Ukuqapha kanye nokuphonsela inselelo amaqhinga wamandla amisiwe kungaba ibhizinisi elinzima nelikhathazayo.
Thatha, isibonelo, ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq yase-US kanye ne-UK ngo-2003. Amalungu omphakathi akhathazekile kwadingeka azijwayeze ngokushesha nokuqukethwe kwemibhalo emibili ye-dodgy, izingxoxo eziyinkimbinkimbi e-United Nations, izisekelo zomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, umlando wezikhali. ukuhlolwa kanye nezitatimende zomphakathi ezikhohlisayo zikahulumeni uqobo. Ngemibuzo eminingi yasephalamende kanye nokuputshuka okuqhubekayo kwemibhalo eyimfihlo ngemva kokuhlasela, ngisho nomcwaningi okhuthele kakhulu kumelwe ukuba ukuthole kunzima ukugcina usesikhathini futhi acubungule wonke amaqiniso abalulekile nezenzakalo.
Ibhalwe nguDkt Brian Jones, umsizi womqondisi wezobunhloli ku-nuclear, biological and chemical Service yase-UK's Defense Intelligence Service ngaphambi kokuba ashiye phansi ngaphambi kwempi, I-Intelligence Ehlulekayo iwucezu olubalulekile lwe-jigsaw ekuqondeni umjaho oya empini.
Le ncwadi igxile ezicini zezobunhloli mayelana nokuthethelelwa kokuhlasela, ikakhulukazi idosi leyamanje elachithwa ngoSepthemba 2002, elihlanganisa nesimangalo sikaTony Blair sokuthi "usongo lubucayi futhi lukhona" ngoba "ubuhlakani obuhloliwe busungulwe ngaphandle kokungabaza ukuthi iSaddam waqhubeka nokukhiqiza izikhali zamakhemikhali nezebhayolojiโ.
Nakuba ayesekela ukuhlaselwa kwe-Iraq ngaleso sikhathi, ngaphambi nje kokuba kushicilelwe idokhumenti uJones wathumela imemo yangaphakathi kumphathi wakhe ebeka izinto eziningi ezimkhathazayo yena nozakwabo ababenazo ngolimi lwedosi, ephikisana ngokuthi elikuqukethe. akubonisi ubuhlakani obukhona njengamanje. Ube esechaza ukungabaza kwakhe ngokujula okwengeziwe lapho efakaza esidlangalaleni ku-Hutton and Butler Inquiries.
Okuxakayo ukuthi indawo yokuthengisa eyingqayizivele yencwadi - ulwazi lukaJones lwangaphakathi lweWhitehall - ngokungangabazeki ubuthakathaka bayo obuyinhloko. Ngakho ngenkathi I-Intelligence Ehlulekayo inikeza i-akhawunti enemininingwane eminingi yezingxoxo phakathi komphakathi wezobunhloli waseBrithani ngo-2002/3, ayinaki imibuzo ebanzi. Isibonelo, unswinyo olubulalayo lwe-UN lunikezwa kafushane kafushane, kuyilapho kungenzeka ukuthi ukulawulwa kukawoyela noma inzuzo ye-geo-politiki abaningi kube yizisusa zokuhlasela azinakwa. Akungabazeki ukuthi abakwaJones bangaphikisa ukuthi lezi ziwela ngaphandle kwendawo yakhe yobuchwepheshe ngakho-ke ukukhishwa kwencwadi, kodwa kuthiwani ngo-Hussain Kamil, inhloko yezinhlelo zezikhali zenuzi, zamakhemikhali kanye nezebhayoloji e-Iraq, owahlubuka ngo-1995? UJones ubhekise kuKamil, kodwa kubonakala kuxakile ngokwedlulele ukuthi akasho ingxenye ebalulekile yobufakazi bukaKamil kubahloli be-UN: "Zonke izikhali - zebhayoloji, amakhemikhali, imicibisholo, zenuzi, zacekelwa phansi."
Okuthakazelisa kakhulu isitatimende sikaJones sokuthi ubuhlakani bukaBill Clinton noBlair abasetshenziswa ekuhlaseleni kuka-1998 eSudan nase-Iraq โbabengengcono kunalelo elalitholakala kuMongameli Bush ngo-2002-3โ kanye nokwehlukanisa kwakhe lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-Downing Street Memos. Ngenkathi uBlair ebeka obala ukuthi unentshisekelo yokuthola isisombululo esinokuthula kule nkinga nge-UN, uJones uyiphawula ngokunembile le mibhalo eyimfihlo ekhombisa ukuthi "inqubomgomo yangempela kwakuwukuklama ugibe lukaSaddam ukuze kuthethelelwe isenzo sezempi."
UJones kufanele ashayelwe ihlombe ngokuthatha lesi sihloko esinzima. Ngakho-ke kuyadabukisa ukuthi i-prose eminyene yale ncwadi, ukukhuluma ngokungagwegwesi, ngokuvamile iyisicefe, okwenza ukuyifunda kube umsebenzi onzima kakhulu futhi okubi kakhulu ikhiqize incwadi engenakufinyelelwa yibo bonke abantu kodwa ephikelela kakhulu. Amahloni, ngoba noma yini ekhanyisa lokho isazi-mlando uMark Curtis akubiza ngokuthi โumkhankaso wenkulumo-ze kahulumeni wezindawo eziphakeme ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambiliโ idinga ukufundwa okubanzi.
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*U-Ian Sinclair ungumbhali ozisebenzelayo ozinze eLondon, e-UK. [i-imeyili ivikelwe] or http://twitter.com/#!/IanJSinclair
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