I-Iraq yasindiswa kubandlululo olungenalwazi ngowesifazane ohloniphekile okuthiwa Gertrude ngesikhathi izizwe zomhlaba eziphucuzekile, ngendlela ethuthuke kakhulu futhi eyinkimbinkimbi, zibulala izinsizwa zazo emsebenzini manje obizwa ngokuthi iMpi Yezwe Yokuqala.
Ngoba ama-Arabhu ayesalele emuva kakhulu ukuba avunyelwe ukuzibusa, noma acabange ngokudala impi yezwe, futhi ngenxa yokuthi izizwe nezinhlanga nezinkolo azikutholi ngempela ukwethembeka noma ukwesekwa okungenakusulwa ngenkomishi enhle yetiye noma amafu ambalwa egesi enobuthi, futhi ngenxa yokuthi amaFulentshi ayeyisimungulu kakhulu ukuba azi ukuthi uwoyela ukuphi, kwadingeka ukuthi amaNgisi afake umholi wase-Iraqi owayengeyena um-Iraqi, ngokhetho lwentando yeningi olungenele ukhetho olulodwa.
UWinston Churchill omkhulu wachaza ukubuswa kwe-Iraq kanye nendlela entsha yempucuko yokuqhumisa izakhamuzi ngamabhomu kanje: โNgikusekela kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwegesi enobuthi ezizweni ezingaphucukile.โ Abanye behlulekile ukubona ubuhlakani, kanye neRoyal Air Force esetshenziswa okungezona amakhemikhali โukuqhuma kwamabhomu okusabisayo, ukuqhuma kwamabhomu ebusuku, amabhomu amakhulu, [kanye] namabhomu abambezelekile (ikakhulukazi abulala izingane)โ emaphoyiseni ase-Iraq angalaleli. Ngokwenza lezi zindlela kuma-Iraqi kuphela lapho impucuko yomhlaba wonke yalungiselela ukuwasebenzisa kumaNazi lapho isikhathi sifika ezingeni lamadolobha aseJalimane egameni lokunqoba amaNazi, okuyinto futhi ebeka lonke leli phepha ngaphesheya kokugxekwa kokuziphatha.
Ama-Iraqi, kusukela ekubunjweni kwe-Iraq nguGertrude kuze kube namuhla, abakaze bakwazi ukudala intando yeningi ukuze i-CIA iketule njengase-Iran engumakhelwane. Kepha umbono wokuthi ama-Iraqi abenodlame noma amelana nokulawula ngenxa yokuntula ukumeleleka ugeja iqiniso elibalulekile lokuthi abantu baseMpumalanga Ephakathi bayakujabulela ukubulalana ngenxa yokuhlukana kwamahlelo. Yebo kunzima ukuthola ubufakazi bokulwa kwamahlelo abalulekile e-Iraq ngaphambi kwe-2003 kanye abanye bathi kwakungekho. Kwakukhona ukuphangwa okunobudlova kwezindawo zamaJuda ngo-1941, kodwa uhulumeni waseBrithani ugcina yonke imininingwane yaleso senzakalo iyimfihlo. Kwaqhunyiswa amasinagoge eBaghdad ngo-1950-51 kodwa lokho kwavela ukuthi kwenziwa amaZionist ezama ukukholisa amaJuda ukuthi eze kwa-Israyeli. Futhi "kuze kube ngama-1970s cishe zonke izinhlangano zezombangazwe zase-Iraq zazingezona ezezwe, ziheha abantu bazo zonke izinkolo futhi kungekho." Kodwa yini eyayibubula ngaphansi nje kobuso ilindele ukuqhuma ngokuklwebheka okuncane?
Cabanga kuncane kangakanani okwathatha. Ukusekela nokuhlomisa umashiqela ononya eSaddam Hussein kanye nempi yakhe eyinhlekelele ngokumelene ne-Iran, wabe eseqhumisa amabhomu e-Iraq futhi ebeka unswinyo olubulala kakhulu emlandweni, bese esanda kuhlasela i-Iraq ngamabhomu futhi ehlala kuyo iminyaka engu-8 ngenkathi ehlomisa futhi eqeqesha amabutho okufa nabahlukumezi futhi ebeka amahlelo. ukuhlukaniswa, ukudala ababaleki abayizigidi ezi-5, futhi kwabulala isigamu-million kuya esigidini nesigamu abantu, kuyilapho ecekela phansi ingqalasizinda yesizwe, bese ebeka uhulumeni onodoli oqotho ehlelweni elilodwa kanye nesizwe esisodwa esingumakhelwane. Lokho, kanye nokuhlomisa uhulumeni omusha ngokuhlaselwa okunonya kwabantu bakhe, ngenkathi ehlomisa ababulali abahlanya eSyria engumakhelwane, abanye babo abafuna ukuhlanganisa izingxenye zeSyria ne-Iraq: konke kwathatha, futhi kungazelelwe, ngokuphazima kweso, ama-Arabhu angenalwazi abulalana wodwa, ngenxa nje yokungabi nangqondo okumsulwa, njengasePalestine.
