Achinyora pawebhusaiti yeBBC mwedzi wapera, mutori wenhau dzeWorld Affairs Paul Reynolds akaona kuti George Bush ainetsekana kushandura Iraq kuti ive nyika yakagadzikana temu yake isati yapera muna Ndira 2009:
"Kana mutungamiri wenyika akazvibvisa, anogona kusiya nhaka yaanga achitsvaga kuMiddle East - Iraq semuenzaniso wedemocracy waipembedza hondo nemubhadharo."
Tikugashirei kune vhezheni yeBBC yechinangwa, kushuma zvisina tsarukano! Muchokwadi, Reynolds anogona kuve neruzivo rudiki rwezviitiko kuseri kwezviitiko muIraq. Kune dzimwe nguva mishumo yemanomano eUS anogadzirisa hurongwa hwezvematongerwo enyika, asi vanenge hapana vatori venhau vari kuda kushinga mumigwagwa yeIraq kuti vazvionere vega. Musiyano ndiRobert Fisk wekuzvimiririra, anotsanangura kuti hutori venhau vekuMadokero hwakanyangarika sei kubva kuIraq:
"Mumwe wevashandi vekuAmerica anobvuma kuti anga asiri kunze 'kwemwedzi yakawanda.' migwagwa yeBaghdad Iyi haisi nhau yehotera, sezvandakambotsanangura.
Vakabviswa kubva kunyika chaiyo, vatori venhau veBBC vanofara kutora George Bush pashoko rake paanoti anoshuva "muenzaniso wedemokrasi" muIraq. Muverengi weMedia Lens paakapokana nezvaaida kuti Bush anogona kupedzisira akwanisa kupembedza kuurayiwa kwevanhu muIraq. Reynolds akapindura:
"Ini ndanga ndisingareve kuti uverenge izvo ini ndichipembedza hondo asi izvo Mr Bush vaizotaura."
Reynolds akange achida kubvuma uye kururamisa 'kukanganisa' kwake, zvinova zvakadaro zvakanyanya tsika yekuita kweBBC. Saka, mwedzi waperawo, muongorori weBBC kuMiddle East, Roger Hardy akanyora kuti George Bush "akatsunga kuomerera kuhurongwa hwezvematongerwo enyika huchaita kuti atange kubvisa mauto eUS kubva kuIraq gore rinouya. 'kubuda zano' kunomumanikidza kusiya chishuwo chekuumba demokrasi yemazuva ano kubva mumadota ehudzvanyiriri hweSaddam?"
Kana apikiswa, zvichida Hardy aizopindurawo kuti aireva kutaura "izvo Mr Bush vaizotaura" chaiva chido chake; kuti Bush angati anoda kubvisa mauto eUS kubva kuIraq, zvisinei nekuvakwa kwetani dzezvigadziko zveUS. Musi waNyamavhuvhu 29, mukuru wemauto eUS Air Force akataura kuti ndege dzehondo dzeUS dzaizoramba dziri muIraq mushure mekunge mauto epasi eUS abuda munyika. General John Jumper akati:
"Tichaenderera mberi nekutenderera kwekuvapo kweimwe mhando munzvimbo iyoyo zvakanyanya kana zvishoma nekusingaperi. Tine zvatinofarira muchikamu ichocho chenyika uye chido chekuramba tichitaura nemauto ari ikoko."
Hutori venhau huzhinji hunosanganisira 'zvikanganiso' zvine simba. Muna Chikunguru, bepanhau reThe Independent - rakatora rimwe remapepanhau eBritish ane musoro uye akatendeseka - akarasa fungidziro dzakaburitswa mupepanhau resainzi, The Lancet, kuti vanhu 100,000 vakaurayiwa kubva pakatanga kutorwa kweIraq. Pepanhau rakati sampuli yakashandiswa kuverenga nhamba yevakafa yanga iri "diki", ichiwedzera:
"Kunyange zvisina kumborambwa zvachose, nhamba idzi dzaipokana zvakanyanya, zvichibvumira zviremera muUS neBritain kuti vadzinge separaganda."
Ndakapikisa munyori, munyori mukuru wekunyora Mary Dejevsky, uyo akapindura:
"Ini pachangu, ndinofunga kuti paive nedambudziko nemaitiro ekuwedzera, nekuti - nepo sampuli ingave yakajairwa kurudzi rwechinhu ichocho - yaiita sediki kubva pamaonero ekuti mhedziso dziri kutorwa uye pakaita senge ishoma nhoroondo yakatorwa mazinga akasiyana emhirizhonga munzvimbo dzakasiyana."
Ndakabvunza munyori anotungamira weLancet mushumo, Les Roberts, mumwe wevanonyanyo zivikanwa pasi rese epidemiologists, kuti ataure pamusoro pekutsoropodza kwaDejevsky.
