Ngochwepheshe be-Veterans Intelligence for Sanity, AntiWar.com, Ngo-September 7, i-2022
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Ngaphambi kokuthi Unobhala Wezokuvikela u-Austin andizele e-Ramstein emhlanganweni wangoLwesine weQembu Lokuxhumana Nezokuvikela lase-Ukraine sikukweleta amazwi ambalwa okuxwayisa abangelwa isipiliyoni sethu seminyaka eminingi ngalokho okwenzeka kwezobunhloli ngesikhathi sempi. Uma ekutshela ukuthi u-Kyiv uphindisela abaseRussia, khahlela amathayi - futhi ucabange ukwandisa umbuthano wakho wabacebisi.
Iqiniso liwuhlamvu lwemali lwendawo ekuhlaziyeni ubuhlakani. Kuyamangaza ngokufanayo ukuthi iqiniso liyisisulu sokuqala sempi, futhi lokho kusebenza empini yase-Ukraine kanye nasezimpini zangaphambili esike sahileleka kuzo. Lapho kusempini, oNobhala Bezokuvikela, ONobhala Bombuso, kanye nojenene ngeke kuthenjelwe kubo. ukukhuluma iqiniso - kwabezindaba, noma kuMongameli imbala. Sifunde lokho kusenesikhathi - indlela enzima nebuhlungu. Amaqabane ethu amaningi ahlomile awabuyanga eVietnam.
IVietnam: UMongameli uLyndon Johnson wancamela ukukholelwa u-Gen. William Westmoreland owamtshela kanye noNobhala Wezokuvikela uMcNamara ngo-1967 ukuthi iNingizimu Vietnam inganqoba - uma nje i-LBJ inganikeza amasosha engeziwe angu-206,000. Abahlaziyi be-CIA babazi ukuthi lokho akulona iqiniso nokuthi - okubi nakakhulu - iWestmoreland yayikhohlisa ngamabomu inani lamabutho ayebhekene nayo, ithi kwakukhona kuphela "ama-299,000" amakhomanisi aseVietnam angaphansi kwezikhali eNingizimu. Sibike ukuthi isibalo sasingu-500,000 kuya ku-600,000. (Ngokudabukisayo, sabonakala silungile ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kweTet yamaKhomanisi ezweni lonke ekuqaleni kuka-1968. UJohnson washeshe wanquma ukungaphinde angenele elinye ihlandla.)
Njengoba benobulungisa othandweni nasempini, ojenene baseSaigon babezimisele ukunikeza isithombe esihle. Kukhebula lango-August 20, 1967 elivela eSaigon, isekela laseWestmoreland, uGen. Creighton Abrams, wachaza isizathu sokukhohlisa kwabo. Wabhala ukuthi izinombolo zezitha eziphakeme (ezazisekelwa cishe yizo zonke izikhungo zezobunhloli) “zazihluke kakhulu kunani lamanje lamandla acishe abe ngu-299,000 anikezwa abezindaba.” U-Abrams uqhube wathi: “Besiveza isithombe sempumelelo ezinyangeni ezedlule.” Uxwayise ngokuthi uma amanani aphezulu eba obala, “yonke imibono nezincazelo ezitholakalayo ngeke zivimbele abezindaba ukuba bafinyelele isiphetho esiyiphutha nesidabukisayo.”
Ukuwohloka Kokuhlaziywa Kwezithombe: Kuze kube yi-1996, i-CIA yayinamandla azimele okwenza ukuhlaziya okungenakubalwa kwezempi okuyenza ikhulume iqiniso - ngisho nangesikhathi sempi. Umcibisholo owodwa oyinhloko ekugodleni kokuhlaziya kwakuwumthwalo wayo osunguliwe wokuhlaziya izithombe zawo wonke Umphakathi Wezobunhloli. Ukuphumelela kwayo kwasekuqaleni kokukhomba imicibisholo yaseSoviet eCuba ngo-1962 yayenzela iNational Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) idumela eliqinile lobungcweti nenjongo. Kwasiza kakhulu ekuhlaziyeni kwethu impi yaseVietnam. Futhi kamuva, yadlala indima ebalulekile ekuhloleni amakhono esu laseSoviet kanye nasekuqinisekiseni izivumelwano zokulawula izikhali.
Ngo-1996, lapho i-NPIC kanye nabahlaziyi bayo bezithombe abangama-800 abachwepheshile benikezwa i-Pentagon, ikhithi ne-kaboodle, kwaba ukuvalelisa kobuhlakani obungachemi.
