NguSarah Lazare, ngoFebruwari 10, 2020
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Ii-2020 zavulwa ngeengxaki ezimbini.
E-Australia, imililo yamatyholo engazange ibonwe yaqhekeza ubungakanani beVirginia, yabulala ubuncinci 29 abantu kunye kuqikelelwa izilwanyana ezibhiliyoni enye, kwaye kutshabalalisa amakhaya angama-2,000 XNUMX. Iindaba zazizaliswe yimifanekiso yamawakawaka abantu abalekela kunxweme olusemazantsi mpuma e-Australia, ilanga livaliwe ngumsi omkhulu, abantwana benxibe iimaski zoqhaqho, ngexesha lobunzima obunobunzima obungacacanga zibophelelwe kutshintsho lwemozulu.
Nge-3 kaJanuwari, ulawulo lukaTrump lwazisa i-United States elunxwemeni lwemfazwe xa yabulala uMajor General Qassim Suleimani, umphathi weQuds Force yase-Iran kunye negosa lase-Iran. I-Iran iphendule ngokuqhushumisa isiseko se-US e-Iraq, kwaye ilizwe labukela kukothuka ukubona ukuba uMongameli uTrump uzakwenza ntoni ngokulandelayo. Nangona uTrump ebuyile umlo ngokuthe ngqo okomzuzwana, yena yesifungo nge-8 kaJanuwari ukunyusa isohlwayo esele sonakalise i-Iran.
Kithi abo bangena kulo nyaka mtsha bengazinzanga malunga nokuba eli shumi lithuba lethu lokuphelisa utshintsho lwemozulu, eyona nto inokwenzeka kwimfazwe iphela ne-Iran yayikukuqaqanjelwa okuqinisekileyo kukuba ubundlobongela base-US bungonakalisa yonke into.
Ukuphumelela iNtsebenzo eNtsha eGreen ngamazinyo okugcina amafutha asemhlabeni kunye nokuqinisekisa utshintsho olunobulungisa kunye nesiqinisekiso somsebenzi kubo bonke abasebenzi, kuya kuthatha ukuququzelela nokuqhankqalaza ngezinga elingazange labonwa ngaphambili. Iimfazwe zase-US, nangona kunjalo, ngokwembali bezisetyenziselwa ukubetha umva kunye nengcinezelo ngqo yohlobo lwentshukumo yasekhohlo esiyifunayo ukujongana nengxaki yemozulu. Imfuneko yokuba kukhuselwe umanyano lwesizwe kunye "nokhuselo" ngexesha lemfazwe sele isetyenzisiwe ngurhulumente wase-US ukuthethelela ukubek 'esweni nokuphamba kwabo babonwa bephazamisa-bajolise ngokungafanelekanga ngasekhohlo. Imfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala yayisetyenziselwa ukuthethelela umthetho i-Espionage Act, othi ukophula umthetho Intetho ethathwa njenge "inganyanisekanga" kwaye yayiludwe oluchasene nemibutho elwa imfazwe, kwaye yayisetyenziselwa ukutshutshisa nokuvalela amakhulu eemanyano ezomeleleyo. Imfazwe ebandayo, nayo, yayisetyenziselwa ukuthethelela iphulo elikhohlakeleyo lengcinezelo yezopolitiko kungekuphela nje kubantu ababonwa njengamakomanisi, kodwa kwanamalungelo oluntu kunye nabaququzeleli benkululeko abamnyama.
Emva komhla kaSeptemba 11, idramu yomlo e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq yayisetyenziselwa ukuthethelela uluhlu olubanzi lwamanyathelo acinezelayo ajolise kwimibutho yoluntu. Iidemokhrasi zivotele umthetho wePATRIOT, owanika ukuthotyelwa komthetho kunye neearhente zobuntlola amandla okukhangela kunye uphando Abaqhankqalazi boMbutho woRhwebo weHlabathi kunye nabaphembeleli bendalo. Ngo-Novemba ka-2003, u-Chief of Police wase-Miami u-John Timoney wasungula uqhankqalazo olukhohlakeleyo kumawakawaka abantu ababehlanganisene bekhalazela i-Free Trade Area ye-America Summit: Wancedwa zii-arhente zokunyanzeliswa komthetho ezingama-40, i-FBI, kunye $ 8.5 yezigidi ephawulwe kwiCongress ukuhlawulela iMfazwe yase-Iraq, kwaye usebenze nzima ukweyisela abahlali baseMiami ukuba ababhikishi bayingozi kukhuseleko loluntu. Isihlwele sabasebenzi basezifama, amalungu emibutho yabasebenzi kunye nabaphembeleli abachaphazelekayo "kurhwebo olukhululekileyo" oluqhuba ngokungenalusini phezu kwempilontle yabantu kunye neplanethi yahlaselwa ngerhasi yinyembezi, imipu emileyo, iimbumbulu zerabha kunye neziqhushumbisi, njengoko iihelikopta zazijikeleza ngokuqhubekayo.
Njengoko iintshukumo zentlalo zingqingiwe, iimfazwe zisetyenziselwa ukuthethelela ubumlo obuninzi kwihlabathi liphela. I-United States yavela njengobukhosi obuphambili behlabathi emkhosini emva kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, kwaye sele ikwandisile ubukhosi bayo, ngoku obona bukhulu embalini yoluntu, eneziseko ezingama-800 ezijikeleze umhlaba. Ukuba imbali sisiphi na isibonisi, imfazwe yase-US e-Iran ngokuqinisekileyo iya kukhokelela ekunyukeni kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi ngokubanzi. Ngapha koko, iUnited States sele eyisebenzisile Ubundlongondlongo bayo buya eIran ukuthethelela ukwanda kobukho bemikhosi yase-US ku-Mbindi Mpuma ngamajoni angama-20,000 XNUMX ukusukela entwasahlobo ephelileyo.
