NaDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, October 18, 2021
Mukumuka kwekureurura kweWMD-nhema Curveball yevhidhiyo, Colin Powell aive kuda kuziva nei pasina munhu akamuyambira nezve kusavimbika kwaCurveball. Dambudziko nderekuti, vakadaro.
Unogona here kufungidzira uchiwana mukana wekutaura neUnited Nations Security Council nezvenyaya yakakosha pasi rose, nevezvenhau pasi rose vachiona, uye vachiishandisa ku… CIA director akamira kumashure kwako, ndinoreva kusvipa imwe-yepasi-yepasi, ye-ye-rekodhi-mabhuku rukova rwenzombe, kutaura nary kufema pasina akati wandei mairi, uye kuita sekunge iwe unorevesa zvese? Chii nduru. Kumhura kwakadii kunyika yose.
Colin Powell haafaniri kufungidzira chinhu chakadaro. Anofanira kugara nayo. Akazviita musi wa5 Kukadzi, 2003. Zviri patepi yevhidhiyo.
Ndakaedza kumubvunza nezvazvo muzhizha ra2004. Aitaura negungano reUnity Journalists of Color muWashington, DC Chiitiko chacho chakanga chashambadzirwa sechinosanganisira mibvunzo kubva pasi, asi nokuda kwechimwe chikonzero chirongwa ichocho chakagadziridzwa. Vatauri kubva pasi vakatenderwa kubvunza mibvunzo yevatori venhau vana vakachengetedzeka uye vakavhenekwa veruvara Powell asati auya, uye vanhu vana ivavo vaigona kusarudza kumubvunza chimwe chinhu chine hukama - izvo zvavasina kuita, chero zvakadaro.
Bush naKerry vakataurawo. Boka revatori venhau vakabvunza Bush mibvunzo pavakauya vanga vasina kunyatsoongororwa. Roland Martin weChicago Defender akanga asvetukira pairi neimwe nzira (izvo zvisingazoitike zvakare!). Martin akabvunza Bush kana aipokana nekubvumidzwa kukoreji kwevana vealumni uye kuti ane hanya zvakanyanya nezvekodzero dzekuvhota muAfghanistan kupfuura muFlorida. Bush aiita semhembwe mumwenje wemoto, asi asina njere. Akadzadzarika zvekuti mumba umu makatoseka zvake.
Asi dare rakanga raungana kuti ribate mabhora enyoro kuPowell rakaita chinangwa charo nemazvo. Yakaitwa naGwen Ifill. Ndakabvunza Ifill (uye Powell aigona kuiona gare gare paC-Span kana aida) kana Powell ane chero tsananguro yenzira yaaive avimba nayo nehuchapupu hwemukuwasha waSaddam Hussein. Akange adzokorora kutaura nezvezvombo zvekuparadza kukuru asi akanyatsosiya chikamu icho murume mumwechete iyeye akanga apupura kuti maWMD ose eIraq akanga aparadzwa. Ifill akanditenda, haana chaakataura. Hillary Clinton aive asipo uye hapana akandirova.
Ndinoshamisika kuti Powell aizoti kudii kana mumwe munhu aizonyatsomubvunza mubvunzo iwoyo, kunyange nhasi, kana gore rinouya, kana makore gumi kubva zvino. Mumwe munhu anokuudza nezve boka rezvombo zvekare uye panguva imwechete anokuudza kuti dzakaparadzwa, uye iwe unosarudza kudzokorora chikamu pamusoro pezvombo uye censor chikamu pamusoro pekuparadzwa kwavo. Ungatsanangura sei izvozvo?
Zvakanaka, chivi chekusiya, saka pakupedzisira Powell aigona kuti akanganwa. "Ehe, ndanga ndichida kutaura izvozvo, asi zvakatsvedza pfungwa dzangu."
Asi aizotsanangura sei izvi:
Panguva yemharidzo yake kuUnited Nations, Powell akapa dudziro iyi yenhaurirano yakabatwa pakati pevakuru vemauto eIraqi:
“Vari kuongorora zvombo zvaunazvo, hongu.
