Bendihleli emgangathweni wendlu endala yekonkile kwihlomela-dolophu lase-Amman kule veki, ndigalela emlonyeni imfumba enkulu yegusha kunye nerayisi ebilisiweyo egalelwe ibhotolo enyityilisiweyo. Amadoda amadala, aneentshebe, anxibe iingubo zaseMaan – esona sixeko samaSilamsi nesingathobeliyo eJordan– ahlala engqonge mna, egalela izandla zawo enyameni kunye nerayisi emanzisiweyo, endibongoza ukuba ndiyitye ngakumbi nangakumbi loo mfumba inkulu de saziva sinyanzelekile ukuba sichaze ukuba thina maBritane satya kakhulu uMbindi Mpuma kule minyaka iyi-100 idlulileyo kangangokuba sasingasalambanga. Kwakhala umthandazo de kwaphendula ixhego. “AmaMelika ayasitya ngoku,” utshilo.
Ngomnyango ovulekileyo, apho imvula yavuthuza kumatye agangathiweyo, umoya ovuthuzayo wasempuma wakhwaza uvela ngasempuma, usuka kwintlango yaseJordani naseIraq. Wonke umntu owayesegumbini wayekholelwa ukuba uMongameli Bush wayefuna ioyile yaseIraq. Ngokwenene, wonke umArabhi endikhe ndadibana naye kwezi nyanga zintandathu zidlulileyo ukholelwa ukuba oku – kwaye oku kukodwa – kucacisa ulangazelelo lwakhe lokuhlasela i-Iraq. AmaSirayeli amaninzi acinga okufanayo. Ndenza njalo nam. Xa sele kufakwe ulawulo lwaseMelika eBaghdad, iinkampani zethu zeoyile ziya kuba nokufikelela kwi-112 yeebhiliyoni zemiphanda yeoli. Ngoovimba abangangqinwanga, sinokuphela silawula phantse ikota yabo bonke oovimba behlabathi. Kwaye le mfazwe izayo ayikho malunga neoli?
ISebe lezaMandla lase-US libhengeze ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ukuba ngo-2025, ukuthengiswa kwe-oyile yase-US kuya kuba ne-70 yeepesenti yeemfuno zasekhaya zase-US. (Yayingama-55 ekhulwini kwiminyaka emibini edluleyo.) Njengoko uMichael Renner weWorldwatch Institute watsho ngokumfiliba kule veki, “Iidepozithi zeoli zase-US ziya ziphelelwa ngamandla, yaye amanye amasimi amaninzi angeyo-Opec aqalisa ukoma. Uninzi lwezinto ezizayo ziya kufuneka zivela kwingingqi yeGulf. ” Akumangalisi ukuba umgaqo-nkqubo wamandla waseBush usekelwe ekusetyenzisweni okwandisiweyo kweoli. Malunga neepesenti ezingama-70 zeoli eqinisekisiweyo yehlabathi ikuMbindi Mpuma. Kwaye le mfazwe izayo ayikho malunga neoli?
Jonga kwiinkcukacha-manani kumlinganiselo wogcino kwimveliso ye-oyile – inani leminyaka oovimba be-oyile bayakuhlala kumazinga angoku emveliso – ihlanganiswe nguJeremy Rifkin kuQoqosho lweHydrogen. E-US, apho ngaphezu kweepesenti ze-60 zeoli efunyenweyo sele ivelisiwe, umlinganiselo yiminyaka eyi-10 kuphela, njengoko kunjalo eNorway. ECanada, yi8:1. E-Iran, ngu-53:1, eSaudi Arabia 55:1, kwi-United Arab Emirates 75:1. EKuwait, yi-116:1. Kodwa e-Iraq, yi-526: 1. Kwaye le mfazwe izayo ayikho malunga neoli?
Nokuba uDonald Rumsfeld wabamba isandla esinyanisekileyo kunye noSaddam Hussein ngo-1983 - emva nje kokuba uMfanekiso kaBawo oMkhulu eqalise ukusebenzisa igesi ngokuchasene nabachasi bakhe - akazange abonise ukuba incinci kangakanani inkosi yePentagon ekhathalele amalungelo oluntu okanye ulwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene noluntu. , kunye nohlalutyo lukaJoost Hilterman lwento eyayiqhubeka kwi-Pentagon emva ekupheleni kwee-1980s.
U-Hilterman, olungiselela incwadi etshabalalisayo e-US nase-Iraq, uye wagrumba iimfumba zamaxwebhu karhulumente wase-US angachazwanga – ufumanise ukuba emva kokuba uSaddam wadubula amaKurdish angama-6,800 e-Iraqis eHalabja (oko kungaphezulu kabini kwiZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi. wafa ngo-11 Septemba 2001) i-Pentagon izimisele ukukhusela i-Saddam ngokugxeka i-Iran ngenkohlakalo.
