Le ayisiyomeko yentsomi evela kwinoveli kaTom Clancy. Yimeko yokwenyani evela “kwi-CentCom Cours of Action”–isicwangciso samva nje sase-US semfazwe e-Iraq.
Ukuvuza kwiNew York Times, isicwangciso sifuna uhlaselo lwase-Iraq ngumoya wase-US, umhlaba, kunye nemikhosi yaselwandle ukusuka emantla, emazantsi, nasentshona, ngolungelelwaniso nemisebenzi efihlakeleyo ngaphakathi eIraq yiCIA kunye namaqela ahlukeneyo aseIraq. Ngokumalunga ne-250,000 yemikhosi yase-US inokubandakanyeka. Injongo: ukubhukuqa urhulumente wase-Iraq kwaye ufake urhulumente we-pro-US.
KwiMfazwe yeGulf yowe-1991, umfelandawonye owawukhokelwa yi-US wabulala phakathi kwe-100,000 kunye ne-200,000 yase-Iraqis. Imfazwe entsha yase-US esiwe e-Baghdad inokwenza ukuba uphalazo-gazi lube mhlophe xa kuthelekiswa.
Isicwangciso soMyalelo oPhakathi sityhila ukuzimisela kwabalawuli ukulwa imfazwe ne-Iraq, kunye nokuba luqhubele phambili kangakanani ucwangciso lwabo. Nangona kunjalo ukusekwa kuphathe ukubhengezwa kwabo njengesiqhelo-ngokungathi i-US inelungelo elingenakuphikiswa lokucwangcisa iimfazwe kuye nabani na, nanini na.
Akukho sikhalo sivela kwiCongress-ekhokela iiDemokhrasi ngelizwi elithi "utshintsho lwenkqubo" e-Iraq. Enye iRiphabhlikhi yaxhasa iindibano zengqungquthela "njengendlela yokwakha inkxaso yoluntu kumkhosi onokubakho." Amanqaku aphambili agxile kubuchule kunye nexesha – hayi ubulungisa.
Amalungiselelo Omkhosi Ayaqhubeka
Ukusukela nge-11 kaSeptemba kuye kwakho ingxoxo eshushu phakathi kweqela elilawulayo malunga nendlela yokuthatha uhlaselo ukuqhubela phambili umdla we-US yehlabathi. Uninzi lwale ngxoxo lugxile e-Iraq - uninzi lwayo emva kweengcango ezivaliweyo.
Ukhetho ekuxelwelwa ukuba luqwalaselwa lubandakanya ubhukuqo-mbuso oluququzelelwe yiCIA ngokuchasene nolawulo lukaHussein; iphulo-eliyimodeli emva kwemfazwe yase-US e-Afghanistan-ebandakanya indibaniselwano yohlaselo lwasemoyeni, inani eliqingqiweyo leMikhosi eKhethekileyo yase-US, kunye nemikhosi echasene no-Hussein e-Iraq; uhlaselo olupheleleyo lwase-US; kunye neendibaniselwano ezahlukeneyo zontathu.
IThe New York Times iphawula ukuba “Iikhosi zokuSebenza” zinokubonisa ukuba abacwangcisi bemfazwe bathanda uhlaselo olukhulu: “Uninzi lwamagosa omkhosi namagosa olawulo akholelwa ukuba ubhukuqo-mbuso lwase-Iraq alunakwenzeka ukuba luphumelele, kwaye umlo wommeli usebenzisa imikhosi yasekuhlaleni. ayinakwanela ukukhupha inkokeli yaseIraq emandleni. "
Ngeli xesha, i-US ibilungiselela ngenkuthalo imfazwe. IWashington Post (6/16) inika ingxelo yokuba ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uBush "watyikitya umyalelo wobukrelekrele oyalela iCIA ukuba yenze inkqubo ebanzi, efihlakeleyo yokubhukuqa uSaddam Hussein, kubandakanya negunya lokusebenzisa amandla abulalayo ukubamba umongameli waseIraq." Elinye igosa laxelela iPosi ukuba la malungiselelo akathathi ndawo yemfazwe kodwa “afanele ajongwe ubukhulu becala ‘njengamalungiselelo’ ogwayimbo lwasemkhosini.”
Emva kweMfazwe yeGulf ka-1991, i-US yakha inethiwekhi ebanzi yeziseko zomkhosi kulo lonke ummandla. Namhlanje kukho malunga nama-20,000 amajoni ase-US eQatar, e-Oman, eBahrain, naseKuwait kunye namanye angama-5,000 eSaudi Arabia. Ezi ziseko ziyadityaniswa, zandiswa, kwaye zilungiswa.
