OwayeyiPhini likaMongameli u-Dick Cheney wanikwa inkontileka yezigidi ukuze abhale incwadi emayelana nomsebenzi wakhe wezepolitiki. Ngokusho kwe-Cheney's media hype, le ncwadi, ebizwa Esikhathini Sami, izoba “namakhanda aqhuma kulo lonke elaseWashington.” U-Darth Vader wokuphatha kukaBush akaxolisi futhi akazisoli. Kodwa izishoshovu zokuthula ezweni lonke ziyanyenyela ukuzilungiselela ukuvakashela izitolo zezincwadi, thatha inqwaba yezincwadi, uzibeke lapho zifaneleka khona—i-Crime Section.
Nanka amacala amaningi kaCheney ayishumi ukuze akukhuthaze ukuthi uhambise incwadi kaCheney, futhi uwafake amabhukumaka echaza ukuthi kungani umbhali we Esikhathini Sami kufanele kube "isikhathi sokwenza".
1. UCheney waqamba amanga; Amasosha ase-Iraq naseMelika afa. NjengePhini Likamongameli, uCheney waqamba amanga ngezikhali (ezingekho) zokucekela phansi okukhulu kanye nezibopho zikaSaddam Hussein (ezingekho) ekuhlaselweni kwe-9/11 njengendlela yokuthethelela impi nezwe elingakaze lisihlasele. Sibonga uCheney kanye nenkampani, amakhulu ezinkulungwane zama-Iraqi kanye namasosha aseMelika angaphezu kuka-4,000 abhubha empini okwakungafanele ilwe.
2. Ukwenza Ubugebengu Bempi e-Iraq. Phakathi nempi yase-Iraq, abaphathi bakaBush/Cheney baphula Izivumelwano Ze-Geneva ngokuqondisa izakhamuzi, izintatheli, izibhedlela, nama-ambulensi, nokusebenzisa izikhali ezingekho emthethweni, okuhlanganisa i-phosphorous emhlophe, i-uranium ephelile, nohlobo olusha lwe-napalm.
3. Ukwenza inzuzo ngempi. Abakhokhi bentela baseMelika bakhiphe imali engaba yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu zamaRandi ezimpini zaseBush/Cheney e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan—okuyinto enkulu ekuwohlokeni komnotho wesizwe sethu samanje. Kepha uCheney nabangane bakhe eHalliburton benza njengezigelekeqe, bathola izigidigidi zezinkontileka zayo yonke into kusukela ekuphakeleni amasosha e-Iraq kuya ekwakheni iNxusa laseMelika e-Afghanistan kuye kwakhiwe ijele elidume kabi laseGuantanamo. UCheney wayeyi-CEO ye-Halliburton kusukela ngo-1995-2000, eshiya isikhundla sokuba yi-VP ngephakethe lomhlalaphansi lama- $ 20 wezigidi, kanye nezigidi zezinketho zesitoko kanye neholo elihlehlisiwe. Ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale iMpi yase-Iraq, uHalliburton wayengowe-19 ohlwini lwe-U.S. Army losonkontileka abaphambili; ngosizo lukaCheney, ngo-2003 kwaba inombolo yokuqala—ikhulisa inani lamasheya kaCheney ngaphezu kuka-3,000%.
4. Ukuhlukumeza amalungelo ayisisekelo. U-Cheney unesibopho sokugcina izinkulungwane zeziboshwa ngaphandle kwamacala futhi ngaphandle kwelungelo eliyisisekelo le-habeas corpus, kanye nokugcina iziboshwa zifihliwe ku-International Committee of the Red Cross. Ugunyaze ukuthumba abantu futhi wabanikela emajele ayimfihlo aphesheya kwezilwandle. Ukugunyaza kwakhe ukuboshwa ngokungafanele kwabantu baseMelika, izakhamuzi ezingokomthetho, kanye nabangewona amaMelika-ngaphandle kwenqubo efanelekile, ngaphandle kwamacala, futhi ngaphandle kokufinyelela ekutholeni izeluleko-kwakuphula umthetho wase-US nowamazwe ngamazwe. Umlandeli wokuboshwa okungapheli eGuantanamo, uCheney ubhala encwadini yakhe ukuthi “ukujabulele ukuqaphela” ukuthi uMongameli Obama wehlulekile ukufeza isithembiso sakhe sokuvala ijele laseGuantánamo.
5. Ukukhuthaza ukuhlukunyezwa. UCheney wayengumgqugquzeli ophambili wesinqumo sabaphathi bakaBush sokwephula i-Geneva Conventions kanye ne-U.N. Convention Against Torture kanye nokugqashula emashumini eminyaka omkhuba wamasosha ase-US ngokusekela “izindlela zokuphenya ezithuthukisiwe.” Lokhu kuholele emakhulwini amacala abhalwe phansi e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan okuhlukunyezwa, ukuhlukunyezwa nokubulawa. Ukuhlukunyezwa kwakuhlanganisa umkhuba owaziwa ngokuthi "i-water-boarding," uhlobo lokuminza okulingiswayo. Ngemva kweMpi Yezwe II, amasosha aseJapane ayenjalo waquliswa icala zamacala empi ezinkantolo zase-US zokugibela emanzini. Ukugunyazwa kokuhlukunyezwa okuvela phezulu kwehle, njengoba umhlaba wonke ubone ezithombeni ezivela ku-Abu Ghraib, kuba ithuluzi lokuqasha i-Al Qaeda futhi kungcolisa isithunzi sesizwe sakithi.