Phakathi neminyaka engu-8 yomsebenzi owawuholwa yi-U.S. abantu baphuthaza ubudlova obungenangqondo obebulokhu bugeleza ngaphansi komhlaba amakhulu eminyaka ngenxa yokumelana nabahlali, futhi manje abanye bacabanga ukuthi ingxenye yodlame olubhekiswe kuhulumeni wopopayi lushukunyiswa yizikhalazo ezibhekiswe kulowo hulumeni. Kodwa lokhu kugeja amaqiniso ayisisekelo lapha, okuyilawa:
1. Ukushaqeka kanye no-Awe kwakuhloselwe ukwenza abantu bakhululeke futhi bakhululeke.
2. Uhlelo lokususa izikhali e-Iraq ebisizozisebenzisa ngokumelene nathi esibalulekile luphumelele ngaphezu kwalokho obekulindelwe, lusebenza ngokuqhubekayo ngeminyaka eyishumi.
3. Abaholi bethu abakhulu, uBush noCheney, babeqonde ukunikeza inkululeko yabantu base-Iraqi ngisho noma babengakakulungeli.
4. Ukukhethwa kukaMaliki kwakusemthethweni kakhulu kunokhetho lukaFaisal.
5. Ngenkathi isivumelwano sikaBush-Maliki siqeda ukuba khona kwezempi yase-U.S e-Iraq, lokho kwaba ngenxa yokubonga kukaMongameli Obama ohlakaniphe kakhulu kunoBush kodwa ongakwazi ukwenza i-Iraq ivumele amasosha ase-U.S. ukuthi ahlale evikelekile emacaleni obugebengu - ubugebengu obudingekile amaphoyisa, buza nje uWinnie.
6. Ngenkathi i-Iraq isalokhu iyinhlekelele, lelo kwakuyiphutha likaMongameli u-Obama ngokugxila kakhulu ekubulaleni abantu e-Afghanistan nasePakistan naseYemen, hhayi e-Iraq - njengokungathi asisayikhathaleli i-Iraq.
7. Izikhali zase-U.S. ezibanjwayo futhi ezisetshenziswa ngokumelene nohulumeni wopopayi wase-U.S. e-Iraq azifani nenqwaba yezikhali zembubhiso esingakwazi futhi okufanele sizithumele e-Iraq manje ukuze zibanjwe futhi ziqondiswe kabusha kamuva emgwaqeni.
8. Abantu abambalwa abaceba kulo lonke lolu sizi basho kahle.
UDavid Swanson ufuna ukuthi umemezele ukuthula http://WorldBeyondWar.org Incwadi yakhe entsha ithi Impi engekho: I-Case for the Abolition. Uyabhulozahttp://davidswanson.org futhi http://warisacrime.org futhi isebenzela http://rootsaction.org. Uyabamba I-Radio Nation Nation. Mlandele ku-Twitter: @davidcnswanson futhi I-FaceBook.
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Izindatshana zikaDavid Swanson zingezinye zalezo esengiziqakathekisa kakhulu, futhi lena, kanye nokufunda nge-โGertrude,โ iyamangalisa futhi iyadingeka, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa izehlakalo zamanje kanye nalokho okubukeka sengathi kuzoqhutshekwa nokuhlaselwa kabusha e-Iraq. ngamabutho ase-U.S. Uma umuntu enalowo muzwa we-deja vu, kunesizathu esihle salokho, kunjalo. Lesi sikhathi nxazonke ngeke sifane ncamashi nalokho okuke kwenzeka ngaphambili, umlando nezenzakalo zamanje zingaphezu kokuphindaphinda. Kepha le ndatshana kaSwanson ihlanganisa okuningi ngamagama ambalwa.