Kutheni uVladimir Putin Esicaphukela

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Uyenzile kwakhona. I-honey badger e-Kremlin ishenxise nje imijukujelwa ebhekise phambili kwindawo ekumda osentshona we-Russia ukuba ube ngumnini woLwandle lweBaltic. Kule veki eMoscow yamkelwe isebenzise imijukujelwa yokulwa iinqanawa eBastion kwiKaliningrad exclave, emantla ePoland, kunye neenkqubo ezikhuselweyo zomoya ezilinganayo ze-S-400 zokudubula iinqwelo-moya kunye nemijukujelwa kude kube ziimayile ezingama-250.

Ngale ntshukumo, i-Kremlin iseke ulawulo kuLwandle lweBaltic, uninzi lwePoland kunye neeriphabliki zeBaltic-amalungu eNATO onke. I-Russia ngoku inokusebenzisa ukungafikeleli kunye nokwala indawo-oko iPentagon ikubiza ngokuba yi-A2AD ngokufutshane-ngentando, oko kuthetha ukuba nayiphi na inqwelomoya ye-NATO okanye iinqanawa ezingena kulo mmandla zinokubethwa ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba zisondele eKaliningrad. Kwabacwangcisi bezomkhosi baseNtshona, le ayisiyonto imfutshane, kuba iMoscow ngoku ingathintela ukuqiniswa kwe-NATO ukuya empuma ukulwa, yithi, umkhosi waseRussia ushukuma kwiiriphabliki zaseBaltic ezisengozini.

Le meko, apho imikhosi yaseMoscow yagqogqa iriphabhlikhi yaseBaltic okanye emibini ngaphambi kokuba i-NATO iphendule ngokufanelekileyo, igwetywa ngokusoyikisayo ngabacwangcisi be-Alliance, kodwa akukho mntu unokumangaliswa kukuba uVladimir Putin ukwenzile oku. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, xa wayehambisa imijukujelwa ye-Iskander-M enamandla e-Iskander-M eKaliningrad kwinyanga ephelileyo, eqala inguqulelo yeBaltic ye-Cuban Missile Crisis, impendulo kaMongameli u-Obama yayinge… nto.

Umphathi oyintloko-ophetheyo uthathe isigqibo sokuba kufuneka acele uxolo eKremlin kwakhona ngaphambi kokuba ashiye iNdlu eNkulu, ekoyikiseni amahlakani ethu ahlala kufutshane neRussia. Sizimele kude kube nguJanuwari 20, kwaye mhlawumbi ixesha elide kakhulu, yindlela igosa eliphezulu lezomdibaniso loMbutho elichaza ngayo ubunyani bento eyenziwe ngu-Obama ngokungasebenzi kwakhe.

Ukuthatha amanyathelo afanelekileyo, kule veki iSebe lezoKhuselo laseRussia libonakalise ukuba ukuthunyelwa kweenkqubo ze-Iskander-M eKaliningrad, athe iMoscow yayiyinxalenye nje yomthambo womkhosi, bazakuhlala apho ngokusisigxina. Ukusukela oko imijukujelwa ingaphehlelela inyukliya okanye iintloko zemfazwe eziqhelekileyo ukuya kuthi ga kwi-300 yeemayile ngokuchaneka okumangalisayo, iRussia ngoku ibambe ithuba elinamandla lomkhosi ngaphezulu kwe-NATO kwingingqi yeBaltic.

Ukuqikelela, i-Kremlin igcina ukuba imijukujelwa yobugcisa e-Kaliningrad iyimpendulo kukhuselo lwe-missile yaseMelika ethe yathunyelwa eMpuma Yurophu. Njengesiqhelo, iMoscow ibonisa yonke imikhosi yasemkhosini, nkqu ezo ziphazamisa ukhuseleko lommandla, njengokuzikhusela kwindalo iphela, sisoyikiso esikhulu kwiNtshona yeRussia.

IsiRashiya sihlala sisisisongelo eUnited States ngendlela ii-jihadists ezingekhoyo, nokuba zithini i-Islam-alarmists.

