Kubonakala ngathi abaninzi abaxhasa ukuhlaselwa komoya weveki eSyria bajonge ukubaluleka kwengxelo kaRobert Fisk namhlanje evela eDouma, indawo ekucingelwa ukuba kuhlaselwe kuyo izixhobo zekhemikhali kwiveki ephelileyo.
UFisk yintatheli yokuqala yasentshona ukufikelela kwindawo kwaye athethe nabantu apho. Omnye ngugqirha ophezulu kwiklinikhi enyange amaxhoba oko ividiyo ibifuna ukubonisa ukuba zizixhobo zekhemikhali ezisetyenziswa ngurhulumente waseSyria. Esi siganeko sisetyenziswe njengesizathu sokuhlaselwa kweenqwelomoya eziqaliswe ngokubambisana yi-US, i-UK kunye neFransi.
Ugqirha uthi le vidiyo yayiyinyani, kodwa ayizange ibonise iziphumo zohlaselo lwezixhobo zekhemikhali. Ibonise enye into. Unjalo ugqirha umbiko esithi:
“Bendikunye nosapho lwam kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwendlu yam engamakhulu amathathu eemitha ukusuka apha ngobusuku kodwa bonke oogqirha bayayazi into eyenzekileyo. Kwakukho iziqhushumbisi ezininzi [ngemikhosi karhulumente] kwaye iinqwelomoya zazihlala ziphezu kweDouma ebusuku - kodwa ngobu busuku, kwakukho umoya kunye namafu amakhulu othuli aqala ukungena kumagumbi angaphantsi kunye neeseyile apho abantu babehlala khona. Abantu baqala ukufika apha bephethwe yi-hypoxia, ukulahleka kweoksijini. Emva koko umntu osemnyango, 'Isigcina-ntloko esiMhlophe', wakhwaza esithi 'Gesi!', lwaqalisa uvalo. Abantu baqalisa ukugilana ngamanzi. Ewe, le vidiyo yenziwe apha, iyinyani, kodwa into oyibonayo ngabantu abaphethwe yi-hypoxia - hayi ityhefu yerhasi.
Kumaphepha am amajelo eendaba ezentlalo kukho ininzi yamaqhawe e-armchair aphikisa ngokukrakra ukubaluleka kwale ngxelo, ngokubanga ukuba ugqirha wenza ibali okanye ukuba uFisk ngumlomo we-Assad, okanye mhlawumbi zombini.
Loo nto ayizukuhlamba ngenxa yezizathu ekumele ukuba zicace – kwaye ayisayi kuhlamba nokuba ubungqina buya kuthi kamva bube bubi.
Uhlaselo lwasemoyeni eSyria ngempelaveki belungekho semthethweni ngokomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Oko bekuya kuba njalo nokuba bekukho uhlaselo lwezixhobo zekhemikhali eDouma, ngokuyinxenye kuba bekuya kuba yimfuneko ukuba abahloli abazimeleyo banqume kuqala ukuba ngaba urhulumente waseSyria, hayi i-jihadists apho, inoxanduva.
Ukuhlaselwa komoya bekuya kuba akukho mthethweni, nokuba bekunokuboniswa ukuba uhlaselo lwezixhobo zekhemikhali lwenzekile kwaye u-Assad wayalela ngokwakhe. Kungenxa yokuba uhlaselo lwasemoyeni beluya kufuna kuqala ugunyaziso oluvela kwiBhunga loKhuseleko le-UN. Yiyo loo nto kukho umthetho wezizwe ngezizwe: ukulawula imicimbi phakathi kwamazwe, ukuthintela imfazwe yohlobo “lokuchaneka” olwaphantse lwatshabalalisa iYurophu kwiminyaka engama-80 eyadlulayo, kunye nokuphepha ungquzulwano lwelizwe olungeyomfuneko olunokuthi kwixesha lenyukliya lube neziphumo ezibi.
