Noma nini lapho isikhulumi se-New Labor sikhuluma esidlangalaleni, umuntu angabona ibhaluni lokucabanga phezu kwekhanda lakhe elinomlingiswa wopopayi uSid Snake ehayiza โtrusssst meโฆโ. Isiqephu somhleli we-Financial Times uJohn Lloyd ku-UK Guardian yangomhla ziyi-10 kuNcwaba evikela izinhlelo zikahulumeni waseBrithani zokuqinisa umthetho osuvele uqinile wezwe wokulwa nobushokobezi uyisibonelo esihle sokuxolisa kukaSid Snake. Ucezu lukaLloyd lunesihloko esithi โAbaseBrithani bebengakafikiโ, okuyisihloko esiqondiswe kumuntu ongekho nhlobo ongabagxeka uBlair. Ubhala esimweni lapho uhulumeni wase-UK exwayise abezomthetho ukuthi bangaphazamisi ukuqaliswa kwezinkantolo ezintsha ezihlongozwayo.
Njengomhleli we-Financial Times, u-Lloyd ukujwayele kakhulu ukumaketha izinganekwane ezivumelana nezinkampani. Kulokhu uzama ukuthengisa inhlanzi ebomvu kahulumeni wase-UK ukuthi ukuhlasela kwamaphekula eLondon ngokuyinhloko kwaba umphumela we-Islamic extremism. Okuphikisa iningi labagxeki bakaTony Blair kanye neKhabhinethi lakhe, ngokuphambene nalokho, ukuthi ukuhlasela kwamaphekula kubangelwa ikakhulukazi ukubamba iqhaza kukahulumeni wakwaBlair empini engekho emthethweni yodlame olubhekiswe e-Iraq kanye nokuhlangana kwabo ochungechungeni olushaqisayo lwamacala empi enziwa ngesikhathi sokubusa okwalandela. .
U-LLoyd ufuna ukuvikela iphakethe elisha lengcindezelo likaTony Blair lezinyathelo ezihlongozwayo okuhloswe ngazo ukunqanda inkulumo-ze evuvukalayo yabasekeli bobuphekula. Zisuka nje izingxabano zakhe zisezincane kakhulu, zibheke kwabangenangqondo. Uveza amaphuzu amahlanu ngephimbo elithi โsekwanele kulombhedoโ. Kodwa esikhundleni sokuqinisa icala likaTony Blair, ubonisa amanga alo ayisisekelo.
Kucwebe njengodaka lwe-Ewufrathe
โOkokuqala,โ kubhala uLloyd โizinyathelo ezihlongozwayo ngokusobala ziqondiswe kulabo abashumayela ubudlova.โ Kodwa ukucaciseleka akukho kakhulu ezimemezelweni zikahulumeni mayelana nezinyathelo ezihlongozwayo ezikhuluma ngokungacacile mayelana nokukhomba abantu nezinhlangano "ezivumelana nokwesaba", inkulumo engabandakanya abantu abaningi abangenalo udlame, kuhlanganise nabavikeli bamalungelo abantu. ULloyd uyaqhubeka โngokuba nje bekungaba khona ukudideka, lokho kufanele kube yingxenye yezingxabano ezivamile phakathi kombuso nezinkantolo.โ Kepha uyakweqa ukuthi izinkantolo kuzoba yizinkantolo ezikhethekile ezinamajaji nabameli abakhethwe ngokukhethekile ngokwemibandela โyezokuphephaโ kahulumeni. Akukho lutho โoluvamileโ ngalokho.
ULloyd uyaqhubeka ekhuluma ngezinyathelo ezihlongozwayo zokulawula ukufuduka โukuhlola ngokucophelela labo abangena e-UK futhi kuxoshwe labo abasebenzisa kabi ukwamukelwa kwabo ngokukhuthaza udlame olumelene nayo, noma olumelene nabanye ohulumeni bentando yeningiโ. Leyo codicil yokubamba yonke ekugcineni iyi-weasel-wriggle yakudala. Cishe kufanele sicabange ukuthi ubuphekula obumelene nohulumeni โabangenantando yeningiโ bulungile ngo-Lloyd.
