Ukuhlela ukulwa nempi okwaqala phakathi nezinsuku zomhla ziyi-11 kuMandulo futhi kwangena egiyeni eliphezulu ngaphambi kwempi kaBush e-Iraq kuyakhokha. Emasontweni amabili noma amathathu edlule, egqugquzelwe yi-Downing Street Memo, kodwa esekelwe eminyakeni yokuhlela ngokucophelela nangokujulile kwendawo kanye nezwe lonke (kanye nokwanda kokuqashelwa okusemthethweni kokuthi "ukunqoba" kwezempi e-Iraq akunakwenzeka), sibone ukuphawula okukhulu. iphuzu emizweni emelene nempi emibonweni yomphakathi, nokuholela ekushintsheni ku-congress. Isici esibaluleke kakhulu ukuthi iningi labantu kuleli zwe manje selikholelwa ukuthi amanye noma wonke amasosha ase-US kufanele ahoxiswe e-Iraq. Ukuvota okusha kubeka leso sibalo ku-60%. Ukungaqiniseki phakathi kwenhlangano yokuthula mayelana nokubiza amasosha ase-US ukuthi abuyiselwe ekhaya sekuphelile, futhi kunokucaca okukhulu kunangaphambili mayelana nesidingo. Ngemva kokuba i-UFPJ ikwazile ukuhlanganisa imiyalezo engu-3300 engqungqutheleni esikhathini esingaphansi kwamahora angu-24, amalungu ayengalindelekile ayi-128 asekela ukuchitshiyelwa kwe-Woolsey efuna uhlelo lokuhoxiswa kwamasosha kanye nokuchitshiyelwa; maduzane nje, cishe amalungu eCongress angama-50 ajoyina i-"Out of Iraq Caucus" entsha, ezokhulisa inselelo yokulwa nempi ngaphakathi kweqembu leDemocratic Alliance. Ngisho nokuphikiswa kweRiphabhulikhi kuyakhula, njengoba uWalter โFreedom Friesโ Jones noRon Paul bejoyina uBill Abercrombie noDennis Kucinich ukwethula umthethosivivinywa obiza uBush ukuthi amemezele uhlelo lokuhoxa e-Iraq oluzoqala ngo-Okthoba 1, 2006.
Ukuphatha kukaBush kuphezu kokuzivikela. Ebhekene neSigele nokuhlola okusabalele ukuthi i-US iyalahlekelwa e-Iraq, uRumsfeld wehliswa waba owomfana wesikole odabukisayo othi โAsiyena!โ i-retort (umugqa osikhumbuza ngamandla ka-Nixon odumile othi โAngiyena iqili!โ). Ezinsukwini ezimbili kuphela kamuva uRumsfeld waphinde wazivikela, ethi umbiko emaphephandabeni aseBrithani mayelana nezikhulu zaseMelika ezihlangene nabamele ukuphikiswa kwe-Iraq "wawuchichima."
Ukwesekwa komphakathi okukhulayo kwezikhundla ezimelene nempi, futhi ikakhulukazi isidingo sokuletha amasosha ekhaya, kuqinisa ukuhlelwa kokulwa nempi ngokujwayelekile kanye ne-United for Peace and Justice ikakhulukazi. Imicimbi ehlelelwe uSepthemba 24-26 izokhombisa lawo mandla akhuphukayo. Inselele yethu entsha iwukuba sibambe izikhala ezivuleleke ngenxa yoshintsho emibonweni yomphakathi nesemthethweni, ukufinyelela kabanzi ukuze sakhe imifelandawonye eqinile futhi sandise umnyakazo wethu.
