NguDavid Swanson
Amazwi alungiselelwe umcimbi nosomahlaya u-Lee Camp, eCharlottesville, Va., February 21, 2015, umcimbi ohlehliswe yisiphepho seqhwa. Uma ihlelwa kabusha ngizosho into engahlangene nhlobo.
Lena ingxenye ebucayi yomcimbi wanamuhla ebusuku, ngaphandle kokuthi u-Lee uvame ukubhekana nezihloko ezibucayi kakhulu. Ngakho-ke engikushoyo ukuthi: lena ingxenye engathandeki yomcimbi wanamuhla ebusuku, ngaphandle kokuthi ngizokhuluma ngohulumeni wase-United States. Enye yezinto engizikhonzile uMark Twain angazange azisho ngempela kodwa kufanele ngabe wazisho ukuthi “Kwesinye isikhathi ngiyaye ngizibuze ukuthi ngabe umhlaba uphethwe abantu abahlakaniphile abasigqokisayo, noma iziphukuphuku eziqondile ngempela.” Ushiye ngaphandle amathuba okuba neziphukuphuku ezisigqokisayo.
NgoLwesine i-inthanethi ye-Comcast ibingasebenzi endlini yami, njengoba nje amalungu eCongress aqashwe i-Comcast ayethula umthethosivivinywa wokwakha i-inthanethi evaliwe enemizila esheshayo yokukhwabanisa kwezinkampani esasingayidingi i-inthanethi. Futhi indawo enhle yemithombo yezindaba ye-inthanethi ebizwa ngokuthi i-TheRealNews.com ibifuna ukwenza ingxoxo nami ngevidiyo, ebengingafuni ukuyenza ku-Java Java ngoba ngizama ukungadeleli kangako. Ngakho ngahlala eDowntown Mall ngenza inhlolokhono. Lalicishe libe ngama-degree angu-12, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi niyangibona ngiqhaqhazela. Kanti babefuna ukukhuluma ngani? Impi? Ukuthula? Isimo sezulu?
Babefuna ukukhuluma ngoJeb Bush. Kuyacaca ukuthi uyisiphukuphuku esisigqokisayo. Ubekhuluma ngenqubomgomo yangaphandle, futhi vele wavumelana no-Obama kukho konke kodwa wathi akakwenzi lokho. Ngobunhloli be-NSA, ngokwesibonelo, akavumelani neqiniso lokuthi kube nokugxekwa komphakathi ngokuhlukunyezwa kuka-Obama. Ukuthi uzoqeda kanjani ukugxekwa akashongo. Akazange akhuphule i-Ukraine noma i-Afghanistan noma izimpi ze-drone, ngoba yini ayengavumelani nayo? Waveza Impi YaseKorea ukuze athi ibe yimpumelelo futhi hhayi umdwebi ongenangqondo owabizwa yiwo wonke umuntu amashumi eminyaka, kodwa-ke umsunguli omusha ekwandiseni leso simangalo esingenangqondo kwaba ... uMongameli Obama.
Ikakhulu i-Jeb igxile e-Iran, iqhubekisela phambili isimangalo esingamanga sokuthi i-Iran ifuna ukusula u-Israyeli ebalazweni futhi isongela ukuhlasela kwenuzi. U-Obama uphusha yonke imigqa efanayo kodwa-ke ngokunganaki futhi ngokuhlukile kuleli cala ufika kumbono wokulwa nempi wokuthi i-diplomacy ingcono kunokuqhuma kwamabhomu. UJeb ugunyaza ukuthi uNetanyahu angene ngoMashi 3 ukuze anikeze iCongress imiyalo yayo yempi ngempi eyodwa u-Obama angayifuni. Ngincoma ukuya SkipTheSpeech.orgfuthi inxusa Amalungu eCongress ukuthi akweqe, njengoba abaningi bezibophezele ukwenza - ngisho no-Sheldon Adelson ethembisa ukukhokhela ukungakhethwa komunye nomunye wabo.
