Mangaki amacala empi umholi wasentshonalanga okufanele awenze ngaphambi kokuba athathwe umlingisi non GRATA ngabezindaba zezinkampani kanye nokusungulwa? Ngokusobala akukho mkhawulo, uma sizokwahlulela ngokusabela okukhona ekubuyeleni kukaTony Blair esigabeni sezepolitiki.
NgoJulayi 11, kwaba njalo kumemezela ukuthi uBlair uzobe ‘enikela ngemibono nolwazi’ ekubuyekezweni kwenqubomgomo yomholi weLabour u-Ed Miliband. Ngokusobala uzonikeza iseluleko sokuthi ‘angawandisa’ kanjani amafa ezomnotho nezemidlalo kuma-Olympics angowezi-2012 aseLondon.
I-Guardian ichaze lesi simemezelo ngobumnene ‘njengesinyathelo esinempikiswano’; hhayi ezweni lonke, iphepha lasho, kodwa ‘mhlawumbe ikakhulukazi ngaphakathi kweqembu Labasebenzi’. Kumenyezelwe isihloko esisodwa se-Guardian ‘Ukubuya kwenkosi’.
'Uphiko lwesokunxele' uJohn Harris wenze okuncane ku-Guardian ukulungisa indlela kaBlair:
‘Uneminyaka engama-59 kuphela, isithombe sobungqabavu obusukiwe njalo futhi uzimisele “ukwenza umehluko”. Ingabe indawo yesine ku-No 10 ingaba semakhadini? Akufanele sikukhiphe ngaphandle.’
UHarris wamemezela ‘ukuthi ngenxa yawo wonke amaphutha akhe, iziphambeko kanye nokwahlulela okungalungile okuklabalasayo, kunokuthile okukazibuthe ngamathalenta akhe.’
Ngenkathi uBlair evela esidlweni sakusihlwa sokuqongelela imali kwabasebenzi enkundleni yezemidlalo yase-Arsenal e-Emirates, uHarris waphawula ukuthi:
‘Wabingelelwa isixuku esiphoqelekile sababhikishi, esathukuthele ngeqhaza lakhe empini yase-Iraq.’
Yilokho okuthakazelisayo ngababhikishi bokuthula; 'intukuthelo' engapheli mayelana nezwe elidonselwa empini engekho emthethweni eyaholela ekufeni kwabantu ababalelwa esigidini esisodwa, yadala ababaleki base-Iraq abayizigidi ezine, yacekela phansi ingqalasizinda yase-Iraq, yadala ukuhlupheka okungenakuchazwa futhi yashisa izizumbulu zemali yomphakathi ngezikhathi 'zobunzima. '. Mhlawumbe thina maBrits kufanele sivele siveze lolodebe olungenhla oluqinile bese siqhubekela phambili. Impela yilokho uRichard Beeston, umhleli wangaphandle weThe Times, akuphakamisa ngo-2009:
‘Konke lokhu kwenzeka eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule. Yeqa.’ (‘Impi ayihambanga kahle. Hhayi ukwakheka. Yekani ukucabanga ngokusemthethweni kokuhlasela kwe-Iraq. Umkhankaso ngokwawo ubuyinhlekelele yangempela’, The Times, February 26, 2009.)
Umhleli we-Times wakamuva ukwamukele ukubuya kukaBlair:
‘Abasebenzi bayahlangana, besebenzisa ithalente labo elingcono kakhulu elitholakalayo futhi baqala ukugxila futhi. (Umhleli, ‘Unyaka kwezombusazwe’, The Times, July 14, 2012)
Ukufika kwesibili kukaBlair kwethulwa ngu-a ingxoxo yobungane ohlelweni lwe-BBC u-Andrew Marr. I-Marr, yiqiniso, yaziwa kakhulu njengenganekwane umhlaziyi wezepolitiki ongakhethi futhi 'umxoxisi we-congenial and knowlegable [sic]' (ukucaphuna ikhebula lenxusa lase-US eLondon liya ku-Hillary Clinton).
Ukuhlasela kwe-PR kwaqhubeka lapho i-Evening Standard yaseLondon ishicilela incwadi interview no-PM wangaphambili ngosuku ‘ahlela ngalo isivakashi’ iphepha. Angathanda yini ukuba undunankulu futhi ngelinye ilanga? ‘Impela’, ephendula. I-Financial Times esekelayo interview nomhleli u-Lionel Barber umemezele:
'Eminyakeni emihlanu ngemuva kokushiya amandla, uTony Blair ufuna ukuphinde angene. Ulungele indima enkulu entsha. Kodwa yini ngempela emshayelayo? Futhi angakwazi yini ukunxenxa izwe ukuba lilalele?'
