafakwa emlonyeni phakathi kwamazinyo futhi ngokucindezela ushingamu kwandisa amandla kagesi.”
Amaqhinga anjalo alolongwa egumbini elingaphansi likaMitrione elingenamsindo. UBlum ubhala ngokusetshenziswa kukaMitrione izinxibi ezine zasemgwaqweni ukuze abonise imiphumela yama-voltage ahlukene ezingxenyeni ezihlukene zomzimba. Wonke amadoda amane afa.
Ekugcineni uMitrione wathunjwa futhi wabulawa amaTupamaros. Emngcwabeni wakhe, umkhulumeli we-White House uRon Ziegler uthe: “UMnu. Inkonzo kaMitrione yokuzinikela emzamweni wokuthula ezweni elihlelekile iyohlala iyisibonelo samadoda akhululekile kuyo yonke indawo.”
Cabanga nje ukuthi wayevunyelwe yini ukukhumula amagilavu.
Njengoba esinye isikhulu esiye saqondisa ukuthunjwa nokudluliselwa kwamaphekula asolwa kwamuva nje satshela uPriest noGellman: “Uma ngezinye izikhathi ungawephuli amalungelo omuntu, cishe awenzi umsebenzi wakho.”
“Konke kungashintsha ngosuku lonyaka omusha…” (Rage Against the Machine)
UMickey Z. ungumbhali wencwadi ethi Saving Private Power: The Hidden History of “The Good War” (www.softskull.com ) nencwadi ezayo ethi, The Murdering of My Years: Artists & Activists Making Ends Meet (http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-1887128786-0 ). Angafinyelelwa ku: [i-imeyili ivikelwe] .
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