Bush ayenera kuthokoza kuti chidwi cha atolankhani chachoka ku Iraq - popeza nkhani zonse zimakhala zoyipa nthawi zonse, kusinthaku kungathandize kampeni yake yosankhanso. Koma pakadali pano, ndikuvutika ndi zizindikiro zosiya. Kwa masiku awiri motsatizana (Julayi 13 ndi 14), magwero anga achizolowezi (the New York Times ndi Washington Post), sanatchulepo nkhani zankhondo, ndipo adapereka kufotokozera za zochitika za tsiku ndi tsiku ku nkhani imodzi yachidule m'masamba akumbuyo. Ndakhala ndikuchita kuwirikiza kawiri kuchuluka kwa nkhani zolemera komanso zosadulidwa za atolankhani odziyimira pawokha pa intaneti.
Ena omwe ali mumkhalidwe wanga adanenanso kuti kugwa komwe kukufotokozedwa mwina ndi kukhulupirika kosavuta kwa kayendetsedwe ka Bush osati kusowa kwenikweni kwa nkhani. Monga Tom Engelhardt, wa TomDispatch Adati, "M'masabata awiri oyamba pambuyo pa 'kusintha,' atolankhani athu adapatsa akuluakulu a Bush kukwera kwaulere ku Iraq..โ Kungotenga gawo limodzi lokha la umboni wotchulidwa ndi Engelhardt, chiwerengero cha US imfa zankhondo zawonjezeka kawiri m'milungu iwiri pambuyo pa kusintha kwa June 28th, koma akuluakulu atolankhani sananene za kuphulika kumeneku; m'malo mwake anangosiya kunena za chiลตerengero cha imfa cha asilikali a ku America. Pakadali pano, Scott Wilson wa Washington Post anatchula nthawi imeneyi ngati "bata pachibale," pamene Jeffrey Gettleman wa New York Times anachitcha kuti โchete ndithu.โ (Ngati ndi Times ndi Post kuvomereza, kodi izo ziri zoona?)
Panthawiyi nkhani iyi - kuukira kwa Julayi 14 kusanachitike kudabweretsa Iraq patsamba lakutsogolo - china chake chofunikira chidachitika, ngakhale sichinanenedwe. Nazi zonse New York Times Kufotokozera, kuyambira pakati pa nkhani yamkati ya Ian Fisher, pansi pa mbendera: "Asilikali aku Iraq adanena kwa Behead Truck Driver wochokera ku Bulgaria" (July 14, 2004):
Lachiwiri, boma la Iraq lanthawi yayitali, likusintha minyewa yake popanda thandizo la America, lidakweza zigawenga zambiri Baghdad, kumanga zomwe akuluakulu adanena kuti ndi anthu 527 omwe akuwaganizira zaupandu kuyambira kuba mpaka kupha.
Chitetezo ndicho, chomwe chimadetsa nkhawa kwambiri anthu aku Iraq, ndipo nthawi zambiri amadandaula kuti asitikali aku America sakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi milandu wamba, yomwe yakwera kwambiri, kuposa kuphulitsa mabomba ndi zigawenga. Kuwukiraku Lachiwiri kumawoneka kuti kukufuna kuwonetsa kuti boma latsopano losakhalitsa, lomwe lidatenga mphamvu [sic] kuchokera ku magulu ankhondo aku America pano masabata awiri apitawa, silingangoyenda mwamphamvu kulimbana ndi ziwawa za tsiku ndi tsiku, koma lidatha kutero palokha.
"Panalibe mgwirizano ndi aku America pakumangidwa uku," Sabah Kadhim, mneneri wa Unduna wa Zamkati, adatero. "Izi zidachitidwa ndi ma Iraqi."
Kuukirako, kwachiwiri sabata yatha, kudachitidwa ndi a Baghdad apolisi ndi ma intelligence agents aku Iraq. Bambo Kadhim adanena kuti omwe amangidwawo adzafufuzidwa ngati akugwirizana ndi zigawenga zomwe zimaukira asilikali a America ndi Iraq.