Ezo bronze zentsimbi ezihamba nezixhobo zokulwa azimangalisi, kuba uPutin ebengumceli mngeni eNtshona-ngakumbi amaMelika-amandla kwihlabathi liphela. I-Kremlin ayikhathali kangako malunga nendlela esisabela ngayo kucaphukiso lwayo kangangokuba yamkelwe ukuba idlale imidlalo efihlakeleyo yoontamnani ngonyulo lwethu, ukuvuma ukuba iiWikileaks ziyi-pawn yaseRussia. Ukubeka nje, ukungafuni kukaMongameli u-Obama ukujongana nokuziphatha okungalunganga kuka-Putin kwinqanaba lehlabathi kukhokelele eku-ngakumbi-kwaye kubi-ngakumbi.

Kunjalo, ngoba UPutin uyenza yonke le nto, edlala imidlalo eyingozi enokubangela imfazwe enkulu, looms njengombuzo omkhulu apha, nokuba ingumgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle waseNtshona onengxaki yokuphendula. Iingcali zethu zobudlelwane bamazwe aphesheya kwezemfundo, ezenza uburharha njengemidlalo yethiyori okanye iingcinga zokwenyani zokuchaza imigaqo-nkqubo ka-Putin ekhulayo, banobunzima bokuchaza ukuba kutheni iKremlin-yona emva kwayo yonke into kwezomkhosi okanye kwezoqoqosho ibuthathaka kakhulu kune-NATO-isebenza ngokunganyanzelekanga.

Ukungakwazi kweNtshona ukuqonda ukuba yintoni ekhuthaza iintshaba zethu akukho nto intsha. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu eyadlulayo, emva kohlaselo lwe-al-Qa'ida kwiZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi kunye nePentagon, wonke umntu wayefuna ukwazi ukuba kutheni esithiyile. UMongameli uGeorge W. Bush wathetha ngobulumko obufunyenweyo beBeltway xa wachaza ukuba i-jihadists kunye ne-Islamists basithiyile ngenxa yenkululeko yethu.

Ukuphuncuka okunjalo, ngelixa wayezicingela indlela ozijonga ngayo waseMelika, kwakungalunganga kwaphela. Impendulo yayilapho okoko ii-jihadists zathetha zingamisi (ngakumbi kwi-Intanethi) malunga nembono yazo. Ukuthiya kwabo abantu baseMelika kunye neNtshona akunanto yakwenza nenkululeko yethu, amaSilamsi angakhathaliyo angakhathaliyo. Inayo yonke into enokwenza nemigaqo-nkqubo yethu-ngakumbi inkxaso yethu ku-Israyeli kunye nomkhosi wethu kumazwe amaSilamsi- kunye nendlela yethu yokuphila ecekeceke, ngakumbi indlela yokuziphatha ngokwesondo yasemva kwexesha langoku, ethi i-jihadists ibone njengongena kwilizwe labo ngokoqobo.

Ukungaqondi kakuhle okubangela ukuba iintshaba zethu ziphephe ngumnqwazi omdala eWashington. Ngexesha loMlo obandayo, i-mavens yethu yezifundo, ehlawulwa kakhulu yiPentagon ukubhengeza malunga nokusebenza kwangaphakathi kweKremlin, inganikanga ngqalelo ingako kwiingxelo zoluntu zaseSoviet. Ezi zibhengezo zinobundlongondlongo ezichasene neNtshona Marxist-Leninist izibhengezo, ezihlala zisongela imfazwe yenyukliya, zagxothwa ziingcali zethu, izifundiswa kunye neentloko zamaQela obuNgcali boLuntu, ezazinyanzelisa ukuba le mijelo yenzelwe nje umboniso: ngasese, iinkokheli zopolitiko nezomkhosi zaseSoviet zazizolile kwaye zinengqondo njengathi.

