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Ukuba ubunguIrania kwaye wafunda ukuba uMcebisi woKhuseleko lweLizwe laseMelika uJohn Bolton ufuna ukuhlasela ilizwe lakho, ubungayi koyikiswa?

Kodwa sifundiswe ukuyirhoxisa loo nto.

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Sukuba nexhala malunga neebhombu zase-US ezihambisa iBaghdad okanye abantu abafumana imali-mboleko e-US ukuhambisa abalimi kwiLatin America.

Ingaqwalaseli indlela i-CIA, i-Arhente yoPhuculo lweLizwe, kunye neLizwe leNkululeko yokuLawulwa kweDemokhrasi ziwaguqula njani amazwe angaphandle ngokusebenzisa ubuhlakani kunye nokutyala kwangaphambili kokusasaza ubuxoki, inkuthazo yobundlongondlongo, ukubulawa kwabalinganiswa, isinyobo, inkxaso-mali yephulo, kunye nokonakaliswa kwezoqoqosho.

Ngo-1953, ulawulo lwe-Eisenhower, kunye nosihlalo wangaphambili we-Rockefeller Foundation, uNobhala welizwe u-John Foster Dulles, kunye noMlawuli we-CIA u-Allen Dulles, baqulunqa uguquko olwathatha indawo ka-Mohammad Mossadegh wase-Iran kunye no-Shah, owalawula ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini entlupheko, ukungcungcuthekiswa. , nengcinezelo. Ukophula inkululeko ye-Iran kunye nokungathathi cala, i-Allies ngaphambili yayihlasele i-Iran ngexesha lomlo we-oyile kunye noololiwe.

I-Mossadegh ekhethwe ngentando yesininzi ikhokele iphulo elithandwayo lokubeka i-Anglo-Iranian Inkampani ye-Bhritane e-Bhritane, ebhanki yayo yayingumthengi weSullivan & Cromwell, inkampani yabameli baseDulles. Ngoku kubuyiselwe u-Shah, inzala ka-Rockefeller ye-oyile esemgangathweni yaseNew Jersey (Exxon) yafika, omnye umxhasi waseSullivan kunye neCromwell. I-Rockefeller's Chase Manhattan Bank yafika ikhusela ubutyebi buka-Shah. Inqwelo moya yaseNorthrop yafika, kwaye u-Shah wazifaka ngaphandle kwelizwe iingalo zase-US. I-CIA yaqeqesha u-SAVAK, ukhuseleko lwangaphakathi olukhohlakeleyo luka-Shah.

Ngo-1954, i-Eisenhower-coup engene endaweni kaJacobo Árbenz waseGuatemala yabeka uCastillo Armas, owathi urhulumente wakhe wangcungcuthekisa, wabulala, wavala imibutho yabasebenzi, wamisa nohlaziyo kwezolimo. Kumashumi amane eminyaka kamva, ngenxa yenkxaso-mali nezixhobo zase-US, abangama-200,000 babulawa. Abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo base-US babengamthandi u-brbenz kuba wayethathe umhlaba kumthengi waseSullivan kunye neCromwell, iNkampani yeZithelo eziManyeneyo, ukuhambisa amafama. Ngaphambili, uzwilakhe oxhaswe ngu-US u-Jorge Ubico wayehlutha ngenkohlakalo abalimi ngelixa enika i-United Fruit imvume yezemali kunye nomhlaba wasimahla.

Ngo-1961, i-coup-in-instigated coup yabulala yaza yathatha indawo yobuzwe be-Congo uPatrice Lumumba kunye no-Moïse Tshombe, inkokheli yephondo lase-Congo, i-Katanga. Abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo base-US, banqwenela iiminerali zikaKatanga, bafuna indoda yabo iTshombe ukuba ilawule iCongo okanye incede uKatanga azimele. Ngo-1965, i-US yayixhasa uMobutu Sese Seko, owayenengcinezelo eyoyikisayo engaphaya kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu.

Ngo-1964, i-coupon eyakhiwe ngu-Johnson yangena endaweni ka-João Goulart wase-Brazil, kamva wabulawa, ngegqwetha lomkhosi elalithatha imibutho yabasebenzi, labefundisi abanoburharha, kwaye lenze ubundlongondlongo ngokubanzi amashumi amabini eminyaka. UGoulart, owayengathathi cala kwiMfazwe ebandayo, wayewavumele amaKomanisi ukuba athathe inxaxheba kurhulumente kwaye wayenza inkampani yeNkampani yeefoni kunye neTelegraph. Umongameli we-ITT wayengumhlobo noMlawuli weCIA uJohn McCone, owathi kamva wasebenzela i-ITT.

Ngo-1965, emva koqhushululu olwaxhokonxa u-Eisenhower ngo-1958 ngokuchasene neSukarno yaseIndonesia, olunye uqhushululu lwabeka uSuharto, olawulo lwakhe wabulala phakathi kwama-500,000 kunye nesi-1 sezigidi zabantu baseIndonesia. I-CIA ibonelele ngoluhlu lwamawakawaka amaKomanisi arhanelwa ukuba umkhosi wase-Indonesia ubabulale. Yothuswe yi-Sukarno's Cold War ngokungahambelani, i-CIA yayiqokelela ividiyo yamanyala yaseSukarno ukuze imhlazise.

