Kufikira Pamwamba pa Otsatira

Ndi Robert C. Koehler, Zodabwitsa Zowonongeka

Zingatenge chiyani kuti Hillary Clinton adzitalikirane ndi kampeni yophulitsa mabomba yomwe idangoyambitsidwa kumene ku Libya? Kapena kuyitanira mtsutso wa congress pa izo? Kapena perekani zodziwikiratu: kuti nkhondo yolimbana ndi zigawenga sikugwira ntchito?

Ndithudi sizichitika. Koma zoona zake n’zakuti zimamveka zosamveka—pafupifupi zongopeka ngati maganizo a otchulidwa m’mafilimu kuchoka pazenera m'moyo weniweni - zikuwonetsa momwe demokalase yaku America ilili pampando wapurezidenti ndi yonyenga, yosagwirizana ndi zenizeni. Ndi masewera owonera - kulimbana ndimatope, titero - zomwe zimaperekedwa kwa ife ngati zosangalatsa ndi atolankhani pamawu omveka komanso mavoti.

Zolankhula za anthu sizingakhale zogwirizana ndi zomwe timachita ngati dziko, komanso ngati ufumu.

Ndipo zambiri zomwe timachita ndikumenya nkhondo. Tsopano kuposa kale. Kuyambira 9/11, nkhondo yakhala, makamaka, yodzipatsa chilolezo, chifukwa cha Authorization for Use of Military Force, yomwe imapatsa Executive Nthambi ufulu wolimbana ndi zigawenga popanda chilolezo cha Congress. Choncho, malinga ndi New York Times: "Pogwirizanitsa zochita za Libya ndi chilolezo chokakamiza, olamulira sayenera kudziwitsa Congress. Izi zikutanthauza kuti kampeni ku Libya ipitilira mpaka kalekale, kapena mpaka olamulira amaliza kuti owombera ndege akwaniritsa cholinga chawo. "

Kapena ngati Trevor Timm, polembera nyuzipepala ya The Guardian, inati: “Ndi nkhani inanso ya Nkhondo Yowopsya Yozungulira Moyo, imene dziko la United States likuphulitsa mabomba dziko lina kenako n’kuthira zida zankhondo m’chigawocho, zomwe zimadzetsa chipwirikiti ndi mwayi kwa mabungwe a zigawenga, omwe pambuyo pake amaphulitsa mabomba. zimabweretsa kuphulika kwa mabomba ku US. "

Ife tikubala mantha. Tikudya ndi njala mapologalamu athu. Tikudzipha pang'onopang'ono. Ndipo tikuwononga dziko.

Nanga ndichifukwa chiyani izi sizoyenera kukambanso pa chisankho chapulezidenti?

Chinthu chake ndi chakuti, anthu amachipeza. Mwanjira ina, amazindikira kuti sakuyimiridwa ndi anthu ambiri omwe amawavotera. Akuzindikira, mwaunyinji, kuti nthawi yafika yopulumutsa dziko lino ku mkhalidwe womwe ukuganiza kuti ndi lathu. Ndilo gawo lachisankho cha 2016, chilichonse chomwe chidzachitike mu Novembala. Mkwiyo wa anthu waposa zomwe atolankhani ayesetsa kuti aletse ndikuchepetsa mkangano wadziko lonse wokhudza momwe dzikolo likuyendera.

Masabata awiri apitawo, kumapeto kwa Msonkhano Wachigawo wa Republican, Matt Taibbi analemba m’buku la Rolling Stone kuti: “Ovota mamiliyoni khumi ndi atatu ndi mazana atatu a chipani cha Republican sanamvere chifuno cha chipani chawo ndipo anakana momveka bwino anthu okonda ndalama zokwana madola milioni zana limodzi monga a Jeb Bush kuti alandenso tsogolo lawo landale. Kuti iwo anapanga mwina chisankho chopusa kwambiri m'mbiri ya demokalase inalidi nkhani yachiwiri.

