Xa abahleli kwiinkampani ezinkulu zeendaba ezifana ne ENew York Times ukugxeka amazwe angaphandle “ngokuvumayo okucinezelayo ukuba ngakwicala nabona rhulumente bacinezelayo kulo mmandla” kufanele ukuba ivakalise isilumkiso sokuba amajelo eendaba ayingomthombo weendaba onenjongo nokuthembeka kobuntatheli, kwaye ayinto engaphezulu nje kobudlelwane boluntu kurhulumente. . Ingakumbi xa iphepha elifanayo lisilela ukugxeka ilizwe lalo ngokuziphatha okufanayo.
Yiyo kanye le nto yenziwe namhlanje ngabakwa I-NYT's Andrew Rosenthal, owongamela amaphepha abahleli, kwi “Kwicala elingalunganga. "
Inqaku lomhleli livuyisa urhulumente wase-Iraq ngokuxhasa i-Iran kunye neSyria kwimicimbi yengingqi. Into yokuba i-Baghdad ingekho “kwicala” lethu, kodwa ichasene neenzame zeWashington zokwenza utshintsho lolawulo kunye nokwandisa amandla kunye nempembelelo kulo mmandla, "inxunguphalisa" kakhulu ENew York Times.
Ngowuphi umlinganiselo i-Rosenthal ifikelela kwisigqibo sokuba i-Iran ne-Syria "zezona ziphathamandla zengcinezelo" azichazwanga. Indlela ezimbini ezidlula ngayo iSaudi Arabia okanye i-Israel ngumbuzo othi "iphepha lerekhodi" lisilele ukubuza. Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho nzame yokubonisa ukuba ukuziphatha kwabo kukwaphula umthetho kunokuziphatha kukaWashington kummandla nakwezinye iindawo zehlabathi.
Xa kuthelekiswa namanye amazwe, iSyria ayifane ibe yenye yolawulo olucinezelayo. Ukuba i-US kunye namahlakani ayo engingqi-ingakumbi iSaudi Arabia, iQatar, iTurkey kunye neJordani-incedise inkxaso kwaye yalathisa uvukelo oluxhobileyo lwandisa ubundlobongela obukhoyo. Ibiya kuba yingcinga nje ukuba iRussia ne China bebenokwenza izinto ezifanayo eMelika, emva koko basole urhulumente waseMelika ngobundlobongela.
Sixelelwa ukuba "i-United States iye yatyhola i-Iraq ngokuvumela i-Iran ukuba ibhabhe izixhobo kwi-airspace yayo ukuya eSiriya." Kodwa akukho nkcazo malunga ne izixhobo ezinikwa abavukeli, nazo ziza nge-Iraq.
Isikhalazo senziwa ngendlela ethandabuzekayo kwaye iyathandabuza xa kuqwalaselwa izivumelwano zezixhobo zaseWashington zakutsha nje kunye neSaudi Arabia iyonke. $ 33.4 billion—mhlawumbi olona lawulo lucinezelayo kummandla okufuphi noSirayeli, esingamele silibale ukuba ufumana inkxaso eninzi yasemkhosini kuMalume uSam. Ngentwasahlobo ka-2009 kwaba Amnesty International obonise inkxalabo enzulu malunga nendlela "i-US yayiyeyona nto ithengisa izixhobo ezinkulu ku-Israyeli phakathi kwe-2004 kunye ne-2008," kwaye "urhulumente wase-US kufuneka abonelele nge-30 yezigidigidi zoncedo lomkhosi ku-Israel, ngaphandle kokusetyenziswa kakubi kwezixhobo. nezixhobo zaseGaza naseLebhanon nguMkhosi woKhuselo wakwaSirayeli” emva kolwaphulo-mthetho olumanyumnyezi lukaSirayeli olwenziwe kwiMfazwe yaseGaza.
Kwaye kukho inyani yokuba iWashington izise iitoni zezixhobo kwimimandla yamanye amazwe ngelixa ihlasela i-Iraq (okanye isahlasela i-Afghanistan).
I-Rosenthal iqukumbela i-editorial ngokugqwesa kobukhosi:
Ama-Iraqi anethuba lokwakha inkqubo entsha yedemokhrasi esekelwe kulawulo lomthetho kunye nentlonipho kubo bonke abemi. Ibiya kuba yinto ephosakeleyo ngokuziphatha kunye nokuhanahanisa ukuba iinkokeli zaseIraq, ezazicinezelwe ixesha elide nguSaddam Hussein, ziqhubeka nokusebenza ngokuchasene namaSyria njengoko bezama ukubhukuqa uzwilakhe.
Kufanelekile ukukhumbula, ngaphambi kokuxoxa ngedemokhrasi kunye nokuziphatha, ukuba yayiyiWashington eyayichasa ixesha elide idemokhrasi e-Iraq ngokunceda ukuzisa iBa'ath Party emandleni, kunye nokuxhasa uSaddam Hussein amashumi eminyaka, awona matyala akhe mabi. Nditsho neSebe lezoKhuselo, ngendlela ejikelezayo, liyavuma. Singabuza ukuba ithini na ngobugebenga bukaSaddam Hussein xa wayenesibindi xa efumana iintsikelelo zikaMalume uSam?
