Iminyaka emihlanu ye- US ukuhlasela kwe Iraq bekufanele kube yithuba lokuthi abahleli bempi abakhulu kuhulumeni kaBush bake bathi ukuma kancane futhi bacabange ngokujulile nge-fiasco ukuthi Iraq impi yayisiphenduke.
Esikhundleni salokho, UMongameli Bush kanye nePhini likaMongameli wakhe u-Dick Cheney bahlanganyela enkulumweni evamile 'ngenqubekelaphambili' kanye 'nokunqoba'. Inkani yale nkulumo engagunyaziwe iphakamisa ukuthi akukho ukuphela okubonakalayo ngesikhathi sokuphatha kukaBush ngezinhlekelele ezenzeke. Iraq nabantu bayo.
Eqinisweni, Bush umkhuzi wamasosha aphezulu Iraq wamethula ngezinhlelo zokugcina amazinga ebutho Iraq kuze kube ngu-2008 cishe ezingeni elifanayo nalelo ababedlule kulo eminyakeni emihlanu edlule yempi.. (NYT, Mashi 25, 08)
IPhini likaMongameli u-Dick Cheney uqinisekise inhloso yabaphathi yokuqhubeka nenqubomgomo yokubhebhetheka kodlame. “Kungaba yiphutha manje,” esho ngesikhathi evakashele kule ndawo Iraq, "ukulangazelela ukwehlisa amandla kangangokuthi sibeka umphumela engozini." (NYT, Mar 18.08)
Ukuthethelela isinqumo sokugcina izinga eliphezulu lodlame, abaphathi bakaBush baphikisene ngokuthi lokhu kuhlinzwa kube yimpumelelo nokuthi kunenqubekela phambili eyenziwayo Iraq
'Impumelelo' kanye 'nenqubekelaphambili,'kodwa, kufanele ikalwe ngokuhambisana nemibandela ephusile nethembekile, hhayi ngokumelene nezinsolo zokuzenzela wena, izimangalo ezingagunyaziwe noma amadigri okwehluleka.
Bush wathi ukuhlasela Iraq “kwakuwukubonakaliswa okuphawulekayo kokuphumelela kwezempi” okuyocwaningwa ngezizukulwane ngezizukulwane. Kodwa akazange asho ukuthi kungani umshini ofanayo wokusebenza kwezempi kwadingeka usebenzise ubudlova obukhulu ukuze unqobe i-Falluja nezinye izindawo zokumelana. UKaputeni waseMelika uPaul Fowler uchazele i-Boston Globe isu lezempi elisetshenziswa amasosha ase-US ngokumelene namavukela-mbuso ase-Iraq: 'Ukuphela kwendlela yokubasusa ukucekela phansi yonke into esendleleni yakho. " (Nov 28), 2004).
Ngesikhathi evakashele Iraq maphakathi noNdasa iPhini likaMongameli Dick Cheney utuse ukuthuthuka kwezokuphepha e Iraq njenge "phenomenal." Cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukuqhuma kwebhomu edolobheni elingcwele lamaShiite Karbala kubulawe abantu abangama-43-okukhombisa ngokumangalisayo umsele ohlukanisa inkulumo yokuphatha kukaBush neqiniso Iraq.
UCheney uqhubekile nokuphinda isimangalo sakhe esilahliwe sokuthi impi bekufanele iqalwe ngenxa yokuxhumana phakathi Iraq kanye ne-Al-Qaeda. Njengenjwayelo akazange aveze ubufakazi.
Ubufakazi obukhulayo buchithe izimangalo zakwaCheney. I-New York Times ibike ngoMashi ukuthi "ukubuyekezwa okuphelele okuxhaswe yiPentagon okungaphezu kuka-600,Imibhalo yase-Iraqi engu-000 eyathathwa ngesikhathi ihlasela i-US ngo-2003 ayitholanga bufakazi bokuthi umbuso kaSaddam wawunobudlelwano bokusebenzisana nenethiwekhi yamaphekula e-al Qaida.” (Mashi 18, 08)
Kwezepolitiki, asikho isizathu sokugubha. Uhulumeni osekelwa yi-US ku Iraq yehlulekile ukunweba ukwesekwa kwayo okudumile kanye nokukhuthaza ukuba semthethweni kwayo njengokumelela ngempela abantu base-Iraq. I I-Baghdad Ingqungquthela yokubuyisana eyenzelwe ukuletha izinhlangothi ezilwayo esixazululweni okuxoxiswene ngazo ihlaselwe wukuzila futhi yadukiswa yiqembu elihamba phambili lamaSunni kanye neqembu lamaShiite eliholwa nguMuqtad al Sadr.
