NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 21, 2022
Nakhu ividiyo ka-John Oliver egxeka i-FIFA ngokubeka iNdebe Yomhlaba eQatar, indawo esebenzisa ubugqila futhi ehlukumeza abesifazane futhi ehlukumeza abantu be-LGBT. Ividiyo emayelana nendlela wonke umuntu agabe ngayo amaqiniso amabi. U-Oliver uhudula eRussia njengosingethe owedlule weNdebe Yomhlaba ohlukumeza ababhikishi, ngisho neSaudi Arabia njengomuntu ongase abe usokhaya esikhathini esizayo esikude owenza zonke izinhlobo zonya. Ukukhathazeka kwami akukhona nje ukuthi i-US, njengomunye wabasingathi abahlelelwe iminyaka emine, ithola ukudlula ekuziphatheni kwayo okuvamile. Ukukhathazeka kwami ukuthi i-US isiyidlule kude iFIFA kulo nyaka, futhi minyaka yonke, eQatar. I-US ifake izinto eziyisithupha kulobu bushiqela obushaqisayo bukawoyela, ngasinye esibi kakhulu kuneNdebe Yomhlaba.
Into yokuqala isizinda samasosha ase-US esifaka amasosha nezikhali kanye nokuthengiswa kwezikhali zase-US eQatar, kanye nowoyela e-United States, ngenkathi kusiza ukuxhasa umashiqela omubi nokubandakanya iQatar ezimpini zase-US. Ezinye izinto ezinhlanu nazo Izisekelo zamasosha ase-US - izisekelo ezisetshenziswa amasosha ase-US - eQatar. I-US igcina inani layo elincane lamasosha eQatar, kodwa futhi nezikhali, nezitimela, ngisho izimali ngamadola entela aseMelika, amasosha aseQatari, okuthi uthenge cishe izigidi eziyizinkulungwane zamaRandi zezikhali zase-US ngonyaka odlule. Kanjani, oh, kanjani, abacwaningi be-crack bakaJohn Oliver abakutholanga lokhu? Ngisho nezisekelo namasosha ase-US e-Saudi Arabia, kanye nokuthengiswa kwezikhali okukhulu kwe-US kulobo bushiqela ononya, ngokusobala akubonakali. Ukuba khona kwebutho elikhulu lase-US e-Bahrain eseduze akunakwa. Ngokunjalo nalabo abase-UAE nase-Oman. Kuyafana kuzo zonke izisekelo namasosha ase-US eKuwait, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Israel, njalonjalo.
Kodwa cabanga ngevidiyo engenziwa uma isihloko sivunyelwe. Isidingo sokukwazi ukuqala ngokushesha izimpi emhlabeni wonke asisazilungisi izisekelo ngokubuka kwamasosha ase-US uqobo. Nokho izisekelo ziyaqhubeka, ziphakamisa omashiqela abanobungani ababukwa uhulumeni wase-US njengabafiselekayo ukusebenzisana nabo, njengoba i-FIFA icashunwe ibuka iQatar kuvidiyo kaJohn Oliver.
Imithombo yezindaba yase-US isebenza phakathi kwebanga elinqunyiwe, kusukela ku- Wall Street Journal ngakolunye uhlangothi kuya ezintweni ezifana namavidiyo kaJohn Oliver ngakolunye. Ukugxekwa kwamasosha ase-US noma izimpi zawo noma izisekelo zawo zakwamanye amazwe noma ukusekelwa kwawo kobushiqela ononya kungaphandle kwalolo hlu.
Eminyakeni emibili edlule, ngabhala incwadi ethi “Omashiqela Abangu-20 Okwamanje Abasekelwa I-US” Ngiveze njengomunye wabakhethiwe abangama-20 indoda esaphethe eQatar, uSheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Lomashiqela wayengeyedwa lapho efunde eSherborne School (International College) naseHarrow School, kanye naseRoyal Military Academy eSandhurst, “eyafundisa” okungenani omashiqela abahlanu kwabangama-20. Wenziwa isikhulu ebuthweni lezempi laseQatar ngqo eSandhurst. Ngo-2003 waba yiphini likamkhuzi omkhulu wezempi. Wayesevele efanelekile njengendlalifa yesihlalo sobukhosi ngokuba nenhliziyo futhi umfowabo omdala engalifuni igigi. Uyise wayethathe isihlalo sobukhosi kumkhulu wakhe ekuvukeleni umbuso kwezempi okwakusekelwe eFrance. U-Emir unamakhosikazi amathathu kuphela, oyedwa kuphela ongumzala wakhe wesibili.