Pali zinthu zinayi zokhuza nkhaniyi zomwe zikuyenera kuyankhapo:
ยท Choyamba, olamulira aku Iraq akuyesera kuchitapo kanthu pa "zovuta zazikulu za ma Iraqi." Uku ndiye kunyozetsa kwakukulu kwa chaka: mu voti ya Meyi yochitidwa ndi a Coalition (kufufuza koyendetsedwa bwino komwe kumakhudza mizinda isanu ndi umodzi ikuluikulu mdziko muno), 59% ya aku Iraqi adasankha chitetezo kukhala nkhawa yawo yayikulu, kuposa mavuto ena onse kuphatikiza. Ndipo, ziyenera kumveka, kusatetezeka kumeneku kumachokera makamaka ku zigawenga, osati zachiwembu, khalidwe. Okwana 40% adanena kuti gwero lalikulu la nkhawa ya banja lawo "upandu wam'misewu" - kuwirikiza kawiri mapepala a mabomba a pamsewu (17%), vuto lotsatira lachitetezo.
Izi zingamveke ngati zosamveka, koma si choncho. Mchitidwe waumbanda ku Iraq ndi woipa kwambiri kotero kuti anthu sangathe kupita kukagula zinthu popanda chitetezo, sangathe kupita ku pikiniki pamtsinje, ndipo mabanja ambiri amangokhala otsekeredwa m'nyumba zawo, ali ndi zida zonse. Pamlingo wochititsa chidwi kwambiri, anthu otukuka aku Iraq akuyenera kuopa kubedwa kuti apereke dipo, womwe ndi mliri m'mizinda yambiri. (M'malo mwake, mwayi woti munthu waku Iraq alandidwe ndi wokulirapo kuposa chiwopsezo kwa alendo, ngakhale atolankhani aku Western akuwoneka kuti ndi osiyana.). Chifukwa chake lamuloli la boma losakhalitsa ndi chizindikiro cha moyo wabwino: akuyesera kuthana ndi vuto limodzi lomwe madera awo akukumana nawo.
ยท Chachiwiri, n'zochititsa chidwi kuti Times pamapeto pake ikunena kuti mavuto a "chitetezo" a Iraqi wamba alibe chochita ndi kuwukirako. Mpaka pano, a Times, ndi positi, ndi ma TV ena onse apereka malingaliro (kapena anena ngati zoona) kuti mantha a anthu achiwawa adayambitsidwa makamaka ndi zigawenga (mwina mwa kuwukira mwachindunji anthu wamba kapena kukoka moto waku America). Tsopano, potsiriza, a Times inanena kuti "milandu wamba" ndiye gwero lalikulu la "nkhawa zachitetezo" za Iraqi. (Komabe, tiyenera kukumbukira kuti mfundo yofunika imeneyi yaikidwa patsamba 14 pakati pa nkhani ya mutu wakuti โAsilikali a ku Iraq Anati kwa Woyendetsa Malori Adulidwe Ku Bulgaria.โ)
ยท Chachitatu, nkhaniyo ikuwulula, m'kupita kwanthawi, kuti ichi ndi chimodzi mwazifukwa zazikulu zakuda aku Iraq kwa aku America.. Mawu akuti: "A Iraqi nthawi zambiri amadandaula kuti asitikali aku America sada nkhawa kwambiri ndi milandu wamba - kuposa kuphulitsa mabomba ndi zigawenga." Izi ndizochepa kwambiri kotero kuti pafupifupi bodza. Asitikali aku US akhala osafunitsitsa kuyankha mlandu wamba womwe wakhala vuto lalikulu latsiku ndi tsiku lomwe anthu aku Iraq akukumana nawo.