Ukwamukela ukuhlukunyezwa buthule
Lapho efunda isiqeshana sikaLloyd kuleli qophelo, umuntu uzwa ukuwohloka okungenakuphikwa kwezindawo eziphakeme zokuziphatha. Kwakuyi-papier-mache phela. Eqinisweni, izindlela zokulawula ukufuduka akhuluma ngazo uLloyd ngokusobala zizoshayisana ngesinye isikhathi nezibopho zase-UK ngaphansi kweNgqungquthela ye-UN Yokuhlukumeza. Isigaba sesi-3 seNgqungquthela sithi, โAyikho iNhlangano Yombuso okufanele ixoshe, ibuyisele (โi-refoulerโ) noma ibuyisele umuntu komunye uMbuso lapho kunezizathu ezizwakalayo zokukholelwa ukuthi angaba sengozini yokuhlushwa.โ(1)
Lolo daba ngeke lukhathaze uTony Blair kanye nozakwabo beKhabhinethi abaphikelele bephula umoya futhi mhlawumbe nencwadi yaleyo Ngqungquthela. Ukuhlukunyezwa nokuhlukunyezwa ngamasosha aseBrithani e-Iraq bekungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle uma kugunyazwe izinga eliphezulu nguhulumeni waseBrithani namasosha. Ngaphandle kwalokho, iziphathimandla zase-UK zisebenzisane ngentshiseko ekusetshenzisweni kokuhlushwa yi-US kanye nabanye ohulumeni bobabili ngqo ezisekelweni eGuantanamo, Bagram, Diego Garcia nakwezinye izindawo kanye nomkhuba wokunikezela abasolwa emazweni esithathu bazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi. abantu abathintekayo bazohlushwa.
Hamba kahle "indlela yokuphila yaseBrithani"
Ephuzwini lakhe lesithathu u-LLoyd ubhekisela kokuhlangenwe nakho kweBrithani phakathi nempi ende e-Ireland, โ..isipiliyoni saleli zwe, elibhekene nosongo lwamaphekula, akuzange kube ukusebenzisa umkhawulo wamalungelo omphakathi nawomuntu njengendlela yokuhlanganisa la malungelo, uma sezilahlekile, azibuyiselwa. Umlando wenselelo yesimo sobuphekula be-IRA cishe eminyakeni engamashumi amane ukhulume okuphambene. Kunamakhasi amnyama, kodwa izinyathelo ezithathiwe zokukhawulela amalungelo okunyakaza nokukhuluma, kanye nokukhawulela ukuqulwa kwamacala ngamajaji, azikahlali, kanti uchungechunge lwezinguquko zokuqeda imikhuba yokucwasa selukhona.โ
I-logic ehlanyayo yokuzihalalisela yalokhu iqondile. U-Lloyd ubonakala ecabanga ukuthi uhulumeni waseBrithani ufanelwe umklomelo ngokuxazulula inhlekelele eyayingeke iqale noma ibekezelele isikhathi eside kangaka ngaphandle kokuphikelela kukahulumeni waseBrithani. esivumelwaneni sezombangazwe esivula indlela yokuzimela kwe-Ireland, ngoba ohulumeni baseBrithani abalandelanayo bavumela ama-proxies abo asendaweni yama-Unionist ukuthi afake abantu base-Ireland ekucindezelweni okungenayo intando yeningi.
Amasosha aseBrithani abulala izakhamuzi zase-Ireland ebezibhikisha ngokuthula. Umbutho wezokuphepha waseBrithani uhlanganyele ekubulaweni kwabavikeli bamalungelo abantu base-Ireland. Impi yase-Ireland yayimayelana nokuthola amalungelo ayisisekelo abantu base-Ireland ngaphansi kombuso waseBrithani. Ekugcineni, maqondana nezinyathelo ezintsha zokuphepha zase-UK ezihlongozwayo iphuzu lika-Lloyd liyi-dud. I-Diplock Courts yake yasebenza kuphela eNyakatho Ireland, noma kunjalo. Ngenkathi izinhlinzeko zoMthetho Wokuvinjelwa Kobuphekula ezweni laseBrithani azizange zihambe ngokwendlela yombutho wezokuvikela.
Eqinisweni ifa lezomthetho lokulwa nobushokobezi lempi yase-Ireland liqhubekile futhi manje selizoqiniswa futhi lihlanganiswe nomthetho omusha. Kusho ukuthini lokhu ngaphandle kokuthi amaphekula anqobile? Eqinisweni, baguqule i-chimera ethandwayo kaBlair โindlela yokuphilaโ yaseBrithani ukuthi isigebengu esikhulu sempi esifunga kubantu baseBrithani asisoze sashintshwa ngenxa yokwesaba.
