Manje sibona amaqiniso anqatshelwe okuhlasela kwe-Iraq. Umuntu ugona isidumbu sendodakazi yakhe ewusana; igazi lakhe liyawamanzisa. Owesifazane ogqoke ingubo emnyama ujaha ithangi, izingalo zakhe zeluliwe; bonke abayisikhombisa emndenini wakhe bashonile. I-American Marine ibulala owesifazane ngoba emi eduze kwendoda egqoke umfaniswano. “Ngiyaxolisa,” esho, “kodwa itshwele lingenile endleleni.”
Ukumboza lokhu ngesembozo sokuhlonipheka bekungelula kuGeorge Bush noTony Blair. Izigidi manje seziyazi kakhulu; ubugebengu busobala kakhulu. UTam Dalyell, uBaba weNdlu Yezizwe, iLungu lePhalamende lezabasebenzi iminyaka engu-41, uthi uNdunankulu uyisigebengu sempi futhi kufanele athunyelwe eHague. Uneqiniso, ngoba icala lokuqala elibhekene noBlair noBush alingabazeki.
Ngo-1946, i-Nuremberg Tribunal yenqaba izimpikiswano zaseJalimane "zesidingo" sokuhlasela kwangaphambili komakhelwane baso. “Ukuqala impi yobudlova,” kusho isahlulelo senkantolo, “akuwona nje ubugebengu bomhlaba wonke; ubugebengu obuphakeme bomhlaba wonke obuhluke kuphela kwamanye amacala empi ngoba buqukethe ububi obunqwabelene babo bonke.”
Kulokhu, umbhali wasePalestine uGhada Karmi uyanezela, "ubandlululo olujulile nolungazi lutho olufaka zonke izici zenqubomgomo yaseNtshonalanga nge-Iraq." Yilokhu kucwasa ngokwebala, uthi, okuphakamise ngokubhuqa uSaddam Hussein “esikhulu sendawo esincane, nakuba esinonya nesihluku esifana nabaningi abangaphambi kwakhe, [kumuntu] ohlaselwe idemoni ngaphandle kwesizathu”.
KuNobhala wamaKoloni uWinston Churchill, ama-Iraqi, njengawo wonke ama-Arabhu, "ayengama-niggers", okwakungasetshenziswa kuwo igesi enobuthi. Babengebantu; futhi basenjalo. Ukubulawa kwezakhamizi ezingaba ngu-80 eduze kwaseBaghdad ngoLwesine olwedlule, kwezingane ezimakethe, "kwamatshwele angena endleleni" bekuzoba ngamanani ezimboni manje ukube bekungewona amazwi ezigidi ezigcwele iLondon nezinye izikhulu, abantu abasha abaphuma ezikoleni zabo; baye basindisa ukuphila okungenakubalwa.
Njengoba nje ukuhlasela kweMelika eVietnam kwagqugquzelwa ukucwasa, lapho “ama-gooks” ayengabulawa ngaphandle kokujeziswa, kanjalo nesihluku esikhona e-Iraq sisuka esikhunjeni esifanayo. Uma unokungabaza lokho, phendula izindaba bese uhlola izinga elikabili. Cabanga nje kukhona amathangi ase-Iraq eBrithani kanye namasosha ase-Iraq avimbezele iBirmingham. Akunangqondo? Hhayi-ke, bekungeke kwenzeke lapha. Kepha amasosha aseBrithani akwenza lokho eBasra, idolobha elikhulu kuneBirmingham, adubula imicibisholo ebanjwa ehlombe futhi ephonsa namabhomu ayinqwaba kubantu bakhona, abangamaphesenti angama-40 okungabantwana. Ngaphezu kwalokho, “abafana bethu” bancisha amanzi kubantu baseBasra abashayiwe kanye naku-Umm Qasr, asebewalawule isonto lonke. Akumangalisi ukuthi uBlair uthukuthelele isiteshi se-al-Jazeera, esidalule lokhu, namanga okuthi abantu baseBasra babevuka befuna inkululeko yabo.
Kusukela ngomhlaka-11 Septhemba 2001, inkulumo-ze “yethu” kanye nokucwasa okungakhulunywanga kuye kudinga ukuhlanekezelwa kombuso kobuhlakani nokuziphatha. Ama-Iraqis awalwi njengamabhubesi, evikela izwe lawo. “Bangamagwala” futhi bangabantu abaphansi ngoba basebenzisa amaqhinga okushaya bese ugijima ngokumelene nomhlaseli onamandla amakhulu – njengokungathi banakho ukukhetha. Lokhu kubukela phansi isibindi sabo nokunganaki ubuntu babo, njengokunganakwa kwezinkulungwane zabantu base-Afghan abasanda kuqhunyiswa ngamabhomu bafa emadolobheni anothuli, kusibhekene nenkinga yokuziphatha ejulile njengempendulo yaseNtshonalanga kuleso senzo sobuphekula esikhulu kunazo zonke, ukuqhuma kwamabhomu e-athomu ngamabomu. Japan. Ingabe sesithuthukile? Ngo-2003, kuseyiqiniso yini ukuthi ukuphila “kwethu” kuphela okubalulekile?
