Mizinda Yoipa: Zaka 20 Pambuyo pa Kuukira kwa Iraq

Ndi Norman Solomon, World BEYOND War, March 14, 2023

Zochuluka za Mabodza kuchokera kwa akuluakulu aboma la US adatsogolera ku Iraq. Tsopano, ndikuwonetsa chikumbutso chake cha 20, zofalitsa zomwezo analimbikitsa mwachidwi mabodza amenewo akupereka zowonera zakale. Musayembekeze kuti iwo adzaunikira choonadi chovuta kwambiri, kuphatikizapo kudzipereka kwawo pokankhira nkhondo.

Zomwe zidapangitsa dziko la United States kuti liyambitse nkhondo ku Iraq mu Marichi 2003 zinali zosintha zama media ndi ndale zomwe zidakalipobe mpaka pano.

Posakhalitsa pambuyo pa 9/11, chimodzi mwa zikwapu zolankhulidwa ndi Purezidenti George W. Bush zinali zosakayikitsa. kutsimikiza polankhula ku msonkhano wapa Sept. 20, 2001: “Mtundu uliwonse, m’chigawo chilichonse, tsopano uli ndi chosankha chochita. Mwina uli nafe, kapena uli ndi zigawenga." Ataponyedwa pansi, chigawengacho chinalandira ulemu komanso kutsutsidwa kwambiri ku United States. Ma media ambiri komanso mamembala a Congress pafupifupi onse adakondwera ndi a Manichean worldview zomwe zasintha ndikupitilirabe.

Nthawi yathu ino yadzaza ndi mawu olankhula ngati Purezidenti wapano. Miyezi ingapo kale kugunda chibakera Wolamulira wa Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman - yemwe adayang'anira boma lankhanza lomwe likuchita nkhondo ku Yemen, zomwe zidayambitsa. mazana angapo akufa kuyambira 2015 mothandizidwa ndi boma la US - a Joe Biden adakwera guwa lamphamvu kwambiri panthawi yake ya 2022 State of the Union.

Biden Ankalalikira "Cholinga chosagwedezeka chakuti ufulu udzapambana nkhanza nthawi zonse." Ndipo adawonjezeranso kuti "pankhondo yapakati pa demokalase ndi ma autocracy, ma demokalase akukwera mpaka pano." Inde, panalibe kutchulidwa za kuthandizira kwake kwa ulamuliro wa Saudi ndi nkhondo.

M'mawu a State of the Union, a Biden adatsindika kwambiri kudzudzula nkhondo yaku Russia ku Ukraine, monga wachitira nthawi zambiri kuyambira pamenepo. Zinyengo zapurezidenti wa Biden sizilungamitsa mwanjira iliyonse zowopsa zomwe asitikali aku Russia akupanga ku Ukraine. Komanso nkhondo imeneyo silungamitsa chinyengo chakupha zomwe zikusokoneza ndondomeko za US zakunja.

Sabata ino, musadere nkhawa za zomwe zachitika ku Iraq kuti muphatikizepo mfundo zazikuluzikulu za Biden ndi bambo yemwe pano ndi mlembi wa boma, Antony Blinken. Aliyense akamadzudzula Russia kwinaku akuumirira kuti sikuloledwa kuti dziko lina liukire linzake, zoyesayesa za Orwellian ndizopanda manyazi komanso zopanda manyazi.

Mwezi watha, Kulankhula ku UN Security Council, Blinken adapempha "mfundo ndi malamulo omwe amapangitsa maiko onse kukhala otetezeka komanso otetezeka kwambiri" - monga "kusalanda malo mokakamiza" komanso "palibe nkhondo zankhanza." Koma Biden ndi Blinken anali zida zofunika kwambiri pankhondo yayikulu yaukali yomwe inali kuwukira kwa Iraq. Nthawi zina pomwe Biden adayikidwa pamalopo momwe adathandizira kuti kuwukirako kutheke pazandale, kuyankha kwake kudali kusokoneza ndikuwuza. zabodza zenizeni.