Ngeentambo zozakuzo zase-US sinokufunda ukuba ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1960 iLondon kunye neWashington zamfumana uHussein ".umfana olungileyo.” Kwangalo nyaka iBritane nayo yaphawula “ukuvela kwi-limelight” nokuba “ukuba nje umntu ebenokumbona ngakumbi, bekunokwenzeka ukushishina.” Kodwa, mhlawumbi ukutyhilwa ngakumbi yayiliSebe likaRhulumente le-1975 memo apho uSaddam Hussein wachazwa "njengomntu obalaseleyo" kwaye "ongenalusini," apho impendulo kaHenry Kissinger yathi: "Oko kwakulindeleke nangona kunjalo xa besusa into yaseKurdish." Ewe, loo "nto yamaKurd" yayiyingcinezelo ekhohlakeleyo yamaKurds. Njengenqaku elisecaleni kufuneka sitsalele ingqalelo kumntu ozimase le ntlanganiso, umntu oza kuba yinkosi yaseMelika yase-Iraq yexesha elizayo: uPaul Bremer.
Kwaye kwakusemva kweMfazwe yePersian Gulf yowe-1991 IWashington yagcina uSaddam esemandleni ukuthintela ukuvela kukarhulumente onokuthi angenzi oko sikufunayo. Ngubani onokulibala I-NYT's Inqaku lakudala lika-1991 ngumbhali wemihlathi uThomas Friedman, “Umbono okhulayo wokuba u-Hussein wase-Iraq kufuneka ahambe,” ecacisa oku? UFriedman wabhala ukuba imfazwe "yayilwela ukubuyisela imeko" kuba "ngaphambi kokuba uMnumzana Hussein ahlasele iKuwait wayeyintsika ye-gulf balance of power kunye nesimo esithandwa yiWashington." Into eyayifunwa yiWashington “yayiyi-Iraqi junta enenqindi yentsimbi ngaphandle kukaSaddam Hussein,” kodwa xa oko kwakungazukwenzeka, i-US yamvumela uSaddam ukuba athobe abo bamvukelayo. Sinokuqaphela ukuba oku kudweliswe ngasentla kulwaphulo-mthetho olubi kakhulu lukaSaddam.
Ukulandela iMfazwe yeGulf, iWashington yabeka izohlwayo zembubhiso elizweni, ibulala ngokuthe ngcembe amakhulu amawaka abantu, ekwafunyaniswa ukuba "ikufanele oko” ngamagosa aphambili aseMerika, ukuze urhulumente ahluthe izixhobo aze angcoliswe ngaphambi kokuba ahlasele ngowama-2003. Kakade ke, le mfazwe yadala izigidi zeembacu yaza yabulala. abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi esinye.
Kwaye emva kolu khululo lwegazi kwaba yiWashington ekuqaleni izikhwelo ezichasiweyo zonyulo.
YayiyiWashington eyathi, emva kokusekwa korhulumente omtsha, igcinwe kwiifayile zobuntlola zaseIraq ngenxa yoloyiko urhulumente omtsha angabelana ngolwazi namahlakani akhe aseIran.
Yayingumkhosi waseWashington owaseka "amaqela abacebisi bobulungiseleli” ukukhokela urhulumente ophantsi kolawulo ngokuseka imigaqo-nkqubo yakhe emitsha yezoqoqosho nezopolitiko.
YayiyiWashington eyabeka uxinzelelo kurhulumente waseIraq ukuba arhoxise i2009 uluvo lokurhoxa kwangoko.
YayiyiWashington eyagxothwa e-Iraq xa lo mva wala ukwamkela iimfuno zangaphambili ku khusela.
Kwaye kwakusemva kokuba iWashington iwashiyile amaxwebhu asemthethweni aphathelele kwi ku bulala Imikhosi yase-US eHaditha yafunyanwa, kwaye apho elinye ijoni lathi alisifumananga isigebenga "siyamangalisa" kuba ezo ziganeko "bezisenzeka ngalo lonke ixesha."
Ingcinga emiliselwe kwi NGOKU Umhleli, ukuba iWashington inike i-Iraq "ithuba lokwakha inkqubo entsha yedemokhrasi esekelwe kumthetho kunye nentlonipho kubo bonke abemi," ngumthwalo wenkomo. Njengoko injalo Amaxesha ' ekucingelwa ukuba yinkxalabo ngemilinganiselo yokuziphatha. Ilizwe elizisa oozwilakhe abanjengoSaddam Hussein, kwaye babaxhobise ngelona xesha libi lolawulo lwabo ngaphambi kokuba benze isohlwayo esihlangeneyo ukuze badanise ilizwe kangangokuba iWashington ivakalelwa kukuba inokuhlasela kwaye ithathe ilizwe elineoli etyebileyo. akukho kuthenjwa nokuba kukuphi xa kuxoxwa ngedemokhrasi nokuziphatha. Kwaye kuyafana nakwiphephandaba elithe, kuyo yonke loo nto, liye lanceda ukwenza lula ukuziphatha okunjalo-masingalibali indlela edelekileyo ngayo ENew York Times Ukugubungela kwakukhokelela kwiMfazwe yase-Iraq ka-2003 (oko kukuthi uJudy Miller), kwaye ekugqibeleni waziva enyanzelekile ukuba apapashe incwadi. MEA culpa .
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