Ukukhuluma Ngokukhululeka kuyisici se-Asia Times Online esivumela ababhali bezivakashi ukuthi baveze umbono wabo. Sicela uchofoze lapha uma ungathanda ukufaka isandla.
Isu elisha lempi likaMengameli waseMelika uGeorge W Bush okumele limenyezelwe ngokusemthethweni ngoLwesithathu, okungenzeka ukuthi lizotholana phezulu neCongress manje elawulwa yiDemocratic Alliance, liyimpama phambi kweningi labavoti baseMelika, kanye nenqubo yentando yeningi.
Iningi labavoti baseMelika lenze amazwi abo ezwakala phezulu nacacayo ngoNovemba ngenkathi bevotela ukucabanga kukaBush kwakudala, ingxube yemibono yakudala yama-imperialist, egxile ekuqoqweni kwezindawo kanye nokuma ngendlela ehlelekile, naphezu kwezinkolelo zezenkolo eziyiphutha.
Ngokwenhlolovo yakamuva yemibono yomphakathi, cishe abathathu kwabane abaphendulile e-US manje bathi abahambisani nokuphathwa kukaBush e-Iraq, kuyilapho ukuthembela ebuholini bakhe sehlile kakhulu.
UBush usazofunda, nokho, ukuthi i-United States ayilona iRoma, futhi amandla nobuthakathaka akusalinganiswa kukodwa ngenani lesizwe lamasosha. Iminyaka emithathu nengxenye edlule yokwehluleka ngokuphelele e-Iraq kufanele kube uphawu noma yimuphi umholi onengqondo obengadinga ukushintsha inkambo; kodwa bambalwa abake baphikisa ngokuthi umongameli uyisithunzi sobuholi noma ukuba nekhanda elilinganayo; ngaleyo ndlela isu "elisha" lase-Iraq.
Ngemva nje kosuku olulodwa ubuholi beCongress yaseMelika bunikelwe kumaDemocrats anqobile, ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi engekho, uBush waqala ukuhlela kabusha ojenene bakhe bezempi ngendlela engahambisani nezifiso zabantu baseMelika noma iningi leCongress. .
Yize isu lase-Iraq behlelelwe ukwethulwa ngokusemthethweni ngoLwesithathu, izimpawu zakuqala zikhombisa ukuthi umongameli uhlose ukuqinisa imizamo yakhe yempi futhi mhlawumbe alungiselele impi entsha, kulokhu ne-Iran.
Isibonakaliso sokuqala esisabekayo safika lapho uBush ebonisa izinhloso zakhe zokuhlasela kwamasosha e-Iraq, namasosha engeziwe angama-20,000-40,000 ukuze aqinise i-140,000 kakade phansi. UBush ugcizelela ukuthi ukwanda okungaka kungokwesikhashana futhi kuzokwenzeka kuphela lapho ethola iziqinisekiso kuhulumeni wamanje wase-Iraqi - uhulumeni onodoli nganoma yimaphi amazinga - ukuthi uzimisele ukuthatha izintambo futhi adlale indima yawo.
Ngokulindelekile, amalungu amaningi eDemocratic Alliance eCongress, ngisho namanye amalungu e-Bush's Republican Party, aphikisana nesinyathelo esinjalo. Lokho kwenqatshwa kuvezwe encwadini evulekile ekhishwe ngoLwesihlanu, ebhalwe ngabaholi abasha beCongress, uSomlomo weNdlu uNancy Pelosi kanye noMholi weSenate Majority uHarry Reid. โUkwengeza amasosha amaningi okulwa kuzofaka abantu baseMelika abaningi engozini futhi kwelule amasosha ethu kuze kube sekugcineni ngaphandle kwenzuzo yamasu. Futhi kuzobukela phansi imizamo yethu yokwenza ama-Iraqi aziphendulele ngekusasa lawo, โkubhala uPelosi noReid.
UBush kulindeleke ukuthi acele u-US$100 billion ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-75 zamarandi asezigunyazwe yiCongress yangonyaka odlule eholwa yiRiphabhulikhi, ukuze kuxhaswe ukusebenza kwamasosha ase-US e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan ngonyaka wezimali ka-2007.
Amademokhrasi angenelisekile akuwona wodwa aphikisana nesiphakamiso sikaBush esingahlakaniphile; ubuholi bezempi nabo bukuthola kuwubudedengu futhi kuyize. Ngakho-ke, oJenene uGeorge Casey kanye noJohn Abizaid, abanokungabaza okukhulu mayelana nokwanda kwamasosha e-Iraq, basendleleni yokuzothathelwa indawo abasekeli bempi.
UGeneral David Petraeus, umsekeli wempi owabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kwe-Iraq ngoMashi 2003, uzothatha izintambo kuCasey njengomphathi ophakeme.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umongameli kubikwa ukuthi uhlose ukugunyaza uWilliam Fallon ukuthi aphathe i-US Central Command. Ukukhethwa kukaFallon, ngokusho kukaTim Reid, intatheli yeThe Times yaseLondon eWashington, njengomphathi omkhulu wezempi eMpumalanga Ephakathi - ukuthatha isikhundla sika-Abizaid - kwamangaza kakhulu iPentagon, ngoba lowo owayeyisikhulu samasosha asolwandle esingenalutho. isipiliyoni kuleso sifunda.
