Izingcaphuno zosuku:
- "USaddam bekungafanele kube yisenzo esinzima ukusilandela. Ngemuva kweminyaka engama-30 yezimpi ezimbi, ama-Iraqi ayefuna impilo ethule. Konke abantu baseMelika okwakudingeka bakwenze ngempela kwakuwukuthola ukuphathwa kahle kwe-Iraqi kuphinde kusebenze futhi. Kunalokho, bavumela uhulumeni ukuba ahlakaze, futhi abakaze bawuvuse ngempumelelo. Kube ukwehluleka okumangalisayo emlandweni.” (UPatrick Cockburn, “Angikaze ngicabange ukuthi ukuhlasela kuzophela ngenjabulo. Kodwa lena iMess eyingozi,” Independent, 4/9/04)
- "Unyaka ngemuva kokuwa kukaSaddam, i-US ibhekene nomsebenzi wokuthatha kabusha izwe….Ubumbano lwePan-Islam kanye namaSunni-Shiite lapho kugasela imibuso yaseNtshonalanga bekuyiphupho lezombusazwe kusukela ngesikhathi sika-Sayyid Jamal al-Din. I-al-Afghani ngekhulu le-19, kodwa ngokuvamile ibonakale iyize. UDonald Rumsfeld ekugcineni ufeze iphupho lika-al-Afghani.” (UJuan Cole, Amazwana Anolwazi)
- "Kube isiphepho esihle impela,” kusho isikhulu esibhekelele ezemisebenzi. (U-Rajiv Chandrasekaran kanye no-Anthony Shadid, “Umfundisi Ovuthayo Oyi-US Oyi-Risky Move,” Washington Post, 4/11/04)
Ingabe ukhona okhumbula izimpikiswano zabagxeki abakhathazekile ngokuhlasela okuzayo kwe-Iraq ngasekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo edlule? Kube nokwesaba - okungakabonakali (kuze kube kuleli sonto) kokuvinjwa kwezimpi zasemadolobheni emigwaqweni yaseBaghdad. Inhloko-dolobha yase-Iraq yayizoba yisicupho esikhulu uSaddam Hussein ayelungiselele ukuqhamuka namasosha aseMelika. Izisulu zizoba phezulu; ukulwa kungaba muncu. Kungaba “udaka” lwasemadolobheni.
Yebo, akuzange kwenzeke into enjalo. Njengoba abantu baseMelika besondela, iningi lebutho likaSaddam, kuhlanganise namayunithi aphezulu e-Republican Guard, ngokunokwenzeka liphendula izithembiso zokuthi amasosha kanye nezikhulu ngokufanayo bazohlonishwa futhi basetshenziswe e-Iraq entsha, bavele bahwamuke. Ngemva komlilo ogcwele igazi, inhloko-dolobha “yakhululwa”; umashiqela wanyamalala; futhi uDonald Rumsfeld emuva ePentagon wasala enkeneneza ngobuwula kanye nokuba namahloni kwabagxeki bakhe.
Manje, ngonyaka wesikhumbuzo salowo mzuzu, amaMarines azithola elwa ne-block emigwaqweni yaseFallujah; izingxenye zaseBaghdad zivuke umbhejazane; namadolobha aseningizimu yezwe asezandleni ezinesiphithiphithi zeMahdi Army nabasekeli bawo. Ngemva konyaka, okusho ukuthi, amasosha ethu e-Iraq aphila ngamaphupho amabi abagxeki bempi - futhi uSaddam Hussein akanakusolwa, noma abaphehli abavamile bangaphandle (noma ngabe i-al-Qaedan noma i-Iranian). Kulokhu, abaphathi bakaBush bangazigxeka kakhulu.
AmaGreki ayezokwazi ukuthi angawubiza ngani lo mphumela wokuzidla nokuzikhukhumeza okudlulele - i-hubris - nakuba uMongameli wethu Wezempi engafaneleki njengomuntu odabukisayo. Impela, isekela lethu le-neocon e-Baghdad L. Paul Bremer wayengakaze afike ngaphambili, ngokuqiniseka ukuthi lokho kuyisici sokuphatha kukaBush, wahlakaza amasosha ase-Iraqi, wabeka amadoda angaba ngu-400,000, iningi lawo ebesahlomile, emgwaqeni engenayo imisebenzi, akukho okumele akwenze. , kanye nemindeni noma bona ngokwabo ukuthi bazondle. Kodwa ubaba wayazi kangcono. Kwakuyibutho lethu lezempi ezisekelweni zalo ezihlala njalo okwakuzoqinisekisa "ukuphepha" kwe-Iraq ngekusasa elide elingenamkhawulo.