Ikhadi lomjaho
Ngephuzu lakhe lesine, umhleli we-Financial Times uxwayisa ngokuhlehla kwamaSulumane eBrithani. Ubuyela esiphakamisweni esintengantengayo sokuthi uhulumeni kaBlair ufuna kuphela ukuphoqa izishisekeli zamaSulumane ezikhuthaza ubushokobezi. Ukugqugquzela inzondo yobuhlanga kanye noma ukugqugquzela ukubulala kakade kungamacala abucayi kakhulu e-UK. Kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi kungani kufanele kube nomthetho owengeziwe uma inhloso kuwukuqeda ukuziphatha okweqisayo nenkulumo-ze ebulalayo.
ULloyd uyabhala, โUkumangalelwa njalo nobudlova kuhulumeni waseBrithani nakubantu kuzobangela intukuthelo ikhule. Intukuthelo nokwesaba kudinga izindawo zokudayisa: futhi sesibonile, ekuhlaselweni okungatheni kwama-mosque namaSulumane angenacala, ukuthi kungaba zindawo zini lezi.โ Ngandlela thize abantu abanjengoLloyd abakaze babonakale bedinga ukwenza izixwayiso ezifanayo kubantu abangewona amaSulumane eBrithani mayelana nokuhlambalaza njalo nokuhlasela amaSulumane aseBrithani kuye kwadingeka akubekezelele njalo amashumi eminyaka ezinhlanganweni ezimbi zase-UK ezikhankasela ngokusobala ukucwasa ngokwebala. amapulatifomu. Umuntu uyazibuza ukuthi kungani kufanele kube njalo. Lo mkhulumeli wezindaba we-New Labor ka-Blair ubukeka engekude nokuphakamisa amaSulumane aseBrithani ukuthi agweme ukugxekwa obala kwenqubomgomo yase-UK e-Iraq.
I-"extremist" - ihlaya noma i-trump?
Cishe njengokungathi uyakubona lokho kugxekwa, uLloyd uyaqhubeka nokubhala, โAbaholi nabakhi bemibono phakathi kwamaSulumane aphikisana nokweqisa badinga isisekelo esiqinile okumele bame kuso. Uma bezokweseka ipolitiki yentando yeningi - okuhlanganisa ukubhikisha nokuphikiswa - badinga ukukubona lokho kuqiniswa umbuso." Manje umhlaba usuguqukile kancane. U-Lloyd manje akakhulumi ngokuqondile ngabantu abagqugquzela ukubulala. Manje ukhiqiza leyo jack-of-all-smears, "i-extremist".
Uma othile esekela ukuphikiswa kwe-Iraqi emzabalazweni wabo wokuqeda izwe labo izigebengu ezibulalayo ezibahlasele, ingabe "banokweqisa"? Kunini lapho umuntu eba khona โumuntu oweqisayoโ? Uma uBlair enendlela yakhe, inkantolo ekhethekile iyonquma. U-Lloyd uyaqhubeka, โUkubona esikhundleni salokho umbuso unikeza ukwamukela kanye nezinzuzo kulabo abanhloso yabo enkulu kuwukulahla udlame emphakathini kuwukunikeza abalinganisa usizo oluncane: kuwukubonisa ukungabi nandaba phakathi kwemibono yabo neyabashisekeli. โ
Lokhu kuyi-Blairism yakudala. Qala umise isitatimende wonke umuntu avumelana naso. โGosh, lokho kuzwakala kunengqondoโฆโ Bese, uyiphotha kancane, ushelele egameni elinyakazisa kancane umhlabathi, njengokuthi โi-extremistโ. Umuntu ubheka ekhasini le-athikili ka-Lloyd ukuze aphawule futhi โukuhlola ngokucophelela labo abangena e-UK futhi kuxoshwe labo abasebenzisa kabi ukwamukelwa kwabo ngokukhuthaza udlame olumelene nayo, noma olubhekiswe kwabanye ohulumeni bentando yeningiโ. Kuyini ukubaluleka kokuthi โnoma ngokumelene nabanye ohulumeni bentando yeningiโ?
