Imashi engapheli yabaphathi bakaBush ebheke empini iphazamisa kakhulu ngezizathu eziningi, kodwa kuze kube manje njengoba izakhamizi zaseMelika zikhathazekile, wonke umbukiso ongemuhle uwukwehluleka okukhulu kuntando yeningi. Iriphabhulikhi ecebe kakhulu futhi enamandla idunwe iqeqebana elincane labantu, bonke bengakhethwanga futhi ngenxa yalokho abasabela ekucindezelweni komphakathi, futhi bavele baphenduka ikhanda. Akulona ihaba ukusho ukuthi le mpi iyimpi engathandeki kakhulu emlandweni wanamuhla. Ngaphambi kokuthi impi iqale kube nabantu abaningi abayibhikishelayo kuleli zwe kuphela kunalokho okwenzeka ngesikhathi kunemibhikisho yempi emelene neVietnam ngeminyaka yama-60s kanye nama-70s. Qaphela futhi ukuthi leyo mibuthano yenzeka ngemva kokuba impi isineminyaka eminingana iqhubeka: lena ayikaqali, nakuba isibalo esikhulu sezinyathelo ezinolaka oludlulele kanye nempi sezithathiwe kakade yi-US kanye nomdlwane wayo othembekile, i-UK. uhulumeni kaTony Blair oqhubeka ehlekisa.
Ngike ngagxekwa muva nje ngenxa yesikhundla sami sokulwa nempi ngabangafundanga abathi engikushoyo kuwukuvikela okuqondile kukaSaddam Hussein kanye nombuso wakhe owesabekayo. Kubagxeki bami baseKuwait, ngidinga yini ukubakhumbuza ukuthi ngaphikisana esidlangalaleni neBa'athi Iraq ngesikhathi ngivakashela eKuwait kuphela ngo-1985, lapho ngixoxa noNgqongqoshe wezeMfundo wangaleso sikhathi u-Hassan Al-Ibrahim ngammangalela kanye neqembu lakhe. umbuso wokusiza nokukhuthaza ubufascism bama-Arab ekusekeleni kwabo ngokwezezimali kukaSaddam Hussein? Ngatshelwa ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi iKuwait yayiziqhenya ngokwenza izigidigidi zamaRandi empini kaSaddam ngokumelene “namaPheresiya”, njengoba ayebizwa kanjalo ngokwedelelwa, nokuthi kwakuwumzabalazo obaluleke kakhulu kunalokho umuntu onjengami ayengawuqonda. Ngikhumbula ngixwayisa ngokusobala lawo ma-acolyte e-Kuwait kaSaddam Hussein ngaye kanye nenhloso yakhe embi ngeKuwait, kodwa kwanhlanga zimuka nomoya. Bengilokhu ngimelene nomphakathi wase-Iraqi selokhu kwaqala ukubusa ngeminyaka yawo-70s: Angikaze ngiyivakashele le ndawo, angikaze ngikhohliswe izimangalo zayo zokuthi i-secularism kanye nesimanje (ngisho nalapho abantu abaningi besikhathi sami besebenzela noma begubha i-Iraq njengezwe lanamuhla. isibhamu esiyinhloko ku-arsenal yama-Arab ngokumelene neZionism, umqondo oyisiphukuphuku, ngacabanga), asizange sikufihle ukudelela kwami izindlela zayo zokubusa kanye nokuziphatha kobuFascist. Futhi manje uma ngikhuluma umqondo wami mayelana nokuthunyelwa okuhlekisayo kwamalungu athile eqembu eliphikisayo lase-Iraq njengamathuluzi angenabungozi we-imperialism yase-US, ngitshelwa ukuthi angazi lutho ngempilo ngaphandle kwentando yeningi (mayelana nokuthi kamuva), ngakho-ke angikwazi ukubonga. ubuhle bomzimba wabo. Kuyaqapheleka ukuthi esikhathini esingangesonto ngemuva kokuncoma ukuzibophezela kukaMongameli Bush kuntando yeningi USolwazi Makiya manje usegxeka i-US kanye nezinhlelo zayo kahulumeni wangemva kwe-Saddam-Ba'athi e-Iraq. Lapho abantu bejwayela ukushintsha onkulunkulu ababakhulekelayo ngokwezombangazwe alipheli inani lezinguquko abazenzayo ngaphambi kokuba bafike baphumule ehlazweni eliphelele kanye nokukhohlwa okufanele.
