NguDavid Swanson, I-American Herald Tribune
Uhulumeni wase-US, kusukela ku-Dick Cheney kuya ku-Hillary Clinton, wakhuluma amanga aluhlaza mayelana nohulumeni wase-Iraq owadala izikhali zamakhemikhali, zebhayoloji kanye nezenuzi ngo-2002, nakuba wayetshelwe ukuthi i-Iraq yayingayenzi into enjalo. Abaholi baseMelika baqamba amanga ngobudlelwano phakathi kwe-Iraq namaphekula nabo abaziyo ukuthi abukho.
Ngemuva kwalokho amasosha aseMelika ahlasela futhi ahlasela i-Iraq, ngesikhathi eqhumisa amabhomu izindawo ezindala zezikhali zamakhemikhali zase-Iraq kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1980s, eziningi zalezo zikhali zazinikezwe yi-United States. Ingxenye enkulu ngenxa yemvelaphi yase-US yezikhali zamakhemikhali ezindala zase-Iraqi, i-US yathula ngabo ngesikhathi sempi entsha. Esinye isizathu sokuthula okusemthethweni kwakuwukuthi, ngesikhathi i-US ibhubhisa i-Iraq ngo-2003, eziningi zalezo zikhali ezindala zathathwa amaqembu amaphekula asanda kuzalwa. Impi yayenze lokho kanye okwakuthethelelwe ukuthi kwakudingeka ukuze kuvinjwe; yayinikeze amaphekula ama-WMD.
Izihlakaniphi eziphethe amasosha ase-US zamisa izisekelo zase-US ezindaweni zezinqwaba zezikhali zamakhemikhali ezindala, zemba imigodi emikhulu yokusha emhlabathini, futhi zaqala ukushisa udoti wamasosha - udoti omningi, into efana nale. Indaba Yezinto kuma-steroids. Bashisa amakhulukhulu amathani kadoti nsuku zonke, kuhlanganise nakho konke ongacabanga ngakho: uwoyela, irabha, amathayi, izinkuni ezihlanziwe, imithi, izibulala-zinambuzane, i-asbestos, ipulasitiki, iziqhumane, upende, izingxenye zomzimba womuntu kanye . . . (yilinde) . . . izinto zokuqeda ukungcola kwe-nuclear, biological, kanye namakhemikhali.
Imigodi eshisiwe yafaka ubuthi e-Iraq, kanye nezikhali eziphelile ze-uranium, i-napalm, i-phosphorous emhlophe, nezinye izinto ezesabekayo, zakha izifo eziwumshayabhuqe zokukhubazeka okungakaze zibonwe ngaphambili, futhi zabulala inqwaba yabantu base-Iraqis. Imigodi eshile iphinde yafaka ushevu amashumi ezinkulungwane zamasosha ase-US, iningi lawo asefile ngenxa yalokho, okuhlanganisa nendodana yesekela likamongameli waseMelika. Imigodi eshisiwe izuze i-Halliburton, inkampani yephini likamongameli wangaphambili waseMelika.
Imigodi yokushiswa yayingeyona imfihlo, nakuba izisekelo ngezinye izikhathi zaziyeka ukushiswa ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwe-VIP. Ngokuvamile, amafu amakhulu entuthu agcwala emoyeni futhi adala ubunzima bokuphefumula kanye nokugula ngokushesha. Amasosha ayazi ukuthi yimiphi imibala yentuthu eyingozi kakhulu futhi ayexoxa ngayo njengoba exoxa ngesitha. Imigodi yokushiswa eminingi iphendule amakhulukhulu amasosha ase-US aphile saka aba abangasebenzi. Kepha imigodi eshisiwe ezisekelweni eziyisithupha idale izifo ezinzima kakhulu nokufa kwabantu abaningi. Babangela, phakathi kokunye, izigameko eziningi ze-bronchiolitis ecindezelayo, eyayingaba umphumela kuphela wokuchayeka kugesi lwesinaphi - isikhali samakhemikhali esasala ohlelweni i-United States eyayilusekele lapho lukhona futhi sasetshenziswa njengezaba zempi lapho ingekho. 't.
Ngikhunjuzwa ngomkhumbi ohlezi ezansi neMedithera. Ngo-1943, amabhomu aseJalimane acwilisa umkhumbi waseMelika e-Bari, e-Italy, owawuthwele ngasese amakhilogremu ayizigidi zegesi yesinaphi. Iningi lamatilosi aseMelika abulawa wushevu, i-United States ngokungathembeki eyathi ibiwusebenzisa “njengesithiyo,” naphezu kokuwugcina kuyimfihlo. Kulindeleke ukuthi umkhumbi uqhubeke nokuvuzela igesi olwandle amakhulu eminyaka. Umhlaba namanzi ase-Iraq afakwe ubuthi ngendlela efanayo, njengamasosha ase-US.
