Endizeni ezungeza i-Baghdad ekukhanyeni kokusa okumpunga, intombazanyana yase-Iraq yaziculela buthule emgqeni olandelayo. “Lapho ngiqala ukuzibuza ukuthi kungani ngenza lolu hambo,” kukhononda uSean Penn kimi, “Ngiyayibona leyo ngane futhi ngiyakhumbula ukuthi imayelana nani.”
Ngemva kokuba indiza ifike esikhumulweni sezindiza iSaddam International, salinda endlini encane yokungena kwaze kwaba yilapho kuqhamuka isikhulu sase-Iraq futhi sasingenisa ezweni. Ngokushesha sangena ehhotela i-Al-Rashid. Emuva eWashington umxhasi wohambo lwethu, i-Institute for Public Accuracy, ukhiphe umbiko wezindaba ememezela ukuvakasha kwezinsuku ezintathu futhi ecaphuna uSean: “Njengobaba, umlingisi, umdidiyeli wefilimu kanye nomshisekeli wezwe, ukuvakashela kwami e-Iraq kungokwabantu abavamile. ngibe nesandiso esingokwemvelo sesibopho sami (okungenani ukuzama) ukuthola izwi lami ezindabeni zikanembeza.”
Njengoba izigubhu zempi zase-US zishisa kakhulu, ukuvela kukaSean Penn kungazelelwe e-Baghdad kwasusa isivunguvungu sokungcoliswa kwezindaba zaseMelika. Izihloko zezindaba zambiza ngokuthi “Baghdad Sean”; ongoti eziteshini zezindaba zamakhebula bambiza ngesitobha sikaSaddam.
Kodwa njengoba ukuhlasela kwabezindaba base-U.S. kwaqhubeka, sasigxile kakhulu eBaghdad. ESibhedlela Sezingane Sase-Al-Mansour, izingane zilele komatilasi abanentambo enamehlo amnyama asabekayo, omama abalilayo ngezinye izikhathi bahlezi eduze kwemibhede yabo emincane. Njengoba sihamba, uSean wathi kimi: “Awufuni nokuthi umuntu ashaye a ngu umsindo omkhulu nxazonke zalezi zingane, ingasaphathwa eyokuthi kuqhuma ibhomu endaweni.”
Kube nemihlangano nezikhulu zase-Iraq, okuhlanganisa noTariq Aziz, owathi - ngesudi yakhe eyisikwe kahle nenkulumo eshelelayo - waveza ububi bedolobha. Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, sasilokhu sibona izingane futhi sizibuza ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngazo. Usongo lwempi lwasibekela yonke into.
I-UNICEF yasiyisa ezikoleni ezisedolobheni, futhi intuthuko yayigqama kulezo ezisizwa yile nhlangano. Mina noSean savakashela ihhovisi likamqondisi we-UNICEF wase-Iraq, umDashi owakhuluma ngamathemba okusiza izingane zezwe ezacile. Kodwa kuthiwani uma ukuhlasela kwenzeka, sibuze. Kusenjalo kwathuleka.
Ekuseni kwethu kokugcina e-Baghdad, ngaphesheya kwetafula lesidlo sasekuseni lesinkwa se-pita ne-hummus, ngibuke u-Sean ebhala isitatimende ephedi. Kamuva emini, ekhuluma engqungqutheleni enkulu yezindaba, wathi: “Ngizizwa, kokubili njengomMelika futhi njengomuntu, isibopho sokwamukela izinga elithile lokuziphendulela ngezinqubomgomo zikahulumeni wami, zombili lezo engizisekelayo kanye nazo. noma yini engingakwazi. Kalula nje, uma kunempi noma unswinyo oluqhubekayo ngokumelene ne-Iraq, igazi labantu baseMelika kanye nama-Iraqis ngokufanayo lizoba sezandleni zethu. "
****
Lokho kwenzeka ezinyangeni ezingu-123 ezedlule, phakathi no-December 2002. Ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq kwenzeka ezinsukwini eziyikhulu kamuva.
Izinhlekelele ezibe umphumela zibe zimbi kakhulu futhi zizinkulu kangangokuthi ukubika okuphelele kwabezindaba zase-U.S. akunikezeli ncam umkhondo. Esikhathini sangempela futhi uma sibheka emuva, ama-cliches abusayo mayelana nale mpi ahlala enyakazweni eyindilinga, ezibonakalisa ngokwawo, ngaphakathi kwamabhamuza aseMelika.
Ngezinye izikhathi, ngokuvamile kuvame ukufiphala, izibani ze-strobe ziyalokoza ekuhluphekeni kwangempela kwamasosha aseMelika nabathandekayo bawo. Ngokwenombolo enkulu kakhulu, ukuhlupheka kwase-Iraq kuncipha kancane, kungabonakali ethunzini lemithombo yezindaba nepolitiki yase-U.S.
Umbiko osanda kukhishwa, “Impi yase-Iraq Phakathi Kwemicimbi Emibi Kunayo Yonke Emhlabeni,” inikeza isifinyezo esiqinile sokucekelwa phansi okubanzi nokubi kangangokuthi abafundi bayophonselwa inselelo yokuba bangajiki. Embikweni, uDavid Swanson unikeza umbono weminyaka eyi-10 wemiphumela yabantu yokuwohloka kokuziphatha okungekho sikhulu saseMelika noma umcwaningi wenkulumo-ze oke wabekwa icala.
Eminyakeni eyishumi ngemva kokuhlasela kwe-Iraq, ungalindeli inqwaba yabashicileli bemithombo yezindaba kanye nezikhulu zase-US ezaqhuba leyo nhlekelele ukuba isho izwi lokuzisola. Abaningi bamatasa ngomunye umsebenzi: ukusiza ukusunduza impi e-Iran.
Ezinsukwini ezedlule, sikhuluma ngezinyathelo ezingase zenziwe ngokumelene ne-Iran, uMongameli Obama utshele intatheli ye-TV yakwa-Israeli: "Ngiqhubeka nokugcina zonke izinketho zisetafuleni." Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, iPhini likaMongameli uBiden utshele ingqungquthela yaminyaka yonke ye-AIPAC ukuthi umongameli "akakhohlisi." UBiden uthe "zonke izinketho, kubandakanya namasosha, zisetafuleni." Lezo zitatimende ziyefana nezinsongo zikaMongameli Bush kanye nePhini likaMongameli uCheney ngaphambi kokuhlasela kwe-Iraq.
UNorman Solomon ungumsunguli we RootsAction.org kanye nomqondisi ongumsunguli we-Institute for Public Accuracy. Izincwadi zakhe zifaka phakathi ethi "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keeps Spinning us to die." Ubhala ikholamu yePolitical Culture 2013.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
Nikela