Ndichiri kushanda mushandirapamwe wekugumisa hondo, zvinobatsira uye kukosheswa kuti munyori wenhau weimwe yeanoshanda kwazvo hondo inokurudzira masangano munyika, iyo New York Times, nemusi weSvondo vakaridza zvinonzwika kuti sei muhondo dzepasi pasi dzichiri kurwiwa.
Paul Krugman akanongedzera nenzira kwayo kune hunhu hunoparadza hwehondo kunyangwe kune ivo vanokunda. Iye anoyemurika akapa iwo manzwisisiro aNorman Angell akafunga kuti hondo haina kubhadhara hupfumi pamusoro pezana ramakore rapfuura. Asi Krugman haana kuwana zvakapfuura ipapo, chikumbiro chake chimwechete chekutsanangura hondo dzakarwiwa nenyika dzakapfuma kuva pfuma yezvematongerwo enyika kune vanoita hondo.
Robert Parry akaratidza kunyepa kwekunyepedzera kwaKrugman kwekuti Vladimir Putin ndiye honzeri yedambudziko muUkraine. Mumwe anogona zvakare kupokana nekutaura kwaKrugman kwekuti George W. Bush zvechokwadi "akakunda" kusarudzwazve kwake muna 2004, tichifunga zvakazoitika pakuverengwa kwevhoti kuOhio.
Hongu, zvirokwazvo, mapenzi mazhinji makuru achaunganira chero mukuru wehondo anorwa, uye zvakanaka kuti Krugman ataure izvozvo. Asi zvinongova zvisinganzwisisike kune nyanzvi yezvehupfumi kuti vacheme mutengo (kuUS) wehondo yeUS kuIraq seinosvika $ 1 tiririyoni, uye usamboona kuti United States inoshandisa ingangoita $ 1 tiririyoni kugadzirira zvehondo gore rega rega kuburikidza nezvakakosha kugara uchishandiswa kwemauto - pachayo kunokanganisa hupfumi, pamwe nekuparadza mutsika nemumuviri.
Chii chinotyaira mari iyo Eisenhower akayambira kuti yaizoendesa hondo? Mhindu, chiokomuhomwe zviri pamutemo, uye hunhu hunotsvaga izvo zvinokonzeresa zvehondo kunyanya pakati pe95 muzana yevanhu inoisa mari zvishoma mukugadzira hondo kupfuura zvinoita United States.
Krugman anodzinga hupfumi sehunokodzera chete kune varombo nyika dzehondo, asi haitsanangure kuti nei hondo dzeUS dzichinyanya kupinda munzvimbo dzakapfuma-oiri. "Ndasuruvara," akanyora Alan Greenspan, "kuti mune zvematongerwo enyika hazviite kubvuma izvo zvinozivikanwa nemunhu wese: Hondo yeIraq inonyanya kukoshesa mafuta." Sezvo Krugman pasina mubvunzo anoziva, kukwira kwemitengo yemafuta haisi kuchema munhu wese, uye mutengo wakakwira wezvombo hausi wekudzikira kubva mumaonero evanogadzira zvombo. Hondo hadzibatsiri nharaunda, asi dzinopfumisa vanhu. Iwo iwo musimboti wepakati pekutsanangura maitiro ehurumende yeUS pane chero nzvimbo isiri hondo; sei hondo ichisiyana?
Hapana hondo chaiyo, uye zvirokwazvo kwete iyo institution seyese, ine tsananguro imwechete yakapusa. Asi ichokwadi kuti dai Iraq yepamusoro yekutengesa kunze yaive broccoli pangadai pasina hondo ya2003. Izvo zvakare zvinoita kuti dai kurwira muhondo kwaive zvisiri pamutemo uye kuchidzivirirwa pangadai pasina hondo. Zvinogonekawo kuti kana tsika yeUS isina kupa mubairo vezvematongerwo enyika vanoita zvehondo, uye / kana iyo New York Times yakataurwa nezvehondo zvakatendeseka, uye / kana Congress yakanga yaita tsika yekukanganisa vanoita zvehondo, uye / kana mishandirapamwe yakapihwa mari pachena, uye / kana tsika yeUS yakapemberera kusagadzikana pane mhirizhonga pangadai pasina hondo. Zvinogonekawo kuti dai George W. Bush uye / kana Dick Cheney nevamwe vashoma vaine hutano hwepfungwa pangadai pasina hondo.
Isu tinofanirwa kungwarira nezvekugadzira fungidziro yekuti pane zvinogara zvine musoro kuverenga kuseri kwehondo. Icho chokwadi chekuti isu hatimbofa takavawana chaicho hachisi chaicho kutadza kwekufungidzira, asi kusada kuziva maitiro asina musoro uye akaipa evakuru vedu vezvematongerwo enyika. Kudzvinyirira kwepasirese, machismo, kushushikana, uye ruchiva rwesimba zvinopa zvakanyanya mukukurukurirana kwevanoronga zvehondo.
Asi chii chinoita kuti hondo iwanikwe mune dzimwe nharaunda kwete vamwe? Kuongorora kwakadzama kunoratidza kuti mhinduro haina chekuita nekumanikidza kwehupfumi kana nharaunda kana zvimwe zvisikwa zvisiri zvemunhu. Asi mhinduro kugamuchirwa kwetsika. Tsika inogamuchira kana kupemberera hondo ichava nehondo. Imwe inoramba hondo seisina musoro uye nehutsinye ichaziva rugare.
Kana Krugman nevaverengi vake vatanga kufunga nezvehondo sechinhu chekare, sechinhu chinoda tsananguro, izvo zvinogona kungova nhau dzakanaka dzekufamba kwekumisa kugadzirwa kwehondo.
Kusvetuka kukuru kunotevera kunogona kuuya nekukurumidza kana isu tese tichiedza kuona nyika kwekanguva kubva pakuona kwemumwe munhu ari kunze kweUnited States. Mushure mezvose, pfungwa yekuti US haifanire kunge iri kubhomba Iraq inongonzwika sekuramba kuti kune dambudziko guru muIraq rinoda kukurumidza kuita, kune vanhu vanofunga kuti matambudziko anoda mabhomba kuti aagadzirise - uye vazhinji vevanhu ivavo, nevamwe kuitika, zvinoita kunge kunogara muUnited States.
