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Xa umzobi wekhathuni wayesanda kugwetywa kwaye erhoxisiwe ngenxa yamazwi obuhlanga, uJon Schwarz. ikhonjwe ngaphandle ukuba ukucatshukiswa kwakhe ngabantu abantsundu ngenxa yokungabi nambulelo koko abantu abamhlophe ababenzela kona kwavakalisa ingqumbo efanayo ukutyhubela iminyaka ngenxa yokungabi nambulelo kwamakhoboka, amaMerika Omthonyama agxothiweyo, kwanabemi baseVietnam nabangama-Iraq. Ethetha ngemfuno yombulelo, uSchwarz ubhala ukuba, "obona bundlobongela bukhohlakeleyo bobuhlanga kwimbali yase-US bekusoloko kukhatshwa lolu hlobo lwentetho evela kwabamhlophe baseMelika."
Andazi ukuba oko kusoloko kuyinyani okanye nokuba yeyiphi eyona berserk, kancinci kakhulu ukuba yintoni na ubudlelwane be-causal, ukuba bukhona, phakathi kwezinto eziphambeneyo ezenziwa ngabantu kunye nezinto eziphambeneyo ezithethwa ngabantu. Kodwa ndiyazi ukuba le pateni inde kwaye ixhaphakile, kwaye imizekelo kaSchwarz yimizekelo embalwa engundoqo. Ndikwacinga ukuba lo mkhwa wokufuna umbulelo udlale indima ephambili ekuthetheleleni impiriyali yase-US ngaphezulu kweenkulungwane ezimbini.
Ukuba i-imperialism yenkcubeko yase-US ifanelwe nayiphi na ikhredithi andazi, kodwa lo mkhuba uye wanwenwa okanye waphuhliswa kwezinye iindawo. A ingxelo yeendaba ukusuka eNigeria iqala:
Rhoqo, iSpecial Anti-Robbery Squad (i-SARS) iyaqhubeka nokuhlaselwa kwaye ijongelwa phantsi kuluntu lwaseNigeria, ngelixa abasebenzi bayo besifa mihla le ukukhusela abantu baseNigeria kwizigebenga kunye nabaphangi abaxhobileyo abatyhutyha ubude nobubanzi belizwe lethu, kwaye babambe. abantu bethu babanjwe. Izizathu zolu hlaselo kweli candelo zihlala zisekelwe kwizityholo zokuxhatshazwa, ukuxhaphaza, kwaye kwiimeko ezinzima, ukubulawa ngaphandle kwenkundla kwabatyholwa ngolwaphulo-mthetho kunye namalungu oluntu amsulwa. Amaxesha amaninzi, uninzi lwezi zityholo ezichasene ne-SARS zijika zibe bubuxoki. ”
Ke, ngamanye amaxesha aba bantu balungileyo bayabulala, baphange, bahlukumeze, kwaye ngenxa yoko "bahlala bejongelwa phantsi". Amaxesha amaninzi ndikhumbula ndifunda kwaloo ngxelo inye malunga nokuhlala kwe-US eIraq. Akuzange kwabonakala ngathi kunengqiqo. Ngokufanayo, into yokuba amaxesha amaninzi amapolisa ase-US angababulali abantu abantsundu ayizange indicenge ukuba kulungile xa besenza. Ndiyakhumbula kwakhona ndibona ii-poll zase-US zifumanisa ukuba abantu bakholelwa ukuba ama-Iraqi ayenombulelo ngemfazwe yase-Iraq, kunye nokuba i-United States ihlupheke ngaphezu kwe-Iraq evela emfazweni. (Nantsi i-poll apho abaphenduli baseMelika bathi i-Iraq ingcono kwaye i-US imbi kakhulu ngenxa yokutshatyalaliswa kwe-Iraq yase-US.)