Kodwa ukubuyela e-US kanye nezenzo zayo zamanje. Kukho konke engihlangana nakho nokuhamba angikahlangani nomuntu omele impi. Okubi nakakhulu, iningi labantu baseMelika manje linomuzwa wokuthi lokhu kuhlanganiswa sekuvele kuhambe kakhulu ukuthi kumiswe, nokuthi siphezu kwenhlekelele yezwe. Okokuqala, cabanga ukuthi iDemocratic Party, ngaphandle kwezimbalwa ezimbalwa, ivele yangena ngasohlangothini lukamongameli yakhombisa ngokungenasibindi ukushisekela izwe okungamanga. Nomaphi lapho ubheka khona eNgqungqutheleni kunezimpawu zokuxoxa kungaba ze-lobby yamaZiyoni, amaKristu aphiko lwesokudla, noma inkimbinkimbi yezempi-yezimboni, amaqembu amathathu amancane anethonya elinamandla ahlanganyela ubutha nezwe lama-Arabhu, ukwesekwa okungalawuleki kweZionism eyeqisayo. , nokukholelwa okungenangqondo kokuthi zisohlangothini lwezingelosi. Isifunda ngasinye kwezingama-500 zikakhongolose kuleli sinemboni yezokuvikela, okwenza impi isiphenduke indaba yemisebenzi, hhayi eyokuvikeleka. Kepha, umuntu angabuza ukuthi, kwenziwa kanjani ikhambi lempi elibiza ngendlela engakholeki, ngokwesibonelo, ukuwohloka komnotho, ukuqothuka okuthile kohlelo lokuvikela umphakathi, isikweletu sezwe esikhulayo, kanye nokwehluleka okukhulu kwezemfundo yomphakathi? Imiboniso ibhekwa kalula njengohlobo lwesenzo sezixuku esehlisiwe, kuyilapho amanga anobuzenzisi edlula eqinisweni eliphelele, ngaphandle kokugxekwa futhi ngaphandle kokuphikiswa.
Imithombo yezindaba imane yaba igatsha lempi. Osekunyamalele ngokuphelele kumabonakude yinoma yini efana nezwi elihlale liphikisana. Zonke iziteshi ezinkulu manje ziqashe ojenene asebathatha umhlalaphansi, amanxusa angaphambili e-CIA, ochwepheshe bobuphekula kanye nama-neoconservative aziwa ngokuthi “abacebisi” abakhuluma ijagoni evukelayo eklanyelwe ukuzwakala inegunya kodwa empeleni isekela konke okwenziwa yi-US, kusukela ku-UN kuya ezihlabathini zase-Arabia. Lilodwa kuphela iphephandaba elikhulu lansuku zonke (e-Baltimore) elishicilele noma yini mayelana nokulalela kwe-US, ukucofa ucingo kanye nokucatshangelwa kwemiyalezo emazweni ayisithupha amancane angamalungu oMkhandlu Wezokuphepha futhi amavoti awo angenasinqumo. Awekho amazwi amelene nempi ongawafunda noma awezwe kunoma yimiphi imithombo yezindaba enkulu yaleli zwe, awekho ama-Arabhu noma amaSulumane (athunyelwe ngobuningi ezinhlwini zamashisekeli namaphekula alo mhlaba), abekho abagxeki bakwa-Israyeli, Ukusakazwa Komphakathi, hhayi ku-New York Times, i-New Yorker, i-US News ne-World Report, i-CNN nokunye. Lapho lezi zinhlangano zikhuluma ngokudelela kwe-Iraq izinqumo eziyi-17 ze-UN njengezaba lempi, izinqumo ezingama-64 ezahlukunyezwa yi-Israel (ngokusekelwa yi-US) azikaze zishiwo. Futhi akushiwo ukuhlupheka kwabantu okukhulu kwabantu base-Iraq phakathi neminyaka eyi-12 edlule. Noma ngabe yini uSaddam owesabekayo ayenze u-Israel noSharon nabo bayenzile ngokwesekwa yiMelika, nokho akekho osho lutho ngalokhu kwakamuva ngesikhathi egcwalisa okokuqala. Lokhu kwenza inhlekisa ngokuphelele ukuklolodelwa nguBush nabanye ukuthi i-UN kufanele ihambisane nesinqumo sayo.
Ngakho-ke abantu baseMelika baye baqanjelwa amanga ngamabomu, izithakazelo zabo zahlanekezelwa ngokungeyikho futhi zabikwa kabi, izinjongo nezinhloso zangempela zale mpi yangasese kaBush indodana kanye neqembu lakhe lifihlwe ngokuzikhukhumeza okuphelele. Ungakhathazeki ukuthi uWolfowitz, uFeith, noPerle, bonke abayizikhulu ezingakhethiwe ezisebenzela uDonald Rumsfeld ongakhethiwe ePentagon, sekunesikhathi eside bekhulume ngokusobala ukuthi i-Israel ithathwe iWest Bank neGaza kanye nokuqedwa kwenqubo yase-Oslo, bacele ukuthi Impi ngokumelene ne-Iraq (futhi kamuva ne-Iran), kanye nokwakhiwa kwezindawo zokuhlala zakwa-Israyeli ezingekho emthethweni ngokwezikhundla zazo (ngesikhathi somkhankaso kaNetanyahu wokuba undunankulu ngo-1996) njengabaxhumanisi abazimele kuye, nokuthi lokho sekuyinqubomgomo yase-US manje.