Njengoba i I-Toronto SunU-Eric Margolis uphawula kukholamu yakhe yakamuva, “Bush's Boy Blunder,” 4/11/04:
- “Noma yiliphi i-imperialist elincane liyazi into yokuqala oyenzayo uma unqoba izwe lomuntu ukuthenga ukwethembeka kwamasosha akhona, uhulumeni namaphoyisa. Uma kungenjalo uzoba namabutho amavukelambuso athukuthele, angasebenzi azulazula emigwaqweni - i-Iraq namuhla iyi-Exhibit A. "
Kusukela ekubhidlikeni kweSoviet Union nasekupheleni kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, babethathe isifundo esisodwa kuphela: Ukuthi, njengoMbuso Omkhulu wokugcina emi kulokho okwakubonakala sengathi ukuphela kwamakhulu eminyaka emibango yamandla amaningi, emlandweni ngokwawo, futhi ngokuhola kubuchwepheshe bokusebenzisa amandla abulalayo ashiya isabelomali sezempi sanoma yikuphi ukuhlangana kwamandla othulini, babekhululekile ukwenza okubi kakhulu. Yilokhu ababekusho ngenkululeko - okwethu ukuphoqelela intando yethu kubo (igama nendawo ezonikezwa kamuva). Futhi bakholelwa ukuthi, ngoba amandla amakhulu embulunga kuphela, amandla ezempi noma usongo lwawo kwakufana namandla ngokwawo; ukuthi uhlobo oluthile lobuthakathaka kuphela, ubuqhawe bombuso eminyakeni kaBush I noClinton I no-II, obuvimbele impumelelo yethu yokugcina. Ukuqinisekisa nje, bakhethe ukubukeka okubuthakathaka kwezitha zabo abangazicabanga - i-Iraq (hhayi i-Iran noma iNyakatho Korea) - futhi bakwenza kahle. Futhi wawina ngokuphazima kweso. Inhloso ifeziwe.
Yilolu hlobo lokucabanga kuphela olungachaza ukungafihli lutho abalwenzile ukuze bavikele i-Iraq ngendlela abayithandayo - izwe elihlushwe izikhali, elingenakusiza, eliphethwe ngamadoda akhethwe yibona (lokhu kwakuthiwa "intando yeningi"), elizimele ngokwezomnotho, futhi elivulekele ngokuphelele. iqoqo lezinkampani ezaziwayo ngokuzisekela emuva eWashington. (Ngabe ukhona yini obonile ukuthi azikho izinkontileka "zokwakha kabusha" ezibalulekile eziye zakhishwa ngisho nakubalingani bethu abaseduze, imvuthuluka kuphela; ukuthi "ukuthunyelwa ngaphandle" okukhulu kunawo wonke kwamaBritish - aphenduka amaGurkha ethu - e-Iraq. kubonakala kungabasebenzi bokuqashwa?)
Ngemva konyaka, konke lokhu sekuphenduke iphupho elibi kubo. Ngemuva konyaka, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bayathanda noma cha, bayakukhathalela ukukuvuma noma cha, bayaphika ngakho noma cha, kuzodingeka babambe ngandlela thize ngalokho uMartin Woollacott weqembu. Guardian (4/9/04) ibiza “ubuncane obubalulekile bensimbi yezempi.” (Manje yiMelika edinga kakhulu ukuhlengwa) Futhi kubonakala sengathi kuzofanele bakwenze lokho emigwaqweni yase-Iraq.
Uma ufuna ukuhlola isitimela samaphutha esandla aholele kulo mzuzu, funda okwakamuva okuvela ku-Rajiv Chandrasekaran no-Anthony Shadid we- Washington Post, “I-US Targeted Fiery Cleric In Risky Move” (4/11/04). Futhi nansi indlela uRobert Fisk we Independent usayizi wesimo samanje "sezempi" (4/9/04):
- "Ngakho-ke amasosha ashaya indlela yawo e-Fallujah, abulala abantu base-Iraqi abangaphezu kuka-200, kuhlanganise nabesifazane nezingane, ngenkathi besebenzisa amathangi omlilo kanye nezibhamu ezinophephela emhlane behlasela oshayasibhamu emijondolo yaseBaghdad eSadr City. Kuthathe usuku noma ezimbili ukuqonda ukuthi yikuphi ukuzikhohlisa okusha okuthathe umyalo wezempi wase-US. Babengabhekene nokuvukela umbuso ezweni lonke. Baphinde bakhulula ama-Iraqis! Ngakho-ke, lokhu kuzosho 'imisebenzi emikhulu yezempi' embalwa. USadr uqhubeka ohlwini lwabafunwa icala lokubulala ngemuva kwencwadi egunyaza ukuboshwa okungekho muntu owasitshela ngayo ngesikhathi ikhishwa ngendlela engaqondakali ezinyangeni ezedlule - okuthiwa yijaji lase-Iraqi - kanye noGeneral Mark Kimmitt, inombolo yesibili kaGeneral Sanchez, wasitshela ngokuzethemba ukuthi amasosha kaSadr azokwenza. 'kubhujiswe'...
- “Futhi ngokuwa okusha ngakunye, sitshelwa ngethemba elisha. Izolo, uGeneral Sanchez ubesakhuluma 'ngokuzethemba kwakhe okuphelele' emabuthweni akhe 'ayecacile enjongweni yawo,' ukuthi ayenza kanjani 'inqubekelaphambili' e-Fallujah nokuthi kanjani - lawa ngamazwi akhe angempela, 'ukuntwela kokusa kuyasondela. '
- "Yilokho kanye abaphathi baseMelika ababekusho esikhathini esingangonyaka owedlule - ngenkathi amasosha ase-US engena enhlokodolobha yase-Iraq nangesikhathi iWashington izishaya isifuba ngokunqoba isilo saseBaghdad."
