Ukubaluleka okukhulu kwenkulumo ka-Rep John Murtha kaNovemba 17 efuna ukuhoxiswa ngokushesha e-Iraq ukuthi ikhombisa ukuvukela umbuso wamasosha ase-US, ukubona isikhungo abasiholayo "siphukile, esigugile" futhi "siphila isandla emlonyeni", ukuze sisetshenziswe. amazwi ahlabayo omkhulumeli wabo, uJohn Murtha, njengoba ephinda ngoDisemba ukugxeka kwakhe uBush ekubhubhiseni iButho.
I-CounterPuncher enesipiliyoni seminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-40 esebenza ePentagon nasezindaweni ezizungezile ingitshele kuleli sonto ukuthi "OJenene Abanezinkanyezi bakhethe uMurtha ukuthi enze le nkulumo ngoba uthembekile kakhulu." Iqiniso. Ngisho naseSigele sase-US akekho umuntu onokuma okuka-Murtha ukwethula umlayezo, ngaphandle kuka-Byrd, kodwa uSenator ohlonishwayo waseWest Virginia wayemelene nempi kusukela ekuqaleni, kanti uMurtha wayivotela futhi muva nje usanda kuphenduka. nxazonke.
Ngakho-ke oJenene Bezinkanyezi Ezine babikela uMurtha futhi bamnika imininingwane esezingeni eliphezulu eyenza inkulumo yakhe yabulala kakhulu, yahlaba iNdlu Emhlophe yaba amazwibela okwethuka nawubulima ngo-Murtha njengengxenye kaMichael Moore.
Bekungeke kuthathe isekela likamengameli uCheney, owayenguNobhala Wezokuvikela e-US, isikhathi esingaphezu kwesikhashana ukuhlolisisa inkulumo ka-Murtha futhi abone ukubaluleka kwenkulumo ka-Murtha njengesimemezelo sokuthi ojenene sekwanele.
Lalela futhi lokho ojenene abafuna izwe lazi:
โIkusasa lamasosha ethu lisengcupheni. Amasosha ethu kanye nemindeni yethu ilula. Abaningi bathi iButho liphukile. Amanye amasosha ethu asendaweni yesithathu. Ukuqashwa kwabantu kuhlile njengoba amasosha ehlise izinga lawo. Balindele ukuthatha u-20% esigabeni sesi-4, okuyisigaba esiphansi kakhulu, abathi ngeke basithathe. Baphoqeleke ukuthi benze lokho ukuze bazame ukuhlangabezana nenani elincishisiwe.
โIsabelomali sezokuvikela siyanqanyulwa. Izindleko zabasebenzi zikhuphuka kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ekunakekelweni kwezempilo. Kuzodingeka kwenziwe izinqumo. Asikwazi ukuvumela izithembiso esizenzile emindenini yethu yezempi mayelana nezinzuzo zesevisi, mayelana nokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwazo ukuba kuxoxiswene ngazo. Izinhlelo zokuthenga eziqinisekisa ukuthi ukubusa kwethu kwezempi akukwazi ukuxoxiswana. Kufanele sizilungiselele.
โImpi yase-Iraq idale ukushoda okukhulu ezisekelweni zethu ekhaya. Ngike ngaya ezisekelweni ezintathu e-United States, futhi ngasinye sazo sasishoda ngezinto esizidingayo ukuze siqeqeshe abantu abaya e-Iraq.
โImishini yethu eminingi yaphansi isigugile.
"Okubaluleke kakhulu - leli yiphuzu elibaluleke kakhulu - izigameko zikhuphuke zisuka ku-150 ngesonto zaya ezingaphezu kuka-700 ngonyaka odlule. Esikhundleni sokuthi ukuhlaselwa kwehle ngokuhamba kwesikhathi lapho sinamasosha engeziwe, ukuhlasela kukhule kakhulu. Selokhu kwaba nenguquko e-Abu Ghraib, abalimele baseMelika baphindeke kabili.โ
Okwenzeke ezithendeni zale nkulumo kuyafundisa kakhulu. AmaDemocrat awela phezu kwawo eziqhelelanisa noMurtha, afaka isibindi i-White House ukuthi ihlasele.
>Kusuka endizeni kamongameli kaBush, evakashele e-Asia, kwavela amazwi ahlekisayo athi uMurtha โwayesekela izinqubomgomo zikaMichael Moore kanye nophiko olunenkululeko eyeqisayo lweDemocratic Party.โ
Kuthathe i-White House ehambayo cishe amahora angama-48 ukubona ukuthi lokhu kwakuyinto eyisimungulu ukuthi ingashiwo. UMurtha akalona uhlobo lomfana ongakwazi ukumenza u-slime, ngendlela uBush no-Co abenza ngayo u-Kerry odla imihlathi yengilazi ngo-2004. Udokotela wezilwane owayehlotshiswe kakhulu uMurtha waphumela obala ngokuthi wayengenaso isikhathi esiningi sokugcotshwa abantu abafana noCheney owayethole amahlanu. ukuhoxiswa emsebenzini wezempi eVietnam.
