Na David Swanson, World BEYOND War,ʻOkakopa 18, 2021
Ma ke ala o ka haʻi ʻana i wikiō wikiō a WMD-liar Curveball, ʻo Colin Powell ka koi ana e ʻike no ke aha e haʻi ʻole aku ai iā ia e pili ana i ka hilinaʻi ʻole o Curveball. ʻO ka pilikia, ua hana lākou.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i kahi manawa kūpono e kamaʻilio ai i ka United Nations Security Council e pili ana i kahi mea nui a koʻikoʻi o ka honua, me ka nānā ʻana o ka pāpāho o ka honua, a hoʻohana iā ia ... maikaʻi, e hana i ka shit - e moe me ka helehelena pololei, a me kahi Ua kākoʻo ʻo CIA luna ma hope ou, ke ʻōlelo nei wau e hoʻopūlū i hoʻokahi puke o ka pipi o ka honua, no-the-record-book, e hoʻopuka i ka hanu me ka ʻole o nā kohola i loko, a ke nānā aku nei e like me kou manaʻo maoli? He aha ke au He hōʻino ia i ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole pono ʻo Colin Powell e noʻonoʻo i kēlā mea. Pono ʻo ia e noho me ia. Ua hana ʻo ia ma Pepeluali 5, 2003. Aia ma ka wikiō.
Ua hoʻāʻo wau e nīnau iā ia e pili ana i ke kauwela o 2004. E kamaʻilio ana ʻo ia me ka Unity Journalists of Color Convention ma Wakinekona, DC Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kēia hanana e like me nā nīnau mai ka papahele, akā no kekahi kumu ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia kēlā hoʻolālā. Ua ʻae ʻia nā mea kamaʻilio mai ka papahele e nīnau i nā nīnau a ʻehā mau mea nūhou palekana a hoʻopaʻa inoa o ke kala ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻana o Powell, a laila hiki i kēlā mau kānaka ʻehā ke koho e nīnau iā ia i kekahi mea e pili ana - ʻo ia ka papa i hana ʻole ʻia e lākou.
Ua kamaʻilio pū ʻo Bush lāua ʻo Kerry. ʻO ka papa o nā mea nūpepa nāna i nīnau iā Bush i nā nīnau ke hōʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole i hoʻokolokolo pono ʻia. Ua paheʻe ʻo Roland Martin o ka Defender ʻo Chicago iā ia i kekahi ʻano (ʻaʻole e hana hou ʻia pēlā!). Ua nīnau ʻo Martin iā Bush inā kūʻē ʻo ia i ke komo ʻana o ke koleke makemake nui ʻia no nā keiki o nā alumni a inā ʻoi aku kona manaʻo e pili ana i nā pono koho balota ma Afghanistan ma mua o Florida. Ua like ʻo Bush me he dia lā i ke kukui, me ka ʻike ʻole. Kūleʻa nui ʻo ia a ʻakaʻaka maila ka lumi iā ia.
Akā ʻo ka panela i ʻākoakoa e hoʻolauleʻa i nā kinipōpō palupalu ma Powell i lawelawe maikaʻi i kāna kumu. Ua hoʻoponopono ʻia e Gwen Ifill. Ua noi wau iā Ifill (a hiki iā Powell ke nānā iā ia ma hope ma C-Span inā makemake ʻo ia) inā he wehewehe kā Powell no ke ala āna i hilinaʻi ai i ka hōʻike a ka hūnōna kāne na Saddam Hussein. Ua haʻi hou ʻo ia i nā koi e pili ana i nā mea kaua o ka luku nui ʻia akā waiho haʻalele i ka ʻāpana kahi i hōʻike ai kēlā kāne like i luku ʻia ai nā WMD āpau o ʻIraka. Ua mahalo ʻo Ifill iaʻu, a ʻaʻohe mea i haʻi. ʻAʻole ʻo Hillary Clinton a ʻaʻohe mea i kūʻē iaʻu.
Mahalo paha wau i ka ʻōlelo a Powell inā e nīnau maoli kekahi iā ia i kēia nīnau, a i kēia lā, a i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, a i ʻole ʻumi mau makahiki mai kēia manawa. ʻLelo aku kekahi iā ʻoe e pili ana i ka pūpū o nā mea kaua kahiko a ma ka manawa like e haʻi iā ʻoe ua luku ʻia lākou, a koho ʻoe e hana hou i ka ʻāpana e pili ana i nā mea kaua a censor i ka ʻāpana e pili ana i ko lākou luku. Pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai i kēlā?