- "U-Al-Hayat ubika ukuthi iPhini le-US e-Iraq, uPaul Bremer, uyazichitha izingxoxo ezinjalo [phakathi kukaMuqtada namalungu oMkhandlu Ophethe], ethi uMuqtada ubhekene namathuba amathathu: Angakwazi ukuzinikela, angaboshwa ngamasosha ase-US, noma abulawe amelana nalokho kuboshwa. Ngingaphakamisa nje kuJerry ukuthi aqaphele akufisayo. Umndeni kaMuqtada ubulokhu umelana nalolo hlobo lwenkulumo yobuxhwanguxhwangu amashumi eminyaka, lapho iphuma eBaath, futhi abalona uhlobo oluzinikelayo. Uma i-US ibopha uMuqtada, ingakwenza lokho kuphela ngokudelela phakathi kwezindawo ezingcwele kakhulu e-Islam. Uma ufuna ukubona amagagasi okuhlasela kwezintshisekelo zaseMelika kusuka e-Beirut kuya eTehran futhi ukusuka eKabul kuya eManama, vele uqhubeke. Futhi uma i-US ine-Muqtada, lokho kuzomane kubangele imibhikisho yansuku zonke kuwo wonke amadolobha aseningizimu efuna ukukhululwa kwakhe. Uma i-US ibulala u-Muqtada, abalandeli bakhe bazongena ngomshoshaphansi balwe ne-US impi yesikhathi eside, efana noMnu. Iseluleko sami kuye (hhayi ukuthi unekhono ekuthatheni izeluleko) ukuthi, uma [ilungu loMkhandlu uNadeer] uChaderji engamtholela isivumelwano, asithathe. UBremer uzobuyela eWashington ngoJulayi 1, kodwa ama-Iraqi kanye namasosha ase-US kanye nathi sonke kuzofanele siphile nemiphumela yezinqubomgomo zakhe ezihlulekile kanye nenkani yakhe yokuqhosha kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo. "
Ngaphansi kwengcindezi yezehlakalo zakamuva, njengoba bekuyiqiniso kaningi kusukela ngomhlaka-9/11, izintatheli, abahlaziyi kanye nochwepheshe bazama ukuthola izifaniso zomlando ezingasisiza ukuthi sibambe noma sihlanganise ukuxhamazela kwemicimbi. Impela, evelele lapha evikini eledlule kube yiMpi yaseVietnam (pro or con). Kuyinto ejule ebuchosheni baseMelika ngakho-ke akunzima ukucabanga ngalezo zindawo zasemadolobheni e-Iraq "njengamahlathi" ase-Indochina noma ogwadule "njenge-quagmire." UNobhala wethu Wezwe u-Colin Powell, isibonelo, uvele kuleli sonto ukusho ngokungananazi ukuthi i-Iraq "akusilona ixhaphozi elizosishwabadela." (AP, 4/8/04) Kulungile, ngakho akakwazanga ukusho ukuthi “quagmire.” Lavezwa iphuzu. Mhlawumbe ukufaniswa kweVietnam okuphawuleka kakhulu kwenziwa nguMarilyn Young, isazi-mlando sezimpi zethu zaseVietnam, okwathi, nangaphambi kokuba iBaghdad ithathwe, wakhuluma ngokuthuthukayo. Isipiliyoni sase-Iraq njenge "Vietnam ku-crack cocaine."
Phakathi kweziqhathaniso ezihlaba umxhwele kakhulu kuleli sonto, kukhona okumbalwa kwesipiliyoni sase-Algeria sase-Algeria kanye nesipiliyoni sakwa-Israel saseLebanon. James Bennet, okungenzeka ukuthi ungcono kunawo wonke New York Times Izintatheli zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi (kanye nombhali ocacile), babenocezu lwesifaniso saseLebanon, “Ukufana Kwezimpi Ezidlule” (4/10/04), lapho abhala khona ngokwengxenye:
- “Ezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu, izinga lesu lomhlaba wonke kanye nokwenza izinganekwane, i-Iraq ifana neVietnam, eyethulwa yi-White House njengovivinyo lwesinqumo saseMelika ngokumelene nosongo olukhulayo lwamazwe ngamazwe, ubuKhomanisi. Kodwa ngokwezinjongo eziqondile, ezishiwo zokusetshenziswa kwebutho lezempi, i-Iraq ibukeka njengeLebanon [yakwa-Israel].