Izikhulumi ezehlukene egameni lamaqembu ase-Iraqi amelana ngokusobala nokuthathwa ngokungemthetho kwezwe lawo zimenywe muva nje ukuthi zizokhuluma e-Italy.(2) Uhulumeni wase-Italy wenqaba ama-visa alabo bantu kulandela ingcindezi yosopolitiki base-US. Yilokho kanye okungalindelwa ezinhlelweni ezintsha ezihlongozwayo zikahulumeni waseBrithani zokulwa nobushokobezi. Ukugxekwa okusemthethweni kokuhlala ngokungemthetho e-Iraq kuzobhekwa e-UK ngaphansi kwesizathu sokuphepha kwezwe. Kodwa lo mthetho uzosetshenziselwa ukuvala ukungezwani kwezinye izingxabano.
Ngabe umuntu ofana no-Ken Saro-Wiwa, owabulawa e-Nigerian owayephikisa, angafaneleka โnjengontamolukhuniโ uma ekwazile ukubalekela isiphetho sika-Saro-Wiwa futhi afike e-UK? Uma lo mthetho usubekiwe uzosetshenziswa kunoma yini efanele uhulumeni ayibambe. Izikhulu zikahulumeni zisebenza kanjalo, โUmthetho ukhona, kungani ungawusebenzisi?โฆ..โ
Uma sishiya isibonelo esisobala sePalestine eyayiphethwe yi-Israel, ingabe iColombia iwuhulumeni wentando yeningi lapho ama-narco-paramilitaries ephumela obala eqhosha ngokuthi athenge amaphini angaphezu kuka-30% wezwe? Ngabe i-Egypt iyintando yeningi uma imibhikisho esemthethweni emelene noMengameli uMubarak ihlakazwa ngesihluku kusetshenziswa udlame oludlulele? Ingabe iTurkey iyintando yeningi, lapho abantu bakhona abangamaKurd besangaphansi kokuqhubeka nokwephulwa okubi kwamalungelo abo ayisisekelo? Kodwa wonke la mazwe anokhetho, ngakho kumele abe ngaphansi kwentando yeningi - kanjalo ne-QED engenangqondo. Kunezinhlobo eziningi zentando yeningi, ezinye ezinamarekhodi amabi ngendlela engenakuqhathaniswa kunamazwe asolwa ngokungenayo intando yeningi.
I-Blairism ihlanganiswe - ukuphika, ukujikeleza, i-atavism eguquguqukayo
Lokhu akukona ukweqisa. UJohn Lloyd ukwazi konke lokhu njenganoma yimuphi omunye umhleli wephephandaba kazwelonke omkhulu. Njengomhleli we-Financial Times, u-Lloyd ubhala ngegunya lomFarisi oholayo weqembu Elisha Labasebenzi lezinkampani eziphakeme zomhlaba wonke. Uphetha ucezu lwakhe egcizelela ukuthi izinyathelo ezintsha zengcindezelo zikahulumeni wase-UK kufanele zisekelwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuvumelana emphakathini obhekene nokufuduka okukhulu kwabantu abavela kwamanye amasiko.
Emhlane wakhe, eshesha eduze, akuyona inqola ye-Time's winged, kodwa isiprofetho esinobuthi sika-archetypal Racist Enoch Powell mayelana neBrithani uba iTiber egcwele amagwebu egazi ngenxa yokufuduka okungewona abelungu. Kucishe kube sengathi uLloyd ufuna ukusola abokufika ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eLondon. Iphuzu lika-Lloyd liyibalekela indaba esemqoka - ukuhlasela ngokungemthetho nokuhlala kwe-Iraq.
Ubhala ukuthi i-Guardian "...ibe ibambe izingcezu ezimbalwa iphikisana, empeleni, ukuthi thina baseBrithani sizofika (ukuhlasela kwamaphekula kwalabo abenza egameni lobu-Islamic okweqile). Izimpikiswano ezinjalo zifiphalisa, okungenani, ubunjalo obubalulekile bemiphakathi yentando yeningi. Okungukuthi, ukuthi ukuphikiswa kuyadingeka empilweni yabo futhi yilokho okumele kuthwale umthwalo wentukuthelo nokubhikisha. Uma nje kunjalo, akudingekile ukuba samukele ubuphekula njengecala lethu; kufanele sijabulise ingxabano njengomthwalo wethu, ilungelo lethu kanye nesizwe sethu. "
Futhi, i-spin entsha ye-New Labor. โKwakungekona ukuhlasela kwabantu abenza ngokuyinhloko egameni elithi โextreme Islamismโ. Ukuhlasela kwaseLondon kwakungenxa yeqhaza likahulumeni waseBrithani e-Iraq. Inkulumo ka-Lloyd yokugcina mayelana "nengxabano njengomthwalo wethu, ilungelo lethu kanye nesizwe sethu" ihlehla kancane phezu kwenkohliso eqondile kaTony Blair nozakwabo.
