Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, October 18, 2021
Pambuyo pa kuvomereza kwa kanema wa WMD-wabodza wa Curveball, Colin Powell anali kufuna kudziwa chifukwa chiyani palibe amene adamuchenjeza za kusadalirika kwa Curveball. Vuto ndilo, iwo anatero.
Tangoganizirani kukhala ndi mwayi wolankhula ndi bungwe la United Nations Security Council pa nkhani yofunika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, pomwe ma TV onse padziko lapansi akuwonera, ndikugwiritsa ntchito ... chabwino, kupanga zoyipa - kugona ndi nkhope yowongoka Woyang'anira CIA adakhazikika kumbuyo kwanu, ndikutanthauza kuti ndilavula ng'ombe yapadziko lonse lapansi, yolemba-mabuku, kunena mpweya wopanda zingwe zingapo, ndikuwoneka ngati mukutanthauza zonse? ndulu yanji. Kungakhale chipongwe chotani nanga kwa dziko lonse.
Colin Powell sayenera kulingalira chinthu choterocho. Iye ayenera kukhala nayo moyo. Anazichita pa February 5, 2003. Zili patepi ya kanema.
Ndinayesa kumufunsa za izo m’chilimwe cha 2004. Iye anali kulankhula ndi msonkhano wa Unity Journalists of Colour ku Washington, DC Chochitikacho chinalengezedwa monga kuphatikizapo mafunso ochokera pansi, koma pazifukwa zina dongosolo limenelo linakonzedwanso. Oyankhula kuchokera pansi adaloledwa kufunsa mafunso a atolankhani anayi otetezedwa komanso otetezedwa Powell asanawonekere, kenako anthu anayiwo amatha kusankha kumufunsa china chake chokhudza - zomwe sanachite, mulimonse.
Bush ndi Kerry analankhulanso. Gulu la atolankhani omwe adafunsa mafunso a Bush pomwe adawonekera silinayesedwe bwino. Roland Martin wa Chicago Defender anali atazemberapo mwanjira ina (zomwe sizidzachitikanso!). Martin adafunsa Bush ngati amatsutsa kuvomerezedwa kwa koleji kwa ana a alumni komanso ngati amasamala za ufulu wovota ku Afghanistan kuposa ku Florida. Bush ankawoneka ngati nswala mu nyali zamoto, koma wopanda nzeru. Anapunthwa kwambiri moti chipindacho chinamuseka poyera.
Koma gulu lomwe lidasonkhanitsidwa kuti likonde ma softballs ku Powell lidakwaniritsa cholinga chake. Idayendetsedwa ndi Gwen Ifill. Ndinamufunsa Ifill (ndipo Powell adatha kuwonera pambuyo pake pa C-Span ngati akufuna) ngati Powell anali ndi kufotokozera kwa njira yomwe adadalira umboni wa mpongozi wa Saddam Hussein. Adanenanso za zida zowonongera anthu ambiri koma mosamalitsa adasiya mbali yomwe njonda yomweyi idachitira umboni kuti ma WMD onse aku Iraq adawonongedwa. Ifill adandithokoza, osanena kanthu. Hillary Clinton panalibe ndipo palibe amene anandimenya.
Ndikudabwa zomwe Powell anganene ngati wina angamufunse funso limenelo, ngakhale lero, kapena chaka chamawa, kapena zaka khumi kuchokera pano. Winawake amakuuzani za gulu la zida zakale ndipo nthawi yomweyo amakuuzani kuti zawonongedwa, ndipo mumasankha kubwereza gawo la zidazo ndikuwunika gawo la chiwonongeko chawo. Kodi mungafotokoze bwanji zimenezo?
Chabwino, ndi tchimo lonyalanyaza, ndiye potsiriza Powell anganene kuti wayiwala. "Eya, ndimafuna kunena zimenezo, koma zinandisokoneza maganizo."
