Ingabe "isimo sokuvikeleka" e-Iraq siyathuthuka? Umkhondo ongcono kakhulu kungaba ukuvakasha kuka-George Bush okuyimfihlo amahora ama-2 e-Iraq ngoSuku Lokubonga, lapho engazange ashiye khona izizathu eziqine kakhulu zesikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe sase-Baghdad.
UBush ubengesona isikhulu sokuqala ukuvakashela e-Iraq emasontweni edlule. UPaul Wolfowitz wayehloswe ngemicibisholo eyethulwe ehhotela i-Al Rasheed e-Baghdad lapho esanda kuchitha khona ubusuku ngasese. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kuphela ngaphambi kokuba kukhishwe isithombe sikaBush, uNobhala Wezangaphandle waseBrithani uJack Straw, kwenye indawo eyimfihlo yokulala e-Baghdad, wavuswa ebusuku ngolunye uxhaxha lwemicibisholo eyayifika.
Kuyisimangaliso ukuthi indiza kaBush yaze yahlala phansi. Izindiza zezentengiselwano zaseJordani ebezindizisa amaqembu osizo nezintatheli zingena ziphuma e-Baghdad manje seziyekile ukusebenzela esikhumulweni sezindiza. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa nje ngaphambi kokuvakasha kukaBush, okuwukuphela kwendiza yezentengiselwano eyayisalokhu indiza njalo ukuya e-Baghdad, indiza yansuku zonke ye-DHL ehambisa amaphakheji, yashaywa imicibisholo ejikijelwa amahlombe amabili lapho isuka futhi kwadingeka ibuyele emuva ukuze ihlale ngokuphuthumayo. Lokhu, esikhumulweni sezindiza ebesisebenza silungele ukuhamba kwezindiza ezithengiswayo emuva ngoJulayi. Manje ayinaso ithrafikhi yezohwebo.
Abezindaba base-US bagcizelela iziteleka zamasosha ase-US eziqhubekayo ngokumelene namavukelambuso ase-Iraqi: Operation Iron Hammer and Operations Ivy Cyclone I and II. Sibona futhi sifunda ngamabhomu adutshulwe emasimini angenalutho, amasimu ezithelo aqhunyiswa ngamabhomu ngenxa yokuthi abashokobezi bangase bacashe ngemva kwezihlahla, nezindlu zamapulazi zikhishwe futhi zidilizwe, zisiphule imindeni ngendlela yesijeziso esiyiqoqo esenqatshelwe yiNgqungquthela yase-Geneva. Amasosha ase-US adubule imboni kadayi engasasetshenziswa e-Baghdad ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, kuyilapho izakhamuzi ezididekile zibuka, zibuza ukuthi akuphi amavukela-mbuso nokuthi kungani kungatholakali inqolobane yezikhali.
Abakhulumeli bePentagon bangena kumabonakude bamemezele ukuthi isimo sezokuphepha e-Iraq sesithuthukile nokuthi ukuhlaselwa kwamasosha ase-US kwehle kakhulu. Kodwa ubufakazi obukhona bubonisa okuhlukile.
Thatha, isibonelo, ukugijima okusheshayo kukaGeorge Bush ukungena nokuphuma esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Baghdad International. Uma ezokuphepha ziba ngcono, kungani engakwazi ukugxumela i-Humvee e-Baghdad futhi alale no-Paul Bremer? Nokho, kunenkinga encane yamabhomu aseceleni komgwaqo angaqhumi namabhomu aqhunyiswa ngamarokhethi, aqhubeka nokubulala amasosha ase-US cishe nsuku zonke. Amasosha aseMelika angamashumi ayisikhombisa nesishiyagalolunye ashonile ngoNovemba, angaphezu kwawashona ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule ehlanganiswe ndawonye. Kukhona nalokhu okuqhubekayo, ukuhlasela kwasebusuku okuxakile kanye nokuhlaselwa kwemicibisholo ngokumelene nokufakwa kwamasosha ase-US ezweni lonke, ngisho naseBaghdad, lapho izimbongolo zifakwe khona emgudwini wamavukela-mbuso.
O, namabhomu emoto. Izimoto eziningi namaloli aqhume e-Iraq kangangokuthi abezindaba manje sebelahlekelwe ukubalwa. Njalo ngesonto kuba okungenani amabili noma amathathu ngaphezulu. Inhloso yakamuva okuhloswe ngayo ngamaphoyisa ase-Iraqi - ngesonto eledlule e-Baquba nase-Khan Bani Saad, amabhomu ezimoto aqhuma ngaphandle kweziteshi zamaphoyisa, kwashona abantu abangu-18 (okuhlanganisa nezingane ezimbili ezincane) kwalimala abangaphezu kuka-50. amaphoyisa ukuze athathe izintambo zokugada emasosheni ase-US, kodwa amadoda angu-100,000 10,000 kuphela asaqeqeshwayo, futhi amakhulu amaphoyisa amasha ayeka umsebenzi ngenxa yodlame. Amaphoyisa ase-Iraqi akhononda ngokuthi akanazo izinto ezisetshenziswayo - ngisho nezimoto zamaphoyisa - ezidingekayo ukwenza umsebenzi wawo, futhi iziteshi zawo azinazo izithiyo ezingavimba izimoto ezisolisayo. Ukulahlekelwa yizikhulu zabo nakho kuyigalelo: ngesonto eledlule abashokobezi babulala isikhulu samaphoyisa eLatifiyah, idolobha eliseduze neBaghdad, futhi babulala uColonel wamaphoyisa eMosul olawula umbutho obhekele ukuqapha ingqalasizinda kawoyela yase-Iraq.
Uma sikhuluma ngowoyela, abashokobezi basabhidliza njalo amapayipi kawoyela negesi, bebukela phansi imali engenayo yase-Iraq yokuthekelisa kanye ne-iffy - futhi kudingekile kakhulu - ukugeleza kukawoyela osetshenziswa ekhaya. Ezimbili zashiswa ngesonto eledlule. NgoSuku Lokubonga, i-Baghdad yacinywa ugesi, okuyisenzakalo esivame kakhulu kulezi zinsuku. Kwaze kwaze kwaba uLwesihlanu lapho izakhamuzi zase-Baghdad zikwazile khona ukuvula ama-TV azo futhi zibona ukuthi uGeorge Bush uvakashile. Hhayi ukuthi uke wakhuluma nanoma yibaphi abantu base-Iraqi - ngaphandle uma ubala amalungu ambalwa aqokwe e-US oMkhandlu Ophethe. Iningi lama-Iraqi alikwenzi.
Okokugcina, sithola izindaba zokuthi izigaba zamasosha ase-US ezibekwe kunxantathu wamaSunni azikakuboni ukwehla kokuhlaselwa kwawo. Mhlawumbe ukumisa uthango olukhulu oluhlabayo oluzungeza lonke idolobha laseTikrit - ukulenza libe ikamu lokuhlushwa - kungaba yingxenye yenkinga. Impela umhlaba wonke wama-Arab wenze ukuqhathanisa nempatho yakwa-Israel kubantu basePalestine, uhlelo olungaphumelelanga oluthole ukugxekwa ojenene bakwa-Israel kanye namalungu kahulumeni ka-Ariel Sharon. Lowo umoya, George. Yenza okuthile okuqinisekisiwe ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi nakakhulu!
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