E like me Matt Santos 'Obama-like noi no ka Hale Paʻi ma ke keaka kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kākau ʻia e Aaron Sorkin The West Wing, ka moʻolelo hoʻouka kaua kinoea sarin ma The – kākau pū ʻia ʻo Sorkin – wānana ʻo Newsroom i nā hanana i ka honua maoli. Akā, ʻaʻole ʻo ke Aupuni Suria ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua kemika e nā limahana o ka pūnaewele nūhou ACN akā ʻo ke Aupuni ʻAmelika ponoʻī. Alakaʻi ʻia e Jeff Daniels ' charismatic heleuma ʻo Will McAvoy, ua manaʻo ka hui nūhou ua wehe lākou i kahi uhi uhi nui e ka pūʻali koa US.
I ka wā o nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka holo ʻana i ka moʻolelo, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo White Phosphorus (WP), me ka Pelekikena o ACN ʻo Charlie Skinner e ʻōlelo ana i ka ʻōlelo ʻana inā ʻo nā pūʻali koa US e "pana iā White Phosphorus i kahi wahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia wale nō ke kaua kemika." ʻAʻole mālama ʻia kāna ʻōlelo a neʻe koke ka moʻolelo. He wahaheʻe ka moʻolelo (spoiler alert!). ʻAʻohe uhi aupuni.
ʻO Sorkin, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā poʻe akamai loa e hana ana ma ke kīwī, me he mea lā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole pono e ʻimi i ka pilikia ma kahi ʻano moʻolelo. i kipaku iā WP ma kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia - ma Falluja, Iraq ma 2004, me ka nui o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana ʻo ia ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mea kaua. ʻAʻole au i ʻike i nā helu hilinaʻi no ka nui o nā Iraqis i pepehi ʻia e ka hoʻohana ʻana o US iā WP ma Falluja. Eia naʻe, ua ʻike kekahi luna o ke Keʻa ʻulaʻula ma kahi o 800 mau kānaka kīwila i pepehi ʻia i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ka US ma Nowemapa 2004. I ka wā o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana ua ʻimi ka US i nā hale lapaʻau, ʻoki i ka wai a me ka lako uila, hōʻole i ke komo ʻana i nā keʻena kōkua a hōʻole i ka puka ʻana mai ke kahua kaua i nā kāne 15 a 55 mau makahiki.
I ka wā mua, i ka wā i hāpai ʻia ai nā nīnau, hōʻole ka pūʻali koa US i ka hoʻohana ʻana iā WP i mea kaua. Eia naʻe, i ka makahiki 2005, ua wehe nā mea kākau moʻolelo i nā hōʻike e hōʻike ana ua hoʻokau maoli ʻo US iā WP i mea kaua. "Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo WP he pūʻali koa maikaʻi a maʻalahi", i ʻike ʻia i ka puke o Malaki 2005 o ka US Army's Field Artillery magazine e pili ana i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o US ma Falluja i Nowemapa 2004. , ma ke ʻano he mea kaua noʻonoʻo ikaika e kūʻē i ka poʻe kipi ma nā laina auwaha a me nā lua spider kahi i hiki ʻole ai iā mākou ke loaʻa nā hopena iā lākou me HE [High Explosive]. Ua puhi mākou i nā mikiona 'shake and bake' i ka poʻe kipi, me ka hoʻohana ʻana iā WP e hoʻokuʻu iā lākou i waho a ʻo HE e lawe iā lākou i waho".
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i ka BBC he waha ʻōlelo no ka Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) i ʻōlelo ʻia "Inā ... nā mea ʻawaʻawa o ka phosphorus keʻokeʻo, nā waiwai caustic, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohana ʻia i mea kaua, ʻoiaʻiʻo ua pāpā ʻia. no ka mea, ʻo ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o ka Convention [Chemical Weapons] a i ʻole ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana, ʻo nā mea kemika i hoʻohana ʻia e kūʻē i ke kanaka a i ʻole nā holoholona e hōʻeha a make paha ma o nā mea ʻawaʻawa o ka kemika, ua manaʻo ʻia he mau mea kaua kemika."
Noʻu, he kanaka moe, ʻike ʻia kēia ʻōlelo i ka hoʻohana ʻana o US i WP ma Falluja ma 2004 e manaʻo ʻia he hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua. Ua ʻae ʻo George Monbiot, ka mea kākau kiaʻi, e haʻi ana iā Democracy Now! I ka makahiki 2005 "Ke hana nei ka US Army ma ke kū'ē pololei ʻana i ka Convention Weapons Convention. Ua hana ia i ka hewa kaua. Akā naʻe, mamao loa ka poʻe akamai o nā mea kaua kemika aʻu i hoʻopili ai no ka wehewehe ʻana. Ua ʻike ʻo Dan Kaszeta, he luna ma mua o ka US Army's Chemical Corps, "Holo ʻo WP i kahi wahi hina a ʻokoʻa nā manaʻo". Ua ʻike ʻo Alastair Hay, he Polofesa o ka Environmental Toxicology ma ke Kulanui o Leeds, i ka wehewehe ʻana o OPCW ma luna "koi i kahi loio e wehewehe." ʻO kekahi loea ʻē aʻe i hōʻole ʻole e haʻi ʻia i wehewehe ʻia inā hoʻohana ʻia ʻo WP i mea puhi ahi ʻaʻole ia he mea hana kemika, ʻoiai inā hoʻohana ʻia ia no kāna mau mea ʻawaʻawa a laila hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he mea kaua kemika.
