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Emva kokuvuma kwevidiyo ye-WMD-ixoki iCurveball, uColin Powell waye efuna ukwazi kutheni kungekho mntu wamlumkisayo malunga nokungathembeki kweCurveball. Ingxaki kukuba, benjenjalo.
Ungacinga ukuba unethuba lokuthetha neBhunga loKhuseleko leZizwe eziManyeneyo malunga nomba obaluleke kakhulu kwihlabathi liphela, kunye nawo onke amajelo eendaba ehlabathi ebukele, kwaye uyisebenzisela… ke, ukwenza ikaka-ukulala ngobuso obuthe tye, kunye ne Umlawuli weCIA umiswe ngasemva kwakho, ndithetha ukuhlafuna udidi lwehlabathi, irekhodi-yeencwadi umjelo wenkunzi yenkomo, ukuthetha nary impefumlo ngaphandle kwee-whoppers ezimbalwa kuyo, kwaye kujongeka ngathi uthetha yonke loo nto? Yintoni inyongo. Esinjani sona isithuko esiya kuba siso kwihlabathi liphela.
UColin Powell akufuneki acinge into enjalo. Kufuneka aphile nayo. Wayenza ngoFebruwari 5, 2003. Ikwiteyiphu yevidiyo.
Ndazama ukumbuza ngayo ngehlobo lika-2004. Wayethetha neNgqungquthela yeUnity Journalists of Color eWashington, DC Lo msitho wawubhengezwe njengemibuzo eyayivela phantsi, kodwa ngenxa yesizathu esithile eso sicwangciso sahlaziywa. Izithethi ezisuka emgangathweni zavunyelwa ukuba zibuze imibuzo kwiintatheli ezine ezikhuselekileyo nezivavanyiweyo zombala ngaphambi kokuba uPowell abonakale, emva koko abo bantu bane banokukhetha ukumbuza into enxulumene noko-ebengazange bayenze, nangayiphi na imeko.
UBush noKerry bathetha ngokunjalo. Iphaneli yeentatheli ezibuze uBush imibuzo xa efika khange ivavanywe kakuhle. U-Roland Martin we-Chicago Defender uye watyibilika kuyo ngandlela thile (engasayi kuphinda yenzeke!). UMartin wabuza uBush ukuba uyachasa na ukwamkelwa kwabafundi ekholejini okukhethekileyo nokuba wayewakhathalele na amalungelo okuvota e-Afghanistan kunaseFlorida. UBush wayekhangeleka njengexhama kwizibane zentloko, ngaphandle kobukrelekrele. Wakhubeka kakhulu kangangokuba igumbi lamhleka ngokuphandle.
Kodwa iphaneli eyayidityaniselwe ukutsala iibhola ezithambileyo ePowell iyifezekise injongo yayo. Yayimodareyithwa nguGwen Ifill. Ndabuza u-Ifill (kwaye uPowell wayenokuyibukela kamva kwi-C-Span ukuba wayefuna) ukuba uPowell wayenayo nayiphi na inkcazo yendlela awayethembele ngayo ubungqina bomkhwenyana kaSaddam Hussein. Wayecengcelezile amabango malunga nezixhobo zentshabalalo kodwa ngononophelo wayishiya indawo apho kwaloo ndoda inye yangqina ukuba zonke iiWMDs zaseIraq zitshatyalalisiwe. UIfill wabulela, akathetha. UHillary Clinton wayengekho kwaye akukho mntu wandibethayo.
Ndiyazibuza ukuba uPowell angathini ukuba umntu ebenokumbuza loo mbuzo, nanamhlanje, okanye kunyaka ozayo, okanye iminyaka elishumi ukusukela ngoku. Umntu ukuxelela malunga neqela lezixhobo ezidala kwaye ngexesha elifanayo likuxelela ukuba litshatyalalisiwe, kwaye ukhetha ukuphinda inxalenye malunga nezixhobo kwaye uhlolisise inxalenye malunga nokutshatyalaliswa kwazo. Ungayichaza njani loo nto?
Ewe, sisono sokungenzi, ngoko ke uPowell wayenokuthi ulibele. “Ewe, bendifuna ukuyithetha loo nto, kodwa iye yatyibilika engqondweni yam.”
Kodwa angayicacisa njani le nto:
Ngexesha lentetho yakhe kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, uPowell unike le nguqulelo yencoko ebambeneyo phakathi kwamagosa omkhosi waseIraq:
“Bahlola iimbumbulu onazo, ewe.
