Leli sonto liphawula ukuqala kwalokho okufanele kube yizinsuku zokugcina ze-100 zokuthatha i-US e-Iraq. Kodwa uma amasosha ase-US ezohamba e-Iraq ekupheleni kwalo nyaka njengoba ayethenjisiwe - ngokuphindaphindiwe - kuzothatha ingcindezi yaphansi ukulwa nekhorasi ekhulayo "yokuhlala-i-Iraq-phakade" eWashington.
Ngaphandle kweqiniso lokuthi kunesivumelwano senkathi kaBush nohulumeni wase-Iraq ukuthi ahambe, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi iningi lama-Iraqi namaMelika alikusekeli ukuqhubeka nokuba khona kwe-US, futhi naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi uKhongolose kuthiwa uphume konke. isimo se-austerity, amabutho anamandla - okuhlanganisa ojenene, abahlomuli bempi noklebe kuzo zombili izinhlangothi - bacindezela uMongameli Obama ukuba ephule isivumelwano okwaxoxwa ngaso nowandulelayo futhi agcine inani elibalulekile lamasosha e-Iraq ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu wangoDisemba 31, 2011.
Kuliqiniso ukuthi sekuvele kukhona ukuhoxa okukhulu kwamasosha ase-US, ukusuka ku-170,000 ngo-2007 kuya kumasosha angaba ngu-45,000 namuhla (amasosha amaningi athunyelwa ukuyothatha i-Afghanistan esikhundleni). Nokho, leyo nombolo ayisho sonke isithombe. Njengoba i I-New York Times uyaphawula, โNakuba amasosha ehlisa amandla ebutho lawo e-Iraq, i-CIA izoqhubeka nokuba khona okukhulu ezweni, njengoba kuzoba nosonkontileka bezokuphepha abasebenzela uMnyango Wezwe,โ laba bavikela ihhovisi lenxusa laseMelika elikhulu kuneVatican. .
Emuva ngo-2007, ikhandidethi u-Obama wathembisa ukuthi into yokuqala azoyenza njengomongameli ukuhoxisa amasosha ethu e-Iraq. โAmasosha ethu ngizowabuyisela ekhaya. Sizoyiqeda le mpi. Ungakuyisa lokho ebhange,โ umongameli wakusasa wamemezela. Kuze kube manje, okuwukuphela kwento abantu baseMelika abaningi abangayiyisa ebhange, nokho, ubufakazi bokuthi ikhaya labo ladlulwa ngokukhwabanisa.
Naphezu kwezithembiso zikaMongameli Obama eziphindaphindwa kaningi, abaphathi bakhe babonakala bengazimisele ukuhoxisa wonke amasosha ase-US, kungasaphathwa osonkontileka abazimele. UNobhala Wezokuvikela oqokwe ngu-Obama, u-Leon Panetta, usevele elugunyazile uhlelo oluzobona amasosha ase-US angu-3,000 kuya ku-4,000 ehlala e-Iraq unomphela, ngokusobala "ukuqhubeka nokuqeqesha amasosha lapho." Umkhuzi omkhulu e-Iraq, okwamanje, ufuna ukugcina amasosha angaba ngu-18,000 lapho. Futhi abenzi bomthetho baseMelika, amaRepublican kanye neDemocratic, bananela ikhwelo lokuhlala.
Ilungu leRepublican Lindsey Graham muva nje ubikezele ukushiya amasosha angu-3,000 XNUMX kuphela kwakuyoba โindlela yenhlekelele.โ Khonamanjalo uSen. Dianne Feinstein, uxwayise ngokuthi kuzoba iphutha ngoba i-Iraq ibingakavikeleki ngokugcwele. Futhi ku-a I-FOX interview, USenela weRiphabhulikhi uJohn McCain uthe, โNgikhulume nabaholi bezempi abaningi abasho ngokuqondile ukuthi cishe amasosha ayi-13,000 azoba mbalwa. . . .Angikaze ngikhulume nomholi wezempi owathi ukushiya 3,000 kuphela kuwumqondo omuhle. Angazi ukuthi ubani owaqhamuka nalo mbono.โ
Othile kufanele atshele uMcCain oqhamuke nombono - hhayi wokushiya amasosha angama-3,000, kodwa angashiyi namunye: ama-Iraqi. Ukususa wonke amasosha ase-US ekupheleni kwalo nyaka kuvunyelwene ngawo kanye uhulumeni i-US esize ukuwafaka. Futhi kwavela ngenxa yengcindezi ethandwayo - indlela intando yeningi okufanele isebenze ngayo. Lesi sivumelwano sahlanganiswa kuSivumelwano Sezokuphepha sango-2008 esasayinwa phakathi kweWashington neBaghdad. Futhi noma yiluphi ushintsho kulowo mnqamulajuqu okuvunyelwene ngawo kufanele kuze kuphela ngesicelo sikahulumeni wase-Iraq. Kuze kube manje, njengoba sekusele izinsuku ezingaphansi kweziyi-100, asikho isicelo esinjalo esenziwe.