Emhlabeni jikelele, ukuthula okubanzi kanye nokugqugquzela ubulungiswa okuyinto ukunyakaza kwe-US eyingxenye ebalulekile, kuyanda ngobubanzi nangamandla. Uyaqhubeka umsebenzi obalulekile oxhumanisa udaba lwempi nezishoshovu zamazwe ngamazwe eziphendula engqungqutheleni kaMandulo (September) emayelana nobubha bomhlaba eNhlanganweni Yezizwe. Leyo ngqungquthela, egxile eziNhlosweni ze-2000 ze-UN Millennium (izinjongo eziqondile zokulwa nobumpofu okuhloswe ngazo ukunciphisa ubumpofu emhlabeni wonke ngo-2015) izobhekana nokugqugquzelwa komhlaba wonke okudinga ukuqaliswa kwezinhlelo zeminyaka emihlanu ezahluleka kakhulu kanye nokugxeka iziNhloso zeMillennium njenge okunganele ukuphendula izinselelo ezibhekene nabampofu emhlabeni. Okubalulekile, izishoshovu emaqenjini afana ne-GCAP (i-Global Call Against Poverty) namanye, nabo bayalusukumela udaba lwempi nokuthi ibudala kanjani ubumpofu - beqaphela ukuthi ukuqeda enye kudinga ukuqeda enye. Umbiko omusha we-Palestinian Stop the Wall coalition (http://www.stopthewall.org) ebizwa ngokuthi โIBhange Lomhlaba kanye 'Nentuthuko Esimeme' YamaGhetto AsePalestineโ izokhishwa ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela ye-G-8 kaJulayi, esiza ekwakheni ukuxhumana phakathi kwenhlangano emelene nokuhlaliswa kwabantu yamalungelo asePalestine kanye nenhlangano yezobulungiswa emhlabeni wonke.
Ukuvakasha kwakamuva kukaNobhala Wezwe u-Condoleezza Rice e-Middle East kwadalula imigqa yamaphutha nokwehluleka kwenqubomgomo yase-US esifundeni. Inkulumo yakhe โngentando yeningiโ eCairo yayibaluleke kakhulu ekwamukeleni kwakhe ukwehluleka kwangaphambilini namanje. "Izwe laseMelika liphishekele uzinzo ngokulahlekelwa yintando yeningi kulesi sifunda, lapha eMiddle East, futhi akukho esikutholile," kusho yena. Kungenzeka ukuthi isikhathi sixhumene nokhetho lwase-Iran uRice noBush abaluphikisa ngaphambi kokuba lubanjwe. Naphezu kwamaphutha angathi sรญna, ukhetho lwase-Iran lubonwe abaningi njengolwentando yeningi kunezinqubo ezilinganiselwe eziqhubekayo e-Egypt naseSaudi Arabia i-US eyayimemezele njengezifezo ezinkulu, okushiya iWashington ivulekele amacala avuselelwe obuzenzisi. Isitatimende sikaRice besibalulekile - kodwa abukho ubufakazi bokuthi abaphathi bakaBush bazimisele ukuhamba endleleni yokwesekwa kwangempela kwentando yeningi esifundeni samasu. Lokho bekungadingi ukukhuluma nje kuphela, kodwa kube nezinguquko zangempela - njengokwenza usizo e-Egypt luhambisane nezinyathelo zangempela zokuqeda ingcindezelo kahulumeni; ukunqanda ubukhosi obungekho emthethweni bukaHosni Mubarak, kanye nokuvumela wonke amaqembu aphikisayo kuhlanganisa nalawo i-US engawathandi; ukumisa ukuthunyelwa okukhulu kwezikhali zase-US eSaudi Arabia; ukuphoqelela uMthetho Wokulawula Ukuthunyelwa Kwezikhali ngokulinganayo kuso sonke isifunda kubandakanya ne-Israel; kanye nokwenza u-Israyeli aziphendulele ekwephuleni kwawo okukhulu umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye namathuluzi wamalungelo abantu. Kuze kube manje akukho kulokhu okubonakala kusondele ku-ajenda yanoma ubani.
Ukwehluleka kukaBush ukwenza uJohn Bolton aqinisekiswe yiSenethi kumele ukwehluleka okukhulu kukamongameli oqhutshwa amandla ongenandaba nemibono yeCongress, yomphakathi, noma iRepublican ejwayelekile. Uma uBush esebenzisa isikhathi sokuphumula ukuze athumele iBolton ku-UN, mhlawumbe ngokushesha nje ngempelasonto kaJulayi 4, kungaba ukwephulwa okukhulu komoya woMthethosisekelo kubaphathi abazishaya isifuba โngokwakhiwa okuqinileโ koMthethosisekelo. Ukuqokwa kwekhefu ekuqaleni kwakuklanyelwe ukugcwalisa izikhala eziphuthumayo enkathini lapho amaseshini kakhongolose ayemfushane, amakhefu ayezinde, futhi kuthatha izinyanga eziyisithupha ukufika ezweni lonke; ukusebenzisa ama-aphoyintimenti ekhefu njengendlela yokugcina yezombusazwe ukufaka umuntu ongamukelekile phakathi nempelaviki yezinsuku ezinhlanu ngokusobala kwakungeyona into abadwebi ababeyihlosile.
