NgoDisemba kunyaka ophelileyo intatheli ephandayo uSeymour Hersh wapapasha uqhushumbo oluvezwayo ngeSyria. Inqaku likaHersh lichaze indlela uLawulo luka-Obama "ubukrelekrele obukhethiweyo" malunga ne-21 Agasti 2013 izixhobo zekhemikhali ezihlasela iGhouta "ukulungelelanisa isiteleka esichasene no-Assad". Ukusebenza ngakumbi njengomhlambi wezilwanyana kunokuba bazimele, bebuza iintatheli ezimele ukuba zizo, ngokumangalisayo amajelo eendaba ase-UK awayihoyanga ingxelo kaHersh. Ngethamsanqa, uhlaselo olucwangcisiweyo lwase-US eSyria lwathintelwa xa iingcinga zezopolitiko zanyanzela i-White House ukuba ime, nto leyo yavumela iRussia ukuba iphakamise isivumelwano esitshabalalisa izixhobo zekhemikhali zaseSyria ngoku.
Ukuqinisekisa umgaqo kaMarx wokuba "imbali iyaziphinda, okokuqala njengentlekele, emva koko njenge-farce" Ukuvezwa kwamva nje kukaHersh ngeSyria kunye nezixhobo zekhemikhali kuphinde kwacinywa yimithombo yeendaba yase-UK (ngaphandle kokuba ludliwanondlebe olufutshane kwi-BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight. ).
Ipapashwe kwiLondon Review of Books ngo-Ephreli, uHersh ucaphuna igosa eliphezulu lezobuntlola lase-US elingachazwanga igama elithi iTurkey, ekuzameni ukuba i-US ihlasele iSiriya, yayisemva kohlaselo lwezixhobo zekhemikhali eGhouta. UHersh ucaphula umyalezo othunyelwe ligosa eliphezulu leCIA: โYayingengosiphumo solawulo lwangoku. I-UK ne-US ziyayazi le nto โ. U-Hersh uphinde wathi xa uRhulumente wase-US wayebanga ukuba nguRhulumente waseSyria kuphela onokufikelela kwigesi ye-sarin babeyazi ukuba bubuxoki - i-Arhente yezoKhuseleko yezoKhuseleko ngo-Juni 2013 yaqaphela i-Al-Nusra Front, iqela labavukeli be-jihadi, lagcina imveliso ye-sarin. iseli.
Uninzi lwezinye iingxelo zeendaba zibonisa ukuba uHersh unokuba yinto ethile.
Ngomhla wama-29 ku-Agasti, iveki emva kohlaselo lwekhemikhali, i-Associated Press yabika ukuba "amagosa amaninzi ase-US asebenzise ibinzana elithi 'hayi i-slam dunk' ukuchaza umfanekiso wobuntlola". 'Hayi i-slam dunk' kubhekiselele ekunyanzeliseni koMlawuli we-CIA ngoko ngo-2002 ukuba ubukrelekrele kwi-WMD yase-Iraq yayiyi "slam dunk". Ibali le-Associated Press liye laphawula ukuba amanye amagosa ezobuntlola e-US "aye athetha malunga nokuba abavukeli babenokuthi balwenze olu hlaselo ngeenjongo zokuzama ukutsalela iNtshona emfazweni." Ngohlaselo lwase-US oluza kuqalisa nge-2 kaSeptemba, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba nge-8 Septemba i-Associated Press yanika ingxelo "uluntu akukayiboni into enye yobungqina obubambekayo obuveliswe bubukrelekrele base-US - akukho mfanekiso wesathelayithi, akukho mibhalo yeSyria. unxibelelwano lwasemkhosini โ oludibanisa urhulumente kaMongameli uBashar Assad kwisityholo sohlaselo lwezixhobo zekhemikhaliโ. Kwangaloo veki iphephandaba laseJamani i-Bild am Sonntag labika ukuba ubuntlola baseJamani babeqinisekile ukuba uAssad akazange ayalele okanye avume uhlaselo lwezixhobo zekhemikhali nge-21 Agasti. U-Ake Sellstrom, ingcali yezixhobo zekhemikhali yaseSweden okhokela iqela lokuhlola i-UN eSiriya, waphakamisa imibuzo engakumbi ngoDisemba 2013 xa watshela i-Wall Street Journal omabini amacala kwingxabano ayenayo "ithuba" kunye "namandla" okwenza izixhobo zekhemikhali. uhlaselo.
