Ndi milandu ingati yankhondo yomwe mtsogoleri wakumadzulo ayenera kuchita asanamuone munthu woyamikira ndi makampani media ndi kukhazikitsidwa? Zikuoneka kuti palibe malire, ngati tikufuna kuweruza ndi zomwe zikuchitika kuti Tony Blair abwerere ku ndale.
Pa July 11, zinali analengeza kuti a Blair akhala 'akupereka malingaliro ndi chidziwitso' pakuwunika kwa mfundo za mtsogoleri wa Labor Ed Miliband. Zikuoneka kuti adzapereka upangiri wa momwe 'angachulukitsire' mbiri yazachuma ndi zamasewera pamasewera a Olimpiki aku London a 2012.
The Guardian idalongosola chilengezochi mofatsa ngati 'kusamuka kotsutsana'; osati m'dziko lonselo, pepalalo lidatero, koma 'mwina makamaka mkati mwa chipani cha Labor'. Mutu wina wa Guardian unanena 'Kubwerera kwa mfumu'.
'Mapiko akumanzere' a John Harris adachitapo kanthu mu Guardian kusalaza njira ya Blair:
'Ali ndi zaka 59 zokha, chithunzi cha mphamvu zofufutika komanso wofunitsitsa "kusintha". Kodi gawo lachinayi mu No 10 lingakhale pamakhadi? Sitiyenera kuletsa.'
Harris adalengeza kuti 'chifukwa cha zolakwa zake zonse, zolakwa zake ndi kudandaula molakwa, padakali chinachake chokhudza luso lake.'
Pamene Blair adawonekera pa chakudya chamadzulo cha Labor ku Emirates stadium, Harris adanena kuti:
'Analonjezedwa ndi gulu loyenera la otsutsa, akadali okwiya chifukwa cha gawo lake pa nkhondo ya Iraq.'
Ndicho chinthu chodabwitsa chokhudza otsutsa mtendere; 'kukwiya' kosatha chifukwa dziko likukokera kunkhondo yosaloledwa yomwe idapha anthu pafupifupi miliyoni imodzi, idapanga othawa kwawo aku Iraq miliyoni anayi, kuwononga zida za Iraq, kubweretsa kuzunzika kosaneneka ndikuwotcha ndalama zambiri zaboma nthawi za 'austerity. '. Mwina ife a Briteni tiyenera kungowonetsa milomo yolimba yakumtunda ndikupita patsogolo. Zachidziwikire ndi zomwe Richard Beeston, mkonzi wakunja wa The Times, adanenanso mu 2009:
'Zonsezi zinachitika zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazo. Chotsani.' ('Nkhondo inalakwika. Osati kumanga. Lekani kudandaula za kuvomerezeka kwa nkhondo ya Iraq. Kampeni yokhayo inali tsoka lenileni', The Times, February 26, 2009.)
Mkonzi waposachedwa wa Times walandila kubwerera kwa Blair:
'Labour ikubwera palimodzi, kukokera luso lomwe likupezekapo ndikuyambanso kuchita chidwi. (Mkonzi, 'Chaka mu ndale', The Times, July 14, 2012)
Kubwera kwachiwiri kwa Blair kunayambitsidwa ndi a macheza ochezeka pawonetsero wa BBC Andrew Marr. Marr, ndithudi, amadziŵika bwino monga munthu wamba wopenda ndale wosakondera ndi 'wodziwa bwino komanso wodziwa [sic] interviewer' (kutchula chingwe chochokera ku ambassy wa US ku London kupita kwa Hillary Clinton).
Kuwukira kwa PR kudapitilira pomwe London's Evening Standard idasindikiza kuyankhulana ndi PM wakale patsiku lomwe 'adasintha' pepalalo. Kodi angakonde kukhalanso nduna yayikulu tsiku lina? 'Zowona', adayankha. A yothandizira Financial Times kuyankhulana ndi mkonzi Lionel Barber adalengeza kuti:
'Zaka zisanu atasiya ulamuliro, Tony Blair akufuna kubwerera. Iye ali wokonzeka udindo waukulu watsopano. Koma n’chiyani kwenikweni chikumuyendetsa? Ndipo kodi anganyengerere dziko kuti limve?'