6. Ukuzama ukwandisa impi yase-Afghan. Enganelisekile ngomonakalo awubangele njenge-VP, u-Cheney uyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza i-grist eyengeziwe yomshini wempi. Encwadini yakhe ugxeka Isinqumo sikaMongameli Obama sokuhoxa, ngoSepthemba 2012, amanye amasosha angu-33,000 2009 u-Obama awathumela e-Afghanistan ngo-2014. Uphinde waxwayisa u-Obama ukuthi angawakhiphi wonke amasosha e-Afghanistan ngosuku oluhleliwe luka-XNUMX. “Angicabangi ukuthi siyawadinga. ukubalekela izindawo zokuphuma,” utshele I-Fox News Sunday" ibamba uChris Wallace.
7. Ukusebenzisa kabi ilungelo lokuphatha: U-Cheney wasebenzisa ilungelo lokuphatha ukwenqaba ukuthobela ama-subpoena angaphezu kweshumi nambili e-Congressional ahlobene nokudutshulwa okungafanele kwabameli bakahulumeni, ukuhlukunyezwa, ukwephulwa kokhetho nokudalula—ukuze aziphindiselele ngezombusazwe—ubunikazi buka-Valerie Plame, isisebenzi se-CIA esicashile esisebenza ekwandeni kwe-WMD ebucayi.
8. Ukusihlola. UCheney wayengungqondongqondo ohlelweni lweNational Security Agency lwe-warrantless wiretapping oluhlola izinkulungwane, mhlawumbe izigidi zezakhamizi zaseMelika emhlabathini waseMelika. Lokhu kugxambukela kukahulumeni okukhulu kwezingcingo zomuntu siqu nama-imeyili kwakuphambene ne-FISA (the I-Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), Umthetho Wezokuxhumana Ngezocingo, kanye Nokuchitshiyelwa Kwesine koMthethosisekelo.
9. Ibhomu, ibhomu, ibhomu Iran. Ngenkathi uCheney eseyi-CEO ye-Halliburton, inkampani yeqa umthetho wokutshala imali e-Iran ngokusebenzisa inkampani engaphansi kwe-offshore ekhohlisayo. Nokho, lapho i-VP, uCheney wakhuthaza ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-Iran. "Cishe bengingumkhulumeli omkhulu wezempi kunanoma yimuphi ozakwethu," Kusho uCheney ekuphenduleni imibuzo mayelana nokuthi ngabe abaphathi bakaBush bekufanele yini bethule ukuhlasela kwezindawo zenuzi zase-Iran ngaphambi kokunikeza i-White House ku-Barack Obama. U-Cheney ucabanga ukuthi u-Obama uthambile kakhulu e-Iran, futhi uthe ukuphela kwendlela yokusebenzisana ne-Iran ukusebenza uma u-Obama naye ekhona. usongela ibhomu we bafowethu. Izingxoxo "zizohluleka ngaphandle uma sithathwa njengabathembekile" ekusongeleni ngesinyathelo sezempi ngokumelene ne-Iran, esho. Kubonakala sengathi izimpi ne-Iraq, Afghanistan kanye neLibya, kanye nokuhlaselwa kwe-drone ePakistan naseYemen, azanele ukwanelisa ukuluthwa kwempi kaCheney. Kodwa linda, kukhona okwengeziwe….
10. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eSyria—kanye neNorth Korea—esikhundleni sokuxoxisana. Enye yezindaba ezibalulekile emlandweni kaCheney ukukhumbula kwakhe iseshini noMkhandlu Wezokuphepha Kazwelonke ngo-2007, lapho eluleka uBush ukuthi aqhumise ibhomu indawo okusolakala ukuthi iyisisetshenziswa senuzi yaseSyria. “Ngemva kokuba ngiqedile,” uyabhala, “umongameli wabuza, ‘Ingabe ukhona ovumelana nesekela likamongameli?’ Akukho nesisodwa isandla esaphakama ekamelweni.” Ngenhlanhla, iseluleko sikaCheney sachithwa ngenxa yendlela yokuxhumana (yize abakwa-Israel baqhumisa ibhomu endaweni ngoSepthemba 2007). Ngokuqondene neNyakatho Korea, encwadini yakhe, uCheney ubiza owayenguNobhala Wezwe u-Condoleezza Rice ngokunganaki ngokuzama ukwakha isivumelwano sezikhali zenuzi neNorth Korea.
Kwanele? Njengoba uMongameli u-Obama engafuni ukubamba uCheney aziphendulele, okuncane esingakwenza ukukhombisa ukunengeka kwethu ngokulahla izincwadi zakhe esigabeni soBugebengu bese sifaka lokhu. ibhukumaka. Futhi uma kungenzeka ube nenhlanhla futhi ubambe enye yezincwadi ezisayiniwe zikaCheney, phatha ozankosi ababili.
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