USheikh ungumashiqela ononya kanye nomngane omuhle wabasakazi abaphezulu bentando yeningi emhlabeni. Uke wahlangana no-Obama kanye noTrump eWhite House futhi kubikwa ukuthi wayengumngane noTrump ngisho nangaphambi kokhetho lwakamuva. Komunye umhlangano we-Trump White House, wavuma “ubambiswano lwezomnotho” ne-United States olubandakanya ukuthenga imikhiqizo eminingi kwa-Boeing, Gulfstream, Raytheon, kanye ne-Chevron Phillips Chemical.
NgoJanuwari 31 walo nyaka, ngokusho kombiko Iwebhusayithi yeWhite House, “UMongameli uJoseph R. Biden, Omncane uhlangane namuhla no-Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani waseQatar. Ndawonye, baphinde baqinisekisa intshisekelo yabo efanayo ekukhuthazeni ukuphepha nokuchuma esifundeni saseGulf kanye ne-Middle East ebanzi, ukuqinisekisa ukuzinza kwezinto ezinikezwa amandla emhlabeni wonke, ukusekela abantu base-Afghanistan, nokuqinisa ukubambisana kwezohwebo nokutshalwa kwezimali. UMongameli kanye no-Amir bakwamukele ukusayinwa kwesivumelwano sika-$20 billion phakathi kweBoeing neQatar Airways Group, esizosekela amashumi ezinkulungwane zemisebenzi yokukhiqiza yase-US. Ngokubona ukusebenzisana kwamasu phakathi kwe-United States ne-Qatar, osekujule eminyakeni engama-50 edlule, uMongameli wazise u-Amir ngenhloso yakhe yokuqoka iQatar njengoMfelandawonye Ongeyona I-NATO. "
Intando yeningi imashi!
I-Qatar isize amasosha aseMelika (kanye namasosha aseCanada) ezimpini ezahlukahlukene, ezihlanganisa iGulf War, War on Iraq, War on Libya, kanye nokujoyina impi yaseSaudi/US eYemen. I-Qatar yayingajwayelene nobuphekula kwaze kwaba yilapho ihlasela ngo-2005 - okusho ukuthi, ngemuva kokusekela kwayo ukubhujiswa kwe-Iraq. I-Qatar iphinde yahlomisa amabutho ama-Islamist/amaphekula aseSyria naseLibya. I-Qatar ibilokhu iyisitha esithembekile se-Iran. Ngakho-ke, ukukhishwa kwamademoni kwe-Emir yayo emithonjeni yezindaba yase-US ekuholeni impi entsha akukhona ngaphezu kwendawo ongayicabanga, kodwa okwamanje ungumngane oyigugu kanye nomlingani.
Ngokusho the UMnyango Wezwe lase-US ngo-2018, “I-Qatar ingumbuso womthethosisekelo lapho u-Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani esebenzisa amandla aphelele. . . . Izindaba zamalungelo abantu zazibandakanya ukwenziwa kube yicala ukuhleba; imikhawulo yokuhlangana ngokuthula kanye nenkululeko yokuhlangana, okuhlanganisa ukuvinjelwa kwamaqembu ezombusazwe nezinyunyana zabasebenzi; imingcele yenkululeko yokunyakaza yokuhamba kwabasebenzi bokufika kwamanye amazwe; imingcele ekhonweni lezakhamuzi lokukhetha uhulumeni wazo okhethweni olukhululekile nolunobulungiswa; kanye nokwenza kube bugebengu izenzo zobulili obufanayo ngokuvumelana. Kube nemibiko yokuthi uhulumeni athathe izinyathelo zokuyilungisa ngenkani.” Hhayi-ke, inqobo nje uma kuthathwe izinyathelo zokubhekana nazo!
Cabanga ukuthi uzokwenza mehluko muni uma abezindaba base-US beyeka ukubhekisa kuhulumeni waseQatar bese beqala ukubhekisa kuhulumeni wobugqila waseQatar osekelwa yi-US. Kungani ukunemba okunjalo kungamukeleki? Akunjalo ngoba uhulumeni wase-US akanakugxekwa. Kungenxa yokuthi amasosha ase-US nabathengisi bezikhali abakwazi ukugxekwa. Futhi lowo mthetho usetshenziswa ngokuqinile kangangokuthi awubonakali.
Impendulo eyodwa
Amen!