Musa ukukhohliswa okwesibini. Bakuxelele ukuba iBritane kufuneka ihlasele i-Iraq ngenxa yezixhobo zayo zokutshabalalisa. Babephosisile. Ngoku bathi imikhosi yaseBritane kufuneka ihlale e-Iraq kuba kungenjalo iya kudilika ibe sisiphithiphithi.
Obu buxoki besibini bosulela wonke umntu. Ixhaswe ngaBasebenzi kunye nabachasi be-Tory bemfazwe kunye nesithethi seDemokhrasi yeLiberal, uSir Menzies Campbell. I-axiom yayo yeyokuba amajoni asentshona anobuchule kangangokuba, naphi na apho aya khona, kunokubangela okulungileyo kuphela. Ngumsebenzi wabo ukuba bangayishiyi i-Iraq de kube kumiselwe ucwangco, iziseko zophuhliso zakhiwe ngokutsha kunye nedemokhrasi imiliselwe.
Qaphela igama elithi โdeโ. Ifihla igazi elinesiqingatha senkulungwane yokuzikhohlisa kunye nekratshi lasentshona. Umthwalo womlungu usaphila kwaye ulungile esibhakabhakeni phezu kweBaghdad (izitrato ngoku ziyingozi kakhulu). Amajoni kunye nabahlali banokufa ngekhulu. Imali isenokuchithwa ngesigidi. Kodwa uTony Blair usixelela ukuba ziinqobo zasentshona kuphela ezinyanzeliswa ngumbhobho wompu ezinokusindisa uMussulman ongenalusizi kolona tshaba lwakhe lubi, yena.
Ubuxoki bokuqala ubuncinane babunengqiqo yobuchule. Imfundiso kaRumsfeld yayikukuhamba ukukhanya, ukubetha ngamandla kwaye uphume. I-Neoconservatives inokuba nemibono nge-Iraq njengeGadi yedemokhrasi yase-Edeni, umhlaba owenziwe ngokutsha uzinzo kunye nokuphumelela. Iimpumlo ezinzima zaneliswa kukulahla le ndawo ethangeni lika-Ahmad Chalabi kwaye bayiyeke iye esihogweni. Ukuba oko kwenzekile, ndiyakrokrela ukuba ngekukho ukulungiswa kwamanqaku okunegazi kodwa ngoku iriphabliki yecandelo lesithathu izibuyisela kuxolo kunye nokwakhiwa kwakhona. I-Iraq, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, yenye yezona zizwe zityebileyo emhlabeni.
Endaweni yoko uhlaselo lweza namatanki eglu. Izigqibo zathathwa, ngokuthotyelwa kweBhritane, ukwenza i-Iraq ibe ngumfuniselo โwomhlaba onguziroโ wokwakha isizwe. Zonke iingcebiso ezinengqondo zazingahoywa kwingcinga yokuba nantoni na eyenziwe yiMelika neBritane yayiya kubonakala ingcono kuneSaddam, kwaye ingcono kunokwenza nto. Iidemon zikaKipling zadanisa kwisitalato iDowning. IBritani yayingafuni ukwenza i-Iraq ibe koloni. Nangona kunjalo ngandlel 'ithile uBlair "ungalweli umhlaba kodwa ulwela amaxabiso" wawufuna indawo emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ngokungathi uzibonakalisa ngaphezu kwesandi.
Imiboniso esasazwe izolo isuka eBasra ibonisa ukuba lide kangakanani na igunya kumazantsi eIraq. Oku kubuhlungu. Xa ndandilapho kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo umzantsi, ngokwemiqathango yawo, wawuyimpumelelo. Ngelixa amaMerika ayekhupha isiphithiphithi emantla, amaBritane ayesebenzisa indlela yobukoloniyali beLugard eBasra. Bazimanya neesheikh, benyoba abathetheli bemfazwe baza bazuza iintliziyo neengqondo ngokuthi bangabi nazikhali. Kwakukho ithemba emoyeni.
Umgaqo-nkqubo wase-Bhritane wafuna into enye, umfutho ngokubhekiselele kulawulo lwasekhaya kunye nokurhoxa kwangoko. Kwakungekho santya sinjalo. Uvukelo oluzithembileyo lwavunyelwa kuqala ukuba luthintele kwaye luchaze ixesha lokurhoxa. Abanqolobi beSunni ngoku babambe umgaqo-nkqubo waseMelika nowaseBritani. Umphumo ube kukuwohloka koluntu okungenakuphepheka. Asazi nokuba amapolisa aseBasra akweliphi icala.
Urhulumente wase-Bhritane - kunye nenkcaso - iyakhanyela ngokupheleleyo. Ukuqhayisa kwabaphathiswa abanakubufihla ubumnyama beenkcazo zabucala. UBlair wenze into engafanele yenziwe yinkulumbuso. Uwabeke amajoni akhe kwinceba yezizwe zasemzini. Okokuqala loo mandla yayiyiMelika. Ngoku, ngokukanobhala wezokhuselo, uJohn Reid, liqela lama-Iraqi akhaliphileyo kodwa aphelelwe lithemba avalelwe kwindawo eluhlaza yaseBaghdad. Uthi uya kuhlala de bamcele ukuba ahambe, xa imikhosi yasekuhlaleni iqeqeshwa kwaye ithembekile kwaye iziseko zibuyiselwa. Oko kuthetha imini yentshabalalo. Wonke umntu uyayazi.
