NguRobert C. Koehler
"Yini engishayile" kusho intatheli uChristian Parenti muva nje Ngaphandle inhlolokhono, ibhekisela ngemva kweSiphepho uKatrina, “iqiniso lokuthi la madolobha endawo nezifunda ezizungeze isifunda zazithumela okuwukuphela kwezinsiza ezazinazo eNew Orleans: izikhali namagiya ezempi.
"Ngemuva kweminyaka engu-30 yeMpi Yezidakamizwa kanye nokuhlelwa kabusha kwe-neoliberal yombuso ezingeni lendawo, okungekona ukuncishiswa komkhakha womphakathi kodwa uguquko lomkhakha womphakathi, okuwukuphela kwento ohulumeni basekhaya ababenayo kwakuyizikhali."
Ukuqaphela kukaParenti kufingqe umuzwa ojulile wokukhungatheka okudidayo ebengilokhu ngikuzwa isikhathi eside, obekukhula ngamandla kusukela esikhathini sika-Reagan futhi ngisho nangaphezulu kusukela ngo-9/11 kanye ne-ajenda ye-Bush ekhululiwe. Ukwesaba, ukuxhashazwa nokungavinjelwa, kubangela ukusangana okujulile, "okunengqondo". Sizifaka eNkathini Yobumnyama entsha.
Amandla aqhubayo yizikhungo: uhulumeni, abezindaba abajwayelekile, umnotho wezempi nezimboni. Lawa mabhizinisi ahlangana ngendlela evaleleke, ethatheka ngezikhali ngenxa yezitha ezihlukahlukene zesimo esikhona lapho aphethe amandla amakhulu khona; futhi lokhu kuthatheka kudlulisa ukwazi komphakathi kube wumqondo wokulwa noma wokundiza unomphela. Esikhundleni sokubhekana nezinkinga zenhlalo zangempela, eziyinkimbinkimbi ngozwelo nobuhlakani, izikhungo zethu ezinkulu zibonakala ziziqinisa - ngobuze obulokhu bukhula - ngokumelene namademoni azo acatshangelwayo.
UParenti uqhubeke, enkulumweni yakhe noVincent Emanuele: “Ngakho-ke, imali encane yezindlu zomphakathi, imali eningi yamajele azimele. Ukudluliselwa kwangempela kwezinsiza ezikhungweni ezahlukene, kusukela esikhungweni sentando yeningi esinamaphutha njengezindlu zomphakathi, kuya esikhungweni esibi ngokwemvelo, kodwa esabiza kakhulu futhi esixhaswa umphakathi, njengejele.”
Njengoba umphakathi waseMelika wenza impi, uyazithulisa.
Okuwukuphela kwesici esimangazayo endabeni yakamuva kushicilelo lwase-US lwe The Guardian, isibonelo - mayelana nokuthi ihhovisi lase-Houston le-FBI liphule kanjani imithetho yalo ekuqaleni uphenyo lwabaphikisi bepayipi le-Keystone XL - kwakumangalisa kangakanani.
Empeleni, ihhovisi le-FBI lephule imithetho yangaphakathi yomnyango - "eyakhelwe," ngokusho kweThe Guardian, "ukuvimbela le nhlangano ekuzibandakanyeni ngokungafanele ezindabeni zezombusazwe ezibucayi" - ngokuqala umsebenzi wokuqapha ngokumelene nezishoshovu ezimelene namapayipi ngaphandle kokuthola amaphuzu aphezulu - ukugunyazwa kwezinga ukwenza kanjalo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, "uphenyo lwavulwa ekuqaleni kuka-2013, izinyanga ezimbalwa ngemuva komhlangano wamasu wezinga eliphezulu phakathi kwe-ejensi neTransCanada, inkampani eyakha ipayipi," kubika i-Guardian.
“… Ngesinye isikhathi, ihhovisi le-FBI e-Houston lathi lizokwabelana ne-TransCanada ‘nanoma yiziphi izinhlaka eziphathelene nanoma yiziphi izinsongo’ enkampanini ngaphambi kombhikisho ozayo.”