Ngempelasonto uBush ubekhuluma ngoMurtha ngenhlonipho. NgoMsombuluko, eququda amazinyo, uCheney utshele izethameli zaseWashington ukuthi nakuba engavumelani noMurtha "uyindoda elungile, i-Marine, i-patriot, futhi uthatha ukuma okucacile engxoxweni esemthethweni."
Ngolunye usuku kamuva uNobhala Wezwe u-Condoleezza Rice utshele iFox News, "Angicabangi ukuthi amasosha aseMelika adinga ukuba lapho ngezinombolo esezikhona manje ngoba - isikhathi eside kakhulu - ngoba ama-Iraqi ayakhuphuka." Ngemva kwesonto uBush wayelungiselela inkulumo egcizelela kakhulu ukuhoxa kwe-US njengoba amasosha ase-Iraqi ethatha lo mthwalo.
Ingabe akhona amasosha ase-Iraq aqeqeshwe e-US aselungile emaphikweni? Hhayi uma ukholelwa imibiko evela e-Iraq, kodwa bangaba abantu abangewona ama-nagenarians abahlome ngemicibisholo nemicibisholo futhi umyalo omkhulu kaBush uzobe usacela ukuqeqeshwa kwabo okuhle kakhulu kanye nokulungela umsebenzi omkhulu.
Ezinsukwini eziyishumi ngemuva kokuba abahlaziyi benkulumo ka-Murtha ohlelweni lwezingxoxo lwe-tv lwangeSonto begibele i-Bring 'em home bandwagon. Amazwi abiza iMelika ukuthi "iqhubeke nenkambo" e-Iraq ayembalwa futhi ephakathi nendawo. NgoDisemba 1 uMurtha wabuyela ekuhlaselweni eLatrobe, ePennsylvania, etshela iqembu lomphakathi lapho ukuthi wayenephutha ngokuvotela impi nokuthi amasosha amaningi ase-US azosuka e-Iraq kungakapheli unyaka ngoba Ibutho "liphukile, ligugile" futhi. โukuphila isandla emlonyeniโ.
Iphunga lokwethuka eWashington elilenga njengenkungu yasebusika phezu kweCapitol Hill liya lishuba. Uvalo lusukela ekukhathazekeni okuyinhloko kwawo wonke usopolitiki enhlokodolobha yesizwe: ukusinda. Abantu abajulukayo bangamaRiphabhulikhi futhi umthombo wokwesaba kwabo umyalezo obulalayo oshiwo kuyo yonke inhlolovo yamanje: Impi kaBush e-Iraq isho inhlekelele ku-Republican Party okhethweni lwaphakathi nonyaka ozayo.
Thatha inhlolovo yamaphakathi noNovemba eyenziwe yi-SurveyUSA: ezifundazweni eziyisikhombisa kuphela lapho isilinganiso samanje sokugunyazwa kukaBush sidlule amaphesenti angama-50. Lokhu bekuhlanganisa izifundazwe ezinabantu abambalwa njenge-Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama kanye neMississippi. Ezifundeni eziyishumi nambili, okuhlanganisa iCalifornia, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania kanye neMichigan, isilinganiso sakhe sasingaphansi kweminyaka engama-35.
Kufanele ubuyele emuva ekuqaleni kwawo-1970, lapho u-Nixon onamahlazo ayesezokwesula, ukuze uthole izinombolo ezingaphansi kwezikaBush. NjengoBush, u-Nixon wayesephumelele ekukhethweni kabusha okunqobayo ngo-1972. Ngaphansi kweminyaka emibili kamuva wanikela i-White House kusekela mongameli u-Ford futhi walibangisa ekudingisweni.
Akekho olindele ukuthi uBush esule esikhundleni, noma abekwe icala (yize ikusasa likasekela mongameli uCheney lingaqinisekisiwe kangako) futhi ihlandla lakhe lesibili lineminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu.
Kepha njengamanje, ukusebenzisa ibinzana elidumile langenkathi ye-Nixon, umdlavuza udla ubumongameli bakhe nokuthi umdlavuza yimpi yase-Iraq. Abantu baseMelika manje sebengamaphesenti angama-60 ngokumelene nayo kanti abangamaphesenti angama-40 bacabanga ukuthi uBush uqambe amanga ukuze abasekele.
Ngakho uvalo. Ngisho noma izihlalo zeNdlu yabaMeli sezixakile kangangokuthi izifunda ezingaphansi kuka-50 kwezingama-435 zibhekwa njengezingase zishintshe izandla, amaRiphabhulikhi akhathazekile ngokuthi izihlalo ezimbalwa, noma ngabe zihlukunyeziwe, zingamelana nesiphepho sezombangazwe se-Force 5.
Abakuthola kumavoti amanje kuwumlayezo olula. Uma i-US ingazange ihoxise inqwaba yamasosha ayo e-Iraq ngokuwa konyaka ozayo, ukuhlasela kwesiphepho se-Force 5 kungase kugeze.
