KwiCawe ephelileyo, ndihleli phakathi kwabaphulaphuli kumsitho wokunikezelwa kwamawonga kamabonakude iBafta, ndichukunyiswe kukuthula. Apha bekukho uninzi lwawona malungu aneempembelelo kwi-liberal elite, ababhali, abavelisi, abadlali bedrama, iintatheli kunye nabaphathi bomthombo wethu ophambili wolwazi, umabonakude; akwabakho namnye uthulisayo. Kwaba ngathi sinqanyulwe kwihlabathi elingaphandle: ilizwe elinamandla, amandla arhabaxa kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho olukhulu olwenziwe egameni lethu ngurhulumente wethu kunye nenkosi yakhe yangaphandle. I-Iraq "yeyona meko yovavanyo", utshilo urhulumente waseBush, othi yonke imihla usondele kwinkcazo kaMussolini ye-fascism: ukudityaniswa kwelizwe elinomkhosi kunye namandla oshishino. I-Iraq yimeko yovavanyo yenkululeko yasentshona, nayo. Njengoko ukubandezeleka kusanda kwelo lizwe lihlaselweyo, kunye noogqirha boMnqamlezo oBomvu bechaza amanqanaba โamangalisayoโ abantu abenzakeleyo, ukhetho loloyiso olulandelayo, iSyria okanye i-Iran, โkuyaxoxwaโ kwi-BBC, ngokungathi yindawo yeNdebe yeHlabathi.
Into engenakucingelwa ukuba iqheleke. Umbhali wezincoko waseMerika uEdward Herman wabhala: โKudla ngokubakho ukwahlukana kwabasebenzi ekwenzeni nasekuthetheleleni into engenakucingelwa, ngokuphathwa ngenkohlakalo nokubulawa kwabantu ngokuthe ngqo liqela elithile labantu . . . i-napalm enamathela ngakumbi, amaqhekeza ebhombu angena enyameni kwiipateni ezinzima ukuzilandela). Ngumsebenzi weengcali, kunye namajelo eendaba aphambili, ukwenza into engalindelekanga kuluntu ngokubanzi. โ
UHerman wabhala ukuba emva kweMfazwe yeGulf yowe-1991, ayizange iboniswe imifanekiso yasebusuku yoogandaganda baseMelika bengcwaba amawakawaka abakwishumi elivisayo ababhalise eIraq, uninzi lwabo bephila kwaye bezama ukunikezela. Ngaloo ndlela, ukuxhela kwakuqhelekile. Uhlolisiso olwakhutshwa kanye ngaphambi kweKrismesi yowe-1991 yiMedical Educational Trust lwatyhila ukuba amadoda, abafazi nabantwana baseIraq abangakumbi abangama-200,000 XNUMX babulawa okanye bafa ngenxa yohlaselo olukhokelwa yiMerika. Oku akuzange kuxelwe, kwaye uhlobo lokubulala "lwemfazwe" aluzange lungene eluntwini kweli lizwe, ingasathethi ke eMelika.
I-Pentagon yokutshatyalaliswa ngabom kweziseko ezingundoqo zase-Iraq, ezifana nemithombo yamandla kunye namanzi kunye nezityalo zogutyulo, kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwe-embargo njengento ekhohlakeleyo njengongqingo lwamaxesha aphakathi, kuvelise iqondo lokubandezeleka okungazange kuqondwe ngokupheleleyo eNtshona. Ubungqina obubhaliweyo babufumaneka, imiqulu yabo; ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990, ngaphezu kweentsana ezingama-6,000 zazisifa nyanga zonke, kwaye amagosa amabini aphezulu eZizwe eziManyeneyo anoxanduva loncedo loluntu e-Iraq, uDenis Halliday noHans von Sponeck, barhoxa, bekhalazela i-ajenda efihliweyo ye-embargo. UHalliday wayibiza ngokuba โyimbubhisoโ.
Ukususela ngoJulayi odlulileyo, iUnited States, exhaswa ngurhulumente kaBlair, yayivalela ngabom izinto zokunceda abantu ezixabisa i-5.4bn yezigidigidi, yonke into ukusuka kwizitofu kunye neengxowa ze-plasma ukuya kwii-painkillers ezilula, zonke ezihlawulwe yi-Iraq kunye neBhunga lezoKhuseleko.