- “EVietnam abantu baseMelika babenekhasimende elicacile uma lixega, uhulumeni waseNingizimu Vietnam, kanye nesitha, iNyakatho yeVietnam, enohlaka oluqinile lwezepolitiki. ELebanon ama-Israyeli, njengabaseMelika e-Iraq, angena esikhaleni - noma ngokunembile kakhulu ezingxabanweni zezombusazwe nezenkolo. "
- “Uma noma ubani ezinika isikhathi sokuba nesithakazelo ezinkingeni zabanye, wayehlangabezana nombukwane oxakayo: abaseMelika basifake esikhundleni sokuba sematheni. Amasosha abo asemoyeni enze ukubulala okuhlosiwe, avumela izisulu zabantu abashonile andizele lapho zingahle zinqamule ingalo yokwesaba. Esiphithiphithini sezithombe zomlando, ingcekeza yase-Iraq yacwiliswa ogwini lwaseLebanon ngokuthinta ihlathi laseVietnam… [T]ukuphakama kokuxhumana phakathi [kwe-Israel ne-United States] kuyisimo samanje, lapho ezimbalwa ezedlule. iminyaka sibona uhlobo lwe-Israelization - noma i-Sharonization - yase-America: esimweni sayo mayelana nezinsongo zobuphekula, iMelika ikhuluma futhi iziphatha e-Iraq njengoklebe wokugcina ku-General Staff yakwa-Israel. Esikhundleni sokunikeza iJerusalema isibonelo sokuqunga isibindi kwezepolitiki, iWashington isiphenduke inguqulo enkulu yendlela yebutho lakwa-Israel ethi 'sizobakhombisa'. Ukuvakasha kukaSharon lapho ngesonto elizayo kuzobukeka kucishe kufane nokusingathwa komeluleki osekhulile ngumfundi wakhe one-maladroit.”
Ake nginikeze isifaniso sami sasekhaya, esihlukanisile nomlando. Cabanga ngesimo samanje njengohlobo lokuhlolwa kwengadi yasekhaya ngezinga elikhulu. Abaphathi bakaBush batshala imbewu futhi e-Iraq isilimo sisanda kuvela. Yebo, sangena sikhuluma “ngenkululeko” kanye “nentando yeningi,” kodwa izenzo zethu kwakungezababusi, futhi amadoda awathatha kusukela eBush naseCheney kuya eRumsfeld naseBremer ayengontamo-lukhuni ezimisele ukugoba ama-Iraqi bese kuthi umhlaba omkhulu uguqule izwe labo. intando. Akumangalisi ukuthi batshala imbewu eguquguqukayo futhi bathola, ngiyaxolisa ukusho, izitshalo ezibafanele. I-Iraq manje isiyingadi kaBush, egcwele ukwesaba nokuvukela umbuso, ukuthumba, ukungavikeleki, nezenzo ezeqisayo kanye nemicabango ecindezelayo yalo lonke uhlobo. Abalimi bethu basengadini sebezophinde bangene kulawo masimu futhi bavune inhlabathi egcwele ukhula besebenzisa amathuluzi abhubhisayo. Sesiyayazi imiphumela yesikhathi eside. Kungenzeka ukuthi bekuhlukile.
Nali isiqephu esithathwe ocezwini uNaomi Klein alubhalela umagazini we-Nation (4/19/04) ngaphambi nje kokwanda kwakamuva kokuphikiswa nodlame okubamba okuthile kulokhu - kokuhlukana phakathi kwamazwi ethu nezenzo zethu.
- "Isikhulu sabasebenzi base-US uPaul Bremer ... I-Baghdad imbozwe ngezitho ze-psy-ops ezingasebenzi njenge-Baghdad Now, egcwele izihloko ezikhuluma ngendlela abantu baseMelika abafundisa ngayo ama-Iraqi ngenkululeko yabezindaba. "Angikaze ngicabange ngaphambili ukuthi i-Coalition ingabenzela into enhle abantu base-Iraq," kucashunwa omunye oqeqeshwayo esho. 'Manje sengikubona emehlweni ami ukuthi yini abayenzela izwe lami izinto ezinhle kanye nalokho abakwenzile. Ngifisa sengathi abantu bakithi bangakubona lokho, ngendlela engikubona ngayo.'
- "Ngeshwa, abantu base-Iraq basanda kubona olunye uhlobo lwenkululeko yabezindaba lapho uBremer eyala amasosha ase-US ukuthi avale iphephandaba eliphethwe abalandeli bakaMuqtada al-Sadr."
I-US Military
Kufanelekile ukuqala ngezempi ngoba nje izibalo zombuso zingasebenzi. UNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Donald Rumsfeld usechithe isikhathi esiningi sewashi lakhe ezimisele ngokudala ibutho lezempi elithambile, nelingenangqondo -abesilisa (nabesifazane), imishini eyengeziwe; imisebenzi eminingi yezempi esekelayo yenziwe yangasese futhi yathunyelwa phesheya kwezilwandle futhi ezandleni zezinkampani ezifana ne-Halliburton kanye nebhizinisi lama-mercenary-for-hire lama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-100 eliqubuke endaweni yesigameko kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukungenelela (noma “impi yokuvimbela”) okuyigama lomdlalo, yena nabalingani bakhe be-neocon u-Paul Wolfowitz kanye no-Douglas Feith baye baba nesifiso sokubopha inkampane yamandla omhlaba kanye nezindawo ezizungezile. Eqinisweni, kuleyo “arc yokungazinzi” noma eduze kwayo, abakaze bayibone indawo ababengazimisele ukuyilandela (yakamuva eCyprus, ngokwe-Asia Times ku-inthanethi, 4/10/04). Ngena ezimpini ezimbili ezingeke ziphele - e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq - futhi unalokho uJames Fallows ngoMashi 2004. Atlantic ubiza “ibutho elingenalutho” Wenza izibalo futhi kufanelekile ukufunda.
