Ngesikhathi sokuqala kubikwa ukuthi abangani bethu bayabulawa
kwakhala ukwethuka. Kwabe sekubulawa abayikhulu. Kodwa lapho inkulungwane ibulawa futhi ibhusha lingapheli, kwasakazeka ingubo yokuthula. Lapho ububi bufika njengemvula, akekho omemeza ethi 'yeka!'
Uma ubugebengu sebuqala ukunqwabelana bube bungabonakali. Lapho izinhlupheko zingabekezeleleki, ukukhala akusazwakala. Izililo nazo ziwa njengemvula ehlobo.
- UBertolt Brecht
Ngehlobo eledlule, ubugebengu bunqwabelene e-Iraq. Abantu abangu-3,590 babulawa ngo-July '06; 3009 ngo-Agasti.
EBaghdad kuphela, iHhovisi likaCoroner libike ukuthi izidumbu ezingu-1,600 zifike emakhazeni ngoJuni kanye nezidumbu ezingaphezu kuka-1,800 ngoJulayi. U-90% wezigameko zokubulala bekungowokubulawa kwabantu.
Kubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukubala ukuthi bangaki abantu abahlukunyezwe e-Iraq ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. Isazi esikhulu sokuhlukunyezwa kweZizwe Ezihlangene, uManfred Nowak, usho ngokungananazi ukuthi isimo esikhona manje โngaphandle kokulawula.โ I-United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) ikhiphe a umbiko ngoSeptember eyathi izidumbu ezithunyelwa emakhazeni enhloko-dolobha โzazivame ukuba nezimpawu zokuhlukunyezwa kanzima, okuhlanganisa ukulimala okubangelwa i-asidi, ukusha okubangelwa amakhemikhali, ukulahleka kwesikhumba, ukuphuka kwamathambo, iqolo, izandla nemilenze, ukuduka kwamehlo namazinyo namanxeba okubangelwa ngokusebenzisa izinsimbi zikagesi noma ngezinzipho.โ Iziphathimandla zase-Iraq zikuqinisekisile ukuthi iningi lezidumbu ezitholwe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule zinezimpawu zokuhlukunyezwa.
Akumangazi ukuthi ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa ezedlule, ingxenye yesine yesigidi abantu base-Iraqi manje sebengabantu abangenamakhaya ngemuva kokubalekela udlame.
Imibiko ye-UN ukulinganisela ukuthi ingane eyodwa kwezine zase-Iraq inenkinga yokungondleki. Igama elivamile lalesi simo lithi โukumosha.โ
Kungani izingane eziningi kangaka zase-Iraq zilambile futhi zigula? Enye imbangela enkulu yokugula amanzi angcolile. Nakuba imali elinganiselwa ku-$30 billion kuya ku-$45 billion yoxhaso lwezimali lwase-Iraq naseMelika iye emizamweni yokwakha kabusha e-Iraq, cishe ama-55% kuphela amaphrojekthi amanzi ahleliwe. sekuqediwe.
Ukulethwa kokunakekelwa kwezempilo nakho kuhlukumezekile ngaphansi kwemizamo egadwayo yokwakha kabusha. Ngomhla zingama-28 kuSepthemba, 2006 ukulalelwa kwecala, uMnu. Stuart Bowen, Umhloli Okhethekile Wokwakhiwa Kabusha e-Iraq, kubika ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwezikhungo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo okuyisisekelo ezingaphezu kuka-150 kulo lonke elase-Iraq kudle amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-180 kodwa sekuholele ekuqedweni kwezikhungo eziyisithupha kuphela.
U-Bowen uphinde waphawula ukuthi i-Iraq ilahlekelwe ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-16 ekuthengisweni kukawoyela-hhayi nje ngenxa yokuhlasela kwamavukelambuso. Uveze izimo lapho osonkontileka behluleka khona ukulungisa ingqalasizinda ekhiqiza uwoyela kuleli.
Umbiko wangaphambili kaMnu. Bowen, owakhishwa ngo-2004, nawo wanikeza Izibuyekezo ezihlabayo yemizamo yokwakhiwa kabusha eyizihibe yonakaliswe inkohlakalo nokungakwazi ukusebenza kahle.
Manje uMnu. Bowen usengaqala ukuphetha uphenyo lwakhe. Iphrojekthi yokuqapha isiphelile futhi kulindeleke ukuthi iqedwe ngo-Okthoba 2007.