"Hongu.
"Nekuda kwekugona kune akarambidzwa ammo.
"Nekuda kwekugona kuti pane mukana unorambidzwa ammo?
"Hongu.
“Uye takakutumirai meseji nezuro kuti muchenese nzvimbo dzese, nzvimbo dzakaraswa, nzvimbo dzakasiiwa. Iva nechokwadi kuti hapana zviripo."
Mazwi ekupomera ekuti "chenesa nzvimbo dzese" uye "Ita shuwa kuti hapana chinhu ipapo" haaonekwe mushanduro yepamutemo yeDhipatimendi reNyika yekuchinjana:
“Lt. Colonel: Vari kuongorora pfuti dzauinadzo.
"Colonel: Hongu.
“Lt. Col: Nekuda kwekugona kune anorambidzwa ammo.
"Colonel: Ehe?
“Lt. Colonel: Kune mukana kune mukana, inorambidzwa ammo.
"Colonel: Hongu.
“Lt. Colonel: Uye takakutumirai meseji kuti muongorore nzvimbo dzakaraswa nenzvimbo dzakasiiwa.
"Colonel: Hongu."
Powell ainyora nhaurirano yekunyepedzera. Akaisa mamwe mitsara imomo achibva aita kunge munhu ataura. Hezvino zvakataurwa naBob Woodward pamusoro peizvi mubhuku rake "Plan of Attack."
"[Powell] akanga asarudza kuwedzera dudziro yake pachake yezvinyorwa kune zvinyorwa zvakadzokororwa, zvichienda mberi zvakanyanya uye achizviisa muchiedza chisina kunaka. Nezvekupinzwa pamusoro pekutarisa mukana we'kurambidzwa ammo,' Powell akaenderera mberi nekududzira: 'Chenesa nzvimbo dzese. . . . Iva nechokwadi chokuti hapana chinhu ipapo.' Hapana chimwe cheizvi chakanga chiri mugwara. "
Kune yakawanda yemharidzo yake, Powell anga asiri kutanga nhaurirano, asi aitaura sechokwadi akati wandei aiti nevashandi vake vaive vamuyambira aive asina kusimba uye asina kudzivirirwa.
Powell akaudza UN nenyika kuti: “Tinoziva kuti mwanakomana waSaddam, Qusay, akarayira kubviswa kwezvombo zvose zvairambidzwa mudzimba dzakawanda dzemuzinda waSaddam.” Ongororo yaNdira 31, 2003 yezvinyorwa zvaPowell zvakamugadzirirwa neState Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (“INR”) yakaratidzira ichi ichiti “WEAK”.
Nezvekunzi kuIraq kunovanza mafaera akakosha, Powell akati: "mafaira akakosha kubva kumauto nesainzi akaiswa mumotokari dziri kufambiswa mumaruwa nevamiriri vehungwaru vekuIraq kuti vasaonekwe." Ongororo yaNdira 31, 2003 INR yakaratidzira ichi ichiti "KUNYOTA" uye yakawedzera "Kugoneka kwakavhurika kumubvunzo." Kukadzi 3, 2003, INR ongororo yezvinyorwa zvinotevera zvemashoko aPowell akati:
"Peji 4, bullet rekupedzisira, rekiyi mafaera ari kufambiswa nemota kudzivirira vaongorori. Chirevo ichi chine mubvunzo zvikuru uye chinovimbisa kutariswa nevatsoropodzi uye pamwe nevakuru veUN vanoongorora zvakare. "
Izvo hazvina kumisa Colin kuti azvitaure sechokwadi uye sezviri pachena achitarisira kuti, kunyangwe kana vaongorori veUN vaifunga kuti murevi wenhema, vezvenhau veUS vaisaudza chero munhu.