Uhlaselo lwale nyanga iphelileyo ngamagunya amabini amakhulu omkhosi kubemi abadimazekileyo, abagulayo nabangakwaziyo ukuzikhusela ibe kukwandiswa okusengqiqweni kobu burhalarhume. Oku ngoku kuthiwa "uloyiso", kwaye iiflegi ziphuma. Kwiveki ephelileyo, inkwili i-HMS Turbulent ibuyele ePlymouth, ibhabha iJolly Roger, umfuziselo wepirates. Hayi indlela ekufaneleke ngayo. Lo matshini unamandla enyukliya wadubula imijukujelwa engama-30 yaseMelika yeTomahawk eIraq. Umjukujelwa ngamnye uxabisa i-ยฃ700,000: iyonke i-ยฃ21m. Loo nto iyodwa ingabonelela iBasra ephelelwe lithemba ngokutya, amanzi kunye namayeza.
Khawufan' ucinge: yintoni eyabetha i-Commander Andrew McKendrick's 30 missiles? Bangaphi abantu abababulalayo okanye babangxwelerha phakathi kwabantu abaphantse babe ngabantwana? Mhlawumbi, uMlawuli, ujolise kwibhotwe elineempompo zegolide kwigumbi lokuhlambela, okanye "indawo yomyalelo kunye nolawulo", njengoko amaMerika kunye noGeoffrey Hoon bethanda ukuxoka. Okanye mhlawumbi imijukujelwa yakho nganye ibinesixhobo esinokwahlula โabenzi bobubiโ bakaGeorge Bush kubantwana abasakhasayo. Yintoni eqinisekileyo kukuba usukelo lwakho khange luquke uMphathiswa weOli.
Xa kwaqalisa uhlaselo, uluntu lwaseBritani lwacelwa ukuba โluxhaseโ imikhosi eyayithunyelwe ngokungekho mthethweni nangokungekho semthethweni ukuba ibulale abantu esasingaxambulisani nabo. โOlona vavanyo lugqibeleleyo lobuchwephesha bethuโ yindlela uMlawuli uMcKendrick aluchaza ngayo uhlaselo olungafunwayo lwesizwe esingenazinkwili, singenamkhosi wasemanzini namkhosi wasemoyeni, ngoku singenamanzi acocekileyo nombane kwaye, kwizibhedlele ezininzi, akukho ntlungu yokuthomalalisa iintlungu ekunokuxhunywa kuzo. qhawula amalungu amancinci aqhekezwe yi-shrapnel. Ndikhe ndayibona kwenye indawo ukuba yenziwa njani le nto, kukho igagi emlonyeni wesigulana.
Omnye umntwana, u-Ali Ismaeel Abbas, inkwenkwe eyaphulukana nabazali bayo kunye neengalo zayo kuhlaselo lomjukujelwa, uye wathunyelwa ngenqwelomoya kwisibhedlele sale mihla eKuwait. Ukupapashwa kuye kwamsindisa. UTony Blair uthi โuza kwenza konke anakoโ ukumnceda. Oku kufuneka kube sesona sithuko sigqibeleleyo kwinkumbulo yabo bonke abantwana base-Iraq abasweleke ngogonyamelo emfazweni kaBlair, nangenxa ye-embargo eyavunywa nguBlair ngomdla. Ukugcinwa kuka-Ali kuthathela indawo umboniso weendaba wesisa welungelo lethu lolwazi malunga nobungakanani bolwaphulo-mthetho olwenziwa kulutsha egameni lethu. Ngoku makhe sibone imifanekiso โyelori yabafazi abaninzi abanqunyulwe amalungu omzimbaโ eyabonwa ngoogqirha boMnqamlezo oBomvu.