IThe New York Times inikela le ngxelo, “Amawakawaka oomatiloshe abasuka kuMkhosi WokuQala Wokuhamba Waselwandle eCamp Pendleton, eCalifornia, ibutho laselwandle elikhethelwe iNyoba, baye bawandisa amaphulo abo okuhlasela okuhlekisayo,” yaye “uMkhosi Womoya uqokelela izixhobo, iimbumbulu. kunye nezinto ezisetyenzisiweyo, njengeenjini zeenqwelo-moya, kwiindawo zokugcina iimpahla eUnited States nakuMbindi Mpuma.” Kubikwa ukuba amajoni afika eTurkey, kwaye uncedo lomkhosi eJordan luyanda.
Amagosa aseMelika ebekhenketha oorhulumente base-US kule ndawo ukuze baxhase inkxaso-uNobhala wezoKhuselo uRumsfeld utyelele iKuwait, iBahrain kunye neQatar ngoJuni. Ngo-Epreli i-CIA yazisa amagosa avela kumaqela amaKurdish asekelwe kumantla e-Iraq ukuya e-US kwiintlanganiso eziyimfihlo. Abanye abangama-70 ababesakuba ngamagosa omkhosi wase-Iraq badibana eLondon ngeveki ye-8 kaJulayi ukuze baxoxe ngendima yabo kwimfazwe yase-US. Kwaye inkxaso yase-US kuhlaselo olukhohlakeleyo lukaSirayeli kwiWest Bank kunye neGaza-kunye namagama anohanahaniso kunye namagama angenanto malunga "nelizwe" lasePalestina-zijoliswe ekucimeni imililo yemvukelo yasePalestina ukulungiselela imfazwe elwa ne-Iraq.
Ngokutsho kweNew York Times (7/10), "Kwakuba kufikeleleke imvumelwano malunga nombono, amanyathelo okuhlanganisa isicwangciso sokugqibela semfazwe kunye nento yexesha lokuthunyelwa komhlaba kunye nokuqalisa imfazwe yomoya imele izigqibo zokugqibela kuMongameli Bush. ukwenza." I-Times ikwabika (7/5) ukuba "amagosa aphezulu olawulo ayaqhubeka esithi nakuphi na ukukhubekisa kuya kulibaziseka kude kube sekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo, evumela ixesha lokudala iimeko ezifanelekileyo zomkhosi, ezoqoqosho kunye nezozakuzaku." Kambe ke, olo thayimthelo luyintelekelelo yaye lunokutshintshwa ngokweziganeko zehlabathi.
Ukulungiselela iziBhalo
Amalungiselelo emfazwe nawo aqhuba kakuhle kwipropaganda front. Kwinkomfa yakhe ye-8 kaJulayi, uBush wathi, "Ihlabathi liya kukhuseleka, libe noxolo ngakumbi ukuba kukho utshintsho lolawulo" e-Iraq. I-US ityhola i-Iraq ngokufumana okanye ukuphuhlisa "izixhobo zokutshabalalisa." Nangona kunjalo uninzi lwabahloli bezixhobo be-UN bathi i-Iraq ihluthiwe kakhulu, kwaye namagosa e-Pentagon ayavuma ukuba umkhosi wangoku wase-Iraq usisinye kwisithathu sobukhulu bayo be-1990.
Ngeli xesha, i-US ikhulisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwasemkhosini olusele luthe kratya ngenye i-50 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, kwaye ngoku yamkela iimfazwe zangaphambili kunye nokusetyenziswa kokuqala kwezixhobo zenyukliya. I-US inemikhosi emi kuzo zonke iimbombo zehlabathi kwaye okwangoku iqhushumba i-Afghanistan, iququzelela amaphulo okulwa ne-counterinsurgency kwiiPhilippines nakwezinye iindawo, kwaye ixhasa uhlaselo luka-Israyeli lokubulala abantu basePalestine.
Ulawulo lukaBush lufuna ukuba i-Iraq yamkele ukungenelela, ukuhlolwa kwezixhobo ezilawulwa yi-US – ngamanye amazwi iintlola kufuneka zivunyelwe ukuba zizulazule kulo lonke elase-Iraq njengoko i-US ilungiselela imfazwe yayo. Emva kweengxoxo phakathi kwe-Iraq kunye ne-UN malunga nokubuya kwabahloli bezixhobo kutshanje, iSebe likaRhulumente libize i-Iraq "sisisongelo kukhuseleko lwengingqi, ezizweni ezikulo mmandla."
I-Iraq ixoxa ukuba nasiphi na isivumelwano sokuhlolwa kwezixhobo kufuneka sibe yinxalenye yesivumelwano esipheleleyo malunga nokuba yintoni na ebandakanya ukuthotyelwa kwazo zonke izigqibo ze-UN. Amagama anjalo awakaze acaciswe ngokucacileyo - ukuvumela i-US ukuba ibange i-Iraq “ayithobeli†nokuba iwathatha manyathelo mani na.