Ngokubanzi, u-Jeb waphusha umqondo wokuthi iMpumalanga Ephakathi iyinhlekelele ngoba ayizange iqhunyiswe ngamabhomu ngokwanele, nokuthi i-US ayithandwa ngoba ayizange ihlasele amazwe anele. Kunezinkinga ezimbili ngalokhu. Eyokuqala, kungamanga anyanyisayo futhi ahlekisayo aseneminyaka eminingi ebulala abantu. Inhlolovo ye-Gallup ngasekuqaleni konyaka odlule emazweni angama-65 yathola ukuthi i-US ithathwa njengengozi enkulu yokuthula emhlabeni. Izizwe ezisesimweni esibi kakhulu yizo i-US eqhumise ngayo amabhomu. Inxusa laseMelika ku-UN uSamantha Powers uphikisene ngokuthi kufanele siyeke ukunaka lokho okwenziwa yiLibya ngamabhomu eLibya ukuze sizimisele ngokwanele ukuqhumisa i-Iraq neSyria. I-ISIS empeleni ikhiqize ifilimu yemizuzu engama-60 icela i-United States ukuthi ilwe nayo ngoba ukuqashwa kuzokwenyuka. I-US ibophekile. Ukuqashwa kwenyukile. Nansi indlela i-United States ezenze ngayo ukungathandwa: izinhlangano zizimisele ukuqhunyiswa ngamabhomu uma zizobabonisa njengabaphikisi abahamba phambili be-United States - izwe, ngendlela, elifaka ngaphezu kwesigidi sezigidi zamadola ngonyaka empini lapho amashumi ezigidigidi angabhekana nendlala yomhlaba, amanzi ahlanzekile, nezinye izidingo eziyisisekelo. Ngengxenyana yokusetshenziswa kwempi, i-US ingabhekana nezinxushunxushu zesimo sezulu, ezolimo, imfundo, njll., futhi ibe uhulumeni othandwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Kodwa ingabe lokho kungazwakala kuhle njengokuklabalasa izinsongo ku-ISIS?
I-ISIS, phela, ibulala abantu, inquma umphimbo wabo njengeSaudi Arabia kodwa ngezinga elincane ngakho-ke kubi kakhulu, futhi ishisa abantu bafe, njengokuhlasela kwe-drone yase-US, kodwa ngezinga elincane ngakho-ke kufanele kumiswe ngokusebenzisa isikali esikhulu. ukubulala ukuyimisa.
Kuyamangaza ukuthi abantu baseMelika bakwazi kanjani ukucabanga ngodlame. Kungani, sizibuza, amaphoyisa awadingi izibhamu eLondon? Phela izigebengu azinazo izibhamu kodwa ngapha zinazo. Ngakho-ke kufanele silwe nezibhamu ngezibhamu, futhi ukuze siphephe sisakaze izibhamu ezengeziwe nxazonke. Kodwa kungani, sizibuza, iMpumalanga Ephakathi inobudlova obungaka? Nokho, lokho kulula: kuwumphumela weminyaka eyinkulungwane yenzondo yobuhlanga neyenkolo ehlala imile izinkulungwane zeminyaka bese iqhuma obala lapho sinikeza ngephutha inkululeko abangayilungele ngendlela yamabhomu avuthayo kanye ne-uranium enciphile. Futhi-ke banezibhamu laphaya, kuyingxenye yenkolo yabo. Ngempela? Ngoba uMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika uthi u-79% wezikhali ezithunyelwa eMiddle East zivela e-United States. Lokho akuzibali izikhali zase-US, izikhali i-CIA ezinikeza ama-slitters entamo emaphakathi, noma izikhali i-Iraqi Army ezilahlayo. Ngamanye amazwi, lezi zihlakaniphi ezithengisa ama-drones emhlabeni manje sekuyisikhathi eside zihlomisa izindawo ezishisayo emhlabeni wonke lapho ngezikhathi ezithile zifuna ukudala ukuthula ngokubhebhetheka kwempi. Nginombono omusha: bayiziphukuphuku abazigqokayo.
Inkinga yesibili ngomyalelo kaJeb wokulwela impi ukuthi uMongameli u-Obama usanda kuphakamisa isabelomali esikhulu kunazo zonke sezempi futhi wacela iCongress ukuthi iphase mahhala ukuze iqalise izimpi ezintsha - njengoba enza noma kunjalo futhi ethi uzokwenza noma ngabe - futhi abantu baseMelika baqiniseka ukuthi kuwumsebenzi wabo ukwenza imibono ngo-Jeb nomfowabo noyise kanye no-Hillary Clinton nezinye iziphukuphuku ezihlukahlukene noma ama-putter-oners noma kokubili. Kufanele sicabange ukuthi ukunakekela izimbongolo ezinjalo kusenza sibe izakhamuzi ezinhle. Lokhu ukuphazamisa okuyinhlekelele. Empeleni kuwumsebenzi wethu ukuzibandakanya kubushoshovu obuqhutshwa yinqubomgomo, okuhlanganisa nobushoshovu obuhloselwe ukulungisa uhlelo lokhetho oluphukile, nokuyeka ukucabanga ukuthi sizovota siphume esibhicongweni ngokuhalalisela ikhandidethi longxowankulu benkampani yezempi ngaphezu kokunye. ozokhethwa yi-militarized corporate capitalism.
