NgoZibandlela wonyaka odlule intatheli ephenyayo uSeymour Hersh washicilela udaba oluqhumayo ngeSyria. Isihloko sikaHersh sichaze ukuthi i-Obama Administration ibe "nobuhlakani obukhethiwe" mayelana nokuhlasela kwezikhali zamakhemikhali ze-21 Agasti 2013 eGhouta "ukuqinisekisa isiteleka ngokumelene no-Assad". Ziziphatha njengomhlambi wezilwane kunokuba izintatheli ezizimele, ezibuza imibuzo okufanele zibe yikho, ngokushaqisayo abezindaba base-UK bawushaya indiva umbiko kaHersh. Ngenhlanhla, ukuhlasela kwe-US okwakuhlelelwe iSyria kwavinjwa lapho ukucabanga kwezepolitiki kuphoqa i-White House ukuba ime kancane, okwavumela iRussia ukuthi iphakamise isivumelwano esicekela phansi izikhali zaseSyria zamakhemikhali.
Ukuqinisekisa inkulumo kaMarx yokuthi "umlando uyaziphinda, okokuqala njengenhlekelele, bese kuba yi-farce" Ukudalulwa kwakamuva kukaHersh ngeSyria nezikhali zamakhemikhali sekuphinde kwafihlwa yimithombo yezindaba yase-UK (okuhlukile kuyingxoxo emfushane ku-BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight. ).
Ishicilelwe ku- London Review of Books ngo-Ephreli, uHersh ucaphuna isikhulu sezobunhloli saseMelika esingadalulwanga esithe iTurkey, emzamweni wokwenza i-US ukuthi ihlasele iSyria, yayiyimbangela yokuhlaselwa kwezikhali zamakhemikhali eGhouta. UHersh ucaphuna umyalezo othunyelwe yisikhulu esiphezulu seCIA: โAkuzange kube umphumela wombuso wamanje. I-UK ne-US ziyakwazi lokhuโ. U-Hersh uphinde athi lapho uHulumeni wase-US ethi uHulumeni waseSyria kuphela okwazi ukuthola igesi ye-sarin babazi ukuthi lokhu kungamanga - isithangami se-June 2013 Defence Intelligence Agency saphawula ukuthi i-Al-Nusra Front, iqembu lamavukelambuso e-jihadi, lagcina ukukhiqizwa kwe-sarin. iseli.
Eminye imibiko yezindaba eminingi iphakamisa ukuthi u-Hersh angase abe nokuthile.
Ngomhla zingama-29 ku-Agasti, isonto ngemuva kokuhlasela kwamakhemikhali, i-Associated Press yabika ukuthi "izikhulu eziningi zase-US zasebenzisa inkulumo ethi 'hhayi i-slam dunk' ukuchaza isithombe sezobunhloli". 'Akuyona i-slam dunk' kubhekiselwa ekugcizeleleni koMqondisi we-CIA ngaleso sikhathi ngo-2002 ukuthi ubuhlakani be-WMD yase-Iraq babuwu "slam dunk". Indaba ye-Associated Press yaqhubeka yaphawula ukuthi ezinye izikhulu zezobunhloli zase-US โzike zakhuluma nangokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi amavukela-mbuso ayengahlasela ngomzamo onzima noweqile wokudonsela amazwe aseNtshonalanga empini.โ Njengoba ukuhlasela kwe-US kuzoqala ngo-2 Septhemba, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ngo-8 Septemba i-Associated Press yabika "umphakathi awukaboni ubufakazi obuphathekayo obukhiqizwe ubuhlakani base-US - akukho sithombe sesathelayithi, akukho mibhalo yaseSyria. ezokuxhumana kwezempi - okuxhumanisa uhulumeni kaMongameli u-Bashar Assad nezinsolo zokuhlasela kwezikhali zamakhemikhali". Ngalo leli sonto iphephandaba laseJalimane i-Bild am Sonntag libike ukuthi u-Assad akazange ayale noma avume ukuhlasela kwezikhali zamakhemikhali ngomhlaka-21 Agasti. U-Ake Sellstrom, uchwepheshe wezikhali zamakhemikhali waseSweden ohola ithimba elihlola i-UN eSyria, waphakamisa eminye imibuzo ngoDisemba 2013 lapho etshela i-Wall Street Journal ukuthi izinhlangothi zombili kule ngxabano zazinalo โithubaโ kanye โnamandlaโ okwenza izikhali zamakhemikhali. ukuhlasela.