'Abangane' 'nabalingani' abangashiwongo bacashuniwe, ngokungangabazeki bedlulisela umlayezo ogunyazwe uBlair:
'Abangani bathi ufisa ukudlala indima enkulu, hhayi ngoba enesifiso sokungenela izikhundla eziphezulu kodwa ngoba efuna ukuba yingxenye yengxabano. “Angathanda ngempela ukuphinde abe yisizinda sokunakwa,” kusho omunye umsizi wesikhathi eside.'
Umqaphi Umhleli yenza okuncane ukusiza:
‘kubonakala sengathi udambisile ukuthintwa kusukela encwadini yakhe [‘Uhambo’, eyanyatheliswa ngo-2011]; mhlawumbe useze wafunda nokuhlonipha kancane umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.’ (‘Akucabangeki? UTony Blair uthatha isikhundla sikaNdunankulu futhi.’)
Iphepha laqhubeka:
'Ngaphandle kwalokho, lesi akusona isikhathi sokuzikhathaza ngemininingwane yenqubomgomo - kune-showbiz okufanele icatshangelwe. Ngo-2007 uJohn Major wafanisa ukuvalelisa kukaMnu Blair isikhathi eside noNellie Melba; ukubuya okuzayo kumele kubonise ukuthi ufana noSinatra no-Elvis. Kungaba nendlalifa eyodwa yeqiniso kaTony Blair, lowo nguTony Blair II.’
Kungenzeka yini ukuthi i-mineard ye-British liberal journalism ngempela yenza isimemo sokuhlela sokubuya kukaBlair? Akufanele kube isimanga ngokuphelele. Khumbula ukuthi ngisho nangemuva kwe ubugebengu obuphakeme bamazwe ngamazwe lokuhlasela Iraq, uMqaphi namanje esibizwa ukuze abafundi bayo baphinde bakhethe u-Blair okhethweni lukazwelonke luka-2005.
Isigebengu Sempi Esizidelelayo
Ngenyanga edlule, i-Guardian khuthazwa Idayari ka-Alastair Campbell, umshisekeli oyinhloko ka-Blair, enesiqephu esisodwa esilandisa ngomhlangano ‘nabaseSweden abadumile baseBrithani’, u-Sven Göran Eriksson kanye no-Ulrika Jonsson, kanye nenye echaza ukuthanda kuka-PM wangaphambili amafutha omnqumo. Kwasala kuJohn Pilger veza iphuzu ukuthi kumadayari:
‘UCampbell uzama ukufafaza igazi lase-Iraqi kudemoni uMurdoch. Kuningi okungabamanzisa bonke.’
U-Andrew Brown weThe Guardian, umhleli wesigaba esithi ‘Ukukholwa’ kokuthi Ukuphawula Kumahhala, ugwetshiwe egazini ukutshela abafundi ukuthi engxoxweni yakamuva noRowan Williams, uMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseCanterbury, uBlair ‘wayehlekisa, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ezibukela phansi’. UBrown wenze isibonelo samahlaya kaBlair anesizotha:
‘Ngake ngabhala ipheshana mayelana nokuthi kungani isenzo samalungelo abantu eBrithani singaba umbono omubi kakhulu - ngase, njengondunankulu, ngethula.’
Mhlawumbe kuwusizo ukukhunjuzwa ukuthi ngisho nezigebengu zempi zingaba ‘zihlekisayo’ futhi ‘zizidelele’.
Ngokuphambene, umlobeli wengosi ezimele uMatthew Norman wakwenza kwacaca eyakhe ukudelela uBlair:
'Kubize ngokwahlulela okungalungile kwamasu, ukuhlolwa kwe-Neocon okungalungile, ubugebengu bempi nanoma yini, kuqondakala kahle kulawa magama afana nengane: UMnu Blair wenze into embi ngempela, nemiphumela emibi kakhulu kubantu base-Iraq, amasosha abulala futhi akhubaza ekumangaleleni ubuwula bakhe, nalabo abafa futhi balimala lapha ekuqhumeni kwamabhomu okuziphindiselela ngo-July 2005, ekuseni ngemva kokuba i-Olympiad yama-30 inikezwa idolobha laseLondon.'
Waqhubeka:
‘UTony Blair akayena umphrofethi ohlazeke ngokungeyikho kodwa uyisidlakela ezweni lakubo. Ungumqaba ngoba wahlanganyela esenzweni sobubi obuningi, futhi kwafa amakhulu angenakubalwa ezinkulungwane futhi izigidi ezengeziwe zahlupheka kabuhlungu ngenxa yalokho.’
UNorman waphawula ngokufanelekile ukuthi uBlair ‘uhlome ngeqembu lama-ultras athembekile emaphephandabeni.’ Lokhu, kuhambisana nokuvikelwa kwakhe yinhlangano esekela ngokuyinhloko, kusho ukuthi ‘mhlawumbe awekho amandla emhlabeni angangena egobolondweni lakhe le-titanium.