O, kodwa kumnandi kakhulu ukugcona uJeb, akunjalo? Uma sigxeka u-Obama kukhona esifana ngakho nama-icky racists. Ngokujulile? Yikuphi okuwubuntwana kakhulu, ukucwasa ngokwebala noma umbono ongcolile wokuthi umuntu kufanele alalele igunya ngaphandle kokungabaza noma abe ngumuntu ocwasa ngokwebala? Akudingeki ukuthi "Ugunyaze" noma "Uphika" u-Obama ngomqondo othile olula. Asikho isidingo empilweni noma kwezepolitiki ukuthi ube nesiphukuphuku njengemibuzo yomhloli. Ungakhuthaza i-diplomacy ka-Obama nge-Iran futhi umelane nokufudumala kwakhe e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Gqugquzela okuhle, umelane nokubi. Futhi gwema isifiso sokukwenza okomuntu siqu.
UJeb wazama ukuthola enye indawo lapho angavumelani no-Obama, okuyiCuba. Njengoba kwenzeka, ngisanda kubuya eCuba ngesonto eledlule futhi nginombono ohlukile. Ulayini wamaRepublican oshiwo nguJeb uthi u-Obama wenzela iCuba okuthize engabuyiseli lutho. Hhayi-ke, u-Obama ucabanga ukukhipha iCuba ohlwini lwabashokobezi olungenangqondo, njengoba iCuba ayixhasi ubushokobezi. Kodwa iCuba ayizange ifake i-United States ohlwini lwamaphekula okumele ilususe. Kuke kwaba nenkulumo yokuqeda ukuvinjwa kwezomnotho, kodwa iCuba ayinayo into evimbela i-US ukuthi isuse. Yini uJeb ayifunayo eCuba? Hhayi-ke, ufuna ukuthi iyeke ukweseka uhulumeni waseVenezuela okhethwe kakhulu futhi ivumele ukuketulwa kwawo. Bheka, ukuze ufinyelele ilungelo lika-Obama kufanele uye ekuketuleni ohulumeni - bese uthola ukuthi u-Obama uvumelana nawe kakhulu.
I-US empeleni ihlongoza ukuvumela ukungenisa kwezinto ezivela e-Cuba ezinomkhawulo okhiqizwa izinkampani ezizimele. Lona umzamo wokwenza iCuba ibe yimfihlo, ukushintsha kakhulu noma ukuyiketula yayo uhulumeni. “Ngokuvula” iCuba, u-Obama uzinike amathuluzi amasha. I-mission ayishintshile. Abambalwa bethu bahlangana nabasebenzi benxusa lase-US elizoba maduze laphaya, futhi babuza ngemali eyizigidi ezingama- $ 20 esetshenziswa yi-US isakaza abantu baseCuba unyaka ngamunye. Ngabuza ukuthi bazozizwa kanjani uma iCuba ixhasa izishoshovu e-United States. Omunye wabo wangitshela ukuthi asikho isidingo, ngoba i-United States inenkululeko yokukhuluma futhi iCuba ayinayo. Kulungile, ngishilo, kodwa i-United States inamasosha emazweni angu-175 nezimpi ezingaphezu kwalokho engakwazi ukuzilandela, futhi iCuba ayinawo. Kuthiwani uma iCuba ixhasa umbutho wokulwa nezempi e-United States? Osopolitiki baseMelika bathi ngeke babe nankinga nakancane ngalokho. Kodwa-ke uhulumeni wase-US uzokwenza - empeleni ukusebenzisana neCuba kunoma yini kungahlanganisa ukusiza "amaphekula."
Ngicabanga ukuthi akuyona into ehlekisayo kakhulu kodwa kufanele kube ukuthi uma iCuba ike yahlasela i-United States sizwe ngakho 24/7, kodwa i-United States namaphekula ayo ahlala obala eFlorida sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50 eqhumisa izakhiwo nezindiza. ICuba, eyabulawa eCuba, yangenisa izifo zabantu nezilwane eCuba, kanti abaseCuba banezimyuziyamu ezigcwele amagiya abawathathe ku-CIA enhlekeleleni, kodwa abantu baseCuba bayakujabulela ukuhlangana nabaseMelika futhi bangasoli nathi nakancane. kuhulumeni wethu njengoba ngokungangabazeki bengathanda ukungasolwa ngowabo.
