“Bafaka abafileyo babo emabhokisini ahlotshiswe ngefulegi; kufanele siqoqe futhi sibhuqe abafileyo bethu phansi futhi sethemba ukuthi izinsalela nezinhlamvu zaseMelika zisale ngokwanele ukuze zibonakale ngokucacile.†Wabhala kanjalo umbhali wengosi yewebhu u-Baghdad Burning, lapho ezama ukudonsela ukunaka eqinisweni elidabukisayo le- ukuphila eBaghdad.
Yilokhu kushonelwa kanye nentukuthelo phakathi kwabantu base-Iraqi - okunye kwakho okuvezwe odakeni namabhomu enziwe ekhaya - okuphoqe uBush noBlair ukuthi bayeke noma yikuphi ukuxokozela futhi banikeze “ubukhosi— endlini eyimfihlo egadwe amathangi. Akukho nelilodwa uphawu lwenjabulo ethandwayo olubingelele lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando.
Esinyathelweni esifanayo kodwa esikhohlisayo ngokulinganayo, i-US yanikeza ifayela elisemthethweni lika-Saddam kodwa umashiqela usavalelwe e-US. Ukwedelela kukaSaddam enkantolo kudala ukuthi iningi labamangaleli bakhe - okuhlanganisa noNdunankulu u-Allawi, owayeyilungu leqembu lika-Saddam's Ba'ath, kanye namanye amabutho angewona ama-Baath amelwe kuhulumeni wesikhashana - babengabambisene naye. umbuso. Abantu abaningi base-Iraqi banomuzwa wokuthi uhulumeni wenguquko oqokwe yi-US akanalo igunya lokuziphatha kumuntu osesikhumulweni semikhumbi, ngenxa yokuhlangana kwawo nombuso wakhe wangaphambili nangenxa yokuthi beza, ngamazwi esisho esivamile sase-Iraqi, “emhlane. yamathangi aseMelika†. Njengoba omunye wase-Iraqi aphawula: “Uma benikeza uSaddam icala elinobulungiswa, bonke bazogcina benaye esikhumulweni semikhumbi - uKissinger, uReagan, uThatcher, uBlair, uBushe ababili no-Allawi.
Ukuqulwa kwecala kungase kuphumelele ekufezeni izinhloso zenkulumo-ze yesikhashana entshonalanga, kodwa ngeke kufihle iqiniso lokuthi ekufakeni uhulumeni wokuvikela, i-US ithathe isinyathelo esiyingozi kakhulu emgwaqeni oya empini yombango e-Iraq.
Imbewu yempi yaseVietnam yahlwanyelwa i-US ifaka umbuso weklayenti eSaigon. Futhi ngaphandle uma uBush noBlair bemiswa abantu baseMelika nabaseBrithani, inhlekelele efanayo iyenzeka e-Iraq kanye naseMpumalanga Ephakathi ngobubanzi. Kodwa ngeke kube yimpi yama-Arabs ngokumelene namaKurds, amaSunni ngokumelene namaShia noma amaSulumane ngokumelene namaKristu, kodwa impi ebhubhisa ngokufanayo phakathi kwedlanzana elisekelwa yi-US (lazo zonke izinkolo, amahlelo kanye nezizwe) ngokumelene nenani elikhulu labantu base-Iraq. . Izinkundla zokubulala zale mpi zingagcina zisuka e-Afghanistan ziye ePalestine.
Njenge-Iraq namuhla, iSouth Vietnam yabonwa yiWashington njengomugqa okufanele ubanjwe ngazo zonke izindleko. Kepha njengoba ukwenqaba kwabantu baseVietnam umbuso wamakhasimende kukhula ngamandla, i-US yagoqana ngemuva kokudalwa kwayo eSaigon, kanye namasosha ayisigidi aseVietnam esekelwa amasosha ase-US ayingxenye yesigidi. Amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu aboshwa futhi ahlukunyezwa; inani lokufa kwabantu baseVietnam lafinyelela ezigidini ezi-3, futhi amasosha angama-55,000 ase-US abulawa esenzweni.
Amaqhinga amaphekula ase-US e-Vietnam (futhi kamuva nje e-Nicaragua nase-Honduras) ayangeniswa kancane kancane e-Iraq. Amaqembu abulalayo ase-US kanye ne-Mossad, isibonelo, kufanele ukuthi asevele esebenza e-Iraq, kulandela ukuqeqeshwa kwamaqembu akhethekile amasosha ase-US “hitmen†, ngosizo lochwepheshe bakwa-Israel, e-Fort Bragg eNorth Carolina nase-Israel ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule - njengoba kubikwe intatheli ehlonishwayo yaseMelika uSeymour Hirsh, indaba iPentagon engazange iyiphike.
Izinkulungwane zabantu base-Iraqi babulewe kusukela “ekupheleni” kwempi, okwengeza ezinkulungwaneni ezingenakubalwa ezabulawa njengomonakalo wokubambisa phakathi nayo. Futhi lo msebenzi uvimbe impumelelo yentando yeningi okungenzeka ukuthi ama-Iraqi ayithokozele ngemuva kokuwa kombuso kaSaddam. Ngoba i-US kade yaqaphela ukuthi abantu base-Iraq, uma benikezwa ukukhetha, bangakhetha amabutho aphikisana nezinqubomgomo zase-US.
