NguDaniel Ellsberg, Iindoda eziqhelekileyo, UJanuwari 9, 2021
Ndiza kuhlala ndizisola ngokuba ndingakhange ndenze ngakumbi ukuyeka ukulwa neVietnam. Ngoku, ndibiza abo babetha impempe ukuba banyuke babhence izicwangciso zikaTrump
Ukunyanzelwa kuka-Mongameli uTrump kubundlobongela behlokondiba kunye nokuhlala kweCapitol kuyacaca ukuba akukho mda nxamnye nokusetyenziswa gwenxa kwamandla anokuthi akwenze kwezi veki zimbini zisezikhundleni. Ekhohlakele njengoko intsebenzo yakhe etshisayo ibingoLwesithathu, ndiyoyika ukuba angakhuthaza into eyingozi ngakumbi kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo: imfazwe yakhe ayinqwenela kudala Iran.
Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukuba abe yinkohliso kangangokuba acinge ukuba loo mfazwe ingabanomdla wesizwe okanye wengingqi okanye kwimidla yakhe yexeshana? Ukuziphatha kwakhe kunye nokubonakala kwengqondo yakhe kule veki kwaye kwezi nyanga zimbini zidlulileyo uphendula lo mbuzo.
Ndikhuthaza isibhengezo esomeleleyo namhlanje, kule veki, hayi kwiinyanga okanye iminyaka ukusukela ngoku, emva kokuba iibhombu sele ziqalile ukuwa. Isenokuba sesona senzo sokuthand 'izwe ebomini bakho.
Ukuthunyelwa kule veki kuhambo lwe-B-52 olungapheliyo lokubuya eMntla Dakota luye kunxweme lwaseIran - uhambo lwesine kwiiveki ezisixhenxe, ukuphela konyaka-kunye nokwakha kwakhe imikhosi yase-US kuloo ndawo, sisilumkiso kuphela eIran kodwa nakuthi.
Phakathi ku-Novemba, njengoko ezi nqwelomoya zaziqala, umongameli kwafuneka akhutshwe kwinqanaba eliphezulu ekukhokeleni uhlaselo olungavumelekanga kwizibonelelo zenyukliya zase-Iran. Kodwa uhlaselo "olwachukunyiswa" yiIran (okanye ngamajoni eIraq ahambelana neIran) aluchithwanga.
Imikhosi yase-US yezomkhosi kunye nezobuntlola ziye zahlala zikhona, njengaseVietnam naseIraq, zinika oomongameli ulwazi olungeyonyani olunikezela ngezizathu zokuhlasela abo bachasayo. Okanye bacebise amanyathelo afihlakeleyo anokucaphukisa abachasi kwimpendulo ethile ethethelela “impindezelo” yaseMelika.
Ukubulawa kuka-Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, isazinzulu esiphakamileyo se-Iran, ngo-Novemba kwakucingelwa ukuba kube kukucaphukisa okunjalo. Ukuba kunjalo, kusilele ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, njengoko kwabulawa kanye kunyaka ophelileyo kukaGeneral Suleimani.
Kodwa ngoku lifutshane ixesha lokuvelisa ukutshintshiselana ngezenzo ezinobundlobongela kunye neempendulo eziza kunceda ukuthintela ukuqala kwakhona kwesivumelwano senyukliya sase-Iran ngolawulo oluzayo lwe-Biden: injongo ephambili hayi kuphela uDonald Trump kodwa kumanyano ancedileyo ekuhlanganiseni iinyanga ezidlulileyo, i-Israel, i-Saudi Arabia kunye ne-UAE.
Ngokucacileyo kuya kuthatha ngaphezulu kokubulala umntu ngamnye ukwenza i-Iran ukuba ibeke emngciphekweni iimpendulo eziqinisekisa ukuhlaselwa komoya omkhulu ngaphambi kokuba uTrump ashiye i-ofisi. Kodwa umkhosi wase-US kunye nabasebenzi bokucwangcisa ukufihla bakwimisebenzi yokuzama ukuhlangabezana naloo mngeni, kwishedyuli.
