Ibhalwe nguKristin Christman, I-Albany Times Union
NgoLwesihlanu, ngo-Ephreli 7, i-2017
UJohn D. Rockefeller wathukuthela wagana unwabu. Kwakungama-1880s, futhi abamba uwoyela babeshaye imithombo emikhulu e-Baku kangangokuthi iRussia yayithengisa uwoyela eYurophu ngamanani anciphisa i-Rockefeller's Standard Oil.
Ngemva kokugwinya ngonya izimbangi zakhe zaseMelika, uRockefeller manje uhlela ukucekela phansi umncintiswano waseRussia. Wehlisa amanani abantu baseYurophu, wakhuphula amanani abantu baseMelika, wasakaza amahlebezi engabaza ukuphepha kukawoyela waseRussia futhi wavimbela uwoyela waseRussia oshibhile kubathengi baseMelika.
Ukuhaha nokuncintisana konakalisa ubuhlobo be-US-Russian kusukela ekuqaleni.
Naphezu kwamaqhinga kaRockefeller angenangqondo, wazibona elungile futhi abancintisana naye njengama-scoundrels anonya. Umkhiqizo kamama okholwayo kanye nobaba okhohlisayo, uRockefeller wabona i-Standard Oil njengomsindisi wohlobo oluthile, “ekhulula” ezinye izinkampani njengezikebhe ezaziyocwila ngaphandle kwakhe, enganaki iqiniso lokuthi uyena owayebhoboze amathambo azo.
Futhi ikhulu leminyaka, sibona iphethini yokuzenzisa yokucabanga kwe-US ukuthi, njengoRockefeller, ihumusha ukuziphatha kwayo njengokumsulwa kanye nalokho kwaseRussia njengokunonya.
Cabangela indlela i-US eyasabela ngayo lapho iRussia isayina iSivumelwano Sango-1918 saseBrest-Litovsk sokuhoxa eMpini Yezwe I. Kwakufe abantu baseRussia abayizigidi eziyisishiyagalolunye, balimele, noma belahlekile. Kwakuyisithembiso sikaLenin sokuhoxisa iRussia eMpini Yezwe I esathola ukwesekwa okukhulu kwamaRussia.
Ingabe i-US yabona iRussia njengethanda ukuthula? Akulona ithuba. I-US, ibingekho ezimpini eziningi, ibize ukuhoxa kweRussia njengembuka. Ngo-1918, amasosha angu-13,000 XNUMX ase-US ahlasela iRussia ukuze agumbuqele amaBolshevik. Kungani? Ukuphoqelela lawomaRussia ukuba abuyele eMpini Yezwe I.
Umuntu owayephila ngesikhathi sikaRockefeller, isikhulu sasebhange uJack P. Morgan Jr., wayenezizathu zakhe zokuzonda ubuKhomanisi. I-Communist International yayikhethe abamabhange njengezitha ezinkulu zesigaba sabasebenzi, futhi isimo sengqondo sokungahloniphi esinenzondo sabangela inkolelo yokungazi ukuthi ukubulala abantu abaphakeme kwakuyokhuthaza ubulungisa.
Nokho, ukwesaba okunengqondo kukaMorgan kwakuthonywe ubandlululo nokubangisana. Ubone izisebenzi ezitelekile, amaKhomanisi kanye nezimbangi zamabhizinisi angamaJuda njengamambuka anguzungu ngenkathi yena, owayethole ikhomishana eyizigidi ezingama- $ 30 ethengisa izikhali kuma-Allies EMpi Yezwe I, wayengumuntu osengozini.
NjengoMorgan, abantu baseMelika babambe ukugxeka okusemthethweni ngokumelene ne-USSR, okuhlanganisa ubuxhwanguxhwangu baseBolshevik kanye nobushiqela obunonya bukaStalin. Nokho, ngokuphawulekayo, inqubomgomo yeMpi Yomshoshaphansi yase-US yayingabhekiseli kunya noma ukucindezelwa. Esikhundleni salokho, yayiqondise kulabo izinguquko zabo zomhlaba nezabasebenzi kwabampofu ezisongela inzuzo yosomabhizinisi baseMelika abacebile. NjengoMorgan, i-US yaphakamisa umbango webhizinisi ngamanga waba umbango wokuziphatha.