Mhlawumbe okumangazayo ngalokhu kuvezwa wukuthi le nhlangano inemithetho yangaphakathi eklanyelwe ukuvimba ikhala layo ezindabeni ezibucayi zezepolitiki. Ngokusobala, zigwenywa kalula. Okungamangazi ukuthi umfelandawonye wenkampani ne-FBI ukumelana ngokuqinile “nabashisekeli bemvelo” noma ukuqubuka kwemibhikisho yezemvelo nezinye “izinkinga zobushokobezi basekhaya” - ukwesaba kwayo okuphathekayo, ngamanye amazwi, ukubhikisha okunokuthula nokungalaleli komphakathi kanye nokungakwazi kwayo bona ubuncane benani lokushisekela izwe emzamweni wabo.
Kunjalo naphezu kwesiko elide, elihlonishwayo lokubhikisha kanye nokungalaleli komphakathi e-United States kanye nokuqwashisa komphakathi okusabalele ngesidingo sokuvikela indawo yethu. Akunandaba. Emkhakheni wokugcinwa komthetho, ukuziphatha okulula kuvame ukubusa: Thola isitha.
Cabanga, umzuzwana nje, isikhungo somthetho saseMelika esisebenza ngaphandle kwesimo somzwelo ngaphandle kokuzishaya abalungile ngezikhali; eyayibheka ukuvikeleka eyasungulwa ukuze ivikeleke njengendaba eyinkimbinkimbi eyayidinga ukubambisana nokungenzeleli futhi eyayingafezwanga ngokwesatshiswa. Cabanga ngesikhungo somthetho esikwazi ukufunda emaphutheni esikhathi esidlule futhi singazinikeli ngokuzenzakalelayo izinto zokuxosha lapho sibhekene nayo yonke inselele ezimweni zomphakathi - futhi singaziqondi iziqhumane ngokuzenzakalela.
Engikubona izikhungo zethu ezinamandla, ezisesimweni esikhona wukuhlomela ikusasa. Cabanga ngezitha: abantu abampofu, abokufika, ababhikishi bazo zonke izinhlobo . . . amakhwela.
"Inkantolo yombuso yase-Alexandria, eVirginia igwebe owayeyisikhulu se-CIA uJeffrey Sterling iminyaka emithathu nengxenye ejele. Ngomsombuluko ecaleni eliye lathola ukulahlwa kabanzi ngokudalula 'ubuzenzisi obusezingeni eliphezulu' bempi kahulumeni wase-US elwa nabenzi bokubi,” Amaphupho ajwayelekile kubikiwe.
USterling walahlwa yicala, ngobufakazi obuthile, bokuputshuza imininingwane eyimfihlo entathelini ye-New York Times uJames Risen mayelana nomsebenzi oyinqaba weCIA obizwa nge-Operation Merlin. Uma kuyiqiniso, uSterling wenze icala lokuhlazisa uhulumeni wase-US ngokukhipha icebo le-CIA elingacatshangwanga kahle lokudlulisa ulwazi olunephutha mayelana nokwakhiwa kwezikhali zenuzi e-Iran, okungenzeka ukuthi luqhubekisele phambili uhlelo lwezikhali zase-Iran. Uhulumeni akanalo ilungelo lokufihla ukusebenza kwakhe - futhi ngokuqinisekile awawona amaphutha akhe - emphakathini. Ngokwenza sengathi ivikela ukuvikeleka “kwethu” ngokwenza kanjalo, njengoba ishaya indiva futhi ihluleka ukutshala imali ezinyathelweni zangempela zokuphepha, njengenetha yokuphepha yomphakathi eyakhiwe kabusha, ichitha ukuba semthethweni kwayo.
Futhi lapho ichitha ukuba semthethweni okwengeziwe, iba namandla kakhulu ezempi.
URobert Koehler ungumlobi we-Chicago-based journalist kanye nomlobi ohlanganyelwe ngokomthetho. Incwadi yakhe, Isibindi Sakhula Esiqhingini (I-Xenos Press), isatholakala. Xhumana naye koehlercw@gmail.com noma uvakashele iwebhusayithi yakhe commonwonders.com.
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