NguRobert C. Koehler
“Yintoni endibethileyo” intatheli uChristian Parenti yatsho kutsha nje Thunti Udliwano-ndlebe, ebhekisa kwisiphumo seNkanyamba uKatrina, "yayiyinyani yokuba ezi dolophu kunye namazwe ajikeleze ummandla babethumela ekuphela kwezixhobo ababenazo eNew Orleans: izixhobo kunye nezixhobo zomkhosi.
"Emva kweminyaka engama-30 yeMfazwe yeZiyobisi kunye nohlengahlengiso lwe-neoliberal kurhulumente kwinqanaba lengingqi, engelulo unciphiso lwecandelo likarhulumente kodwa lutshintsho lwecandelo likarhulumente, ekuphela kwento oorhulumente basekhaya ababenayo yayizizixhobo."
Uqwalaselo lukaParenti lushwankathele imvakalelo enzulu yonxunguphalo ebendisoloko ndiluva ixesha elide, ebekhula ngamandla ukusukela kwixesha leReagan kwaye nangakumbi ukusukela ngo-9/11 kunye ne-ajenda yeBush. Uloyiko, ukusetyenziswa kakubi kunye nokungathintelwa, kubangela ubunzulu, "ingqiqo" yempambano. Siziqhubela kwiXesha elitsha lobumnyama.
Amandla okuqhuba liziko: urhulumente, amajelo osasazo aqhelekileyo, uqoqosho lomkhosi nolwemizi-mveliso. La maqumrhu ahlangana kwindawo evaliweyo, ukuthabatheka okuxhobileyo phezu kweentshaba ezohlukeneyo zemeko ekhoyo apho abambe amagunya amakhulu; kwaye oku kuthabatheka kukudlulisa ukuqonda koluntu ukuba ibe yingqondo esisigxina yokulwa okanye yokubaleka. Endaweni yokujongana nemicimbi yokwenyani, entsonkothileyo yentlalontle ngovelwano nobukrelekrele, amaziko ethu amakhulu abonakala eqinisa ngokwawo - ngokunyuka okuphuthileyo okungapheliyo - ngokuchasene needemon zabo ezicingelwayo.
UParenti uqhubeke, kudliwanondlebe lwakhe noVincent Emanuele: “Ke, imali encinci yezindlu zikawonke-wonke, imali eninzi kwiintolongo zabucala. Lukhutshelo lokwenyani lwezibonelelo kumaziko ahlukeneyo, ukusuka kwiziko ledemokhrasi yezentlalo eneziphene njengezindlu zikawonke-wonke, ukuya kwindawo engendawo, kodwa ebiza kakhulu kwaye iziko elixhaswa ngurhulumente, njengentolongo. "
Njengoko uluntu lwaseMelika lusenza impinda, luyazithulela phantsi.
Ekuphela kwento eyothusayo kwibali lakutshanje kushicilelo lwase-US lwe Guardian, umzekelo - malunga nendlela iofisi yaseHouston ye-FBI yaphula ngayo imithetho yayo ekuqaliseni uphando lwabachasi bombhobho we-Keystone XL - kwakungamangalisi kangakanani.
Enyanisweni, i-ofisi ye-FBI yophule imithetho yangaphakathi yesebe - "eyenzelwe," ngokutsho kweThe Guardian, "ukuthintela i-arhente ukuba ibandakanyeke ngokungafanelekanga kwimiba yezopolitiko" - ngokuqala umsebenzi wokubeka esweni ngokuchasene namatsha-ntliziyo achasene nemibhobho ngaphandle kokufumana umgangatho ophezulu- ukuvunywa kwenqanaba ukwenza njalo. Ngaphezu koko, "uphando lwavulwa ekuqaleni kwe-2013, iinyanga ezimbalwa emva kwentlanganiso yesicwangciso esiphakamileyo phakathi kwe-arhente kunye neTransCanada, inkampani eyakha umbhobho," i-Guardian yabika.
Ngaxa lithile, i-ofisi ye-FBI yaseHouston yathi izakwabelana ne-TransCanada 'nabuphi na ubukrelekrele obufanelekileyo malunga naziphi na izoyikiso' kwinkampani phambi koqhanqalazo oluzayo."
