I-Oleaginous Kakistocracy: Isikhathi Esihle Sokuqeda Amapayipu

NguDavid Swanson, uMqondisi oPhethe World BEYOND War, Mashi 25, i-2020

Ukuthula Flotilla eWashington DC

Umzuzwana lapho Osopolitiki base-US kukhona ekhuluma obala mayelana nesidingo sokudela ukuphila ngesifo egameni lenzuzo kungase kube yisikhathi esihle sokuqaphela izisusa ezimbi zezombangazwe ezifanayo uma kuziwa kwinqubomgomo yangaphandle.

Amalungu eCongress awazange, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani Joe Biden uthi, votela impi e-Iraq ukuze ugweme impi e-Iraq. Futhi abenzanga iphutha noma babale kabi. Futhi akwenzi mehluko omncane ukuthi baphumelele kangakanani ekuzikhohliseni emangeni aluhlaza nangenamsebenzi ngezikhali nobuphekula. Bavotela ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi ngoba babengakuqapheli ukuphila komuntu futhi babekwazisa okukodwa noma ngaphezulu kwalokhu okulandelayo: ukusekela abantu abaphakeme, izinkampani, kanye nobuzwe; ukubusa umhlaba wonke; inzuzo yezikhali; kanye nezithakazelo zezinkampani ezinkulu zikawoyela.

Sekuyisikhathi eside kwaqinisekiswa ukuthi, njengoba sasihlale sazi, izimpi ziyenzeka lapho okukhona amafutha, hhayi lapho intombazane noma a ubushiqela osizini udinga ukuhlengwa ngamabhomu entando yeningi. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, kwakufanele umuntu aqambe amanga ngalokho. Manje trump obala uthi ufuna amabutho eSyria kawoyela, Bolton isho obala ukuthi ifuna izinguquko eVenezuela kawoyela, Pompeo ngokusobala uthi ufuna ukunqoba i-arctic ukuze uthole uwoyela (okungancibilikisa ngayo i-arctic eningi ibe yisimo esinganqotshwa).

Kodwa manje njengoba konke kungamahloni, akufanele yini sivunyelwe ukuba sibuyele emuva futhi siveze ukuthi kwakunjani ngaso sonke isikhathi, nakuba kuyimfihlo kakhulu futhi ngisho nangehlazo?

Idlanzana lethu liye lazabalaza ukulwa namapayipi kawoyela negesi endaweni, lapho sihlala khona, noma emazweni abomdabu eNyakatho Melika, ngaphandle kokuqaphela njalo ukuthi uwoyela negesi omningi ovela kula mapayipi, uma akhiwe, uzohamba ukuphemba izindiza namathangi namaloli ezimpi ezikude - futhi ngokuqinisekile ngaphandle kokuqaphela izinga izimpi ezikude nazo ziyizimpi ngokumelene nokumelana namapayipi.

Incwadi entsha ka-Charlotte Dennett, Ukuphahlazeka kweFlight 3804, - phakathi kwezinye izinto - inhlolovo yezimpi zamapayipi. Yebo, uDennett wazi kahle ukuthi izimpi zinezisusa eziningi, nokuthi ngisho nezisusa eziboshelwe kuwoyela azihlobene nokwakhiwa kwamapayipi. Kodwa akwenza kucace kakhulu kunangaphambili izinga amapayipi abe yimbangela enkulu ezimpini eziningi kunalokho abantu abaningi abakuqaphelayo.

Incwadi kaDennett iyinhlanganisela yophenyo lomuntu siqu ngokufa kukayise, ilungu lokuqala le-CIA elaqashelwa nenkanyezi odongeni lweCIA ehlonipha labo abafela noma yini abayifele bonke, kanye nocwaningo. weMpumalanga Ephakathi, amazwe ngamazwe. Ngakho-ke, ayikho ngokulandelana kwezikhathi, kodwa uma bekunjalo, isifinyezo (esinezengezo ezimbalwa) singase sihambe kanje:

I-Berlin eya e-Baghdad Railroad ehleliwe yayiwumzila wepayipi owaqhuba ukungqubuzana kwamazwe ngamazwe ngendlela amapayipi ayezokwenza ngayo. Isinqumo sikaChurchill sokuguqula ibutho lasolwandle laseBrithani libe likawoyela nokuthatha lowowoyela eMpumalanga Ephakathi kwabeka inkundla yezimpi ezingapheli, ukuketula umbuso, unswinyo namanga. Isisusa esikhulu (okungesona esikuphela sona) ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe I kwakuwukuncintisana ngowoyela waseMpumalanga Ephakathi, futhi ikakhulukazi umbuzo wePipeline ye-Iraq Petroleum Company, nokuthi kufanele iye eHaifa ePalestine noma eTripoli eLebanon.

