Ngakhale palibe kugwirizana pakati pa Iraq ndi zigawenga za September 11 zomwe zapezeka, bungwe la Bush lakhala likuyembekeza kwambiri kuti lidzaphulitsanso Iraq pamene likukulitsa "nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga" m'mayiko atsopano.
"Kwa zabwino kapena zoipa, mgwirizano wa bipartisan wawonekera mu kayendetsedwe ka Bush ndi Congress mofanana kuti United States singakhozenso kulekerera ulamuliro wa Iraq wotsogoleredwa ndi Saddam Hussein" Todd S. Purdum analemba mu New York Times “Week in Review†pa February 17.
"Tikukhulupirirabe kwambiri kusintha kwa boma ku Iraq," adatero Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Al Gore, akupitirizabe pamaso pa Bush, adanena m'mawu odziwika bwino kuti ngati boma la US likufuna kugonjetsa boma la Iraq, "Kulephera sikungakhale njira, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti tiyenera kukhala okonzeka kuchita malire."
Ngakhale kung'ung'udza pang'ono kuchokera ku maboma aku Europe ndi Arabu kuti sakuchirikiza zoyesayesa za US kuti Iraq ikhale chandamale chotsatira mu "nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga" - nkhondo yomwe, tikukhulupirira, siinayang'anire Aarabu kapena Asilamu - mkangano womwe udachitika. Washington ikunena za momwe angaukire Iraq, osati kutero kapena ayi.
US idakambirananso za kukulitsa chiphunzitso chake chokhudza "ufulu wolowererapo" ku Iraq kuti awonetse nzeru zake zenizeni: “Bungwe la Bush - chenjezo la zigawenga zomwe zimaphulitsa nthawi komanso kufalikira kwa zida zakupha - likufuna kutseguka kwambiri. -kutha, kusesa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zodzitetezera…. [T] oyang'anira akupanga mkangano waukulu kuti achitepo kanthu, "Christian Science Monitor pa February 7.
"Ziopsezo za zaka za m'ma 2000 zingafunike kuti titengere nkhondo kwa adani," Donald Rumsfeld, mlembi wa nkhondo, anauza omvera ku National Defense University.
Nyuzipepala ya Boston Globe inanena pa February 14 kuti “CIA posachedwa yalandira chiwonjezeko cha $1 biliyoni kuchokera ku White House kuti ichite ntchito zobisika pankhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga. Zina mwa ndalamazo, malinga ndi mkulu wina wazamazamalamulo yemwe anapempha kuti asatchulidwe, zidzangoyang'ana kwambiri "vuto la Iraq."
Boma la Bush posachedwapa lakonzanso maubwenzi azachuma ndi a Iraq National Congress, dipatimenti ya Boma itayimitsa kwakanthawi kulipira gululo chifukwa idalephera kuwerengera mamiliyoni a madola omwe United States idapereka kale. INC idaitanidwa kudzachezanso ku Washington mu Januware kuti akakambe zachinyengo kuti atha kukhala mphamvu yomwe ingagwetse boma la Iraq.
Polimbikitsidwa ndi nkhondo ya ku Afghanistan, gulu la "bomba la Iraq" lazofalitsa ndi Washington amasulidwa ku gulu lawo kuti apemphe kuwukira kwa Iraq ndi kugonjetsedwa kwa Hussein mwa njira iliyonse yomwe asilikali a US ali nayo. Potengera fanizo losamveka kunkhondo yaku Afghanistan, ena mwa a Bush's coterie akulimbikitsa kuti "chitsanzo cha Afghanistan" chigwiritsidwe ntchito ku Iraq.
Muzochitika izi, INC, magulu otsutsa aku Kurdish kumpoto kwa North, ndi zigawenga za Shiite kum'mwera zidzagwirizana kuti ziguba ku Baghdad ndikugwetsa boma, mothandizidwa ndi mlengalenga ndipo mwina pansi kuchokera ku asilikali a US. Asilikali apansi okwana 100,000 mpaka 200,000 adzafunika pa ntchitoyi, malinga ndi akatswiri a zankhondo.
Richard Lowry, mkonzi wa National Review, akupereka lingaliro lolimba mtima: kukhala mu Iraq. "Ntchito yaku America sichitha zaka, pachitsanzo cha MacArthur regency ku Japan," adalemba.