Ngo-1971, uqhushululu olwaluphembelele uNixon-Kissinger ukuba athabathe indawo kaJuan Torres waseBolivia, owathi kamva wabulawa, kunye noHugo Bánzer, owabamba amawaka wawaphula amalungelo abantu. UNixon noKissinger, umlingane waseRockefeller, owoyikayo uTorres uza kwenza iNkampani yeoyile yeGulf (kamva i-DRM) yabelane ngenzuzo nabantu baseBolivia.

Ngo-1973, i-coup-en-engine ye-Nixon-Kissinger yangena endaweni kaSalvador Allende wase-Chile, owabulawa, kunye no-Augusto Pinochet, olawulo lwakhe loyikiso lwabulala amawaka ngaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka. I-Rockefeller-Organised Business Group yeLatin America, kubandakanya i-ITT, uPepsiCo, kunye neNkampani ye-Anaconda Mining, baxhasa ngokufihlakeleyo amaphulo okulwa iAllende.

Sifundiswa ukuba i-US izisa inkululeko emhlabeni. Kodwa yintoni le nkululeko? Inkululeko yokuhlala ngaphandle kwabazali bakho ababuleweyo? Inkululeko yokuthuthunjiswa ngenxa yokukhathalela amahlwempu?

Ukuba asichukunyiswa yingqondo ukuba konke oku kuzukisa uthixo wenkululeko, sikwenza ubuchwephesha ukuba kungenxa kaYesu uqobo. Imikhosi yase-US eyayilungiselela ukuhlasela i-Fallujah, i-Iraq yasikelelwa ngumfundisi wabo wasemanzini ojamelene nohlaselo lwabo oluzayo nokungena kukaYesu eYerusalem.

Ke kutheni i-Iran, endaweni ye-US, ithathwa njengengozi? Kutheni iVenezuela ilutshaba? Kungenxa yokuba bayaphule iMiyalelo emine yeqela eline-benighted elenza ubuchwephesha kwezangaphandle e-US:

Sukuthintela amashishini aseMelika ekwenzeni ingeniso phesheya. Inzuzo ephezulu, njengamabanga aphezulu, ibonisa impumelelo. Sukunceda amahlwempu okanye unike umhlaba kwabo bangenamhlaba. Yiba ngumhlobo nabahlobo bethu, iintshaba neentshaba zethu. Musa ukwala iziseko zomkhosi wase-US kunye nezixhobo.

Jonga okwenzekileyo kowayesakuba nguMongameli wase-Ecuador uCorrea. Wamangalela i-DRM, wanciphisa intlupheko, wajoyina i-Venezuela kunye neqela lezoqoqosho lase-Cuba, wanika indawo yokukhosela u-Julian Assange, kwaye wenqaba ukuvuselela umkhosi wase-US weminyaka eli-10 kwisiseko ngo-2009. Ngo-2010, lo mongameli uthandwayo waphantse wabulawa ngamapolisa enza uqhushululu. . Kwaye sikholelwa ekubeni i-clique yase-US ayichazwanga?

Silawulwa luhlobo olugula ngengqondo olwazi lusezikhwameni zazo, hayi ezintliziyweni zalo, kwaye ezisikhanyelayo eyona nto ifunekayo ukukhulisa uxolo lwehlabathi: inkululeko yokukhathalela.

UPHANDO (Septemba 2019): UKristin Christman unikezela uxolo ngempazamo kule ntetho ingentla. Ubhale ukuba uKennedy waxhokonxa umbuso wabulala uPatrice Lumumba waseCongo, ngelaxesha yayingu-Eisenhower owathi wakhupha umyalelo wokuba kubulawe. U-Lumumba onobukroti, ezimisele ukugcina i-Congo etyebileyo kwezombiwa engathathi hlangothi kwi-Cold War, wabulawa ngokumasikizi ngoJanuwari 17, 1961, kwiintsuku ezintathu ngaphambi kokubekwa kukaKennedy. Ukubulala akuzange kwenziwe esidlangalaleni kwinyanga kamva. UKennedy wothuke kakhulu zezi ndaba, kuba waye wacebisa nokuba kungenzeka ukuba axhase ukukhululwa kukaLumumba kwaye amdibanise kurhulumente waseCongo. Ulawulo lukaKennedy, nangona kunjalo, lwaphela ukuxhasa uMobutu okhohlakeleyo nocinezelayo, owayekhona ngethuba kubethwa uLumumba. Uqhankqalazo kwihlabathi liphela lwalugxeka ukubulawa kwale nkokeli ikhuthazayo nenesibindi, kwaye ngo-2002, urhulumente wase-Belgian waxolisa ngendima yakhe enkulu ekubulaweni kwabantu baseka nengxowa-mali yokukhuthaza inkululeko e-Congo. I-CIA ayikaze ivume kwindima yayo ekhokelayo. ”

U-Kristin Christman ngumbhali onegalelo kwi-anthology ezayo Bising the Arc (SUNY Press).