Ngemva kweMpi Yezwe I, Isivumelwano Se-Sykes-Picot kanye Nesivumelwano Se-San Remo Ngowoyela zabeka isimangalo sobukoloni kuwoyela owawungene ngaphansi komhlaba wabanye abantu - kanye nomhlaba okwakungakhiwa kuwo amapayipi. UDennett uyaphawula mayelana neSan Remo Agreement on Oil: “Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, igama elithi ‘uwoyela’ lanyamalala ezincazelweni zesivumelwano ezincwadini zomlando, njengoba nje laliyonyamalala ezinkulumweni zeningi ngenqubomgomo yase-US yamazwe angaphandle, leyo ngawo-1920 yaziwa ngokuthi ‘ i-oleaginous diplomacy,' kuze kube yilapho igama elithi 'oleaginous' linyamalala.

IMpi Yezwe II yenzeke ngezizathu eziningi, eyinhloko phakathi kwazo iMpi Yezwe I kanye neSivumelwano esinonya saseVersailles. Izizathu abantu abaningi base-United States abazokunikeza zona ngeMpi Yezwe II zaqanjwa ngemva kokuba isiphelile. Njengoba ngenzile ezibhaliwe cishe kaningi, uhulumeni wase-US wahola ohulumeni bomhlaba ekwenqabeni ukwamukela amaJuda, futhi ohulumeni base-US nabaseBrithani benqaba phakathi nempi ukuthatha noma yisiphi isenzo sobuzwe noma ngisho nezempi ukuze basize izisulu zamakamu amaNazi, ikakhulukazi ngoba bengenandaba. . Kodwa uDennett ukhomba esinye isizathu salokho kungenzi lutho, okuyizifiso zamapayipi aseSaudi.

Inkosi yaseSaudi Arabia kungenzeka ukuthi yayingumphikisi ohamba phambili wentando yeningi, inkululeko, inkululeko, kanye (ngokungenzeka akunjalo) i-apula pie, kodwa yayinamafutha kanye ne-Islam, futhi yayingafuni inani elikhulu lamaJuda ukuba lifudukele ePalestine futhi lizuze. ukulawula ingxenye yepayipi eliya eMedithera. Ngo-1943, njengoba i-United States yayithatha isinqumo sokungaqhubi ngebhomu i-Auschwitz kanye nokucindezela imibiko ngokuQothulwa Kwesizwe, iNkosi yayixwayisa ngamaJuda amaningi kakhulu ayezinza eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngemva kwempi. Amasosha aseMelika aqhumisa amabhomu ezinye izindawo ezaziseduze kakhulu ne-Auschwitz kangangokuthi iziboshwa zabona izindiza zidlula, futhi ngephutha zacabanga ukuthi zizoqhunyiswa ngamabhomu. Zinethemba lokumisa umsebenzi wamakamu okufa ngokulahlekelwa ukuphila kwazo, iziboshwa zajabulela amabhomu angazange afike.

Amaphosta nemifanekiso engiyibonile kuleli sonto ikhumbuza abantu ukuthi u-Ann Frank wabulawa isifo ekamu lokuboshwa, ehlose ngokumangalisayo ukukhulula iziboshwa ukuze kwehliswe ingozi yokuthola i-coronavirus. Akekho okhuluma ngendima yoMnyango Wezwe LaseMelika ekwenqabeni isicelo se-visa somndeni ka-Frank. Abekho ababambe isiko lase-US ngekhololo futhi babambe ikhala labo ngokuqaphela okudabukisayo ukuthi ukwenqatshwa okunjalo bekungeyona into eyinqaba noma iphutha noma ukubala kabi kodwa into eqhutshwa izisusa ezimbi ezingafani nalezi ezitshela abantu abadala base-US ukuthi bafele i-Wall Street.

