170407-N-FQ994-031 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 7, 2017) USS Ross (DDG 71) uqhumisa umcibisholo wokuhlasela we-tomahawk ngomhlaka-7 Ephreli 2017.
Kwesinye isikhathi eMelika, ukukhanya okubomvu kwerokhethi kungubufakazi bobusuku obudinga ngempela.
Abantu basePentagon bakuqonda kahle lokho, yingakho - ngisho namalangabi avela 59 imicibisholo ye-Tomahawk cruise eshaye isikhumulo sezindiza saseSyria bebesashunqa ngoLwesine ebusuku - ithusi lezempi laqinisekisa ukuthi wonke amanethiwekhi we-TV ahlinzekwa ngokushesha ngevidiyo kokwethulwa kwe-Xbox okuphelele kusuka emikhunjini yeNavy oLwandle iMedithera. Imizila ebomvu kaphethiloli ovuthayo yanikeza ukukhanya nokucaca ngokushesha ebumnyameni obuguquguqukayo bobusuku base-Arabia, ngakho-ke badlala kaningi kumanethiwekhi we-cable TV bomele izithombe zokukhanyisa idrama nokubaluleka kohambo lukaMongameli uTrump lwezempi olusezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu. selokhu athatha izintambo.
Ku-Brian Williams ku-MSNBC, bekungu-ukweba umushwana kuwo i-rock chestnut yama-'60s - konke kuhle kakhulu.
"Sibona lezi zithombe ezinhle ebusuku zivela emikhunjini yale mikhumbi emibili ye-US Navy empumalanga yeMedithera…” kusho uWilliams.. “Ngilingeka ukuba ngicaphune uLeonard Cohen omkhulu: ‘Ngiqondiswa ubuhle bezikhali zethu.’” (Ingoma kwakusho okuhlukile ku-Cohen, kodwa ngiyahlehla…) “Ziyizithombe ezinhle zezikhali ezesabekayo ezenza lokho okukhona kube uhambo olufushane oluya kule nkundla yezindiza.” Khona-ke ihange le-MSNBC labe selikhipha okucishe kube njengokucatshangelwa kamuva.
"Bashaywe yini?"
Izithombe zazizinhle, kodwa inqubomgomo yayiyinhlakanhlaka. Akekho owayeqonda kahle ukuthi kungani umongameli ongenalwazi ngokwepolitiki nophonselwa inselelo yeqiniso kakhulu emlandweni waseMelika wayesanda kwenza izinguquko ezinkulu empini yombango eguquguqukayo kakhulu emhlabeni. Akekho ongachaza ukuthi yiliphi igunya elingokomthetho uTrump elethule le micibisholo ebulalayo, noma ngabe abalingani bethu babazi ukuthi lokhu kuyeza - noma kwenzekani ngokulandelayo. Bezingekho izithombe ezikhombisa laba bantu abayisikhombisa okuthiwa babulewe lapho lezo “zikhali ezesabekayo” zishaya inkundla yezindiza i-al-Shayrat, ingxenye yomdlalo wevidiyo esingavamile ukuyibona.
Akukho kulokhu okwakubalulekile. Kungazelelwe, ithimba le-cable TV elikhokhelwa kahle lojenene asebathatha umhlalaphansi lavela ngokuphazima kweso lizoletha isibusiso salo. (Ingabe ikhona inethiwekhi eyake yaqasha isishoshovu sokuthula esesathatha umhlalaphansi njengomhlaziyi?) Isigaba se-pundit esenze amathambo aso ashaya amakhala nge-Iraq ne-Afghanistan ngenxa yokuphepha kwestudiyo esingazwakali - futhi obekuphele izinsuku ezingama-76 edidwe yilo mkhuzi omusha oyinqaba. -induna kanye nama-tweets akhe angaphambi kokuntwela kokusa - bathole indawo yabo yokunethezeka, futhi impumuzo yayizwakala. Wonke umuntu wayewazi amamaki abo. Ekugcineni, ngokungalindelekile kodwa ngenjabulo, base benza umbukiso abawazi ukukhiqiza.
Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, akunakwenzeka ukusho ukuthi izincwadi zomlando zizosibheka kanjani isiteleka semicibisholo sase-US eSyria - njengesiphithiphithi esingajwayelekile empini yombango yeminyaka eyisithupha eyabulala abantu abangama-500,000 futhi yadala izigidi zababaleki, njengokunye nje ukukhishwa kwezikhali ezicitshwayo ebusuku. isizwe esixoshe ngaphezu kwe-1,000 ukusuka e-Iraq kuya e-Libya kuya eSomalia kusukela ngo-2001...noma, mancane amathuba okuba, njengomzuzu ka-Archduke Ferdinand wekhulunyaka lama-21.
Kodwa esimweni esibanzi sobuntu - kanye nalo mhlaba oyinqaba futhi ngezinye izikhathi, yebo, umhlaba omuhle esiwudalile ngemva kwezigidi zeminyaka yokuziphendukela kwemvelo - ngikholelwa ukuthi esikubone ngo-April 6, 2017, kwaphawula inguquko eyingozi. Izinqumo ezibalulekile zempi nokuthula, ukuphila nokufa, ziye zangena emsakazweni wethu wokuzijabulisa wasebusuku.
Ibutho lezempi elinamandla kakhulu emlandweni wesintu lisezandleni zomuntu ohlala ngaphakathi kwebhamuza, olwazi lwakhe nemizwa yakhe kuqhutshwa izithombe azibona esikrinini esiyisicaba - futhi oqonda ikhono lakhe elimangalisayo elilawula lokho uyabona. Kuzazi ezididekile, ikhono likaTrump lokushintsha ukulandisa kuleso sikrini se-high-def ngokushaya ngokungafanele umashiqela waseSyria u-Bashar al-Assad (ezinsukwini ezimbalwa nje ngemva kokuba uhulumeni wakhe ethe awunandaba noguquko lombuso waseSyria) wamenza umholi ngaso leso sikhathi. . Eqinisweni, wayemane engumongameli we-cable TV elwa impi ye-cable TV. Futhi yayingekho indlela ayengalahlekelwa ngayo.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi uDonald Trump waba ngumongameli wase-United States” ijabulele i-CNN Fareed Zakaria njengoba amabhomu ayeqhuma emoyeni - ezinsukwini nje, njengoba umlobi uJoan Walsh esikhumbuza, ngemva kwalona uFareed Zakaria ushaqise ababukeli ngokubiza uTrump ngokuthi “umculi wenkunzi (i-bleep)” ku-TV ebukhoma. Kodwa kwakungaleso sikhathi. Amabhomu ubuhle, futhi ubuhle buyiqiniso, futhi yilokho kuphela okudingeka ukwazi, ngokusobala.
Okuwukuphela kwento eshaqisayo, empeleni, ukuthi kwakuthathe uTrump cishe amasonto ayi-11 ukubona ukuthi angayiqhumisa indlela yakhe yokuya ezilinganisweni zokuvunywa okuphezulu. Phela kwakungamandla kamabonakude ayemsindise kwasekuqaleni ekubeni angabi ngaphezudlwana kuka-a Ukuphishekela okungatheni: Ngokuphelele ama-'80s ikhadi lomdlalo. Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yamanje, kwaba sobala ukuthi i-mogul yaseManhattan ingcebo yayiyi-CEO embi kakhulu - ikhungethwe ukuqothuka nokudayisa imikhiqizo yomkhonyovu efana ne-Trump Steaks ne-Trump University. “Umfundi” wamsindisa; I-Reality TV ifundise u-Trump ukuthi wayengcono izikhathi ezingu-10 ekudlaleni indima ye-CEO kunomsebenzi onzima wokuqhuba inkampani enkulu. Futhi kwamfundisa indlela yokuxoxa indaba, ukuzungeza uhlaka olungenza ababukeli bajabule, okokuqala ku-NBC futhi ekugcineni emkhankasweni kamongameli.