Ukuba u-Assad wayebonakaliswe ukuba unoxanduva, iRashiya yayiza kuba phantsi koxinzelelo olukhulu lwamazwe ngamazwe ukugunyazisa isenzo solunye uhlobo ngokuchasene neSiriya - uxinzelelo bekuya kuba nzima kakhulu ukuba luxhathise.
Kodwa ukuba beluxhathise olo xinzelelo, bekuya kufuneka siphile nevoti yalo kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko. Kwaye kwakhona, ngesizathu esihle kakhulu. I-Israel, i-US kunye ne-UK basebenzise izixhobo ze-uranium eziphelileyo kuMbindi Mpuma, kunye ne-Israel kunye ne-US emhlophe ye-phosphorous. Kodwa ngubani phakathi kwethu onokucinga ukuba kunengqiqo ukuba iRashiya okanye iChina iqhube ngokuzimeleyo isohlwayo somoya eMaryland (US), Porton Down (UK) okanye eNes Ziona (Israel), kwaye ithethelele intshukumo ngezizathu zokuba i-US ne-UK inakho. ukuvala iintshukumo ezichasene nabo okanye amahlakani abo kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko? Ngubani onokufuna ukulwela uhlaselo olunogonyamelo kula mazwe azimeleyo “njengokungenelela koluntu”?
Kodwa konke oku akunamsebenzi kuba naluphi na ulwazi olungenakuphikiswa i-US, i-UK kunye neFransi ithi iSiriya iqhube uhlaselo lwezixhobo zeekhemikhali kwiveki ephelileyo ngokucacileyo ayinakuthenjwa ngakumbi kunamabango abo malunga neprogram ye-Iraqi WMD emva kwe-2002.
I-Fisk ayifuni ukubonisa ukuba i-akhawunti yakhe iyinyani ngokuqinisekileyo - njengokuba ummangalelwa kwi-dock akudingeki ukuba abonise ukungabi natyala. Ufanele abonise kuphela ukuba uye wanikela ingxelo echanileyo nangokunyaniseka, nokuba ubungqina awayebalisa babusengqiqweni yaye buvisisana noko wayebubonile. Yonke into malunga nerekhodi likaFisk kwaye malunga nale ngxelo ethile ibonisa ukuba akufanele kubekho ukungathandabuzeki kuloo manqaku.
Ingxelo kaFisk ibonisa ukuba kukho enye ingcaciso ethembekileyo yento eyenzekileyo eDouma – ekufuneka iphandwe. Oku kuthetha ukuba ukuhlaselwa kweSiriya kufuneka ze kwenzeke phambi kokuba abahloli bakwazi ukuphanda baze banike ingxelo ngeziphumo zabo.
Endaweni yoko, i-US-UK-France yaphehlelela ukubetha emoyeni iiyure ngaphambi kokuba abahloli be-UN baqale umsebenzi wabo eSyria, ngaloo ndlela bawukhuphe ngaphambili. Ngexesha lohlaselo lomoya lwenzeka, amazwe ahlaseleyo ayengenazo izizathu ezisemthethweni okanye ezibubungqina bezenzo zabo. Babexhomekeke kwiingxelo zamaqela, njengeeHelmet eziMhlophe, ezinomdla wobunjineli bokuwa kukarhulumente waseSyria.
Njengoko kusaziwa ngoku ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, iinkokeli zethu zisixokise nge-Iraq nangeLibya. Abanye bethu baye balumkisa ixesha elithile ukuba kufuneka sithandabuze kakhulu yonke into esiyixelelwa ngoorhulumente bethu malunga neSiriya, ide iqinisekiswe bubungqina obuzimeleyo.
Sonke sinoxanduva lokuziphatha lokuyeka ukukholelwa nje oko oorhulumente bethu kunye neepropagandist zabo kumajelo eendaba ezirhwebayo basixelelayo, nokuba besikwenza oko ngenxa yempembelelo yolawulo lwamadolo okanye ngenxa yokuba sinombono othile wothando wokuba, nangona kukho ubungqina, yethu iinkokeli zisoloko abafana abalungileyo kwaye zabo iinkokeli zihlala zingabantu ababi.
