Chilcot nematare haazviite, saka zviri kwatiri kuratidza kuti hatizoregi chiitiko chisiri pamutemo chekuuraya vanhu vakawanda chichienda chisina kurangwa.
Mubvunzo chete wakakosha ndewokuti kubvunza kweChilcot hakuzogadzirise: hondo neIraq yaive isiri pamutemo here? Kana mhinduro iri hongu, zvese zvinoshanduka. Hondo haichisiri nyaya yezvematongerwo enyika, asi yemhosva, uye avo vakaituma vanofanirwa kutongwa nekuda kwezvakadaidzwa nedare reNuremberg "mhosva yepasi rose": mhosva yechisimba.
Asi pane dambudziko nekubvunzurudza zviri pamutemo muUnited Kingdom: hurumende inogadza nhengo dzayo uye inoisa zvirevo zvavo. Zvakangofanana nemunhu ari kupomerwa mhosva ari kubvumirwa kusarudza mhosva yaari kupomerwa, kuti ndiani anofanira kutonga nyaya yake uye kuti ndiani anofanira kugara mudare redzimhosva. Sezvo mutongi mukuru akaudza Guardian munaNovember kuti: "Kutarisa mumutemo wehondo ndicho chinhu chekupedzisira icho hurumende inoda. Uye chaizvoizvo, ndicho chinhu chekupedzisira chinopikisa chinoda kana nokuti vakavhotera hondo. Ikoko hakusi zvematongerwe enyika. kumanikidzwa kuongorora mubvunzo wepamutemo - havana kubvunza nekuti havadi mhinduro."
Vamwe vakainzvera, zvisinei. Vhiki mbiri dzakapfuura kubvunzurudza kweDutch, kwakatungamirwa neaimbove mutongi wedare repamusoro, kwakawana kuti kurwisa uku "hakuna mvumo yakanaka mumutemo wenyika". Mwedzi wapera Lord Steyn, aimbove ishe wezvemitemo, akati "pasina chisungo chechipiri cheUN chinobvumidza kupinda nechisimba, zvaive zvisiri pamutemo". Muna Mbudzi Lord Bingham, aimbova ishe mukuru wevatongi, akataura kuti, pasina chikomborero cheUN, hondo yeIraq "yakanga iri "kutyorwa kwakanyanya kwemutemo wepasirese uye kutonga kwemutemo".
Pasi pebumbiro reUnited Nations, zvinhu zviviri zvinofanirwa kuzadzikiswa hondo isati yatanga kurwiwa zviri pamutemo. Mapato ari mugakava anofanira kutanga "atsvaga mhinduro kuburikidza nekutaurirana" (Chisungo 33). Vanogona kutora zvombo pasina chirevo chakajeka kubva kuUN Security Council chete "kana kurwiswa nepfuti kukaitika kwavari" (Chinyorwa 51). Hapana kana chimwe chezvimiro izvi chakashandiswa. Hurumende dzeUS neUK dzakaramba kuedza kweIraq kutaurirana. Pane imwe nguva dhipatimendi rehurumende reUS rakatozivisa kuti "richapinda mukukanganisa" kudzivirira maIraqis kuti atangezve hurukuro dzekuongorora zvombo (zvese zvinongedzo zviri pawebhusaiti yangu). Iraq yakanga isati yatanga kurwisa chero nyika.
Isu tinoziva zvakare kuti hurumende yeUK yaiziva kuti hondo yayaida kutanga yaive isiri pamutemo. Muna Kurume 2002, Hofisi yeCabinet yakatsanangura kuti "zvichizodiwa mvumo yepamutemo yekupinda nechisimba. Zvichienderana nezano revakuru vemutemo, hapana iripo parizvino." Muna Chikunguru 2002, Lord Goldsmith, gweta guru rehurumende, vakaudza mutungamiriri wehurumende kuti kwaingova neโzvikonzero zvitatu zvinobvira zvemutemoโ zvekutanga hondo โ โkuzvidzivirira, kupindira kwevanhu, kana kuti UNSC [security council] mvumo. chechipiri hachikwanisi kuva hwaro munyaya iyi." VaBush naBlair vakazotadza kuwana mvumo yekanzuru.
Sezvo tsamba yekusiya basa pamberi pehondo kubva kuna Elizabeth Wilmshurst, mutevedzeri wechipangamazano wezvemitemo kuHofisi Yekunze, yakaratidza, hofisi yake "yakagara" yaraira kuti kupinda nechisimba kwaizove zvisiri pamutemo pasina chisungo chitsva cheUN. Akatsanangura kuti "kushandiswa zvisiri pamutemo kwechisimba pachiyero chakadaro kunosvika kumhosva yechisimba". Vese vari vaviri Wilmshurst neaimbova mukuru wake, Sir Michael Wood, vachapupura pamberi peChilcot kubvunza mangwana. Tarisira mafirework.
