Mkhalidwe wosimidwa wothandiza anthu ku Iraq mwadzidzidzi wakhala kulungamitsidwa kwankhondo, ngakhale kuwukira kwa anthu wamba. Kufunika kopeza thandizo ku Basra mwachiwonekere kudapangitsa wolankhulira asitikali aku Britain kunena kuti ndi "nkhondo yovomerezeka" (http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/25/sprj.irq.basra.deaths/), chinenero chokumbutsa za Gulf War I, pamene kuphulika kwa mabomba kwa Basra kunali koyenera pamaziko omwewo.
Pamene imfa zotsimikizika za anthu wamba zikupitilira 300 (http://www.iraqbodycount.net) mu โnkhondo yachipulumutsoโ imeneyi, kufunika kokhazikitsa khalidwe lapamwamba la Amereka kukukula mofulumira. Chifukwa chake kupezanso kosavuta kwa a Donald Rumsfeld kwa Msonkhano wa Geneva motero kukhudzidwa kwa media zaku America pa al-Jazeera, komwe kuli ndi mwayi wopereka malipoti oyenera ankhondo.
Momwemonso msonkhano wa atolankhani waposachedwa wa Andrew Natsios, woyang'anira wamkulu wa USAID, pomwe adakweza kuwongolera kodabwitsa kwa utsogoleri wa Bush pampando watsopano. Pomwe akudziguguda pachifuwa pakukonzekera kwakukulu komwe United States yapanga kuti apewe ngozi yothandiza anthu ku Iraq (nthawi zonse poganiza kuti ma Iraqi samasokoneza zinthu mwa kupitiliza mosakayikira kukana kumasulidwa kwawo), adakhudzanso zovuta za Basra, komwe kokha 40% ya anthu pakali pano ali ndi madzi akumwa.
The genesis wa anati mavuto, malinga ndi iye, "ndi chigamulo dala ndi boma kuti asakonze dongosolo madzi kapena m'malo zipangizo zakale ndi zipangizo zatsopano, kotero nthawi zambiri anthu makamaka kumwa madzi otayira oyeretsedwa m'nyumba zawo ndipo akhala kwa zaka zina.โ (http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0303d&L=us-iraqpolicy&D=1&H=1&O=D&F=&S=&P=10264)
Chigamulo chadala cha boma. Tawona mabodza odabwitsa (http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR031803.htm) za Iraq kuchokera ku bungweli kuphatikiza mawu a Dick Cheney akuti Iraq "yakhazikitsanso zida za nyukiliya" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42517-2003Mar17.html), Ari Fleischer's kuti Iraq sinalengeze kuchuluka kwa mizinga yake ya al-Samoud 2, komanso kuyesa kuphulika molakwika (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A9011-2003Mar22) zolemba ngati umboni woti Iraq ikufuna kugula uranium kuchokera ku Niger.
Koma izi. "Chisankho chadala ndi boma." Maganizo amanjenjemera. Kuyambira pomwe njira yopangira madzi ku Iraq idasiyidwa m'mavuto ndi Gulf War, pomwe kuwongolera dala kwa gridi yonse yamagetsi kudapangitsa kuti kupopa madzi kutseke ndikudzaza zimbudzi kuti zidzaze misewu ya Basra, boma la Iraq lidayesetsa kwambiri kukonza madzi ake. dongosolo, kungobwera mobwerezabwereza maso ndi maso ndi chopinga chimodzi chachikulu: boma la United States.
Nkhani yabwino kwambiri ya Joy Gordon, "Cool War: Economic Sanctions as Weapon of Mass Destruction" (Harper's, November 2002, text pa http://www.scn.org/ccpi/HarpersJoyGordonNov02.html), akulemba momveka bwino kuti "United States wakhala akulepheretsa Iraq kukwaniritsa zosowa zake zofunika kwambiri zothandiza anthu."
