Mpweya wa Stockholm unali wozizira kwambiri, ngakhale kuti wokamba nkhani wojambula kwambiri asangalatse khamu la anthu. Koma ndinalibe chochita: zikwizikwi za ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi nkhondo zidatsikira pabwalo lalikulu la likulu la likulu kuti awonetse thandizo lawo kwa anthu aku Iraq pazaka zinayi zakuukira kwa US, ndikufunsa kuti America ichoke.
Nditakwera siteji ndikuyamba kulankhula, ndinachita chidwi ndi mfundo yakuti kunalibe mbendera imodzi ya Palestina kapena Lebanon. Ngakhale mbendera ya ku Venezuela, yomwe nthawi zambiri imakhala chizindikiro cha kunyoza ndi kusasunthika, inalibe. Ngati chiwonetserochi chinali chizindikiro cha kuwerengera mwanzeru: kutalikitsa nkhondo ku Iraq ndi ena onse, kunali kulakwitsa kwakukulu. Ine ndinayankhula ndendende za izo: ndi nkhondo yomweyo, ntchito yomweyo; Israeli ndi opindula ake a neoconservative akukumana mobwerezabwereza m'chipwirikiti cha Middle East. Izi ndizowona kuti magulu odana ndi nkhondo kulikonse ayenera kukhala patsogolo ngati akufuna kuti uthenga wawo ukhale wovomerezeka kapena wofunikira.
Kulumikizana kwa Israeli ndi "kukonzanso" kwa ndale m'derali kunayamba kale mu 1992. Dongosolo la Defence Planning Guidance (DPG), lomwe lidazungulira Pentagon kwa milungu ingapo "lidawulutsidwa" ku New. York Times, ikulingalira za tsogolo lomwe US โโidzakhazikitsa ukulu wosatsutsika m'dziko la pambuyo pa nkhondo yozizira. Ngakhale chitsogozocho sichinatsindikitse Israeli ndi udindo wake m'dziko latsopanolo, omwe adalemba chikalatacho anali gulu lodziwika bwino la Israeli ku Washington: ogwira ntchito ku Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo panthawiyo Ewis Libby, Paul Wolfowitz, ndi mwamuna waku America ku United States. Iraq patatha zaka zingapo, Zalmay Khalilzad.
Udindo wa Israeli mu "masomphenya" sanawonekere bwino mpaka Richard Pearle, wotsogola wa neocon, pamodzi ndi Douglas Feith ndi ena, adaganiza kuti "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" Mtsogoleri wa Israeli Likud Benjamin Netanyahu. Chikalatacho chinkafuna kuti Israeli atengepo gawo lalikulu m'derali lomwe lingafanane ndi mphamvu zake ku US, osati dziko lamakasitomala chabe koma hegemon yofanana. Idakonza chiwembu chochotsa boma la Iraq ndikujambulanso mapu a geopolitical adera lonselo. Malingaliro omwewo adagulitsidwa kwa oyang'anira Clinton ku 1997/98 koma adalephera; Clinton, yemwe adavomereza zambiri zaku America kwa Israeli, mwina anali asanakonzekere masomphenyawa.
Masomphenya amenewo, a Israeli pachimake, nthawi zambiri amawonetsedwa ngati aku America okha, makamaka ndi Project for the New American Century, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ndi atsogoleri otsogola ku 1997, anthu omwewo omwe adalumbira kukhala okhulupirika kwa Israeli kwa zaka zambiri. PNAC inali gulu lalikulu lomwe limayambitsa nkhondo ku Iraq. Nthawi yomwe zigawenga zinakantha Twin Towers ndi ndege zawo zoopsa, ochita kampeni a PNAC anali okonzeka ndi mapu a Middle East, akuwonetsa mayiko omwe akufuna kuphulitsa mabomba ndi maboma omwe amayenera kusinthidwa.
Izi siziyenera kumasula ena okonda nkhondo, koma kupeputsa udindo wotsogola wa neocons, momwe zokonda za Israeli zidali mbali imodzi ndikunyoza mfundo zoyipa. Chikoka cha ma neocons chazimiririka, kapena molondola kwambiri chalowa m'malo oyambilira a hibernation chifukwa cha masoka omwe adabweretsa mdzikolo, zonyansa zomwe adapanga komanso zofalitsa zoyipa zomwe sakanatha kupulumuka popanda kuwonongeka.