Cinga nje okomzuzwana ngenkxaso ye-UK, kunye nokubandakanyeka, kwimfazwe eyoyikisayo yaseSaudi ngokuchasene neYemen, okanye ukuthula kwezopolitiko zase-US kwimbubhiso yakwaSirayeli yabaqhankqalazi abangaxhobanga eGaza. Iinkokeli zethu azinawo umgangatho wokuziphatha ophakamileyo wokuma kuwo. Izigqibo zabo zomgaqo-nkqubo welizwe langaphandle zimalunga neoyile, izivumelwano zokhuselo kunye nezinto ezinomdla kwi-geo-strategic, hayi malunga nokukhusela abemi okanye ukulwa iimfazwe nje.
Nangona u-Assad embi kangakanani, kwaye unguzwilakhe, unoxanduva lokufa okumbalwa kakhulu kunye nokubandezeleka okuncinci kuMbindi Mpuma kunokuba nguGeorge W Bush okanye uTony Blair.
Owayesakuba ngumnxibelelanisi weNew York Times uStephen Kinzer ubeka esona sizathu sivakalayo sokuba kutheni i-US, i-UK kunye neFransi ziqhubeka zingenelela eSyria. Ayithethi ngabantwana okanye izixhobo zekhemikhali. Kukuthintela urhulumente waseSyria kunye neRussia ukoyisa phezu kwejihadists, njengoko sele bekufutshane ukwenza ixesha elithile.
La mazwe asentshona achasene ngokungqongqo nokuvumela isisombululo soxolo eSyria, eKinzer uyabona, ngokuba:
“Inokuvumela uzinzo ukuba lusasazeke kumazwe akufutshane. Namhlanje, ngokokuqala ngqa kwimbali yanamhlanje, oorhulumente baseSiriya, e-Iraq, e-Iran naseLebhanon bavumelana kakuhle. Intsebenziswano phakathi kwabo inokubeka isiseko soMbindi Mpuma omtsha.
"Loo Mbindi Mpuma mtsha, nangona kunjalo, awunakuthobela umanyano lwaseMelika-Israel-Saudi Arabia. Ngeso sizathu, sizimisele ukuyithintela ukuba ingaveli. Kungcono ukugcina la mazwe ebugxwayibeni nakungquzulwano, ngesizathu esithile, kunokuwavumela ukuba achume ngelixa edelela i-United States. …
"Ngokwembono yaseWashington, uxolo eSyria yimeko eyoyikisayo. Uxolo luya kuthetha oko i-United States ikubona 'njengokuphumelela' kwiintshaba zethu: iRussia, i-Iran, kunye norhulumente wase-Assad. Sizimisele ukuyinqanda loo nto, kungakhathaliseki ukuba umntu ulahlekelwa yintoni.”
EZINTSHA:
I-akhawunti ye-Fisk iqinisekiswa ngomnye umchola-ndaba okhoyo, uPearson Sharp wenethiwekhi yeendaba ezilondolozayo i-One America. Ngokungafani noFisk, endiyazi ukuba unerekhodi elide njengentatheli ethembekileyo yeziganeko eMbindi Mpuma, i-Sharp yinani elingaziwayo kum. Kodwa kunokuba yinto ebalulekileyo ukuba uphinda uFisk Kuthetha ukuba akukho bani wayethetha naye, kwanakwingingqi ekucingelwa ukuba yenzeke kuyo, wayebonakala esazi ukuba kusetyenziswe izixhobo ezenziwe ngemichiza.
UJonathan Cook uphumelele iBhaso eliKhethekileyo likaMartha Gellhorn lobuntatheli. Iincwadi zakhe ziquka "i-Israel kunye ne-Clash of Civilizations: i-Iraq, i-Iran kunye neSicwangciso sokwenza kwakhona uMbindi Mpuma" (i-Pluto Press) kunye "nePalestine yokunyamalala: Iimvavanyo zakwaSirayeli ekuphelelweni ithemba kwabantu" (Iincwadi zeZed). Iwebhusayithi yakhe www.jonathan-cook.net.
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