Ibhoklolo ebholeni lalihlale linabafana ababemlwela. Wayengamangalela ingane ebuthakathaka ngamanga ngokuhlela uzungu olunyantisayo bese ededela abafana abaqinile - njengesinyathelo sangaphambi kokuzama, kunjalo. Ebhulokhini lami, iziqhwaga zazine-MO efanayo. Kodwa akekho noyedwa kubo owalwa ngokoqobo nanoma ubani owayengase abazwise ubuhlungu. Bakhetha izingane ezingafuni ukuzilwela.
Manje isiqhwaga esizelwe ngokusha sithatha iNdlu Emhlophe. Ukhetha izinhloso ezibuthakathaka, eziklolodelayo - 'zilethe' - wenza abanye bamlwele bese enikeza i-turkey kumaqhawe akhe ommeleli ngo-Thanksgiving. Kodwa okubi kakhulu kunomkhuba wakhe wokudlala i-dress up for photo ops, wenze ubuxhwanguxhwangu kwaba yinqubomgomo esemthethweni yase-US. Njengomongameli, unenkundla yokuhlanganisa izinsongo, uzibike njengeziqiniseko bese uyala amabutho ukuthi alwe nazo.
Uma kubhekwa inkolo yakhe 'yamandla okuhle nokubi' okuhambisana nokungabi nalwazi komhlaba - 'Ngingahle ngingazi ukuthi ikuphi iBosnia, kodwa...' - lokho kwazisa izinqumo zenqubomgomo kaMongameli, ngicabanga ukuthi uBush angase 'awezwe' amazwi. kusuka phezulu. Akazizwa ephoqelekile ukuba afunde, noma alalele isikhathi eside labo abanolwazi ukuze abeke isisekelo esiqinile sezahlulelo zakhe. Uvele enze izinqumo. Yilokho abaholi abakwenzayo, etshela umbhali wempilo yabantu uBob Woodward (Bush at War).
Abanye babo baze babe nezinhloso eziqinile zezimali zokulungiswa komhlaba okunjalo (ngisho ukuxhumana kwePhini Likamongameli uCheney neHalliburton, izixhumanisi zika-National Security Adviser Rice kuChevron kanye nokuzibandakanya okuningi kukaPerle nezinkampani zezokuvikela okwamvumela ukuthi 'asebenze kahle ngokwenza okuhle' ).
U-Graham, omunye wabahloli bomkhathi abazigcobile, njengoba u-Eduardo Galeano embiza kanjalo, uyaqonda ukuthi 'ipharadesi alikho indawo enkulu kakhulu - alikho ngaphezu kwamamayela-skwele angamakhulu ayishumi nanhlanu. Abakhethiweyo bayoba mbalwa. Manje cabanga ukuthi yiliphi izwe elithenge wonke amathikithi okungena?' (Galeano La Jornada, Mashi 19, 2003).
UBush uveze ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamkhetha ukuthi abe nguMongameli - noma ngabe ulunqobile ukhetho noma cha. IPhini likaNobhala Wezokuvikela Wezobunhloli uGeneral William Boykin ukuphindile lokho futhi wamemezela ngoJuni enkulumweni yase-Oregon, 'Isitha ngumfana ogama lakhe linguSathane.'
Kuphela ngokufaka isicelo ku-apocalyptic yesiprofetho seBhayibheli lapho amaBushi ayengathethelela impi yangaphambi kokubhubhisa. Omunye woklebe abashiseka kakhulu empini, uRichard Perle, owesula ngoMashi 27, 2003 njengosihlalo weBhodi Lenqubomgomo Yezokuvikela kodwa waqhubeka eyilungu, wagcina evumile esidlangalaleni ukuthi i-Administration yayingenayo i-casus belli, ayikho indlela engokomthetho yokulwa impi, kuyilapho. ukulahla okusemthethweni njengokungasebenzi.
I-Article 51 ye-UN Charter ivumela isenzo 'sokuzivikela komuntu ngamunye noma ngeqoqo, uma kwenzeka ukuhlaselwa kuhlonyiwe kweLungu LeNhlangano Yezizwe.' Ku-Perle kanye nabalingani bakhe be-neo-conservative, ifomula enjalo ngaphansi 'komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe ... bekuyodingeka ukuthi sishiye uSaddam Hussein yedwa.'
'Kumele sikucacise kumaJalimane ukuthi iphutha abaholi bawo abawa bequliswa amacala akukhona ukuthi bahlulwa yimpi, kodwa ukuthi bayiqala. Futhi akumelwe sivume ukungeniswa ovivinyweni lwezimbangela zempi, ngoba isimo sethu siwukuthi azikho izikhalo noma izinqubomgomo ezizovumela ukuthi siphendukele empini enonya. Kulahlwa ngokuphelele futhi kulahlwa njengethuluzi lenqubomgomo.'
I-Iraq ayizange ilalele ezinye izinqumo ze-UN. Kepha impi kaBush-Blair ngokumelene ne-Iraq iluhlakaza ngempela uhlelo lwezomthetho lwamazwe ngamazwe. Kuyangimangaza ukuthi abezindaba balishaya indiva kanjani iqiniso lokuthi i-Israel iphikise izinqumo eziningi ze-UN kunanoma yiliphi elinye izwe - ngokusekelwa yi-US. Abathembekile ababheki ukungaguquguquki, ngoba ukwenza kanjalo kungaba ukungabaza intando kaNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, iqiniso lokuthi u-Israyeli ubambe umhlaba wasePalestine iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesithupha edlule futhi unenqwaba yezikhali zenuzi akubathinti labo uNkulunkulu abayale ukuba bathumele uSaddam omubi.
Bush watshela uJames Robinson, ngokusho kukaPaul Harris ku-New York Observer yangoNovemba 2, 2003: 'Ngizwa sengathi uNkulunkulu ufuna ngigijimele uMongameli. Angikwazi ukukuchaza, kodwa nginomuzwa wokuthi izwe lami lizongidinga. Kukhona okuzokwenzeka… Ngiyazi ukuthi ngeke kube lula kimi noma emndenini wami, kodwa uNkulunkulu ufuna ngikwenze.'