Ruo ọtụtụ afọ, "mmanụ" na "Iraq" enweghị ike ime ya banye n'otu ahịrịokwu ahụ n'ihe gbasara mbuso agha na ọrụ nke obodo ahụ. N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, nke ahụ amalitela ịgbanwe, mana "mmanụ" na "Pentagon" ka na-emekarị akụkọ ahụ ọnụ.
N'afọ gara aga, dịka ọmụmaatụ, dị ka akwụkwọ Department of Defense (DoD) si kwuo, Pentagon kwụrụ ihe karịrị $ 70 nde na Hunt Refining, ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ nke ụlọ ọrụ ya, Hunt Oil, mebiri amụma US na Iraq. Ọ bụghị na onye ọ bụla ga-ama ya. Mgbe ichu nta n'ihi na mmanụ na Iraq ugbu a na-esiwanye nke ọma kpuchie na mainstream, Pentagon's ichu nta n'ihi na mmanụ ka bụ isiokwu na-efu efu n'ọrụ. N'agbanyeghị ọkwa dị egwu nke Pentagon guzzles mmanụ ụgbọala, ọ bụ ntụpọ na-adịghị ala ala na mkpuchi ike mgbasa ozi.
Ka anyị tụlee akụkọ Hunt Mmanụ na ntakịrị nkọwa, ebe ọ na-enye ihe atụ pụtara ìhè nke nnukwu nsogbu. Na Julaị 3, 2008, dị ka akwụkwọ akụkọ New York Times, Kọmitii Ụlọ na-ahụ maka nlekọta na mgbanwe ọchịchị hụrụ na Hunt Oil gbasoro "nkwekọrịta mmanụ na gọọmentị Kurdistan mpaghara nke megidere amụma America ma mebie ọchịchị etiti Iraq." N'agbanyeghị amụma ya kwuru n'iwu nke ịdọ aka ná ntị ụlọ ọrụ dị ka Hunt Oil "na ha na-ebute ihe ize ndụ na ịbanye nkwekọrịta ruo mgbe Iraq gafere iwu mmanụ," na State Department na ụfọdụ n'ezie agbamume n'ezie a nkwekọrịta n'etiti "Texas mmanụ ụlọ ọrụ na chiri anya President Bush" na Kurdistan nke "mebiri" ọchịchị Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki na Baghdad.
A jụrụ ma White House maara na mkparịta ụka Hunt Oil na ọchịchị mpaghara Kurdistan nwere aka kwụụrụ onwe ya, onye odeakwụkwọ mgbasa ozi President Bush bụ Dana Perino. zara ya, "Amaghị m onye ọ bụla maara banyere ya."
Ọ tụgharịrị na nke ahụ abụghị kpọmkwem eziokwu nke okwu ahụ. Nke Times kwuru na onye isi ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, "Ray L. Hunt, onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na-akpachi anya nke President Bush, kwuru okwu [Onye isi oche nke onye isi ala na-ahụ maka ọgụgụ isi, nke ọ bụ onye òtù ya] na kọntaktị ya na ndị ọrụ Kurdish tupu abanye na nkwekọrịta ahụ." N'ezie, na July 2nd leta, Onye isi oche kọmitii Henry A. Waxman gwara Secretary nke State Condoleezza Rice: "Akwụkwọ nwetara site na Kọmitii na-egosi na n'ụzọ megidere ngọnarị nke ndị ọrụ nchịkwa, ndị ndụmọdụ na President na ndị isi na State na Commerce Departments maara banyere mmasị Hunt Oil na Kurdish. mpaghara ọnwa tupu e mebie nkwekọrịta ahụ."
n'ihi na TimesOtú ọ dị, ịchụ nta akụkọ ahụ kwụsịrị na Hunt Mmanụ. Enweghị nlebara anya na ejima ụlọ ọrụ ya, Ịnụchacha ịchụ nta, ya na nnukwu njikọ ego ya na Pentagon, Onye isi ala, na ndị agha US na Iraq. Nke a n'agbanyeghị na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ji nganga kwalite onwe ya dị ka "onye na-eweta mmanụ ụgbọ elu na Ngalaba Nchebe US" na South Eastern United States.
