Ngubani olawula indlela esikhumbula ngayo iMfazwe yaseIraq?

NguJeremy Earp, World BEYOND War, Matshi 16, 2023

"Zonke iimfazwe ziliwa kabini, okokuqala kwithafa ledabi, okwesibini kwinkumbulo."
- Viet Thanh Nguyen

Njengoko imithombo yeendaba yase-US inqumama ukukhumbula uhlaselo lwase-US e-Iraq, kucacile ukuba kuninzi abanethemba lokuba siya kukulibala - okokuqala, ukubandakanyeka kwemithombo yeendaba ekubetheleleni inkxaso yoluntu kwimfazwe.

Kodwa okukhona ugrumba kwiindaba eziphambili zelo xesha, njengoko iqela lethu lamaxwebhu lenzile kwiveki ephelileyo xa besidibanisa. le montage yemizuzu emihlanu evela kwifilimu yethu ka-2007 Imfazwe yenziwe lula, kokukhona kusiba nzima ukulibala ukuba uthungelwano lweendaba luthe kratya njani kulo lonke usasazo kunye nenkangeleko yentambo yasasaza ngokungagxekiyo ipropaganda yolawulo lukaBush kwaye ikhuphela ngaphandle amazwi aphikisayo.

Amanani awaxoki. Ingxelo ka-2003 yi-media watchdog Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) yafumanisa ukuba kwiiveki ezimbini ezikhokelela ekuhlaselweni, i-ABC World News, i-NBC Nightly News, i-CBS Evening News, kunye ne-PBS Newshour ibonise iingcali ze-267 zaseMelika, abahlalutyi, kunye nabahlalutyi bekhamera ukuba bancede ukwenza intsingiselo yohambo oluya emfazweni. Kwezi ndwendwe zingama-267, i-75% eyothusayo ibingamagosa karhulumente akhoyo okanye angaphambili okanye asemkhosini, kunye netotali epheleleyo Nye wavakalisa nawaphi na amathandabuzo.

Ngeli xesha, kwihlabathi elikhula ngokukhawuleza leendaba zentambo, iFox News's ukuthetha nzima, pro-war jingoism ibimisela umgangatho wabalawuli abalumkeleyo ukureyithwa kwezona nethiwekhi “zenkululeko” kakhulu. I-MSNBC kunye ne-CNN, beva ubushushu bento ebibizwe ngabangaphakathi kwishishini "umphumo weFox," babezama ngamandla ukukhupha imbangi yabo yasekunene-kunye nomnye-ngokuphelisa amazwi agxekayo kunye nokubona ukuba ngubani onokubethelela phezulu imigqomo yemfazwe.

Kwi-MSNBC, njengoko ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq kusondela ekuqaleni kwe-2003, abaphathi benethiwekhi wagqiba ekubeni agxothe uPhil Donahue nangona umboniso wakhe wawunowona mlinganiselo uphakamileyo kwitshaneli. A ivuze imemo yangaphakathi wachaza ukuba abaphathi abaphezulu babona u-Donahue "njengomntu odiniweyo, osekhohlo okhululekileyo" oya kuba "ngubuso obunzima be-NBC ngexesha lemfazwe." Ukuqaphela ukuba uDonahue "ubonakala ekuvuyela ukubonisa iindwendwe ezichasene nemfazwe, ezichasene noBush kunye nezithandabuzayo iinjongo zolawulo," imemo yalumkisa ngokukrakra ukuba umboniso wakhe unokuphela "likhaya le-ajenda yenkululeko yemfazwe ngaxeshanye. ukuba abo sikhuphisana nabo baphephezelisa iflegi ngalo lonke ithuba.

Akufuneki uphelelwe, umphathi weendaba we-CNN U-Eason Jordan wayeza kuqhayisa emoyeni ukuba wayedibene namagosa ePentagon ngexesha lokuhlasela ukuze afumane imvume yemfazwe yekhamera "iingcali" zenethiwekhi ziya kuxhomekeka. "Ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukuba neengcali zichaze imfazwe kwaye zichaze izixhobo zomkhosi, zichaze amaqhinga, sithethe ngeqhinga elisemva kongquzulwano," utshilo uJordan. “Ndaya ngokwam izihlandlo eziliqela ngaphambi kokuba imfazwe iqalise ndaza ndadibana nabantu ababalulekileyo apho ndaza ndathi . . . nazi iinjengele esicinga ukuzigcina ukuze zisicebise emoyeni nangaphandle malunga nemfazwe, kwaye sinobhontsi omkhulu kubo bonke. Yayibalulekile loo nto.”

