Scott Burchill mudzidzisi muhukama hwepasi rose paDeakin University, uye anogara achitaura nezvehondo muIraq yeWebdiary.
Kutadza kuwana chero zvombo zvekuparadza kukuru muIraq kwakave nemhedzisiro inonakidza pahupenyu hwezvematongerwo enyika munyika dzekuMadokero: zvimwe zvinosetsa, zvimwe zvinouraya zvakanyanya.
Nevese Federal Government nevehungwaru vari kubuda mukuyedza kugadzirisa mukurumbira wavo wakasvibiswa, Canberra yakazadzwa nevasina kugadzikana vachitsvaga vatori venhau vanonzwira tsitsi vanoda kuita seweti yeruzhinji. Kuwedzera hasha uye zviyeuchidzo zvenguva dzose zvezvakataurwa neHurumende yeHoward hondo isati yatanga nezveWMD yeIraq iri kuita senge diuretic pane zvematongerwo enyika.
Zvinoitika nguva dzese, kunyangwe zvisiri nguva dzose nekuyerera kwakadaro kweruzivo. Izvo zvinoenderana nekuzvidira maconduits muFourth Estate. Musi waChikunguru 10 gore rapfuura, "kusahadzika kweWMD kwakapusa" yakadanidzira musoro weRupert Murdoch's. Australian. Pazasi, mupepeti webepanhau rekunze, Greg Sheridan, akati "US ine zvinhu zvayo muIraq izvo, kana zvikaona, zvichave humbowo hwezvombo zvaSaddam Hussein zvekuparadza vanhu vakawanda. Humbowo hwekuti Hussein aive nehurongwa hweWMD hwakawandisa, iye [John Bolton, US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and Security] haakwanise kunzwisisa kuti zvinopokana sei. "
Mazuva maviri gare gare Mr Sheridan vakaenderera mberi:
โIUS yakaona yainofunga kuti humbowo hwezvombo zveIraq zvekuparadza vanhu vakawanda ndokuendesa zvinhu kuUS kunoongororwa. โฆVanotenda kuti zvinhu zvacho zvichange zvine zvombo zvemakemikari.โ
Chokwadi hazvina kudaro. Nenzira isingashamisi, musoro wenhau unoti โTine urombo kuti takakurasisai asi taida zvikuru kwazvo kudavira uku kuburitswa,โ hausati waitika.
Kubuda kwese kunofanirwa kucheneswa, zvisinei nekuti rwizi rwunobva kupi. Achinyora mukupera kwema1970, munyori wenhau dzakaitika wokuBritain EP Thompson akataura kuti:
โKukuvadza kwakaipisisa kuhupenyu hwedu hwezvematongerwo enyika hakubvi mu'zvakavanzika' zvavanotivanzira, asi kubva kune tudiki-diki-diki-chokwadi uye disinformation yavanotiudza. Aya anenge atogayiwa kare, obva arwara semapupu madiki ezvipfira zvakatenderwa. Makoramu evanyori vekudzivirira vari mumapepa ekutanga anoshanda semaspittoons. "
Kuisa kune rimwe divi mutambo wekupomera uye buck ichipfuura, pane zvakakomba zvinonetsa kubva mune ino tawdry saga.
Chekutanga, zvinoshamisa kuti Hurumende yeAustralia haifarire kuti sei hungwaru hwayaivimba nahwo kutanga hondo neIraq hwakanga husina kunaka. Uyewo harina kumboratidza kushushikana kuti rakarasisa veruzhinji. Nekuda kwekupikisa kuferefetwa kweparamende kuri kuongorora pre-war intelligence iyo ichataura nhasi, Hurumende yakatozviburitsa nekuti inoziva kuti inovabvisa pamhosva dzevanopikisa dzekuti hungwaru hwakashandiswa kana kuita zvepabonde.
Vakatarisana nechikonzero chakadonha chehondo yavo, Canberra ikozvino inopomera hungwaru "vatengesi" vayo (Washington neLondon) vanogona zvakare kuona kuti dambudziko riri papi. Howard naDowner vari kuita sevatengesi vane dodgy - kana vatengi vachinyunyuta nezvekushambadza kunotsausa imhosva yemutengesi.
Imwe kubvunza ichadikanwa uye nekusada kusimbiswa. Mubvunzo mumwe waunofanirwa kugadzirisa ndewekuti sei vashandisi vekupedzisira vehungwaru husina kujeka vakaratidza kusahadzika kudiki, kugona kana kusanzwisisika nezvezvainoreva pavakagadzirira nyika ino kuhondo. Sezvo mwedzi gumi nemiviri yekuyeukwa kwechisimba ichiswedera, vanoramba vasina nyadzi pamusoro pemaitiro avo - sezvinoita vacheri vavo munhau vanovakurudzira "kusaita [kubvuma] hupenzi" (Greg Sheridan, The Australian, 12 February, 26) .
Chechipiri, mukutaura kwavo kurudzi musi wa20 Kurume 2003, VaHoward vakati "chinhu chakakosha pahushamwari hwedu hwepedyo neUnited States uye nemaBritish kugovana kwedu kwakazara uye kwepedyo kwezvinhu zvehungwaru". Kutevera Gunyana 11, njodzi yeBali uye WMD fiasco iko zvino kune kushushikana kukuru pamusoro pekukosha kwegadziriro idzi. Neruvimbo rwayo, veruzhinji vane kodzero yekuva nehanya nezvemhando yehungwaru hwedu uye hwevabatsiri vedu watinovimba nawo zvakanyanya.
Chechitatu, nekudzokorodza kutaura kuti hondo yakaruramiswa zvisinei nezvavakambopopotedzana, Howard nevamwe vake muWashington neLondon vari kuti chiratidzo chechisimba chakadzikiswa: kubva pa "kuva neWMD" kuenda ku "chinangwa uye kugona". Izvi zvinobvumidza kurwiswa kunenge chero yakanaka yechikoro chemu chem lab inotungamirwa nemudzidzisi ane tsika dzemagariro. Hapana chimwe kunze kweshanduko yechimurenga kune hwaro chaihwo hwenzanga yenyika, zvinoshamisa kuti shanduko iyi inoramba isina kucherechedzwa.
Chekupedzisira, Howard anofarira kutuka vanopikisa hondo nekutaura kuti dai vaive nenzira yavo, Saddam angadai achiri musimba. Izvi zvinopfuura kungopokana kwetsika 'magumo anopembedza nzira' nharo. Vachitaura nevezvenhau munyika musi wa14 Kurume 2003, PM akati "aizofanira kubvuma kuti kana Iraq yainge yabvisirwa zvombo zvechokwadi, handaikwanisa kupembedza mauto eIraq kuti ashandure hutongi." Handisati ndambotsigira izvozvo. Zvikuru pane zvese zvandinozvidza hurumende. "
Howard akatonga kunze kwekubatsira kwevanhu kana zvimwe zvinonetsa sechikonzero chehondo. Tichifunga kuti Saddam anoratidzika kunge atozvibvisa paataura mashoko aya, pfungwa yenzvimbo yaHoward ndeyekuti iyewo anotenda kuti Saddam Hussein anofanira kunge achiri kutonga.
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