Uxwebhu lubonisa i-CIA Impendulo yokufumana i-WMD e-Iraq

NguDavid Swanson, fowuni

Uvimba weSizwe woKhuseleko uthumele ezininzi ezisandula ukufumaneka amaxwebhu, omnye wabo iakhawunti nguCharles Duelfer yokukhangela kwakhe eIraq ngezixhobo zokubulala, kunye nabasebenzi abali-1,700 kunye nezixhobo zomkhosi wase-US.

UDuelfer wonyulwa nguMlawuli weCIA uGeorge Tenet ukuba akhokele kukhangelo olukhulu emva kophando olukhulu lwangaphambili olwalukhokelwa nguDavid Kay wagqiba kwelokuba akukho zixhobo zeWMD eIraq. UDuelfer waya kusebenza ngoJanuwari 2004, engafumani nto okwesihlandlo sesibini, egameni labantu ababesungule imfazwe besazi kakuhle ukuba ezabo iingxelo malunga nee-WMDs bezingeyonyani.

Inyaniso yokuba uDuelfer uthi ngokucacileyo ukuba akafumananga nanye kwezi zinto zigciniweyo ze-WMD azinakuphindwa zanele, nge-42% yamaMelika (kunye neepesenti ezingama-51 zamaRiphabhlikhi) kholelwa ngokuchaseneyo.

A ENew York Times ibali ku-Okthobha ophelileyo malunga nentsalela yenkqubo yezixhobo zemichiza esele ishiywe ixesha elide iye yasetyenziswa gwenxa kwaye yaxhatshazwa ukuqhubela phambili ukungaqondani. Ukukhangelwa eIraq namhlanje kungafumana iziqhushumbisi zase-US ezaphoswa kwiminyaka elishumi emva, ngaphandle kokufumana ubungqina bokusebenza kwangoku.

UDuelfer ucacile ukuba urhulumente kaSaddam Hussein wayephikile ngokuchanekileyo ukuba ne-WMD, ngokuchasene neentsomi ezithandwayo zase-US zokuba uHussein wayezenza ngathi unento angenayo.

Inyaniso yokuba uMongameli uGeorge W. Bush, uSekela Mongameli uDick Cheney, kunye neqela labo besazi ukuba bayaxoka ayinakugxininiswa. Eli qela lithathe ubungqina be Hussein Kamel ngokubhekisele kwizixhobo awayezitshabalalisile kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, kwaye wayisebenzisa ngokungathi ebethe zikhona ngoku. Eli qela lisetyenzisile amaxwebhu Ukutyhola ukuthengwa kwe-uranium. Basebenzise amabango malunga iityhubhu zealuminium ezazaliwe zizo zonke iingcali zabo eziqhelekileyo. Ba "shwankathela" iNational Intelligence Estimate eyathi i-Iraq ayinakulindeleka ukuba ihlasele ngaphandle kokuba ihlaselwe isitsho phantse ngokuchasene "nephepha elimhlophe" elikhutshelwe uluntu. UColin Powell uthathe mabango kwi-UN eyayigatyiwe ngabasebenzi bayo, kwaye yabachukumisa ngengxoxo ebhaliweyo.

IKomiti yeeNdlu yeeNgwevu kuSihlalo woBuntlola uJay Rockefeller gqityiwe ukuba, "Ekwenzeni ityala lemfazwe, uLawulo lwanikezela ngobuntlola njengenyaniso xa lwalungenabungqina, luphikisiwe, okanye lungekho."

NgoJanuwari 31, 2003, uBush cetyiswa kuBlair ukuba banokupeyinta inqwelomoya enemibala ye-UN, bayibhabhe isezantsi ukuyidubula, kwaye ke baqale imfazwe. Emva koko bobabini baphuma baya kwinkomfa noonondaba apho bathi bayayiphepha imfazwe ukuba kunokwenzeka. Ukuthunyelwa kweTroop kunye nokuthunyelwa kwebhomu kwakusele kuqhubeka.

