Kwinqaku lakhe lamva nje leDaily Mirror, uJohn Pilger uthi "ulwaphulo-mthetho oluphezulu" lokuhlaselwa kwe-Iraq "olungayi kunyibilika" kwaye ithi ikhathalogu yenkohliso kaTony Blair ngoku iyatyhilwa yimini, ityhila oko kwakusele. yokuthembeka kwakhe.
Ubugebenga obunjalo abunyibiliki, kwaye abuyi kunyibilika; izibakala azinakuguqulwa. UTony Blair wathatha iBritane ukuya kulwa neIraq ngokungekho mthethweni. Wahlasela ilizwe elingenaso sisongelo ngaphandle kwesizathu, yaye wanceda ekubulaleni amawakawaka abantu abamsulwa. Iijaji kwiNkundla yaseNuremberg emva kwemfazwe yehlabathi yesibini, ezaphembelela umthetho wezizwe ngezizwe, zakubiza oku ngokuthi โlolona lwaphulo-mthetho lunzulu lwemfazweโ.
UBlair wayengenalo nencinci yesigunyaziso esivela kubantu baseBhritane ukuba benze le nto wayenzayo. Ngokuchasene noko, ngobusuku bangaphambi kohlaselo, uninzi lwamaBritane lwafuna ukuba ayeke. Impendulo yakhe yayidelela loo mboniso ubalaseleyo wedemokhrasi yokwenyani. Wakhetha ukumamela kuphela inkokeli engakhethwanga yelinye ilizwe, kunye nenkundla yakhe kunye nokuthanda kwakhe.
Ngamagosa akhe angaphakathi nangaphandle kwemithombo yeendaba amxelela ukuba "unesibindi" kwaye "uziphethe kakuhle" xa wafumana "uloyiso lwakhe lwembali" kwisizwe esingakhuselekanga, esihlaselweyo nesikhathazekileyo, phantse isiqingatha sabo ngabantwana, abaphathi bakhe bobuxoki badlala uthotho. yeengxaki zobudlelwane boluntu.
I-stunt yokuqala yayifuna ukucela uvelwano loluntu ngebali elimalunga naye exelela abantwana bakhe ukuba "wayephantse waphulukana nomsebenzi". I-stunt yesibini, eyayinenjongo efanayo, yayilibali malunga nendlela ubuntwana bakhe obunelungelo "bebunzima" kwaye "bubuhlungu". I-stunt yesithathu kunye neyona nto imbi kakhulu yambona eBasra, kumazantsi e-Iraq kwiveki ephelileyo, ephakamisa umntwana wase-Iraqi ezingalweni zakhe, kwisikolo esasihlaziywe kutyelelo lwakhe, kwisixeko apho imfundo, njengamanzi kunye nezinye iinkonzo ezisisiseko, zikhona. Kusengamabhodlo emva kohlaselo lwaseBritane kunye nokuhlanjwa kwabantu.
Xa ndabona lo mfanekiso kaBlair ebambe umntwana eBasra, kwenzeka ukuba ndikwihotele eKabul e-Afghanistan, indawo "yoloyiso lwembali" lwangaphambili lukaBush noBlair kwelinye ilizwe elibethwe. Ndizibhaqe sele ndithethela phezulu amagama athi, โubunyange obugqibeleleyoโ. Kwakuse-Basra apho ndifota amakhulu abantwana begula kwaye besifa ngenxa yokuba babenqatshelwe izixhobo zonyango lomhlaza kunye neziyobisi phantsi komyalelo onyanzeliswe ngokuzondeleleka nguTony Blair.
Yayilibali elinye elalingasoze lithethwe yinkundla kaBlair, kuba laliyinyani kwaye liyingozi.