ʻĀ, he lawehala hewa ia, no laila hiki iā Powell ke ʻōlelo ua poina ʻo ia. "ʻAe, ua manaʻo wau e ʻōlelo i kēlā, akā ua heʻe wau i koʻu manaʻo."
Akā pehea ʻo ia e wehewehe ai i kēia:
I loko o kāna hōʻike ma United Nations, ua hāʻawi ʻo Powell i kēia unuhi o kahi kamaʻilio kūkākūkā i waena o nā luna koa o ʻIraka.
“Ke nānā nei lākou i kāu mau lako kaua, ʻae.
"Ae.
"No ka mea hiki ke pāpā ʻia ka ammo.
"No ka mea hiki ke ʻaʻa ʻia ka ammo?
"Ae.
"A ua hoʻouna mākou iā ʻoe i kahi leka i nehinei e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā wahi āpau, nā wahi ʻōpala, nā wahi i haʻalele ʻia. E ʻike pono ʻaʻohe mea ma laila. ”
ʻO nā huaʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi "hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā wahi āpau" a me "E ʻike pono ʻaʻohe mea ma laila" ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia i ka unuhi kūhelu o ka Mokuʻāina State of the exchange:
“ʻO Lt. Konela: Ke nānā nei lākou i kāu mau lako kaua.
“Konela: ʻAe.
“ʻO Lt. Col: No ka mea hiki ke pāpā ʻia kahi ammo kapu.
“Kenela: ʻAe?
“ʻO Lt. Konela: No ka mea hiki wale nō, pāpā ʻāmama.
“Konela: ʻAe.
“ʻO Lt. Konela: A ua hoʻouna mākou iā ʻoe i kahi leka e nānā ai i nā wahi ʻōpala a me nā wahi i haʻalele ʻia.
"Konela: ʻAe."
E kākau ana ʻo Powell i kahi kamaʻilio kaʻao. Hoʻokomo ʻo ia i kēlā mau laina keu i laila a hoʻohālikelike i haʻi ʻia e kekahi. Eia kā Bob Woodward i ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i kēia i loko o kāna puke “Plan of Attack.”
"Ua hoʻoholo ʻo [Powell] e hoʻohui i kāna wehewehe ponoʻī o nā intercepts i hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka palapala, lawe iā lākou i kahi mamao loa a hoʻolei iā lākou i ka mālamalama maikaʻi ʻole. E pili ana i ka intercept e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana no ka hiki o 'ammo kapu,' lawe ʻo Powell i ka wehewehe: 'E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā wahi āpau. . . . E ʻike pono ʻaʻohe mea ma laila. ' ʻAʻohe o kēia mea i ke ākea. ”
No ka hapa nui o kāna hōʻike ʻana, ʻaʻole ʻo Powell e ʻimi ana i kahi kamaʻilio, akā ke hōʻike nei ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mau ʻoiaʻiʻo he nui nā koi a kāna limahana ponoʻī i aʻo aku ai iā ia he nāwaliwali a hiki ʻole ke pale ʻia.
Ua haʻi ʻo Powell i ka UN a me ko ka honua: "Ua ʻike mākou ua kēnā ke keiki kāne a Saddam, ʻo Qusay, i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o nā mea kaua i pāpā ʻia mai nā hale aliʻi lehulehu o Saddam." ʻO ka Ianuali 31, 2003, ka loiloi ʻana i nā haʻi ʻōlelo a Powell i hoʻomākaukau ʻia nona e ka ʻOihana Mokuʻāina o ka ʻInikua a me ka ʻImiʻI ("INR") i hae i kēia hoʻopiʻi ma ke ʻano "WEAK".
E pili ana i ka hūnā ʻia o Iraqi i nā faila nui, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Powell: Ua kau ka loiloi ʻo Ianuali 31, 2003 INR i kēia kuleana ma ke ʻano “WEAK” a ua hoʻohui ʻia “Plausibility open to question.” A Pepeluali 3, 2003, INR loiloi i kahi kikoʻī hope o nā ʻōlelo a Powell i ʻōlelo ʻia:
ʻO ka ʻaoʻao 4, ka pōkā hope loa, e hoʻohuli hou ʻia ana nā faila nui ma nā kaʻa e hōʻalo ai i nā mea nānā. He kānalua loa kēia koi a hoʻohiki ʻia e hoʻokumu ʻia e nā loiloi a me nā luna loiloi ʻo UN pū kekahi. "
ʻAʻole ia i kāohi iā Colin mai ka haʻi ʻana he mea ʻoiaʻiʻo a ke lana nei paha ka manaʻo, ʻoiai inā manaʻo nā luna loiloi ʻo UN he wahaheʻe ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻole ia, ʻaʻole haʻi ʻia e nā mea hoʻolaha ʻo US i kekahi.