Xa uDiane Sawyer wabuza uBush kumabonwakude ukuba kutheni esenza amabango malunga nezixhobo ekuthiwa zizixhobo zokutshabalalisa abantu eIraq, waphendula wathi: “Uyintoni umahluko? Ithuba lokuba [uSaddam] afumane izixhobo, ukuba ebenokufumana izixhobo, angayingozi. ”

Ingxelo yangaphakathi kaDuelfer esandula ukukhutshwa malunga nokuzingela kwakhe, kunye nekaKay phambi kwakhe, kuba iingcinga zeengcinga zabasasazi zibhekisa “kwinkqubo ka-Saddam Hussein ye-WMD,” leyo uDuelfer ayiphatha njengeziko eliphinda-phindayo, elingasasebenziyo, ngokungathi ngo-2003 Uhlaselo lwalusandul 'ukulubamba kwelinye lamaza alo ajikelezayo okungabikho. UDuelfer ukwachaza le nkqubo ingekhoyo “njengengxaki yezokhuseleko yezizwe ngezizwe eyayikhathaza umhlaba isithuba seminyaka engamashumi amathathu,” - ngaphandle kwalapho ehlabathini lonke bonisa kwimbali, eyala ityala laseMelika lemfazwe.

UDuelfer uxele ngokuphandle ukuba injongo yakhe yayikukuphinda akhe "ukuzithemba kwingqikelelo yobukrelekrele." Ewe akayifumananga i-WMDs, akanakukutshintsha ukungachaneki “kwengqikelelo yesoyikiso.” Okanye unako? Into eyenziwa nguDuelfer esidlangalaleni ngelo xesha kwaye ayenzayo apha kukwenza ibango, ngaphandle kokunika nabuphi na ubungqina bokuba, "uSaddam wayeyalela izibonelelo ukugcina amandla okuqalisa ukuvelisa i-WMD zakuba isohlwayo se-UN kunye nophando lwamazwe aphelileyo."

UDuelfer ubanga ukuba amadoda angaphambili eSaddam ewe, enemeko engqongqo yokuba athethe nantoni na eya kuwakholisa umbuzo wabo, wayemqinisekisile ukuba uSaddam wayenazo ezi njongo ziyimfihlo zokuqalisa ukwakha iWMD ngenye imini. Kodwa, uDuelfer uyavuma, “akukho maxwebhu ale njongo. Kwaye abahlalutyi akufuneki balindele ukufumana nantoni na. ”

Ke, ekubuyiseleni kwimeko yesiqhelo ka-Duelfer "uluntu lwengqondi" olunokuthi kungekudala luzame ukuthengisa "enye ingqikelelo yesoyikiso" (ibinzana elihambelana ncam nento eza kuthethwa nguFreudian ukuba bayayenza), urhulumente wase-US wahlasela i-Iraq, walonakalisa uluntu , wabulala ngaphezulu kwesigidi sabantu ngeyona nto ibalaseleyo uqikelelo, wenzakala, wenzakalisa, kwaye wenza izigidi ezingenamakhaya ngaphezulu, zaveliswa inzondo ye-United States, yatyhafisa uqoqosho lwase-US, yahlutha inkululeko yoluntu ekhaya, kwaye yabeka isiseko sokwakhiwa kwe-ISIS, njengombandela wokungazami "isoyikiso esisondeleyo" kodwa yokuzama icebo eliyimfihlo lokuba uqale ukwakha isoyikiso esizayo xa iimeko zitshintshe ngokupheleleyo.

Le ndlela "yokuzikhusela kwangaphambili" iyafana nezinye iikhonsepthi ezimbini. Kuyafana nokuzithethelela esithe sakunikwa kutshanje kugwayimbo lwedrone. Kwaye iyafana nobundlongondlongo. Nje ukuba “ukhuselo” lwolulwe ukuba lubandakanye ukuzikhusela kwizisongelo zexesha elizayo, iyayeka ukwahlula phakathi kobundlongondlongo. Kwaye uDuelfer ubonakala ekholelwa ukuba uphumelele kwisabelo sakhe.