Ukhetho lwabafundi bamanyuvesi ase-Iraq lunqotshwe abantu ababemelene nokuhlala, okwenza i-US ukuthi ichithe ukhetho lomeya bamadolobha futhi iphikisane nezicelo zokuthi kube nokhetho lokuqala ezweni lonke. I-Union of the Unempyed yasheshe yavela njengamandla omkhankaso asebenzayo futhi iFederation of Iraqi Trade Unions yaphinde yavela. Ephendula, umphathi-sifundazwe waseMelika, uPaul Bremer, wavusa umthetho weSaddam wango-1984 owawuvala zonke iziteleka ezinkampanini zikahulumeni waphinde wayala ukuba kuboshwe abaholi bale nyunyana. Khonamanjalo, izikhungo “zentando yeningi†uBremer azama ukuzisungula zonke zehlulekile ukushayisana nabantu. Ngaphandle kwenkulumo ekhululekile elinganiselwe, engabandakanyi “ukugqugquzelwa†ngokumelene nomsebenzi, akukho okungaboniswa ngokufa nokubhujiswa okungaka.
Sekuyimfashini ukugxeka i-US “ngokungabi nazinhlelo” nge-Iraq ngemuva kokuwa kweSaddam. Iqiniso liwukuthi amashumi amakomiti enqubomgomo abhala izinhlelo eziningi. Ngazi abantu abaningi base-Iraq abadingisiwe ababekhokhelwa kahle ukuze bajoyine la makomiti, asebenza e-US ngaphambi kokuhlasela. Zonke lezi zinhlelo zabhidlika ngemuva kokushayisana nedwala lokuphikisa kwabantu base-Iraq. Ukube iningi labantu belikweseka kancane lokhu kuhlasela, lezi zinhlelo ngabe seziqalisiwe, futhi uBush noBlair kungenzeka manje babambe izingqungquthela zabezindaba ezijwayelekile edolobheni laseBaghdad. Ukuphikiswa kwabantu base-Iraqi, sekunesikhathi okungenani, kwaphazamisa izinhlelo ze-US zokuhlasela i-Iran, iSyria, i-Hizbullah eLebanon, kanye neNyakatho Korea.
Yize kuhluka ngokwemibono yezepolitiki nezenhlalo, ukuphikiswa kokuba khona okuholwa yi-US, kanye nokumelana nezikhali (okuhlukile kobuphekula), kuye kwasekelwa iningi lama-Iraqi kanye nama-mosque.
Ngemva kokuvala umkhuleko ngokwawo, i-mosque yayiyisikhungo esisodwa uSaddam ayengakwazi ukusichitha, esichaza indima yabo eyinhloko ekuphikisaneni nobudlova bukaSaddam kanye nomsebenzi. Kodwa indima yenkolo e-Iraq iyaphikisana ngokwezombangazwe nangokwenhlalo. Nakuba amabutho ezwe amelene nomsebenzi ekhathazekile ngethonya labaholi bezenkolo base-Iraq, laba abalandelayo abasikiwe bonke endwangwini efanayo. Abaningi bayakweseka ukusebenza namabutho ezwe, ukubamba ukhetho lwentando yeningi nokuvikela amalungelo abesifazane kanye nawabantu baseKurdish.
Abanye abaholi benkolo yamaShia namaSunni bakha iqembu elimelene namahlelo, iKomidi Lezazi ZamaSulumane. I-MSC ihlele imibhikisho e-Baghdad nakwamanye amadolobha ikhuthaza amaSulumane ukuthi ahlangane futhi athandaze emasontweni omunye nomunye, lapho abantu benkolo bamukelekile. Ikomidi limeme izinhlangano zezwe nezamaKristu ezingaphezu kuka-30 ukuthi zihambele Ingqungquthela Yokuqala Yokusungulwa kwe-Iraqi Against the US Occupation. Le ntuthuko ebalulekile ihehe ukusakazwa okuncane kwabezindaba, njengoba iphikisana nombono wokuthi ama-Iraqi awakwazi ukusebenza ngokuhlanganyela.
Abezindaba basentshonalanga babikezele ukuthi impi yombango isiseduze ngemuva kokuqhuma kwama-mosque amaShia kwabulala amakhulu abantu ngoMashi. Kodwa esikhundleni salokho, lokhu kuqhuma kwaveza umbukiso omkhulu wobunye kulo lonke elase-Iraq. Abantu basole i-US (kanye ne-Israel) ngokuhlela isihluku noma ukushalazela abenzi bobubi.
UBush noBlair bayaqhubeka nokuxova insumansumane, abathandiweyo bamakholoni amadala, ukuthi ama-Iraqi azoqala impi yombango uma kususwa ubukhona “ngomusa†bamabutho okuhlasela. Kodwa akukho lutho oluzuzisa ngamasosha abo noma izikhulu zabo. U-Allawi akayena nje kuphela owayesebenza eSaddam kanye “nempahla” yeCIA kuphela, kodwa futhi ungumholi we-Iraqi National Accord, inhlangano eyakhiwe yizikhulu zangaphambili zamaSaddam. Ukuqokwa kwakhe, kanye nokuhlukunyezwa e-Abu Ghraib, kuyingxenye yenqubomgomo ehlelekile yase-US yokwakha izinhlaka zombuso zeSaddamst.
Ubukhona obuholwa yi-US uqobo obuhlukanisa ama-Iraqi manje. I-US ijulisa ukuhlukana phakathi kwedlanzana kanye neningi elikhulu ngokumelene namabutho aholwa yi-US. Ukuhoxa ngokushesha kwamasosha aholwa yi-US e-Iraq yiyona ndlela kuphela yokumisa impi “yombango†, lapho i-US izosekela “uhulumeni wase-Iraq” “ozimele” ukuchoboza abantu kanye nezifiso zabo zenkululeko nentando yeningi.
• USami Ramadani unguthisha omkhulu wesayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu eLondon Metropolitan University futhi wayedingisiwe embusweni kaSaddam.
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