"Ewe.
"Ngokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba kukho i-ammo engavumelekanga.
"Ngokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba kukho i-ammo eyalelweyo ngengozi?
"Ewe.
“Kwaye sikuthumelele umyalezo izolo ukuba ucoce zonke iindawo, iindawo ezilahliweyo, iindawo ezilahliweyo. Qiniseka ukuba akukho nto. ”
Amabinzana atyholayo athi "coca zonke iindawo" kwaye "Qinisekisa ukuba akukho nto apho" ayibonakali kwinguqulelo esemthethweni yeSebe likaRhulumente lotshintshiselwano:
“ULt. Colonel: Bahlola iimbumbulu onazo.
“Koloneli: Ewe.
“ULt. Col: Kuba kunokwenzeka ukuba kukho i-ammo engavumelekanga.
Colonel: Ewe?
“ULt. Colonel: Kuba kunokwenzeka ukuba kukho ithuba, i-ammo eyalelweyo.
“Koloneli: Ewe.
“ULt. Colonel: Sikuthumelele umyalezo ukuba uhlole iindawo ezilahliweyo kunye neendawo ezishiyiweyo.
"Colonel: Ewe."
UPowell wayebhala incoko eyintsomi. Wabeka loo migca yongeziweyo apho kwaye wenza ngathi kukho umntu othethileyo. Nantsi into eyathethwa nguBob Woodward malunga noku kwincwadi yakhe ethi "Plan of Attack."
"[UPowell] waye wagqiba kwelokuba afake itoliko lakhe lobuqu lemiba kwiskripthi esiziqhelanisiweyo, ezithatha ngakumbi kwaye ezibeka kwelona qondo libi. Ngokuphathelele uthintelo malunga nokuhlola ukuba nokwenzeka 'kwe-ammo engavumelekanga,' u-Powell uqhubele phambili ingcaciso: 'Coca zonke iindawo. . . . Qiniseka ukuba akukho nto.' Akukho nanye kwezi nto eyayisesichengeni.”
Kuninzi lwenkcazo-ntetho yakhe, uPowell wayengayiqalisi incoko, kodwa wayeveza njengenyaniso amabango amaninzi athi abasebenzi bakhe babemlumkisile ukuba wayebuthathaka kwaye engakhuselekanga.
UPowell waxelela iZizwe Ezimanyeneyo nehlabathi oku: “Siyazi ukuba unyana kaSaddam, uQusay, wayalela ukuba zisuswe zonke izixhobo ezingavumelekanga kumabhotwe amaninzi aseSaddam.” NgoJanuwari 31, 2003, uvandlakanyo lwengxelo eyidrafti kaPowell elungiselelwe yena liSebe lezobuntlola kunye noPhando kwiSebe likaRhulumente (“INR”) liphawule eli bango njenge “WEAK”.
Ngokuphathelele ukufihlwa kweefayile eziphambili zase-Iraq, uPowell uthe: "iifayile eziphambili ezivela kumaziko omkhosi nesayensi zibekwe kwiimoto eziqhutywa emaphandleni ngamagosa ezobuntlola eIraq ukunqanda ukubhaqwa." NgoJanuwari 31, 2003 uvandlakanyo lwe-INR luphawule eli bango njenge "WEAK" kwaye longeze "Ukuba nokwenzeka kuvulekele umbuzo." Ngomhla we-3 kaFebruwari, 2003, uvandlakanyo lwe-INR loyilo olulandelayo lwamanqaku kaPowell luqatshelwe:
"Iphepha le-4, ibhulethi yokugqibela, iifayile eziphambili ziqhutywa ngeenxa zonke kwiimoto ukunqanda abahloli. Eli bango liyathandabuzeka kakhulu kwaye lithembisa ukuba liza kujoliswa ngabagxeki kunye namagosa ohlolo e-UN. ”
Oko akuzange kumthintele uColin ekubeni ayichaze njengenyani kwaye ngokucacileyo enethemba lokuba, nokuba abahloli be-UN bacinga ukuba ulixoki eliqhathayo, amajelo eendaba ase-US angeke axelele mntu.