Pasina kururamiswa kwemutemo, hondo neIraq yaive chiitiko chekuuraya vanhu vazhinji: avo vakafa vakaurayiwa zvisiri pamutemo nevanhu vakaituma. Mhosva dzehukasha (dzinozivikanwawo semhoswa dzinopesana nerunyararo) dzinotsanangurwa nenheyo dzeNuremberg se "kuronga, kugadzirira, kutanga kana kurwa kwehondo yehasha kana hondo inotyora zvibvumirano zvepasi rose". Vanga vachicherechedzwa mumutemo wepasi rose kubvira 1945. Mutemo weRome, wakagadzira dare repasi rose rematsotsi (ICC) uye wakatenderwa nehurumende yaBlair muna 2001, unopa dare kuti "rishandise masimba pamusoro pemhosva yechisimba", kana yangodaro. yasarudza kuti mhosva yacho inofanira kutsanangurwa sei uye kutongwa sei.
Pane matambudziko maviri. Chekutanga ndechekuti hurumende kana mapato anopikisa haana chido chekutevera mhosva idzi, nechikonzero chiri pachena chekuti mukuita izvi vanenge vazvipinza muhusungwa. Chechipiri ndechekuti mitemo inodiwa haisati yavapo. Hurumende dzakabvumidza mutemo weRome dzave kuita firimu nehasha kunonoka painongedzerwa mhosva neICC: mushure memakore masere ehurukuro, gadziriro inodiwa haisati yagamuchirwa.
Dzimwe nyika, zvikuru dziri kumabvazuva kweEurope nepakati peAsia, dzakaisa mhosva yemhirizhonga mumitemo yadzo, kunyangwe hazvo zvisati zvajeka kuti ndeupi wavo angade kuyedza chizvarwa chekune dzimwe nyika nekuda kwezviito zvaitwa kunze kwenyika. MuUK, uko kunoramba kuri kunze kwemutemo kupfeka T-shirt inogumbura, haungakwanise kutongerwa mhosva yekuponda vanhu vakawanda mhiri kwemakungwa.
Vese vanotenda mukururamisira vanofanirwa kuita mushandirapamwe kuti hurumende dzavo dzirege kuita bongozozo uye kubvumidza dare repasi rose rematsotsi kuti ritange kupomera mhosva yechisimba. Tinofanirawo kumanikidza kuti igamuchirwe mumutemo wenyika. Asi ndinotenda kuti vanhu venyika ino, avo vakasarudza zvakare hurumende yakanga yatanga hondo isiri pamutemo, vane basa rekuita zvinopfuura izvozvo. Isu tinofanirwa kuratidza kuti isu hatina, sekukumbirwa kwaBlair, "kuenderera" kubva kuIraq, kuti hatina kugadzirira kubvumira mhosva yake kuti irambe isina kurangwa, kana kubvumira vatungamiriri venguva yemberi kuti vatende kuti vanogona kuidzokorora zvakachengeteka.
Asi sei? Sezvandakaona pandakaedza kubata John Bolton, mumwe wevakagadzira hondo muhurumende yaGeorge Bush, pamutambo weHay muna 2008, uye sezvakaonekwa naPeter Tatchell paakaedza kusunga Robert Mugabe, hapana chinotarisa nyaya idzi zvakanyanya. kupfuura munhu akaedza kusungwa. Muna Gumiguru ndakasimudzira zano remupiro wekuti veruzhinji vakwanise kupa, kubhadharwa kune chero munhu akaedza kusunga Tony Blair kana akava mutungamiri weEuropean Union. Haana hake kudaro, asi ndakabvunza vakanga vavimbisa mari kuti tienderere mberi. Mhinduro yacho yakanga yakanaka zvikuru.
Saka nhasi ndiri kuvhura webhusaiti - www.arrestblair.org - chinangwa chavo ndechekutsvaga mari semubairo wevanhu vari kuedza kusunga vaimbova mutungamiriri wehurumende murunyararo. Ini ndaisa yekutanga ยฃ 100, uye ndinokukurudzira kuti uifananidze. Ani nani anosangana nemitemo yandakaisa achave nekodzero yechikamu chimwe muzvina chehari yose: mabhonasi acharamba aripo kusvikira Blair atarisana nedare redzimhosva. Iyo yakakwirira mubairo, inowedzera kuwanda kwenhamba yevanhu vangangoedza.
Panguva ino kusungwa kunenge kuri kwekufananidzira, kunyange zvazvo vangangove nemasimba makuru ezvematongerwo enyika. Asi ndinovimba kuti sezvo dzvinyiriro iri kuwedzera uye mhosva yechisimba ichibvumwa nematare, kuedza uku kuchabatsira kumanikidza hurumende kuti dzitonge. Hapafaniri kuva nenzvimbo yokuvanda nokuda kwaavo vakapara mhaka dzinorwisana norugare. Hakuna nyika yakabudirira inogona kubvumira mhondi dzakawanda kuti dzienderere mberi.