Panyaya yezvombo zvoutachiona uye midziyo yekuparadzira, Powell akati: “tinoziva kubva kune mamwe masosi kuti boka rezvombo zvinokandwa kunze kweBaghdad rakanga richibvisa zvitundumuseremusere zvezvitundumuseremusere nenhoro dzehondo dzine vamiririri vehondo yezvipenyu kunzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana, vachizviendesa kunzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana kumadokero kweIraq.”
Ongororo yaNdira 31, 2003, INR yakaratidzira ichi ichiti "KUNYOTA":
“SHANDA. Zvombo zvekupotsera zvine misoro yezvipenyu zvinonzi zvakapararira. Izvi zvingave zvechokwadi maererano nepfuti-pfuti dzinokandwa dzine misoro yehondo, asi ine mubvunzo maererano nemapfuti akareba-refu kana mabhayoroji ehondo. "
Chirevo ichi chakacherechedzwa zvakare muna Kukadzi 3, 2003, ongororo yerunyoro rwakazotevera rwemharidzo yaPowell: “Peji 5. first para, claim re missile brigade inoparadzira rocket launchers neBW warheads. Chirevo ichi zvakare chine mubvunzo zvikuru uye chinogona kutsoropodzwa nevakuru veUN vanoongorora. "
Izvozvo hazvina kumisa Colin. Kutaura zvazviri, akabudisa zvinhu zvinooneka kuti zvibatsire pakureva nhema kwake
Powell akaratidza siraidhi yemufananidzo wesatellite wemuIraq munitions bunker, ndokunyepa:
“Miseve miviri iyi inoratidza kuvapo kwechiratidzo chechokwadi chokuti makamuri acho ari kuchengeta zvombo zvemakemikari . . . [t] iye rori iwe […] unoona ichinhu chinosaina. Imotokari inobvisa tsvina kana chimwe chinhu chisina kumira zvakanaka. "
Iyo yaNdira 31, 2003, INR ongororo yakaratidzira ichi ichiti "WEAK" uye yakawedzera: "Tinotsigira yakawanda yenhaurirano iyi, asi tinoona kuti mota dzekudzivirira - dzakataurwa kakawanda muzvinyorwa - marori emvura anogona kushandiswa zviri pamutemo ... Iraqi yakapa UNMOVIC iyo ingave nhoroondo inonzwisisika yechiitiko ichi - kuti ichi chaive chiitiko chinosanganisira kufamba kwezvinoputika zvinoputika; kuvapo kwerori yekudzivirira moto (rori yemvura, iyo inogonawo kushandiswa semotokari yekubvisa tsvina) inowanzoitika muchiitiko chakadaro."
Vashandi vaPowell chaivo vakanga vamuudza kuti chinhu ichi irori remvura, asi akaudza UN kuti "isaina chinhu ... mota yekubvisa tsvina." UN yaizoda mota yekubvisa tsvina pachezvayo Powell paakapedza kutaura nhema dzake nekunyadzisa nyika yake.
Akangoramba akazvitutira: "MaUAV akapfeka matangi ekupfapfaidza anoumba nzira yakanaka yekutanga kurwisa kwemagandanga vachishandisa zvombo zvebhayoloji," akadaro.
Ongororo yaNdira 31, 2003, INR yakazivisa chirevo ichi se“KUNYORERA” uye yakawedzera kuti: “kutaura kwokuti nyanzvi dzinobvuma kuti maUAV akaiswa matangi okupfapfaidza ‘inzira yakanaka yokutanga kurwisa kwemagandanga achishandisa zvombo zvoutachiona’ HAKUNA NHAMO.”
Mune mamwe mazwi, nyanzvi hadzina kubvumirana nezvakataurwa.
Powell akaramba achienda, achizivisa "pakati paDecember nyanzvi dzezvombo pane imwe nzvimbo dzakatsiviwa nevasori veIraqi vehungwaru vaifanira kunyengedza vaongorori nezvebasa raiitwa ipapo."
Ongororo yaNdira 31, 2003, INR yakaratidzira ichi ichiti "HAIKO" uye "haisi kuvimbika" uye "yakavhurika kushoropodzwa, kunyanya nevaongorori veUN."