Kumba wezixhobo zebhayoloji kunye nezixhobo zokuchithachitha, uPowell wathi: "Siyazi ngokwemithombo ukuba iqela lemijukujelwa ngaphandle kweBaghdad lalikhupha iziqhushumbisi zerocket kunye neentloko zemfazwe eziqulethe iiarhente zemfazwe yebhayoloji kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo, zisasaza kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo entshona Iraq."
NgoJanuwari 31, 2003, uvandlakanyo lwe-INR luphawule eli bango “njengeWEAK”:
“ABABUTHATHAKA. Imijukujelwa eneentloko zebhayoloji kuxelwe ukuba yasasazwa. Oku kuya kuba yinyani ngokwemijukujelwa emifutshane eneentloko zemfazwe eziqhelekileyo, kodwa iyathandabuzeka ngokwemijukujelwa yoluhlu olude okanye iintloko zebhayoloji. ”
Eli bango laphinda laphawulwa ngoFebruwari 3, 2003, uvandlakanyo loyilo olwalandelayo lwenkcazo-ntetho kaPowell: “Iphepha lesi-5. isigaba sokuqala, ibango lamajoni asasaza imijukujelwa kunye neentloko ze-BW. Eli bango nalo lithandabuzeka kakhulu kwaye lisenokugxekwa ngamagosa ohlolo e-UN.”
Loo nto ayizange imyekise uColin. Enyanisweni, wakhupha izinto ezibonwayo ukuze zincede ekuxokeni kwakhe
U-Powell ubonise isilayidi sefoto yesathelayithi ye-Iraqi munitions bunker, kwaye waxoka:
“Ezi tolo zimbini zibonisa ukuba kukho imiqondiso eqinisekileyo yokuba ezi nqaba zigcine iziqhushumbisi ezenziwe ngemichiza . . . [t]ilori […] oyibonayo yinto yotyikityo. Sisithuthi sokucoca xa kukho into engahambi kakuhle.”
NgoJanuwari 31, 2003, uvavanyo lwe-INR lufake eli bango njenge "WEAK" kwaye yongeza: "Siyayixhasa kakhulu le ngxoxo, kodwa siyaqaphela ukuba iimoto zokuhlanjululwa - ezikhankanywe ngamaxesha amaninzi kwisicatshulwa - ziilori zamanzi ezinokuthi zisebenzise ngokusemthethweni ... I-Iraq unike i-UNMOVIC into enokuba yi-akhawunti ebambekayo kulo msebenzi - ukuba lo yayingumsebenzi obandakanya ukuhamba kweziqhushumbisi eziqhelekileyo; ubukho belori yokhuseleko lomlilo (ilori yamanzi, enokusetyenziswa njengesithuthi sokuphelisa iintsholongwane) yinto eqhelekileyo kwisiganeko esinjalo.”
Abasebenzi bakaPowell bamxelele ukuba le nto yayiyilori yamanzi, kodwa waxelela i-UN ukuba "yinto esayinweyo ... yimoto yokucoca." I-UN yayiza kufuna inqwelo yokucoca ngokwayo ngexesha uPowell egqiba ukukhupha ubuxoki bakhe kunye nokuhlazisa ilizwe lakhe.
Uye waqhubeka eyifumba: “Ii-UAV ezifakwe iitanki zokutshiza zenza indlela efanelekileyo yokuqalisa uhlaselo lwabanqolobi kusetyenziswa izixhobo zebhayoloji,” utshilo.
Uvavanyo lwe-INR lwangoJanuwari 31, 2003 lwayichaza le ngxelo “njengeebuthathaka” yaza yongezelela ngelithi: “Ibango lokuba iingcali ziyavuma ukuba ii-UAV ezifakelwe amatanki okutshizwa ‘ziyindlela efanelekileyo yokuqalisa uhlaselo lwabanqolobi kusetyenziswa izixhobo zebhayoloji’ BUBUTHATHAKA.”
Ngamanye amazwi, iingcali azizange zivumelane nelo bango.
U-Powell waqhubeka, ebhengeza "phakathi kuDisemba iingcali zezixhobo kwenye indawo zathatyathelwa indawo ziiarhente zobuntlola zaseIraq ezaziza kuqhatha abahloli ngomsebenzi owenziwa apho."
NgoJanuwari 31, 2003, uvandlakanyo lwe-INR luphawule eli bango “njenge-WEAK” kwaye “alikholeleki” kwaye “livuleleke ekugxekeni, ngakumbi ngabahloli be-UN.”
