Yimpoxo ebuhlungu kumaSilamsi aseMelika abathi ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuhlasela kwe-Iraq i-US babhala (iBoston Globe Feb. 5, 2003):
“Njengabemi abathembekileyo beli lizwe sikholelwa ukuba ukuba iUnited States iye emfazweni ngokuchasene ne-Iraq kuya kuba nemiphumo eyintlekele. Kwilizwe lamaSilamsi, ukulwa okunje kujongeka njengemfazwe echasene neSilamsi eya kuthi ibethelele kuphela i-ajenda egqwethekileyo yabavukeli kwaye inciphise ithemba lokuphelisa ubunqolobi. Ngokunikwa ulwazi olungeyonyani malunga neSilamsi kunye nendelelo aboniswa ngayo amaSilamsi, kunokubonakala ngathi asinakuthand' izwe kuthi ukuba sicele umngeni emfazweni. Kwelinye icala, imigaqo yethu yobuSilamsi ifuna ukuba ekoyikeni uThixo kufuneka sithethe ngokuchasene noko sikubona njengobugwenxa obunzulu obuza kwenziwa. Ngoko ibingayi kuba sisenzo sokungathobeli uThixo nje kuphela kodwa singcatsha ilizwe lethu xa sisilela ukuvakalisa iinkxalabo zethu koko sikholelwa ukuba kokona kuyingenelo kwilizwe lethu nakwihlabathi ngokubanzi.”
Akusithuthuzeli ukuba isiprofeto sethu singqineke siyinyaniso. Ungquzulwano noSaddam yayingekohambo lwekeyiki, njengoko kwakuxelwe kwangaphambili ziineocons. Ngokuchasene noko umsebenzi wethu ukhokelele ekuthotyweni okungekuhle kwesizwe siphela kunye noluntu lwaso lweenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo, kwaphembelela ukubulawa ngenkohlakalo kwamaSunni-Shia kunye namahlelo aqhekekileyo abanjwe kumlilo, kwaye kukhokelele kwinguquko ye-Al-Qaeda e-Iraq eyathi emva koko yaguquka yangena. ISIS.
Umnqa kukuba, njengase-Iraq apho ubungqina benziwe, ngoko nge-Iran kulindeleke ukuba umntu amkele izityholo zika-John Bolton ezingaxhaswanga ezichasene ne-Iran ezichasene ne-US ukuthethelela uhlaselo olungapheliyo lwase-Iran. U-Bolton uqaphele, ukuba naluphi na uhlaselo nokuba kungommeli, i-Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, okanye imikhosi eqhelekileyo yase-Iranian iya kuthethelela impendulo yomkhosi wase-US. Ngaloo ndlela, uhlaselo oluqaliswe "ngummeli" we-Iran kungekhona nje kwi-asethi kodwa "inzala" yase-US kummandla okanye "inzala" yomlingani wase-US kummandla, ngoku iya kuba yanele ukuqala uhlaselo lwase-US e-Iran, nokuba i-Iran ngokwayo yayingenaxanduva ngokuthe ngqo.
Oku kubonelela nge-carte blanche kuyo nayiphi na "iflegi yobuxoki" yokusebenza ngokuchasene ne-Iran. Ngalo lonke ukhetho olusetafileni iBolton ibethelele ukuseta okugqibeleleyo kwenye imfazwe engavuswanga okanye ukuthotywa komntu ongathobeliyo. Into eyothusayo malunga nemeko eqhubekayo kukuba indoda enye, uJohn Bolton, ekungekho mntu unyuliweyo, kunye neSenethi engazange iqinisekise, ngokucacileyo, yedwa, ngendlela efanele uGqr. izicwangciso zemfazwe e-Iran. Oku kuquka: Iibhombu zeB-52 ezikwaziyo ukuthwala iiponti ezingama-70,000 XNUMX zeebhombu; umthwali wenqwelo-moya u-Abraham Lincoln, i-flotilla eyenziwe yi-guide-missile cruiser, kunye nabatshabalalisi abane; kunye nenkqubo ye-missile ye-Patriot ukugqiba i-armamentarium.
UTrump uthe uza kuthoba amazwe akhohlakeleyo. Le mfazwe kukuzaliseka kwephupha lakhe. Yimpindezelo nje, icala elinye ngokupheleleyo, kwaye yenzelwe ukutshabalalisa ilizwe elingafuniyo ukutsala umgca waseMelika, kwaye ngenxa yoko sinayo indlela yokuyityumza ukuze ibethe abahlaseli.
Amagqabaza anjalo omntu waseMerika “oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka” asenokubuliswa ngokucaphuka okanye ngendelelo; ukusuka komnye onemvelaphi yobuMoslem kuya kuba bubuqhophololo. Ayikho njalo.
NdingumSilamsi onebhongo waseMelika kwaye onebhongo (andizichazi 'njengeSilamsi saseMelika' okanye 'umSilamsi waseMelika' njengoko kungekho nalinye ihlelo elichazwa yinkolo yalo). Nangona kunjalo njengomSilamsi andisakwazi ukunxulumana nobuqhetseba bukaIsis, nangaphezu kokuba ndinokwenza njengomMelika 'kwinkohlakalo esulungekisiweyo' yelizwe lam lolawulo oluyilwe kwangaphambili lwesizwe esizimeleyo.
UJoseph Conrad wayichaza impucuko “njengenkohlakalo ecokisekileyo.” Ngelixa kungekho mntu unokuphikisa ukuba i-ISIS kunye nabanye abantu bayo bafuna amaqela amsulwa abanokuthi bawoyikise ngezenzo ezoyikisayo zokunqunyulwa kwegraphic (ingakanani inkohlakalo umntu anokuyifumana!) impucuko yethu, ebonisa "inkohlakalo esulungekileyo" apho sisebenzisa amandla amakhulu "ogwayimbo lotyando olungenabuntu" ukutshabalalisa amawaka abantu abamsulwa (ewe, "umonakalo owenzelwa isibambiso" sisiphumo sendalo semfazwe), ukudala izigidi zabantu abangenamakhaya kunye neembacu, ngokucwangcisiweyo. cima kwimbali inkcubeko ebalaseleyo yamaPersi, kwaye uyinciphise kwingqushu efanayo engabonakaliyo eseleyo eIraq, kunye namakhulu "ooziro bomhlaba" ukuba akukho mntu ushiywe ukubala okanye akhuphe iinyembezi. Iindleko zoqoqosho kunye nokuba kubomi baseMelika ayinakulinganiswa.
UTim Kaine uye wabhengeza, "Mandicacise into enye: Ulawulo lukaTrump alunagunya lomthetho lokuqala imfazwe neIran ngaphandle kwemvume yeCongress." URand Paul ulumkise uPompeo wathi: "Awunayo imvume yokulwa neIran."
Nangona kunjalo ukuba uDkt. Strangelove ulandelelanisa i-maniacal obsession yemfazwe, iya kuqinisekisa oko ihlabathi esele liyazi: i-US ayinakoyiswa. Nokuba lo mboniso wamandla uya kunyanzela iNorth Korea ukuba ibambe, okanye ixhobise ukuba iphume nge-bang ithatha nayo iSouth Korea, iJapan kunye ne-30,000 yase-US yasemkhosini ebekwe kwindawo yokungasiwa emkhosini, ngumdlalo omkhulu wokungcakaza. Isibongozo esasenza ngo-2003 sithandazela okona kuluncedo kwilizwe lethu kunye noluntu lwethu sonke siyimfuneko namhlanje.
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