Oh hayi! IAl-Qaeda iphume emqolombeni nge-9/12!

Abantu base-Afghan bemi ngaphezulu kwemizimba yabantu ngexesha loqhankqalazo
Abantu base-Afghanistan bamile phezu kwemizimba yabantu ngexesha loqhankqalazo kwisixeko saseGhazni, entshona yeKabul, eAfghanistan, nge-29 kaSeptemba 2019. I-airstrike yemikhosi ekhokelwa yi-US kwimpuma ye-Afghanistan yabulala abantu abahlanu. (AP Ifoto / Rahmatullah Nikzad)

Ingxoxo yangoku malunga nokurhoxiswa okucwangcisiweyo kwemikhosi yase-US kunye ne-NATO kumaziko e-Afghanistan ngenkolelo yokuba umntu endandisebenza naye owayengumhlalutyi we-CIA uPaul Pillar waveza iminyaka eyi-12 eyadlulayo. UPaul wayibiza ngokuba "yeyona nto iphambili ekufuneka i-Afghanistan ingavunyelwa ukuba iphinde ibe yindawo yamaqela abanqolobi, ngakumbi i-al-Qaeda".

kunye NgeCawa Washington Post "Isibhakabhaka Siyawa" -uhlobo lwesilumkiso, kwaye i NY TimesMaureen Dowd esithi Hayi akunjalo, umntu ujika phi ukuze afumane ubuchule obunolwazi obunolwazi?

Akukho ngxaki: Funda nje uPaul Pillar Washington Post I-Op-ed ka-Septemba 16, 2009, athe uPawulos wanelungelo lokuba nayo: Ubunqolobi kwiiDummies. Iposi likhethe isihloko esithi: “Indawo yabaNqolobi ayikho kwindawo ephantsi, ikwi-Intanethi. "

Oku kulandelayo zizicatshulwa:

Kubaluleke kangakanani kumaqela abanqolobi nayiphi na indawo yokuhlala? … Ichweba liyichaphazela kangakanani ingozi yohlaselo lwabanqolobi ngokuchasene nemidla yase-US, ngakumbi ilizwe lase-US? Impendulo yombuzo wesibini yile: hayi phantse kangako njengokucingelwa okungachazwanga. … Amalungiselelo abaluleke kakhulu ngoSeptemba 11, 2001, uhlaselo alwenzekanga kwiinkampu zoqeqesho eAfghanistan kodwa, kunoko, kumagumbi aseJamani, amagumbi eehotele eSpain nakwizikolo zokubhabha eMelika. Kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo, amaqela abanqolobi aphesheya aye aphumelela ngokusebenzisa ubuchwephesha behlabathi kunye netekhnoloji yolwazi, eye yanciphisa ukuxhomekeka kwabo kwiindawo zokuhlala.

Umcimbi namhlanje kukuba ukuthintela indawo enjalo kungasinciphisa na isoyikiso sobugrogrisi e-United States ngokwaneleyo kwizinto ebekuya kuba kukucutha inkcitho eyimfuneko yegazi kunye nobutyebi kunye nezithintelo kwimpumelelo e-Afghanistan, kubandakanya nolawulo olungasebenziyo kunye nenkxaso ebambekayo evela abemi. Ukuphazamisa ukwenziwa kwendawo yokuhlala kuya kufuneka ukuba kupheliswe nakuphi na ukonyusa ubugrogrisi obuchasene ne-US obuvela kwiingcinga zokuba i-United States ibe ngumhlali kunokuba ikhusele i-Afghanistan.

Intsika vs. the Head-Hunters

UPaul Pillar ubambe izikhundla eziphezulu kakhulu kwi-CIA, kubandakanya iGosa leSizwe lezoBuntlola kuMbindi Mpuma- esona sikhundla siphezulu kuloo ndawo- kwaye uyazi kancinci malunga nobunqolobi. Waba yintloko yohlalutyo kwiziko le-Counterterrorist Centre kwi-1993 kunye nosekela mlawuli weziko emva kweminyaka emine. Xa u-black-art-master u-Cofer Black ethathe iziko ngo-1997, nangona kunjalo, uNtsika washiya - ngenxa “yokungqubana kwezitayile”, ngokuka Steve Coll Iimfazwe zomoya: Imbali eyimfihlo ye-CIA, Afghanistan kunye neBin Laden (IPenguin, 2005).

Akukho nzima ukuchaza ukuba kutheni iNtsika ecingayo kunye noMnyama oMnyama ungafana neoyile kunye namanzi. Umqhubi ophelileyo, uMnyama wagqibela ukubonwa kwiBhodi yenkampani yamandla yaseUkraine eyaziwayo eBurisma. Kodwa lelo libango lakhe nje elithandabuzekayo lodumo.

Impindezelo yeyam, utsho uMnyama

Cinga emva kweentsuku zempindezelo emva kwangoko kwe-9/11, kunye nendlela yokubonisa ebonwa nguMongameli uBush kwaye yehlisa umgca ngabasebenzi be-CIA kunye neearhente zabo zempembelelo kwimithombo yeendaba- kunye noCofer Black evakala ngathi yindibaniselwano kaShakespeare UHerodiya, uLady Macbeth, kunye noKumkanikazi weentliziyo zikaLee Carroll.

