Eyona nto imangalisayo malunga namagqabantshintshi kaTony Blair amva nje malunga nendima yakhe kwiMfazwe yase-Iraq yindlela encinci awayeyifundile malunga nelizwe kwiminyaka eli-12 ukusukela kuhlaselo. Kusenokongezwa, nangona kunjalo, ukuba abamangaleli bakhe abafundanga nto ingako nabo.
Udibanisa iziganeko ezibini ekufuneka zijongwe ngokwahlukeneyo. Uthi akaxolisi ngokususa uSaddam Hussein: umntu unokuphikisa ukuba abaninzi base-Iraqi babefuna ukuba oku kuphelise ulawulo olubi lukaSaddam ngelo xesha. Kodwa i-US kunye neBhritane baqhubela phambili ngokuhlala e-Iraq kwaye yayiyimfazwe echasene nomsebenzi, owawusenziwa ngokwahlukeneyo nguSunni kunye neShia, eyatshabalalisa ilizwe kwaye yenza ukuba i-al-Qaeda ifumane indawo yokuqala apho.
Kwabonakala ukusuka kwiintsuku zokuqala zohlaselo ukuba uMongameli Bush kunye noBlair banokubaleka kuhlaselo, kodwa ukuba bazama ukuhlala kweli lizwe bazakuba sengxakini.
Kunzima ukuyiqonda imeko kaMnumzana Blair, kuba nantsi indoda ekrelekrele ingqondo yakhe ebonakala ngathi yaphambana ngamava akhe ngo-2003. Amagqabaza akhe nge-Iraq kunye nezinye iziganeko kuMbindi Mpuma ukusukela ngaloo mhla asoloko engenalwazi kwaye ethanda amaqela.
Oku kwahluke kakhulu ekuziqondeni kwakhe iingxaki zaseMntla Ireland abhala ngazo ngolwazi nangokucacileyo kwimbali yakhe. Kufana nokuba i-Iraq iguqule amandla ayo ezopolitiko kubuthathaka: ukuzithemba kwakhe kwajika kwaba bubungqongqo kunye nekratshi lokungakwazi ukuvuma ukuba wenze impazamo kunye nokuphepha iimpazamo ezinjalo kwixa elizayo.
Kwabonakala ukusuka kwiintsuku zokuqala zohlaselo ukuba uMongameli Bush kunye noBlair banokubaleka kuhlaselo, kodwa ukuba bazama ukuhlala kweli lizwe bazakuba sengxakini. Isizathu sokuba benze njalo sasingenanto yakwenza nokulunga okukhulu kwabantu baseIraq, kodwa ngenxa yokuba babengafuni iIran, awona mandla makhulu eShia, ukuba azuze ekuweni kukaSaddam Hussein. Kodwa oku kwakuhlala kusenzeka kuba naluphi na unyulo e-Iraq lwaluza kuzisa amandla amaShia enza i60 pesenti yabemi.
I-Iraqis ithi izohlwayo zatshabalalisa uluntu lwase-Iraq kwaye uhlaselo lwatshabalalisa ilizwe lase-Iraq. Kubekho amabango ukusukela oko ukuba bekukho isicwangciso sasemva kohlaselo e-Iraq konke bekuya kuba kuhle, kodwa oku kububudenge. Ekuphela kwabantu baseIraq abamkele lo msebenzi yayingamaKurds, awayengahlali. Ngapha koko, onke amazwe ase-Iraq angabamelwane, kubandakanya i-Iran, iSaudi Arabia, iSyria kunye neTurkey, akafuni ukuba lo msebenzi uphumelele. Naluphi na uvukelo ngaphakathi eIraq lwaluhlala lufumana iingalo kunye nemali ngaphandle.
Ilizwe lase-Iraq elathi i-US kunye neBhritane yabanga ukuba liyakha kwakhona lagunyaziswa kwasekuqaleni emehlweni e-Iraqis kuba yayiyindalo yangaphandle elubala. Kwakunjalo nase-Afghanistan apho amandla amakhulu eTaliban yayiyindelelo kunye nentiyo eyayiviwa ngabantu abaninzi base-Afghan kurhulumente waseKabul. Imikhosi yaseBritani yathunyelwa e-Helmand ngo-2006 ngokunqongophala okufanayo kweengozi, kanye njengoko yayithunyelwe e-Basra ngo-2003, kunye nemiphumo efanayo eyintlekele. Izenzo ebekumele ukuba zibonise i-US indlela iBritane esebenza ngayo njengehlakani izuze iziphumo ezichaseneyo.
Kukho ingozi yokuba umdla ogqithisileyo e-Bhritane ekubekeni ityala ngento eyenzekileyo e-Iraq ngo-2003 ilandelwa ngenjongo emxinwa yokudemona uMnumzana Blair kunye nokungahoyi umxholo obanzi wento eyenzekileyo ngelo xesha kwaye eyenzekayo ngoku. Asikuko nje ukuba wenza iimpazamo, kodwa waqhubeka ezenza. Kubungqina bakhe kuPhando lweChilcot kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo, wayencoma impumelelo yorhulumente wase-Iraq welo xesha, nangona wonke umntu e-Iraq wayesazi ukuba ayisebenzi, i-kleptocratic kunye nehlelo.
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