Ewe, emva kweMfazwe ebandayo safunda ukuba ubunkokheli baseKremlin bathetha izinto ezifanayo ezizimeleyo, bevuza intiyo yobuKomanisi kubungxowankulu baseNtshona, ukuba bayakhwaza eRed Square. Kunzima ngokwaneleyo ukuba nawuphina umntu agcine umntu ohluke ngokupheleleyo kunale yabucala, ngelixa kulawulo lonke kungenakwenzeka. Ke ngoko, nikela ingqalelo kwinto ethethwa ziintshaba zakho ngokuphandle-kukho ithuba elihle lokuba bayakholelwa.

AkunjengoPutin kunye nabalandeli bakhe bebefihla oko bakukholelwayo. U-Putin ngokwakhe uyindoda ye-KGB-abantu baseRussia abayibiza ngokuba yi-Chekist-ngobuqhetseba bokwenza iyelenqe emathanjeni akhe. Ukanti kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, uye waba ngumntu othanda ubuzwe waseRussia ovulekileyo kwinkolo yakhe. Iivenkile zolawulo ziphumeza ngokungayeki malunga nobubi baseNtshona, zijongela phantsi ukonakala kwethu kunye nokuziphatha okubi, kubonakalisa ubuhlanga obuzinze kubuKristu bobuOthodoki.

UPutin uthethe kamnandi ngento ayibizayo unqabiseko lokomoya -Oko kuthetha ukugcina iinguqulelo zobuKrestu ngaphandle kwe-Russian Orthodox ngaphandle kwelizwe-nditsho nokuchaza ukuba iRussia ikhaka lokomoya ibalulekile kukhuseleko lwayo njengesixhobo sayo senyukliya. Ukuphefumlelwa kwakhe oku kuvela kwiingcinga zobuOthodoki, ngaphezulu kwako konke UIvan Ilyin , ababethiyile iNtshona ngamandla kunye nothando. Le mbono ichasene neNtshona ibonakala ingaqhelekanga kwaye ingenakuqondakala kuninzi lwabantu baseMelika, iingqinisiso zayo aziqhelekanga kuthi, kodwa zisekwe kwiinkulungwane zembali yaseRussia kunye namava okomoya.

Kule mbono, endikhe ndayichaza I-Orthodox Jihadism , INtshona lutshaba olungenakoyiswa lweRussia eNgcwele ekungekho luxolo luhlala nayo. Kangangeenkulungwane — nokuba zikhokelwa yiCawa yamaKatolika, uNapoleon, uHitler okanye iUnited States — abaseNtshona baye bazama ukuthothisa iRashiya, ngaloo ndlela betyumza ubuOthodoki, olukuphela konqulo lokwenyaniso. Le yi IRoma yesithathu intsomi , Eyathandwa kakhulu ngo-19^thInkulungwane ye-Imperial Russia, ihambisa ukuba yimishini engcwele yaseRussia ukumelana noMtyholi nomsebenzi wakhe emhlabeni.

UPutin uphinde wayivuselela indlela yokucinga yokulahla, esenza iCawa yobu-Orthodox yaseRussia-inkolo yaseburhulumenteni-yangoyena ndoqo kulawulo lwakhe. Emva kokuba ubuKomanisi buwile, ilizwe lalifuna i-anchor entsha yeengcamango, kwaye u-Putinism wayifumana ekudibaniseni inkolo kunye nobuzwe obunomlando omkhulu kunye namaRashiya kunokuba ubuKomanisi babenjalo.

Abagxeki baseNtshona bahlala beqaphela ukuba uPutin akanakuba likholwa le-Orthodox kwaye, ngaphandle koko, uninzi lwabantu baseRussia abazikhathazi ngokuya ecaweni rhoqo. Andinalwazi lokuba uPutin ukholelwa entwenini- ngokungafaniyo noDubya andiboni emphefumlweni wakhe- kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo uyayazi indlela abukeka ngayo njengeOthodoki yokwenyani, ngelixa into yokuhamba icawe rhoqo eRashiya ingekho phezulu kakhulu ayitshintshi Iikota ezintathu zabantu baseRussia bathi bangamaOthodoki. Inyaniso yezopolitiko kukuba uPutinism uqinisekise ngempumelelo uninzi lwabantu baseRussia ukuba bahambisane nembono esemthethweni, ubuncinci.