- “Kuyihaba elincane ukusho ukuthi wonke amasosha aseMelika ase-Iraq, abuya e-Iraq, noma alungiselela ukuhamba. Kodwa kancane. Inkinga eyisisekelo ukuthi ibutho lezempi elihlale lincipha, elincane ngokwezibalo liyacelwa ukuba ligade ingxenye enkulu yomhlaba.
- "'Izidingo zamasosha ase-US ebezingalindelekile e-Iraq yangemva kwempi,' umbiko we-Army War College ophawulwe ngasekupheleni konyaka owedlule, 'zigcizelele iButho Lase-US kwaze kwaba seqophelweni eliphezulu,' ngokuzibophezela okungaphezu kwengxenye yesithathu 'yamandla okuphela' e-Army. e-Iraq nasezindaweni ezizungezile.”
Sonke siyazi manje ukuthi uJenene Wezempi u-Eric Shinseki, owaveza ukuthi ukusebenza kwe-Iraq kuzofanele kubandakanye amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamasosha futhi wahlekwa ngokushesha emsebenzini yizakhamizi zasePentagon (elandelwa nguNobhala Wezempi uThomas White, owayesekele. him) wayeqinisile, ukusho okuncane. Mhlawumbe esiqeshini esithakazelisa kakhulu sesonto, umlobi wephephandaba uRobert Novak wabika ukuthi ithusi lezempi manje selithukuthele ngokuphelele ekuphathweni kukaBush. Eveza ukuthi namuhla awekho amayunithi amakhulu alungele ukuya e-Iraq, wabhala ngokwengxenye ("Iphi I-US Ithola Amasosha Engeziwe," I-Houston Chronicle, 4/8/04):
- “Ngokubambelela esimisweni sokulawula umphakathi…, ojenene abakaze baveze umbono wabo esidlangalaleni wokuthi uShinseki wayesondele kakhulu eqinisweni kunoWolfowitz. Kodwa-ke, [umkhuzi we-Centcom u-Gen. John] Abizaid ohlonishwa kakhulu ukubeke kwacaca ngoMsombuluko ukuthi ngeke abe yinsizwa uma izimo zase-Iraq ziba zimbi nakakhulu. Uma abakhuzi befuna amabutho engeziwe ukuze bafeze umsebenzi wabo, uzobacela ...
- “Amasosha agqoke umfaniswano awakhulumi esidlangalaleni, kodwa ojenene bathukuthele. Owake waba yisikhulu sezokuphepha kuzwelonke owayephethe isikhundla esiphakeme ezikhundleni zokuphatha zangaphambilini zaseRiphabhlikhi ubheka ubudlelwano ePentagon phakathi kwezakhamizi namasosha njengobubi kunanoma yisiphi isikhathi emsebenzini wakhe omude…
- “Abaningi [ojenene abaphezulu] bakubeka ngembaba ukuthi ngeke bavotele iRiphabhulikhi ngoNovemba 2. Ngeke bakwazi ukuzovotela uJohn Kerry… Kodwa laba ojenene bathi abakwazi ukuvotela umphathi kaDon Rumsfeld, ngakho-ke ngeke bavote. kube bonke."
Amaphoyisa ase-Iraqi, amasosha namasosha
Uhlelo lweBremer empeleni bekuwukushintsha amasosha ase-Iraq angama-400,000 ngebutho elihlomile kancane, eliqapha umngcele, ibutho elivukela umbuso labangu-40,000 elisizwa amabutho "okuvikela umphakathi" kanye namaphoyisa amasha. Bekufanele sibaqeqeshe bonke, sibagcine ngaphansi kokulawula kwethu, siguqule amaphoyisa asemadolobheni ase-Iraq abe yinhlanganisela yawo, bese sihoxisa amabutho ethu sibe “amakamu ahlala njalo” emaphethelweni noma ngaphesheya kwamadolobha, ngaleyo ndlela sibeka “i-Iraqi. ubuso” emandleni omsebenzi. Ezinsukwini zesonto eledlule, kusobala ukuthi leli yisu elihlulekile kukho konke.
Njengoba uKarl Vick noSewell Chan besanda kubhala encwadini Washington Post (“Impi Yamasosha Ase-US Yokuthatha Kabusha Amadolobha,” 4/10/04)
- “Ukubambezeleka kanye nemibuzo mayelana nokuqeqeshwa nokuhlonyiswa kwamaphoyisa ase-Iraq kanye namanye amabutho ezokuphepha manje sekubonakala kungaphansi kwemibuzo eyisisekelo yokwethembeka… Kut. Izindawo zokuhlola eziningana emgwaqweni omkhulu onqamula eningizimu ye-Iraq azinamuntu ngoLwesihlanu, izithombe zika-Sadr zinamathiselwe ebhokisini lamaphilisi elingenalutho."