Ma ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā mea kaua o nā meaola a me nā pono hoʻopuehu, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Powell: "ʻike mākou mai nā kumuwaiwai kahi brigade pahi kaua ma waho o Baghdad e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā mea hoʻoheʻe pōhaku a me nā poʻo kaua e piha ana nā mea kaua biological i nā wahi like ʻole, e hāʻawi ana iā lākou i nā wahi like ʻole ma ke komohana o ʻIraka."
ʻO ka loiloi Ianuali 31, 2003, INR loiloi ʻia kēia kuleana ma ke ʻano “WEAK”:
“NĀ Waliwali. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia nā missile me nā poʻo kaua olaola. He ʻoiaʻiʻo paha kēia e pili ana i nā pahi kaua pae pōkole me nā poʻo kaua maʻamau, akā e kānalua ʻia e pili ana i nā pahi kaua ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi a i ʻole nā poʻo kauaolaola. "
Ua kīlei hou ʻia kēia kuleana i ka Pepeluali 3, 2003, ka loiloi ʻana i kahi kikoʻī o ka hōʻike a Powell ma hope iho: “ʻAoʻao 5. mua para, e hoʻopiʻi hou i nā missile brigade e hoʻopuehu nei i nā mea hoʻolele pōhaku a me nā poʻo kaua o BW. He kānalua loa kēia koi a hiki paha ke hoʻohewa ʻia e nā luna loiloi o UN. ”
ʻAʻole ia i kāohi iā Colin. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā kōkua ʻike e kōkua i kāna wahaheʻe
Ua hōʻike ʻo Powell i kahi kiʻi o kahi kiʻi ukali o kahi bunker munitions Iraqi, a wahaheʻe:
"Hōʻike nā pua ʻelua i ke kū mai o nā hōʻailona hōʻoia i ka mālama ʻana o nā bunkers i nā munitions kemika. . . [t] kalaka ʻo ia iā ʻoe […] ʻike he inoa inoa inoa. He kaʻa decontamination kēia inā holo hewa kekahi mea. ”
ʻO ka loiloi ʻo Ianuali 31, 2003, INR loiloi ʻia kēia kuleana ma ke ʻano he "WEAK" a hoʻohui ʻia: "Kākoʻo mākou i ka hapa nui o kēia kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana, akā ʻike mākou i nā kaʻa decontamination - i kuhikuhi ʻia i nā manawa he nui i loko o ka ʻōlelo - he mau kalaka wai ia e hiki ai ke hoʻohana kūpono… Iraq. ua hāʻawi iā UNMOVIC i kahi moʻohelu kūpono no kēia hana - he hana kēia e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana o nā mea pahū maʻamau; ʻo ke kū ʻana o kahi kalaka palekana ahi (kahi kalaka wai, a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he decontamination kaʻa) maʻa mau ia ʻano hanana. "
Ua haʻi aku nā limahana ponoʻī o Powell iā ia he kalaka wai kēlā mea, akā ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka UN he "inoa inoa ia ... he kaʻa hoʻoneʻe." E pono ana i ka UN kahi kaʻa decontamination ponoʻī ma ka manawa a Powell i hoʻopau ai i ka hoʻopuʻi ʻana i kāna mau wahaheʻe a hoʻowahāwahā i kona ʻāina.
Mālama wale ʻo ia iā ia: "Ua hoʻolako ʻia ʻo UAV me nā pahu wai ʻāwīwī i kahi ala kūpono no ka hoʻouka ʻana i kahi hoʻouka kaua hoʻoweliweli me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaola lāʻau," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
ʻO ka loiloi ʻo Ianuali 31, 2003, INR loiloi i kēia ʻōlelo ʻo “WEAK” a ʻōlelo hou: “ʻo ke koi a ka poʻe loea i ʻae ʻo UAVs i kāwili ʻia me nā pahu ʻāpala he ala kūpono loa ia no ka hoʻouka kaua hoʻoweliweli me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaola olaola 'WEAK.”
I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole ʻae ka poʻe loea i kēlā kuleana.
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Powell i ka hele ʻana, e hoʻolaha ana "ma ke kau waena o Kēkēmapa o ka poʻe mākaukau mea kaua ma kekahi keʻena i hoʻololi ʻia e nā ʻākena ʻike Iraqi nāna e hoʻopunipuni nā luna nānā e pili ana i nā hana e hana ʻia nei ma laila."