Ukufumana incasa yendlela uPutinism ajonga ngayo umhlaba, mamela nje oko kuthethwa yiMoscow. Kulula ukuyifumana abefundisi abaphefumla umlilo Ukugxeka iNtshona kunye nokunyanzelisa kwabo amalungelo abantu ababhinqileyo kunye namalungelo abantu besini esinye, abathi ngokucacileyo baba nguSathana. Itanki yokucinga yaseRussia (ngokwenyani yiwebhusayithi nje) UKatehon yindawo evunyiweyo yaseKremlin enikezela ngeedosi ezinzima ze-geopolitics ezixhonywe bubuzwe bobuOthodoki. Ngokuphawulekayo, igama layo livela kwigama lesiGrike elichasene nomchasi-kwaye uKatehon ucacisa ngokucacileyo ukuba i-West decadent, post-modern-West yinto abayithethayo.

Kukho ke I-Tsargrad TV , eyinguqulelo yaseRashiya yeFox News, ukuba iFox News yayiqhutywa ngamakholwa alukhuni eRussia. Yiprojekthi kaKonstantin Malofeev, umxhasi we-Kremlin odityanisiweyo we-hedge fund-wajika waba yinkolo yomnqamlezo owayefuna ukunika ilizwe iindaba ezithi zibonakalise amaxabiso emveli. Igama layo ligama lesiSlavic elithetha uConstantinople — iRome yesiBini ekwisakhiwo sobuOthodoki baseRashiya. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva, xa uPutin wayetyelele iNtaba iAthos eGrisi, enye yezona ndawo zingcwele zeOthodoki, ekhatshwa nguPatriarch Kirill, intloko ye-Russian Orthodox Church, iTsargrad TV Udonga lodonga .

I-anti-Western animus yale ideology kuya kuba nzima ukuyibaxa. Kukho izikhalazo ezinengqiqo-ngokomzekelo, iRussia ibetha ngolwandiso lwe-NATO ukuya kuthi ga kwimida yabo-kodwa uninzi lwayo lubhekisa kwimifanekiso yeNtshona yamva nje njengeprojekthi kaSathana eyilelwe ukubhukuqa inkolo yemveli kunye nobomi bosapho. Ezi zikhalazo zivakala kakhulu ngathi amaSilamsi anzima athi malunga neNtshona. NjengamaSilamsi, iingcali zembono yaseKremlin zithi, ekubeni iNtshona ihlasela iRashiya kunye neOthodoksi ngokwasemphefumlweni nge-feminist kunye ne-LGBT, zonke iimpendulo zaseMoscow-kubandakanya intshukumo yasemkhosini enoburharha-ke iyazikhusela.

Ukulunga ku-Putin kunye ne-ilk yakhe, besisenza umsebenzi olungileyo wokwenza ukuba i-polemics yabo yokulwa neNtshona ibonakale ngathi iyavakala. Ngaphantsi kuka-Mongameli u-Obama, iSebe likaRhulumente liyatyhala amalungelo obufazi kunye namalungelo e-LGBT kanzima-kubandakanya naseRussia. Umzamo osemthethweni waseWashington wokunyanzela abancinci, abahlwempuzekileyo amazwe afana neMakedoni Ukwamkela izimvo zethu zangoku zesini ziye zaphakamisa iRashiya, hayi ubuncinci kuba iMakedoni lilizwe elininzi-iOthodoki.

Eyona nto iphambili kukuba iRussia yasePutin iqhutywa yimbono evunyiweyo ngurhulumente eyithiyileyo iNtshona yangoku emva kwexesha kwaye isijonga njengesisongelo esisigxina. Ukugxininisa kuka-Mongameli u-Obama ukuba asinakuba kwiMfazwe ebandayo entsha ne-Russia kuba akukho nxalenye yomgaqo kumzabalazo iphosakele ngokupheleleyo kwaye ayilunganga kwaphela. I-Kremlin ibona umzabalazo wokomoya-we-ideology ngokucacileyo, kwaye utsho ngokuvulekileyo. Ewe, uPutin wayichaza ngokufutshane, esidlangalaleni, ngaphambi kokuba abambe iCrimea, kodwa akukho mntu kwizixeko zaseNtshona ezamthatha ngokungathí sina:

Omnye umceli mngeni omkhulu kubuni baseRussia unxulunyaniswa neziganeko ezenzeka kwihlabathi. Apha kukho imigaqo-nkqubo yangaphandle kunye nokuziphatha. Siyabona ukuba mangaphi amazwe e-Euro-Atlantic enokwala iingcambu zawo, kubandakanya amaxabiso obuKristu enza isiseko sempucuko yaseNtshona. Bayayiphika imigaqo yokuziphatha kunye nazo zonke izazisi zesiko: ilizwe, inkcubeko, inkolo kunye nezesondo. Basebenzisa imigaqo-nkqubo elingana neentsapho ezinkulu kunye nobufanasini, ukukholelwa kuThixo nokukholelwa kuSathana.

Ukugqithisa kokuchaneka kwezopolitiko kufikelele kwinqanaba lokuba abantu bathethe ngokunyanisekileyo malunga nokubhalisa amaqela ezopolitiko anjongo yawo ikukukhuthaza abantu ukuba baziphathe kakubi ngokwesondo. Abantu kumazwe amaninzi aseYurophu baneentloni okanye bayoyika ukuthetha ngonqulo lwabo. Iiholide ziyapheliswa okanye zibizwe ngendlela eyahlukileyo; ubunjalo babo bufihliwe, kunye nesiseko sokuziphatha. Kwaye abantu bazama ngolunya ukuthumela le modeli kwihlabathi liphela. Ndiqinisekile ukuba oku kuvula indlela ethe ngqo yokuthotywa isidima kunye ne-primitivism, ekhokelela kwintlekele enkulu yabemi kunye nokuziphatha.

Ukuza kukaDonald Trump eWashington, kunye nokuthanda kwakhe iRussia kunye nenkokheli yayo, kunika isizathu sokuba nethemba lokuba izinto zinokuphucula phakathi kwethu neMoscow. Akukho mathandabuzo ukuba i-Kremlin icinga ngoTrump njengendoda abanokuqhuba ngayo ishishini. Nangona kunjalo, ungquzulwano olunzulu phakathi kwePutinism kunye ne-West-post-modern West ziya kuhlala. Ukuba uTrump uthatha isigqibo sokukhupha iSebe likaRhulumente kwishishini lokuthumela ngaphandle isimilo sethu sezesondo kumazwe apho bangafunwayo, ezinokuthi zipholise izinto kunye neMoscow ngandlela thile. Nangona kunjalo, ungquzulwano olunobunkunkqele obuluqilima phakathi kweNtshona neRussia luya kuhlala lukhona, nokuba zeziphi izinto ezimnandi ezinokutshintshiselana phakathi kweenkokheli zethu.

Kuya kuba bubulumko ukulwa ne-Russian adventurism ngaphambi kokuba ibangele imfazwe enkulu yenyukliya. Ukuphazamiseka kuyasebenza, xa kusetyenziswa ngokufanelekileyo. Kungaba bubulumko ngakumbi ukuyeka ukungahoyi into ethethwa yiMoscow malunga nokujonga kwayo-mhlawumbi bayinyanisile. Ngaphezulu kwayo yonke loo nto, yeka ukucaphukisa amaRussia ngokungeyomfuneko. Kule veki, uSenator uJohn McCain uphindaphinde umgca wakhe wokuba iRussia sisikhululo segesi esiqhutywa yi-mafia ezenza ngathi lilizwe, ishiya ukuba lilizwe elinamawakawaka ezixhobo zenyukliya. Ngesi sizathu, iRussia ihlala isisisongelo e-United States ngendlela ii-jihadists ezingezizo, nokuba zithini i-Islam-alarmists. Inyathelo lokuqala lokujongana ngobulumko noPutin iya kuba kukuqonda ukuba yintoni ebangela ukuba urhulumente wakhe uphawule.

Ukubhengezwa: UDonald Trump ngumkhwe kaJared Kushner, umpapashi we-Braganca Media.

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