Obu bukhosi basemkhosini, bona, buvumela ubundlobongela obufanayo obuqhuba imeko yengxaki yemozulu. I-United States ngoyena mntu ukhupha iigesi zegreenhouse ezikwi-capit nganye, ngelixa i-China ingoyena mntu ukhupha phezulu. Ukanti, ulawulo lwayo lwamazwe aphesheya luqinisekisa ukuba i-United States akufuneki ihlawule isohlwayo esifanelekileyo, okanye iphendule kula mazwe abethwe kakhulu, uninzi lwawo kwi-Global South, kwaye isatyholwa ziimbali zabo zekoloniyalizim nokuphanga. Kwaye ngenxa yesikhundla sayo njenge lelona lizwe linamandla kwihlabathi, i-United States ikwalawule wona amaziko enzelwe ukungenelela kwiingxaki zehlabathi-ngakumbi iZizwe eziManyeneyo- okuthetha ukuba i-United States ayisayi kuze iphendule ngobugwenxa bayo behlabathi, ekukhutsheni izivumelwano zemozulu zaseParis. ukwenza imfazwe eYemen. I-United States ngekhe ibenamandla ebinawo ukuba ayengekho ngomkhosi wayo, kwaye ukuba loo mandla ebeya kuncipha, kuya kuba njalo kwi-UN.
Zininzi izizathu zokuba ubulungisa bemozulu yase-US kunye neentshukumo ezichasene nemfazwe zimanyane ngokuchasene neentshaba eziqhelekileyo. Ubunkokheli obunye beDemocratic Party obuye basilela ukuthatha inyathelo elinamandla lokuthintela ukutshintsha kwemozulu kwaye babuyela emva kwesivumelwano sokurhweba ngemozulu kaTrump e-US-Mexico-Canada nayo ikwathembile ukuthembela kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi omkhulu ka-Trump kwaye bavotela kakhulu ukupasisa isohlwayo esitsha e-Iran, I-Russia kunye ne-North Korea ngo-2017. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ophelileyo kunyaka ophelileyo nentsapho wangxolisa abantwana abamcela ukuba axhase iGreen New Deal ngokubaxelela “Ndiyayazi into endiyenzayo,” nabo bavotele ukugunyazisa iMfazwe yase-Iraq. Kwaye u-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Ojolise kakhulu kwi-Sunrise Movement sit-ins, uxhase ungenelelo olubi e-US, ukusuka e-Afghanistan ukuya eLibya, kunye liweyo ukudibana nabaphembeleli boxolo base-Yemeni. Ikratshi lama-impiriyali elixhasa isivumelwano semfazwe esimbaxa-ukuba i-US inelungelo lokunyanzelisa ukuthanda kwayo kwihlabathi-ikwasisiseko semvumelwano yezopolitiko yokuba i-US ayifuni ukuzalisekisa uxanduva lwayo lokunciphisa imeko yemozulu eqhubeka kuyo yonke indawo. iplanethi.
Okwangoku, kwa ezo nkampani zitshisa iplanethi zinikela ngeetanki zokulwa ezinamandla zityhalela emfazweni. Isidingo seukhuseleko lwamandla”—Ukufikelela ngokuthembekileyo kwimithombo yamandla — kuye kwaba ligama elidumileyo kushishino lweoyile. Iziko elaziwayo le-hawkish American Enterprise Institute kunye neZiko leQhinga loBuchule kunye naMazwe ngaMazwe fumana ebalulekileyo inkxaso-mali evela kumzi mveliso weefosili. IZiko leNkqubela phambili yaseMelika, eliqhubela phambili imigaqo-nkqubo yezomkhosi kwiDemocratic Party, yamkela inkxaso-mali evela kumthengisi wegesi yendalo kwiPasifiki yeGesi kunye neNkampani yezaMandla. Ngokudibeneyo, ezi tanki zokucinga zidlale indima ekutyhaleni i-US kuhlobo loburhabaxa bokungakhathali ukuya e-Iran kule minyaka ilishumi ivulwe ngayo.
Ngokucacileyo kukho amanye amajoni amakhulu emhlabeni ngaphandle kwe-United States: Njengesi2018, I-China ne-Russia, umzekelo, zazinohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi malunga ne-38.5% kunye ne-9.4% yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lomkhosi wase-US ngokwahlukeneyo. Kodwa inye kuphela abantu baseMelika abanokuthintela ngokuthe ngqo kwaye omnye ukufikelela kwakhe kubangele abanye ukuba baqhubeke ngesantya. Ngenxa yekamva lomntu, umlo osisigxina wase-US awunakuqhubeka. Ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu luyi-cudgel, ubukhosi base-US yingalo eyisebenzisayo. Olona khetho lwethu kukumisa bobabini.
USarah Lazare ngumhleli wewebhu Ngala Maxesha. Uvela kwimvelaphi yobuntatheli obuzimeleyo bokushicilela kubandakanya i-The Intercept, Isizwe, kunye noTom Dispatch. U-tweets @sarahlazare.
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