Phakathi nale mpikiswano engaba khona, okuwukuphela komthombo wenduduzo wamaRiphabhulikhi ukuziphatha okumangalisayo kwamaDemocrats. Kuqale kwaba nokusabela okwesabekayo kwamaDemocrats kuMurtha, okufanekiselwa umholi weqembu elincane leDemocratic Alliance uNancy Pelosi ukwesulwa kwengqungquthela yabezindaba eseka uMurtha. Lokhu kwenze amaRiphabhulikhi abona ukuthi amaDemocrat asekulungele ukuthi abizwe yisinqumo esixhaswe yiRiphabhulikhi efuna ukuhoxa ngokushesha, okuvotelwe amaDemocrats amathathu kuphela, kuyilapho labo ababizwa ngamanqubekela phambili njengoKucinich noSanders noConyers bagijimela ukucasha.
Lalela noma yimuphi uSenator ovelele weDemocratic Alliance, njengo-Kerry noma uClinton noma u-Feingold noma u-Obama futhi uthola ukwenqaba okufanayo okuqinile ukweqa isimilo esinonya sika-Glenn Ford kanye no-Peter Gamble boMphawuli Omnyama, wenkulumo ka-Obama kuMkhandlu Wezobudlelwano Nezangaphandle:
โUSenator waseMelika uBarack Obama usegxilise izinyawo zakhe ngaphakathi kwenkambu yokwandisa impi yase-Iraq yeDemocratic Party, okuyixhaphozi elikhulu okuthi, uma lingaqedwa, ligwinye noma yiliphi ithemba lokunqoba i-GOP okhethweni lwekhongolose lwangonyaka ozayo. Emsebenzini wobuciko owubuciko bokukhuluma kabili phambi koMkhandlu ohlonishwayo Wezobudlelwano Nezangaphandle, Novemba 22, umphathi wezomthetho wase-Illinois wakwazi ukuphumela obala ngoSeni. John Kerry - umsebenzi omuhle impela.
"Eqinisweni, konke u-Obama akufunayo embusweni kaBush ukuthi uyavuma ukuthi usungule impi esekelwe olwazini olungamanga, futhi kusukela manje kuhlanjululwe neSenethi ukuthi ihlela ukuqhubeka kanjani esikhathini esizayo. Labo Demokhrasi abafuna ukuhlala esikhathini esedlule - i-genesis yangempela kanye nesizathu sempi, nezizathu zangempela zokuqhubeka kwayo - kufanele bathule.
โ 'Ukuhoxa' kanye 'namathayimuthebula' amagama amabi, futhi u-Obama ngeke ahlanganise lutho nawo.
โYebo, โabashokobeziโ abalona โiqeqebana,โ ngakho kufanele bahlulwe. Kuleli phuzu, u-Obama kanye namadoda akwaBush bayavumelana: 'Ngamafuphi, kufanele sigxile, ngendlela ehlelekile futhi ngaphandle kokuchema, kulezo zinyathelo ezizokwenza: esisodwa, siqinise i-Iraq, sigweme yonke impi yombango, futhi sinikeze amaqembu e-Iraq isikhala. badinga ukwakha isivumelwano sezombangazwe; ezimbili, ziqukethe futhi ekugcineni zicime ukuvukela umbuso e-Iraq; futhi ezintathu, nilethe amabutho ethu ekhaya ephephile.'
โAkekho e-White House ongaphikisana nanoma yiliphi kulawa maphuzu. Iphuzu lesibili kusisekelo sika-Obama 'sepragmatic' liwukuthi, ukuvinjelwa kanye nokuqedwa 'kokuvukela umbuso.' Yebo, umuntu angakwenza lokho kuphela ngokuqhubeka nempi. Ngempela, kubonakala sengathi u-Obama kanye nozakwabo abaningi bazimisele kakhulu ukubonisana namadoda aseBush ngezindlela ezingcono kakhulu 'zokunqoba' impi kunokuhoxiswa kweMelika nganoma yisiphi isikhathi esibonakalayo.
โBafuna 'ukunqoba' njengeNdlu Emhlophe; abafuni nje ukuthi kumenyezwe igama kuzo zonke izithangami zabezindaba.โ
I-Black Commentator iphetha ukutusa kwayo u-Obama kanye namanye amaDemocrats ngala mazwi:
"Ngasekupheleni kwehlobo lika-2006, lapho abavoti bethatha isinqumo sokuthi bafuna ukuthi iSenethi yabo neNdlu ibukeke kanjani, uma amaDemocrats engazange afinyelele umbono womphakathi ukuze anikeze ukuphuma okubonakalayo nokusheshayo e-Iraq, amaRiphabhulikhi azogcina ukulawula kokubili amakamelo. wekhongolose.
"Okuzosala ngoNovemba amakhowe avela kuKerry, Hillary, Biden, Edwards - kanye no-Obama - imilomo."
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