Abantu base-Iraqi endibaziyo baphelelwe ngamandla kubundlobongela obuveliswe kukusilela kwentshona ukubeka ucwangco kwilizwe labo. Badidekile ngenxa yokungabi nangqiqo, inkohlakalo echasene nemveliso yokubanjwa, ukuqhushumba kunye nokunyanzeliswa. Badlulile ukukhathalela ukuba bekungcono okanye kubi phantsi kweSaddam. Bayazi kuphela ukuba baninzi abantu ababulawayo ngenyanga kunanini na ukususela kwindyikityha yeziganeko zakuqala koo-1990. Ukuba ukufa kunye nentshabalalo siso nasiphi na isikhokelo, umgaqo-nkqubo wokuhlasela waseBritane wangaphambi kokuhlasela wawuphumelele kakhulu kunomsebenzi.
Iziseko zophuhliso azibuyiswa. Amanzi aseBaghdad, umbane kunye nemijelo yogutyulo zikwimo embi kakhulu kuneshumi leminyaka eyadlulayo. Iimali ezinkulu-ezifana nesityholo se-1 yebhiliyoni zeerandi zoncedo lwasemkhosini-ziyabiwa kwaye zigcinwe kwiibhanki zaseJordani. Umgaqo-siseko omtsha yileta efileyo ngaphandle kwamagatya ayi-sharia ngokuphandle. Ezi sele zinyanzeliswa de facto kwiindawo zeShia.
Amajoni aseBritane asemfazweni malunga nekhondo likabani, ukuziphatha kunye nesiphumo seenkokeli zabo ezingenalawulo. Iqhinga labo lokuphuma kurhulumente alisenanyani, eneneni alinyanisekanga. Ilahliwe intetho yokunciphisa amajoni ukusuka kuma-8,000 ukuya kuma-3,000 kunyaka ozayo. Wonke umntu ubonakala ekwiplanethi engalunganga. Ngeli xesha imihla ngemihla ukuphanda iindaba ezilungileyo kunye ne-litany egulayo yezinto ezimbi zikhumbuza iVietnam. Akukho mntu ufunda uBarbara Tuchman ngobudenge.
Ukurhoxiswa komqondiso, kuthiwa, kuya kunika ukukhanya okuluhlaza kumaqela emigulukudu kunye namajoni abucala, ukuziphindezela kuhlaselo, ukuhlanjululwa kobuhlanga kunye nokwahlulahlula. Eso sisongelo asisenantsingiselo kuba zonke ezi zisenzeka. Kuxelwe ukuba imikhosi ingene ubuncinane kwisiqingatha samapolisa kunye nemikhosi yokhuseleko lwangaphakathi kwindawo nganye. Kuphantse ukuba ishumi lomkhosi ligqalwa lithembekile kwigunya eliphambili. Iyothusa into yokuba isikhululo samapolisa saseBasra sibe sesichengeni kwizitenxo ze-al-Sadr.
I-150,000 imikhosi yangaphandle kumhlaba wase-Iraq izinikele kakhulu ekuzikhuseleni. Abasenzi mthetho nocwangco. Amandla afumana indawo yawo entsha, kwi-mafias, i-sheikhdoms, imikhosi kunye neenkosi zemfazwe ezikhula phakathi kwesiphithiphithi. Apho kungekho lukhuseleko, umpu usoloko engukumkani.
Isizathu esityholwayo sokuhlala e-Iraq kukwakha ukhuseleko kunye nedemokhrasi. Siye sayichitha eyokuqala kwaye soyisakala kukwakha eyesibini. I-Iraq yi-fiasco ngaphandle kokuhambelana nomgaqo-nkqubo wamva nje waseBritane. Ngoku sixelelwa ukuba simele โsihlale endleleniโ okanye kuya kwehlela okubi ngakumbi. Le yikhowudi yabaphathiswa abala ukuvuma impazamo kwaye benethemba lokuba omnye umntu uya kuthi emva kokuba behambile. Ngelo xesha amaKurds aya kube azimele, amaSunni abe nomsindo ngakumbi kwaye amaShia akholelwa kwisiseko. Ikhulu lamajoni aseBritani aza kube efile.
IMelika yashiya iVietnam kunye neLebhanon ukuya kwikamva labo. Basinda. Sayishiya iAden namanye amathanga. Abanye, njengeMalaya neSipro, babona ukuphalazwa kwegazi nokwahlulwahlulwa kwabantu. Satsho ngokufanelekileyo ukuba lo ngumsebenzi wabo. Kukwanjalo ne-Iraq kwi-Iraqis. Senze umbhodamo ngokwaneleyo phaya.
Amajoni aseBritane anokuba ngawona abalaseleyo emhlabeni. Kodwa kutheni ke uBlair ebaqhubela ekuthotyweni?
Guardian, NgoLwesithathu kaSeptemba 21, 2005
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