ʻOiai ua haʻaheo ʻo George W. Bush i nā mea a pau āna i hana ai, ua kokoke loa ʻo Tony Blair i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i kēia hopena pule i kona ʻae ʻana he mau "ʻeleʻele o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo" i ka manaʻo ʻo ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana iā Iraq i ka makahiki 2003 ke kumu nui o ka piʻi ʻana. o ISIS (ma waena o nā hopena pōʻino o kēlā hoʻouka kaua).
I ka manawa like, ua wahaheʻe ʻo Blair he hewa pololei ke kaua ma muli o ka "naʻauao" maikaʻi ʻole, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻohe mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa:
"Ua ho'āʻo mākou i ka hana a hoʻokuʻu i nā pūʻali koa ma Iraq; ua ho'āʻo mākou i ka hana me ka hoʻokomo ʻole ʻana i nā pūʻali koa ma Libia; a ʻaʻole mākou i hoʻāʻo i ke komo ʻana akā ke koi nei i ka hoʻololi aupuni ma Suria, "wahi āna. "ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu, inā ʻaʻole i holo kā mākou kulekele, ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kulekele ma hope."
I kēia manawa, manaʻo paha kāu keiki he 10 mau makahiki i ʻike ʻole ʻia he pōʻino ka hoʻokahuli ʻana i nā aupuni ʻē aʻe i kēlā ʻano hana, a no laila ʻaʻole pono e hana ʻia. ʻAʻole kā mākou hoaaloha ʻo Tony. I ka hopena, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi kalahala ʻole ma ke kumu ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe āna i manaʻo ai i hana - me ka hōʻole ʻole ʻana i ka hoʻokahuli ʻana i ke aupuni Iraqi - e like me ka hewa:
"He mea paʻakikī iaʻu ke kala aku no ka wehe ʻana iā Saddam. Manaʻo wau, mai kēia lā i ka makahiki 2015, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻaʻole ʻo ia ma laila ma mua o kona noho ʻana ma laila, "wahi a Blair. Pono ʻoe e hāʻawi iā Blair, no ka mea hoʻolaha honua o ke aupuni democracy ma o ka make, ʻaʻole ʻo ia me ka wiwo ʻole i kekahi nīnau inā ʻae ka poʻe o Iraq iā ia. ʻAʻole lākou. Hoʻi i loko 2004, Ua haʻaheo ka BBC e hiki iā ia ke loaʻa iā 49% o Iraqis ("kokoke ka hapalua"!) e ʻōlelo ua "pololei" ka hoʻouka ʻana. In 2007, ua ʻike ʻia kahi koho balota ʻo Iraqi he 90% o Iraqis i manaʻoʻiʻo ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana. In 2011, Ua ʻike ʻia kahi koho balota ʻAmelika he nui aku ka poʻe Iraqi i manaʻo ua ʻoi aku ka ʻino o lākou, ma mua o ka manaʻo ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o lākou, no ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana.
ʻAʻole hiki i kēlā poʻe Iraqi naʻaupō ke ʻike i ka maikaʻi o lākou. ʻO ia ka mea e wehewehe ai i ke kumu e hoʻouka ʻia ai lākou a noho ʻia ma kahi mua. Aka, a nānā pono ʻO ka make, ka ʻeha, ka ʻeha, ka pōʻino o ke kaiapuni, ka nalowale o ka ʻoihana, a me ka pōʻino o ke kaiāulu i lawe ʻia i Iraq e Bush, Blair, a me ka hui i hoʻokumu i ke kaua ma Iraq mai 2003 ma mua o kekahi o nā hanana ʻino loa o ka honua.
ʻIke maopopo i ka pō i hana ʻia ma Libya ma 2011 ʻaʻole kūʻē i ka pōʻino i hana ʻia iā Iraq. Ke hoʻomaka nei ka poʻe i hana ʻia ma Suria e hoʻokūkū iā Iraq, akā ua hoʻomau mau ʻia e ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ke Komohana e hoʻokahuli i ke aupuni, ʻaʻole ma ke kaohi ʻana o ke Komohana. No kēlā mea, ua hōʻeha nui ʻia e nā hoʻouka kaua mua o Iraq a me Libya, a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka ʻāina me nā mea kaua US i nā makahiki i hala.
Ua lawe mai ʻo Tunisia i ka Nobel Peace Prize ma ka hapa nui ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi mau laʻa hoʻomaha, pili paha kekahi i kekahi. ʻO ka mea mua, noho ʻo Tunisia ma ka liʻiliʻi o ka aila a me ke kinoea a ma ke ʻano o ka liʻiliʻi o ka aila a me ka pipeline. ʻO ka lua, ua loaʻa iā ia he "kōkua" liʻiliʻi mai nā pūʻali koa US a me ʻEulopa. No ka hapa nui, ua hana ka Pentagon a me UK i Tunisia i ka mea hiki ʻole iā Tony Blair ke noʻonoʻo i ka hana ʻana ma Iraq, Libya, a i Suria paha, ʻo ia hoʻi, waiho wale ʻia, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā ia ke ala ponoʻī i ke aupuni maikaʻi.
Akā, nīnau paha kekahi, pehea lā e hiki ai i ke Komohana ke kū ma ke ʻano he aupuni hoʻomāinoino i ko lākou poʻe?
ʻAe, ʻaʻole kū wale ke Komohana. I kekahi manawa, hoʻokahuli ia i kēlā mau aupuni, e hōʻino ana i nā mea a pau. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mea kaua, kālā, a kākoʻo i kēlā mau aupuni - e like me Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Iraq hou, etc.
Ma ka memoir a Blair i ka makahiki 2010, ua kākau ʻo ia ʻo ka Hope Pelekikena mua o ʻAmelika ʻo Dick Cheney "makemake ikaika i ka 'hoʻololi aupuni' ma nā ʻāina a pau o ka Hikina Hikina āna i manaʻo ai he ʻenemi i nā pono US. . . . Ua hana ʻo ia ma nā wahi āpau, Iraq, Suria, Iran. Akā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia he papa inoa o nā lāhui e hana nei i ka pōʻino loa i ka honua a i ko lākou poʻe ponoʻī. ʻO ia ka papa inoa o nā lāhui e hōʻole nei e hoʻohiki i ko lākou hoʻolohe ʻana iā Wakinekona, nā lāhui "ʻeleʻele i nā pono US."
A ma laila mākou e ʻike ai i ke kumu no ka noʻonoʻo ʻole ʻana o Tony Blair i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe Iraqi ma mua o ka haʻi ʻana "ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻole ʻana ma mua o kona noho ʻana." Mai ka manaʻo o nā hui mea kaua o ke Komohana, nā hui aila o Western, nā hoaaloha Komohana a me nā hoa pili o Tony Blair, pololei loa ʻo ia. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pepehi ʻia ʻana o kēlā poʻe a pau i ka haunaele no nā makahiki he nui e hiki mai ana.
Pono kekahi e lawe i ka manaʻo ʻokoʻa loa e lohe ai i ke ʻano o kaʻu ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e alakaʻi ʻo Jeremy Corbyn i ka Party Labor, a ʻo CNN hoʻi e hoʻāʻo nei e noi iā Tony Blair e pane no kāna mau hewa.