ยท Izi, nazonso, zikuwonekera mu kafukufuku waposachedwa wa CPA. Ndi 2% yokha yomwe imanena kuti oyang'anira a Coalition ndiye gwero lalikulu lachitetezo, poyerekeza ndi 9% omwe amawona kuti Coalition ndiye gwero lalikulu la ngozi. Pafupifupi 55% akuti angamve otetezeka ngati US ichoka. Vutoli limakhala lodziwika bwino kwambiri chifukwa cha kuukira kwa America pafupipafupi kumadera aku Iraq komwe kumabweretsa kuphwanya ndi kumangidwa kwa anthu olemekezeka; anthu omwe akuwakayikira a Coalition ali ndi chidziwitso chokhudza zigawengazo. Ziwawa ndi kutsimikiza mtima komwe kukuchitika izi, mosiyana ndi kunyalanyaza komwe kunachitika pachitetezo cha anthu, ndi umboni wosatsutsika wakuti Ntchitoyi ilibe chidwi ndi moyo wa anthu aku Iraq. Ndizosadabwitsa kuti 87% ya aku Iraqi amakhulupirira kuti magulu ochepa achitetezo aku Iraq atha kuchita ntchito yabwino kuposa US yowateteza.
ยท Pomaliza, pothana ndi vutoli, boma lanthawi yayitali lidayesetsa kulekanitsa izi ndi Ntchito. Allawi adalengeza kuti: "Panalibe mgwirizano ndi aku America. Izi zidachitidwa ndi ma Iraqi. " Kuti boma lanthawi yayitali likhale lodalirika pakati pa ma Iraqi, siliyenera kuyanjana ndi aku America. M'malo mwake, opitilira atatu mwa anthu atatu aku Iraqi adanena kuti olamulira akanthawi akuyenera "kulamula magulu ankhondo kuti achoke ku Iraq," ngakhale boma lisanakhazikitsidwe.
Kufunika kolekanitsa kumeneku kumayika utsogoleri wanthawi yayitali m'malo osavomerezeka. Boma la US lipitiliza kuumirira kuti aziyendera limodzi zankhondo, kuyang'anira ntchito zomanganso zomwe US โโidapereka ndalama, komanso mgwirizano pakati pa olamulira omwe angopangidwa kumene ndi kazembe watsopano waku America. (Kuti mutsimikizire izi, onani nkhani zitatuzi ndi New York Times pa Julayi 18 ndi Somini Sengupta, James Glanzndipo Ian FisherKugwirizana koonekeratu koteroko kumapangitsa Allawi kukhala zosatheka kukhalabe ndi malingaliro akuti "osagwirizana ndi Achimereka" omwe adatengera pa opaleshoniyi. Zotsatira zake, titha kuyembekezera kuti kukhulupirika kwa kayendetsedwe katsopano kachepa mwachangu momwe mgwirizano wake ndi Occupation wawululira. Zilengezo zolimba mtima za ufulu wodzilamulira zidzagwera mโmakutu osamva posachedwa.
Kampeni yolimbana ndi umbanda wamba ndiyoyenera, koma kuneneratu kwake sikuli bwino. Tsoka ilo, sitingakhale ndi chidaliro kuti lidzachita china kuposa kuzunza ndi kumanga anthu osalakwa. Kuneneratu kopanda chiyembekezo kumeneku kwakhazikika pa mfundo zitatu zosasangalatsa:
ยท Miyezi 17 ya kunyalanyazidwa ndi Occupation yalola zigawenga ndi zigawenga kuti zisinthe kukhala zigawenga, zolumikizana wina ndi mnzake komanso kwa anthu akunja anzeru. Tsopano ali okonzeka bwino kuposa apolisi aku Iraq. M'malo mwake, apolisi ambiri ndi othandizira, amayang'ana, kapena amawopa zigawenga zomwe zakonzedwa, ndipo izi zikutanthauza kuti apolisi amatsata mwachangu kapena anthu osalakwa. M'kupita kwa nthawi, izi zidzakulirakulirakulirakulirakulira, ndipo njira yolimbikitsira pamapeto pake imayendetsa zigawenga zazing'ono pachivundikiro chachitetezo cha magulu akuluakulu achifwamba. Zikhoza kupangitsa kuti zinthu ziipireipire.
