Na Norman Solomona, World BEYOND War, Malaki 14, 2023
Nui ka nui o wahaheʻe mai nā luna aupuni kiʻekiʻe o ʻAmelika i alakaʻi i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq. I kēia manawa, e hōʻailona ana i kāna 20th anniversary, nā mea hoʻolaha media like ua hoʻoikaika ʻia kēlā mau wahaheʻe ke hāʻawi nei i ka retrospectives. Mai manaʻo e hoʻomālamalama lākou i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo paʻakikī loa, e komo pū ana me kā lākou hoʻopili pono ʻana i ke kaua.
ʻO ka mea i hoʻolalelale i ka United States e hoʻomaka i ke kaua ma Iraq i Malaki 2003 he mau ʻano o ka media a me ka politika e mau nei me mākou i kēia lā.
Ma hope koke iho o ka lā 9/11, ʻo kekahi o nā puʻupuʻu haʻihaʻi ʻōlelo ʻia e Pelekikena George W. hoʻohālikelike ʻoiai e kamaʻilio ana i kahi kau hui o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ma Sepatemaba 20, 2001: "ʻO kēlā me kēia lāhui, i kēlā me kēia wahi, i kēia manawa he hoʻoholo e hana ai. ʻO ʻoe pū kekahi me mākou, a i ʻole ʻoe me nā mea hoʻoweliweli. Kiola ʻia i lalo, ua loaʻa ka hoʻomaikaʻi a me ka hoʻohewa liʻiliʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka media mainstream a me nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ua ʻaneʻane hauʻoli loa me ka ʻIke honua Manichean i ulu a mau.
Ua piha ko kakou au i keia wa i na leo o ia haiolelo mai ka peresidena o keia wa. He mau mahina ma mua kuʻi lima ʻO ke aliʻi de facto o Saudi Arabia ʻo Mohammed bin Salman - ʻo ia ka mea i mālama i ke aupuni hoʻomāinoino e kaua ana iā Yemen, e hoʻokau ana. he mau haneri tausani make mai ka makahiki 2015 me ke kōkua aupuni o ʻAmelika - Ua kau ʻo Joe Biden i ka pulpito o ka maikaʻi kiʻekiʻe i ka wā o kāna ʻōlelo 2022 State of the Union.
ʻO Biden E kala aku i "he hoʻoholo paʻa ʻole e lanakila mau ke kūʻokoʻa ma luna o ka hana ʻino." A ua hoʻohui ʻo ia "i ke kaua ma waena o ka demokala a me nā autocracies, ke piʻi nei nā democracies i kēia manawa." ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe ʻōlelo o kāna kākoʻo no ka autocracy Saudi a me ke kaua.
Ma kēlā ʻōlelo a ka Mokuʻāina o ka Union, ua hāʻawi nui ʻo Biden i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i ke kaua o Rūsia ma Ukraine, e like me kāna mau manawa ma hope mai. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā hoʻokamani pelekikena a Biden i nā mea weliweli a nā pūʻali Lūkini e hoʻokau nei ma Ukraine. Aole no hoi i hoapono ia kaua i ka hookamani make e hoʻopili ana i ke kulekele ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika.
I kēia pule, mai hoʻopaʻa i kou hanu no ka nānā ʻana o ka media e pili ana i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq e hoʻokomo i nā ʻike kumu e pili ana i nā kuleana koʻikoʻi o Biden a me ke kanaka i kākau ʻia i kēia manawa, ʻo Antony Blinken. Ke hoʻohewa lākou iā Rūsia me ke koi ikaika ʻole ʻaʻole e ʻae ʻia ka hoʻouka ʻana o kekahi ʻāina i kekahi ʻāina, ʻo ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o Orwellian he mea hilahila a hilahila ʻole.
I ka mahina hope loa, olelo ana i ka UN Security Council, ua noi ʻo Blinken i "nā loina a me nā lula e hoʻomalu ai i nā ʻāina āpau" - e like me "ʻaʻole e hopu i ka ʻāina me ka ikaika" a "ʻaʻohe kaua o ka huhū." Akā ʻo Biden lāua ʻo Blinken nā mea koʻikoʻi i ke kaua nui o ka huhū ʻo ia ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq. I nā manawa liʻiliʻi loa i kau ʻia ai ʻo Biden no ke ʻano o kāna kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻouka kaua politika, ʻo kāna pane ʻana i ka hoʻokaʻawale a haʻi. wahahee loa.