Kungaba khona kanjani ukungqubuzana okunengqondo lapho amaqiniso โelungiswa kunqubomgomoโ njengoba imemorandamu edume kabi ka-Richard Dearlove ikubeka? Amaqiniso asungulwa futhi iqiniso lokusungulwa kwabo lahlakazwa. Ngaleso sisekelo izigidi zabantu e-Iraq zonakaliswe izimpilo zabo, amakhulu ezinkulungwane abulewe noma alimala kabi. Ukuhlupheka okulethwayo akucabangeki.
Okungenakuphikwa - ubudlova, ubugebengu bempi
UTony Blair kanye nozakwabo abayizigebengu zempi bayaqinisekisa futhi ukuthi indima yabanamandla โendleleni yokuphilaโ yaseBrithani ibolile futhi iyimbumbulu njengoba bekuhlale kunjalo. NguBlair, Straw, Brown, Prescott, Reid kanye noClarke nabanye, abaye baqamba amanga futhi bakhohlisa futhi bakhohlisa abantu baseBrithani kanye nephalamende. Yibo abadela amasosha amaNgisi ngenxa yezinhloso zabo zezepolitiki ezibuswa yizinkampani ezikhohlakele.
Yibo abahlanganyele ekubulaweni kwamashumi ezinkulungwane zezakhamizi zase-Iraq zibulawa yibutho lamaqaba laseMelika. NguTony Blair, uJack Straw kanye noGordon Brown abavumele ngokungananazi ukuphangwa kwezinsiza zase-Iraq ngoquqaba lwezidalwa ezidla inyama ezinkampani ziklebhula lokho ezingakwenza e-Iraq ngemvume yezigelekeqe ezinonya njengoGeorge Bush, uDick Cheney noDonald. Rumsfeld. UJohn Lloyd ubonakala efuna sikholwe ukuthi yibona kuphela abantu abaphikisa ngobudlova bonke abantu abaqotho โku-Islamism eyedluleleโ. Ingabe ucabanga ukuthi izindinganiso ezivamile zokuziphatha eziyisisekelo ziye zamiswa kungazelelwe?
Imibiko etholakalayo ikhombisa ukuthi amabhomu aseLondon agqugquzelwe intukuthelo ngokuhlasela okungekho emthethweni kanye nokuhlala e-Iraq ngonya. Babenephutha kakhulu ngokubulala abantu abaningi eLondon. Kwakuyiphutha elibi kakhulu ngoTony Blair nozakwabo ukuqamba amanga ngokubhuqa nangendlela ehlelekile ukuze kube lula ukuhlasela okungekho emthethweni kanye nokuhlala e-Iraq ngobugebengu.
Kuqinisekile ukuthi uhulumeni waseBrithani uzosebenzisa kabi izindlela ezintsha zokuphepha ezihlongozwayo. Bazoqondisa abalandeli bezinhlangano zezombusazwe ezimelana ngokusemthethweni nohulumeni abanonya abaqotho ku-ajenda yomhlaba wonke ekhuthazwa uhulumeni wase-US nabalingani bakhe. Lokho akuhlangene nokuvikela abantu baseBrithani.
Ngokumane ahambisane ngokungananazi nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokugwema ukuhlasela i-Iraq, uTony Blair wayengase anciphise kakhulu usongo lwamaphekula eBrithani. Esikhundleni semithetho engamanga, engabalulekile, uhulumeni waseBrithani kufanele aphume e-Iraq enze izinxephezelo. Ngenxa yawo wonke umuntu kufanele bakhuthaze uhulumeni wase-US ukuthi enze okufanayo.
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1 โUMHLANGANO WE-UN Omelene Nokuhlushwa Nokunye Okunonya, Okungenabuntu noma Okululaza
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2. Campaรยฑa Estatal contra la Ocupaciรยณn y por la Soberanรa de Iraq, CEOSI 15/8/2005 www.nodo50.org/iraq
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