Ngakhale zisankho za Novembala zidapatsa chipani cha Democratic Party udindo wothetsa nkhondo ku Iraq, Purezidenti Bush adawonetsa cholinga chake chogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake ngati Mtsogoleri Wamkulu kuti asunge komanso kukulitsa kudzipereka kwa US, malingaliro awo pagulu kapena a Congress. Utsogoleri wa demokalase wachotsa njira ziwiri zodziwikiratu zomuletsa - kutsutsa komanso kuchotsedwa kwa ndalama zankhondo - pagome. Ma Democrat ena awonetsanso kuti alola kutumiza asitikali ena masauzande ambiri ku Iraq.
Kwa iwo aku Congress ndi anthu omwe kuvomera sikungatheke, pakhalabe njira yosalunjika yolimbana ndi mphamvu zopanga nkhondo za Purezidenti ndikukakamiza kuchoka ku Iraq. Uku ndiko kunyozetsa Ulamuliro pamaso pa anthu kotero kuti ngakhale andale aku Republican kapena asitikali, mabungwe azamalamulo, okhazikitsa mfundo zakunja, kapena akuluakulu amakampani sangalole kuti apitilize njira yake yowopsa. Zimenezo zimafuna kuvumbula kowononga upandu, katangale, kupusa, ndi bodza la awo amene akupanga zosankha.
Msewu wochoka ku Iraq, mwachidule, ukhoza kudutsa muchipinda chomvera cha Congress. Koma ngati zitero zidzadalira kwambiri momwe ma Democrat amachitira kafukufuku wawo komanso kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe akufuna kuti athane ndi zigawenga za olamulira a Bush.
M'masabata atatu oyambirira a gawoli, Senate Democrats ikukonzekera kuyitanitsa zokambirana za 13 ku Iraq. 1 Kumbali ya Nyumba, Rep. John Murtha walonjeza kuti adzachita misonkhano iwiri pa tsiku kwa miyezi ingapo kuyambira pa January 17th, ndipo ambiri. zina zimakonzedwanso.
Kufufuza kwa a Democrats kumatha kutsata njira ziwiri. Imodzi ndikugwiritsa ntchito milandu kuti ikwaniritse zolinga zawo za '08 powulula zolakwika zina mu mfundo za Bush za Iraq - ndikulola nkhondo, kuzunza, kazitape, ndi milandu ina ipitirire mosaletseka. Njira ina ndikufufuza ndi cholinga chothamangitsa mpeni m'mimba yofewa ya Bush juggernaut - kuphwanya kwake malamulo a US ndi malamulo a US ndi mayiko ena komanso kubisa kwake zachipongwe.
Miyezo yomwe ikubwerayi mosakayikira iphatikiza zofunikila za zidziwitso zomwe Boma lakana kupereka mpaka pano. Zotsatira zake zikhala zolimbana ndi mphamvu zomwe zitha - ngati ma Democrat angasankhe - kukhala nthawi yodziwika bwino poyesa kukhazikitsa kuyankha mwalamulo ndi malamulo oyendetsera boma la Bush - ndikukakamiza kuti athetse nkhondoyo.
Boma la Bush lakhala lodziwika bwino pakukana kugawana zambiri ndi Congress kapena anthu. Lili ndi zosonkhezera zamphamvu kupitirizabe kubisa zidziลตitso zoterozo, monga kupeลตa kuchititsidwa manyazi, kuulutsidwanso pagulu, ndi mlandu umene ungakhale wolakwa. Yatumiza zizindikiro zamphamvu izo zidzakanadi kupereka chidziwitso choterocho. Monga momwe magazini ya Time inalembera chisankho chisanachitike,
"Pankhani yopereka mphamvu zake, zomwe ndizofunika kwambiri pakumvetsetsa kwa Bush za utsogoleri, gulu la Purezidenti lakhala likukonzekera zomwe katswiri wina adafotokoza kuti ndi 'nkhondo yowopsa mpaka imfa' pamlingo womwe ulipo pakati pa Congress ndi White House ngati atakumana. ndi ma subpoena a congressional akuwona kuti sizoyenera. Katswiriyu akuti gulu la Bush 'lidzatsimikizira mphamvu imeneyo, ndipo alimbana nazo mpaka ku Khoti Lalikulu pa nkhani iliyonse, nthawi zonse, palibe kunyengerera, palibe kukambirana, palibe kukambirana.