"He moʻolelo lōʻihi ko Biden o nā ʻōlelo kūpono ʻole" e pili ana iā Iraq, ʻo ka mea aʻoaʻo ʻo Stephen Zunes i kuhikuhiʻia ʻehā makahiki aku nei. "No ka laʻana, ma ke alakaʻi ʻana i ke koho balota Senate koʻikoʻi e ʻae ana i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ua hoʻohana ʻo Biden i kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he luna o ke Kōmike Kūkākūkā o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Hoopaa loa Ua hoʻokumu hou ʻo Iraq i kahi pūʻali nui o nā mea kaua a me nā mea olaola, kahi papahana mea kaua nuklea a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻopuka maʻalahi i hoʻopau ʻia i ka wā lōʻihi. ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻopunipuni o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he mau mea kaua o ka luku nui ma Iraq ke kumu nui o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana.
ʻO kēlā wahaheʻe ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia i ka manawa maoli, he mau mahina ma mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, By nui poe akamai i. Akā ʻo ka Senatoa Biden, e hoʻohana ana i ke kōmike o ke Kōmike Kūkākūkā o nā ʻāina ʻē, ua haʻalele iā lākou āpau mai nā lā ʻelua o ka hoʻopunipuni kiʻekiʻe. nā hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo i waena o ke kauwela 2002.
A ʻo wai ke poʻo o nā limahana o ke komite ia manawa? ʻO ke kākau ʻōlelo o ka mokuʻāina i kēia manawa, ʻo Antony Blinken.
Maikaʻi mākou e hoʻokomo iā Biden lāua ʻo Blinken i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa loa ma mua o kekahi e like me Tariq Aziz, ʻo ia ke kuhina nui o Iraq ma lalo o ka despot Saddam Hussein. Akā, no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā hui ʻekolu me Aziz aʻu i hele ai ma Baghdad i nā mahina ma mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana, ua kānalua wau.
Ua ʻaʻahu ʻo Aziz i nā ʻaʻahu pāʻoihana maikaʻi. Ma kāna ʻōlelo Pelekania maikaʻi loa i nā leo ana a me nā huaʻōlelo i hana maikaʻi ʻia, he ea naʻauao ʻo ia me ka nele o ka politesse i kona aloha ʻana i kā mākou ʻelele ʻehā (aʻu i hoʻonohonoho ai me nā hoa hana ma ka Institute for Public Accuracy). ʻO kā mākou hui pū kekahi ʻo Congressman Nick Rahall o West Virginia, he senator mua o South Dakota James Abourezk a me ka Pelekikena ʻo Conscience International ʻo James Jennings. E like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ʻo ka halawai ʻeono mahina ma mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana.
I ka manawa o kēlā hālāwai i ka waena o Kepakemapa 2002, hiki iā ʻAziz ke hōʻuluʻulu i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ʻike ʻia e ka liʻiliʻi o nā mea hoʻolaha US. "E hoʻopaʻi ʻia inā hana ʻoe, e hoʻopaʻi ʻia inā ʻaʻole ʻoe," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Aziz, e pili ana i ke koho ʻana o ke aupuni Iraqi e hoʻokuʻu i nā mea nānā mea kaua UN i ka ʻāina.
Ma hope o ka hui ʻana me Aziz a me nā luna ʻē aʻe o Iraqi, ʻo I haʻiʻia ka Hawaii Post: "Inā he mea koʻikoʻi ia o ka nānā ʻana a manaʻo lākou he kukui ma ka hope o ke alahele, he pilikia hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia kēia." Akā ʻaʻole ia he mea koʻikoʻi o ka nānā ʻana. Ua paʻa ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokele Bush e kaua iā Iraq.