Lokhu kuhlasela kwe-Anglo-American kwezizwe ezibuthakathaka nezingakwazi ukuzivikela kuhloswe ukukhombisa uhlobo lomhlaba i-US ehlela ukubusa ngamandla, ngodwendwe lwayo lwezisulu ezifanelekayo nezingafaneleki kanye nokusungulwa kwezisekelo zaseMelika emasangweni ayo yonke imithombo eyinhloko. zamafutha ezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi. Kukhona uhlu manje. Uma u-Israyeli enendlela yakhe, i-Iran izolandela; futhi iCuba, iLibya, iSyria kanye neShayina kufanele ziqaphele kangcono. INorth Korea ingase ingabi inhloso yaseMelika ngokushesha, ngoba usongo lwayo lwempi yenuzi luphumelele. Kuyamangaza ukuthi, ukube i-Iraq ibizigcinile izikhali zenuzi, lokhu kuhlasela bekungeke kwenzeke. Leso yisifundo kubo bonke ohulumeni abangaboni ngaso linye noBush noBlair: zihlomele ngokushesha.
Iqiniso elinqatshelwe kakhulu ukuthi lo hulumeni waseBrithani ogcwele impi, kanye namandla amakhulu adlangile asebenzayo, izitha zeqiniso zokuphepha kwethu. Obuningini benhlolovo yemibono, okukhanyisa kakhulu kwenziwa umagazini i-American Time phakathi kwabantu abayikota yesigidi kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Umbuzo wawuwukuthi: “Iliphi izwe elibeka ingozi enkulu ekuthuleni komhlaba ngo-2003?” Abafundi bacelwe ukuthi babeke uphawu kokukodwa kwamathuba amathathu: i-Iraq, iNyakatho Korea ne-United States. Amaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili abheka i-Iraq njengeyingozi kakhulu; INorth Korea ikhethwe ngamaphesenti ayi-9. Abangaphansi kwamaphesenti angama-83 avotele i-United States, okuthe, emehlweni eningi lesintu, iBrithani manje isiyisithako esiyingozi.
Inkulumo-ze eyimpumelelo kuphela, nobuntatheli obukhohlakele, obuzosivimbela ukuba siqonde lokhu kanye namanye amaqiniso. URupert Murdoch ube neqiniso elincomekayo. Lapho etusa uBush noBlair “njengamaqhawe”, wathi, “kuzoba nomonakalo wesibambiso e-Iraq. Futhi uma ufuna ngempela ukuba nesihluku ngakho, kungcono sikwenze manje. ” Wonke amaphephandaba akhe angu-175 aphethe lowo myalezo omubi, cishe noma ngaphansi, njengoba kwenza inethiwekhi yakhe yethelevishini yaseMelika. Izakhamuzi ezingu-80 ezibulawe ngamatshe ngoLwesine ziwubufakazi bokuphuthuma akuchazayo; ezinye izisulu kwamanye amazwe zilindile.
Kulezo zintatheli ezizibona zingabakhulumeli beqiniso abahloniphekile, kunezinqumo ezinzima manje: njengokukhethwa kwentombi esikhungweni sezinhloli i-GCHQ e-Cheltenham okuthiwa yaputshuza imibhalo eveza ukuthi izikhulu zaseMelika zazizama ukukhohlisa amalungu oMkhandlu Wezokuphepha. ; kunalokho njengamasosha amabili aseBrithani abhekene nenkantolo yezempi ngenxa yokuthi ayesebenzisa ilungelo lawo, elifakwe amajaji aseNuremberg, lokwenqaba ukulwa empini yobugebengu ebulala izakhamuzi.
Ezintathelini "ezingagxiliwe" futhi zikhathazwa kakhulu uhlobo lwenkulumo-ze oludla ngisho nolimi lwethu, futhi ubani, njengoba uJames Cameron ebeka, "ukubhala uhlaka lokuqala lomlando", isibindi esifanayo siyadingeka. U-Terry Lloyd onesibindi we-ITN, owabulawa ‘umfelandawonye’, wakubonisa lokhu. Izinsongo manje azicashile, njengalezi ezivela kuNobhala wethu Wezokuvikela, uGeoff Hoon. "Esinye sezizathu zokuba nezintatheli [zishunyekiwe]," esho, "ukuvimbela ngokuqondile uhlobo lwenhlekelele eyenzeke eqenjini le-ITN ... ngenxa yokuthi [uTerry Lloyd] wayengeyona ingxenye yenhlangano yezempi. Futhi kulezo zimo, asikwazi ukunakekela zonke lezo zintatheli ... Ngakho-ke ukuba nezintatheli zivikeleke amabutho ethu ahlomile kokubili kuhle kubuntatheli. Kuhle futhi kubantu ababukele. "
Njengomphathi we-mafia echaza izinzuzo zerakhethi yokuvikela, u-Hoon uthi: yenza njengoba utshelwa noma ubhekane nemiphumela. Ngempela, uDonald Rumsfeld, isikhulu sikaHoon eWashington, uvame ukucaphuna u-Al Capone, isixuku esidumile saseChicago. Intandokazi yakhe: “Uzothola okuningi ngezwi elinomusa nangesibhamu kunangezwi elinomusa kuphela.”
Sibhekana kanjani nalolu songo kithi sonke? Ngikholelwa, impendulo ilele ekuqondeni ubukhulu bamandla ethu. U-Patrick Tyler wabhala ngokuhlakanipha ku-New York Times ngolunye usuku ukuthi iMelika ibhekane “nesitha esisha esinolaka” - umphakathi. Uthi singena ezweni elisha elinama-bi-polar elinamandla amakhulu amabili amasha: iqembu lezigelekeqe likaBush/Blair ngakolunye uhlangothi, nombono womhlaba ngakolunye, amandla athandwa ngempela ashukumisayo ekugcineni futhi nokwazi kwawo kukhuphuka usuku nosuku. Kwakungeyona yini imbongi uShelley, ngesikhathi esinjengalesi, eyasinxusa ukuba: “Vuka njengamabhubesi ngemva kokulala”?
Ukuze uthole izindatshana ezengeziwe zikaJohn Pilger nge-Iraq hlola http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Iraq/john_pilger.htm
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