ʻOiai ke koʻikoʻi nei ka poʻe loea i ka paʻakikī o ka pilikia, pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka Pentagon e hana i kahi ʻōlelo maopopo ma ke kumuhana. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi palapala ʻo US Department of Defense mai 1991 "ua hoʻohana paha nā pūʻali Iraqi kūpaʻa iā Pelekikena Saddam i nā mea kaua kemika keʻokeʻo phosphorus (WP) e kūʻē i nā kipi Kurdish".
He mea nui kēia a pau i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ai kekahi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua kemika e ke Aupuni Suria i ʻAukake 2013 i hoʻoulu ai i ka avalanche a i ʻole ka huhū kino i ka media. I ka lawe ʻana iā ia mai nā aupuni US a me UK, i ka lā ma hope o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā mea kaua kemika Channel 4 News's Sarah Smith nīnau ʻo "Syria chemical weapons weliweli - ʻo ia ka manawa no ke komo ʻana?" Ma luna o ke Kūʻokoʻa ka poʻomanaʻo ʻaoʻao mua ma 26 ʻAukake 2013 ʻo 'Syria: air attacks loom as West last acts'. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka Indy i ka "hopena" ʻōlelo nui.
I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua kemika e ke aupuni US i ka makahiki 2004 i loaʻa ka manaʻo mai ka media mainstream, ua uhi pinepine ʻia ia ma muli o ke kaomi ʻana mai nā mea nānā a me nā mea heluhelu. Aia, a ke hoʻomau ʻia nei, ʻike ʻia ka hemahema o ka huhū ma waho o kekahi mau ʻokoʻa hanohano e like me Monbiot a me John Pilger. A ʻaʻohe hemahema o ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i ka nūpepa, a inā ʻo ka maopopo ʻole o ka poʻe akamai he mea ia e hele ai, pono nui e wehe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.
ʻO Sorkin, a me nā mea manaʻo kipi o kēia wā, ke kuhi hewa nei i ka hana ʻana o ka propaganda o kēia lā. ʻAʻole hoʻokumu ʻia ka mana manaʻo maikaʻi loa a hoʻopunipuni ma luna o nā uhi uhi nui e pili ana i nā ʻumi, a i ʻole haneli mau kānaka. Ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana o WP i ka makahiki 2004 i hana ai loaʻa i kekahi mau hoʻolaha ma ka media mainstream. Akā ʻo ka mea nui, ua poina koke ʻia a ʻaʻole i hōʻike i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa politika e pili ana i ka pehea a i ʻole ka mea e pane aku ai i ka hoʻohana ʻana o ke Aupuni Suria i nā mea kaua. Hana ʻia nā hewa kaua a hele aku ka poʻe hewa kaua me ia no ka mea ua hoʻohuli ʻia nā hanana mōʻaukala a no laila ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia e nā mea nūpepa non-conspiratorial a me nā kaʻina hoʻonaʻauao e like me ka haʻalele ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo nui, framing, sourcing bias, subservience to power, careerism a me ka pili ʻana i ka manaʻo nui. .
E like me nā mea he nui, ua wehewehe maikaʻi ʻo George Orwell. "ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo hewa e pili ana i ka censorship moʻokalaleo ma ʻEnelani ʻo ia ka nui o ka manawaleʻa", ua kākau ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo mua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kāna moʻolelo 1945 maʻamau Animal Farm. "Hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā manaʻo kaulana ʻole, a mālama ʻia nā ʻoiaʻiʻo kūpono ʻole, me ka ʻole o ka pāpā ʻana." Pehea? "I kēlā me kēia manawa aia kahi orthodoxy, kahi kino o nā manaʻo i manaʻo ʻia e ʻae ka poʻe noʻonoʻo pono me ka nīnau ʻole. ʻAʻole kapu loa ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia, kēlā a i ʻole kekahi, akā ʻaʻole i hana ʻia ka ʻōlelo ʻana.
ʻO ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ka hapa nui o nā nūpepa UK, nā mea kākau a me nā mea hoʻoponopono e hōʻike maopopo ana i kēia manawa "ʻaʻole i hana ʻia" e ʻōlelo ai ua hoʻohana paha ka US i nā mea kaua kemika ma Falluja i 2004. A i ʻole ua kōkua ʻo US iā Iraq e hoʻohana i ke kinoea nerve i ka wā o ka ʻO ke kaua ʻo Iran-Iraq, e like me ka nūpepa Foreign Policy i hōʻike ʻia nei. ʻAʻole kānalua ka nui o nā mea nūpepa ma Suria i noho mālie e pili ana i nā hewa he nui o ke Aupuni Assad. A no ke kumu maikaʻi - ʻo ka hōʻike ʻana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo kūpono ʻole ma Suria i kēia lā hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola. He aha ke kumu o ka poʻe nūpepa e hana nei i kā mākou mea i manaʻo ʻia he manuahi a hakakā ʻole i ko lākou noho mālie?
ʻO Ian Sinclair ka mea kākau o 'Ka huakaʻi i hoʻoluliluli iā Blair: He moʻolelo waha o 15 Pepeluali 2003', i paʻi ʻia e Peace News Press. https://twitter.com/IanJSinclair
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