Mhlawumbe okubi nakakhulu, mayelana nokungena kwe-Iraqi kwe-Coalition Provisional Authority ngokwayo, u-Vick no-Chan babhala:
- “Futhi esigamekweni esigcizelele ubungozi bokuvukela umbuso okungase kubangele lo msebenzi, izikhulu zezempi zathi zithole ibhomu eliseceleni komgwaqo eligqitshwe ngaphakathi kweGreen Zone, indawo evikelwe kakhulu yaseBaghdad lapho iziphathimandla eziholwa yi-US okusekelwe. Ibhomu litholakale ngo-12:30 ebusuku ngoLwesine phambi kwesikhungo somhlangano eBaghdad, sitshalwe endaweni lapho kuvunyelwe khona izimoto zikahulumeni nezempi kuphela. Iqhunyiswe ngokuphephile ochwepheshe bezamaphiko ngenkathi umphathi omkhulu wase-US e-Iraq, uLieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, ethula isithangami sabezindaba ngaphakathi, ngokusho kwesikhulu esiphezulu sezempi. "
- "Ibutho lebutho elisha lase-Iraq linqabile ukuya e-Fallujah ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ukuyosekela i-US Marines elwela ukulawula idolobha, kusho izikhulu eziphezulu ze-US Army lapha, zidalula isigameko esibonisa ukungabaza okusha ngezinhlelo ze-US zokudlulisela izindaba zokuphepha. Amasosha ase-Iraq. Bekungokokuqala ukuthi abaphathi baseMelika bafune ukubandakanya amasosha ase-Iraq ngemuva kwempi empini enkulu, futhi ukwenqaba kwebutho kufike njengoba izingxenye ezinkulu zamasosha ezokuphepha e-Iraq ziyekile ukwenza imisebenzi yazo…
- “[US Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, isikhulu esiphethe ukuthuthukiswa kwamasosha ase-Iraqi] Eaton uthe amalungu ebutho aphikelela phakathi nezingxoxo ezalandela: 'Asizange sibhalisele ukulwa nama-Iraqi.' Wenqabile ukukhomba lesi sigameko njengokuvukela umbuso, kodwa wasibiza ngokuthi 'ukwehluleka komyalo.'”
"Awethu" ama-Iraqi
Enye yezinketho okuthiwa ilandelwa yisithunywa se-UN u-Lakhdar Brahimi, manje ose-Baghdad, ekusizeni i-US ukuthi yakhe indikimba ebusayo "ye-Iraq ebusayo" kube "ukunwetshwa" koMkhandlu Obusayo wase-Iraq oqokwe eMelika. Ngeshwa, kuye nabaseMelika, ngaphansi kwengcindezi yezenzakalo zakamuva, uMkhandlu ubonakala uncipha esikhundleni salokho. U-Alissa J. Rubin we Los Angeles Times (4/10/04) ucaphune uMarina Ottaway, “uchwepheshe wentando yeningi” neCarnegie Endowment for International Peace ethi, “UMkhandlu Ophethe uyawa, ngakho ithemba lokuphatha likaBush lokuba noguquko olungokomfanekiso libukeka likude, ikakhulukazi ngoba ngeke babe nomuntu abangadlulisela kuye ubukhosi.”
UJuan Cole uye wachaza ngokucacile inqubo emangalisayo ngale ndlela:
- “Akukona nje kuphela lokho abantu abaningi base-Iraq abakubiza ngokuthi 'umkhandlu wopopayi' othathe isinyathelo ngokumelene namaqhinga okuphatha kaBush e-Iraq, kodwa amalungu ngamanye ayaxebuka. Umholi wamaShiite Marsh Arab u-Abdul Karim al-Muhammadawi umise ubulungu bakhe emkhandlwini ngoLwesihlanu. Ilungu leSunni, uGhazi al-Yawir, usabise ngokusula esikhundleni uma kungatholakali ukuxazululwa kwengxabano yaseFallujah okuxoxiswana ngayo. Umholi wesikhathi esidala wamaSunni u-Adnan Pachachi waduma kumabonakude we-al-Arabiya, 'Kwakungalungile ukujezisa bonke abantu baseFallujah, futhi sibheka le misebenzi eyenziwa ngabaseMelika njengengamukelekile futhi engekho emthethweni.' Ukuthi aye esiteshini sesathelayithi sama-Arab azondwa kakhulu uDonald Rumsfeld futhi asole bona kanye abantu abamqoke ku-IGC kuyisenzo esicacile sokudelela. Kunamahlebezi okuthi iningi lamalungu e-Governing Council angu-25 abaleke phesheya, esaba ukubulawa ngenxa yokuhlangana kwawo namaMelika. Abasele bavele sebezosula.
- “Lokhu kubukeka kimi njengokuwa kwesisekelo sikahulumeni wase-Iraq wase-US. Ngale kwe-IGC, izikhulu zibhikisha. Izisebenzi zikahulumeni eziningi ezinhlanganweni zitelekile futhi ziyanqaba ukuvela emsebenzini, ngokusho kuka-ash-Sharq al-Awsat. Ngaphandle kwama-Iraqis azimisele ukusebenza kuhulumeni wase-Iraq, i-US izophoqeleka ukuthi ibuse izwe ngezempi nangamandla amakhulu. Ukuba semthethweni kwayo kubonakala kuncipha ngokushesha… Ingxenye yalokho okudale ukuwa kohulumeni wase-Iraq owaqokwa yi-US ukuthi amasosha ase-US anqume ukuvimbezela idolobha lonke lase-Fallujah ukuze athole amavukela-mbuso abulala amasosha angu-4 ase-US Blackwater ngesonto eledlule, nakuba. imibiko iveze ukuthi abashokobezi balishiya idolobha ngemuva kwalezi zigameko zokubulala.”