Umsebenzi we-CIA uGary Schroen uxelele i-National Public Radio ukuba, kwiintsuku nje emva kwe-9/11, umphathi we-Counterterrorist uCofer Black wamthumela e-Afghanistan ngemiyalelo ethi "Bamba u-bin Laden, ambulale, kwaye abuyise intloko yakhe ebhokisini kwiqhwa elomileyo." Ngokubhekisele kwezinye iinkokheli ze-al Qaeda, uMnyama uxelwe wathi, "Ndifuna iintloko zabo ziphakame."

Le toni ixhaphakileyo- kunye nolwimi- ziphindaphindwe phakathi kweepundits ezinobungqondi, zihlala zinomdla wokunceda.

I-Spy-Pundit Izibophelelo ezingathandekiyo

Umntu ongaphakathi ngaphakathi, Washington Post igqala uJim Hoagland waya kancinci ebhodini ngokupapasha ileta evulekileyo eya kuMongameli Bush ngo-Okthobha 31, 2001. Yayingeyonto ye-Halloween prank. Endaweni yoko, uHoagland wakuxhasa ngamandla oko wayekubiza ngokuba "ngumnqweno" wentloko ka-Osama bin Laden, esithi yinjongo yeenjengele noonozakuzaku bakaBush.

Ndibuza ukuba iHoagland ilifumene phi elo qhekeza ligazi.

Kwangelo xesha, kukho iingozi ekwabelaneni ngolwazi oluninzi kakhulu nabantu abasekhaya / abangaphandle. Kwileta yakhe evulekileyo eya eBush, uHoagland uphakamise ikhethini kwisona sicwangciso somdlalo wegazi kwiinyanga ezizayo ngokunika uBush lo myalelo ulandelayo wezinto eziphambili.

Isidingo sokujongana nokuqhubeka kokuqokelelwa kwezixhobo zebhayoloji kunye neekhemikhali kunye netekhnoloji yokwakha ibhombu yenyukliya ayinakuncitshiswa nangayiphi na indlela yimfuno yephulo lase-Afghanistan. Kuya kufuneka uqhubeke neli phulo ukuze ukwazi ukuphuma ngokukhawuleza kulo ukuphelisa isoyikiso sikaSaddam Hussein.

Ngandlel 'ithile, uHoagland wayifumene imbono ye "pivot" kwiiveki ezintathu ngaphambi kokuba uNobhala Wezomkhosi uDonald Rumsfeld abize uGeneral Tommy Franks ukuba amxelele ukuba uMongameli ufuna ukuba ajonge e-Iraq. UFranks kunye nabancedisi bakhe abakhulu babesebenza kwizicwangciso zokuhlaselwa kweTora Bora apho u-bin Laden wayekholelwa ekufihleni kodwa ingqalelo, ucwangciso, kunye nezixhobo zaphambukiswa ngokukhawuleza zaya e-Iraq. Ke u-Osama bin Laden kubonakala ukuba uphumile kwiTora Bora udlula kwiindlela zeentaba wangena ePakistan.

Inqaku apha kukuba intandokazi yezobuntlola kumajelo eendaba zichazwe kakuhle kakhulu ngabasasazi be-CIA- ngokuyinxenye kuba balumkile ukuba bangazilumi izandla ezibondlayo ngokugxeka i-CIA. Ezo ngcungcu zinencwadi yeedilesi ephezulu-enamagama ngamagosa asebenza e-CIA-abo baxelele abo Washington Post Amagorha kule mpelaveki isibhakabhaka siza kuwa ukuba uBiden uzisa imikhosi evela eAfghanistan. Jonga phantsi ko “P” kwezo ncwadi zedilesi; Andicingi ukuba uyakufumana "uPaul Pillar".

Ngaba bakhona abo banokukhangela phambili ngovuyo ngaphezulu "ngakumbi imfazwe" eAfghanistan? Ewe, uthini malunga noJeff Bezos, othenge Washington Post kwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo, isayilawula, kwaye inezivumelwano ezinkulu neCIA. Ndikuthiyile ukuvakala kungafuneki, kodwa phantsi kwayo yonke le nto kukho iMICIMATT (Umkhosi-wezoShishino-weCongressal-Ubuntlola-Imidiya-Academia-Cinga ngeTanki. [Ugxininiso longezwa.]

URay McGovern usebenza noXelela iLizwi, ingalo yokupapasha yeCawe yecawa yoMsindisi kwisixeko sangaphakathi eWashington. Umsebenzi wakhe weminyaka engama-27 njengomhlalutyi weCIA uquka ukusebenza njengeNtloko yeSebe loMgaqo-nkqubo Wezangaphandle weSoviet kunye nomlungiseleli / umfutshane weNkcazo yeMihla ngemihla kaMongameli. Ungumseki-mbambano wabaQeqeshi beZobuntlola beZilwanyana (VIPS).

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