Mhlawumbi eyona nto imangalisayo malunga nesi sityhilelo kukuba i-arhente inemithetho yangaphakathi eyenzelwe ukugcina impumlo yayo kwimiba yezopolitiko enobuzaza. Ngokucacileyo, ziphethuka ngokulula. Into engothusiyo lumanyano lwe-FBI lokuma nkqi ngokuchasene “nabavukeli bendalo” okanye iarhente yoqhanqalazo lokusingqongileyo kunye “nemiba yobunqolobi basekhaya” – uloyiko lwayo, ngamanye amazwi, loqhanqalazo olunoxolo kunye nokungathobeli kwabantu kunye nokungakwazi kwayo bona ubuncinci bexabiso lokuthand' izwe kwinjongo yabo.
Oku kunjalo nangona ixesha elide, elibekekileyo lokuqhankqalaza nokungathobeli kwabantu eUnited States kunye nokwaziswa ngokubanzi koluntu ngemfuneko yokukhusela imeko-bume yethu. Ayinamsebenzi. Kwinkalo yonyanzeliso lomthetho, isimilo esilula sikholisa ukoyisa: Fumana utshaba.
Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni, okomzuzwana nje, iziko lonyanzeliso lomthetho laseMelika elisebenza ngaphandle kwemeko yeemvakalelo ngaphandle kokuzilungisa okuxhobileyo; eyayithathela ingqalelo ukhuseleko eyasekwa ukuze ikhuseleke njengomcimbi ontsonkothileyo ofuna intsebenziswano kunye nobulungisa kwaye yayingasetyenziswa kakuhle kukugrogriswa. Yiba nomfanekiso weziko lonyanzeliso lomthetho elikwaziyo ukufunda kwizinto ezigwenxa zangaphambili kwaye linganikezeli ngokuzenzekelayo izixhobo zoqhushululu xa lijongene nemiceli mngeni yeemeko zentlalo - kwaye lingalawuleki ngokuzenzekelayo izixhobo zomlilo.
Into endiyibonayo amaziko ethu anamandla, akwimeko ekhoyo kukuzixhobisa ngokuchasene nekamva. Khawucinge ngeentshaba: amahlwempu, abaphambukeli, abaqhankqalazi bazo zonke iintlobo . . . iimpempe.
"Inkundla yomanyano yaseAlexandria, eVirginia yagweba owayesakuba ligosa leCIA uJeffrey Sterling iminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha entolongweni. NgoMvulo kwityala eliye lagwetywa ngokubanzi ngokutyhila ‘uhanahaniso olukwinqanaba eliphezulu’ lwemfazwe karhulumente waseUnited States nxamnye nabo batyandwa ngamakhwelo,” Iindoda eziqhelekileyo ingxelo.
USterling wagwetywa, ngokobungqina obubambekayo, bokukhupha ulwazi oluyimfihlo kwintatheli yeNew York Times uJames Risen malunga nomsebenzi ongaqhelekanga weCIA obizwa ngokuba yi-Operation Merlin. Ukuba yinyani, uSterling wenze ulwaphulo-mthetho lokuhlazisa urhulumente wase-US ngokukhupha icebo leCIA elingacingelwanga kakuhle lokudlulisa ulwazi olunempazamo malunga noyilo lwezixhobo zenyukliya eIran, olunokuthi ngenene luqhubele phambili inkqubo yezixhobo zaseIran. Urhulumente akanalo ilungelo lokufihla imisebenzi yakhe - kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo hayi iimpazamo zakhe - eluntwini. Ngokuzenza ngathi ikhusela ukhuseleko “olwethu” ngokwenza oko, nanjengoko ingayihoyi kwaye isilela ukutyala imali kwimilinganiselo yokwenene yokhuseleko, efana nenethi yokhuseleko loluntu eyakhiwe ngokutsha, ichitha ukuba semthethweni kwayo.
Kwaye okukhona isemthethweni ibuchitha, kokukhona isenza impi.
URobert Koehler ungumklomelo, umlobi we-Chicago-based and writer's syndicated writer. Yakhe incwadi, Isibindi Siya Kukhula Kwisilonda (I-Xenos Press), iyafumaneka. Nxibelelana naye koehlercw@gmail.com okanye tyelela iwebhusayithi yakhe commonwonders.com.
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