"Biden ali ndi mbiri yakale yonena zabodza" zokhudzana ndi Iraq, katswiri wamaphunziro Stephen Zunes anafotokoza zaka zinayi zapitazo. "Mwachitsanzo, potsogolera voti yovuta ya Senate yololeza kuwukira, a Biden adagwiritsa ntchito udindo wake ngati wapampando wa komiti ya Senate Foreign Relations Committee kuti. tsatirani kuti dziko la Iraq mwanjira inayake linapanganso nkhokwe zambiri za zida za mankhwala ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, pulogalamu ya zida za nyukiliya ndi njira zotsogola zoperekera zida zomwe zinali zitathetsedwa kalekale.” Kunena zabodza kwa zida zankhondo zowononga anthu ambiri ku Iraq kunali chifukwa chachikulu cha kuwukirako.

Bodza limenelo adatsutsidwa munthawi yeniyeni, miyezi yambiri chiwonongekocho chisanachitike, mwa ambiri akatswiri. Koma Senator Biden wanthawiyo, yemwe anali ndi Komiti Yowona Zakunja, adawapatula onse masiku awiri achinyengo. kumvetsera mkatikati mwa chilimwe cha 2002.

Nanga mkulu wa komitiyi anali ndani panthawiyo? Mlembi wadziko lino, Antony Blinken.

Ndife okonzeka kuyika Biden ndi Blinken m'gulu losiyana kwambiri ndi munthu ngati Tariq Aziz, yemwe anali wachiwiri kwa Prime Minister waku Iraq motsogozedwa ndi Saddam Hussein. Koma, poganizira za misonkhano itatu ndi Aziz imene ndinapitako ku Baghdad miyezi ingapo kuukirako kusanachitike, ndili ndi chikaiko.

Aziz adavala masuti abizinesi opangidwa bwino. Kulankhula Chingelezi chabwino kwambiri m'mawu omveka bwino ndi ziganizo zolembedwa bwino, anali ndi mpweya wodziwa bwino komanso wopanda ulemu pamene ankapereka moni kwa nthumwi zathu zinayi (zomwe ndinakonza ndi anzanga ku Institute for Public Accuracy). M’gulu lathu munali M’bale Nick Rahall wa ku West Virginia, yemwe kale anali senate wa ku South Dakota James Abourezk ndi Purezidenti wa Conscience International James Jennings. Monga momwe zinakhalira, a chokumanako zidachitika miyezi isanu ndi umodzi nkhondoyi isanachitike.

Pa nthawi ya msonkhano umenewo chapakati pa mwezi wa September 2002, Aziz anatha kufotokoza mwachidule mfundo imene manyuzipepala ochepa a ku United States ankavomereza. "Zidzatha ngati mutatero, zidzathetsedwa ngati simutero," adatero Aziz, ponena za chisankho cha boma la Iraq cholola oyendera zida a UN kuti abwerere mdzikolo.

Pambuyo pamisonkhano ndi Aziz ndi akuluakulu ena aku Iraq, I adanena ndi Washington Post: "Ngati inali nkhani yoyendera ndendende ndipo akuwona kuti kumapeto kwa ngalandeyo kunali kuwala, ndiye kuti vuto lingathe kuthetsedwa." Koma sizinali kungokhala chabe nkhani yoyendera. Boma la Bush lidatsimikiza kuchita nkhondo ku Iraq.

Patangotha ​​​​masiku angapo msonkhano wa Aziz, boma la Iraq - lomwe linanena molondola kuti linalibe zida zowononga anthu ambiri - linalengeza kuti lidzalola oyendera a UN kubwerera m'dzikoli. (Iwo anali atachotsedwa zaka zinayi m'mbuyomo chifukwa cha chitetezo chawo usiku wamasiku omwe ankayembekezeredwa Kuukira kwa bomba ku US zimenezo zinachitika kwa masiku anayi.) Koma kutsatira mfundo za United Nations sikunaphule kanthu. Atsogoleri a boma la US adafuna kuyambitsa nkhondo ku Iraq, zivute zitani.