Anthu aku America amalemba ntchito, kuphunzitsa, ndi kuyang'anira apolisi aku Iraq, ndipo alibe chidwi chogwira zigawengazi. M'malo mwake, popeza apolisi ali ndi mwayi wolowa m'madera aku Iraq kuti akafufuze nyumba ndi kulanda anthu omwe akufuna, a US adzafuna kuti afufuze ndikugwira anthu omwe angadziwe za zigawengazo. Izi zidzachita zambiri kuposa kungowononga nthawi ndi chuma cha apolisi. Zidzawanyozetsanso ndi anthu akumaloko, ndipo kusowa chikhulupiriro kumeneku kudzapangitsa kuti ntchito yogwira zigawenga (ngati avutike kuyesa) kukhala yovuta kwambiri.
Mu sabata yoyamba ya kampeni yatsopanoyi, kusamuka kuchoka ku zigawenga kunali kutayamba kale. Prime Minister Allawi adanena kuti kuphulika kochititsa chidwi kwa anthu odzipha ku Green Zone ndi yankho la "kumangidwa kwa masiku angapo apitawa," malinga ndi Times mtolankhani Gettleman, โkusesa mazana a anthu oganiziridwa kukhala zigawenga ndi zigawenga.โ Mwa kuyankhula kwina, cholinga chogwira zigawenga chinali chitasintha kale ku ntchito yolimbana ndi zigawenga ndi zigawenga.
Ngakhale zinthu zina izi zikadakhala kuti sizikugwira ntchito, akuluakulu aku Iraq atha kusiya ntchitoyi posachedwa. "Boma losakhalitsa" limakhala ndi amalonda andale omwe mgwirizano wawo ndi Bush Administration udamangidwa chifukwa chongofuna kudzikonda. Mu thupi lawo lakale monga Bungwe Lolamulira la Iraq, Allawi ndi gulu lake adakhazikitsa mbiri yopanda chilema ya kudzikuza, kupeza (monga wolemba nkhani. Josh Marshall anaika) โmbiri (yoyenera) yachinyengo.โ Ngakhale a CPA, mwachiwonekere sadziwa mbali zambiri zavuto lomwe likukulirakulira kuyambira Novembala mpaka Juni, adazindikira kuti ili ndi vuto lalikulu - kulengeza kuti "chiphuphu chawo ndi chiphuphu chathu" Lipoti la April zomwe zinkakambitsirana za kukondera, kukondera, ndi kunyada kwa atsogoleri osiyanasiyana. (Chidule chothandiza cha lipotili chikupezeka mu Voice Voice, April 20.)
Palibe chifukwa choti "boma losakhalitsa" lizichita mosiyana ndi Bungwe Lolamulira la Iraq, popeza zoyambira zake ndi mapangidwe ake ndizofanana. Choncho idzatsatira ndale zokhazo zomwe zimapindulitsa mwachindunji utsogoleri wokha. Tsoka ilo, kutsata malamulo mosasinthasintha sikupindulitsa kwambiri; pomwe kusatsata malamulo kumatha kukhala kopindulitsa kwambiri. Munthawi imeneyi, titha kuneneratu kuti zigawengazi posakhalitsa (pafupifupi) zitha kukhala zovala pazenera - olamulira akanthawi akapanga mgwirizano wopindulitsa ndi zigawenga zolinganizidwa.
Pamapeto pake, kuyesetsa kwa boma la Iraq kuti likhale lodalirika potumikira zofuna za anthu a ku Iraqi wamba lidzayambitsa mabala omwewo omwe abweretsa dzikoli ku mavuto ake omwe alipo: zochitika za ntchito za ku America ndizosiyana ndi ubwino wa anthu aku Iraq.
Michael Schwartz, Pulofesa wa Sociology ku State University of New York ku Stony Brook walemba zambiri pa zionetsero zotchuka ndi zigawenga, komanso pazamalonda aku America ndi machitidwe aboma. Ntchito yake ikupitirira Iraq adawonekera pa Z Net ndi TomDispatch, komanso Z Magazine. Mabuku ake akuphatikizapo Radical Politics ndi Social Structure, The Power Structure of American Business (ndi Beth Mintz), ndi Social Policy ndi Conservative Agenda (yosinthidwa, ndi Clarence Lo).
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