1. Anthu aku Iraq ndi otetezeka chifukwa cha Nkhondo ya Bush. M'malo mwake, mikhalidwe yakusatetezeka yathandizira kupanga zonse zamkati ndi zakunja vuto la othawa kwawo:
'Osachepera ma Iraqi 4.2 miliyoni adasamutsidwa. Izi zikuphatikizapo 2.2 miliyoni omwe adathawa kwawo Iraq ndi ena othawa kwawo 2 miliyoni, makamaka mu Syria (pafupifupi 1.4 miliyoni) ndi Jordan (pafupifupi theka la milioni). M'miyezi yomaliza ya chaka maiko onse oyandikana nawo, omwe akuvutika kuti akwaniritse zaumoyo, maphunziro ndi zosowa zina za othawa kwawo aku Iraq omwe analipo kale, adayambitsa zofunikira za visa zomwe zidalepheretsa anthu aku Iraq omwe akufuna chitetezo. Mkati Iraq, maboma ambiri analetsa anthu a ku Iraq omwe akuthawa ziwawa zamagulu ampatuko kumalo ena.'
2. Anthu ambiri aku Iraq omwe anali ku ukapolo kumayiko ena abwerera. M'malo mwake, palibe ambiri omwe abwerera, komanso ma Iraqi ambiri mwina akupitabe Syria kuposa kubwerera.
3. Anthu aku Iraq ali bwino chifukwa cha nkhondo ya Bush. Pamenepo, Mamiliyoni aku Iraq ndi "opanda chakudya" ndipo ena 6 miliyoni amafunikira chakudya cha UN kuti apulumuke. Oxfam akuti m'chilimwe, 2007, 28% ya ana aku Iraq alibe chakudya chokwanira.
4. Boma la Bush lapeza chipambano chachikulu ndi mgwirizano wake wa Status of Forces Agreement. M'malo mwake, ma Iraqi adakakamiza Bush kuti agwirizane ndi US kuti achotse asitikali aku Iraq pofika mwezi wa July, 2009, ndipo adzachoka m'dzikolo kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2011. Boma la Bush linali litafuna malo okwana 58 omwe akhalapo kwa nthawi yaitali, ndi mphamvu zomanga anthu a ku Iraqi mwakufuna kwawo ndi kuyambitsa ntchito zankhondo kumbali imodzi.
5. Ochepa mu Iraq ndi otetezeka kuyambira pomwe Bush adawukira. M'malo mwake, mu 2008 pakhala ziwawa zazikulu komanso kusamuka kwa Akhristu aku Iraq Mosul. Kumayambiriro kwa Januware 2008, zigawenga zaphulitsa mipingo ku Mosul, kuvulaza anthu angapo. Posachedwapa, Akhristu pafupifupi 13,000 athawa mumzinda wa Mosul chifukwa cha ziwawa.
6. Kufotokozera kokhako kwa kugwa kwa chiwopsezo cha kufa kwa mwezi uliwonse kwa anthu wamba aku Iraq kunali kuchuluka kwa asitikali aku US 30,000 mu 2007. M'malo mwake, magulu ankhondo anali atakwera motere kale popanda zotsatirapo zazikulu. The US Asilikali adachita bwino pothana ndi zigawenga mu 2007. Chifukwa chachikulu chakutsika kwa chiwopsezo cha imfa, komabe, chinali chakuti ma Shiite adapambana nkhondo ya Baghdad, ndikuyeretsa mafuko mazana masauzande a Sunni. kuchokera ku likulu, ndi kuwusandutsa mzinda wokhala ndi ma Shiite ambiri a 75 mpaka 80 peresenti. (Pamene Bush anaukira, Baghdad anali pafupifupi 50/50 Sunni ndi Shiite). Chiwerengero chachikulu cha anthu omwe anafa mu 2006 ndi 2007 chinali chotsatira cha ndawala yaikuluyi yoyeretsa fuko. Tsopano, msilikali wachi Shiite ali mkati Baghdad anayenera kuyendetsa galimoto kwa kanthawi kuti apeze Arabiya wa Sunni kuti amuphe.
