Kunyoza kwa akuluakulu a Bush pa nzeru za anthu aku America kudatsika Lamlungu usiku mukulankhula kwa Purezidenti wokhudza Iraq.
Anthu m'dziko lonselo akufunsa za kulephera kupeza umboni wa zida zowononga anthu ambiri ku Iraq, zomwe aliyense amakumbukirabe kuti zinali chifukwa cha nkhondo. Ndipo, zikuwonekeratu kuti olamulira a Bush adakhala ndi nthawi yochepa bwanji pokonzekera nkhondo pambuyo pa nkhondo, anthu akuda nkhawa kwambiri ndi kuzunzika kwa anthu aku Iraq komanso kuopsa kwa asitikali aku US.
Anthu akufuna - ndipo ali ndi ufulu woyembekeza - Purezidenti kuti afotokoze mabodza ndi zosokoneza zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kutsogolera dziko kunkhondo, komanso kufotokozera zolephera pambuyo pa nkhondo. M'malo mwake, tidakhala ndi kuzemba kochulukirapo, kupangidwa ndi kusokoneza. Bush anakana ngakhale kuvomereza mafunso ovomerezeka a anthu ndipo adalemba zolemba pazandale ndi zankhondo zolephera zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira komanso zomveka zomwe zidanyalanyaza funso lofunikira.
Bush adatchula zida zowononga anthu ambiri kawiri Lamlungu, zonse m'njira zosadziwika bwino zomwe zikuoneka kuti Iraq inali nayo nkhondo ya Gulf isanayambe. Pomwe boma la Blair ku Britain likukumana ndi vuto lovomerezeka pazantchito zake pamabodza awa, olamulira a Bush akuwoneka kuti akuganiza kuti angapewe kuyankha pakupanga chifukwa chankhondo.
Kusuntha koyamba pamasewera a chipolopolo cha Bush kutumiza zida zankhondo pansi pa dzenje lokumbukira kunali kuyang'ana pa kumasulidwa kwa Iraq. Izo zinkawoneka ngati mabodza olonjeza, ndipo Bush akuyeserabe kugulitsa; Lamlungu adagwiritsa ntchito mawu akuti ufulu kapena ufulu nthawi 21. Koma miyezi inayi pambuyo pa kutha kwa nkhondo zazikulu, ndizovuta kuti musazindikire kuti ma Iraqi ambiri - osati "otsalira a chipani cha Baath" - mwachiwonekere sali okondwa kwambiri ndi ndondomeko za US za ufulu wawo.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake Bush adasunthanso zipolopolozo kuti ayang'ane zauchigawenga, ace wake mu dzenje kuyambira 9/11. Lamlungu usiku adagwiritsa ntchito mawu akuti zigawenga, uchigawenga kapena uchigawenga nthawi 28. Akuluakulu oyang'anira Bush akhala anzeru mokwanira kuti asanene kuti ali ndi umboni kuti boma la Hussein lidakhudzidwa ndi 9/11. Koma zongopeka ndi zonena zawo zathandiza: Malinga ndi kafukufuku waposachedwapa, 69 peresenti ya omwe anafunsidwa amakhulupirira kuti mwina panali kulumikizana.
Tsopano, komabe, Bush wasintha kuyang'ana pa zomwe zikuchitika ku Iraq - ndipamene ziwopsezo zauchigawenga zilipo.
Palibe amene akudziwa momwe magulu ankhondo amakanira kulandidwa kwa US. Zachidziwikire, zikuphatikizanso omwe kale anali m'boma la Hussein komanso asitikali, pamodzi ndi ma Iraqi omwe anali odana ndi Saddam. Ndizomvekanso kuti anthu ena omwe si a Iraq, mwinanso mamembala a al-Qaeda, alowa mdziko muno kukamenyana ndi asitikali aku US. Zina mwa zigawengazo zakhala zikulimbana ndi anthu omwe si ankhondo.
Kugogomezera kwa Bush pa chiwopsezochi, komabe, kumapereka funso lodziwikiratu: Ngati Iraq tsopano ndi maginito kwa zigawenga, zidatheka bwanji? Kuukira kwa US kusanachitike, panalibe umboni wokha kuti pali kulumikizana pakati pa Hussein ndi al-Qaeda, komanso panalibe umboni wa kukhalapo kwa al-Qaeda kumadera aku Iraq omwe Hussein adawalamulira. Boma likunena kuti bungweli lili m'maiko opitilira 60. Kupeza mwina dziko lachiarabu lokhalo lopanda zowonetsera za al-Qaeda ndikupangitsa kuti likhale lodziwika bwino lolemba anthu ntchito ndikuchita bwino kwambiri.
Bush ndi ma spinmeisters ake akufuna kwambiri kuti tisamvetsetse mfundo yosavuta iyi: Nkhondo yaku Iraq yapangitsa nzika zaku US kukhala zotetezeka. Kuwukiraku sikunangowonjezera ziwopsezo za asitikali aku US ku Iraq, komanso kwa ife tonse.
Bush ali ndi chinthu chimodzi cholondola: Zigawenga zimakonda "kukwiyitsidwa kwa anthu oponderezedwa." Ayenera kuganizira zimenezo. Kukwiyitsidwa kwa Iraqi pansi pa ntchitoyo kumawonjezera chipwirikiti chomwe chilipo m'derali: mkwiyo wa Palestina pansi pa ntchito ya Israeli yothandizidwa ndi US; mkwiyo wa Saudis pansi pa ulamuliro wawo wothandizidwa ndi US; mkwiyo wa Aigupto pansi pa ulamuliro wankhanza wothandizidwa ndi US; osatchulanso kukwiyira kwa anthu aku Irani omwe adazunzidwa kwa zaka 26 ndi boma lankhanza lomwe likuthandizidwa ndi United States.
Monga aliyense wochita masewera mumsewu akudziwa, masewera a zipolopolo amagwira ntchito bola ngati anthu sakumvetsetsa. Mwachiwonekere, Bush ndi alangizi ake a kampeni akuganiza kuti sitidzachitapo kanthu. Njira yokhayo yoletsera chinyengo ndi chakuti anthu azifuna kuyankha mlandu.
Robert Jensen, pulofesa wa utolankhani ku yunivesite ya Texas ku Austin, ndiye mlembi wa "Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity" (Mabuku a City Lights). Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa]
Zambiri zolembedwa ndi Robert Jensen Pa Iraq
Rahul Mahajan ndi mlembi wa "Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power in Iraq and Beyond" (Nkhani Zisanu ndi Ziwiri). Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa].
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