Lokhu kuwela ngaphansi kwerubhrikhi: Qaphela ukuthi yini oyifisayo - futhi kufanele kubhekwe njengephuzu lesi-3 le-delamination.
"Abalingani"
AmaJapane, ama-South Korea, nama-Ukrainian ahoxile ezisekelweni zawo azivalela phakathi. Njengabanye abaningi “kumfelandawonye” wethu, abakaze bafune noma balindele ukulwa kwasekuqaleni. Uhulumeni omusha waseSpain ngokusobala uzokhipha amasosha akhe ngokushesha nje lapho ethatha amandla futhi abahlanganyeli abancane abahlukahlukene kumfelandawonye wethu we-ragtag of mini-force sebememezela ukuthi bazokhipha noma bangawathumeli amanye amabutho uma izimbangi zabo zamanje zihlelelwe ukufika. ekhaya. Faka kuleli qembu, Thailand, Singapore, Kazakhstan, kanye Norway.
Okwamanje, ukuthunjwa kwabantu bakwamanye amazwe kudale izinkinga ezengeziwe. AmaJapane amathathu - abekho abasekeli bomsebenzi wase-US (kanye noNoriaki Imai oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala, owaya e-Iraq ukuyofunda imiphumela ye-uranium ephelile futhi exhunywe eqenjini elihumusha i-Tomdispatch olimini lwesiJapane) - ngokwesibonelo, basongelwa ngokuthi. Ukufa ngesikhathi uDick Cheney efika eJapan ezoqala uhambo lwase-Asia eqoqa “amadlelandawonye.” Uhulumeni waseKoizumi wangena enkingeni ngokushesha. Ngokusobala, laba abathathu bazokhululwa, kodwa ingozi kubo bonke abantu bangaphandle e-Iraq - kanjalo nakohulumeni kwenye indawo, ingasaphathwa noma yikuphi ukufana "kokwakha kabusha" - manje isinzima.
Abaholi babambisene nezinhlanzi ezinkulu abazozithosa - iBrithani, i-Australia, iJapan, iSouth Korea, i-Italy, iPoland -, kwezinye izimo, baphinde bathumela amabutho abo e-Iraq. Kepha ukusuka eSouth Korea naseJapan kuya e-Italy, isibalo sabantu ebesiphikisana nokuthunyelwa siyayaluza. NjengaseSpain, ukusebenza kwe-Iraq ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kungase kuguqule imephu ebusayo emhlabeni wonke - hhayi emikhombandlela abaphathi bakaBush abazoyinakekela. Eqinisweni, ingahle iguqule imephu eWashington uqobo. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mayelana nama-allies ahlakazekayo - iphuzu le-delamination yesine - hlola: I-Ewen MacAskill's Guardian ucezu, “Umfelandawonye okhombisa izimpawu zokuphuka,” 4/9/04.
Ukuphika
Khonamanjalo emuva eWashington -cabanga ngakho njengephuzu lesihlanu le-delamination - ukwesaba kubonakala kukhula ukuthi, ngenxa yenguqulo ethile ye-Tet Effect, abezindaba kanye nomphakathi bangase baqale ukuxebuka kancane kancane. Usomaqhinga waseRepublican ongaziwa, ngokwesibonelo, ucashunwe ku Washington Post (UDan Balz noJim VandeHei, 4/10/04) bethi, “[UMongameli] kufanele aphinde asho esikwenzayo laphaya. Kumele anikeze isithombe esikhulu ukuze abavoti babe nokuzethemba ukuthi siyazi ukuthi siyaphi.”
USenator uJoseph Biden, iDemocrat esezingeni leSenate Foreign Relations Committee, uphawule wathi “uBush 'ngokuphelele' ulahlekelwa umphakathi ngesivinini esisheshayo. Uthe abantu bagcwala kuye ngezicelo zokuthi 'basikhiphe lapho.'” Umeluleki Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke kaClinton, uSandy Berger, wanezela, “Sisengozini enkulu e-Iraq ukulahlekelwa abantu baseMelika.” Futhi uSenator waseRiphabhlikhi uChuck Hagel uthe, "Kuzo zombili izinhlangothi, amalungu akhathazekile. Akukho ukwethuka okukhulu, kepha kukhona ukukhathazeka okujulile, futhi kufanele kube khona. ”
Mhlawumbe nokwethuka okuncane kuhlelekile.
