Nepo sarudzo dzaMbudzi dzakapa bato reDemocratic Party simba reveruzhinji rekupedza hondo muIraq, Mutungamiri Bush vakaratidza chinangwa chavo chekushandisa masimba avo seMutungamiriri Mukuru kuchengetedza uye kutowedzera kuzvipira kweUS, veruzhinji kana congressional maonero. Hutungamiri hweDemocratic hwakabvisa nzira mbiri dziri pachena dzekumumisa - kupomerwa uye kubviswa kwemari yehondo - kubva patafura. Mamwe maDemocrat akatoratidza kuti achabvuma kutumira makumi ezviuru emamwe mauto kuIraq.
Kune avo vari muCongress uye veruzhinji avo kubvuma kusiri sarudzo, kuchine nzira isina kunanga yekupikisa masimba ekuita hondo yePresident uye nekumanikidza kubvisa muIraq. Uku ndiko kuzvidza Hutongi mumeso eruzhinji zvekuti hapana vezvematongerwo enyika veRepublican kana mauto, masangano ehungwaru, kuumbwa kwemitemo yekunze, kana vekambani vepamusoro vanozoibvumira kuti ienderere mberi munzira yayo ine njodzi. Ikoko kunoda kufumurwa kunoparadza kwoutsotsi, uori, upenzi, uye nzvimbo dzenhema dzeavo vari kuita zvisarudzo.
Mugwagwa wekubuda muIraq, muchidimbu, unogona kumhanya nemukamuri yekunzwa yeCongress. Asi kuti zvingaite zvinoenderana nemafambisirwo anoitwa maDemocrats pamusoro pekuferefeta kwavo uye kuti zvakadii veruzhinji zvavanoda kuti vanyatsotarisana nehutsotsi hwehutongi hweBush.
Mumavhiki matatu ekutanga emusangano, Senate Democrats inoronga kudaidza dare reIraq.13 Kudivi reImba, Rep. John Murtha akavimbisa kuita misangano miviri pazuva kwemwedzi yakati wandei kutanga musi waNdira 1, uye mazhinji. zvimwe zvakarongwawo.
Kuferefeta kwemaDemocrats kunogona kutevera chero yeaviri mazano. Imwe ndeye kushandisa matare edzimhosva kungoshandira zvibodzwa zvavo '08 zvesarudzo nekuburitsa mamwe mavanga muBush's Iraq policy - uku vachirega hondo, kurwadziswa, kushora, nehumwe hutsotsi hurambe huchienderera mberi. Imwe nzira ndeyekuferefeta nechinangwa chekutyaira banga mudumbu rakapfava reBush juggernaut - kutyora kwayo Bumbiro reMitemo yeUS neUS uye mutemo wepasi rose uye kuvharidzira kwayo kushungurudzwa kwayo.
Hurukuro huri kuuya pasina mubvunzo huchabatanidza zvido zveruzivo rwakaramba kupihwa neHurumende kusvika parizvino. Mhedzisiro yacho ichave yekurwira masimba iyo inogona - kana maDemocrat vakasarudza - kuve nguva inotsanangura mukuyedza kumisikidza kuzvidavirira kwemutemo nebumbiro rekutonga kweBush - uye nekudaro kumanikidza kugumisa hondo.
Hutongi hweBush hwave nhoroondo mukuramba kugovera ruzivo neCongress kana veruzhinji. Rine zvinokurudzira zvakasimba kuramba zvichivanza mashoko akadai, zvakadai sokudzivisa kunyadziswa, kuramba kufumurwa pachena, uye kuva nemhosva. Yakatumira zviratidzo zvakasimba icharamba zvechokwadi kupa ruzivo rwakadaro. Sekunyora kwakaita magazini yeTime nguva isati yaitwa sarudzo,
"Kana zvasvika pakuisa simba rayo reMutungamiriri, iro rinokoshesesa kunzwisisa kwaBush nezvehutungamiriri, timu yeMutungamiriri yanga ichironga izvo zvakatsanangurwa nemumwe nyanzvi se "kurwa kukuru kusvika kufa" pamusoro pechiyero pakati peCongress neWhite House kana vasangana. ne congressional subpoenas inoona isina kufanira. Nyanzvi inoti chikwata cheBush 'chichataura simba iroro, uye vacharirwisa kusvika kuDare Repamusorosoro panyaya dzose, nguva dzose, pasina kubvumirana, hapana nhaurirano, hapana nhaurirano.
