Ngelixa uGeorge W. Bush ebonakala enebhongo ngayo yonke into awakhe wayenza, uTony Blair usondele ngokuyingozi ekujonganeni nenyani kule mpelaveki xa wavumayo ukuba kukho “iinkalo zenyaniso” kwimbono yokuba uhlaselo lwase-Iraq luka-2003 lwalungoyena nobangela wokunyuka. ye-ISIS (phakathi kwezinye iziphumo eziyintlekele zolo hlaselo).
Kwangelo xesha, uBlair waxoka ukuba imfazwe yayiyimpazamo enyanisekileyo esekwe “kubukrelekrele” obubi, kwaye wathi akukho ndlela ibalaseleyo ecacileyo:
“Sizamile ukungenelela nokubeka phantsi amajoni e-Iraq; sizamile ukungenelela ngaphandle kokubeka umkhosi eLibhiya; kwaye asizamanga kungenelela konke konke kodwa sifuna utshintsho lolawulo eSyria,” utshilo. “Akucaci kum ukuba, nokuba umgaqo-nkqubo wethu awuzange usebenze, imigaqo-nkqubo elandelayo isebenze ngcono.”
Ngoku, umndilili wakho oneminyaka eli-10 ubudala ongafundiswanga unokugqiba ekubeni ukubhukuqa oorhulumente bamazwe angaphandle kube yintlekele nangayiphi na indlela eyenziwe ngayo, kwaye ke akufuneki yenziwe konke konke. Hayi umhlobo wethu uTony. Ekugqibeleni uye wanikezela ngokungaxolisi ngezizathu zokuba nantoni na enye anokuthi ayenze - kuquka nokuyeka ukubhukuqa urhulumente wase-Iraqi konke konke - ngeyayimbi kakhulu:
“Ndikufumanisa kunzima ukucela uxolo ngokususa uSaddam. Ndicinga ukuba, ukusukela namhlanje ngo-2015, kungcono ukuba angabikho kunokuba elapho,” utshilo uBlair. Kuya kufuneka uyinike uBlair, umsasazi wedemokhrasi kwihlabathi ngokufa, uyawuhoya ngesibindi nawuphi na umbuzo wokuba ngaba abantu baseIraq bayavumelana naye. Abakwenzi oko. Buyela ngaphakathi 2004, I-BBC yaqhayisa ukuba inokufumana i-49% ye-Iraqis ("phantse isiqingatha"!) Kwi 2007, I-poll yase-Iraqi yafumanisa ukuba i-90% yabantu base-Iraqi bakholelwa ukuba babengcono ngaphambi kohlaselo. Kwi 2011, I-poll yase-US yafumanisa ukuba abaninzi abantu base-Iraqi babecinga ukuba babi kakhulu, kunokuba bacinge ukuba bangcono, ngenxa yokuhlasela.
Mhlawumbi abo bangamaIraq bangazi nto nje ababoni ukuba bangcono kangakanani na. Oko kuya kucacisa isizathu sokuba kufuneka bahlaselwe kwaye bahlalwe kuqala. Kodwa a uviwo ngenyameko Ukufa, ukwenzakala, umonzakalo, umonakalo wokusingqongileyo, ilahleko yeziseko ezingundoqo, kunye nokutshatyalaliswa koluntu okuziswe e-Iraq nguBush, uBlair, kunye nenkampani iseka imfazwe e-Iraq ukusuka kwi-2003 ukuya phambili njengenye yezona ziganeko ezimbi kakhulu emhlabeni.
Ngokucacileyo isihogo esidalwe eLibya ngo-2011 asihambisani nomonakalo owenziwe e-Iraq. Isihogo esenziwa eSyria siqala ukukhuphisana ne-Iraq, kodwa iye yenziwa mandundu ngakumbi yimizamo yaseNtshona yokubhukuqa urhulumente, hayi ngokuzibamba kweNtshona. Ngalo mbandela, iye yenziwa mandundu ngakumbi kuhlaselo lwangaphambili lwase-Iraq neLibya, kunye nokubanjwa ngokuthe rhoqo kommandla ngezixhobo zase-US kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo.
I-Tunisia isandula ukuzisa ekhaya iBhaso loXolo lweNobel inxalenye enkulu ngenxa yokuba nekhefu lethamsanqa, mhlawumbi elinxulumene enye kwenye. Okokuqala, iTunisia ihleli kwi-oyile encinci kunye negesi kwaye kwindlela yemibhobho yeoli kunye negesi encinci. Okwesibini, ifumene "uncedo" oluncinci kakhulu kwimikhosi yase-US kunye neYurophu. Ubukhulu becala, iPentagon kunye ne-UK yenze eTunisia into uTony Blair angenakuyicinga ngokoqobo e-Iraq, eLibya, okanye eSyria, eyile, iyishiye iyodwa, njengoko ifumene indlela yayo kurhulumente ongcono.
Kodwa, ubani usenokubuza, iNtshona inokuma njani njengoko oorhulumente abakhohlakeleyo bexhaphaza abantu babo?
Kulungile, iNtshona ayikhe ime nje. Ngamanye amaxesha ibabhukuqa abo rhulumente, yenze wonke umntu abe mbi ngakumbi. Ihlala ixhobisa, ixhasa ngemali, kwaye ixhasa oorhulumente - njengaseSaudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Iraq entsha, njl njl - ukugcina wonke umntu ekwimeko akuyo yokubandezeleka.
Kwingxelo kaBlair yowama-2010, wabhala ukuba owayesakuba nguSekela Mongameli wase-US uDick Cheney “wayefuna 'utshintsho lolawulo' olunyanzelwayo kuwo onke amazwe akuMbindi Mpuma awayewajonga njengobutshaba kwizilangazelelo zase-US. . . . Ngewayesebenze kuyo yonke indawo, eIraq, eSyria, eIran. ” Kodwa, ewe, ayiloluhlu lwezizwe ezenza owona monakalo mkhulu kwihlabathi okanye kubantu bazo. Olu luluhlu lwezizwe ezingavumiyo ukwenza isibhambathiso sokuthobela iWashington, amazwe “achasene neemfuno zaseMelika.”
Kwaye apho siyabona ukuba kutheni uTony Blair engazithatheli ngqalelo izimvo zabantu baseIraq ngaphambi kokuba achaze ukuba "kungcono ukuba angabikho kunokuba ulapho." Ukusuka kwindawo yokujonga iinkampani zezixhobo zaseNtshona, iinkampani zeoyile zaseNtshona, abahlobo baseNtshona kunye nabalingane bakaTony Blair, ulungile ngokugqibeleleyo. Kulunge ngakumbi ukuba bonke abo bantu babulawe baze lo mmandla ube sisidubedube kangangeminyaka emininzi ezayo.
Umntu kufuneka athathe imbono eyahluke kakhulu ukuze eve intsingiselo xa ndisithi, Kungcono ukuba uJeremy Corbyn akhokele iQela laBasebenzi, kwaye neCNN ngoku izama ukucela uTony Blair ukuba aphendule ngolwaphulo-mthetho lwakhe.