'Abwenzi' ndi 'ogwirizana' omwe sanatchulidwe adanenedwa, mosakayikira adapereka uthenga wovomerezedwa ndi Blair:
'Anzake amati akufunitsitsa kutenga udindo waukulu, osati chifukwa chakuti ali ndi chikhumbo chofuna kukhala ndi udindo wapamwamba koma chifukwa chakuti akufuna kukhala nawo mkangano. “Angakondedi kukhalanso pakati,” akutero mnzake wina wanthaŵi yaitali.'
A Guardian Mkonzi adathandizira kuti:
'akuwoneka kuti wafewetsa kukhudza kuyambira buku lake ['Ulendo', lofalitsidwa mu 2011]; mwina waphunziranso kulemekeza pang'ono malamulo a mayiko.' ('Sizingatheke? Tony Blair kwa PM kachiwiri.')
Pepalalo linapitiriza kuti:
'Kupatula apo, ino si nthawi yodandaula za mfundo za ndondomeko - pali showbiz yoti muganizire. Mu 2007 John Major anafanizira kutsazika kwa Mr Blair kwa nthawi yayitali ndi Nellie Melba; kubweranso kuyenera kuwonetsa kuti ali ngati Sinatra ndi Elvis. Pakhoza kukhala wolowa nyumba mmodzi yekha wa Tony Blair, ndipo ndiye Tony Blair II.'
Kodi otsogolera atolankhani omasuka ku Britain angakhaledi akupanga kuyitanira kuti Blair abwerere? Siziyenera kukhala zodabwitsa kwathunthu. Kumbukirani kuti ngakhale pambuyo pa kubadwa upandu wapadziko lonse lapansi za kuwukira Iraq, Guardian akadali wotchedwa kuti owerenga ake asankhenso Blair pa chisankho cha 2005.
The Self-Deprecating War Criminal
Mwezi watha, Guardian adalimbikitsidwa Zolemba za Alastair Campbell, wamkulu wa Blair wotenthetsera kutentha, ndi imodzi yomwe ikufotokoza za msonkhano ndi 'Swedes wotchuka wa ku Britain', Sven Göran Eriksson ndi Ulrika Jonsson, ndi kufotokoza momwe PM wakale ankakonda mafuta a azitona. Zinasiyidwa kwa John Pilger kuti fotokozani mfundoyo kuti mu diaries:
'Campbell amayesa kuwaza magazi aku Iraq pa chiwanda cha Murdoch. Pali zambiri zowamwetsa onse.'
The Guardian's Andrew Brown, mkonzi wa gawo la 'Chikhulupiriro' la Ndemanga ndi Yaulere, amachotsa magazi ndikuuzeni owerenga kuti pamkangano waposachedwa ndi Rowan Williams, Archbishop wa Canterbury, Blair anali 'woseketsa, ndipo nthawi zina wodzinyoza'. Brown anapereka chitsanzo cha nthabwala zochepa za Blair:
'Nthaŵi ina ndinalemba kabuku kofotokoza chifukwa chake mchitidwe wa ufulu wachibadwidwe ku Britain ungakhale lingaliro loipa kwambiri - ndiye, monga nduna yaikulu, ndinayambitsa limodzi.'
Mwina ndizothandiza kukumbutsidwa kuti ngakhale zigawenga zankhondo zitha kukhala 'zoseketsa' komanso 'zodzinyozetsa'.
Mosiyana ndi zimenezo, wolemba nkhani wa Independent Matthew Norman anafotokoza momveka bwino zake kunyoza Blair:
'Muzitcha kuti kuweruza koyipa, kuyesa kolakwika kwa Neocon, mlandu wankhondo kapena chilichonse, zimamveka bwino m'mawu ngati amwana: Mr Blair adachita chinthu choyipa kwambiri, ndi zotulukapo zowopsa kwa anthu aku Iraq, asilikali anapha ndi kulemala poimba mlandu kupusa kwake, ndi awo amene anafa ndi kuvulazidwa kuno ku mabomba obwezera mu July 2005, m’maŵa pambuyo pa Olympiad ya 30 motere inaperekedwa ku mzinda wa London.’
Iye anapitiriza kuti:
'Tony Blair si mneneri wonyozeredwa molakwika koma ndi pariah m'dziko lake. Iye ndi munthu wamba chifukwa anachita zinthu zoipa zambiri, ndipo anthu masauzande ambirimbiri anafa ndipo enanso mamiliyoni ambiri anavutika koopsa chifukwa cha zimenezi.'