Iyo Yakashamisika Epidemiologist
Mumhinduro yake, Roberts akanyora kuti Dejevsky akanga asina kururama kunyange kutaura maererano ne "extrapolation technique" yemushumo - chikwata chakanga chatora samples, kwete extrapolated, data. Kana iri zano rekuti sampuro yaive "diki", Robert akatsinhira:
"Izvi zvinonyanya kushamisa? 142 post-invasion rufu mudzimba dze988 dzakawanda kufa, uye nokuda kwekugadzirisa, kubvunzurudza kwakawanda. Muna 1993, apo US Centers for Disease Control yakadana mhuri 613 muMilwaukee uye yakagumisa kuti 403,000. vanhu vakanga vagadzira Cryptosporidium mukuputika kukuru kwakambonyorwa munyika yakasimukira, hapana akataura kuti dzimba dze613 dzakanga dzisiri sampuli yakakura zvakakwana. "
Chokwadi zvinokatyamadza. Muna 2000 Roberts akatanga yekutanga yeongororo nhatu muCongo yeInternational Rescue Committee umo akashandisa nzira dzakafanana nedziya dzekudzidza kwake Iraq. Ongororo yekutanga yaRoberts yakafungidzira kuti vanhu vane miriyoni imwe nemazana manomwe vakafa muCongo kwemwedzi 1.7 yehondo. Sekutaura kwaRoberts, maitiro angadai asina kuve akasiyana zvakanyanya:
"Tony Blair naColin Powell vakatora mazwi aya nguva nenguva pasina mubvunzo nezve chokwadi kana chokwadi."
Chokwadi, mukati memwedzi mumwe, UN Security Council yakapa chisungo chokuti mauto ose okune dzimwe nyika anofanira kubva muCongo, uye gare gare gore iroro, United Nations yakadana $140 mamiriyoni murubatsiro kunyika, ichipeta kaviri chikumbiro chayo chegore negore. Gare gare, ichitaura nezveongororo iyi, Dhipatimendi reHurumende reUS rakazivisa chitsidzo chekuwedzera madhora gumi emamiriyoni ezvirongwa zvechimbichimbi muCongo.
Uye zvakadaro, zvinoshamisa, muna Gumiguru 2004, Daily Mail yakashuma "kutsamwa kuri kuwedzera muWashington neLondon" pa "nzira dzakashandiswa kuunganidza" mushumo waRoberts' Iraq - dzakanyanya nzira dzakafanana dzaishandiswa muCongo.
Chinonyanya kunetsa mumhinduro yaRoberts yaive mhinduro yake kune zvakataurwa naDejevsky kuti kusaenzana kwemhirizhonga yemhirizhonga muIraq kwakakanganisa kurongeka kwenhamba. Muchokwadi chidzidzo chacho hachina kungoverengera kusiyana uku, kwakakanganisa padivi rekuchenjerera nekusabvisa data kubva kuFallujah uko kufa kwaive kwakakwira zvisingaite. Fallujah yakapa ruzivo rwega mumaguta ari kusangana nechisimba chakanyanya (kureva, Ramadi, Tallafar, Fallujah, Najaf); vamwe vese vakapfuudzwa mumuenzaniso nemukana wakasarudzika. Izvi zvinoreva kuti huwandu chaihwo hwekufa kwevanhu vasiri varwi hunogona kunge hwakakwira kupfuura 100,000. Roberts akaudza Dejevsky:
"Ndokumbira unzwisise kuti takanga takangwarira sei: takaita ongororo inofungidzira kuti ~ 285,000 vanhu vafa nekuda kwekutanga 18 mwedzi yekupinda nekugara uye takazvitaura senge ~ 100,000."
Roberts akapedzisa:
"Parizvino pane fungidziro dzakazvimiririra dze8 dzehuwandu kana chiyero chevakafa chakakonzerwa nekupinda kweIraq. Nzvimbo inofarirwa zvakanyanya nevatsigiri vehondo (Iraqbodycount.org) ndiyo yakaderera. Kufungidzira kwedu ndeyechitatu kubva kumusoro. fungidziro dzinoisa nhamba yevakafa kupfuura 100,000 XNUMX."
Vezvematongerwo enyika nevatapi venhau vakashandisa yakaderera Iraqbodycount nhamba kurwisa chidzidzo cheLancet. Vakaitawo zvakawanda zvemashoko akaitwa muWashington Post naMarc E. Garlasco, muongorori mukuru wemauto kuHuman Rights Watch, uyo akati nezvenhamba dzaRoberts: "Nhamba idzi dzinoita sedzinowedzera."
Izvo izvo vezvenhau vasina + vasina + zvakataurwa zvakataurwa kubva naGarlasco, uyo zvino anoti anga asina kuverenga bepa reLancet panguva iyoyo uye anodana chirevo chake muPost "nhamo chaiyo". Garlasco anoti akaudza mutori wenhau kuti:
"Handisati ndaverenga. Handisati ndaona. Hapana chandinoziva nezvazvo, saka handifanire kutaura nezvazvo." Asi "semutori wenhau akanaka, akanditora."
Vazhinji vevatori venhau vakaramba chirevo cheLancet havana kunetseka kutanga, kana kutsvaga, maonero esainzi ane ruzivo. Pane kudaro, vakasarudza kudzokera shure pamashoko ane ushamwari nehurumende uye propaganda. Tichitarisa kuoma kwenyaya iri kukurukurwa โ basa rehurumende yedu pakuuraiwa kwevanhu vakawanda zvisiri pamutemo kwemakumi, zvichida mazana, ezviuru zvevanhu โ munhu haangambofungidziri kukundikana kukuru kwevatapi venhau.
Zvichida izwi rekupedzisira rinofanira kuenda kuna Roberts pachake. Nechokunoperera email yake kuna Dejevsky, tinonzwa izwi remusayendisiti ane njere uyo akawana, zvizere, kuti vezvenhau vangave vasina musoro sei:
"Hazvinzwisisike kuti pfungwa dzechirwere chechirwere chinombundirwa nemapepanhau mazuva ese maererano nemishonga mitsva kana njodzi dzehutano neimwe nzira inoshanduka kana nzira yerufu iri mauto avo."
David Edwards ndiye mupepeti wepa www.medialens.org