Abaholi base-Iraq, ngisho nalabo abakweleta izikhundla zabo kubahlali baseMelika, bayazi ukuthi kungaba ukuzibulala kwezepolitiki ukuphumela obala ngokuvuna ukugcinwa kwamasosha ase-US. Iningi lama-Iraqi liyabazonda abahlaseli baseMelika abaqhamuke impi engekho emthethweni yolaka ebulele ngaphezu kwe-100,000 Iraqis. Basola i-US ngokususa impi yombango eyaphoqa abantu base-Iraqi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-4.7 ukuba babaleke emakhaya, iningi labo lingaphinde libuye, nokwaholela ekuhlanzweni kohlanga eBaghdad. Abantu abaziqhenyayo, bazizwa belulazekile ngokuba khona kwamasosha angaphandle futhi ngeke bakhohlwe impatho iningi lezakhamuzi zakubo ezayithola emajele aphethwe yiMelika. Ngempela, amashumi ezinkulungwane zama-Iraqis baye emigwaqweni yaseBaghdad befuna ukuthi abahlaseli bakwamanye amazwe bahambe.
Ngemuva kokuhlupheka okungaka kubantu base-Iraq, okuncane esingakwenza lapha ekhaya ukweseka ikhwelo labo lokuthi amasosha ethu ahambe. Ngenkathi amanye amalungu eCongress ecindezela u-Obama ukuthi aqhubeke nomsebenzi, amanye, ehola phambili Ummeli weDemocratic Alliance u-Barbara Lee, bathi asiqedwe lesi siqephu esiyihlazo emlandweni wethu. Umfelandawonye wamaqembu okuthula kusukela ku-Peace Action kuya ku-Military Families Speak Out nawo wengeza izwi lawo elithi "out now".
"Sikhathazeke kakhulu ngemibiko yakamuva ekhombisa ukuthi abaphathi bakho benza izinhlelo zokushiya izinkulungwane zamasosha ase-US atshalwe e-Iraq unomphela," kusho la maqembu esitatimendeni. incwadi eya kumongameli. โSiphinde sikhathazwe wukwakhiwa okumangalisayo kosonkontileka bezempi abazimele kanye nezibalo ezingenakubalwa zezobunhloli e-Iraq. Mnu. Mongameli ikusasa le-Iraq lincike kubantu base-Iraq, hhayi amasosha ase-US. Manje yisikhathi sokuletha wonke amadoda nabesifazane bethu abanesibindi begqoke umfaniswano ekhaya, njengoba sithembisile.โ Bacele bonke abantu baseMelika abathanda ukuthula ukuthi bagcwale i-White House ngemiyalezo. Shaya ucingo 202-456-1111.
Abanye baya emigwaqweni. Vuliwe October 6, izishoshovu ezimelene nempi ezivela ezweni lonke zizohlangana eFreedom Plaza eWashington, DC, ukuze zicele ukuthi kuphele zombili izimpi zase-Afghanistan nase-Iraq. Umbhikisho ngeke ube nje wosuku olulodwa, kodwa "umsebenzi wabantu" oqhubekayo endaweni yokucela ukuthi kuqedwe imisebenzi yamasosha ase-US. Woza uma ukwazi, noma usize nje asakaze izwi uma ungakwazi.
Esikhundleni sokwamukela ngokuthula izinhlelo zikahulumeni wethu zokunweba isikhathi sokuhlala e-Iraq unomphela, labo abathi bamele izifiso zakho eWashington bazi ukuthi ngeke uzimele ngaphandle kwempi yangempela, engekho-gimmikhi ephela impi nomsebenzi obhidlike kakhulu. izimpilo eziningi. Futhi leso yisibambiso abangasiyisa ebhange.
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