Vashandi vake vaimuyambira kuti zvaaironga kutaura hazvitendwe nevateereri vake, izvo zvaizosanganisira vanhu vane ruzivo chairwo nezvenyaya iyi.
Kuna Powell zvakanga zvisina basa.
Powell, pasina mubvunzo achifunga kuti akanga atopinda mukati, saka chii chaaifanira kurasikirwa nacho, akaenderera mberi kuudza UN kuti: “Nemirau yaSaddam Hussein, vakuru vakuru veIraq vakapa gwaro rerufu rwenhema kune mumwe musayendisiti, uye akaendeswa kunohwanda. .”
Ongororo yaNdira 31, 2003, INR yakaratidzira ichi ichiti "HAIKO" uye yakadana kuti "Hazvigoneki, asi vaongorori veUN vanogona kuzvibvunza. (Cherechedza: Chinyorwa chinozvitaura sechokwadi.)
Uye Powell akazvitaura sechokwadi. Ziva kuti vashandi vake havana kukwanisa kutaura kuti pakanga paine humbowo hwechipo ichi, asi kuti "hazvigoneke." Ndiko kwakava kunaka kwavaigona kuuya nako. Mune mamwe mazwi: "Vanogona kutenga iyi, Changamire, asi musaverengera pairi."
Powell, zvisinei, haana kugutsikana kunyepa nezvemumwe musayendisiti. Aifanira kuva gumi nemaviri. Akaudza Sangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzepasi Pose kuti: “Nyanzvi gumi nembiri [dzeWMD] dzakaiswa muusungwa, kwete mudzimba dzavo, asi seboka pane imwe yedzimba dzevaenzi dzaSaddam Hussein.”
Ongororo yaNdira 31, 2003, INR yakaratidzira ichi ichiti "KUNYOTA" uye "Kune mubvunzo zvakanyanya." Uyu akange asingatombokodzeri "Hazvigoneki."
Powell akatiwo: “Pakati paNdira, nyanzvi dzeimwe nzvimbo ine chekuita nezvombo zvinoparadza vanhu vakawanda, nyanzvi idzi dzakanzi dzigare pamba dzichibva kubasa kuti dzinzvere vaongorori. Vashandi vanobva kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzemauto eIraqi vasina kuita mapurojekiti ezvombo vaifanira kutsiva vashandi vakadzoserwa kumusha. "
Vashandi vaPowell vakadaidza iyi kuti “KUNYOTA,” ne “Plausible open to question”.
Zvese izvi zvinhu zvainzwika sezvakanaka kune vaiona Fox, CNN, uye MSNBC. Uye izvo, isu tinogona kuona ikozvino, ndizvo zvakafarira Colin. Asi zvinofanirwa kunge zvainzwika zvisingaite kune vaongorori veUN. Apa paive nemumwe mukomana aive asina kumbofamba navo chero pakuongorora kwavo achipinda kuzovaudza zvaive zvaitika.
Isu tinoziva kubva kuna Scott Ritter, akatungamira ongororo dzakawanda dzeUNSCOM muIraq, kuti vaongorori veUS vakashandisa mukana wekuti ongororo yakavapa kuti vasore, uye kugadzira nzira dzekuunganidza data dzeCIA. Saka paive nekunzwisisika kune pfungwa yekuti munhu wekuAmerica aikwanisa kudzoka kuUN ozivisa UN chii chaizvo chakaitika pakuwongorora kwayo.
Asi, kakawanda, vashandi vaPowell vakamuyambira kuti izvo zvaaida kutaura zvaisazoita kunge zvine musoro. Dzichanyorwa nenhau zviri nyore zvikuru senhema dzakajeka.
Mienzaniso yokunyepa kwaPowell yarongwa pamusoro apa inotorwa mumushumo wakadzama wakabudiswa neCongressman John Conyers: “The Constitution in Crisis; Iyo Downing Street Maminitsi uye Hunyengeri, Kunyengedza, Kurwadzisa, Kudzorera, uye Kuvhara muHondo yeIraq. "