Ucwaningo lwakamuva lwerokhethi esetshenziswe engxenyeni ethile yokuhlaselwa ngamakhemikhali nguRichard Lloyd owayenguMhloli Wezikhali we-UN uRichard Lloyd kanye noTheodore Postol, uprofesa wesayensi, ubuchwepheshe kanye nenqubomgomo yezokuphepha kuzwelonke eMassachusetts of Technology, seluphinde lwabekela inselele ukulandisa kukaHulumeni wase-US. "Umbono wami ngesikhathi ngiqala lolu hlelo bekuwukuthi bekungeke kube lutho ngaphandle kukahulumeni waseSyria ohlaselile", uPostol etshela iMcClatchy Newspapers ngoJanuwari. โKodwa manje angazi lutho. Ukulandisa kokuphatha kwakungasondeli ngisho ngokoqobo. Ubuhlakani bethu ngeke bube neqiniso. โ
Okunye okuthakazelisayo eceleni kokugomela kukaHersh ukuthi iTurkey yayiyimbangela yalokhu kuhlasela ukuqoshwa okusanda kuputshuka okubonakala kukhombisa uHakan Fidan, inhloko yezobunhloli baseTurkey, ehlela ukusebenza kwefulege elingamanga eSyria. Ingxoxo ibigxile ethuneni likaSuleyman Shah, indawo ebalulekile ezweni laseTurkey eliseSyria, iqembu lamavukelambuso amaSulumane elisabise ngokulibhubhisa. Ephendula uHulumeni waseTurkey usabise ngokuthi uzoziphindiselela uma kwenzeka umonakalo ethuneni. Ekuqopheni uFidan uthi โUma kuzoba nokulungisiswa, isizathu siwukuthi ngithumela amadoda amane kolunye uhlangothi. Ngibenza badubule imicibisholo eyisishiyagalombili ezweni elingenalutho [eduze kwethuna]. Akuyona inkinga leyo. Ukuthethelelwa kungadalwa.โ
Ngakho-ke ingabe iziqinisekiso zakamuva zikaHersh ngeSyria zilungile? Impendulo elula asazi. Esikwaziyo ukuthi uHersh unomlando wokwembula uhlangothi olumnyama lwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US - waphula indaba yokubulawa kwabantu e-My Lai ngo-1969 kanye nokuhlukunyezwa ejele lase-Abu Ghraib ngo-2004. Siyazi ukuthi uHersh unokuxhumana okuhle phakathi komphakathi wezobunhloli wase-US. nokuthi ucaphune inqwaba yezikhulu zezobunhloli zangaphambili nezamanje kuzo zombili izihloko zakhe ezikhuluma ngeSyria. Siyazi futhi ukuthi eziningi zeziphetho zakhe zinanelwa amanye ama-akhawunti amaningi wezindaba.
Vele, indlela engcono kakhulu yokuhlola ubuqiniso bokudalulwa kukaHersh kungaba ukuthi bonke abezindaba banikeze izinsiza ezibalulekile kanye nabasebenzi ukuze baphenye le ndaba. Kodwa-ke, njengoba izindaba zezindaba nezethelevishini zisebenzise ngempumelelo umbiko kaHersh sikude kakhulu nokuthola iqiniso ngalesi sikhathi samanje.
U-Ian Sinclair ungumbhali wencwadi ethi The March That Shook Blair: An Oral History of 15 February 2003, eshicilelwe ngabakwaPeace News Press. Ubhala kuTwitter @IanJSinclair
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