Ukuthetha Ngokukhululekileyo luphawu lwe-Intanethi ye-Asia evumela ababhali beendwendwe ukuba bathethe. Nceda ucofe apha ukuba unomdla wokufaka isandla.
Isicwangciso esitsha semfazwe sikaMongameli uGeorge W Bush siza kubhengezwa ngokusemthethweni ngolwesiThathu, esinokuthi sidibane nedabi elinyukayo kwiCongress elawulwa yiDemokhrasi ngoku, kukuqhwaba ebusweni boninzi lwabavoti baseMelika, kwaye ngokwenene yinkqubo yedemokhrasi.
Uninzi lwabavoti baseMelika benza ukuba amazwi abo avakale ngokuvakalayo nangokucacileyo ngoNovemba xa bevotela ukucinga kwakudala kukaBush, umxube wezimvo zakudala zama impiriyali, ezigxile ekuqokeleleni umhlaba kunye nokubekwa ngokwesicwangciso sobuchule, nangona iinkolelo zonqulo ezigqwethekileyo.
Ngokovoto lwamva nje lwezimvo zoluntu, phantse abathathu kwabane abaphendule e-US ngoku bathi abakwamkeli ukuphatha kukaBush e-Iraq, ngelixa ukuzithemba kubunkokeli bakhe bubonke kuye kwawa phantsi.
UBush useza kufunda, nangona kunjalo, ukuba i-United States ayiyoRoma, kwaye amandla kunye nobuthathaka akusalinganiswa yedwa ngenani lesizwe labalwayo. Iminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha edlulileyo yokungaphumeleli ngokupheleleyo e-Iraq kufanele ukuba ibe luphawu nayiphi na inkokeli enengqiqo enokufuna ukutshintsha indlela; kodwa bambalwa abakhe baxoxa ukuba umongameli ngumfanekiso wobunkokeli okanye oyintloko; Ngaloo ndlela isicwangciso se-Iraq "esitsha".
Ngomhla nje omnye emva kokuba ubunkokeli beNkongolo yase-US bunikezelwe kwiiDemocrats ezoyisileyo, emva kweminyaka emininzi engekho, uBush waqala ukuhlengahlengisa iinjengele zakhe zemfazwe ngendlela engahambelaniyo neminqweno yabantu baseMelika okanye uninzi lweCongress. .
Nangona isicwangciso sase-Iraq besicwangciselwe ukubekwa ngokusesikweni ngolwesiThathu, iimpawu zakwangoko zibonisa ukuba umongameli ujonge ukuqinisa iinzame zakhe zemfazwe kwaye mhlawumbi alungiselele ungquzulwano olutsha, ngeli xesha neIran.
Uphawu oloyikekayo lwafika xa uBush ebonisa iinjongo zakhe zokunyuka kwamajoni e-Iraq, kunye namajoni angama-20,000-40,000 ongezelelweyo ukuxhasa i-140,000 esele isemhlabeni. UBush ugxininisa ukuba ukunyuka okumangalisayo okunjalo kokwexeshana kwaye kuya kwenzeka kuphela xa efumana iziqinisekiso ezivela kurhulumente wangoku wase-Iraqi - urhulumente woonopopi ngayo nayiphi na imigangatho - ukuba ukulungele ukuthatha ulawulo kunye nokudlala indima yakhe.
Ngokulindelekileyo, amalungu amaninzi eDemocratic Congress, kunye namanye amalungu eBush's Republican Party, ayayichasa loo ntshukumo. Oko kukhatywa kwachazwa kwileta evulekileyo ekhutshwe ngoLwesihlanu, ebhalwe ziinkokeli ezintsha zeCongress, uSomlomo weNdlu uNancy Pelosi kunye neNkokeli enkulu yeSenate uHarry Reid. "Ukongeza imikhosi yokulwa ngakumbi kuya kubabeka emngciphekweni abantu abaninzi baseMelika kwaye solule umkhosi wethu ukuya kwinqanaba lokuqhawuka ungafumani nzuzo. Kwaye ingajongela phantsi iinzame zethu zokufumana ama-Iraqi ukuba athathe uxanduva ngekamva labo, โwabhala uPelosi noReid.
UBush ukwalindeleke ukuba acele i-100 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zase-US ukongeza kwi-75 yeebhiliyoni zeedola esele zamkelwe yiNkongolo ekhokelwa yiRiphabhlikhi kunyaka ophelileyo, ukuxhasa ngemali imisebenzi yomkhosi wase-US e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kwimali ka-2007.
Iidemokhrasi ezingonwabangayo azizodwa ekuchaseni isindululo esingenangqondo sikaBush; iinkokeli zomkhosi nazo ziyifumana ingenankathalo kwaye ililize. Ke ngoko, iiNjengele uGeorge Casey kunye noJohn Abizaid, abathandabuza kakhulu malunga nokunyuka kwamanani omkhosi e-Iraq, basendleleni eya kuthatyathelwa indawo ngabaxhasi bemfazwe.
UNjengele uDavid Petraeus, umxhasi wemfazwe owathatha inxaxheba kuhlaselo lukaMatshi ka-2003 lwase-Iraq, umiselwe ukuba athathe indawo kaCasey njengomphathi ophantsi.
Ngapha koko, umongameli ujonge ukuvuma uWilliam Fallon ukuba abe yintloko ye-US Central Command. Ukhetho lukaFallon, ngokukaTim Reid, iThe Times yaseLondon intatheli eWashington, njengomphathi omkhulu womkhosi kuMbindi Mpuma - ukuba athathe indawo ye-Abizaid-yayimangalisa kakhulu iPentagon, kuba owayesakuba ligosa lomkhosi waselwandle elinento encinci. amava kulo mmandla.