Norman ananena molondola kuti Blair 'ali ndi zida za anthu okhulupirika kwambiri m'manyuzipepala.' Zimenezi, limodzi ndi kutetezedwa kwake ndi gulu lalikulu lochirikiza, zikutanthauza kuti 'mwinamwake palibe mphamvu padziko lapansi imene ingaloŵe m'chigoba chake cha titaniyamu.'
Koma chofunikira kwambiri pa "chipolopolo cha titaniyamu" chomwe chimateteza Blair ndikuti atolankhani "odziwika" amapewa kufotokoza zomwe Prime Minister wakale ndi omwe amamuchitira chiwembu ngati milandu yankhondo. Matthew Norman mwiniwakeyo adakhumudwa pamene adalemba ndi kutayika kwa mitsempha:
'Icheni kuti ndi kusaweruzika koyipa, kuyesa kolakwika kwa Neocon, mlandu wankhondo kapena chilichonse.'
Ponena za 'cabal of loyalist ultras in press', Norman sanapereke mayina. Koma akuphatikizapo akonzi akuluakulu a nyuzipepala ya Norman, Independent; osatchulapo mmodzi mwa anzake ku Independent on Sunday, Blair hagiographer John Rentoul. Monga momwe Matthew Norman sangadutse mzere mumchenga, momwemonso Simon Jenkins wa Guardian pamene iye akunena kuti 'kuchitapo kanthu mwachipongwe kudzapulumutsa mbiri ya yemwe anali nduna yaikulu.' Chochititsa chidwi ndi kulephera kwake ndikuti a Blair ndi omwe amamutsatira akaimbidwe mlandu ku The Hague ndikuyimbidwa milandu yankhondo.
Monga Pilger molondola limati za nkhondo ya West of Aggression against Iraq:
'kuzindikira kuti olemekezeka, omasuka, ofalitsa a Blair-fawning anali ofunikira kwambiri ku chigawenga chachikulu choterocho sichinasinthidwe ndipo chikukhalabe chiyeso chimodzi cha kukhulupirika kwaluntha ndi makhalidwe abwino ku Britain.'
Komanso chipolopolo cha titaniyamu cha media media, Blair akukhalanso kutetezedwa mwa 'kutsutsa koopsa ku Whitehall kuti afotokoze zolemba zazikulu zokhudzana ndi kuukira kwa Iraq, makamaka zolemba za zokambirana pakati pa iye ndi George Bush.' Izi zatanthauza kuti kufufuza kwa Chilcot pa nkhondo ya Iraq tsopano sikudzasindikiza lipoti lake mpaka nthawi ina mu 2013. Mlembi wakale wa nduna ya boma Lord O'Donnell akuti anauza a Chilcot kuti kutulutsa zolemba za Blair kuwononga ubale wa Britain ndi US ndipo sikudzakhala pagulu. chidwi. Iyi ndi code ya 'kukhazikitsidwa kuyenera kudziteteza'.
Kukonza Zanzeru ndi Zowona Za Iran
Pa The Real News Network, Annie Machon ndi Ray McGovern kumbukirani Patha zaka pafupifupi khumi kuchokera pamene Blair adakumana ku Downing Street ndi nduna zazikulu ndi akuluakulu ankhondo ndi azamalamulo kuti akambirane mwachidule momwe US idakonzera "kulungamitsa" kuukira Iraq. Sir Richard Dearlove, wamkulu wa MI6, anali atangobwera kumene kuchokera ku US komwe adakumana ndi mnzake, Director wa CIA, George Tenet.
The wotchuka 'Downing Street Memo', mphindi zovomerezeka zachidule cha Julayi 23 mu 2002, zikuwonetsa zomwe Dearlove adauza Blair ndi omwe analipo pazomwe adamva kuchokera ku Tenet; ndiko kuti, kuti Bush adaganiza zochotsa Saddam Hussein poyambitsa nkhondo yomwe 'ikanalungamitsidwa ndi mgwirizano wa uchigawenga ndi zida zowonongeka.'
Dearlove anafotokoza momwe zimachitikira: 'Nzeru ndi zowona zikukhazikitsidwa mozungulira ndondomekoyi.' Izi zidatsata mgwirizano mu Epulo 2002 pakati pa Bush ndi Blair pomwe nduna yayikulu yaku Britain idakhala pafamu ya Purezidenti waku Texas ku Crawford. Blair adalonjeza thandizo la UK pakuwukira Iraq.