Esi sesona sizathu siphambili sase-US sokugcina izohlwayo, ezathi zandiswa kwakhona ngoMeyi. Ngo-1999, i-UNICEF yafumanisa ukuba umntwana omnye wase-Iraqi kwabasixhenxe uyafa ngaphambi kokuba abe neminyaka emi-5. Oku kuthetha ukuba abantwana abaninzi abangama-5,000 e-Iraq bafa nyanga nganye namhlanje kunangaphambi kwemfazwe yase-US kunye nezohlwayo. I-UNICEF ikwanike ingxelo yokuba iipesenti ezingama-22 zabantwana abancinci base-Iraq abangondlekanga.
I-Ajenda yama-Impiriyali
Emva komhla we-11 kuSeptemba, abalawuli base-US batyhalela phambili ngamandla i-ajenda yabo yangaphambili yokuhlenga-hlengisa ubudlelwane behlabathi ukuze bandise kwaye baqinise ulawulo lwe-US lwehlabathi. Kwaye imfazwe e-Iraq ibiyeyona nto iphambili kulo mbono wonke.
I-Wall Street Journal (6/14) yatyhila ukuba kwiintsuku zohlaselo lukaSeptemba, abacebisi bakaBush abaphezulu "baphikisana malunga nokuba baqalise uqhankqalazo e-Iraq" - nangona "kungekho bungqina bokwenyani bokuba urhulumente kaSaddam Hussein unento yokwenza uhlaselo lwabanqolobi.”
Ngokwembono yabo baqhuba ubukhosi, inkcaso ye-Iraq ijongela phantsi igunya lase-US kuMbindi Mpuma otyebile ngeoli kwaye konakalisa ukuma kwayo njengelona gunya libalaseleyo ehlabathini.
Ngokubhukuqa urhulumente wangoku wase-Iraq kunye nokufaka urhulumente we-pro-US, i-US inethemba lokuqinisa i-oyile yePersian Gulf-kunye nabo bonke abaxhomekeke kuyo. Aba baxhaphazi behlabathi bajonga imfazwe e-Iraq njengesitshixo sokuzoba kwakhona imephu yezopolitiko yommandla kunye nokoyikisa ukuchasana ne-US. Ngokutsho kweNew York Times, amagosa aphezulu athi "i-Iraq phantsi kolawulo olutsha ingaba ngumhlobo omtsha waseNtshona, inceda ukunciphisa ukuxhomekeka kweMelika kwiziseko zaseSaudi Arabia, ukukhusela i-flank ye-Israel kwaye ibe ngumda phakathi kwe-Iran neSiriya. ”
Ukulwa imfazwe e-Iraq kukwabonwa njengovavanyo olubalulekileyo lwento ebizwa ngokuba “yimfundiso kaBush” yeemfazwe zangaphambili ezichasene nayo nayiphi na i-US ebona isoyikiso. Abo baqhuba ubukhosi bazimisele ukubonisa ihlabathi ukuba i-US izimisele kwaye iyakwazi ukutyumza nawuphi na umceli-mngeni, okanye itshayelele nayiphi na into ephazamisa amandla ayo.
Izicwangciso zase-US zokulwa ne-Iraq-kunye nayo yonke "imfundiso kaBush"-ayinanto yakwenza "nokukhusela umhlaba" okanye "ukusindisa ubomi babantu baseMelika." Bamalunga nezopolitiko zamandla ama-impiriyali-ze-gangsterism kwinqanaba lehlabathi.
Ngo-1991, ngobusuku bangaphambi “kokusebenza kweNkangala,” uGeorge Bush Sr. wathi, “Asinampikiswano nabantu base-Iraq; eneneni, sinobuhlobo kuphela kubantu balapho.” Kwiminyaka elishumi elinanye emva koko, ngaphezulu kwesigidi esinye eIraqi bafile ngenxa yeebhombu zase-US kunye nezohlwayo.
Nayiphi na imfazwe entsha yase-US e-Iraq ngokungathandabuzekiyo iya kwenziwa egameni lokunceda abantu base-Iraq. Kodwa imfazwe enjalo iya kuphinda ibangele intshabalalo enkulu, ukubandezeleka, kunye nokufa kuma-Iraqi aqhelekileyo.
Abantu emhlabeni jikelele - ngakumbi abo bethu bahlala e-US ngokwayo - kufuneka bachase imfazwe enjalo engenabulungisa kunye nenkohlakalo ngeentliziyo zethu zonke.
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ULarry Everest ngumnxibelelanisi wephephandaba loMsebenzi weNguquko kunye nombhali weBehind the Poison Cloud: Union Carbide's Bhopal Massacre. Waya e-Iraq ngo-1991 kwaye wadubula ividiyo ethi Iraq: Imfazwe Ngokuchasene Nabantu. Amanqaku akhe anokufumaneka apha www.rwor.org kwaye unokufikelelwa kuyo [imeyile ikhuselwe].
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