Kodwa izinto zizolunga uma umuntu ebheka ukuthi ukukhetha kukaBush kuhlobene kakhulu ne-Iran kunokulungisa umonakalo owenziwe e-Iraq: โNoma imuphi umkhankaso wokulwa neTehran uzoncika kakhulu ezindizeni ezisekelwe ezithwali kanye nemicibisholo evela ePersian Gulf,โ ngokusho kombiko. I-Times, kanye nobuchwepheshe be-Fallon budingeka kakhulu kulolo hlobo lwesimo sezempi.
Kepha ukukhulisa isibalo samasosha ase-US ngesikhathi lapho iButho Lase-US libonakala selulele phezulu akuwona umsebenzi olula, nakumongameli ongakwenza. Abahlaziyi bezempi basikisela ukuthi uBush angakwazi kuphela ukuqinisa amandla akhe ngokunweba izinkambo nokusebenzisa indawo yokulondoloza. Zombili lezi zinyathelo zingase zenze isibalo sabalimala base-US ngenani eliphakeme kunamanje - sikhumbula ukuthi kuze kube manje amasosha angaphezu kuka-3,000 aseMelika abulewe empini - futhi kuzokwenza umthethosivivinywa wezempi ubize kakhulu - cishe ama- $ 350. izigidigidi zisetshenziswe ngaphandle ngisho nomphumela owakhayo oyisibonakaliso.
Iningi lamasosha amasha azobe esezindaweni zamaSunni eBaghdad nasesifundazweni i-al-Anbar, okubonwa njengenhliziyo yomzabalazo. Umuntu ongenalwazi kuphela ongaphikisa ngokuthi iqhinga elinjalo lingaholela kunoma yini enye ngaphandle kokuchitheka kwegazi okukhulu futhi kuthuthukise futhi kuqinise labo okuthiwa abavukeli.
Nakuba โukuvukela umbuso wamaSunniโ kusalokhu kuyizisulu eziyinhloko zebutho lezempi lase-US e-Iraq, kukhona ukuqaphela okukhulayo phakathi kwezikhulu zase-US nojenene zempi ukuthi amasosha angalawuleki angamaShia kanye namaqembu awo abulalayo ayimbangela enkulu yokungazinzi nodlame.
Okuxakayo ukuthi ukukhuphuka kwamasosha angamaShi'ite kwakuyisu lakuqala lase-US elabeka amaqembu amaningi amaShi'ite endleleni yokuphahlazeka ngokuphikiswa kwamaSunni: ngaleyo ndlela ehlukanisa futhi enze buthaka ama-Iraqi futhi ehlise ubungozi bokulimala kwaseMelika.
Manje njengoba ibutho kanye namaphoyisa ase-Iraq akhiwe ikakhulukazi yizo zigebengu ezifanayo, abantu abaningi base-Iraqi bazithola behlukunyezwa amasosha abo ezwe kanye namaphoyisa. Labo abalindele ukuthi ama-Iraqi โabhekane nekusasa lawoโ babonakala bengenandaba neqiniso lokuthi ikusasa lase-Iraq lifiphele kakhulu ngaphansi kwehlelo elikhona manje eliklanywe yi-US lapho amaSunni ebulawa ngaphandle kokujeziswa kanti amaShi'ite aqhunyiswa ezimakethe zawo.
Ukubulawa okuhlazisayo kwalowo owayengumongameli wase-Iraq, uSaddam Hussein, ezandleni zonogada bamaShi'ite ababezifihle ubuso ababethi uyisikhulu sikahulumeni osemthethweni kwakuwubufakazi bokugcina obuyohlukanisa unomphela umbango oqhubekayo e-Iraq njengophakathi kwamaShi'ite namaSunni. , ababekade behlangene nabafokazi abahlaselayo futhi laba balwela ukusinda nje.
Iqiniso lokuthi izingxabano zangaphakathi zase-Iraq manje sezichazwe ngokwezigaba ngokwezigaba zamahlelo, uBush kumele abone ukuthi isimo sase-Iraq sesifinyelele ezingeni lokuzwela ngendlela engakaze ibonwe, futhi ipolitiki yakhe yobudlwangudlwangu kanye nenkani yakhe engadumile kungaholela kwezinye izinhlekelele. Izenzo zakhe kuleli sonto kanye nezinyathelo okulindeleke ukuthi zilandelwe zizoholela esimweni lapho iqembu lakhe noma amaDemocrats anombono wabo wenqubomgomo ofiphele abakwazi ukusilungisa.
UBush kufanele ahlinzeke ngokushesha ngomhlahlandlela wokuhoxa e-Iraq ozokwenziwa ngezigaba ukuvumela izindima ezivumelanisiwe, ezakhayo zesifunda nezamazwe ngamazwe ezizobandakanya iNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene, i-Arab League kanye, okubaluleke kakhulu, wonke amaqembu omphakathi ase-Iraqi; ngaphandle kwalokho, i-Iraq ehlukene phakathi nazo zonke izinkinga kanye nesiphithiphithi sesifunda esizoyiletha iyohlala iyinketho yokugcina engenakugwenywa.
-Incwadi yakamuva kaRamzy Baroud, The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle (Pluto Press), iyatholakala ku-Amazon.com kanye nase-University of Michigan Press. Iwebhusayithi yakhe ithi ramzybaroud.net
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