Nekuda kweizvozvo, US yakananga kune yakanzi naTom Engelhardt "amai vematambudziko ese eBumbiro reMitemo."3
Chokwadi, dambudziko iroro rakatotanga. Semuenzaniso, sarudzo dzichangopera, Dhipatimendi reJustice, mukupindura sutu yeACLU, yakazivisa mudare kuvepo kwemirairo kubva kuMutungamiriri uye neCIA General Counsel iyo inogona kunge yakabvumidza kushungurudzwa uye mamwe maitiro ekubvunzurudza zvisiri pamutemo. Seneti Patrick Leahy, sachigaro anouya weSenate Judiciary Committee, akabva anyora Attorney General Alberto Gonzales achikumbira magwaro uye zvinyorwa zvine chokuita. Musi waNdira 2, Leahy akaburitsa tsamba kubva kuDhipatimendi reRuramisiro achiramba kupa magwaro nekuda kwekuchengetedzwa kwenyika uye ropafadzo huru. Kunzwa kwekutanga kweKomiti kuona nezveDhipatimendi Rezvemitemo.โ4
Iyi ingori yekutanga yedzinogona kunge dziri zviuru zvemakakatanwa akadai. Mativi ese ari maviri anogona kuita hunyanzvi hwekuona kuti ndedzipi nyaya dzichamuka. Iyo Administration ingangofambisa nyaya dzaanogona kuita nyaya yakasimba yekuchengetedzwa kwenyika. Congress ingangotsvaga kukonzeresa kunetsana kunyaya dzakaita sekuita purofiti muhondo iyo iyo Administration icharatidzika kunge iri kunyima ruzivo nekuda kwezvikonzero zvekuzvishandira, semuenzaniso kudzivirira kunyadziswa kana mhosva.
Vanyori veBumbiro reMitemo, vanofambira mberi, uye veruzhinji vanofanira kutsigira chirevo chekongiresi chekodzero yekuziva, chero chidzidzo chinobuda sepfupa remakakatanwa. Zvakadaro, vanofanirwa kuona kuti iyi haiite nzira yekuti mativi ese atore dzimwe nyaya dzakakosha asi dzine gakava (sezvakatangira hondo uye kuendeswa kwemhosva dzehondo) kubva patafura.
Utungamiri hwave huchigadzirira mamiriro ezvinhu aya kwenguva yakareba; nhau dzinoratidza kuti kunyange sarudzo dzisati dzaitwa yakatora magweta kuti varonge dambudziko rakadaro. Zvinogona kushandisa nzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzekunonoka, kutsaudzira, uye manyepo-kutevedzera kuunza nyaya kumusoro panguva inonyanya kunakira kwairi. Zvinogonawo kuita kurwisa-kurwisa, sekuyedza kuchangobva kuitwa nevachuchisi vayo kushandisa dare guru revatongi kuti vamanikidze ACLU kuti ishandure makopi ese egwaro rakarongwa.6 (Kubviswa kwechido chayo kunoratidzawo kushanda zvakanaka. yekupokana kwakasimba nekutyisidzirwa kweAdministration.)
Zvisinei nekunonoka kweKutonga uye kutsauswa, kuwana kweCongressional kumagwaro eKutonga kungangoita kurwira masimba kwakakura nekukurumidza mushure mekuvhurwa kweCongress. Chiitiko chinonzwisisika chinotaridzika seizvi:
-Komisheni yeCongress inokumbira ruzivo.
- Iyo Administration ichagadzira matombo.
- Komiti ichapa masamanisi.
-Mukati megungwa rezvikonzero uye vilifications, iyo Administration ichatadza kana kuramba kuburitsa magwaro.
- Komiti ichapa chirevo chekuzvidza.
-Seneti kana Imba ichapfuura chirevo chekuzvidza.
-Kuzvidza kunozoendeswa kuDhipatimendi reJustice.
-Dhipatimendi reJustice richakundikana kana kuramba kuunza mhosva yekuzvidza.
Panguva iyoyo Congress ichava nesarudzo dzinoverengeka:
-Iyo inogona kuita ruzha rwehasha uku ichibvuma Kutonga kusachinja.
-Inokwanisa kupa mutemo unogadza muchuchisi akakosha.
-Inogona kukwidza kumatare nekumhan'arira Administration.
-Inokwanisa kuumba komiti yakasarudzwa kana kuti kutyisidzira vatongi chero vapi vayanosarudza kuti vazvidavirire, kubva kuMutungamiriri weNyika neMutevedzeri weMutungamiriri kuburikidza nenhengo dzedare remakurukota nevamwe vakuru vakuru. Sarudzo inoitwa neCongress inoenderana zvakanyanya nekuona kweveruzhinji uye nemhinduro kumamiriro ezvinhu. Semuenzaniso, mukunyomba kweWatergate, hasha dzeveruzhinji pa "Mugovera Night Massacre" dzakaisa chiyero kumatare eCongress. Nekune rimwe divi, kusatendera veruzhinji kuedza kupomera Mutungamiri Clinton zvakatobatsira mukukunda kweDemocratic musarudzo dzinotevera.