7. John McCain adanena kuti ngati US idachoka ku Iraq, idzatengedwa nthawi yomweyo ndi al-Qaeda. M'malo mwake, pali otsatira ochepa a Usamah Bin Laden mu Iraq. Otsatira mfundo monyanyira, ngati ndi zomwe McCain ankatanthauza, sakuthandizidwa ndi Arabu ambiri a Sunni. Amathandizidwa ndi palibe ma Shiite (60% ya Iraq) kapena Kurds (20% ya Iraq), ndipo amadedwa ndi Iran, Syria, nkhukundembo, ndi Jordan, yemwe sakanalola konse kulanda koteroko.
8. The Iraq Nkhondo inachititsa kuti dziko likhale lotetezeka ku uchigawenga. Pamenepo, Iraq yakhala malo ophunzitsira anthu ochita monyanyira ndipo ikukhudzidwa ndi kuphulitsa kwakukulu mu Madrid, Londonndipo Glasgow.
9. Bush adapita kunkhondo ku Iraq chifukwa adapatsidwa nzeru zoyipa za zida za Saddam Hussein zowononga anthu ambiri. M'malo mwake, gawo la State Department's Intelligence & Research (I & R) lidakayikira nkhani za WMD zomwe Bush / Cheney adaziyika. CIA idakana kusaina kusaina pakuphatikizidwa kwa Niger uranium ili mu adilesi ya State of the Union, zomwe zidapangitsa Bush kuti azipereka ku British MI6 m'malo mwake. Downing Street Memo idawulula kuti Bush adakonza zanzeru mozungulira mfundoyi. Bush adafuna kuyambitsa zokwiyitsa monga kuukira mbendera zabodza pa ndege za UN kuti anene Iraq. Ndipo oyendera zida za UN mu Feb.-Mar. a 2003 adafufuza malo 100 mwa 600 omwe akuwaganizira kuti ali ndi zida ndipo sanapeze chilichonse; Yankho la Bush linali kuwatulutsa ndikupita kunkhondo.
10. Douglas Feith ndi a Neoconservatives ena sanafune kwenikweni nkhondo ndi Iraq (!). Eya, ndicho chifukwa iwo adafuna nkhondo ku Iraq ndi pepala lawo loyera la 1996 kwa Bibi Netanyahu komanso kachiwiri Project yawo ya 1998 ya kalata ya New American Century ku Clinton, kumene anapempha mosapita mโmbali kuti apite kunkhondo. A Neoconservatives ndi abodza odziwika bwino ndipo akadzamaliza kulembanso mbiri yakale, adzakhala ophatikizana a Gandhi ndi Amayi Teresa ndipo Nkhondo ya Iraq idzakhala vuto la Bill Clinton. Chinthu chokha ndichakuti, ndikuganiza kuti anthu ali anzeru kwa iwo pofika pano. Kukhala wabodza kungakufikitseni kwinakwake. Kukhala wabodza wodziwika bwino ndizovuta ngati zomwe mukufuna ndikupangitsa kuti anthu azikumverani ndikuchita zomwe mwalangizidwa. Ine ndikuti, Sindidzateronso.
Onaninso nkhani yanga mu The Nation, "Iraq: Kuchotsa Kofunikira," ndipo gawo ili mu Toronto Star.
Juan Cole amaphunzitsa mbiri ya Middle East ndi South Asia ku University of Michigan. Buku lake laposachedwapa Napoleon's Egypt: Kuukira Middle East (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) yasindikizidwa kumene. Wawonekera kwambiri pawailesi yakanema, wailesi ndi masamba op-ed monga ndemanga pa Middle East nkhani, ndipo ali ndi gawo lokhazikika pa Salon.com. Adalemba, kusindikiza, kapena kumasulira mabuku 14 ndipo adalemba zolemba zamagazini 60. Weblog yake pamasiku ano Middle East is Ndemanga Yodziwitsa.
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