Ngo-1947, uMongameli u-Harry Truman wamukela umgomo ka-diplomat uGeorge Kennan wokuvinjelwa kweSoviet futhi wagqokisa i-paranoia ngejazi lemishini engcwele. E-Greece, eKorea, eGuatemala nangale kwalokho, i-US yaqondisa ngokungakhethi udlame olubhekiswe kwabanxele, kungakhathalekile ukuthi abanxele babona izinhloso zobuntu nezentando yeningi.
Akuzona zonke izikhulu zase-US ezivumile ukuthi ukubulala izinkulungwane zamaGreki nezigidi zamaKorea kwakuyisinyathelo esibheke ekukhanyeni. Noma kunjalo, ngomoya wokugomela wokumelene nentando yeningi, abaphikisayo baxoshwa noma basula. Ngokumangalisayo, uKennan ngokwakhe kamuva wavuma ukuthi umcabango wase-US wawungalawuleki futhi “wavuselela amanga nsuku zonke” “isitha esinonya ngokuphelele” ngendlela ekhohlisayo engokoqobo, “ukuphika ukuba ngokoqobo kwaso kubonakala njengesenzo sokuvukela umbuso. …”
Njengamanje, izinsolo zokugebenga i-Russian's underhandedness of the Democratic National Committee kusolwa ngokushadisa intando yeningi yase-US, nokho ngenkathi lokhu kuthola ukunakwa okucasukile, ubuzenzisi bunzima ukubufaka esiswini, ngoba abantu baseMelika bonakalise intando yeningi ekhaya naphesheya kakhulu kunanoma yimuphi umgebengu waseRussia. NjengoRockefeller, i-US ibona ukungathembeki kuphela ezimbangini zayo.
Isiko lase-US elingenademokhrasi leminyaka eyikhulu ukuqokwa ezikhundleni zikahulumeni ezibalulekile eminyangweni yezokuVikela noMbuso, i-CIA kanye noMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezokuphepha wabantu abaxhumene kakhulu nezinhlangano ezisebenzisana noRockefeller noMorgan. Kungumkhuba oyingozi: Uma kubusa isigaba esisodwa somphakathi, maningi amathuba okuthi abenzi bezinqubomgomo babelane ngezindawo ezifanayo eziyimpumputhe inqubomgomo ye-warp.
Cabanga ngombono kaRockefeller nomhubhe kaMorgan. Ecatshangelwe ukuncintisana ngobunikazi besitimela, akekho noyedwa owacabanga ukuthi ujantshi wawubhubhisa kanjani ukuphila kwaboMdabu baseMelika kanye nezigidi zenyathi, ezazihlatshwa ohambweni olugulayo lokuzingela ujantshi.
La madoda anamandla ayengakwazi ukuqonda okungaka. Kungani-ke, lo mcabango kufanele unikezwe amandla amakhulu phezu kwenqubomgomo yase-US, okudingeka kubhekwe imithelela ebanzi kuwo wonke umuntu, hhayi nje kwabacebile nabanamandla?
Kodwa-ke uma uTrump kanye noNobhala Wezwe u-Rex Tillerson, owayeyi-CEO ye-Standard Oil inzalo yakwa-ExxonMobil, ebambisene noPutin ukuthi bachithe umhlaba ngamapayipi futhi bathathe uwoyela oLwandle lweCaspian, kuzoba ukuphindaphinda kukaRockefeller, uMorgan kanye nezitimela: ukuhaha kuxubile. ngokunganaki ukuhlupheka kwabantu kanye nemvelo.
Futhi uma uTrump ejoyina u-Putin ukuze ashaye iMpumalanga Ephakathi empini, ukuzenza kwe-Cold War kuzophinde kusetshenziswe kabusha, nokuzwela okukhulu ekwesabeni kwe-US kanye nokungabi naluzwela ekwesabeni kwezitha.
Ngokungangabazeki, i-US neRussia zombili zinecala lokuvukela umbuso nokungabi nabulungisa. Ukuze siguquke, kumelwe siqinisekise ukuthi imifelandawonye noma ubutha akuphakeli ukuhaha, okudala ukwesaba, noma ukubangela ukuhlupheka.
U-Kristin Y. Christman uneziqu ze-Russian nezokuphatha umphakathi ezivela e-Dartmouth, Brown kanye naseNyuvesi e-Albany.