Zotsatira zake, dziko la US likulowera ku zomwe Tom Engelhardt watcha "mayi wazovuta zonse za Constitutional."3
Ndithudi, vuto limenelo layamba kale. Mwachitsanzo, zisankho zitangotha, Dipatimenti Yachilungamo, poyankha mlandu wa ACLU, idawulula kukhoti kuti pali malangizo ochokera kwa Purezidenti ndi CIA General Counsel omwe atha kuvomereza kuzunzidwa ndi njira zina zofunsa mafunso. Sen. Patrick Leahy, yemwe akubwera wapampando wa Senate Judiciary Committee, nthawi yomweyo analemba Attorney General Alberto Gonzales akupempha zikalata ndi zolemba zina. Pa Januwale 2, Leahy adatulutsa kalata kuchokera ku Dipatimenti Yachilungamo yokana kupereka zikalatazo chifukwa cha chitetezo cha dziko ndi mwayi waukulu. Kumvetsera koyamba kwa Komiti yoyang'anira Dipatimenti Yachilungamo.โ4
Aka ndi koyamba kuti pakhale mikangano yambiri ngati imeneyi. Mbali zonse ziwirizi zikuyenera kutsata njira zodziwikiratu zomwe zingayambitse mikanganoyi. Boma likhoza kuwongolera zovuta zomwe zitha kupanga mlandu wamphamvu wachitetezo cha dziko. Bungwe la Congress likufuna kuyambitsa mikangano kuzinthu ngati zopindulitsa pankhondo zomwe Boma limawoneka ngati likubisa zidziwitso pazifukwa zodzifunira, mwachitsanzo kupeลตa manyazi kapena kulakwa.
Otsatira malamulo oyendetsera dziko lino, opita patsogolo, ndi anthu onse akuyenera kuthandizira chivomerezo cha congressional cha ufulu wodziwa, nkhani iliyonse yomwe ikuwonekera ngati fupa lachidule la mikangano. Komabe, awonetsetse kuti izi zisakhale njira yoti mbali zonse zitengere nkhani zina zofunika koma zotsutsana (monga chiyambi cha nkhondo ndi kuchitidwa kwa zigawenga zankhondo) pagome.
Boma lakhala likukonzekera izi kwa nthawi yayitali; malipoti ankhani akuwonetsa kuti ngakhale chisankho chisanachitike idalemba ntchito maloya makamaka kuti akonzekere ngozi ngati imeneyi. Zitha kugwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana zochedwetsa, zosokoneza, komanso kutsata kwachinyengo kuti nkhaniyo ifike pamutu panthawi yomwe ili yopindulitsa kwambiri. Zingathenso kuchita nawo zigawenga zotsutsa, monga kuyesa kwaposachedwa kwa otsutsa ake kuti agwiritse ntchito subpoena yaikulu ya jury kukakamiza ACLU kutembenuza makope onse a chikalata chachinsinsi. za kukana mwamphamvu kuwopseza Ulamuliro.)
Ngakhale kuchedwa kwa Utsogoleri ndi kusokoneza, kupezeka kwa DRM ku zolemba za Administration kutha kukhala mkangano waukulu kwambiri pambuyo pa kutsegulidwa kwa Congress yatsopano. Chochitika chovomerezeka chikuwoneka motere:
-Komiti ya congressional idzafunsa zambiri.
- Utsogoleri udzakhala mwala.
- Komiti idzapereka chikalata choyitana.
-Pakati pa nyanja yodzilungamitsa ndi kunyoza, Ulamuliro udzalephera kapena kukana kutulutsa zikalata.
- Komiti idzapereka mawu achipongwe.
- Nyumba ya Senate kapena Nyumba idzapereka mawu achipongwe.
-Mawu onyoza adzatumizidwa ku Dipatimenti Yachilungamo.
-Dipatimenti Yachilungamo idzalephera kapena kukana kubweretsa milandu yonyoza.
Pakadali pano Congress ikhala ndi zosankha zingapo:
-Ikhoza kuchititsa phokoso laukali pamene ikuvomereza kusakhulupirika kwa Administration.
-Ikhoza kukhazikitsa malamulo okhazikitsa woyimira pamlandu wapadera.
-Itha kukadandaula ku makhoti posumira Boma.
-Ikhoza kukhazikitsa komiti yosankhidwa kapena kuwopseza akuluakulu omwe angafune kuyankha mlandu, kuyambira kwa Purezidenti ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti kudzera mwa nduna ndi akuluakulu ena. Chisankho chomwe Congress ipanga chidzadalira kwambiri momwe anthu amaonera komanso momwe angayankhire zomwe zikuchitika. Mwachitsanzo, pamwano wa Watergate, mkwiyo wa anthu pa "Saturday Night Massacre" udapangitsa kuti pakhale mlandu wotsutsana ndi Congress. Kumbali inayi, kutsutsa kwa anthu kuyesa kutsutsa Purezidenti Clinton kunathandiziradi kuti chigonjetso cha demokalase pamasankho otsatirawa.