Pansi pa zilango zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa ku Iraq pambuyo pa Nkhondo ya Gulf, dziko lililonse la Security Council likhoza kuletsa kapena kuchedwetsa mpaka kalekale mgwirizano uliwonse wa katundu womwe boma la Iraq lipereka. United States yakhazikitsa midadada yochulukirapo kuposa mamembala ena onse ataphatikizidwa; Pofika mchaka cha 2001, idayimitsa mapangano a madzi ndi aukhondo okwana theka la biliyoni. Zinthu zoyeretsera madzi zomwe adazitsekera nthawi ina zimaphatikizapo mapaipi (pafupifupi 40% ya madzi oyera omwe amapopedwa amataya kutayikira), zida zoyendetsa nthaka, zida zotetezera posungira chlorine, ndi malo osachepera atatu otayira zimbudzi.
Koma palibe kukayikira kuti, m'mawu osayerekezeka a Madeleine Albright, "timakonda kwambiri anthu aku Iraq."
Ngati simunakhutitsidwebe, ganizirani izi. Pambuyo podzudzulidwa mwamphamvu (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A54153-2003Mar6¬Found=true) chifukwa cha kulephera kochititsa mantha kwa ntchito zake zothandiza anthu, United States yayesapo kuthetsa vutoli. Dongosolo loyambirira linali kuyambiranso kwa opareshoni yaku Afghanistan yotchedwa "propaganda zankhondo" ndi Doctors Without Borders, momwe chakudya makumi masauzande ambiri chimachotsedwa mundege tsiku lililonse, ndipo, modabwitsa m'njira yodziwika bwino kudera limenelo la dziko. , chakudya chilichonse chikanadyetsa unyinji; tsopano, katundu wina wa tirigu wawonjezedwa ku dongosolo loyambirira.
Andrew Natsios yemweyo adalembanso mokwiya ku Washington Post, akunena kuti United States ikukonzekera "kuthandiza Iraq." (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18063-2003Mar12.html). Atachoka pakati pazovuta zake: "Saddam Hussein wachulukitsa chakudya cha mwezi uliwonse kuyambira Okutobala, kuyesa kugula chikondi cha anthu ake. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, mabanja amasunga chakudya mโnyumba.โ
Mwa kuyankhula kwina, chifukwa cha kupambana kwaumunthu kwa "mgwirizano," chifukwa cha chikhumbo chake chachikulu chofuna kukweza Basra kuti ma Iraqi athe kudyetsedwa, bungwe lomwe lachitapo kanthu pofuna kupewa tsoka ndi boma la Iraq. Idachita izi movutikira kwambiri; kwa chaka choposa, ndalama zakhala zikutsika ndipo pulogalamu ya Mafuta a Chakudya imakhala yochepa kwambiri.
Saddam Hussein ndi wolamulira wankhanza yemwe wazunza anthu ake. Palibe kukaikira kwenikweni pa zimenezo. Mfundo yoti pazifukwa zomwe taziwona pamwambapa ali bwino kwambiri kuposa boma la US, ngakhale ayang'anire uti, sizikuyenda bwino ndi tsogolo la anthu aku Iraq.
Komanso dziko lolimba mtima latsopanoli lothandiza anthu lomwe likupangidwa ndi omwe amalimbikitsa kusungitsa madzi ndikusintha kamangidwe kameneka sikupereka chiyembekezo chamtsogolo cha wina aliyense. Pa Iraq, New Humanitarianism ikuwonekera bwino: tinayenera kuwononga Iraq (zaka zapitazi za 12, osati masiku angapo apitawo) kuti tipulumutse. Kodi tidzapulumutsa ndani?
Rahul Mahajan ndi membala woyambitsa Nowar Collective (http://www.nowarcollective.com) Buku lake laposachedwa ndi "Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power in Iraq and Beyond." (http://www.sevenstories.com/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=58322100353810). Nkhani zake zimasonkhanitsidwa pa http://www.rahulmahajan.com Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa]
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