Ngisho noma ukubuyisana okuthile kwakuzozuzwa, UBush akakwazi ukuzenzela udumo ngakho njengoba umsebenzi kanye namasu awo odlame oludlulele kunomthelela omkhulu ekubhebhezeleni ukungezwani kwezinhlanga kanye nokuhamba kwabantu abaningi. Lokhu kuholele 'e-ghettoization of Baghdad' lapho izindawo ezake zaba khona ezixubile nezinokuthula manje seziphenduke ama-ghettos achazwa ngokwezizwe futhi anobutha.
Isinqumo sikahulumeni omkhulu sokuqalisa impi ehlasela amasosha e-Al Sadr I-Basra ukuthatha ukulawula isifunda esinothe ngowoyela, yahlushwa ukulahlwa okukhulu. Ngaphezu kuka-1,Amasosha angu-000 ase-Iraq enqaba ukulwa namaShiite akanye nawo futhi ashiya izikhundla zawo. (NYT, Ephreli 4.08).
Igebe phakathi kwabantu nohulumeni licasule abantu abaningi base-Iraq ababuka uhulumeni wabo njengonodoli wamasosha aseMelika. “UMaliki ubephendula US ingcindezi yokulandela uSadr,” kusho um-Iraqi etshela iWashington Post. “Lo hulumeni uthatha ama-oda kubantu baseMelika," Ukhumbule impilo ngaphansi kukaSaddam Hussein: "Emuva ngaleso sikhathi, kwakunogesi amahora angu-22 ngosuku.” Uqhube wathi “kuphele izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili engenawo ugesi. (Washington Thumela. Mashi 31)
Inhloso yokuhlinzwa enesizotha kakhulu yokuvikela I-Baghdad kubonakale kuyinkinga njengoba kufakazelwa amarokhethi nezinsimbi ezethulwe ezindaweni zaseShia e I-Baghdad ku-Green Zone ebiyelwe kakhulu, ekuphenduleni ukuhlasela okusekelwa yiMelika I-Basra.
UNir Rosen uchaze isimo esibucayi sebutho laseMelika lapho lijoyina 'Battle ngoba I-Baghdad” ngo-2006: “ibutho laseMelika [lingelinye] lamasosha amaningi asebenza kulo Iraq. Kodwa i-American Army ilahlekile Iraq… Ukushaya uSunni, ehlasela amaShia, ukushaya iningi labantu abangenacala. Ayikwazi ukuhlukanisa phakathi kwanoma ubani, ngokuqinisekile ayikwazi ukusebenzisa noma yimaphi amandla, ngaphandle kwasekhoneni lomgwaqo lapho itholakala khona.” (Intando yeningi Manje,, Novemba 27, 2006)
Njengoba ukubalwa komzimba kusetshenziswa njengesilinganiso sempumelelo ngabaphathi bakaBush, futhi ayigcini ukubala kwemizimba yase-Iraqi, ulwazi oluvela enhlanganweni yase-Iraqi i-The Body Count Project (BCP), kungaba wusizo ukuthola 'impumelelo' abantu base-Iraq okusolakala ukuthi baba nayo ngaphansi kokuhlinzwa. I-BCP yabika phakathi nesonto elifanayo uBush noCheney babegubha ukuthuthuka 'okumangalisayo' Iraq, ukuthi: “Kuleli sonto elidlule izakhamuzi ezingu-300 zalahlekelwa ukuphila kwazo ngobudlova, 14 kubo izingane. Amasosha ase-US ewodwa abulale 31. Inani labashonile ngoMashi selingaphezu ko-1,000 "
Ukufa kwamakhulu ezinkulungwane zezakhamuzi nokuphila okudabukisayo kwalabo abasala ngemuva; Ukuxoshwa kwabantu abangaba yizigidi ezi-4 base-Iraq baphoqeleka ukuba babalekele udlame, ukucekelwa phansi kwengqalasizinda, izimpilo ezihlakazekile kanye nobumpofu besizwe sonke, amaqiniso angenakugwemeka empi nomsebenzi. Ngeke ibe khona impumelelo ngaphandle kokuqeda umnyombo wale nhlekelele eyihlazo.
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