Njengoko uNorman Solomon ebona kwifilimu yethu Imfazwe yenziwe lula, esisekelwe kwincwadi yakhe yegama elifanayo, umgaqo-siseko wedemokhrasi ozimeleyo, ushicilelo oluchasayo lwaphoswa nje ngefestile. “Kumaxesha amaninzi iintatheli zityhola urhulumente ngokusilela kweentatheli ngokwazo ekwenzeni ingxelo ezizimeleyo,” utsho uSolomon. “Kodwa akukho mntu unyanzelise amaziko othungelwano aphambili njengeCNN ukuba enze amagqabaza amaninzi avela kwiinjengele ezidla umhlala-phantsi kunye nabaphathi bemikhosi kunye nazo zonke ezinye . . . Yayingeyonto yakuyifihla, ekugqibeleni. Yayiyinto yokuthetha kubantu baseMelika, 'Yabona, singabadlali beqela. Sinokuba ngamajelo eendaba, kodwa sikwicala elinye kunye nephepha elifanayo nePentagon.' . . . Kwaye oko kuchasene ngqo nombono woshicilelo oluzimeleyo. ”

Iziphumo azizange zixoxwe, iqhutywa yinkohliso, bagxalathelana ukuya kwimfazwe yokuzikhethela eyayiza kuqhubeka ukudodobalisa ummandla, bukhawulezise ubunqolobi behlabathi, ukopha zigidi zeedola ukusuka kwi-US Treasury, kwaye ubulale amawaka e-US servicemembers kunye namakhulu amawaka e-Iraqis, inkoliso yabo ingabemi abamsulwa. Kodwa kumashumi amabini eminyaka kamva, njengoko sisiya sisondela ngakumbi iimfazwe ezintsha ezinokuba yintlekele, akukhange kubekho xanduva okanye ingxelo ezinzileyo kumajelo eendaba aqhelekileyo ukusikhumbuza ngabo siqu indima egqibeleleyo ekuthengiseni imfazwe yase-Iraq.

Sisenzo sokulibala ukuba asinakukwazi ukufikelela kuko, ngakumbi njengoko uninzi lweepateni zeendaba ezifanayo ukusuka kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo ngoku ziphinda-phinda ngokuqhuba ngaphezulu - ukusuka kwinqanaba elipheleleyo. qalisa kwakhona kwaye ku hlaziywa yabaqulunqi bemfazwe e-Iraq kunye nabachwayitiyo kwimithombo yeendaba ngokuqhubeka nokuthembela "kwiingcali" itsalwe kumnyango ojikelezayo ihlabathi lePentagon kunye neshishini leengalo (kaninzi ngaphandle kokubhengezwa).

"Inkumbulo sisixhobo sobuchule kulo naliphi na ilizwe, ngakumbi inkumbulo yeemfazwe," umbhali ophumelele iBhaso lePulitzer UViet Thanh Nguyen ubhale. "Ngokulawula ibali leemfazwe esiye sazilwela, siyazithethelela iimfazwe esiza kuzilwa ngoku."

Njengoko siphawula isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-20 yohlaselo lwase-US olubulalayo e-Iraq, kunyanzelekile ukuba sibuyise inkumbulo yale mfazwe kungekuphela nje kumagosa olawulo lukaBush awayilwayo, kodwa nakwinkqubo yemidiya yeshishini eyanceda ukuyithengisa kwaye izamile ukuyilawula. ibali ukusukela ngoko.

UJeremy Earp nguMlawuli weMveliso we iMedia Education Foundation (MEF) kunye no-co-director, kunye no-Loretta Alper, we-MEF documentary "Imfazwe Yenziwe Yalula: Indlela abaongameli kunye neePundits abasigcina ngayo ukusifaka ekufeni," edlala noNorman Solomon. Ukumakisha isikhumbuzo se-20th sohlaselo lwase-Iraq, iNgxowa-mali yeMfundo ye-RootsAction iya kubamba umboniso we-"War Made Easy" ngo-Matshi 20th kwi-6: 45 PM Mpuma, ilandelwa yingxoxo yephaneli ephethe uSolomon, uDennis Kucinich, uKathy Kelly, UMarcy Winograd, uIndiya Walton, kunye noDavid Swanson. Cofa apha ukubhalisela umcimbi, kwaye Cofa apha ukusasaza "War Made Easy" kwangaphambili simahla.