UTariq Ali
As
ikusasa livuthwa esikhathini esedlule, ngakho okwedlule kuyabola esikhathini samanje. Abaholi baseMelika
Sekuyisikhathi eside isetshenziselwa ukuphatha i-vase yaseBrithani ephukile njenge-pisspot, kodwa
U-Attlee noWilson, ngesikhathi beqabula izimbongolo eWhite House, benza kanjalo
okungenani, ukuzama ukukhawulela kanye nokunqanda i-United States, nakuba kuncane
impumelelo. UBlair noCook kanye nalo lonke leli qembu lezigelekeqe elisabekayo babonakala beyibo bodwa
bajabule nganoma yiliphi ithuba elisha lokukhonkotha ukusekela kwabo umbuso
umsunguli wempi e-White House, waqhumisa i-Baghdad ukukhombisa ukuqina kwakhe kubavoti
ekhaya futhi abala phesheya. Ingxabano kaBlair yokuthi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okusha kwaba
okudingekayo ukuze kuvikelwe izimpilo zabashayeli bamabhanoyi baseBrithani kuyamangalisa.
Ini
isihogo ngabe laba bashayeli bezindiza benza e-Iraq kwasekuqaleni? Kungani beye
ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-Iraq kule minyaka eyishumi edlule? Eminyakeni emibili edlule kuphela, i-USA kanye
IBrithani ilahle amathani angaphezu kuka-400 amabhomu nemicibisholo e-Iraq. UBlair ubelokhu
ukunisa iziqhumane ezibulalayo ngenani eliphindwe kamashumi amabili kune-Major. Cha
elinye izwe eYurophu liyasisekela lesi siphepho somlilo. Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kwe-Iraq kuye kwavela
manje yahlala isikhathi eside kunokuhlasela kwe-US eVietnam. Blair, Cook kanye nabo bonke
Uhulumeni usejwayele iphunga lokuzenzisa kwabo kangangokuthi bangakwazi
thethelela noma yini. Akungabazeki ukuthi uLord Macdonald maduze uzotshela ababukeli ukuthi
ukuhlasela kwamabhomu kwakudingeka ukuze kuvikelwe amalungelo entando yeningi
ezempi-yezimboni eziyinkimbinkimbi ukuze kwandiswe inzuzo, ngaphandle kwalokho akukho lutho olungasebenza
futhi, ngakho-ke, uma sifuna uhlelo olungcono lwezokuthutha ezizimele eBrithani thina
kumele baqonde amabhomu ayadingeka. Ithuba elingenangqondo le-New Labor
isiko libonakala libonakala eQenjini Labasebenzi lilonke futhi selithintekile
amandla ayo okucabanga ngokujulile.
The
i-orthodox casuistry phakathi kwababhali bengosi abathembekile nabaphathi benkantolo kuwukuthethelela
amaqiniso angalungileโโukuba nama-Israyeli izikhali zenuzi kanye nobukoloni
unya olwenziwa amaPalestine, ukucindezelwa Turkish of the Kurds, the
ubushiqela babefundisi eSaudi Arabia, njll. โโ ngokugxeka okumangalisayo.
Ngakho-ke umsizi kaBlair Womuntu Wezindaba Zangaphandle, owayeyi-diplomat uRobert Cooper
ubhala kuP.42 we-'The Post-Modern State and the World Order' ukuthi: 'Sidinga ukwenza
zijwayelanise nomqondo wezindinganiso ezimbaxa-mbili.' Uphinde asitshele ngokunganaki ukuthi 'the
izizathu zokulwa neGulf War kwakungekona ukuthi i-Iraq yephule izinkambiso ze
ukuziphatha kwamazwe ngamazwe', kodwa isidingo sokuthi amazwe aseNtshonalanga abambelele ngokuqinile
'amafutha abalulekile.'
Together
ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu, umbuso wenswinyo ogcinwe endaweni nguClinton noBlair ands
manje uBush noBlair, sekudle izimpilo zabo, ngokuthatha isilinganiso esiphansi, 300,000
izingane. Njengoba izindiza zisuka futhi ukuze ziphinde zihlasele amabhomu endaweni
izinsalela ezihlakazekile nezilambile zeZwe Lomhlaba Wesithathu, kungani i-Labour
Iphathi ithule kanjalo. Izwe elibuthelwe impi ngehlazo elingenamahloni lingakwazi
isimo sokudumazeka siba sengozini kwabanye futhi abaguquki abangaguquki.
Ukuphikisana okwenqabayo ukuba yisibukeli, kodwa uphikelela ekungeneni
izindawo ezingavunyelwe zepolitiki yesimanje zibalulekile njengefiziki yanoma yikuphi ukusebenza
intando yeningi. Ukungezwani eBrithani sekuphenduke i-athomu. Kubonisa ubutha ku
yonke ipolitiki yendabuko futhi igxile ezindabeni zodwa ezihlobene
amalungelo ezemvelo nawezilwane. Iningi lalaba lidinga ukwesekwa kodwa kukhona okuthile
ibingekho. Ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngabe labo ababecasulwe kakhulu eminyakeni embalwa edlule
izimo zokuphila ezimpintshana lapho amathole ayethunyelwa ngomkhumbi ezindlini zokuhlatshwa
eFrance akakaze acabange ngenani lezingane ezashona e-Iraq zisuka
ukungondleki kahle kanye nokuntuleka kwemithi njengomphumela oqondile wezijeziso ezingenabuntu
inqubomgomo ebekwe yiWashington neLondon. Isikhathi sokuvuka bakwethu.