"M'malo mwake, US ikadati, pasanathe chaka - ilamulira m'manja mwa UN, ndikuyikapo mawu achiarabu kuti akhazikitse malingaliro komanso osakhala waku America - ena aku Europe, monga waku Sweden - akuyendetsa chiwonetserochi. . Akadakhala ngati wolamulira wankhanza waku Iraq, koma wopanda mfuti. ”
"Pakadutsa zaka zisanu kapena kuposerapo ... ndodoyo ikhoza kuperekedwa ku boma la Iraq. Kuyesayesa konseku kuyimira kubwereranso ku ubale wowunikira ku Dziko Lachitatu, lokhazikitsidwa ndi lingaliro loti Aarabu alephera moyipa pakudzilamulira ndipo akuyenera kuyambanso….
"Cholinga sichingakhale changwiro, koma ulamuliro wovomerezeka wa Kumadzulo komanso wopambana, kwinakwake pakati pa Shah waku Iran ndi boma la Turkey lomwe liripo. Zingatsimikizire kuti Kumadzulo kuli ndi mwayi wopeza mafuta, ndipo mwina kuthandizira kusokoneza OPEC…. Ndipo lingakhale phindu labwino pazachuma ku United States: Ngati Teamsters amakonda kubowola ku ANWR [Arctic National Wildlife Refuge], ayenera kukonda kukhala ku Iraq.
Lowry's pambali pazamafuta ndi phindu lazachuma amawulula zomwe njira yake ikunena: kuvomereza "mtolo wa azungu" mzaka za zana la makumi awiri ndi chimodzi kotero kuti ufumu wa US upitilize kuwongolera phindu lamafuta ku Middle East ndi mphamvu ya geostrategic yomwe imachokera ku izi. Sizinangochitika mwangozi, kuti maulamuliro opondereza a Turkey ndi Iran pansi pa Shah amakhala ngati chitsanzo chake.
Kodi US ilowa bwanji ku Iraq? Chomwe chikuyenera kuchitika ndikuti bungwe la Bush likufuna kukhazikitsa mpungwepungwe potumiza owunika zida za United Nations ku Iraq nthawi ina m'miyezi ingapo ikubwerayi.
(Osadandaula kuti oyang'anira a Bush adakana ofufuza apadziko lonse lapansi kuti apeze zida zankhondo zaku US ndi zida zankhondo - pafupifupi amachokera kumtundu wa Ames anthrax womwe wapha anthu asanu ku United States - chifukwa ukhoza kuphwanya “malonda amalonda. zokondaâ€).
"Oyang'anira akuyenera kubwereranso mogwirizana ndi zomwe tikufuna, mosagwirizana ndi wina aliyense," Colin Powell adauza Komiti ya Senate Yachilendo Yachilendo, kunyalanyaza nkhawa za Iraq pazomwe zidadziwika kuti gulu lomaliza loyang'anira. ku Iraq adapereka chidziwitso ku boma la US kuphwanya ntchito yake.
Anthu aku Iraq akupitirizabe kuvutika chifukwa cha zilango, zomwe zakhala zikuchitika kwa zaka 11, komanso zotsatira za nkhondo ya Gulf ndikupitirizabe kuphulika kwa mabomba ku US. Zotsatira za kuwukira kwina kochokera ku United States, komwe kungadalire kwambiri kuphulika kwa mlengalenga kwa zida zankhondo zaku Iraq ndi anthu wamba, zitha kubweretsa chiwonongeko chochulukirapo.
"Nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga" ikuchitika m'mbali zambiri, zomwe zimakhala ndi zotsatirapo zazikulu kwa anthu mamiliyoni akunja, omwe ali kunyumba omwe adzapemphedwe kuti alipire ndalama zomwe zikukulirakulira, komanso tsogolo la dziko lapansi.
Ntchito yolimbana ndi nkhondo yayamba mwachangu padziko lonse lapansi. Ndizovuta kukokomeza pazachuma. Monga momwe Noam Chomsky adawonera m'nkhani yake pa World Social Forum ya 2002 ku Porto Alegre, “Kaya tidzakhala ndi dziko lopanda nkhondo, kapena sitidzakhala ndi dziko.
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