Otsatira malamulo oyendetsera dziko lino ndi omwe akupita patsogolo akuyenera kuyamba kukonzekera bwino kuti akonzekeretse anthu kuti ayankhe moyenera komanso moyenera pakulimbana komwe kukubweraku.
Choyamba, izi zimafuna kutanthauzira kosalekeza kwa anthu pazomwe zikuchitika komanso zomwe zikutanthauza.
Chachiwiri, chimakhudzanso kufotokoza malo ochitirapo kanthu momwe anthu ambiri angatengerepo kanthu. Kusonkhanitsa kwa Rep. John Conyers pothandiza anthu ambiri kufuna kudziwa zambiri za ma memo a Downing Street kumayimira pang'ono zomwe zidzafunika kuchitidwa pamlingo waukulu.
Chachitatu, pamafunika kupanga mtundu wina wa zomangamanga kapena maukonde oyankha mwachangu ndi kuthekera kothandizira kusonkhanitsa koteroko.
Chachinayi, ikufuna kuti pakhale mgwirizano waukulu womwe ukupita patsogolo kwambiri kuti uphatikize anthu osunga malamulo osunga malamulo komanso anthu ambiri okhudzidwa ndi kugwiritsa ntchito molakwa mphamvu za Purezidenti ndi kusunga demokalase. Mgwirizano woterewu ulipo kale, mwachitsanzo mu Constitution Project, yomwe yasonkhanitsa ogwirizana monga Al Gore ndi Bob Barr kuti afotokoze nkhawa za kayendetsedwe ka Bush mogwiritsa ntchito molakwika mphamvu zapurezidenti.
Mphamvu ndi kufunitsitsa kwa Congress kuti ikhudze mfundo za Bush ku Iraq zimadalira kugwiritsa ntchito chiwopsezo cha Ulamuliro ndi othandizira ake aku Republican kuti atayike kwambiri mphamvu, kufufuza zaupandu, ndi / kapena kuimbidwa mlandu. Chiwopsezo chimenecho chitha kukhala chachikulu, pomwe Ulamuliro ukhoza kuwonetsedwa kuti akuchita molakwika mphamvu za boma ku Nixonian kupondereza chidziwitso pazofuna zake.
Kugonjetsedwa kwa kayendetsedwe ka Bush kumanja kwa Congress ndi anthu kuti adziwe zomwe boma likuchita kungakhale poyambira kuyesetsa kwakukulu kuti akhazikitse magalimoto ndi chikhalidwe chawo kuti athe kulamulira mphamvu zazikulu - mwachidule, kusintha kwa demokalase.
Jeremy Brecher ndi wolemba mbiri yemwe mabuku ake akuphatikiza Strike!, Globalization kuchokera Pansipa, ndipo, adasinthidwa ndi Brendan Smith ndi Jill Cutler, M'dzina la Demokalase: Zigawenga Zankhondo zaku America ku Iraq ndi Beyond (Metropolitan / Holt). Walandira Mphotho zisanu zachigawo za Emmy chifukwa cha ntchito yake yojambula. Ndiwoyambitsa nawo WarCrimesWatch.org. Brendan Smith ndi katswiri wazamalamulo yemwe mabuku ake akuphatikiza Globalization From Below and, with Brendan Smith ndi Jill Cutler, of In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond (Metropolitan). Ndiwotsogolera pakali pano wa Global Labor Strategies ndi UCLA Law School's Globalization and Labor Standards Project, ndipo adagwirapo kale ntchito ku Congressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) komanso magulu osiyanasiyana amgwirizano ndi magulu azigawo. Ndemanga yake yawonekera mu Los Angeles Times, The Nation, CBS News.com, YahooNews ndi Baltimore Sun. Lumikizanani naye pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa].
1 Jeff Zeleny, "Tikudikirira Mapulani a Iraq a Bush, Ma Democrat Amayesa Mayankho," New York Times, 1/4/07.
2 Karen Tumulty, Mike Allen, "It's Lonely at the Top," Time, October 29, 2006.
3 Gwero?
4 โNdemanga za Sen. Patrick Leahyโ January 2, 2007, kuphatikizapo kalata yopita ku Dipatimenti Yachilungamo.
5 "Ndemanga za Sen. Patrick Leahy"
6 Adam Liptak, "Subpoena yaku US Imawonedwa Ngati Kuyimitsa Kutayikira," New York Times, 12/14/06.
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