Gịnịkwa mere na ị gaghị akpa nganga? Kemgbe agha ụwa zuru ụwa ọnụ nke Onye isi ala malitere na Iraq wakporo, Hunt Refining ejiriwo nwayọ nweta nnukwu ụgwọ ọrụ. Ọ bụ ezie na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bụ onye nkwekọrịta nchekwa azụ na 1990s, dị ka akwụkwọ DoD si kwuo, Hunt enwetaghị ego ọ bụla site na Pentagon na 2000 ma ọ bụ 2001. Site na 2002-2004, Otú ọ dị, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ malitere ịkwado nkwekọrịta ma nakọta nkezi nke ihe karịrị nnọọ ihe karịrị. $15.5 nde kwa afọ. Naanị mgbe ahụ ka oge dị mma malitere ịtụgharị. N'ime afọ atọ gara aga, ihe ndekọ na-egosi na Hunt ewerewo dollar ndị na-atụ ụtụ isi na-arịwanye elu site na Pentagon - $ 39.6 nde na 2005, $ 52.2 nde na 2006, na, na 2007, $ 70 nde. (Hunt Refining azaghachighị ekwentị ma ọ bụ ozi email na-achọ ikwu okwu maka akụkọ a.)
Nkwekọrịta Pentagon kasịnụ nke Hunt nke 2007 bụ maka nnyefe nke ma ụgbọ elu turbine mmanụ ụgbọ elu na mmanụ ụgbọ elu JP-8 - nke ikpeazụ bụ ngwaahịa ndị agha na ikuku na-eji nke yiri mmanụ ụgbọ elu azụmahịa. Enyere nkwekọrịta ahụ ọnwa ole na ole tupu Hunt Refining na ndị mmekọ ya bụ Hunt Southland Refining kwetara, dịka Ngalaba Ikpe Ziri Ezi kwuru. akwụkwọ, "Ịkwụ ụgwọ ntaramahụhụ obodo $ 400,000 ma meefu ihe karịrị nde $ 48.5 maka njikwa mmetọ ọhụrụ na kwalitere na ụlọ ọrụ refineries atọ" dịka akụkụ nke mmezi iji dozie " ebubo imebi iwu nke Clean Air Act."
Na mgbakwunye na njikọ Pentagon ya, Hunt Refining, nwekwara nke siri ike njikọ nye President Bush. Nwa Ray Hunt Hunter Hunt, onye isi osote onye isi oche nke Hunt Oil Company, dị ka akụkọ ndụ ụlọ ọrụ ya si kwuo, "na-etinyekwa aka na ọrụ pụrụ iche nke na-eme na Hunt Refining Company." Nta Hunt, Otú ọ dị, were ezumike nke ụlọ ọrụ ezinụlọ, site na 1999-2001, na-arụ ọrụ maka Bush President mkpọsa "dị ka onye isi ndụmọdụ ndụmọdụ na-ahụ maka okwu ike" na onye isi. onye nhazi nke Bush's National Energy Policy.
Mgbe Hunt Mmanụ na-emecha eme akụkọ na ịkpakọba ihe pịa anya maka njikọ ọchịchị Bush ya na mmekọ ya na Iraq nwere, dịka o kwesịrị, njikọ siri ike nke Hunt Refining na ndị ọrụ na-ahụ maka ibi obodo ahụ abụghị akụkọ ma ọlị. N'agbanyeghị njikọ ego doro anya na netwọk nke njikọ dị omimi sitere na White House na Pentagon ruo Texas, Alabama, na Iraq, a na-ewere akụkụ nke akụkọ a dịka azụmahịa dị ka ọ dị na mbụ.
Na-eji dollar ndị na-atụ ụtụ isi na-abawanye mgbe niile site na DoD, Hunt Refining na-amalite ugbu a na mmemme mgbasawanye dị oke egwu iji mụbaa mmepụta ya. Ugbu a, Hunt's Tuscaloosa, Alabama refinery na-arụ ọrụ mmanụ crude 52,000 kwa ụbọchị, dịka otu akụkọ na-adịbeghị anya kwuru. isiokwu na magazin ahia South Central Construction. Otú ọ dị, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ chọrọ ịbawanye mmepụta ya na barel 65,000 kwa ụbọchị, na-ebute "ihe dị ka okpukpu abụọ nke mmanụ ụgbọala na mmanụ diesel." Dị ka akụkọ na April mbipụta nke Nhazi Hydrocarbon, nke mbụ nke ụlọ ọrụ nhazi ọhụrụ nke Hunt ga-abịa na ntanetị na njedebe 2009. A na-ahazi revamp maka imecha na 2010." Ihe a niile bụ, n'ezie, na-eme ka Pentagon chọrọ ịba ụba mmanụ ọkụ iji na-ebu agha ya.