Uhulumeni wabo kanye nezingqapheli eziningi zinombono wokuthi kungani uhulumeni wase-US eyizonda kangaka iCuba: akafuni sibone ukuthi ngisho nezwe elimpofu lingakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngokunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo, kanye nemali engenayo eqinisekisiwe.
Ngijabule kakhulu ngokunqoba kuka-Jeff Fogel nabanye esinqumweni saleli sonto esithole ukuvinjelwa kokuphatha abantu ngokuphambene nomthethosisekelo lapha. Kodwa kuthiwani uma isizwe esinezinsiza zase-US siqala ukuphupha ngokukhudlwana? Kuthiwani uma sizoqeda isidingo sokuphathwa kwe-panhandling? Kuthiwani uma wonke umuntu enesisu esigcwele, imfundo enhle, engenasikweletu, futhi unesikhathi esikhululekile sokunaka izinto?
Ngahlala ecaleni emasontweni ambalwa edlule e-Alexandria kaJeffrey Sterling owayeye kwiCongress nezindaba zokuthi i-CIA yayinikeza izinhlelo zebhomu lenuzi e-Iran - izinhlelo lapho bethule khona amaphutha asobala mayelana nenkolelo-mbono yokuthi Abantu base-Irani abayizithulu babengeke babone futhi bakhe ibhomu labo elingalungile. Umsebenzi wabo waseRussia owayisa izinhlelo kwabase-Irani bekungafanele futhi awabone amaphutha, kodwa wakubona, ngokushesha. Ukuboniswa kobudedengu, ubuwula, kanye nokungabi nangqondo okwenziwa kule nkantolo kwakungaphezu kokukholelwa, futhi kwakungekho muntu lapho, futhi intsha yonke yabamhlophe yamthola enecala uSterling.
Obunye bobufakazi ecaleni obuxoxwe ngezwe elilandelayo i-CIA kwaba, ngonyaka ka-2000, isebenzela ukunikeza izinhlelo zamabhomu enuzi ezinephutha ngemuva kwe-Iran. Balikhipha lonke igama lezwe kodwa babonisa ukuthi zingaki izinhlamvu ezazivaliwe. Baphinde bakushiya kwacaca ukuthi igama lezwe liqale ngonkamisa. I-Iraq kuphela efanelekile. Lawa ma-clowns ayehlela ukunikeza izinhlelo zamabhomu enuzi e-Iraq ngaphambi nje kokubeka esidlangalaleni icala lokuhlasela i-Iraq ngaphambi kokuthi isidunusele.
Kodwa yini enye okwakufanele bayenze? Awukwazi ukwenza lutho, akunjalo? Kufanele sithande i-ISIS singenzi lutho noma silahle amabhomu amaningi futhi sidale izitha ezengeziwe. Kuyindlela enzima ephikisayo eya e-Armagedoni kodwa othile kufanele ayilandele. Futhi omunye umuntu kufanele asungule inqwaba yamanga ukuze akwenze kunambitheke kakhudlwana. Ngesikhathi uJenene Sherman ebhodla umlilo eNingizimu wayezitshela ukuthi kusukela lapha eNingizimu izoyazi impi kangangokuthi ngeke iphinde ifune enye. Futhi eminyakeni eyi-150 kamuva, ngiyakucela ukuthi uvele uveze ukuthi wehlise izifanekiso zabahluliwe ezimpini zaseNingizimu eCharlottesville. INingizimu ingumsekeli ohamba phambili wezimpi zase-US. Ngaphandle kwepolitiki yaseNingizimu, i-US ingase ithole indlela yayo ecacile ekuhlonipheni amalungelo elinye izwe. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, iphephandaba elikhulu e-Atlanta, lapho uSherman ayeqale khona imashi yakhe, lahlelwa livuna ukushiswa kwezindlu zonke eJapane. Ngakho-ke, lapho uJeb-Obama-Hillary-McCain ekutshela ukuthi ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-Iraq kuzoguqula ama-Iraqi ngokumelene nempi, ungabakholelwa noma awakho amehlo amanga. Ingabe amashumi eminyaka adlule enze i-Iraq yaba nokuthula okwengeziwe? Kungenzeka yini ukuqeda ubugqila ngendlela izizwe eziningi ezenze ngayo - okusho ukuthi, ngaphandle kwempi - zikhiqize okuthile okungaphansi kweminyaka eyi-150 yokucasuka nokubuyela emuva?
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