Nto leyo indibuyisela kumbuzo wama impiriyali. Kutshanje ndiye ndaphanda ndabhala incwadi ebizwa Imfundiso kaMonroe kwi-200 kunye nento onokuyitshintsha ngayo. Kuyo ndibhale:
“Kwiintlanganiso zekhabhinethi ezikhokelela kwi-Monroe's 1823 State of the Union, kwakukho ingxoxo eninzi yokongeza iCuba neTexas eUnited States. Ngokuqhelekileyo bekukholelwa ukuba ezi ndawo ziya kufuna ukujoyina. Oku kwakuhambelana nenkqubo eqhelekileyo yamalungu ekhabhinethi yokuxoxa ngolwandiso, kungekhona njengekoloniyalizim okanye i-impiriyalizim, kodwa njengokuchasa ukuzimela geqe. Ngokuchasa ubukoloniyali baseYurophu, nangokukholelwa ukuba nabani na okhululekileyo ukuba azikhethele ukuba abe yinxalenye yeUnited States, la madoda akwazi ukuqonda i-impiriyali njengento echasene ne-imperialism. Ngoko into yokuba i-Monroe Doctrine ifuna ukunqanda izenzo zaseYurophu kwi-Western Hemisphere kodwa ayizange ithethe nto malunga nokwalela izenzo zase-US kwi-Western Hemisphere ibalulekile. UMonroe wayelumkisa iRussia ngaxeshanye kude neOregon kwaye ebanga ilungelo lase-US lokuthatha iOregon. Wayelumkisa ngokufanayo oorhulumente baseYurophu kude neLatin America, ngelixa engamlumkisi urhulumente wase-US. Bobabini wayeluvumela ungenelelo lwase-US kwaye echaza isizathu sabo (ukhuseleko kubantu baseYurophu), isenzo esiyingozi kakhulu kunokwazisa nje iinjongo zobukhosi. "
Ngamanye amazwi, i-impiriyalizim iye yaqondwa, kwanababhali bayo, njenge-anti-impiriyalizim ngokusebenzisa iperi yokulala-ngesandla.
Eyokuqala kukuba nombulelo. Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho mntu eCuba ongafuni ukuba yinxalenye ye-United States. Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho mntu e-Iraq ongafuni ukukhululwa. Yaye ukuba bathi abayifuni, bafuna nje ukukhanyiselwa. Ekugqibeleni baya kuba nombulelo ukuba abakho ngaphantsi kakhulu ukuba bangakwazi ukuyilawula okanye bazimisele kakhulu ukuyivuma.
Okwesibini kukuchasa impiriyali okanye ingcinezelo yomnye umntu. Ngokuqinisekileyo i-United States kufuneka igxothe iiPhilippines phantsi kwe-boot enobubele okanye omnye umntu uya kwenza. Ngokuqinisekileyo i-United States kufuneka ithathe intshona kuMntla Melika okanye omnye umntu uya kuyithatha. Ngokuqinisekileyo iUnited States kufuneka ilayishe iMpuma Yurophu ngezixhobo kunye nemikhosi okanye iRashiya iya kwenza.
Ezi zinto azikho nje ubuxoki, kodwa zichasene nenyaniso. Ukupakisha indawo ngezixhobo kwenza abanye ngakumbi, hayi kancinci, ukuba benze okufanayo, kanye njengokuba ukoyisa abantu kubenza ngokuchaseneyo nombulelo.
Kodwa ukuba ucofa ikhamera ngomzuzwana olungileyo, i-alchemist yasebukhosini inokudibanisa ezi zinto zimbini zibe ngumzuzu wenyaniso. Abantu baseCuba bayakuvuyela ukushenxiswa kweSpain, ama-Iraqi avuyiswa kukususwa kukaSaddam Hussein, okomzuzwana nje ngaphambi kokuba aqonde ukuba umkhosi wase-US - ngamazwi eentengiso zeNavy - amandla alungileyo (ugxininiso "lokulunga"). .