ʻO ka loiloi ʻo Ianuali 31, 2003, INR loiloi ʻia kēia kuleana ma ke ʻano he "WEAK" a "ʻaʻole hilinaʻi" a "hāmama i ka hoʻohewa, ʻo ia hoʻi nā UN inspectorates."
Ke aʻo aku nei kāna poʻe limahana iā ia, ʻo ka mea āna i manaʻo ai e ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole ia e manaʻo ʻia e kāna mau pepeiao, kahi e hoʻopili ai i ka poʻe me ka ʻike maoli o ia mea.
I Powell ʻaʻohe mea nui.
ʻO Powell, kānalua ʻole aia ʻo ia i loko o ka hohonu, no laila he aha kāna mea e nalo ai, a laila haʻi aku i ka UN: . ”
ʻO ka loiloi Ianuali 31, 2003, INR loiloi i kēia koi ma ke ʻano he "WEAK" a kapa ʻia "ʻAʻole implausible, akā e nīnau paha nā mea nānā UN. (Kahakaha: Kuhi ʻia ʻo Draft he mea ʻoiaʻiʻo.) ”
A haʻi ʻo Powell ʻoiaʻiʻo. E hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole hiki i kāna koʻokoʻo ke ʻōlelo he hōʻike no ka hoʻopiʻi, akā ʻaʻole ia he "infausible." ʻO ia ka mea ʻoi loa i hiki iā lākou ke noʻonoʻo. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe: "E kūʻai paha lākou i kēia, e Sir, akā mai hilinaʻi ma ia mea."
ʻAʻole naʻe i māʻona ʻo Powell i ka wahaheʻe ʻana e pili ana i hoʻokahi ʻepekema. Ua loaʻa iā ia he ʻumikūmālua. Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka United Nations: "Ua waiho ʻia he ʻumikūmālua mau loea [WMD] ma lalo o ka hopu ʻia ʻana o ka hale, ʻaʻole ma ko lākou mau hale ponoʻī, akā ma ke ʻano he hui ma kekahi o nā hale kipa o Saddam Hussein."
Ua kau ka loiloi ʻo INR i ka lā 31 Ianuali 2003, ʻo INR i kēia kuleana ma ke ʻano he "WEAK" a "nīnau nui ʻia." ʻAʻole pono kēia i kahi "Not implausible."
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Powell: "I ka waenakonu o Ianuali, ua ʻike ʻia ka poʻe loea ma kekahi keʻena e pili ana i nā mea kaua o ka luku nui, ua kauoha ʻia kēlā poʻe loea e noho i ka home mai ka hana e hōʻalo i nā mea nānā. ʻO nā limahana mai nā pūʻali koa Iraqi ʻē aʻe i hana ʻole i nā papahana kaua e hoʻohou i nā poʻe hana i hoʻouna ʻia i ka home. "
Ua kāhea nā limahana o Powell i kēia “WEAK,” me “Plausibility hāmama i ka nīnau.”
Ua kani maikaʻi kēia mau mea āpau i nā mea nānā o Fox, CNN, a me MSNBC. A ʻo ia, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i kēia manawa, ka mea a Colin i makemake ai. Akā kani paha ia i mea hiki ʻole i nā luna loiloi o UN. Eia kahi kāne i hele ʻole pū me lākou i kekahi o kā lākou nānā ʻana e hele mai ana e haʻi iā lākou i ka mea i hana ʻia.
ʻIke mākou mai iā Scott Ritter, nāna i alakaʻi i nā loiloi he nui o UNSCOM ma ʻIraka, ua hoʻohana nā mea nānā o US i ke komo a ke kaʻina hana nānā i hāʻawi ʻia iā lākou e kiu, a e hoʻonohonoho i nā ʻano o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻikepili no ka CIA. No laila aia kekahi manaʻo i ka manaʻo e hiki i kahi ʻAmelika ke hoʻi i ka UN a hōʻike i ka UN i ka mea maoli i hana ʻia ma kāna nānā ʻana.
Eia nō naʻe, i ka manawa pinepine, ua aʻo aku nā limahana o Powell iā ia i nā kuleana kikoʻī āna i makemake ai e hana ʻaʻole kūpono. E hoʻopaʻa maʻalahi ʻia lākou e ka mōʻaukala ma ke ʻano he wahaheʻe lapuwale.
ʻO nā laʻana o ka wahaheʻe ʻana o Powell i helu ʻia ma luna aʻe nei, ua lawe ʻia mai ia mai kahi hōʻike nui i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka ʻahaʻōlelo nui a John Conyers: “The Constitution in Crisis; ʻO ka Downing Street Minutes a me ka hoʻopunipuni, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, a me Coverups i ke kaua Iraq. "