Abasebenzi bakhe bebemlumkisa ngelithi le nto aceba ukuyithetha ayizukukholelwa ngabaphulaphuli bakhe, equka abantu abanolwazi lokwenene ngalo mba.
KuPowell kwakungekho nto.
U-Powell, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ecinga ukuba wayesele enzulu, ngoko ke kwafuneka alahlekelwe yintoni, waqhubeka wathi kwi-UN: "Ngokwemiyalelo evela kuSaddam Hussein, amagosa ase-Iraq akhupha isatifikethi sokufa sobuxoki kwisazi senzululwazi, kwaye wathunyelwa ekuzifihleni. .”
NgoJanuwari 31, 2003, uvandlakanyo lwe-INR luphawule eli bango njenge “WEAK” kwaye belibiza ngokuba “Ayinakwenzeka, kodwa abahloli be-UN banokubuza. (Qaphela: Uyilo luyichaza njengenyani.)”
Kwaye uPowell wayichaza njengenyani. Qaphela ukuba abasebenzi bakhe abakwazanga ukuthi kukho nabuphi na ubungqina bebango, kodwa kunokuba "ayinakwenzeka." Yayiyeyona nto ilungileyo ababenokuza nayo. Ngamanye amazwi: “Banokuyithenga le, Mhlekazi, kodwa ungathembeli kuyo.”
UPowell, nangona kunjalo, akazange aneliseke ngokuxoka ngenye inzululwazi. Kwafuneka abe neshumi elinesibini. Waxelela iZizwe Ezimanyeneyo oku: “Ishumi elinesibini leengcali [zeWMD] livalelwe endlwini, kungekhona kwizindlu zazo, kodwa njengeqela kwenye yezindlu zeendwendwe zikaSaddam Hussein.”
NgoJanuwari 31, 2003, uvandlakanyo lwe-INR luphawule eli bango “njenge-WEAK” kwaye “Lithandabuzeka kakhulu.” Le ayifanelanga nokuba "Ayinakwenzeka."
UPowell ukwathe: “Embindini kaJanuwari, iingcali kwesinye seziko elinxulumene nezixhobo zokutshabalalisa abantu abaninzi, ezo ngcali ziye zayalelwa ukuba zihlale ekhaya zingasebenzi ukunqanda abahloli. Abasebenzi abavela kwezinye iindawo zomkhosi wase-Iraq abangazibandakanyanga kwiiprojekthi zezixhobo babeza kuthatha indawo yabasebenzi abathunyelwe ekhaya. ”
Abasebenzi bakaPowell bayibiza le nto ngokuthi “YI-WEAK,” kunye “Nokuba nokwenzeka okuvulekele imibuzo.”
Zonke ezi zinto zavakala ziqondakala ngokwaneleyo kubabukeli beFox, CNN, kunye neMSNBC. Kwaye loo nto, sinokuyibona ngoku, yayiyinto eyayinomdla kuColin. Kodwa imele ukuba yavakala iyinto engenakwenzeka kubahloli be-UN. Nanku umfana ongazange abenabo kulo naluphi na uhlolo lwabo efika ebaxelela okwenzekileyo.
Siyazi kuScott Ritter, okhokele uhlolo oluninzi lwe-UNSCOM e-Iraq, ukuba abahloli base-US basebenzise ukufikelela apho inkqubo yokuhlola ibanike ithuba lokuhlola, kunye nokuseka iindlela zokuqokelela idatha ye-CIA. Ke bekukho uluvo lokuba umntu waseMelika angabuyela kwi-UN kwaye axelele i-UN ukuba kwenzeke ntoni na ekuhlolweni kwayo.
Nangona kunjalo, ngokuphindaphindiweyo, abasebenzi bakaPowell bamlumkisa ukuba amabango athile awayefuna ukuwenza awayi kuvakala enokuvakala. Ziya kubhalwa yimbali ngokulula ngakumbi njengobuxoki obucacileyo.
Imizekelo yokuxoka kukaPowell edweliswe ngasentla ithatyathwe kwingxelo ebanzi eyakhutshwa lilungu leCongress uJohn Conyers: “UMgaqo-siseko OkwiNgxaki; Imizuzu yeSitrato esisezantsi kunye nenkohliso, uBuqhetseba, iNtuthuko, imbuyekezo, kunye neCoverups kwiMfazwe yaseIraq.