I-Iraq: UJenene Wombutho Wasemoyeni Osewathatha Umhlalaphansi u-James Clapper wagcina ebekwe esikhundleni sokuphatha i-NPIC, i-National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) futhi ngaleyo ndlela wayesesimweni esihle sokugcoba ama-skid "empini yokuzikhethela" e-Iraq.
Ngempela, uClapper ungomunye wezikhulu ezimbalwa eziphezulu ukuvuma ukuthi, ngaphansi kwengcindezi evela ku-Vice President Cheney, "wayencike phambili" ukuze athole izikhali zokubhubhisa okukhulu e-Iraq; angatholanga lutho; kodwa wahamba noma kunjalo. Encwadini yakhe yesikhumbuzo uClapper wamukela ingxenye yecala ngalobu bugebengu obulandelanayo - ukubiza ngokuthi "ukwehluleka" - emzamweni wokuthola i-WMD (engekho). Uyabhala, thina “sasimagange ukusiza kangangokuthi sathola ukuthi kwakungekho ngempela.”
Afghanistan: Uzokhumbula ingcindezi eyedlulele kuMongameli u-Obama evela kuNobhala Wezokuvikela uGates, uNobhala Wezwe uClinton, kanye nojenene abafana noPetraeus noMcCrystal ukuthi banciphise kabili ekuthumeleni amasosha e-Afghanistan. Bakwazi ukuphushela eceleni abahlaziyi be-Intelligence Community, bababeka kuma-strap-hangers emihlanganweni yokuthatha izinqumo. Sikhumbula iNxusa laseMelika eKabul Karl Eikenberry, owayenguLieutenant General Wezempi owayeyale amasosha e-Afghanistan, ekhalaza ngesinqumo se-National Intelligence Estimate mayelana nobuhle nobubi bokuphindeka kabili phansi. Siyazi futhi ngemibiko oye wadelela, uzwa ukuthi ukujulisa ukubandakanyeka kwe-US kungaba umsebenzi weziwula. Khumbula ngenkathi uGen. McChrystal ethembisa, ngoFebhuwari 2010, "uhulumeni osebhokisini, olungele ukugingqika" edolobheni eliyinhloko lase-Afghan i-Marja?
UMongameli, njengoba nazi kahle, wadlulisela kuGates nojenene. Futhi, ehlobo eledlule, kwakushiywe kuwe ukuthi ucoshe izingcezu, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso. Ngokuqondene ne-fiasco e-Iraq, "ukuqhuma" uGates noPetraeus abaqokwa uCheney noBush ukuthi baqalise kwaletha "amacala okudluliselwa" acishe abe yinkulungwane endaweni yokugcina izidumbu eDover, ngenkathi evumela uBush noCheney ukuthi baye eNtshonalanga ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa impi.
Mayelana nejazi lika-Teflon lalowo owayenguNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Gates, ngemuva kweseluleko sakhe sokuphindaphinda kabili phansi nge-Iraq ne-Afghanistan, ube ne-chutzpah yokufaka okulandelayo enkulumweni e-West Point ngo-Feb. 25, 2011 ngaphambi nje kokuba ashiye isikhundla:
“Kodwa ngokubona kwami, noma yimuphi unobhala wezokuvikela wesikhathi esizayo oweluleka umongameli ukuthi aphinde athumele ibutho elikhulu lezempi laseMelika e-Asia noma eMpumalanga Ephakathi noma e-Afrika kufanele ‘ahlolwe ikhanda lakhe,’ njengoba uJenene [Douglas] MacArthur akubeka kanjalo ngobunono. ”
I-Syria - Idumela lika-Austin Alinalo Ngaphandle Kwesici: Eduze kwasekhaya, unobhala u-Austin akaziwa ngezinsolo zokuthi wenza ezobunhloli kwezepolitiki. Wayengumkhuzi we-CENTCOM (2013 kuya ku-2016) lapho abahlaziyi bezempi abangaphezu kwe-50 CENTCOM, ngo-Agasti 2015, basayina isikhalazo esisemthethweni ku-Pentagon Inspector General ukuthi imibiko yabo yezobunhloli mayelana ne-Islamic State e-Iraq naseSyria yayisetshenziswa ngendlela engafanele ngabaphezulu. zethusi. Abahlaziyi bathi imibiko yabo iyashintshwa ngabaphezulu ukuze ihambisane nesizinda somphakathi sokuthi i-US yayinqoba impi ye-ISIS kanye ne-al-Nusra Front, igatsha le-al Qaeda eSyria.
