NguDavid Swanson, Masilinge iNdemokhrasi, UJuni 21, 2021
IMexico ibikhe yanengxaki kurhulumente wephondo okhuthaza ukufuduka ngokungekho mthethweni eMelika kungena eMexico ukuze babandakanyeke kubukhoboka obungekho mthethweni babantu abarhweba ngokungekho mthethweni. Indawo ebandakanyekayo ibizwa ngokuba yiTexas. Iminyaka, iMexico yavumela iTexas ukuba ibaleke ngokuchasene nomthetho kunye nokuziphatha okubi, kubandakanya nokungahlawuli rhafu, kunye nokubulala amajoni aseMexico. Emva koko yathumela umkhosi ukuya kubeka umthetho. U-Texans walumkisa omnye nomnye ukuba amajoni ayeza "ukunika inkululeko kumakhoboka ethu, nokuzenzela amakhoboka" (okuthetha ukuphelisa ubukhoboka bakhe nabani na nokufuna ukuba abantu bathobele imithetho kwaye bahlawule irhafu).
AmaTexans aqesha ngokungekho mthethweni amajoni kunye nemali evela eUnited States, kodwa ayengalungelelananga kakhulu, ahlulwa bubundlobongela obuqatha bama-Anglos ukuya kumaLatinos phakathi kwabo, bathintelwa kukudakumba, amantongomane, kunye nabaphuli-mthetho ababebalekele eTexas besuka kwimiphunga. Baye babuyela eUnited States. Esi sihlwele se-buffoons, sikulungele ukulwela ubukhoboka, inzuzo, amabhongo ezopolitiko, kunye nokusilela kwayo nayiphi na into enokuyenza, ilayishe i-fort encinci eSan Antonio ebizwa ngokuba yi-Alamo phantse i-200 yazo, yahlula kabuhlungu nalapho phakathi kweenkokheli ezimbini de omnye wabo wasela ngokwakhe ekuguleni.
Njengomkhosi oqeqeshwe kakuhle waseMexico wamawaka ambalwa osondeleyo, abakhuseli bobukhoboka kunye nobungangamsha babamhlophe bazama ukufumana amanani amakhulu kwicala labo kodwa basilela ngokulusizi ngenxa yokunqongophala kwenkxaso kunye nokungabikho kwenkolelo kubantu ababesazi yeenkokheli zesi sihlwele njengamaxoki esiqhelo kunye nabenzi benkathazo. Abalweli bobukhoboka basilele ukutshabalalisa okanye ukushiya iAlamo kude kube semva kwexesha. Babanjiswa ngokungathethekiyo. Bazama ukunikezela kwaye basinda, kodwa isicelo eso saliwa. Abanye bafa besilwa. Abanye banikezela kwaye babulawa. Abanye babaleka, babanjwa, baza babulawa. Phantse bonke baphela sele befile.
Ukufezekiswa okuqaqambileyo lelinye lawona manqaku aziqhenyayo kwimbali yeeTeans ezininzi kunye nabantu baseMelika kunye nangaphaya, ubukhulu becala kungenxa yeqela lobuxoki obuyilelwe ukuhombisa le ntlekele kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, eyintloko phakathi kwabo yimveliso yepropaganda yeWalt Disney, UJohn Wayne, kunye noLyndon Johnson. Kule ntsomi, wonke umntu e-Alamo wayemhlophe kwaye esilwela inkululeko ngokuchasene nobuzwilakhe obumnyama, kwaye umntu ngamnye wakhetha ukulwa nokufa ejongene noloyiso oluthile. Incwadi entsha ibizwa Libala iAlamo NguBryan Burrough, uChris Tomlinson noJason Stanford babalisa ibali.
Umgaqo-siseko waseTexas kuphela komhlaba ukuqinisekisa ubukhoboka. Njengoko ii-Anglos zazibaleka umkhosi waseMexico, abantu ababebenze amakhoboka babalekela kumkhosi waseMexico kunye nesithembiso senkululeko. Oku yayikukuzibophelela kokwenyani ngurhulumente waseMexico, kodwa kwakungekho nto ingcwele ngomkhosi waseMexico, owabulala amanye amajoni angama-390 aseTexan eGoliad kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa emva kokubulawa kwabantu eAlamo. Ukuba enye yezi zinto zimbini zenkohlakalo ayaziwa kwaye enye indawo engcwele kakhulu kunye nebali ikakhulu yingozi ye-propaganda yamva.
Kodwa nakwipropaganda kwangoko emva kwezi zixheliweyo, iAlamo kubonakala ngathi lelona bali linamandla, nangona zombini zazisetyenziswa. Njengazo zonke iimfazwe ezisasazwayo zase-US kangangeenkulungwane, kuncinci okunamandla kunokubulawa kwabantu baseMelika Ibali lika-Alamo kunye nesikhalo sokulikhumbula ngokukhawuleza lithumele amakhulu abantu abatsha base-US, kunye nezixhobo kunye nenkxaso-mali, ukukhukula eTexas. I-Texans yakhawuleza yaphumelela uloyiso olukhulu kwaye yazibiza ngokuba lilizwe elizimeleyo. Iminyaka esithoba emva kweAlamo, iTexas yayililizwe laseMelika.