Ukuza kuthi ga kuJulayi kulo nyaka uphelileyo, i-5.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwizinto ezibalulekileyo kwaye ubukhulu becala zoncedo lwabantu base-Iraq bezithintelwa yi-United States, ixhaswa yiBritane. Unjingalwazi uKarol Sikora, intloko yenkqubo yokunyanga umhlaza kwiWorld Health Organisation, owayekwezi zibhedlele zaseBasra endazibonayo, wandixelela oku: โIsizathu sokuba amayeza athile anokuguqulwa abe zizixhobo ezitshabalalisayo siyahlekisa. Ndabona amagumbi apho abantu abafayo babengavunyelwa nokuba baphilise iintlungu.โ
Oko kwakungaphezu kweminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo. Ngoku yiza phambili kumhla oshushu kaMeyi ngo-2003, kwaye nanku uBlair-ihempe evulekileyo, indoda yomkhosi, ukuba ayingowabantu-ephakamisa umntwana ezingalweni zakhe, kwiikhamera, kunye neemayile ezimbalwa ukusuka apho bendikhona. wabukela umntwana ohambahambayo emva kokuba umntwana oselula ebandezeleka ngenxa yokungafumani unyango olusemgangathweni eBritane nolwathi lwaliwa njengenxalenye yongqingo lwamaxesha aphakathi olwamkelwe nguBlair. Khumbula, esona sizathu sokuba la mayeza asindisa ubomi kunye nezixhobo zithintelwe, isizathu esabangela ukuba uNjingalwazi Sikora nezinye iingcaphephe ezingenakubalwa zihlekise, yayikukuba amayeza ayimfuneko kunye nezitofu zokugonya zabantwana zinokuguqulelwa kwizixhobo ezitshabalalisayo.
Izixhobo zokutshabalalisa, okanye i-WMD, ibe yinxalenye yentetho yexesha lethu. Xa ekugqibeleni ehamba, uBlair kufanele ukuba i-WMD ifakwe kwilitye lakhe lezopolitiko. Ubanjiwe ngoku; kuba kufuneka kucace koyena mntu uzinikeleyo ukuba uye waxoka ngesona sizathu siphambili asinike sona, ngokuphindaphindiweyo, sokuhlasela i-Iraq.
KUKHO ungcelele lobuxoki obunjalo; Ndibale ishumi elinesibini ezibalulekileyo. Zisusela โkubungqina obuqinileyoโ bukaBlair obunxulumanisa i-Iraq ne-Al-Qaeda kunye nomhla we-11 kuSeptemba (waphikiswa bubuntlola baseBritani) kumabango enkqubo โekhulayoโ yezixhobo zenyukliya yase-Iraq (yaphikiswa yi-International Atomic Energy Agency xa amaxwebhu acatshulwe nguBlair afunyaniswa ukuba angawo. forgeries), mhlawumbi ngeyona ntsomi yakhe ikhaliphileyo โ yokuba izixhobo zase-Iraq ezitshabalalisayo โzinokusebenza kwimizuzu engama-45โ.
Ngoku luSuku lwama-83 ekuzingeleni okumangalisayo kwasemva kwemfazwe kumkhosi โoyimfihloโ wase-Iraq. Elinye iqela leengcaphephe, elithunyelwe nguGeorge Bush, sele ligodukile.
Kule veki, imithombo yobuntlola yaseBhritane ibhentsise ibango likaBlair โlemizuzu engama-45โ njengentsomi yomntu omnye ophambukayo nothembekileyo. Umhloli weZizwe eziManyeneyo uhlekise ibango likaBlair lamva nje lokuba iilori ezimbini ezigqunywe ngeseyile zimele โubungqinaโ bezixhobo zekhemikhali eziphathwayo. Okumangalisayo, izolo uthembise "idosi entsha".
Iyamangalisa into yokuba ukutyhilwa kukaBlair kuvele kumthombo phantse kubo bonke ubuxoki bakhe, eUnited States, apho amagosa aphezulu ezobuntlola ngoku ekhalaza esidlangalaleni โngokuxhatshazwa kwawo njengababhexeshi bezopolitikoโ.