Sekukonke umkhankaso wokulwa ne-Bolton ube yimpumelelo enkulu, ubandakanya izishoshovu nezinhlangano eziningi emazingeni aphansi futhi unikeze amaDemocrat ekhongolose umgogodla owawudingeka kakhulu. Kusele nokho isibonelo esibalulekile sokuziphatha kukaBolton okungafanelekile okusamele kulethwe enkabeni yomkhankaso, futhi akekho noyedwa engqungqutheleni obonakala ekulungele ukuvula lesi sihloko. Ishicilelwe okokuqala ku-US News kanye ne-World Report (May 9, 2005), indaba ichaza indlela abanye abahlaziyi boMnyango Wezwe ababekhathazeke ngayo ngokuthi ukusetshenziswa kuka-Israel ngoJulayi 2002 kwebhomu le-F-16 elihlinzekwe yi-US emzamweni wokubulala eGaza kungase kwephule Izikhali zase-US. Umthetho Wokulawula Ukuthekelisa. Lokhu kuqhuma kwebhomu, ngo-3:00 ekuseni endaweni ephithizelayo yaseGaza, kwabulala owayeqokelwe ukuhlasela u-Israyeli, umholi we-Hamas, uSalah Shehadeh, kwaphinde kwabulala izakhamuzi ezingu-14, ezingu-13 zazo kuyizingane ezincane. Izikhulu zibhale imemo "ehlukene" kuNobhala Wezwe u-Powell echaza ukukhathazeka kwazo kodwa futhi kufaka nombono ophikisayo. UBolton wayithola imemo, wasusa zonke izinkomba ezimayelana nokwephulwa kwe-AECA, futhi wathumela imemo kuPowell emqinisekisa ukuthi akukho ukwephulwa kokuziphatha okufanele akhathazeke ngakho.
Ingqungquthela ye-Israel-Palestine igcine ingaphumelelanga. Kwakumele kugxilwe ekuxhumaniseni โukuhlukanaโ kuka-Israyeli eGaza, kodwa kwakungekho mnyakazo obheke kulokho. I-Israel yasebenzisa leli thuba ukumemezela ukuphela kokumiswa kwayo izinyanga ezine zomgomo wayo wokubulala ngokusemthethweni; AbakwaReuters bacaphune umthombo wezokuphepha wakwa-Israel uthi, "umzamo wayizolo wokubulala umholi we-Islamic Jihad eGaza ukhombise ukuqaliswa kabusha kwenqubomgomo yokubulala okuhlosiwe." Eqhubeka ngisho nangokwengeziwe, u-Eival Giladi, umxhumanisi wakwa-Israyeli waseGaza umemezele ukuthi ngesikhathi sokuxoshwa, amasosha akwa-Israyeli โkungase kudingeke asebenzise izikhali ezibangela umonakalo omkhulu wesibambiso.โ
Kubukeka sengathi ngisho nangaphandle kokusabisa okuqondile kwe-Israel ngokuhlaselwa ngamasosha, uSharon uzimisele ngokuqinisekisa uhlobo oluthile lokulimala okubonakala ngocingo mayelana nokuhoxiswa kweGaza - izigcawu zamasosha akwa-Israyeli edonsa izingane ezikhalayo nabesifazane abalilayo ezindaweni zabo, izifiki ezikhala izinyembezi zibukele ogandaganda becekela phansi impahla yabo. amakhaya, njll. Injongo yayiyoba ukuthi uSharon akwazi ukutshela uBush โuyabona ukuthi lokhu kwakunzima kangakanani ku-Israyeli? Uyabona ukuthi nkulu kangakanani ubungozi bezepolitiki engazithatha? Ngeke ngikwazi ukubeka engcupheni okunye ukuhlukana emphakathini wakwa-Israel, ngakho awukwazi nokungicela ukuthi ngimise noma ngihoxiswe izindawo zokuhlala eWest Bank.โ Umphumela, njengoba i-US isivele yasayina ohlelweni ezincwadini zikaBush-Sharon zika-April 2004, kuzoba โisixazululo sesikhashana sikaSharonโ esihlanganisa ukudlondlobala komhlaba waseWest Bank, kanye nokugcina iGaza iboshiwe ngaphansi kokuvinjezelwa ngaphandle kokulawula. imingcele, indawo yomoya, ulwandle, noma ezokuthutha ezingenayo neziphumayo.
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