Pamisonkhano iwiri pambuyo pake ndi Aziz, mu Disembala 2002 ndi Januware 2003, ndidachita chidwi mobwerezabwereza ndi kuthekera kwake kowoneka ngati wotukuka komanso woyengedwa bwino. Ngakhale wolankhulira wamkulu wa wolamulira wankhanza, adalankhula zaukadaulo. Ndinaganiza za mawu akuti "mizinda ya zoipa."

Gwero lodziwika bwino linandiuza kuti Saddam Hussein adakhalabe ndi mphamvu pa Aziz posunga mwana wake pachiwopsezo cha kumangidwa kapena kuipiraipira, kuopera kuti Aziz angakhale wolakwa. Kaya zinali choncho kapena ayi, Wachiwiri kwa Prime Minister Aziz anakhalabe wokhulupirika mpaka mapeto. Monga wina mufilimu ya Jean Renoir Malamulo a Masewera limati, “Choipa kwambiri pa moyo ndi ichi: Aliyense ali ndi zifukwa zake.”

Tariq Aziz anali ndi zifukwa zomveka zoopera moyo wake - komanso miyoyo ya okondedwa - ngati adathana ndi Saddam. Mosiyana ndi izi, ndale ndi akuluakulu ambiri ku Washington atsatira mfundo zakupha pamene kusagwirizana kungawawonongere chisankho, kutchuka, ndalama kapena mphamvu.

Ndinaonana komaliza ndi Aziz mu Januwale 2003, ndikutsagana ndi Mlangizi wakale wa UN Humanitarian Coordinator ku Iraq kukakumana naye. Polankhula ndi tonse awiri mu ofesi yake ku Baghdad, Aziz akuwoneka kuti akudziwa kuti kuukira kunali kotsimikizika. Zinayamba miyezi iwiri pambuyo pake. Pentagon idakondwera kuyika chizindikiro chake kuukira koopsa kwa mpweya pa mzindawo “kunjenjemera ndi mantha.”

Pa July 1, 2004, aonekera pamaso pa woweruza wa ku Iraq m’khoti lomwe lili pamalo a asilikali a US pafupi ndi bwalo la ndege la Baghdad, Aziz. anati: “Chomwe ndikufuna kudziwa ndichakuti, kodi milanduyi ndi yaumwini? Kodi ndi Tariq Aziz akuchita izi? Ngati ndine membala wa boma lomwe limalakwitsa kupha munthu, ndiye kuti sipangakhale chifukwa chomveka chondineneza ine ndekha. Kumene kuli upandu wochitidwa ndi utsogoleri, udindo wa makhalidwe abwino umakhala pamenepo, ndipo sipayenera kukhala mlandu waumwini chifukwa chakuti wina ndi wa utsogoleri.” Ndipo Aziz anapitiriza kunena kuti, “Sindinaphe aliyense, ndi zochita za dzanja langa.

Kuwukira komwe Joe Biden adathandizira kuwononga Iraq kudadzetsa nkhondo yomwe idapha mwachindunji zikwi mazana angapo anthu wamba. Akadayitanitsidwa kuti ayankhe paudindo wake, mawu a Biden atha kufanana ndi a Tariq Aziz.

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Norman Solomon ndi director of RootsAction.org komanso wamkulu wa Institute for Public Accuracy. Iye ndi mlembi wa mabuku khumi ndi awiri kuphatikizapo Nkhondo Yosavuta. Buku lake lotsatira, Nkhondo Idapangidwa Kuti Isawonekere: Momwe America Imabisira Chiwopsezo cha Anthu Pamakina Ake Ankhondo, idzasindikizidwa mu June 2023 ndi The New Press.