Lokhu akusho ukuthi abaphathi bakaBush kanye nePentagon ngeke bayamukele imibiko ethile mayelana namaphrojekthi enziwe osonkontileka bezempi base-US kanye nebutho laseMelika e-Iraq. Eminyakeni emibili ezayo, inkampani yase-DC ebizwa ngokuthi i-Lincoln Group izokhokhelwa izigidi ezingu-6.2 zamadola thuthukisa amaphuzu amahle okukhulumayo okwezempi yase-US. Le nkampani yaba yimpikiswano enkulu ngonyaka odlule ngenkathi iyingxenye yephrojekthi ye-Pentagon eyakhokhela amaphephandaba ase-Iraqi ukuthi ashicilele izihloko ezinhle mayelana ne-US Coalition.
Iqembu leLincoln lizothola kanjani ukuzungeza okuhle kwe i-poll yamuva okuthole ukuthi amaphesenti angama-78 ama-Iraqi akholelwa ukuthi ukuba khona kwamasosha aseMelika kubangela ukungqubuzana okuningi kunalokho okuvimbela? Amaphesenti angama-71 athi amasosha aseMelika kufanele ahoxiswe kungakapheli unyaka. Amaphesenti angama-92 amaSunni namaphesenti angama-62 amaShiite asekela ukuhlaselwa kwamasosha ase-US.
NgoSepthemba, owayenguNobhala Wezwe u-James Baker III waqinisekisa uhulumeni wase-US, ngemuva kokuhlala izinsuku ezine endaweni enezinqaba yase-Iraq, ukuthi yena kanye ne-Iraq Study Group ayisihlalo ngeke bachithe noma yisiphi isikhathi โbesonga izandla zabo ukuze bakhumbule amaphutha adlule. kungenzeka ukuthi azibophezele noma azizange.โ
Imigqa kaBrecht enkondlweni ethi โLapho ububi bufika njengemvulaโ ingaba isizinda esifanelekile endleleni kaMnu. Baker abheka ngayo i-Iraq. Agqoke okwedlule kuthuleke. Susa ukudabuka ngokuhlushwa, ukuchithwa kwegazi, indlala nencithakalo โnjengokuklinywa kwesandlaโ okungenamsebenzi. Bala imibiko emisha yokufa nokuhlukunyezwa e-Iraq ukuthi ibe yinjwayelo kangangokuthi ayibikiwe. Sebenzisa amandla okusongela kwe-US, amandla kanye nokukhohlisa kwezomnotho ukuqopha i-Iraq ibe yizifunda ezintathu ezizimele, uguqule izwe elake lazibusa libe yizifunda zamaklayenti ezilawulwa kalula. Futhi uma kukhona ongalokotha amemeze athi โyima,โ iyiphi enye indlela engcono abangayiphakamisa ukuze bahlehlise isidumo nesiphithiphithi? Khumbula, ngeke sisonke izandla zethu phezu kwenkumbulo yokuthi yini ebangele lo monakalo.
Ababambe iqhaza ezweni lonke "Isimemezelo Sokuthulaโ umkhankaso nawo awukholelwa โekusonkeni izandla zethuโ phezu kwamaphutha esikhathi esidlule, kodwa sikholelwa ukuthi kubalulekile ukukhuluma iqiniso ngale mpi enonya, engekho emthethweni nengenakuziphatha okubi. Ngokombono wokuzisola ngokuhlupheka okubangelwe kanye nesifiso sokungaphinde sikwazise ukulawula izinsiza zabanye abantu ngaphezu kokuhlonipha amalungelo abantu kanye nesithunzi somuntu, lo mkhankaso uhlose ukuqhubekela phambili nokuzibophezela ekuqedeni ngaphandle kobudlova impi yase-US e-Iraq. Abaqokelwe ukumela iCongress kanye neSenethi bazocindezelwa njalo ukuthi bacele ukuthi kuvalwe izizinda zamasosha ase-US, kuhoxiswe amasosha ase-US kanye nokwesekwa kwenqubo yokuthula eholwa yi-Iraqi, okuhlanganisa nengqungquthela yokuthula yokubumba inguquko yangemva kokuthatha indawo kanye nokuba khona kokugcina ukuthula emhlabeni jikelele. uma kugunyazwe yilolu hlelo lokuthula. Isimemezelo Sokuthula siphinde sicele ukuthi kubuyiswe ukulawula kwe-Iraqi phezu kwemithombo kawoyela yase-Iraq kanye nezinkokhelo zokulungisa ukubhekana nokucekelwa phansi okudalwe yimpi yase-US kanye neminyaka eyishumi nantathu yokujeziswa kwezomnotho.
Lapho ububi bufika njengemvula enethayo, kufanele simemeze sithi โYeka!โ Besingakwenzi kanjani lokho? Kodwa kufanele futhi sithi, โSiyaxolisa. Siyaxolisa kakhulu.โ Ngokulandela lawo mazwi abalulekile, singakwazi ukwelula izandla zethu, siphelelwe izikhali, futhi sizame ukulungisa.
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