Na 2008, Hunt Refining enwetaworị $ 65.4 nde ụgbọ elu ụgbọ elu-fuel site na Pentagon nke nwere oge njedebe "arụmọrụ" nke April 30, 2009. Ọ bụrụ na nkwekọrịta na-adịbeghị anya bụ ntụziaka ọ bụla, nke a bụ ihe na-egosi na ọ na-eguzo na ndekọ. ego sitere na ndị agha US tupu afọ agwụ.
DoD bụ, dịka ọkachamara nchekwa mba Noah Shachtman ndetu, "Onye na-eji ume ike kachasị n'ụwa." Na-enweghị ọgwụgwụ na anya ya ugbu a agha na-arụ, nke nwere chụpụrụ mmanụ mmanụ ya na-eri elu, yana ọnụ ahịa mmanụ na-abawanye mgbe ọ bụla (ihe ịrụ ụka adịghị ya na, n'aka nke ya, emetụta ma ọ dịkarịa ala n'ụzọ kwesịrị ekwesị site na mkpa anụ ahụ Pentagon nwere maka mmanụ ọkụ), a ga-enyefe ndị na-atụ ụtụ isi n'ọtụtụ ndị. ụlọ ọrụ mmanụ na ya - ya mere America - ụgwọ ọrụ.
Nke a bụ otu gọọmentị si arụ ọrụ ugbu a na ọ kwesịrị ịbụ akụkọ - yana Hunt Refining kwesịrị ịbụ akụkụ ya. Ma atụkwasịla obi na nke ahụ. Ọ na-ewe ndị mainstream media afọ ise ime ya na mmanụ akụkọ na Iraq. Ole ndị ọzọ tupu ọ achọpụta na ọrụ mmanụ kwa ụbọchị na Washington kwesịrị ile anya?
Site na nkwekọrịta ya na-abawanye site na DoD, n'oge na-adịghị anya, a ga-ebuli ikike ya, na mkpịsị ụkwụ ya na-ejide ya na Pentagon-nwere Iraq, Hunt Refining nwere ike ịbụ onye ọkpụkpọ na Washington na onye na-erite uru na DoD dollar ogologo oge ka e mesịrị. George W. Bush laghachiri na Texas. Mana ruo mgbe mgbasa ozi ndị isi na-amalite ịkpachapụ anya mmekọrịta chiri anya n'etiti Hunt, ụlọ ọrụ ike ndị ọzọ, na Pentagon nke na-enyere ndị agha anyị aka ịrụ ọrụ kwa ụbọchị, akụkụ ndị bụ isi ọ bụghị naanị nke nnukwu asịrị kama nke etu ụwa anyị si arụ ọrụ ga-adịgide. ezoro ezo, ọ bụrụgodị na a na-ahụ anya.
Nick Turse bụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ na onye isi nyocha nke Tomdispatch.com. O dere maka ndị Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Adbusters, Mba, na mgbe niile maka Tomdispatch.com. Akwụkwọ mbụ ya, Ihe mgbagwoju anya: Otu ndi agha si abata na ndu ayi kwa ubochi, nyocha nke ụlọ ọrụ ndị agha ọhụrụ na America, bụ nke Metropolitan Books bipụtara na nso nso a. Ebe nrụọrụ weebụ ya bụ Nick Turse.com.
[Isiokwu a pụtara na mbụ Tomdispatch.com, weblog nke National Institute of the Nation, nke na-enye ọtụtụ isi mmalite, akụkọ, na echiche sitere n'aka Tom Engelhardt, onye nchịkọta akụkọ ogologo oge na mbipụta, ngalaba-onye nchoputa nke American Empire Project, Na-ede akwụkwọ nke Ọgwụgwụ nke omenala mmeri (Mahadum Massachusetts Press), emelitere nke ọma na mbipụta ewepụtara ọhụrụ na-ekpuchi Iraq, yana onye nchịkọta akụkọ na onye nyere aka na akwụkwọ mbụ kacha mma nke Tomdispatch, Ụwa dị ka Tomdispatch: America na New Age of Empire (N'ezie).]
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