Kodwa ingxenye ebalulekile 'yegobolondo le-titanium' elivikela u-Blair ukuthi izintatheli 'ezivamile' ziyakugwema ukuchaza izenzo zoNdunankulu wangaphambili kanye nabahleli bakhe uzungu njengamacala empi. U-Matthew Norman ngokwakhe wenza iphutha lapho ebhala ngokuphelelwa yimizwa:
'Kubize ngokwahlulela okungalungile kwamasu, ukuhlolwa kwe-Neocon okungalungile, ubugebengu bempi nanoma yini.'
Mayelana 'ne-cabal of loyalist ultras in the press', uNorman akazange anikeze amagama. Kodwa bahlanganisa abahleli abakhulu ephephandabeni likaNorman, i-Independent; ingasaphathwa eyomunye wozakwabo e-Independent ngeSonto, i-hagiographer kaBlair UJohn Rentoul. Njengoba uMatthew Norman engeke eqe umugqa esihlabathini, kanjalo noSimon Jenkins we-Guardian lapho uthi ukuthi 'isenzo sokubuyisana esibi sasiyohlenga isithunzi salowo owayengundunankulu.' Okugqamayo ngokungasho lutho yinoma yisiphi isicelo sokuthi uBlair nalabo ahambisana nabo baquliswe icala eThe Hague futhi babhekane namacala obugebengu bempi.
NjengoPilger ngokufanelekile uthi ngempi yaseNtshonalanga yobudlova ngokumelene ne-Iraq:
‘ukuqaphela ukuthi imithombo yezindaba ehloniphekile, ekhululekile, ethanda uBlair yayiyisisetshenziswa esibalulekile sobugebengu obunjalo obuyingqopha-mlando iye yashiywa futhi isewukuhlolwa okukodwa kokwethembeka kwengqondo nokuziphatha eBrithani.’
Kanye negobolondo le-titanium lemidiya yezinkampani, uBlair ubuye abe khona evikelwe 'ngokuphikiswa okunamandla eWhitehall ekudalulweni kwemibhalo ebalulekile ephathelene nokuhlasela kwe-Iraq, ikakhulukazi amarekhodi ezingxoxo phakathi kwakhe noGeorge Bush.' Lokhu kusho ukuthi uphenyo lweChilcot ngempi yase-Iraq ngeke manje luwushicilele umbiko walo kuze kube isikhathi esithile. 2013. Lowo owayenguNobhala weKhabhinethi u-Lord O'Donnell kubikwa ukuthi watshela u-Chilcot ukuthi ukukhipha amanothi ka-Blair kuzolimaza ubudlelwano beBrithani ne-US futhi ngeke kube yinzuzo yomphakathi. Lena ikhodi yokuthi 'ukusungulwa kumele kuzivikele'.
Ukulungisa Intelligence namaqiniso we-Iran
Ku-Real News Network, u-Annie Machon noRay McGovern khumbuza Sekuyiminyaka ecishe ibe yishumi uBlair ahlangana e-Downing Street nongqongqoshe abakhulu kanye nezikhulu eziphezulu zezempi nezobunhloli ukuze athole isithangami sokuthi i-US ihlele kanjani 'ukuthethelela' ukuhlasela i-Iraq. USir Richard Dearlove, inhloko ye-MI6, wayesanda kubuya e-US lapho ayehlangane khona nozakwabo, uMqondisi we-CIA uGeorge Tenet.
Abadumile'I-Downing Street Memo', amaminithi asemthethweni esithangami sangomhla zingama-23 kuJulayi ngo-2002, aveza lokho uDearlove akutshele uBlair nalabo ababekhona ngalokho ayekuzwe ku-Tenet; okungukuthi, ukuthi uBush wayenqume ukususa uSaddam Hussein ngokuqalisa impi ‘eyayilungisiswa ngokuhlangana kobuphekula nezikhali ezibhubhisayo.’
Kuchaza uDearlove indlela okwakwenziwa ngayo: ‘Ubuhlakani namaqiniso kulungiswa kulo mgomo.’ Lokhu kwalandela isivumelwano ngo-April 2002 phakathi kukaBush noBlair lapho undunankulu waseBrithani ehlala epulazini likamongameli laseTexas eCrawford. UBlair uthembise ukweseka i-UK ekuhlaseleni i-Iraq.
UMachon noMcGovern Ukukhumbula umkhankaso we-propaganda umphakathi owabe ungaphansi kwawo:
'Ekupheleni kwehlobo lika-2002, usongo lokwenziwa oluvela e-Iraq "lwayenziwe ngocansi" umshini wezobunhloli wase-US-UK ophendulwe inkulumo-ze ohlonishwe kahle. I-spin yayingapheli: izihloko zezindaba zimemeza "imizuzu engu-45 kusukela ekubhujisweni"; amanga mayelana neSaddam esungula kabusha uhlelo lwezikhali zenuzi lwase-Iraq; kanye nobuntatheli obuphuzi mayelana ne-uranium "yellowcake" i-Iran kuthiwa yayifuna e-Afrika emnyama kakhulu.