Koma angafotokoze bwanji izi:
M'nkhani yake ku United Nations, Powell anapereka kumasulira uku kwa zokambirana zomwe sizinachitike pakati pa akuluakulu ankhondo aku Iraq:
“Akuwunika zida zomwe muli nazo, inde.
“Inde.
"Pakuti mwina pali zida zoletsedwa.
"Kuti mwina pali zida zoletsedwa mwangozi?
“Inde.
"Ndipo tidakutumizirani uthenga dzulo kuti muyeretse madera onse, malo otsalira, malo osiyidwa. Onetsetsani kuti palibe chilichonse pamenepo. ”
Mawu oti "yeretsani madera onse" ndi "Onetsetsani kuti palibe chilichonse pamenepo" samawoneka muzomasulira zovomerezeka za State Department:
"Lt. Mtsamunda: Akuyendera zipolopolo zomwe muli nazo.
"Mtsamunda: Inde.
"Lt. Col: Kuti mwina pali zida zoletsedwa.
"Mtsamunda: Yes?
"Lt. Mtsamunda: Kuti mwina pali mwangozi, zipolopolo zoletsedwa.
"Mtsamunda: Inde.
"Lt. Mtsamunda: Ndipo tidakutumizirani uthenga kuti mukayendere madera omwe anasiyidwa aja.
"Colonel: Inde."
Powell anali kulemba nkhani zopeka. Iye anayika mizere yowonjezereka ija mmenemo ndipo ananamizira kuti winawake wanena izo. Izi ndi zomwe Bob Woodward adanena za izi m'buku lake "Plan of Attack."
"[Powell] adaganiza zowonjezera kutanthauzira kwake kwa mawuwo palemba lomwe adabwereza, kuwatengera patsogolo kwambiri ndikuwanyoza. Pankhani yoyang'anira kuthekera kwa 'ammo yoletsedwa,' Powell adatanthauziranso kuti: 'Yeretsani madera onse. . . . Onetsetsani kuti mulibe kanthu.' Palibe chilichonse mwa izi chomwe chidachitika. ”
Nthawi zambiri, Powell sanali kuyambitsa zokambirana, koma anali kuwonetsa zowona zambiri zomwe antchito ake adamuchenjeza kuti anali ofooka komanso osadziteteza.
Powell anauza UN ndi dziko lonse kuti: “Tikudziwa kuti mwana wa Saddam, Qusay, analamula kuti zida zonse zoletsedwa zichotsedwe m’nyumba zambiri zachifumu za Saddam.” Pa Januware 31, 2003, kuwunika kwa zomwe Powell adalemba zomwe adamukonzera ndi Boma la State Department of Intelligence and Research (“INR”) lidawonetsa kuti izi ndi "ZOMWETSA".
Ponena za kubisa kwa mafayilo akuluakulu aku Iraq, Powell adati: "mafayilo ofunikira ochokera kumagulu ankhondo ndi asayansi ayikidwa m'magalimoto omwe akuyendetsedwa kumidzi ndi anzeru aku Iraq kuti asadziwike." Kuwunika kwa INR pa Januware 31, 2003 kudawonetsa kuti izi ndi "ZOSAVUTA" ndikuwonjezera "Kuthekera kofunsidwa mafunso." A Feb. 3, 2003, kuwunika kwa INR kwa zolembedwa zotsatila za ndemanga za Powell zidadziwika:
"Tsamba 4, chipolopolo chomaliza, mafayilo ofunikira akuyendetsedwa m'magalimoto kuti apewe oyendera. Izi ndi zokayikitsa kwambiri ndipo zikulonjeza kuti zidzatsutsidwa ndi otsutsa komanso mwina akuluakulu oyang'anira bungwe la UN. "
Izi sizinamulepheretse Colin kunena kuti ndizowona ndipo mwachiwonekere akuyembekeza kuti, ngakhale oyang'anira a UN angaganize kuti ndi wabodza, ma TV aku US sakanauza aliyense.