Ungakhohlwa ukuthi izinqubomgomo ezimbi zika-Israyeli ngokumelene namaPalestine, ezibikwa kuphela ekugcineni kwezihloko (lapho zibikwa nhlobo) njengoba ukufa kwabantu abaningi okuxubile, akukaze kuqhathaniswe nobugebengu bukaSaddam, obufanisa noma kwezinye izimo budlule, bonke. yazo, ekugcineni, ikhokhwe umkhokhi wentela wase-US ngaphandle kokubonisana noma imvume. Bangaphezu kuka-40,000 abantu basePalestine abalimele kanzima kule minyaka emibili edlule, futhi ababalelwa ku-2,500 XNUMX babulawa ngamabomu amasosha akwa-Israel ayalwe ukuthi alulaze futhi ajezise abantu bonke ngesikhathi sendawo osekuphenduke isikhathi eside kakhulu kwezempi emlandweni wanamuhla.
Ungakhohlwa ukuthi alikho nelilodwa izwi elibucayi lama-Arabhu noma lamaMuslim elike labonwa noma lazwakala kwabezindaba ezinkulu zaseMelika, ezikhululekile, ezilinganiselayo, noma ezisabelayo, nganoma yikuphi ukujwayela nhlobo njengoba amalungiselelo empi esengene esigabeni sawo sokugcina. Cabanga futhi ukuthi abekho abahleli abakhulu bale mpi, ngokuqinisekile akubona labo ababizwa ngochwepheshe abafana noBernard Lewis noFouad Ajami, akekho kubo oseke wahlala noma wasondela ezweni lama-Arab emashumini eminyaka, noma abantu bezempi nezombusazwe. njengoPowell, Rice, Cheney, noma unkulunkulu omkhulu uBush ngokwakhe, bazi noma yini ngezwe lamaSulumane noma lama-Arabhu ngaphezu kwalokho abakubona nge-Israel noma inkampani kawoyela noma amalensi ezempi, ngakho-ke abanalo ulwazi lokuthi impi yalolu bukhulu ngokumelene ne-Iraq izoveza ini. kubantu abahlala khona ngempela.
Futhi cabanga futhi ngama-hubris angenalutho, angahlotshisiwe amadoda afana noWolfowitz nabasizi bakhe. Becelwe ukuthi bafakaze kuKhongolose enganakekile kangako ngemiphumela yempi nezindleko abavunyelwe ukubaleka ngaphandle kokunikeza izimpendulo ezibambekayo, obuchitha ubufakazi besikhulu samasosha esikhulume ngebutho lezempi lamasosha angama-400,000 iminyaka eyi-10. ngezindleko ezicishe zibe yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane zamaRandi.
Intando yeningi eyalandelwa futhi yakhashelwa, intando yeningi yagujwa kodwa eqinisweni yalulazwa futhi yanyathelwa yiqeqebana lamadoda avele athatha izintambo kule republic sengathi ayilutho nje, yini, izwe lama-Arab? Kuhle ukubuza ukuthi ngubani ophethe njengoba kusobala ukuthi abantu base-United States abamelwe ngokufanelekile yimpi lo mbuso osezoyidedela emhlabeni osuvele ukhungethwe usizi nobubha ukuthi ungabekezelela ngaphezulu. Futhi abantu baseMelika basizwe kabi yimithombo yezindaba elawulwa yiqembu elincane lamadoda elihlela noma yini engabangela uhulumeni ukukhathazeka noma ukukhathazeka okuncane. Ngokuqondene namademegogue nezihlakaniphi eziyizigqila ezikhuluma ngempi kusukela ekusithekeni kwemihlaba yazo engelona iqiniso, ubani owabanika ilungelo lokuhlangana ekungcolisweni kwezigidi zabantu ubugebengu babo obukhulu bubonakala sengathi bangamaSulumane nama-Arab? Imuphi umMelika, ngaphandle kwaleli qembu elincane elingameleli, onesithakazelo esijulile ekwandiseni izitolo zomhlaba ezanele kakade ze-anti-Americanism? Kancane kancane bengingacabanga.
Jonathan Swift, kufanele ngabe uphila kulelihora.
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