Ngokukhawuleza, amagama athi "iqhinga lokuphuma" liye langena kwintetho ethandwayo. Amalungu eNkongolo angama-41 enze iCaucus yase-Iraq. Ezine, kubandakanywa iiRiphabhlikhi ezimbini ziphakamisa isisombululo seCongressional ukuseta umhla. Amaphepha-ndaba amaninzi kunye nababhali bezimvo bathetha amazwi ebengamkelekanga okanye abenobuqhophololo kunyulo lukaMongameli oludlulileyo,
Emva koko iiDemokhrasi zaziphuma zibhuqa uBush ngokunyaniseka kwazo “zihlale ekhosini side siphumelele” mantra. Nantoni na eyenye “yayikusika nokuqhuba” kwintetho yeGOP, kwaye elinye nelinye iqela “eliphikisayo” lanamathela embindini ukuze likhuseleke kwaye lihlonipheke. I-MoveOn yasuka kumcimbi wemfazwe ngelixa uHoward Dean wayeka ukugxila kwakhe kwimfazwe ukuze abe nguSihlalo weQela.
Konke kwakuzolile kwicala elingasentshona njengoko i-White House yayivuthela impumelelo emva kwempumelelo kwaye amaphephandaba alushiya uhlalutyo lwengxelo yezehlo ezisekelwe kwihotele. Nkqu nentshukumo yokulwa nemfazwe ibonakala ngathi ithobile isantya,
Kwaye ke into engalindelekanga! Uxwebhu lwangaphakathi oluyimfihlo lwavuza kwiphephandaba laseBhritane-likaRupert Murdoch hayi ngaphantsi-kwaye ngequbuliso amagama athi Downing Street aziwa kude nakufutshane. Abaphembeleli kunye ne-Intanethi baye bangena kwi-overdrive ukuze baguqule isiqinisekiso sokucwangciswa kwangaphambili kwemfazwe ibe ngumba onokuba sisiseko sokumangalela kukaMongameli.
Kwakhona umshicileli wase-US wayelele ekutshintsheni, engayihoyi yonke into 'njengeendaba zakudala' ezingafanelanga ukuba zichazwe. Ukhangelo lukaGoogle olusebenzisa ibinzana elithi ‘Downing Street Memo’ luvelise i-154,000 ‘hits’ ukanti elona qhezu lincinci ibingamabali kumajelo eendaba. U-Eric Boehlert unike ingxelo ngeSalon, “ukuba amaphephandaba atyhola i-Associated Press engayichaziyo njengesingxengxezo sokucima kwabo iindaba ze-Downing Street memo ngenxa yokungabi nandaba kwabo.
Abo baxhomekeke kwimithombo eqhelekileyo yeendaba zabo babonakala bengayazi ukuba ithini le memo. Kwashiyeka kuDavid Letterman ukwazisa uMongameli uBill Clinton ngayo, ubungqina obuninzi bokuba abahlekisi bazi ngakumbi malunga nokwenzekayo kuneentatheli ezininzi.
Kodwa ngethamsanqa ayingabo bonke abantu baseMelika abaxhomekeke kwimithombo yeendaba yeLame okanye umshicileli waseMelika (Uvoto lwamva nje lweGallop lufumene kuphela i-35% yabafundi bafumene amaphephandaba abo ethembekile)
Eso sesinye sezizathu zokuba ibali eliphikisayo malunga ne-Iraq liqala ukubamba.
Kodwa nanjengoko impikiswano emalunga nexesha elidlulileyo yagqalwa. Ingxoxo entsha iyavela malunga nekamva kwaye abeendaba babambe umoya kuyo. Umbuzo omtsha owawukhe wahlebeza: Ngaba lixesha lokuba i-US ikhuphe i-Iraq kwaye yahlukane? Okanye ngaba yinto nje yexesha?
Ngokuqikelelwayo uTom Friedman, umbhali we-NY Times op-ed kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ozibiza ngokuba "nguSodolophu okanye uMbindi" Mpuma ukhathazekile malunga nendlela imigaqo-nkqubo yePentagon awayeyixhasile ngaphambili. Kodwa emva kokuchaza isiphithiphithi esiyenzileyo e-Iraq, uye wakhuthaza ukuba kuthunyelwe amajoni amaninzi, ngakumbi “iibhutsi emhlabeni.” Wayevakala kanye njengabo nkululeko becebisa uLyndon Johnson othe gqolo enyusa inani lamajoni athunyelwa eVietnam.