Pankhani ya zida zankhondo ndi zida zobalalitsira, Powell adati: "tikudziwa kuchokera ku magwero kuti gulu lankhondo loponya mizinga kunja kwa Baghdad linali kutulutsa zida za rocket ndi zida zankhondo zomwe zili ndi zida zankhondo zamoyo m'malo osiyanasiyana, ndikuzigawa kumadera osiyanasiyana kumadzulo kwa Iraq."
Kuyang'ana kwa Januware 31, 2003, INR kudawonetsa izi ngati "ZOSAVUTA":
“ZOFOOKA. Mizinga yokhala ndi mitu yankhondo yochokera ku biological warhead akuti inamwazika. Izi zitha kukhala zoona ponena za zida zoponya zazifupi zokhala ndi zida zankhondo wamba, koma ndizokayikitsa pankhani ya zida zoponya zazitali kapena zida zankhondo. ”
Izi zidadziwikanso pakuwunika kwaposachedwa kwaposachedwa kwaposachedwa kwa Powell pa February 3, 2003. Zimenezinso n’zokayikitsa kwambiri ndipo akuluakulu oyendera a UN angatsutse.”
Zimenezo sizinamuletse Colin. M’chenicheni, iye anatulutsa zinthu zooneka kuti zithandize pa kunama kwake
Powell adawonetsa chithunzi cha satellite cha bwalo lankhondo laku Iraq, ndipo adanama:
“Mivi iwiriyi ikusonyeza kuti m’mabwalowo muli zida zosungiramo zida za mankhwala . . . [t]galimoto yomwe […] mukuwona kuti ndi siginecha. Ndi galimoto yochotsa poizoni ngati china chake chalakwika. ”
Kuwunika kwa Januware 31, 2003, INR kudawonetsa kuti izi ndi "ZOSAVUTA" ndikuwonjezera kuti: "Timathandizira zambiri pazokambiranazi, koma tikuwona kuti magalimoto owononga - omwe atchulidwa kangapo m'mawuwo - ndi magalimoto apamadzi omwe amatha kugwiritsa ntchito movomerezeka ... Iraqi wapereka UNMOVIC zomwe zingakhale zomveka chifukwa cha ntchitoyi - kuti iyi inali ntchito yokhudzana ndi kayendetsedwe ka zophulika wamba; kukhalapo kwa galimoto yoteteza moto (galimoto yamadzi, yomwe ingagwiritsidwenso ntchito ngati galimoto yochotsera matenda) kumakhala kofala pazochitika zoterezi."
Ogwira ntchito a Powell adamuuza kuti chinthucho chinali galimoto yamadzi, koma adauza UN kuti "ndichosaina ... Bungwe la UN likanafuna galimoto yochotsera matenda panthawi yomwe Powell anamaliza kunena mabodza ake ndikuchititsa manyazi dziko lake.
Anangowonjezera: "Ma UAV okhala ndi akasinja opopera ndi njira yabwino yoyambitsira zigawenga pogwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo," adatero.
Kufufuza kwa INR pa January 31, 2003, kunasonyeza kuti mawuwa ndi “WAKHALIDWE” ndipo anawonjezera kuti: “Zonena kuti akatswiri amavomereza kuti ma UAV okhala ndi akasinja opopera ndi ‘njira yabwino yoyambitsira zigawenga pogwiritsa ntchito zida zophera tizilombo toyambitsa matenda’ NDI ZOSAVUTA.”
Mwanjira ina, akatswiri sanagwirizane ndi zomwe ananena.
Powell anapitirizabe, kulengeza kuti "pakati pa mwezi wa December akatswiri a zida zankhondo pa malo ena adalowedwa m'malo ndi akatswiri a intelligence aku Iraq omwe anayenera kunyenga ofufuza za ntchito yomwe ikuchitika kumeneko."
Kuwunika kwa pa Januware 31, 2003, INR kudawonetsa izi ngati "ZOSAVUTA" komanso "zosadalirika" komanso "zotseguka kutsutsidwa, makamaka ndi oyang'anira UN."
