Ukuzama ukukholisa abantu abathandabuzayo ukuba kutheni iOstreliya ingakhawuleza ibe semfazweni ne-Iraq kubonakalisa uvavanyo olukhulu lolawulo lwezimvo kuRhulumente waseHoward.
Ukujongana nomceli mngeni kuya kuxhomekeka kwi-amnesia yoluntu kunye nokungabikho kwenkxalabo ngokubanzi malunga nokuphoxa, uhanahaniso kunye nemigangatho emibini.
Akwanelanga ukutsho ukuba uSaddam Hussein lirhamncwa elibabulele ngenkohlakalo abemi balo, laphanga ubutyebi babo laza lahlasela abamelwane bakhe. Kwakunjalo nangoNjengele uSoeharto waseIndonesia ngomlinganiselo ophakamileyo, ukanti wagqalwa njengencopho yamazwe aseNtshona yaye unandipha umhlala-phantsi otofotofo eJakarta.
Kwaye akunakwenzeka ukugxila kwiingozi ezibangelwa zizixhobo zikaSaddam zokutshabalalisa ngaphandle kokukhankanya indlela iWashington neLondon abamnceda ngayo ukuba azifumane kwaye aziphuhlise ngeminyaka yee-80s. Okanye kutheni ukuzisebenzisa kwakhe emva koko ngokuchasene nama-Irani kunye namaKurds kusilele ukukhathaza isazela saseNtshona, kodwa ukuzisebenzisa kwakhe ngoku kunokwenzeka.
Inkokeli yase-Iraq inetyala lolwaphulo-mthetho olubi, kodwa ukumangalelwa okuchanekileyo kwabo babi kakhulu kuya kufuna isimamva โngenkxaso yenzondelelo yeNtshonaโ yongezwe kwizityholo.
Kwaye emva kokufuna iiveki ukuba i-Iraq ithobele izigqibo zeBhunga lezoKhuseleko le-UN ezigunyazisa ukuthunyelwa kwabahloli bezixhobo, kunzima ukuyifihla into yokuba iWashington ngoku ingumqobo omkhulu ekuthotyelweni kwe-Iraq kuba isoyikisa "ngokuthintela" ukubuyela kwabo eBaghdad de kupasiswe isisombululo esinzima.
Akukho lula ukufihla isigqebelo sokuba iRussia neFrance ziyagxekwa ngokuthathela ingqalelo i-veto yesi sigqibo siqulunqo esitsha sase-United States-Bhritane malunga ne-Iraq xa, ukusukela ngeminyaka yee-'70s, iWashington isebenzise i-veto yayo amaxesha angama-32 ukukhusela uSirayeli kumazwe ngamazwe. isenzo esigunyazisiweyo.
Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, wonke umbuzo wezixhobo zekhemikhali, zebhayoloji kunye nezenyukliya zakwaSirayeli kunye nosongelo abalubeka kuMbindi Mpuma kufuneka udluliselwe ngokuzolileyo.
Ngenxa yokuba iCanberra isandula ukuqaphela ulawulo lweNkundla yoLwaphulo-mthetho yaMazwe ngaMazwe, kunokuba nzima ukucacisa ukuba kutheni uSaddam engenako ukunikezelwa kwi-ICC kwaye atshutshiswe ngamatyala emfazwe ukuba wabanjwa ngamajoni ahlaselayo ase-US, kuba iWashington inalo. wala ukwamkela isivumelwano saseRoma nokwamkela inkundla.
Nangona kunjalo, owona mceli mngeni mkhulu we-PR weCanberra uya kuza ukuba iWashington iyalidlula iBhunga lezoKhuseleko kwaye icele ukuzikhusela phantsi kweNqaku lama-51 letshatha ye-UN njengesizathu soqhankqalazo olucalanye e-Iraq. Akuyi kuba yimfuneko nje ukuchaza ukuba kutheni iCanberra inomdla kangaka wokuxhasa isigqibo sikaWashington sokutyeshela umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngalo naliphi na inyathelo lomthetho, i-Iraq inetyala elinamandla kakhulu lokusebenzisa izizathu ezifanayo - ukuzikhusela kwangaphambili - ukuthethelela uhlaselo oluchasene ne-US neBritane, kuba omabini la mazwe esandula ukwenza izoyikiso zikawonke-wonke ezingafunwayo ngokuchasene nayo.
IWashington okanye iLondon, nangona kunjalo, ikwazile ukuvelisa ubungqina besongelo esifanayo esivela eBaghdad.
Kambe ke, oku kwakunokwenzeka kuphela kwihlabathi apho umthetho wezizwe ngezizwe wawusetyenziswa kuwo wonke umhlaba yaye iNtshona yayigwetywa ngemilinganiselo efanayo eyibeka kwabanye.
Kwisiphakamiso sabacebisi kunye noogqirha abajikelezayo, ukudutyulwa kweSaddam kuye kwafikelela kumanqanaba okuphazamiseka - kuzo zombini iingqondo zegama - kwaye ilandela ipateni eqhelekileyo ngokuchasene noFidel Castro (umvukeli wamakomanisi), uAyatollah Khomeini (i-Islamic extremist), uColonel Gaddafi (umnqolobi). ), uManuel Noriega (inkosi yeziyobisi) kunye no-Osama bin Laden (i-Islamic extremist kunye ne-terrorist).
Iingxaki ezintsonkothileyo ngezizathu zentlalo, ezenkcubeko kunye nezopolitiko ziye zancitshiswa zaba kumzabalazo olula phakathi kokulungileyo (thina) kunye nobubi (bona) kunye nomntu ngamnye wezoyikiso ezinokuthi zithintelwe kuphela ngumkhosi womkhosi ngokuchasene nabantu bonke. Nangona kunjalo, akukho mfundiso entsha yeqhinga kwaye akukho xabiso lobuchwephesha lobuchwephesha obuya kuthi bukhusele iNtshona kwiziphumo ebezingalindelekanga zezenzo zayo kwihlabathi jikelele.
I-Euphemisms yokubulala efana "nokutshintsha kolawulo" kunye needosi ze-second intelligence dossiers azibonakali ziphembelela ngokwaneleyo oko uHoward athanda ukukubiza ngokuthi "ihlokondiba". Kwaye ukusilela koluntu ukwabelana ngomkhuhlane wemfazwe waseCanberra kubonakalisa i-anti-Americanism, i-infantile slur ephoswe kuye nabani na ongayamkeliyo imbono yehlabathi yaseWashington.
Abantu base-Australia bayazi ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuthanda iMelika kunye namaMerika ngelixa udelela umgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle owenziwe egameni labo.
UScott Burchill ungumhlohli kubudlelwane bamazwe ngamazwe kwisikolo sentlalontle kunye nezifundo zamazwe ngamazwe, iYunivesithi yaseDeakin, eVictoria.