KwiNew York Times yangeCawe, i-Baghdad esekwe uJohn Burns nokwaxhasa uhlaselo lokubhukuqa iSaddam ngoku unika ingxelo yokuba imikhosi yase-US yolulekile kwaye umkhosi omtsha wase-Iraq uyaqhula:
"Abalawuli abaxhalabele imisebenzi yabo abakhange bacinge ukuba bubulumko ukuqhubela phambili, kwaye bathethe esidlangalaleni into ethethwa ngabaninzi ngasese: ukuba ngamanqanaba omkhosi waseMelika wamva nje - i-139,000 ngoku - baye banyanzelwa ukuba badlale umdlalo webhodi ye-infernal, bevala rhoqo iiyunithi zokulwa ukusuka. ummandla wemfazwe ukuya kwenye, ushiya amaqela abavukeli engadibananga kwezinye iindawo ngoxa behlangabezana neengxaki ezingxamisekileyo kwezinye iindawo”
UBurns ucacisa ukuba kumajoni ali-139,000 elizweni, angama-60,000 kuphela angamajoni okulwa. Uqukumbela ngelithi naziphi na iindaba ezinethemba esizifumanayo zokubulawa kwabavukeli, umkhosi ufunda amagqabi eti kwaye ufuna ukuphuma, Ikhowudi yabo apha ithi "imvakalelo iyakhula."
” Kodwa nokuba maninzi kakhulu amajoni aseMelika okanye ambalwa kakhulu, imvakalelo iyanda phakathi kwamagosa aphezulu eBaghdad naseWashington ukuba yinto nje yexesha ngaphambi kokuba iPentagon ibeke ithayimthebhile yayo yokurhoxa. La magosa alatha kwisiphumo kumbono woluntu waseMelika wokuqhekeka okucothayo komanyano lomkhosi lwezizwe ezingama-30 olukhokelwa yiMelika, kunye nokuphoxeka eCapitol Hill kunye nokwakhiwa okuxengayo kwemikhosi yaseIraq. La magosa aphinda achaze ukuhla kokuqashwa kunye noloyiko lokuba umngcipheko uyakhula ukuba imfazwe, njengeVietnam, iya kwenza umonakalo ongapheliyo kwi-Army kunye ne-Marines.
"Ndicinga ukuba ukwehla kuya kwenzeka kulo nyaka uzayo, nokuba imikhosi yokhuseleko yase-Iraq ilungile okanye ayilunganga," utshilo igosa eliphezulu laseLwandle eWashington kwiveki ephelileyo. "Jonga amabinzana agubungelayo afana 'Kufuneka siqale ukuvumela ama-Iraqi ukuba ame ngeenyawo zawo, kwaye ayizukwenzeka loo nto de siqale ukuzoba phantsi'. ”
Kwaye njengoko "imvakalelo" ikhula kwaye njengoko iimfuno zokurhoxa zisanda, jonga la "mabinzana okugubungela," ubuso obutsha bemithombo yeendaba.
Kwaye uqwalasele oku-ukuqonda okuqondwa ngokubanzi ngabahlalutyi kuMbindi Mpuma kwaye kubhengezwe mihla le kwiiwebhusayithi ezixhasa abavukeli ezifana neJihadUnspun.com apho ipropaganda evela kwelinye icala icela umngeni kwipropaganda yethu-ukuba le mfazwe sele ilahlekile. Kwaye lelethu kuphela ilizwe elingayaziyo loo nto.
Ukuba ubucinga ukuba iMemo yesitalato i-Downing ifanele ukuba ibenengxelo engaphezulu, ifuna ingxelo kwiNkundla yeHlabathi yase-Iraq egqiba unyaka wayo wonke we-14 yelizwe kwiiveki ezizayo e-Istanbul kunye neengcali ezininzi ezivavanya ungquzulwano njengolwaphulo-mthetho.
Umgwebo wetyala uqinisekile kodwa bekungayi kuba kuhle ukuba abantu baseMelika banokujonga ubungqina.
Umdidiyeli weNdaba weMediachannel.org uDanny Schechter ugqibezela incwadi ethi “Xa Iindaba Zixoka” eza kubandakanya nefilim yakhe iWMD (Izixhobo zokukhohlisa kweMisa) kumajelo eendaba emfazwe. Bona www.wmdthefilm.com)