Kunyaka olandelayo, i-US kunye neMexico babesemfazweni, ngesiseko sobuxoki buka-Mongameli Polk, kunye nemikhosi yase-US bekhwaza besithi "khumbula i-Alamo!" Xa i-United States, ekuhambeni kwaloo mfazwe, yanyanzela iMexico ukuba inikezele ngayo yonke imimandla yayo esemantla, usomlomo wase-US u-Nicholas Trist wathethathethana ngokuqinileyo kwinqanaba elinye. Wabhalela uSosiba welizwe lase-US: "Ndibaqinisekisile [abantu baseMexico] ukuba bangakwazi ukundinika wonke ummandla ochazwe kwiprojekthi yethu, bonyuse ixabiso lawo liphindwe kalishumi, kwaye ukongeza kuloo nto Unyawo olungqingqwa ngegolide esulungekileyo, kwimeko enye yokuba ubukhoboka bungabandakanywa kuyo, andinakukwazi ukuyamkela loo nto okomzuzwana. ”
"Khumbula iAlamo" isetyenzisiwe njengendawo yokulwa emkhosini wase-US amashumi eminyaka ngoku, yayisetyenziselwa ukuthethelela imfazwe eyoyikisayo eVietnam, eLaos, naseCambodia, ibikhusela abantu baseMexico naseLatinos ngabaseTexas .
Ababhali be Libala iAlamo benze umsebenzi omkhulu, kodwa ndinqwenela ukuba bengakhange balandele ikowuteshini yepropaganda ese-Alamo ngokubhala, “Olu hlobo lokuphendula ngesele luchithwe njengolungenabungozi bokuba belungakhange lonakalise ubuzwe . . . ukulungele ukuba sisininzi sabemi baseTexas: iLatinos. ”
Ukutshabalalisa kuyinyani. Ayisiyiyo kwaphela into yokuba amaLatinos asweleke e-Alamo ecaleni kwe-Anglos acinyiwe kwi-propaganda, ekhokelela kwimeko engenangqondo apho i-Latinos ifuna ukwamkelwa kwe-Latinos eyadlulayo eyinxalenye yale ntlekele ye-idiotic (ukuzihlonipha kwabantwana base-Hispanic ekuthiwa baxhomekeke ekufundweni ngokuvakalayo kwamagama amaTejanos asweleke kumhlaba ongcwele). Kwakhona ngamabali angapheliyo ababhali abafumene amaLatinos eTexas aqala ukufumana ubunzima xa ootitshala babo besikolo bexelela iiklasi zabo ukuba ngabantu babo ababulale uDavey Crockett - phantse i-Texas elingana nokubeka amaYuda ukubulala uYesu Kristu. Kodwa ngekhe kubekho nto iyingozi malunga ne-propaganda yemfazwe engaphumelelanga ukubhebhethekisa ubuhlanga, ukuba ikhona into enjalo.
UDavid Crockett wayengumntu odumileyo osileleyo ekufikeni kwakhe eAlamo. Inyaniso yokuba wayephakathi kwabo bazinikelayo kwaye wabulawa, amashumi eminyaka abanjwa njengobungqina bobundlobongela bomlawuli waseMexico uSanta Anna. Kodwa uWalt Disney wagqiba kwiminyaka ye-1950 ukuba uDavey Crockett ngekhe azinikele kumaMexico (okanye amaKomanisi!) Oko kwakuthetha ukuba imeko yakhe enjengekaKristu yayixhomekeke ekuzenziseni ngokungafaniyo noKrestu - wayesehla esilwa.
UGeorge W. Bush watyhala uAlamoloney kakhulu njenge-LBJ, kwaye ayizukuhamba nangaliphi na ixesha kungekudala. Inkululeko yeNkolo eUnited States inabela kwinkolo yelizwe yeentsomi zemfazwe. Ukubabuza ayisiyonto imbi ekufuneka ilungelelaniswe nezibakala, njengesenzo sobukrwada obukhulu ekufuneka buxolise ngokungakhathali. Ukusetyenziswa kwesigama senkolo kuqhelekile kwinkcazo yeAlamo, nakwiingxoxo-mpikiswano malunga nento oyenzayo ngesiza sayo okanye into yokufundisa abantwana ngayo. Iinkolelo ezingaqhelekanga eziye zafunyanwa zibandakanya inkolelo yomculi waseBritani uPil Collins ukuba wagqiba ubomi obudlulileyo e-Alamo (kwaye unemifanekiso ye-Alamo ebamba i-orbs ebonakalayo ekhanyayo). Ndingathengisa inkolelo yokuba iPentagon ngesibindi ikhusela izoyikiso zangaphandle ngenjongo yokutshabalalisa "inkululeko" yayo nantoni na uPhil Collins acinga ngayo nayiphi na imini.
