Umongameli uGeorge Bush uyaphambukisa ukugxekwa kwezicwangciso zakhe zemfazwe ngokubanga ukuba abagxeki bakhe abanazo zicwangciso zabo. USekela Mongameli uDick Cheney, okwangoku, uthi imiba yemfazwe kufuneka ishiywe ezandleni zikaMongameli (mhlawumbi nokuba sinobuchule obunjani isicwangciso sakho).
UCongressman Dennis Kucinich (D., Ohio) ubenesicwangciso sokuphuma kwiwebhusayithi yakhe ngaphezulu kweminyaka emithathu. I-Congresswoman uLynn Woolsey (D., Calif.) uye wabamba iindibano ezininzi zokuxoxwa kwezicwangciso zokuphuma kulo nyaka unesiqingatha. Abaphembeleli boxolo, kubandakanya uTom Hayden, bapapashe kwaye bakhuthaza izicwangciso zokuphuma ezahlukeneyo kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, kwaye baye bade badibana kwaye baxoxe ngazo namalungu ePalamente yase-Iraqi.
Kutshanje, owayesakuba nguSenator uGeorge McGovern kunye noWilliam Polk baye bapapasha isicwangciso esicacileyo sokuphuma, esanceda ukubumba umthetho oyilwayo owaziswa ngoJanuwari 17 ngamaDemokhrasi alishumi elinesibini akhokelwa nguWoolsey. Lityala elibanzi elibeka isicwangciso sokuzisa ngokukhuselekileyo imikhosi yethu ekhaya, ukuphelisa imfazwe, ukwakha kwakhona i-Iraq, kunye nokukhathalela amagqala ethu ukuze kutshintshe. Umthetho oyilwayo weWoolsey lelinye lamatyala amatsha amaninzi kwiCongress anokuphelisa imfazwe. Ubuncinci abanye ababini, abaxhaswe yiCongressmen uJim McGovern (D., Mass.) kunye noJerrold Nadler (D., New York) babandakanya, njengoko kwenza iWoolsey's, icandelo eliphambili elaphula umbono kaCheney wamandla okulawula: baqhawula imali imfazwe. Kakade ke, bayakwenza oko ngoxa belungiselela ukubuya ngokukhuselekileyo kwemikhosi yethu.
Ngelixa uMgaqo-siseko wase-US ngokwenene unganiki naliphi na isebe likarhulumente wethu igunya lokusungula iimfazwe ezinobundlongondlongo nezingapheliyo ngokuchasene namanye amazwe, olo xwebhu lukhutshiweyo lunika iCongress igunya lokubhengeza imfazwe. Xa elo gunya lingahoywa yiCongress okanye ligqitywe yi-White House, iCongress inokusebenzisa elinye igunya loMgaqo-siseko, amandla esipaji. Ngelixa uMongameli enokuthi unegunya elisemthethweni lokuqhubeka okanye anyuse imfazwe xa sele iqhubeka, nokuba uchaswa yiCongress, akanakuyenza loo nto ukuba iCongress iyamkhanyela imali efunekayo.
Ewe, iCongress kufuneka ibonelele ngenkxaso-mali yokuqalisa imfazwe okanye ukwenza nantoni na enye. "Isicwangciso sokuhlaselwa" sikaBob Woodward sithi ehlotyeni lika-2002 uBush wathatha imali eyabelwe iCongress ye-Afghanistan kunye nezinye iinkqubo kwaye, ngaphandle kwesaziso se-Congressional, wasebenzisa ukwakha i-airfields eQatar kwaye waqala ngokufihlakeleyo imfazwe e-Iraq. Ngokutsho kukaWoodward, imali yayiyi-$ 700 yezigidi; Inkonzo yoPhando lweCongressional kamva yafumanisa ukuba ngokwenene yayiyi-2.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
Ngeli xesha, uBush wayethengisa imfazwe yakhe ecetywayo (kwaye yaqala ngasese) kwiCongress kunye noluntu lwaseMelika, esenza amabango abonakalise ububuxoki kuzo zonke iinkcukacha. Okumangalisayo kukuba, kwiminyaka emine kamva, iCongress ayikaphande eli phulo lokuthengisa elibonakala libubuqhophololo.
I-Senate Select Committee on Intelligence kunye neKomishoni ebizwa ngokuba yi-WMD Commission bobabini baye benza uphando kwaye bavelisa iingxelo, kodwa bobabini banqatshelwe ukujongana nombuzo oyintloko wokuba ngaba ulawulo lukaBush lubonise ubukrelekrele ngokunyanisekileyo.
Kukho iiDemokhrasi, ezisanda kulawula, zicebisa ukuba ziphande le mfazwe, njengokuba kukho abathile abacebisa ukunqumla inkxaso-mali kwaye bayiphelise. Kodwa omabini la maqela ngamancinci amancinci kwiCongress, nokuba athethela uninzi lwabantu baseMelika abachasayo le mfazwe kwaye bafuna inyaniso iziswe ekukhanyeni. Esona sizathu sokuba nezi nkokeli zokuziphatha kwiNkongolo ziqalise ukusebenza ngalo mba bubunzulu boxinzelelo loluntu oluzivayo. Siceba ukwandisa ngokukhawuleza olo xinzelelo kwilungu ngalinye leNdlu kunye neSenethi ngoJanuwari 27 kunye ne-29.
Ngomhla we-15 kaFebruwari 2003, saququzelela kunye namahlakani ethu kwihlabathi lonke usuku olunye olukhulu loqhanqalazo kwimbali yehlabathi, uqhanqalazo olujoliswe ekuthinteleni le mfazwe phambi kokuba iqale. Ngelixa sithe wasilela ukuphembelela uMongameli Bush okanye iNkongolo yeRiphabhlikhi, isikhundla sethu saphumelela kumazwe ehlabathi angazange avume ukuthatha inxaxheba emfazweni, nakwiZizwe eziManyeneyo ezithe zala ukuyivuma. Ukuba urhulumente wethu ebenedemokhrasi ngakumbi, evuleleke ngakumbi kwiinkxalabo zabemi bakhe, le mfazwe ngengazange yenzeke.
Ngoku sineNkongolo elawulwa ngabademokhrasi. Ngaba baya kuphendula ngakumbi kunamaRiphabhlikhi? Kukho indlela enye yokufumanisa. Ngomhla wama-27 kaJanuwari silungiselela uqhanqalazo olukhulu eWashington, D.C., lulandelwa lusuku olulungelelanisiweyo lwabemi lokuphembelela uxolo nge-29 kaJanuwari. Siza kufumanisa ukuba utshintsho lombutho esiwuvoteleyo ngoNovemba lutshintshe into engaphezu kwamagama oosihlalo beekomiti. Funda ngakumbi kwi www.unitedforpeace.org
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