Machon ndi McGovern timakumbukira kampeni yofalitsa nkhani zomwe anthu adakumana nazo:
'Chakumapeto kwa chilimwe cha 2002, chiwopsezo chopangidwa kuchokera ku Iraq chinali "chogonana" ndi makina odziwika bwino a US-UK omwe adatembenuzidwa. Kuzungulira kunali kosatha: mitu yankhani ikufuula "mphindi 45 kuchokera ku chiwonongeko"; mabodza okhudza Saddam kukhazikitsanso zida zanyukiliya ku Iraq; ndi utolankhani wachikasu wonena za "yellowcake" uranium Iran akuti akufuna ku Africa yakuda kwambiri.
'Nzika zaku UK zidadyetsedwa ndi nzeru zabodza za September Dossier ndiyeno, patatsala milungu isanu ndi umodzi kuukira kwa Iraq, "Dodgy" Dossier, kutengera malingaliro a PhD wazaka 12 omwe adachotsedwa pa intaneti, kuphatikiza osatsimikizika, luntha lomwe linakhala zabodza - zonse zoperekedwa ndi kazitape komanso ndale monga zidziwitso zowopsa, zowopsa.
'Chomwecho chinapangidwa mlandu wa nkhondo. Mabodza onse; mazana a zikwi akufa, ovulala, olumala, ndi mamiliyoni a othaŵa kwawo ku Iraq; koma palibe amene adayankha.
M’malo moimbidwa mlandu, ena mwa olakwawo alipidwa:
'Sir Richard Dearlove, yemwe akanatha kuletsa zonsezi akadakhala kukhulupirika kuti alankhule, adaloledwa kupuma pantchito ndi ulemu wonse ndikukhala Mbuye wa koleji ya Cambridge. John Scarlett, yemwe monga wapampando wa Joint Intelligence Committee adasaina zolemba zachinyengo, adalandira mphoto ndi ntchito yapamwamba yaukazitape ku MI6 ndi knighthood. George W. Bush adapatsa George Tenet Mendulo ya Ufulu wa Purezidenti - mphotho yapamwamba kwambiri ya anthu wamba. Wopanda manyazi.'
Machon ndi McGovern amatsutsa kuti nzeru ikukonzedwanso; nthawi ino pothandizira kuukira komwe kungachitike ku Iran:
Sabata yatha [Sir John] Sawers, yemwe adalowa m'malo mwa Scarlett monga mtsogoleri wa MI6 zaka zitatu zapitazo, adalankhula modabwitsa momwe adadzitamandira ndi ntchito ya MI6 polepheretsa zomwe Iran idayesa kupanga chida cha nyukiliya, komanso adanenetsa kuti. Iran idzakhala ndi bomba pofika chaka cha 2014. Mithunzi ya MI6 ikutsata ndondomeko mu 2002.'
Ndipo komabe, mgwirizano - ngakhale pakati pa US ndi Israeli mabungwe - ndikuti Iran ili nayo osati adaganiza zopanga zida za nyukiliya kuyambira pomwe adayima mu 2003. Akatswiri ofalitsa nkhani akuoneka kuti sangamvetse mfundoyi. Ndi Robert Fisk nkhani pa Syria mu Independent Lamlungu dzulo anali ndi mawu ang'onoang'ono akunena zosagwirizana ndi Iran ndi 'zida zake za nyukiliya'. Mwinamwake izi zinalembedwa ndi mmodzi wa omvera pepalalo. Kodi Fisk adzapita molunjika kwa mkonzi wake ndikudandaula za zolakwika izi?
Koma kusowa kwa zida za nyukiliya kwa Iran sikunalepheretse dzikoli kukhalaadafola kwa Western 'intervention'. Ndikoyenera kutchulanso umboni wa General Wesley Clark, wamkulu wakale wa Nato, pomwe iye adakumbukira kukambirana ndi mkulu wa Pentagon mu 2001, masabata angapo pambuyo pa kuukira kwa September 11:
'Anafika pa desk yake. Anatola kapepala. Ndipo adati, "Ndangotsika kumene" - kutanthauza ofesi ya Secretary of Defense - "lero." Ndipo anati, “Ichi ndi chikumbutso chomwe chikufotokoza momwe tidzatulutsire mayiko asanu ndi awiri m’zaka zisanu, kuyambira ndi Iraq, kenako Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan ndi, kutsiriza Iran.”
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