USaddam Hussein uthole isigwebo sentambo ngamacala awenza esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka ngaphambi kokuthi uDonald Rumsfeld amxhawule eBaghdad. Ake sibuyele emuva emlandweni futhi sikhiphe lawa maqiniso:
* Ngo-Dec. 20, 1983, i-Washington Post yabika ukuthi uRumsfeld "wavakashela e-Iraq kulokho izikhulu zase-US ezathi kuwumzamo wokuqinisa ubudlelwano base-US obuvele buthuthuka nalelozwe."
* Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, i-New York Times yacaphuna "isikhulu esiphezulu saseMelika" "esathi i-United States yahlala ikulungele ukusungula ubudlelwano obugcwele bezokusebenzelana ne-Iraq nokuthi kuncike kuma-Iraqis."
* Ngo-March 29, 1984, i-Times yabika: โOsopolitiki baseMelika bathi banelisekile ngobuhlobo obuphakathi kwe-Iraq ne-United States futhi basikisela ukuthi ubuhlobo obuvamile bezokusebenzelana bubuyiselwe ngaphandle kwegama nje kuphela.โ IWashington yayinezinto ezithile ezinhle ngombuso kaSaddam, i-akhawunti ye-Times yaphawula, okuhlanganisa "nezikweletu zezolimo nempahla efinyelela ku-$840 million." Futhi nakuba "ingekho imiphumela yezingxoxo eye yamenyezelwa" ngemuva kokuvakashela kukaRumsfeld eBaghdad ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule, "abakhulumeli baseNtshonalanga Yurophu bacabanga ukuthi i-United States manje ishintshanisa ubuhlakani obuthile e-Iran ne-Iraq."
* Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, ngo-July 17, 1984, isihloko se-New York Times esine-dateline yase-Baghdad sagcwalisa imininingwane eyengeziwe kancane, sithi uhulumeni wase-United States "unikeze i-Iraq imali elinganiselwa ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili zamaRandi ukuze ithenge ukudla kule minyaka emibili edlule. iminyaka." Indaba ikhumbule ukuthi "uDonald Rumsfeld, owayeyisithunywa esikhethekile saseMpumalanga Ephakathi, ubambe imihlangano emibili yangasese nomongameli wase-Iraq lapha," kanye nesigijimi esishiwo lapho sidlulisa ukuthi "imibiko yamalungelo abantu yoMnyango Wezwe igxeke uMongameli wase-Iraq ngokufanayo, ephikisana nokuthi waphatha isifundazwe samaphoyisa."
* Ubudlelwano obugcwele bezokusebenzela phakathi kweWashington neBaghdad babuyiselwa ezinyangeni eziyi-11 ngemuva kokuvakasha kukaRumsfeld ngoDisemba 1983 noSaddam - owaqhubeka nokusebenzisa igesi enobuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kule minyaka eyishumi, izenzo ezingazange zilimaze ubudlelwano nabaphathi bakwaReagan.
* Njengesikhulu esiphezulu saseMelika esavakashela e-Iraq eminyakeni eyisithupha, uRumsfeld wayesebenze njengendoda yamaphuzu kaReagan ekuthuthukiseni ubudlelwano noSaddam. Ngo-1984, abaphathi basungula ukudayiswa kwezindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezingama-45 i-Bell 214ST eBaghdad. Amasosha kaSaddam awathole ewusizo kakhulu ekuhlaseleni izakhamuzi zamaKurd ngegesi enobuthi ngo-1988, ngokusho kwemithombo yezobunhloli yaseMelika. "Ekuphenduleni ekuqhumeni kwegesi," kusho intatheli uJeremy Scahill, "unswinyo olushanelayo lwaphasiswa ngazwi linye yiSigele saseMelika obekuzokwenqabela i-Iraq ukufinyelela kwezobuchwepheshe obuningi base-US. Lesi sinyathelo sabulawa yi-White House."
Lawa amaqiniso okufanele umphakathi uwazi ngonobhala wezokuvikela wamanje wase-United States.
Incwadi kaNorman Solomon yakamuva ethi, "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Us Spinning Us to death," ibhalwe ngephepha. Ukuze uthole ulwazi, vakashela ku: www.warmadeeasy.com
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