He mau lā ma hope o ka hālāwai ʻo Aziz, ua hoʻolaha ke aupuni o Iraq - ʻo ia ka mea i ʻōlelo pololei ʻaʻohe ona mea kaua o ka luku nui - ua hoʻolaha ʻia e ʻae i nā mea nānā UN i ka ʻāina. (Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia lākou i ʻehā mau makahiki ma mua no ko lākou palekana i ka pō o kahi mea i manaʻo ʻia ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o US i hana ʻia no nā lā ʻehā.) Akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka United Nations. Ua makemake nā alakaʻi aupuni o ʻAmelika e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq, ʻaʻohe mea.
I loko o ʻelua mau hālāwai ma hope me Aziz, i Dekemaba 2002 a me Ianuali 2003, ua hahau pinepine ʻia au e kona hiki ke ʻike i ka moʻomeheu a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe. ʻOiai ʻo ia ka mea haʻiʻōlelo nui no kahi dictator kolohe, ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ke akamai. Ua noʻonoʻo au i nā huaʻōlelo "ke kūlanakauhale o ka ʻino."
Ua haʻi mai kahi kumu i ʻike maikaʻi ʻia ua mālama ʻo Saddam Hussein i kekahi ʻano leverage ma luna o Aziz ma ka mālama ʻana i kāna keiki i ka pilikia o ka hale paʻahao a ʻoi aku paha ka hewa, o lilo ʻo Aziz i mea pale. ʻO ia ka hihia a ʻaʻole paha, ua kūpaʻa ʻo Hope Kuhina Aziz a hiki i ka hopena. Ma keʻano he kanaka ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a Jean Renoir Nā Kānāwai o ka Pāʻani 'Ōlelo mai, "ʻO ka mea weliweli e pili ana i ke ola eia kēia: Aia nā kumu a kēlā me kēia kanaka."
He kumu maikaʻi ko Tariq Aziz e makaʻu ai i kona ola - a me ke ola o nā mea aloha - inā e holo ʻo ia iā Saddam. I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, nui nā kālai'āina a me nā luna ma Wakinekona i hele pū me nā kulekele pepehi kanaka inā hiki ke kūʻē i ke koho balota hou, hanohano, kālā a mana paha.
Ua ʻike hope au iā Aziz ma Ianuali 2003, ʻoiai e hele pū ana me kahi UN Humanitarian Coordinator ma Iraq e hui pū me ia. Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana me mākou ʻelua ma kāna keʻena ʻo Baghdad, ua ʻike ʻo Aziz i kahi hoʻouka kaua. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ʻelua mahina ma hope. Ua hauʻoli ka Pentagon e hōʻailona i kāna hoouka ea weliweli ma ke kūlanakauhale "ka puiwa a me ka weliweli."
Ma Iulai 1, 2004, e kū ana i mua o kahi luna kānāwai Iraqi ma kahi lumi hoʻokolokolo ma kahi kahua kaua US ma kahi kokoke i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Baghdad, ʻo Aziz. mai la: “ʻO kaʻu mea e makemake ai e ʻike, he pilikino anei kēia mau hoʻopiʻi? ʻO Tariq Aziz anei kēia mau pepehi kanaka? Inā he lālā au o ke aupuni i kuhi hewa i ka pepehi ʻana i kekahi, a laila ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopiʻi ʻia mai iaʻu iho. Ma kahi i hewa ai ke alakaʻi, aia ke kuleana pono ma laila, a ʻaʻole pono he hihia pilikino no ka mea no ke alakaʻi kekahi. A ʻōlelo hou ʻo ʻAziz, "ʻAʻole au i pepehi i kekahi, ma nā hana a koʻu lima ponoʻī."
ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua a Joe Biden i kōkua ai e hoʻokau iā Iraq i hopena i ke kaua i pepehi pololei ʻia he mau haneri tausani makaainana. Inā i kāhea ʻia ʻo ia no kāna kuleana, ua like paha nā ʻōlelo a Biden me kā Tariq Aziz.
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ʻO Norman Solomon ka luna aupuni o RootsAction.org a me ka luna hoʻokō o ka Institute for Public Accuracy. ʻO ia ka mea kākau o nā puke he ʻumi me Maʻalahi ke Kaua. ʻO kāna puke hou, ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke kaua: Pehea ʻo ʻAmelika e hūnā ai i ka nui o ke kanaka o kāna mīkini koa, e paʻi ʻia ma Iune 2023 e The New Press.
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