Ikhandidethi likamongameli weRiphabhulikhi Mitt Romneyu-Pro-Israel izitatimende zangempelasonto, okuhlanganisa nokugunyaza kwakhe iJerusalema njengenhloko-dolobha yakwa-Israyeli (ukuguqulwa kwenqubomgomo yase-US osekunesikhathi eside ikhona), kwandisa ingcindezi kuMongameli. Barack Obama ukufakazela ukuthi ungumsekeli onamandla ngokufanayo ka-Israyeli.
Umbuzo obalulekile ukuthi ngabe uNdunankulu wakwa-Israel Benjamin Netanyahu kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela Ehudi Baraki izohumusha inkulumo-ze yomkhankaso kamongameli njengesimemo esivulelekile sokuvusa impi Iran, ngokulindela ukuthi uMongameli Obama uzozizwa ephoqelekile ukuba agxume ngezinyawo zombili ukuze asekele "umlingani" wethu u-Israyeli. (Njengoba singekho isivumelwano sokuzivikela phakathi kwe-U.S. ne-Israel, elithi "ally" empeleni igama elingelona iqiniso - okungenani ngomqondo wezomthetho.)
Njengoba sabona eminyakeni engu-10 edlule mayelana Iraq, uma umuntu ehlose ukugqugquzela ukusekela impi, udinga ukuthola i-casus belli - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yizaba ezincane kangakanani. Kuthiwani ngokuhlanganisa "izikhali zokubhubhisa abantu abaningi" nobuphekula. Lokho kwasebenza ukulungiselela impi e-Iraq, futhi isisekelo esifanayo sokukhuluma sokuhlasela kwe-Iran manje senziwe kwa-Israyeli.
UMnu. Netanyahu wephule wonke amarekhodi ngesivinini ngokusola i-Iran ne-Hezbollah ngokuhlasela kwakamuva kwamaphekula okubulale abakwa-Israel abahlanu eBurgas, Bulgaria, futhi ekufungeni ukuthi "u-Israyeli uzosabela ngamandla ngokumelene nokwesaba kwe-Iranian."
Kodwa buyini ubufakazi bokubandakanyeka kwe-Iranian noma i-Hezbollah? Izikhulu zaseBulgaria zilokhu zithi azinabo ubufakazi obunjalo. Okumangazayo nangaphezulu, izikhulu zikahulumeni eWashington nakwezinye izindawo ziyaqhubeka nokuxwayisa ngokugxumela eziphethweni.
Kuze kube manje "ubufakazi" obumelene ne-Iran ikakhulukazi buqukethe ukugomela kukaMnu. Netanyahu. Vuliwe Fox News NgeSonto mhla zingama-22 kuJulayi, uMnu. Netanyahu uthe i-Israel "inobufakazi obuqinile" obuhlanganisa i-Iran nokuhlasela kwaseBulgaria. Ngalo lolo suku ku-CBS's Face the Nation, uMnu. Netanyahu uthe, "Sinobuhlakani obungangabazeki, obufakazela ngokugcwele ukuthi lokhu [kuhlasela kwamaphekula] kwenziwa yi-Hezbollah isekelwa yi-Iran," wengeza ngokuthi u-Israyeli unikeza "imininingwane ethize ku ... "
Ingabe ama-Israel ngandlela thile akhohlwe ukunikeza "imininingwane ethile" kuzikhulu zaseBulgaria nase-U.S.?
Engqungqutheleni yezindaba ehlangene no Indlu Emhlophe umeluleki wokulwa nobuphekula John Brennan eSofia ekuqaleni kwesonto eledlule, uNdunankulu waseBulgaria Boyko Borisov uvumile ukuthi ubengazi lutho mayelana nephekula noma labo abamthumile.
Izingxoxo zikaMnu Brennan zangomhla zingama-25 kuJulayi nezikhulu eziphezulu zakwa-Israel, kubonakala sengathi azizange zikhiqize. Ngokwephephandaba lakwa-Israel i-Haaretz ngo-July 26: "Ngemva kwesonto ukuhlasela kwe-Burgas, [izikhulu] zakwa-Israel, zaseBulgaria nase-U.S.
Lezi zenzakalo zenzeke ngokumelene nesizinda esingokomlando esihlobene nokuhambisana. UJulayi 23 bekuwusuku lweshumi lomhlangano owawuse-10 Downing Street, lapho inhloko yezobunhloli yaseBrithani yadalula ngokungananazi umsuka womgunyathi wokuhlasela okuzayo kwe-Iraq.
Amaminithi asemthethweni alowo mhlangano aputshuzelwa kuyi-Sunday Times yaseLondon, eyaba sekhasini layo lokuqala ngoMeyi 1, 2005. Akekho ophikise ubuqiniso bayo.
Lena yindlela amaminithi aqopha ngayo umnyombo wesithangami sika-Sir Richard Dearlove, isikhulu sezobunhloli saseBrithani, owayesanda kukhuluma nozakwabo wase-US, uGeorge Tenet, ngo. CIAindlunkulu ngoJulayi 20, 2002, kulokho okwakulindele i-Iraq:
"... Isenzo sezempi manje sase sibhekwa njengento engenakugwenywa. UBush wayefuna ukususa uSaddam, ngesenzo sezempi, okwakufaneleke ngokuhlangana kobuphekula kanye ne-WMD [izikhali zokucekela phansi abantu abaningi]. Kodwa ubuhlakani namaqiniso bekusalungiswa mayelana nenqubomgomo. ...."
"Ukulungiswa" kobuhlakani kubi ngokwanele. Kodwa phawula incazelo kaMnu. Dearlove yokuthi impi ne-Iraq kwakufanele "ilungiswe ngokuhlangana kobuphekula kanye ne-WMD." Ukuhumusha: Sizothi uSaddam unezikhali zokucekela phansi futhi angase azinike amaphekula - ngaphandle uma emiswa ngokushesha.
UMnu. Netanyahu manje usethatha umugqa ofanayo e-Iran. Ku-Face the Nation ngoJulayi 22, wabuza ngokuqondile:
“Cabanga nje ukuthi kungaba yini imiphumela uma laba bantu [amaphekula] kanye nalo mbuso [i-Iran] bengathola izikhali zenuzi. … [Kudingeka] siqinisekise ukuthi umbuso oyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni awuzitholi izikhali eziyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni. ."
Unganaki ubufakazi obungatholakali kwabaphehli bokuhlasela eBulgaria. Akunandaba lokho uNobhala WezokuvikelaLeon Panetta wabuza umbuzo oqondile ku-Face the Nation ngo-January 8 wabe esewuphendula: "Ingabe [ama-Irani] azama ukwakha isikhali senuzi? Cha." Ungakhathazeki ukuthi ezinsukwini eziyi-10 kamuva uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela wakwa-Israel u-Ehud Barack washo into efanayo ngesikhathi enenhlolokhono ku-Israel Army Radio.
Amathuba okuba nezingxabano ne-Iran ngaphambi kokhetho lukamongameli ngoNovemba ayanda. Qaphela ubuhlakani "obulungisiwe".
URay McGovern ungumakadebona weminyaka engu-27 osewathatha umhlalaphansi ophikweni lokuhlaziya lwe-CIA omsebenzi wakhe wawuhlanganisa ukulungisa nokwethula umbiko kamongameli wansuku zonke. I-imeyili yakhe ithi [i-imeyili ivikelwe].
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