Amalungu awo womabili la maqembu eWashington, ngaphandle kwevelakancane njengoSenator uRobert Byrd, asaphika ukuthi kwenzekani e-Iraq. Basala uma bengazimisele okungenani bazimisele “ukuqhubeka nenkambo” - namaDemocrat afana noSenator Biden futhi ngokusobala uJohn Kerry futhi ebiza ukuthi kuthunyelwe amasosha amaningi aseMelika (yize kwazi bani ukuthi bazowakhungaphisa lawa mabutho). Okufanele ukwenze ukubuka izikhulu ezahlukene kanye nezikhulu zangaphambili, ojenene kanye nojenene bangaphambili, izintatheli nosolwazi betheleka. UCharlie Rose, CNN, Ucingo lwasebusuku, lo Ihora Lezindaba Lehrer kanye nayo yonke eminye imibukiso ezungezile, ukubona ukuthi isikhulu sase-Washington siphume kanjani ekuthinteni i-Great Delamination i-Iraq esiba yiyo. Wonke umuntu ufuna “ukuqina” kwezempi kodwa - ngokwemvelo - "ubuhlakani" kanye "nokunemba" ezenzweni zethu zezempi, njengoba ungafuni ukubonakala "ubuthakathaka," kodwa futhi awufuni ukwenza abantu base-Iraqi abaningi bamelane nathi. (Kulula ukuthi bakusho.) Ngilokhu ngicabanga, iyiphi “inkambo” ngempela “esihlala kuyo”? Noma ngabe kwenzekani e-Iraq, akusiyo, ngiyasola, “inkambo” nhlobo futhi abantu “abazobe “behlala” yibona kanye abantu abenze ukonakala kwezinto. Kungani kufanele silindele okungcono kakhulu manje?
Ngokusho the Washington Post Umbiko ocashunwe ngenhla, “Okufanele izikhulu zokuphatha zikugweme, ngokwamalungu azo zombili izinhlangothi, ukuthi ukuqhubeka kwezinxushunxushu nokumelana ne-Iraq kuholela ekubuyekezweni kwesiqondiso senqubomgomo yase-US e-Iraq ngumphakathi - njengoba kwenzeka ngesikhathi seMpi YaseVietnam. . Uma lokho kwenzeka, kungase kuthuntubeze ukwethenjwa kukamengameli ngodaba lobuphekula.”
Hhayi bo, futhi kungaba ihlazo lokho.
Ungawi, vele ukhululeke
Nawu umbiko wokuzethemba ngoMongameli wethu Wezempi obhekene nenkinga embi kakhulu yokuphatha kwakhe. NgoLwesine, ngemva nje kokuba umeluleki wakhe wezokuphepha kuzwelonke efakaze phambi kwekhomishana ye-9/11, ngenkathi ukulwa okubabayo kuqhubeka e-Fallujah nakwezinye izindawo e-Iraq, wathatha abamele izinhlangano ezifana neQuail Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, kanye neNational Rifle Association on. ukuvakasha kwepulazi lakhe emzamweni wokunqoba impi yezinyoni (namavoti abazingeli). NgoLwesihlanu, ulibangise emanzini, lapho, ngesikhathi eqoshwa nomsakazi wohlelo lwe-Outdoor Life Network Ukudoba no-Roland Martin, wabamba ibhesi yamaphawundi angu-4. (“'Umongameli ubekhululeke kakhulu,' kusho uMartin… 'Akazange akhulume nhlobo ngepolitiki. Wavele wakhululeka ngokuba nomzuzu wokudoba.")
NgoMgqibelo - nikeza umfana udumo - uthathe eyodwa yeqembu futhi wakhansela uhambo lwakhe olulandelayo lokudoba noMartin. (“Bengimatasatasa. Zonke lezi zinhlekelele.”). Manje, ngithanda ukudoba mina ngokwami - nakuba ngingawubuki uhlelo lukaMartin futhi ngingumuntu oyisisekelo sakho kabili ngonyaka - kodwa nginoJoshua Marshall weqembu. talkpointsmemo.com iwebhusayithi, obhalayo), “Izikhathi zokuphumula ngokuvamile azinabulungisa. Kepha njengoba isimo sase-Iraq sibucayi kangaka, akufanele yini umongameli abe seWhite House? Ngumsebenzi ogcwele, ohambisana neholo elihle.”
U-Dana Milbank noRobin Wright be Washington Post sinikeze isifinyezo esilandelayo sikaMongameli wethu ngempi nokuthula (4/9/04):
- “Lokhu wukuvakasha kukaBush kwesi-33 epulazini lakhe selokhu aba ngumengameli. Uchithe zonke noma ingxenye yezinsuku ezingama-233 epulazini lakhe laseTexas selokhu athatha izintambo, ngokusho kwezibalo ze-CBS News. Enezela ngokuvakasha kwakhe okungu-78 eCamp David kanye nokuhambela kwakhe kahlanu e-Kennebunkport, eMaine, uBush usechithe zonke noma ingxenye yezinsuku ezingu-500 ehhovisi kwesinye sezinqumo zakhe ezintathu, noma ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-40 wobumongameli bakhe.”
Akudlalwa. Ngihlale ngizwa ukuthi kumelwe “siqhubeke sihamba,” kodwa uma sikhuluma iqiniso, ngeke yini ukuhlala kule nkambo kube kubi nakakhulu? Uma asizange siqhubeke nesifundo, asizange sigcine lezo zisekelo ezihlala njalo, singafuni ukulawula iMpumalanga Ephakathi nezinsiza zayo zamandla unomphela, mhlawumbe singasiza ekwakheni kabusha i-Iraq.
[Le ndatshana yaqala ukuvela ngo I-Tomdispatch.com, ibhulogi yewebhu ye-Nation Institute, enikeza ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, izindaba, kanye nemibono evela ku-Tom Engelhardt, umhleli wesikhathi eside ekushicileleni kanye nombhali wencwadi. Ukuphela KweMasiko Okunqoba futhi Izinsuku Zokugcina Zokushicilela.]
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