'Izakhamizi zase-UK zaphakelwa ubuhlakani mbumbulu be-September Dossier kwathi, emasontweni ayisithupha nje ngaphambi kokuhlaselwa kwe-Iraq, i-"Dodgy" Dossier, esekelwe kumbono we-PhD oneminyaka engu-12 okhishwe ku-inthanethi, kanye nokungaqinisekisiwe, ubuhlakani obungavuthiwe okuvele kungamanga - konke kwethulwa yinhloli nosopolitiki ngokufanayo njengobuhlakani obushisayo, obusabekayo.
‘Kwabekwa kanjalo-ke icala lempi. Wonke amanga; amakhulu ezinkulungwane afa, alimele, akhubazekile, nezigidi zababaleki base-Iraq; nokho akekho owamlandise.’
Kunokuba bathweswe icala, abanye abenzi bobubi baye baklonyeliswa:
‘UMnumzane Richard Dearlove, obengase akuvimbele konke lokhu ukube ubenobuqotho bokukhuluma, wavunyelwa ukuba athathe umhlalaphansi ngokuhlonishwa okuphelele futhi waba yiNgcweti yekolishi laseCambridge. U-John Scarlett, njengosihlalo we-Joint Intelligence Committee esayine amaphepha omgunyathi, waklonyeliswa ngomsebenzi ohamba phambili wobunhloli kwa-MI6 kanye nobuqhawe. UGeorge W. Bush unikeze uGeorge Tenet indondo yePresidential Medal of Freedom - umklomelo ophakeme kunawo wonke wabantu. Ngingenamahloni.’
UMachon noMcGovern baphikisa ngokuthi ubuhlakani buyalungiswa futhi; kulokhu kusekela ukuhlaselwa okungenzeka kwe-Iran:
Ngesonto eledlule [uSir John] Sawers, owalandela u-Scarlett njengenhloko ye-MI6 eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule, wethula inkulumo emangalisayo lapho engazange nje azishaye isifuba ngeqhaza le-MI6 elibambe iqhaza ekuvimbeleni umzamo okuthiwa yi-Iran wokwakha isikhali senuzi, kodwa wabuye wagomela ngokuthi. I-Iran izoba nebhomu ngo-2014. Imibono ye-MI6 ihambisana nenqubomgomo ngo-2002.'
Nokho, ukuvumelana - ngisho naphakathi kwe-US ne-Israel ejensi - ukuthi i-Iran inakho hhayi yenza isinqumo sokwakha isikhali senuzi kusukela uhlelo lwaso lwamiswa ngo-2003. Ochwepheshe bezokuxhumana babonakala bengakwazi ukuliqonda leli qiniso eliyisisekelo. URobert Fisk esihlokweni ku-Syria ku-Independent ngeSonto izolo bekunombhalo ongezansi osho ngokungafanelekile mayelana ne-Iran 'nezikhali zayo zenuzi'. Cishe lokhu kwabhalwa omunye wabalaleli baleli phepha. Ingabe uFisk uzoqonda ngqo kumhleli wakhe futhi akhononde ngalokhu kuhlanekezela?
Kodwa ukushoda kwezikhali zenuzi kwe-Iran akuzange kuvimbe izwe libe khonabakleliswe 'yokungenelela' kwasentshonalanga. Kuyafaneleka ukubhekisela futhi ebufakazini bukaGeneral Wesley Clark, owayeyinduna yeNato, lapho ukhunjulwe ingxoxo nojenene wePentagon ngo-2001, emasontweni ambalwa ngemva kokuhlaselwa kukaSepthemba 11:
‘Wafika phezu kwedeski lakhe. Wacosha ipheshana. Futhi wathi, "Ngisanda kwehla lokhu ngisuka phezulu" - okusho ukuthi ihhovisi likaNobhala Wezokuvikela - "namuhla." Wathi, “Lesi yisikhumbuzo esichaza ukuthi sizokhipha kanjani amazwe ayisikhombisa eminyakeni emihlanu, siqala nge-Iraq, bese kuba yiSyria, iLebanon, iLibya, iSomalia, iSudan bese siqeda, i-Iran.”’
Kubonakala sengathi izintatheli azikwazi nje ukuziba amaqiniso anjalo aphazamisayo. Ngakho-ke, ngaphandle uma umphakathi ufuna okuhlukile, abahleli bezinkampani nezintatheli bazoqhubeka nokwenza indima yabo evamile yokulalela emsebenzini wokuphatha.
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