Babhekisa kuNobhala wezoKhuselo uDonald Rumsfeld kunye nesekela lakhe uPaul Wolfowitz owathi, omnye wabo, wondla "ezona ngxelo zothusayo kumongameli ... inkunkuma. Kwaye emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa xa kucaca ukuba mhlawumbi ibingalunganga, ke ngoko, uyamtyisa inkunkuma eshushu.โ
Ukuba ibali likaBlair malunga noSaddam Hussein ukulungele ukuhlasela "ngemizuzu ye-45" yinxalenye "yenkunkuma eshushu" ayimangalisi. Yintoni emangalisayo, okanye engakholelekiyo, kukuba uBlair wayengazi ukuba "kushushu", kanye njengoko kufuneka ukuba wayesazi ukuba uJack Straw kunye noColin Powell badibana ngoFebruwari ukubonisa amathandabuzo amakhulu malunga nomcimbi wonke wezixhobo zokutshabalalisa.
Yayingumdlalo nje wonke. U-Hans Blix, umhloli oyintloko wezixhobo ze-UN, uthethe le nyaniso: ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq kwakucwangcisiwe kwakudala, wathi, kwaye umba wezixhobo uxhomekeke kakhulu "kubungqina obuqingqiweyo". UBlair wenze izidenge kakhulu kubantu baseBrithani, uninzi lwabo kwaye beluza kuye, kodwa kwiintatheli ezihloniphekileyo kunye nabasasazi abasasaza kwaye bakhulisa i-propaganda yakhe emnyama njengezihloko kunye nezinto ezikhokelayo kwiincwadana zeendaba ze-BBC. Bamkhalela ingcuka. Bamnika lonke uncedo lokuthandabuza, kwaye ke banciphisa ukuba netyala kwaye bamvumela ukuba aseke uninzi lwe-ajenda yeendaba.
Kangangeenyanga, imikhosi yezixhobo zembubhiso yayigqume imiba yokwenyani esasinelungelo lokuyazi kunye nokuxoxa-i-United States yayijonge ukuthatha ulawulo loMbindi Mpuma ngokuguqula ilizwe lonke, i-Iraq, kwisiseko sayo esityebileyo ngeoyile. Imbali bubungqina bethu. Ukusukela ngenkulungwane ye-19, oorhulumente baseBritane benze okufanayo, kwaye urhulumente kaBlair akahlukanga.
Into eyahlukileyo ngoku kukuba inyani iyaphumelela. Kule veki, ukupapashwa kwemephu engaqhelekanga kushiye amathandabuzo amancinci okuba umkhosi waseBritane watyabeka uninzi lwe-Iraq ngeebhombu zeqela, uninzi lwazo oluphantse lwasilela ukuqhushumba. Ngokuqhelekileyo balinda abantwana ukuba bazichole, emva koko baqhume, njengaseKosovo nase-Afghanistan.
Zizixhobo zamagwala; kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo le yenye yezona mfazwe zinqweneleka kakhulu kuzo zonke iimfazwe, "ezalwelwa" nelizwe elingenamkhosi wamanzi, kungekho mkhosi womoya kunye nomkhosi we-rag-tag. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iHMS Turbulent, inkwili yamandla enyukliya, yatyibilika yabuyela ePlymouth, ibhabha iJolly Roger, umfuziselo wabaphangi. Hayi indlela ekufaneleke ngayo.
Le nqanawa yaseBritani yadubula imijukujelwa yeTomahawk engama-30 yaseMelika eIraq. Umjukujelwa ngamnye uxabisa iiponti ezingama-700,000 21, isimbuku seeponti ezingama-XNUMX ezigidi kwimali yabarhafi. Oko kukodwa bekuya kubonelela ngeenkonzo ezisisiseko urhulumente waseBhritane engekaphindi azibuyisele eBasra, njengoko kunyanzelekile ukuba enze phantsi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
Ibethwe yintoni imijukujelwa engama-30 ye-HMS Turbulent? Bangaphi abantu abababulalayo baza babangxwelerha? Kwaye kutheni singevanga nto ngale nto? Mhlawumbi imijukujelwa yayinezixhobo zoluvo ezazinokwahlula โabenzi bobubiโ bakaBush kunye โnamadoda angendawoโ kaBlair kubantwana abaselula? Yintoni eqinisekileyo kukuba bebengajoliswanga kuMphathiswa weOli.
Esi sahluko sigxekayo kunye nehlazo kwibali lanamhlanje laseBhritane sibhalwe egameni lethu, igama lakho. UBlair kunye namaqabane akhe akufuneki bavunyelwe ukuba bahambe nayo.