Uphononongo lwakutsha nje lwe-rocket esetyenziswe kwenye indawo yohlaselo lweekhemikhali ngulowo wayesakuba nguMhloli we-UN Weapons uRichard Lloyd kunye noTheodore Postol, unjingalwazi wesayensi, itekhnoloji kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wezokhuseleko welizwe kwiMassachusetts yeTekhnoloji, uye wacela umngeni ngakumbi kwingxelo kaRhulumente wase-US. "Umbono wam xa ndiqala le nkqubo kukuba ayinakuba nantoni na kodwa urhulumente waseSiriya emva kohlaselo", uPosol utshele iMcClatchy Newspapers ngoJanuwari. โKodwa ngoku andiqinisekanga nganto. Ingxelo yolawulo yayingasondeli nakwinyani. Ingqondo yethu ayinakuba ichanekile. โ
Enye into enomdla ngaphandle kwengxelo kaHersh yokuba iTurkey yayisemva kohlaselo kukurekhodwa okusanda kuvuza okubonakala kubonisa uHakan Fidan, intloko yobukrelekrele baseTurkey, ecwangcisa ukusebenza kweflegi yobuxoki eSyria. Ingxoxo yayigxile kwingcwaba likaSuleyman Shah, indawo ebaluleke kakhulu kwilizwe laseTurkey eliseSyria, apho iqela labavukeli abangamaSilamsi laye lasongela ukuyitshabalalisa. Ukuphendula uRhulumente waseTurkey wayetyityimbiselโ umnwe ngelithi uza kuziphindezela xa kuthe kwenzeka ingozi engcwabeni. Ekurekhodweni uFidan uthi "Ukuba kuya kubakho ukugwetyelwa, ukuthethelelwa kukuba ndithumela amadoda amane kwelinye icala. Ndibenza badubule imijukujelwa esibhozo kumhlaba ongenanto [kwindawo ekufutshane nengcwaba]. Akuyongxaki leyo. Ukuthetheleleka kunokwenziwa. โ
Ke ngaba iinkcazo zamva nje zikaHersh ngeSyria zichanekile? Impendulo elula asazi. Into esiyaziyo kukuba uHersh unembali yokutyhila icala elimnyama lomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle wase-US - waphula ibali lokubulawa kwabantu base-My Lai kwi-1969 kunye nokuhlushwa entolongweni yase-Abu Ghraib kwi-2004. kwaye ucaphule inani (elingachazwanga) lamagosa obuntlola angaphambili kunye nangoku kuwo omabini amanqaku akhe ngeSyria. Siyazi nokuba uninzi lwezigqibo zakhe zingqinelwa zezinye iingxelo zeendaba.
Ewe kunjalo, eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokujonga ubunyani bokuvezwa kukaHersh iya kuba yeyo yonke imithombo yeendaba ukuba inike izixhobo ezinzulu kunye nabasebenzi ukuba baphande ibali. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko iindaba zeendaba kunye nomabonwakude ziphumeze ngokufanelekileyo ukucinywa kwengxelo kaHersh sikude kakhulu ukufikelela enyanisweni ngeli xesha langoku.
U-Ian Sinclair ngumbhali wencwadi ethi The March That Shook Blair: An Oral History of 15 February 2003, eyapapashwa nguPeace News Press. Ubhale kwitweets @IanJSinclair
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