Ipayipi leTrans-Arab, eligcina eLebanon kunePalestine, lizosiza ukwenza i-United States ibe umbuso womhlaba. I-Haifa izolahlekelwa njengendawo yokuphela kwepayipi, kodwa kamuva izozuza isikhundla sechweba elivamile le-Sixth Fleet yase-United States. U-Israyeli esewonke wayezoba inqaba enkulu yokuvikela amapayipi. Kepha iSyria izoba yinkinga. I-Levant Crisis yango-1945 kanye nokuketulwa umbuso kwe-CIA kwango-1949 eSyria kwakuyipolitiki emsulwa. I-US ifake irula ye-pro-pipeline kulokhu kuqala, futhi okuvame ukukhohlwa, ukuketulwa kwe-CIA.

Impi yamanje e-Afghanistan yaqala futhi yanwetshwa iminyaka, ngokwengxenye, ngephupho lokwakha i-TAPI (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India) Pipeline - umgomo ovame ukuvuleka. avunyelwe ukuze, umgomo onqume ukukhethwa kwamanxusa kanye nomongameli, kanye nomgomo oseyingxenye yezingxoxo "zokuthula" eziqhubekayo.

Ngokufanayo, inhloso enkulu yesigaba sakamuva sempi (eyaqala ngo-2003) e-Iraq kube yiphupho lokuvula kabusha i-Kirkuk eya e-Haifa Pipeline, umgomo osekelwa u-Israel kanye nombusi ohlosiwe wase-Iraq u-Ahmed Chalabi.

Impi engapheli eSyria inkimbinkimbi ngendlela engapheli, ngisho uma iqhathaniswa nezinye izimpi, kodwa isici esiyinhloko ukungqubuzana phakathi kwabasekeli bePipeline ye-Iran-Iraq-Syria kanye nabasekeli bePipeline yeQatar-Turkey.

I-US akuyona yodwa ibutho lezempi elikhulu elisebenza ezithakazelweni zamapayipi phesheya. Ukuketula umbuso okusekelwa yi-Russian (kanye nokusekelwa yi-US) nodlame e-Azerbaijan nase-Georgia ikakhulukazi kube phezu kwe-Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline. Futhi incazelo engaba yinqaba yokubaluleka okuyinqaba i-US elite eyibeka kubantu baseCrimea abavotele ukujoyina kabusha iRussia igesi elele ngaphansi kwengxenye yeCrimea yoLwandle Olumnyama, kanye namapayipi ahamba ngaphansi kwalolo lwandle ukuletha igesi ezimakethe.

Izibaseli ezengeziwe zokucekela phansi umhlaba zingaphansi kweMedithera eqhuba udlame lwase-Israel eLebanon naseGaza. Impi yaseSaudi esekelwa yizifundazwe zase-US kanye neGulf eYemen iyimpi yePipeline yaseSaudi Trans-Yemen, kanye nekawoyela waseYemeni, kanye nokunye okujwayelekile okushayela okunengqondo nokungenangqondo.

Uma ngifunda lo mlando wezombangazwe, ngifikelwa umcabango oyinqaba. Ukube bekungengenxa yokulwa okungaka phakathi kwezizwe, uwoyela negesi engeziwe ngabe bekufinyelelwe futhi kukhishwe emhlabeni. Kodwa-ke futhi kubonakala sengathi kungenzeka ukuthi ubuthi obunjalo abengeziwe kungenzeka ukuthi abazange bashiswe, ngoba umthengi wabo omkhulu yizimpi emlandweni wangempela eziye zaliwa futhi zilwelwa phezu kwazo.

Lapho ngihlala khona eVirginia, sinezimpawu namahembe asho kalula ukuthi “Alikho Ipayipi,” sithembele kubantu ukuthi baqonde ukuthi sisho liphi. Ngithambekele ekungezeni u-“s.” Kuthiwani uma sonke besingenawo “Amapayipi Awekho” yonke indawo? Isimo sezulu sale planethi sizowohloka kancane kancane. Izimpi zizodinga isisusa esihlukile. Izingcingo ezifana nalezo zikaNobhala Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe kuleli sonto zokumisa zonke izimpi ukuze kubhekwane nezinkinga ezinkulu ezibhekene nesintu zingase zibe nethuba elingcono lokulalelwa.

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