Ewe kunjalo, kukho imiqondiso yokuba urhulumente waseRussia ulindele umbulelo ngayo yonke ibhombu ayiwisayo eUkraine, kwaye yonke intwana yokutshatyalaliswa kwayo icingelwa ukuba ichasene ne-imperialism yase-US. Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo oku kuyaphambana, nokuba abantu baseCrimea bebenombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngokubuyela eRussia (ubuncinci benikwe iinketho ezikhoyo), kanye njengokuba abanye abantu benombulelo ngezinto ezithile ezenziwa ngurhulumente wase-US.
Kodwa ukuba i-US ibisebenzisa i-imperialism ngobubele okanye ngokungathandi ukuchasana nengozi enkulu ye-imperialism yomntu wonke, ukuvota bekuya kwahluka. Amazwe amaninzi avotelwa ngoDisemba 2013 nguGallup ebizwa IUnited States isesona sisongelo esikhulu soxolo emhlabeni, kunye noPew fu maneka loo mbono inyuke ngo-2017. Andizikhethi ezi polls. Ezi nkampani zokuvota, njengabanye ngaphambi kwabo, babuza loo mibuzo kube kanye kuphela, kwaye zange baphinde. Baye bafunda isifundo sabo.
Ngomnyaka we-1987, uPhyllis Schlafly wasekunene wapapasha ingxelo evuyisayo malunga nesiganeko seSebe lase-US elibhiyozela iMfundiso kaMonroe:
“Iqela labantu ababalaseleyo kwilizwekazi elikuMntla Merika lahlanganisana kuMagumbi oDiplomathi kwiSebe leLizwe laseUnited States ngoAprili 28, 1987 ukuze livakalise amandla ahlala ehleli nokufaneleka kweMfundiso kaMonroe. Yayisisiganeko esibalulekileyo kwezopolitiko, imbali kunye nentlalo. UNdunankulu waseGrenada uHerbert A. Blaize uxelele indlela enombulelo ngayo ilizwe lakhe ukuba uRonald Reagan wasebenzisa i-Monroe Doctrine ukukhulula iGrenada ngo-1983. UNdunankulu u-Eugenia Charles waseDominica waqinisa lo mbulelo. . . Unobhala welizwe uGeorge Shultz wasixelela ngesoyikiso kwiMfundiso kaMonroe eyabangelwa ngurhulumente wamaKomanisi eNicaragua, yaye wasibongoza ukuba sibambelele ngokuqinileyo kumgaqo-nkqubo obizwa ngegama likaMonroe. Emva koko watyhilela uluntu umfanekiso obalaseleyo kaRembrandt Peale kaJames Monroe, ogcinwe ngasese kude kube ngoku yinzala kaMonroe. Iimbasa ze-'Monroe Doctrine' zanikezelwa kubenzi bezimvo abamazwi abo kunye nezenzo zabo 'zixhasa ukunyaniseka okuqhubekayo kweMfundiso kaMonroe.'”
Oku kuveza inkxaso ephambili kububudenge obubonakala bungenamkhethe bokufuna umbulelo wamaxhoba akho: oorhulumente abathobekileyo banike loo mbulelo egameni labantu abaxhatshazwayo. Bayazi ukuba yeyona nto ifunwa kakhulu, kwaye bayayibonelela. Yaye ukuba banikela ngayo, kutheni abanye bengamele bayinike?
Iinkampani zezixhobo ngoku azinakubulela umongameli wase-Ukraine ngokuba ngoyena mthengisi ubalaseleyo owakhe wafumana umongameli wase-Ukraine ukwenza uhlobo lobugcisa lokuvakalisa umbulelo wakhe kurhulumente wase-US. Kwaye ukuba zonke ziphela ngemijukujelwa yenyukliya ejikeleza umhlaba, unokuqiniseka ukuba iyunithi ekhethekileyo yeejethi iya kupeyinta isibhakabhaka ngemizila yokuphuma ifundeka "Wamkelekile!"