Ndaye ndathabatha inxaxheba ekubekweni kwesicwangciso ngokwam, ngokubhekisele kwiVietnam kwisiqingatha senkulungwane eyadlulayo. Nge-3 kaSeptemba 1964-kwinyanga nje emva kokuba ndibengumncedisi okhethekileyo kunobhala wezomkhosi wezokhuseleko kwimicimbi yezokhuseleko yamazwe aphesheya, uJohn T McNaughton- imemo yeza kwidesika yam ePentagon ebhalwe ngumqeshi wam. Wayecebisa ngezenzo "ezinokuthi ngelinye ixesha zivelise impendulo yomkhosi we-DRV [North Vietnam]… kusenokwenzeka ukuba ibonelele ngezizathu ezifanelekileyo zokuba sinyuke ukuba sinqwenela".
Ezo zenzo "ezinokuthi zithande ngabom ukuba zivuse ingqondo kwi-DRV" (sic), njengoko kuchaziwe kwiintsuku ezintlanu kamva ngumlingani kaMcNaughton kwisebe likarhulumente, umncedisi kunobhala welizwe uWilliam Bundy, kunokubandakanya "ukuqhuba iipatroli zomkhosi waselwandle wase-US usondele kufutshane Unxweme oluseMantla eVietnam ”- oko kukuthi, ukuqhuba kumanzi oselunxwemeni eemayile ezili-12 umNtla weVietnam ubanga ukuba: kufutshane nolwandle njengoko kufanelekileyo, ukufumana impendulo enokuthethelela oko uMcNaughton akubiza ngokuba“ kukukhama okupheleleyo kuMntla weVietnam [ngokuthe chu iphulo lokuqhushumisa yonke ibhombu] ", eyayiza kulandela" ngakumbi ukuba inqanawa yase-US ibitshonile ".
Andithandabuzi ukuba ucwangciso olunokwenzeka, olukhokelwa yiOval Office, yokuxhokonxa, ukuba kukho imfuneko, isizathu sokuhlasela i-Iran lo gama ulawulo luseseofisini lukhona ngoku, kwiisefu nakwiikhompyuter kwiPentagon, CIA kunye ne-White House . Oko kuthetha ukuba kukho amagosa kwii-arhente- mhlawumbi enye ihleli kwidesika yam endala ePentagon- ababone kwizikrini zabo ezikhuselekileyo zekhompyuter ukuba bahlengahlengise izindululo kanye njengeememo zikaMcNaughton kunye neBundy ezafumana idesika yam ngoSeptemba 1964.
Ndiyazisola kuba ndingazange ndikope kwaye ndihambise ezo memos kwikomiti yezangaphandle kwi-1964, endaweni yeminyaka emihlanu kamva.
Ndiza kuhlala ndizisola ngokuba ndingazange ndikope kwaye ndihambise ezo memos- kunye nezinye iifayile ezininzi kwindawo ekhuselekileyo efihlakeleyo e-ofisini yam ngelo xesha, bonke bexoka ngephulo lobuxoki likamongameli lithembisa ukuwa okufanayo ukuba "asifuni Imfazwe ebanzi ”- kwikomiti yeSenator Fulbright yobudlelwane bamanye amazwe ngoSeptemba 1964 endaweni yeminyaka emihlanu ngo-1969, okanye kumaphephandaba ngo-1971. Ubomi bemfazwe bungasindiswa.
Amaxwebhu akhoyo okanye iifayile zedijithali ezicinga ukucaphukisa okanye "ukuziphindezela" kwizenzo ze-Iranian ezifihliwe kuthi akufuneki zihlale ziyimfihlo ngomnye umzuzu kwi-Congress yase-US nakubantu baseMelika, hleze siziswe ngentlekele. yenza accompli Phambi kukaJanuwari 20, ukubangela imfazwe enokuba mbi ngakumbi kuneVietnam kunye nazo zonke iimfazwe zoMbindi Mpuma zidityanisiwe. Akukho mva kakhulu ukuba ezo zicwangciso zenziwe ngulo mongameli udidekileyo okanye uluntu olunolwazi kunye neCongress ukuba bamthintele ekwenzeni oko.
Ndikhuthaza isibhengezo esomeleleyo namhlanje, kule veki, hayi kwiinyanga okanye iminyaka ukusukela ngoku, emva kokuba iibhombu sele ziqalile ukuwa. Isenokuba sesona senzo sokuthand 'izwe ebomini bakho.