Vanokoshesa bumbiro remitemo nevanofambira mberi vanofanira kutanga kuronga zvine hungwaru kuti vagadzirire veruzhinji kuti vapindure nemazvo uye nemazvo pakurwisana kuri kuuya uku.
Chekutanga, izvo zvinoda kuenderera mberi nekuturikira kuvanhu kwezviri kuitika uye zvazvinoreva.
Chechipiri, zvinosanganisira kutsanangura nzvimbo dzechiito umo vanhu vakawanda vanogona kutora chikamu. Rep. John Conyers 'kuunganidza kwerutsigiro rwakakurumbira rwekuda ruzivo nezve Downing Street memos inomiririra pamwero mudiki izvo zvinoda kuitwa pamwero mukuru.
Chechitatu, zvinoda kuumba imwe mhando yezvivakwa kana kukurumidza-mhinduro network ine simba rekutsigira kuunganidza kwakadaro.
Chechina, inoda kuti pave nemubatanidzwa wakakura unosvika kure kupfuura zvinobudirira kuti ubatanidze vanochengetedza vakazvipira kumutemo uye veruzhinji vane hanya nekusashandiswa zvakanaka kwesimba remutungamiri wenyika uye kuchengetedzwa kwegutsaruzhinji. Mubatanidzwa wakadai wagara uriko wakare, semuenzaniso muBumbiro reConstitutional, iro rakaunza pamwe vanodyidzana seAl Gore naBob Barr kuti vataure kushushikana pamusoro pehutongi hwaBush husina kunaka kwemasimba emutungamiri wenyika.
Simba uye kuda kweCongress kukanganisa maBush's Iraq marongero zvinoenderana nekushandisa kusagadzikana kweAdministration nevatsigiri vayo veRepublican kurasikirwa kwakanyanya kwesimba rinoshanda, kuferefetwa kwemhosva, uye / kana kupomerwa. Kusagadzikana uku kungangove kwakanyanya, uko Hutongi hunogona kuratidzwa kuita muNixonian kushandisa simba rehurumende kudzvanyirira ruzivo mukufarira kwayo.
Kukundwa kwehutongi hweBush kurudyi rweCongress uye veruzhinji kuti vazive zviri kuitwa nehurumende kunogona kuve nzvimbo yekutanga yekuedza kwakawanda kumisa motokari dzemasangano uye dzetsika dzekutonga masimba makuru - muchidimbu, shanduko kuenda kudemokrasi.
Jeremy Brecher munyori wenhoroondo ane mabhuku anosanganisira Strike!, Globalization kubva Pazasi, uye, yakarongedzwa naBrendan Smith naJill Cutler, Muzita reDemocracy: American War Crimes muIraq uye Beyond (Metropolitan/Holt). Akagamuchira maEmmy Awards mashanu edunhu rebasa rake remafirimu. Ndiye muvambi weWarCrimesWatch.org. Brendan Smith muongorori wezvemitemo ane mabhuku anosanganisira Globalization Kubva Pazasi uye, naBrendan Smith naJill Cutler, weMuzita reDemocracy: American War Crimes muIraq uye Beyond (Metropolitan). Iye zvino ari co-director weGlobal Labor Strategies uye UCLA Law School's Globalization uye Labor Standards Project, uye akamboshanda kuCongressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) uye huwandu hwakawanda hwemibatanidzwa nemapoka ehuswa. Tsanangudzo yake yakabuda muLos Angeles Times, The Nation, CBS News.com, YahooNews uye Baltimore Zuva. Bata naye pa [email inodzivirirwa].
1 Jeff Zeleny, "Kumirira Bush's Iraq Plan, Democrats Weigh Replies," New York Times, 1/4/07.
2 Karen Tumulty, Mike Allen, "Iri Kusurukirwa Pamusoro," Nguva, Gumiguru 29, 2006.
3 Kwakabva kupi?
4 โMaonero aSen. Patrick Leahyโ January 2, 2007, kusanganisira tsamba yetsamba yeDepartment of Justice.
5 "Maonero aSen. Patrick Leahy"
6 Adam Liptak, "Supoena yeUS Inoonekwa seChikumbiro chekumisa Kudonha," New York Times, 12/14/06.
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