Uxwebhu olusandul 'ukuchazwa lweSebe likaRhulumente lungqina ukuba lo mbono uphuphelwe yiPentagon – ebisoloko ixhasa uSaddam - kwaye ithi oonozakuzaku base-US bafumana imiyalelo yokutyhala umgca wokuba netyala kwe-Iran, kodwa bangaxoxi ngeenkcukacha. Akukho zinkcukacha, kunjalo, kuba ibali lalibubuxoki. Oku, khumbula, kwalandela iminyaka emihlanu emva kokuba i-US National Security Decision Decision Directive 114 – iqukunjelwe ngo-1983, kwangaloo nyaka kanye utyelelo lobuhlobo lukaRumsfeld eBaghdad – wanika isohlwayo esisesikweni kwiibhiliyoni zeerandi kwiziqinisekiso zemali-mboleko kunye nezinye iikhredithi eBaghdad. Kwaye le mfazwe izayo imalunga namalungelo oluntu?
Emuva ngo-1997, kwiminyaka yolawulo lukaClinton, uRumsfeld, uDick Cheney kunye neqela lamanye amadoda aphiko lasekunene – kakhulu ababandakanyekayo kwishishini leoli– badale iProjekthi yeNew American Century, iqela labangeneleli bafuna "Utshintsho lolawulo" e-Iraq. Kwileta ka-1998 eya kuMongameli uClinton, bathi makasuswe uSaddam kulawulo. Kwileta eya kuNewt Gingrich, owayesakuba nguSomlomo weNdlu ngoko, babhala ukuba “kufuneka siseke kwaye sigcine ubukho obuqinileyo bomkhosi wase-US kulo mmandla, kwaye silungele ukusebenzisa loo mandla ukukhusela iimfuno zethu ezibalulekileyo [sic] IGulf – kwaye, ukuba kuyimfuneko, ukunceda ukususa iSaddam emandleni”.
Abatyikityi beleta enye okanye zombini baquka uRumsfeld, uPaul Wolfowitz, ngoku usekela iRumsfeld's Pentagon, uJohn Bolton, ngoku ophantsi kukanobhala welizwe kulawulo lwezixhobo, kunye noRichard Armitage, unobhala ongaphantsi kaColin Powell kwiSebe likaRhulumente – obize okokugqibela. unyaka wokuba iMelika ithathe “ityala legazi” layo kunye neLebhanon Hizbollah. Bakwabandakanya uRichard Perle, owayengumncedisi unobhala wezokhuselo, okwangoku usihlalo webhodi yezesayensi yezokhuselo, kunye noZalmay Khalilzad, owayesakuba ngumcebisi we-oyile ye-Unocal Corporation owaba ngumthunywa okhethekileyo wase-US e-Afghanistan - apho unocal wazama ukuqhawula isivumelwano kunye. iTaliban yombhobho werhasi ukunqumla ummandla wase-Afghan – kwaye ngubani ngoku, ummangaliso wemimangaliso, onyulwe njengegosa elikhethekileyo laseBush ku-– uqikelele ukuba - e-Iraq.
Abatyikityi baquka nomhlobo wethu wakudala u-Elliott Abrams, omnye wawona magosa axhasa u-Sharon wamagosa ase-US e-US, owagwetyelwa indima yakhe kwi-scandal yase-Iran-Contra. U-Abrams nguye owathelekisa inkulumbuso yakwa-Israel u-Ariel Sharon – ubanjwe "uxanduva lomntu siqu" yikomishoni yase-Israel ngokubulala i-1,700 yabemi basePalestine kwi-1982 Sabra kunye ne-Chatila yokubulawa kwabantu ngo-XNUMX - (ukulindela) uWinston Churchill. Ke le mfazwe izayo – wonke umdlalo wokudubula, kunye nenkxalabo “yezinto ezibalulekileyo” (okt i-oyile) kwi-Gulf – yaqulunqwa kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo, ngamadoda afana noCheney noKhalilzad ababengamadoda e-oyile ekulungisweni kwawo. iincam zeminwe.
Ngapha koko, ndiyagula kakhulu kukuva iMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi igrunjwa kwakhona ukuze ndithethelele enye indawo yokubulala. Kungekudala emva koko uBush wonwabile ukuboniswa njengoChurchill emele ukuxolisa kwi-brigade ye-Iraq engekho-mfazwe. Ngapha koko, icebo likaBush lilonke kunye nolawulo lwaseKorea oludikayo kunye nolwaseStalinist - iintetho "ezigqwesileyo" abathi oonozakuzaku base-US banyanzelise ukuba babe nazo kunye neNkokeli ethandekayo yaseKorea enezixhobo zembubhiso enkulu - reeks of the olona hlobo lubi lweChamberlain-like appeasement. Nangona uSaddam noBush befanelana, uSaddam akangoHitler. Kwaye uBush ngokuqinisekileyo akayena uChurchill. Kodwa ngoku sixelelwa ukuba abahloli be-UN bafumene into enokuba bubungqina obubalulekileyo bokuya emfazweni: ii-warheads ze-11 ezingenanto zeekhemikhali ezinokuthi zibe neminyaka eyi-20 ubudala.
Ihlabathi laya emfazweni kwiminyaka engama-88 eyadlulayo ngenxa yokuba itshawe labulawa eSarajevo. Ihlabathi laya emfazweni kwiminyaka engama-63 eyadlulayo ngenxa yokuba uzwilakhe wamaNazi wahlasela iPoland. Kodwa kwiiwarheads ezingenanto ezili-11? Ndinike ioli nangayiphi na imini. Nkqu namaxhego ahleli engqonge itheko lenyama yegusha nerayisi angavumelana naloo nto.
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