Januware 29, 2007 - Oimira Madzi ndi Woolsey, mamembala a Iraq Veterans Against the War m'malo owonetsera, anzanga: Ndimwayi kulankhula lero za buku langa Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal.
Mutu wa bukhu langa unabwerekedwa ku Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal, lolembedwa mu 1967 ndi wolemba mbiri Howard Zinn.
M'buku lake, Zinn adanena kuti US iyenera kuchoka ku Vietnam nthawi yomweyo komanso mopanda malire. Zotsatira za kusaimba foniyi zinali zazikulu: makumi zikwi za asilikali a US ndi mamiliyoni ku Indochina adalipira mtengo wa kukwera ndi kufalikira kwa nkhondo.
Pali kusiyana pakati pa Vietnam ndi Iraq. Koma pali zofanana zambiri. Ndikuwopa kuti tili mumphindi yofanana ndi nthawi ya Tet Offensive, pomwe US idagonjetsedwa ku Vietnam, koma m'malo mobwerera kwawo idakulitsa nkhondo ndikuikulitsa ku Laos ndi Cambodia, pogwiritsa ntchito mikangano ngati yomwe tikumva pano. ziwopsezo za boma motsutsana ndi Iran ndi Syria.
M'buku langa, ndimapanga mfundo zisanu ndi zitatu zomwe ndifotokoze mwachidule apa.
1. U.S. ilibe bizinesi kukhala ku Iraq lero. Boma la Bush lidayambitsa kuwukira kwa Iraq pamalo abodza, ponena kuti zikuwopseza US chifukwa cha zida zowononga za Iraq komanso maulalo ake ku al-Qaeda. Lero tikudziwa kuchuluka kwa kuwongolera kwanzeru komwe kunagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyambitsa nkhondo yomwe sinali yodzitchinjiriza koma yokhumudwitsa mwachilengedwe.
2. US sikubweretsa demokalase ku Iraq. M'malo mwake, ntchito yaku US ikukana chifuniro cha anthu aku Iraq. Anthu aku Iraq anena momveka bwino kuti ngakhale akusangalala bwanji kuona Saddam Hussein atapita, amawona asitikali aku US ngati olanda osati omasula. Anthu aku Iraq amadzimva otetezeka kwambiri chifukwa cha kupezeka kwathu; khulupirirani kuti ndife gwero lalikulu la kusakhazikika; ndi kunena kuti tikukulitsa mikangano yamagulu m'malo moichepetsa. Ntchito ya US - osati al-Qaeda kapena Iran - ndi chifukwa cha zigawenga.
3. U.S. sakupanga dziko kukhala lotetezeka pokhalabe. M’malo mwake, tapangitsa dziko kukhala losakhazikika ndi loopsa. Takhazikitsa mfundo yakuti mayiko akhoza kumenya nkhondo yodzitetezera, ndipo m’kati mwake tayambitsa mpikisano wa zida za nyukiliya padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikizapo mpikisano wa zida za nyukiliya.
4. A U.S. sakuletsa nkhondo yapachiŵeniŵeni. Iraq ili kale pankhondo yapachiweniweni, yomwe ikukulirakulira ndi kupezeka kwathu. Ogasiti uno, olamulira a Bush adatumiza asitikali ena 14,000 ku Baghdad. Chotsatira? Kuchuluka kwa ziwawa ndi mipatuko. Asilikali owonjezera a 21,500 adzangotsanulira mafuta ochulukirapo pamoto.
5. U.S. sakulimbana ndi uchigawenga pokhalabe. Mdani wamkulu yemwe a US akukumana nawo ku Iraq si al-Qaeda kapena magulu achigawenga omwe amathandizidwa ndi mayiko ena koma anthu omwe timati atimasula.
6. A US sakulemekeza omwe adamwalira ku Iraq popitiliza ntchito. Panopa asilikali oposa 3,000 a ku U.S. afa. Oposa 22,000 avulala. Chiwopsezo cha kufa ku Iraq ndichokwera kwambiri. Imfa ndi kuvulala kwina kulikonse kumangowonjezera tsoka lopanda pake lomwe taliwona mpaka pano.
7. A U.S. sakumanganso Iraq. Ngakhale mabiliyoni a madola a Congress adapereka ntchito yomanganso, makontrakitala monga Bechtel ndi KBR alephera kubwezeretsa magetsi kapena kupeza madzi otetezeka kuti asawonongedwe. Ulova wakula kwambiri. Kutsika kwa mitengo kukukulirakulira, kupangitsa kuti anthu aku Iraq asamafikire zofunikira. Zipatala zili pamavuto. Iraq lero ndiye vuto lalikulu kwambiri la othawa kwawo padziko lapansi.
8. A U.S. sakukwaniritsa udindo wake kwa anthu aku Iraq pokhalabe. Kwa iwo omwe amatsutsana tidathyola, kotero tiyenera kukonza: m'malo mokonza Iraq, tikungophwanya. Pali njira zambiri zomwe tingathandizire ma Iraqi: kusiya; kulipira malipiro - osati kokha chifukwa cha zovulaza ndi zowawa zomwe zimadza chifukwa cha kuwukiridwa kwathu ndi ntchito zathu, koma kwa zaka za chilango, zomwe zimapweteka okhawo omwe ali pachiopsezo cha anthu aku Iraq, ndipo zaka zonse Washington idakhala ndi zida ndikuthandizira Saddam Hussein pamene adachita zovuta kwambiri. nkhanza; kusiya malo athu ankhondo; thandizani othawa kwawo aku Iraq omwe tawasiya; ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ndalama zochulukirapo kuchokera kumakampani amafuta aku Iraq zimapindulitsa anthu aku Iraq m'malo mowerengera phindu la zimphona zamafuta aku Western.
Usiku wina, pa 60 Minutes, Purezidenti Bush anati "Aliyense analakwitsa pa zida zowononga kwambiri." Komabe mamiliyoni aife omwe tinatsutsa nkhondoyi isanayambe anali olondola, ndipo sananyalanyazidwe. Tinalibe mwayi wopeza nzeru zapadera. Tinangogwiritsa ntchito nzeru zathu. Ndipo lero tili ndi nzeru zodziwa kuti tsiku lililonse tikamapitiriza ntchito ya Iraq, zinthu zikuipiraipira. Nthawi zonse tikauzidwa kuti “tikukhota,” zinthu zimaipiraipira. Ndipo tili ndi nzeru zodziwa kuti simungatsutse nkhondoyi, monga momwe a Democrats ena adalengezera, komabe amalipiritsa nkhondoyi. Kwa iwo amene amati sitingachoke “mwamsanga,” palibe chovuta kusiya patatha zaka zinayi zolanda dziko lina mosafuna. Ndipo kwa amene amati tikusiya asilikali, njira yabwino yothandizira asilikali ndi kuwabweretsa kunyumba tsopano.
Umboni wa Anthony Arnove
January 29, 2007
Kutuluka Tsopano Caucus
Iraq Book Fair
1100 Longworth House Office Building
Maulalo:
http://www.americanempireproject.com/bookpage.aspISBN=0805082727
http://www.southendpress.org/2004/items/Vietnam
http://www.ivaw.org/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/14/60minutes/main2359119_page4.shtml
Anthony Arnove ndi mlembi wa Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, yomwe yangotulutsidwa kumene mu American Empire Project Series yolembedwa ndi Metropolitan Books, ndi mawu oyamba a Howard Zinn.
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