Ndodo yake inali kumuchenjeza kuti zomwe akufuna kunena sizingakhulupirire ndi omvera ake, zomwe zikuphatikizapo anthu omwe ali ndi chidziwitso chenicheni pa nkhaniyi.
Kwa Powell izo zinalibe kanthu.
Powell, mosakayikira poganiza kuti anali wozama kale, ndiye adataya chiyani, adapitiliza kuuza UN kuti: "Polamulidwa ndi Saddam Hussein, akuluakulu aku Iraq adapereka chiphaso chabodza cha wasayansi wina, ndipo adabisidwa. .”
Kuwunika kwa pa Januware 31, 2003, INR kudawonetsa izi ngati "ZOSAVUTA" ndipo adazitcha "Zosamveka, koma oyendera a UN atha kukayikira. (Zindikirani: Kukonzekera kumanena ngati zoona.)
Ndipo Powell adanena izi ngati zoona. Zindikirani kuti antchito ake sanathe kunena kuti pali umboni uliwonse pa zomwe akunenazo, koma kuti "zinali zosamveka." Izo zinali zabwino kwambiri zomwe akanabwera nazo. Mwa kuyankhula kwina: "Akhoza kugula ichi, Bwana, koma musadalire."
Powell, komabe, sanakhutire kunama za wasayansi m'modzi. Iye ankayenera kukhala ndi khumi ndi awiri. Iye anauza bungwe la United Nations kuti: “Akatswiri a [WMD] khumi ndi awiri atsekeredwa m’ndende, osati m’nyumba zawo, koma monga gulu pa imodzi mwa nyumba za alendo za Saddam Hussein.”
Kuyang'ana kwa Januware 31, 2003, INR kudawonetsa izi ngati "ZOSAVUTA" komanso "Zokayikitsa Kwambiri." Izi sizinayenere ngakhale "Zosatheka."
Powell adatinso: "Pakati pa Januware, akatswiri pa malo ena okhudzana ndi zida zowononga anthu ambiri, akatswiriwo adalamulidwa kuti asachoke kuntchito kuti apewe oyendera. Ogwira ntchito ochokera m'malo ena ankhondo aku Iraq omwe sanachite nawo ntchito zopangira zida adalowa m'malo mwa omwe adatumizidwa kunyumba. ”
Ogwira ntchito a Powell adatcha izi "WEAK," ndi "Kuthekera kofunsidwa mafunso."
Zinthu zonsezi zidamveka zomveka kwa owonera Fox, CNN, ndi MSNBC. Ndipo izi, tikutha kuwona tsopano, ndi zomwe Colin adachita nazo chidwi. Koma ziyenera kuti zinamveka ngati zosatheka kwa oyendera a UN. Apa panali mnyamata wina yemwe sanakhale nawo paulendo uliwonse akubwera kudzawauza zomwe zinachitika.
Tikudziwa kuchokera kwa a Scott Ritter, omwe adatsogolera kuyendera kwa UNSCOM ku Iraq, kuti oyang'anira aku US adagwiritsa ntchito njira yoyendera yomwe idawapatsa kuti akazonde, komanso kukhazikitsa njira zosonkhanitsira deta ku CIA. Chifukwa chake panali zomveka ku lingaliro lakuti waku America atha kubwerera ku UN ndikudziwitsa UN zomwe zidachitika pakuwunika kwake.
Komabe, mobwerezabwereza, antchito a Powell adamuchenjeza kuti zomwe akufuna kunena sizingakhale zomveka. Adzalembedwa ndi mbiri monga mabodza oonekeratu.
Zitsanzo za bodza la Powell zimene zandandalikidwa pamwambazi zatengedwa m’lipoti lalikulu lotulutsidwa ndi Mtsogoleri wa Congress John Conyers: “The Constitution in Crisis; Mphindi za Downing Street ndi Chinyengo, Kuwongolera, Kuzunza, Kubwezera, ndi Kubisala mu Nkhondo ya Iraq. "