Kutengera masomphenya awo, olamulira aku US akuyembekeza kuti kulanda kwawo ku Iraq kukonzanso chigawochi ndikulimbikitsa New Middle East. Zaka zinayi pambuyo pake, ndondomeko ya US-Israel ikulephereka. Kukana kolimba ku Iraq kukuwonongera US mbiri yake yankhondo ndipo kulimbitsa udindo wa Iran, makamaka popeza Iran ili ndi ma proxies ake ku Iraq. Syria ilinso pachimake ngakhale idachoka ku Lebanon zomwe zidachitika mokakamizidwa ndi mayiko a US. Hezbollah ikusunga dziko la Lebanon kuti likhale lopanda mphamvu za Israeli. Pomaliza, Israeli, ngakhale idapindula chifukwa cha kugwetsedwa kwa Saddam ndi ulamuliro wake, ikukumanabe ndi vuto lalikulu kuchokera ku Iran. US ikutaya mbali zonse, ndale, zachuma komanso zankhondo.
Zomwe zimatchedwa kuti de-Baathification ya dziko la US, zomwenso ndi neocon scheme, zinali zolakwika kwambiri, chifukwa zimatanthauza kuchotsa dzikolo ku zida zofunika kwambiri za mgwirizano: asilikali, ntchito za boma, motero mgwirizano wa dziko. Tsoka lomwe linabwera chifukwa cha izi, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zoyesayesa zonse za US zisakhale zofunikira. Ulamuliro wa asitikali aku US udalowa m'malo mwa zida zaulamuliro zomwe zidalipo, zomwe zidakhudza anthu mamiliyoni ambiri, ndi ulamuliro wampatuko womwe udali wophatikizana wachipembedzo cha Shia, magulu andale ochirikiza Iran, zigawenga zosalamulirika, ndi zina zotero. Kusiyanasiyana kwatsopano kumeneku kunadziwonetsera pakukhazikitsa asilikali a Iraq, apolisi, boma ndi nyumba yamalamulo; chotulukapo chake chinali chosakaza, popeza kuti gulu lankhondo la dziko ndi boma linali zida za magawano, chenicheni chimene chinasonkhezera kugaลตanika kwa mpatuko kukhala nkhondo yachiลตeniลตeni. Pulojekiti ya demokalase ya ku United States รขโฌโ yokonzedwa bwino kuti igwirizane ndi zofuna za ku America รขโฌโ inalinso yolephereka modabwitsa, ndipo zinathekadi. Chowonadi chidakayidwa kuti demokalase yeniyeni siiperekedwa kudzera pa akasinja ndi zida zapamadzi, koma ndi mabungwe omwe amatha kudzipereka okha popanda mantha kapena mantha. Zomwe zikuchitika ku Iraq ndi tanthauzo la America la demokalase kwa ma Arabu, osati kusankha kwa ma Arabu okha.
A US adzachoka ku Iraq; izo siziyenera kufunsidwa konse. Sizingatheke kupirira zotayika zandalama ndi zakuthupi zoterozo kosatha. Nyuzipepala ya New Statesman inanena kuti kusamalira anthu ovulala pankhondo yokha kudzawononga dzikolo $2.5 trilioni mโzaka zingapo zikubwerazi. Koma kuwonetsetsa kuti chipwirikiti chankhondo chotere, kutayika kodabwitsa kotere kwa miyoyo yosasinthika kumbali zonse sikubwerezedwa, munthu sayenera kulankhula za nkhondo ya Iraq m'mawu ambiri: ufumu, mafuta ndi hegemony, ndikuiwala zofunikira kwambiri. Israeli ndi opindula ake achitapo ndipo akupitiriza kuchita mbali yaikulu mu zonsezi. Kunyalanyaza mfundo imeneyi pofuna kuti รขโฌหkusakanizaรขโฌโข nkhanizi kungangotanthauza kulimbana ndi zifukwa zolondola ndi njira yolakwika, kunena pangโono chabe.
-Ramzy Baroud ndi wolemba komanso mtolankhani waku US. Buku lake laposachedwa: The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle (Pluto Press, London) likupezeka pa intaneti kudzera pa Amazon.com ndi University of Michigan Press.
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