Njengoko u-Ali wayebhabha e-Kuwait, abantu baseMelika babethintela i-Save the Children ekuthumeleni inqwelomoya enezixhobo zonyango emantla e-Iraq, apho abangama-40,000 beswele. Ngokutsho kwe-UN, isiqingatha sabemi base-Iraq sinokutya okwaneleyo kuphela ukuhlala iiveki ezimbalwa. Intloko yeNkqubo yoKutya yeHlabathi ithi abantu abazizigidi ezingama-40 kwihlabathi liphela basengozini enkulu ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kwentlekele yoluntu e-Iraq.
Kwaye oku "yinkululeko"? Hayi, luloyiso olunegazi, olungqinwa bubusela obukhulu baseMelika bobutyebi be-Iraq kunye nobutyebi bendalo. Buza izihlwele ezitratweni, ngenxa yokuba uloyiko kunye nentiyo kaSaddam Hussein idluliselwe, phantse ubusuku bonke, kuBush noBlair kwaye mhlawumbi "nathi".
Obo bubukhulu bobudenge nolwaphulo-mthetho lukaBlair ukuba iqhinga lokuzithethelela lingxamisekile. Ngokungathi uthetha kwabo bathethelelayo, uAndrew Marr, umhleli wezobupolitika weBBC, wanikela le ngxelo: โ[UBlair] wathi babeya kukwazi ukuyithabatha iBaghdad ngaphandle kokuphalazwa kwegazi, yaye ekugqibeleni amaIraq aya kube ebhiyoza. Kwaye kuzo zombini ezi ngongoma ungqineke enyanisile ngokupheleleyo.โ
Yintoni eyenza uphalazo-gazi kwindoda ye-BBC e-Downing Street? Ngaba ukubulawa kwabantu abangama-3,000 3,000 kwiTwin Towers yaseNew York kwakufanelekile? Ukuba impendulo yakhe ngu-ewe, ngoko amawaka abulawa e-Iraq ngexesha lenyanga edlulileyo ligazi. Enye ingxelo ithi bangaphezu kwama-24 XNUMX abemi baseIraq ababulawa kwiiyure ezingama-XNUMX okanye ngaphantsi. Okanye ngaba abathetheleli bathi ubomi beqela elinye labantu bunexabiso elingaphantsi kunobo sibuqondayo? Ukuthotywa kwexabiso lobomi bomntu bekusoloko kubalulekile ekusukeleni amandla obukhosi, ukusuka eCongo ukuya eVietnam, ukusuka eChechnya ukuya eIraq.
Ukuba, njengoko uMilan Kundera wabhala, "umzabalazo wabantu ngokuchasene namandla ngumzabalazo wokukhumbula ukulibala", ngoko asifanele silibale. Akufunekanga sibulibale ubuxoki bukaBlair malunga nezixhobo ezitshabalalisayo, njengoko uHans Blix esitsho ngoku, zazisekwe โkubungqina obuyiliweyoโ. Akumele silibale iinzame zakhe zokukhanyela ukuba umjukujelwa waseMelika wabulala abantu abangama-62 kwimarike yaseBaghdad. Yaye asimele sisilibale isizathu sokuphalazwa kwegazi. NgoSeptemba ophelileyo, ekubhengezeni iSicwangciso soKhuseleko seSizwe, uBush wanikezela isaziso sokuba iMelika inenjongo yokulawula ihlabathi ngenkani. I-Iraq yayiyeyona "imeko yovavanyo". Intsalela yaba liqabane.
Akufanele silibale ukuba unobhala wezokhuselo waseBrithani uvakalise, okokuqala, ukuba urhulumente wakhe ulungele ukuhlasela ngezixhobo zenyukliya. Uphendula uBush, kunjalo. Iqela le-mafia elinyukayo ngoku lilawula i-United States, kwaye iNkulumbuso inomdla kuyo. Bebonke, bakhupha amazwi abekekileyo รขโฌโ inkululeko, inkululeko kunye nedemokhrasi รขโฌโ entsingiselo yawo yokwenyani. Inyaniso engachazwanga yeyokuba emva koloyiso lwegazi lwe-Iraq kukoyiswa kwethu sonke: yeengqondo zethu, ubuntu bethu kunye nokuzihlonipha kwethu ubuncinci. Ukuba asithethi singenzi nto, siya koyisa.
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