I-Pentagon yenza kwacaca e-Iraq, njengakuyo yonke enye indawo, ukuthi ayinandaba nabantu noma indawo yemvelo yezindawo ezihlaselayo, nokuthi ayinandaba ngisho nakancane ngamasosha ewasebenzisayo ukwenza lokho. Kepha uma ucabanga ukuthi iPentagon ikugodlile ukukhathazeka kwayo ngezakhamizi zase-Fatherland, ungabheki eduze kakhulu ukusha okuvulekile kusenzeka e-United States. Ibutho lase-US lingumngcolisi wesithathu ngobukhulu emigwaqweni yamanzi yase-US, umkhiqizi ophezulu wezindawo zezinhlekelele ezinkulu, kanye nabaphezulu. umthengi ye-petroleum. Okungenani Izisebenzi zezikhali zenuzi ze-33,480 US abathole isinxephezelo ngomonakalo wezempilo sebeshonile. Lapho kuvinjwe khona imithethonqubo esemthethweni esetshenziswa ngempumelelo, amasosha akhombisa ukuzithiba; lapho ingekho, ayikwenzi. EVirginia, amasosha ngokuzibophezela aphonsa amasosha afile endaweni ukuthuthwa komhlaba kunalokho azishise. Noma iyiphi indlela ixhumana ngokulinganayo ukuthi amasosha anendaba kangakanani.
UHalliburton, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ujabule ukubhekana nokufa ekhaya njengaphesheya. Izakhamizi zaseDuncan, e-Oklahoma, zimangalele umshini wemali wakwaCheney ngokufaka ushevu emanzini angaphansi kwe-ammonium perchlorate. Abaphenyi bakahulumeni baphinde baphetha ngokuthi uHalliburton, ngokwengxenye, nguye owayenecala ngokuchitheka kukawoyela we-BP owagcwala eGulf of Mexico ngo-2010.
Incwadi entsha kaJoseph Hickman, The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America's Soldiers, iqoqa ubufakazi, okuhlanganisa nobezehlakalo ezifanayo phakathi neMpi YaseGulf yokuqala ezaziwa ngaphambi kokuba kumbiwe umgodi wokushiswa wokuqala wango-2003. U-Hickman usinikeza izindaba zezinsizwa eziphile kahle ezalibangisa e-Iraq zikholelwa la manga, zikholelwa ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US manje osecela iRussia ukuthi iyeke ukuhlasela amaphekula ngoba i-US ifuna ukuketula omunye uhulumeni - ikholelwa ukuthi lo hulumeni wase-US wayenezinhloso ezinhle. ehlasela i-Iraq. Le miphefumulo empofu yaya e-Iraq ngethemba lokuvikela abantu ekuhluphekeni okubi, futhi yagcina ibangele ukuhlupheka okunyantisayo kubantu kuhlanganise nabo. Bafika ekhaya, bathole umdlavuza, baboshwe ngamatshe yi-VA, futhi bafe bephupha ukuthi bekungaba yini ukuba nempilo kanye nengcebo edingekayo ukuze baye ekolishi. Iphupho Lazo LaseMelika lanqanyulwa yi-American Fantasy yezempi.
UJoe Biden weseka impi okungenzeka ukuthi yabulala indodana yakhe ngemigodi eshisiwe. Ube esekhetha ukungalubambi umengameli ngenxa yosizi lwakhe. Isinqumo sakhe sokungajahi sithole umbiko omningi kwabezindaba kunezinyanga ezimbalwa zomkhankaso kaSenator Bernie Sanders owayevotele impi. Kepha ingabe uBiden waphakamisa umunwe ukuze aphendule iHalliburton noma amasosha noma iCongress? Hhayi ukuthi ngizwile.
U-Hickman uchaza imigodi eshisiwe, kanye nobuthi obufanayo obuvela ezimpini ezedlule njenge-Agent Orange eVietnam, “njengokufaka engozini ngokunganaki impilo yabesilisa nabesifazane bethu abalwayo.” Okuwukuphela kwenkinga ngalokhu ukuthi yonke impi, konke “ukulwa,” kuhlanganisa nokubeka engcupheni izimpilo zenqwaba yezisulu (amaVietnam, ama-Iraqi, njll.) kanye namasosha ase-US. Akukho lutho olungenabudedengu nganoma iyiphi impi. Mhlawumbe abashayeli bezindiza bezindiza ezikude abekho engozini ngendlela evamile, kodwa bese ubheka ukuthi bagconwa kanjani ngaphakathi kwe-Air Force. Ukube amasosha abengekho engcupheni yokucekelwa phansi, abantu bebengeke bawahloniphe futhi bawachaze - njengoba kwenza u-Hickman - "njengokusebenzela" izwe labo ngandlela thile, yize amaqiniso awafaka encwadini yakhe ekhuluma okuhlukile.
INkantolo Ephakeme yase-US ibambe kusukela ngo-1950 ukuthi amalungu kanye namalungu angaphambili ombutho wezempi abakwazi ukumangalela ngokulimala abakuthola emsebenzini. Nokho, kusengenzeka ukuwina isinxephezelo kwaHalliburton. Uma kunjalo, cishe ungacela olunye usizo ku-Chelsea Manning oputshuze ubufakazi bokuthi amasosha ayenolwazi ngezingozi lapho edala imigodi eshisiwe, ulwazi uJenene David Petraeus aqamba amanga ngalo ephendula uphenyo lweCongressional.
Manje sekubukeka sengathi impi ka-2003 e-Iraq ayizange idale i-ISIS kuphela, kodwa yayihlomisa ngayo igesi yesinaphi, ngaleyo ndlela efakazela, ngicabanga, ukuthi uSaddam Hussein wayenganikeza ama-WMD amaphekula ukube wayemane ekhohlakele njengebutho lase-US.
