Vamwe vanhu vari kufungidzira kuti Mutungamiri Bush achaenda ku "wag imbwa" zano - kuwedzera tarisiro yeRepublican nekurwiswa kwemauto kuIraq nguva pfupi isati yasvika Zuva reSarudzo. Asi nzira yakagadziridzwa ikozvino inoratidzika kunge iri kuitika. Ngatitii "wag the puppy."
Mushure mekunge vavheneko veGOP vapaza mamiriro ehondo yehutongi hwake, Bush akati anotenda "gakava rine hutano." Mutungamiriri wenyika akapa vimbiso yekuti aizotaurirana neCongress pane kutora matanho akaerekana. Asi vaimubata vaingochinjira kumamiriro ezvinhu angangoita kuti Pentagon iuraye maIraq mazhinji pamberi paNov. 5.
Isati yatanga kuuraya kutsva kunze kwenyika, White House inoda kukomba kwayo kweparaganda kuti ibate kumba. Maawa asingaverengeki enguva yemhepo uye mavhati makuru einki anodiwa kuita hunyengeri. Kufanana nevanochengetedza vanoedza kutanga musanganiswa vozotevera mumwe, timu yeBush icharamba ichitenderedza midhiya dhizaini kusvika zvikonzero zvavo zvekugadzira hondo zvadzvanya.
Vatsoropodzi vanonyanya kushambadzirwa vekurwisa Iraq havadi kutsungirira mhepo inopisa inoperekedza kurohwa kwekutanga kweUS. Zvirambidzo kubva kune zvinofarirwa naDick Armey naBrent Scowcroft vanokwanisa kukurumidza kushanduka kuita pseudo-patriotic deference kana Bush akapa hurongwa hwekutanga kutyisidzira kwezvombo zvinokandwa kurwisa maguta eIraq. Uye nhoroondo inopa mutungamiri wenyika zvikonzero zvakawanda zvekutenda kuti ruzhinji rwekupeta maoko rwunoshanduka kuita kuombera kana Pentagon ikatanga kuuraya.
Kunonotsa hondo kwakatosiyana nekuidzivirira. Muchokwadi, mazhinji emakakatanwa akaiswa munhau dzenhau achipokana nekurwiswa kwakaipisisa kweIraq anoita kunge ari kugamuchira kudiwa kwehurumende yeUS kutambudza nyika iyoyo nemhirizhonga huru. Kunyangwe paCapitol Hill kana munzvimbo dzenhau, kushoropodzwa kwakawanda kunoratidzika kunge kune chekuita nemaitiro, nguva uye matekiniki.
Kunyanya kupenga kwakauyawo kubva kune pro-war vatauri vanoda kuti Bush awane chiito chake chehondo pamwechete. Mupepeti anodeura ropa wemagazini yeThe Atlantic, Michael Kelly, akashandisa chikamu chake chaAugust 21 paThe Washington Post's op-ed peji kuchema-chema "kuramba kwemutungamiri wenyika kuita mushandirapamwe wakabatana kuti vawane ruzhinji - uye, ngatimanikidze nyaya, congressional - mvumo. nokuda kwehondo.โ
Panguva iyo Mutungamiri Bush vakaungana nenyuchi pamusoro pekurongeka muCrawford, vaifarira hondo vakanga vari mukugumburisa munyika yose yenhau. Nhamburiko dzavo dzakanga dziri kuwedzera kuhuwandu hunopfuurira hwenhau dzinokosha. Iyo yepakati-yezhizha midhiya inotarisa kuIraq yakapa mabhenefiti anobatika ebato raShrub - kusanganisira kufambira mberi chaiko mukuchinja nyaya.
Kunyanya iyo Iraq inotonga mapeji ekutanga, zvivharo zvemagazini, kutepfenyura kwenhau uye tambo dzetambo, nzvimbo shoma iripo yezvinhu zvakadai sekuwedzera kunetseka pamudyandigere kwevazhinji vekuAmerica, nyonganiso dzeWall Street, uye nyaya dzakanangana nezve kupindira kunobatanidza Bush kana Dick Cheney. nemafemu emakambani akashata seEnron, Harken uye Halliburton.
Muna Nyamavhuvhu, iyo "gakava rine hutano" pamusoro peIraq rakabvisa huwandu hwenhau dzisina kunaka dzehupfumi kubva pamusoro penhau. Vanachipangamazano vaBush vaisazofunga kana maitiro akafanana akaitwa kutanga kwaMbudzi.
Kwemwedzi mishoma inotevera, mutungamiri wenyika ane zvinokurudzira zvezvematongerwo enyika kuti varambe "vachizunza imbwa" vachiyangarara zvakasiyana siyana zvisina humbowo - senge mareferensi ehungwaru hunobatanidza hudzvanyiriri hweIraqi neAl Qaeda.
Zvichakadaro, kutumira zvimwe zvikepe uye ndege kunharaunda yePersian Gulf kunogona kuverengerwa kumutsa akawanda eterevhizheni erutsigiro-edu-mauto anoona. NeKubwinya Kwekare kumashure sekuchema kunochinjana pazviteshi zvemauto zveUS uye mabhesi, vangani vezvematongerwo enyika kana vatori venhau vangadenha manomano emukuru-mukuru?
Kunyangwe iyo White House ikasaita Pentagon pavanhu veIraqi sarudzo dzaNovember dzisati dzaitwa, kuedza kwayo kusimudzira pre-war fever pakati pezvino neapo kunogona kuve nekukanganisa kukuru kwenhau nekugovaniswa kukuru pasarudzo. Kudonha uku, nyika yedu inogona kuona chimwe chinhu chipfupi che "wag the dog" extravaganza yakapihwa nevakuru vakuru veBush administration. Asi kunze kwekunge isu tikakwanisa kuvamisa, imbwa dzehondo dzakura hadzisiri kure.
Bhuku razvino raNorman Solomon ndere "Tsika dzeMedia Inonyengera Yakanyanya." Koramu yake yakabatanidzwa inotarisana nenhau nezvematongerwo enyika.
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