Kodwa izinto ziya kuwa ngokucocekileyo xa umntu ecinga ukuba ukhetho lukaBush lunento yokwenza ne-Iran kunokulungisa umonakalo owenziwe e-Iraq: "Nawuphi na umsebenzi ochasene neTehran uya kuxhomekeka kakhulu kwinqwelomoya esekelwe kwinqwelomoya kunye nemijukujelwa evela kwiPersian Gulf," ngokutsho. I-Times, kunye nobuchule be-Fallon bufuneka kakhulu kuhlobo lwemeko yasemkhosini.
Kodwa ukonyusa inani lemikhosi yase-US ngexesha apho uMkhosi wase-US ubonakala ngathi wolulelwe ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba eliphezulu ayingomsebenzi olula, nakumongameli onokwenza. Abahlalutyi bezomkhosi bacebisa ukuba uBush unokwenza ngempumelelo amandla akhe ngokunyusa ukhenketho kunye nokubhenela kwindawo yogcino. Zombini ezi ntshukumo zinokunyusa inani labantu abonzakele e-US ngesantya esiphezulu kunangoku-ukhumbula ukuba ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngaphezulu kwe-3,000 yamajoni ase-US abulewe emfazweni- kwaye iya kwenza ukuba ibhili yemfazwe ibize kakhulu- malunga ne-350 yeedola. Iibhiliyoni eziye zachithwa ngaphandle kwesiphumo esakhayo esingumfuziselo.
Uninzi lwemikhosi emitsha iya kubekwa kwiindawo zeSunni eBaghdad kunye nephondo lase-al-Anbar, elibonwa njengentliziyo yokuchasana. Kuphela ngumntu ongento yanto onokuthi elo cebo liza kukhokelela kuyo nayiphi na enye into ngaphandle kophalazo-gazi olukhulu nokuphucula ngakumbi abo babizwa ngokuba ngabavukeli.
Nangona โimvukelo yamaSunniโ iseyeyona nto iphambili ekujoliswe kuyo kumkhosi wase-US e-Iraq, kukho ukuqonda okukhulayo phakathi kwamagosa ase-US kunye neenjengele zemfazwe ukuba amajoni angamaShia angalawulekiyo kunye namaqela abo okufa angoyena nobangela wokungabikho kozinzo nobundlobongela.
Okumangalisayo kukuba, ukunyuka kwamajoni e-Shi'ite yayisisicwangciso sokuqala sase-US esabeka amaqela amaninzi e-Shi'ite kwi-crash course kunye nokuchasana kwamaSunni: ngaloo ndlela ukwahlula kunye nokwenza buthathaka ama-Iraqi kunye nokunciphisa umngcipheko wokwenzakala kwaseMelika.
Ngoku ekubeni umkhosi wase-Iraqi kunye namapolisa equlunqwe ubukhulu becala kwezo zigebenga zifanayo, abantu abaninzi baseIraq bazifumana bexhatshazwa ngumkhosi wabo wesizwe kunye namapolisa. Abo balindele ukuba abantu base-Iraqi โbathathe uxanduva ngekamva laboโ babonakala bengayikhathaleli into yokuba ikamva lase-Iraq limfiliba kakhulu phantsi kocalucalulo oluyilwe yi-US apho amaSunni abulawa ngokungohlwaywa kwaye amaShi'ite aqhunyiswa kwiimarike zawo.
Ukubulawa ngendlela ehlazisayo kowayesakuba ngumongameli wase-Iraq uSaddam Hussein ezandleni zoonogada baseShi'ite abazigqubutheleyo besithi basisigqeba sikarhulumente osemthethweni yayibubungqina bokugqibela obuza kuhlela ngonaphakade umlo oqhubekayo e-Iraq njengophakathi kwamaShi'ite namaSunni. , aba bangaphambili bazimanya nabaphambukeli abahlaselayo baza aba mva balwela ukusinda.
Inyaniso yokuba ungquzulwano lwangaphakathi lwase-Iraq ngoku luchazwa ngokwahlukileyo ngokwemigaqo yamahlelo, uBush kufuneka aqonde ukuba imeko yase-Iraq ifikelele kwinqanaba lobuntununtunu obungazange bubonwe ngaphambili, kwaye iipolitiki zakhe zobudoda kunye nenkani edume kakubi zinokukhokelela kwiintlekele ezingakumbi. Izenzo zakhe kule veki kunye neentshukumo ezilindelekileyo zokulandela ziya kukhokelela kwimeko apho kungekho qela lakhe okanye iDemokhrasi kunye nembono yabo yomgaqo-nkqubo emfiliba enokulungisa.
UBush kufuneka abonelele ngoko nangoko imephu yendlela yokurhoxa e-Iraq ukuba iqhutywe ngokwezigaba zokuvumela ungqamaniso, iindima ezakhayo zengingqi kunye nezamazwe ngamazwe eziza kubandakanyeka kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, i-Arab League kwaye, okona kubaluleke kakhulu, onke amaqela ezentlalo ase-Iraqi; Ngaphandle koko, i-Iraq eyahluliwe kunye nazo zonke iingxaki kunye nesiphithiphithi sommandla esiya kuzisa ngaso siya kuhlala siyindlela yokugqibela engenakuphepheka.
-Incwadi yamva nje kaRamzy Baroud, I-Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle (Pluto Press), iyafumaneka kwi-Amazon.com nakwi-University of Michigan Press. Iwebhusayithi yakhe ithi ramzybaroud.net
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