"Zinali zopambana kwambiri kuti ovota owona zenizeni zenizeni adachita zomwe opita patsogolo sakanatha kuchita nawo ma primaries a Democratic. Ovota aku Republican adalowa mumagulu ambiri azandalama ndi kulumikizana kwa ndale komanso apolisi apawailesi yakanema omwe, monga zotchinga zozungulira Q (Quicken Loans Arena), adapangidwa kuti aletse otsutsa kuti asatengeke pazandale. ”

Donald Trump asanakhale wopenga mabiliyoni ambiri, iye ndi wosintha zinthu. Sichomwe iye amachiyimira ndicho kukopa kwake koma chomwe sakuyimira: kulondola pazandale. Ndiwolakwika pazandale powonetsa modabwitsa, mopitilira apo, kupatsa otsatira ake okwiya, oyera, oponderezedwa kwazaka zambiri chinyengo choti kumuvotera ndikofanana ndi kuwononga zotchinga za apolisi ndi "kulandanso ulamuliro wawo. tsogolo la ndale."

Kunena zowona, mwina sizili choncho. Kusankha Trump mosakayikira ndi njira yabwino yotayika kwambiri kuposa kale.

Koma kwa kukhazikitsidwa kwa Democratic, iye ndi wabwino kuposa ISIS.

Mkhalidwe wa usilikali ndi mafakitale, mu nthawi ya Vietnam pambuyo pake, sungathe kudzisamalira okha pa ulamuliro wamagazi pa mdani wapano. Gehena yaiwisi ya Nkhondo ya Vietnam - nkhondo yomaliza yomwe tidawerengera - idawononga chikhulupiriro cha anthu pakupha kothandizidwa ndi boma. Vuto lalikulu. Nkhondo ndiye maziko a momwe zinthu zilili, zachuma, ndale komanso, mwachiwonekere, zauzimu. Chifukwa chake Vietnam itatha, nkhondo zaku America zidayenera kufotokozedwa ngati zaukhondo komanso "zochita opaleshoni" komanso, zowonadi, zofunikira kwambiri: Kuyimirira komaliza kwa Kumadzulo polimbana ndi zoyipa. Njira yabwino yochitira izi sikunali kungonena za iwo kwambiri, komanso osati mwatsatanetsatane. Adani athu okha, zigawenga, ndi omwe amapeza tsatanetsatane wa nkhanza zawo.

Chododometsa chomwe adakumana nacho chaka chino ndi omutsatira osafuna a Hillary ndikuti, pomuvotera chifukwa chodana kwambiri (komanso chomveka) kwa Trump, akuperekanso mwayi wopita kugulu lankhondo ndi mafakitale. Kuvota moyenerera - kwa a Jill Stein wa Green Party, titi - kumawoneka ngati kulakwitsa kwakukulu: kofanana ndi voti ya Trump.

Eya, chabwino, ndamva, koma sindimakhulupirira. Ndikumva ngati kutsekeredwa m'chipinda chandende. Kuvomereza kuti kuvota ndi chinthu chonyozeka, chogwira mphuno, chosudzulidwa kuzinthu zenizeni - kuvomereza kuti chisankho chabwino kwambiri chomwe timapeza ndi choipa chochepa - ndi imfa yapang'onopang'ono ya demokalase.

Monga ndikuwonera, njira yokhayo yothetsera ndikufikira kuposa omwe akufuna. Voterani aliyense, koma zindikirani kuti ntchito yomanga tsogolo - tsogolo lozikidwa pa chifundo, osati chiwawa ndi ulamuliro - ndi ntchito ya aliyense. Ngati mtsogoleri woyenera sanaimirirebe, kapena wagwetsedwa, imirirani nokha.

Ngati palibe chilichonse, funsani kuti Clinton kampeni, ndi oimira kwanuko, athetseni lingaliro la nkhondo yosatha komanso bajeti yankhondo ya madola thililiyoni. Kusuntha kukumanga; mphamvu ikukwera. Yang'anani izo. Lowani nawo.

 

 

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