NgoFebhuwari 2017, i-Pentagon Inspector General yathola ukuthi izinsolo zobuhlakani obushintshwa ngamabomu, ukubambezeleka noma ukucindezelwa yizikhulu eziphezulu ze-CENTCOM kusukela maphakathi no-2014 kuya maphakathi no-2015 "zazingenasisekelo." (sic)
Ngokufigqiwe: Sithemba ukuthi uzothatha isikhathi sokubuyekeza lo mlando - futhi uwucabangele ngaphambi kokuthumela uNobhala u-Austin aye e-Ramstein. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isimemezelo sanamuhla sokuthi iRussia ihlose ukunqamula igesi nge-Nord Stream 1 kuze kube yilapho unswinyo lwaseNtshonalanga lususwa kungenzeka sibe nomthelela omkhulu kubaxhumanisi baka-Austin. Kungase kwenze abaholi bakahulumeni baseYurophu bathambekele ngokwengeziwe ekuvezeni uhlobo oluthile lokuyekethisa ngaphambi kokuba amabutho aseRussia aqhubekele phambili futhi kufike ubusika. (Sithemba ukuthi waziswe ngokwanele ngomphumela okungenzeka wakamuva “wokuhlasela” kwe-Ukraine.)
Ungase futhi ufise ukufuna ukwelulekwa kuMqondisi we-CIA uWilliam Burns nabanye abanolwazi ngomlando waseYurophu - futhi ikakhulukazi waseJalimane. Imibiko yabezindaba yaphakamisa phambilini ukuthi eRamstein uNobhala u-Austin uzozibophezela ekuhlinzekeni i-Ukraine ngezikhali eziningi futhi uzokhuthaza ozakwabo ukuthi benze okufanayo. Uma elandela leyo script, angathola abambalwa abayithathayo - ikakhulukazi kulabo abasengozini enkulu yokubanda kwasebusika.
EQEMBU LOkuqondisa: Ochwepheshe Bezobunhloli Omakadebona beSanity
- UWilliam Binney, Umqondisi Wezobuchwepheshe we-NSA Wokuhlaziywa Kwezobuzwe Nezempi; Umsunguli we-NSA's Signals Intelligence Automation Research Center (ret.)
- UMarshall Carter-Tripp, Isikhulu Senkonzo Yangaphandle (ret.) kanye Nomqondisi Wophiko, Ihhovisi Lomnyango Wezobunhloli Nocwaningo Lomnyango Wesifunda
- Bogdan Dzakovic, Umholi Weqembu wangaphambili we-Federal Air Marshals kanye neThimba Elibomvu, i-FAA Security (ret.) (i-VIPS ehlangene)
- Graham E. Fuller, IPhini likaSihlalo, uMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezobunhloli (ohleli phansi.)
- UPhilip Giraldmina, I-CIA, Isikhulu Sezokusebenza (ret.)
- UMathewu Hoh, owayenguKapteni, i-USMC, i-Iraq & Isikhulu Senkonzo Yangaphandle, e-Afghanistan (associate VIPS)
- Larry Johnson, owayeyiSikhulu Sezobunhloli se-CIA kanye nesikhulu Sangaphambili SoMnyango WezoMbuso Sokulwa Nobuphekula (ret.)
- John Kiriakou, owayeyisikhulu se-CIA Counterterrorism futhi owayengumphenyi omkhulu, iKomidi leSenate Foreign Relations
- Karen Kwiatkowski, owayenguLt. Col., US Air Force (ret.), eHhovisi likaNobhala Wezokuvikela ebukele ukwenziwa kwamanga e-Iraq, 2001-2003
- Linda Lewis, Umhlaziyi wenqubomgomo yokulungela i-WMD, i-USDA (ret.)
- Edward Loomis, I-Cryptologic Computer Scientist, owayenguMqondisi Wezobuchwepheshe e-NSA (ret.)
- Ray McGovern, owayeyisikhulu sezempi yase-US Army / intelligence & CIA umhlaziyi; I-CIA Presidential briefer (ret.)
- Elizabeth Murray, owayeyiPhini Lesikhulu Sikazwelonke Sezobunhloli e-Near East, uMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezobunhloli kanye nomhlaziyi wezepolitiki weCIA (ret.)
- Pedro Israel Orta, owayeyisikhulu se-CIA kanye Nomphakathi Wezobunhloli (Umhloli Jikelele).
- Todd Pierce, MAJ, US Army Jaji Advocate (ret.)
- Scott Ritter, owayengu-MAJ., USMC, owayengumhloli we-UN Weapon, e-Iraq
- Coleen Rowley, Umenzeli Okhethekile we-FBI kanye noMeluleki Wezomthetho Wangaphambili weSigaba saseMinneapolis (ret.)
- USarah G. Wilton, I-CDR, i-USNR, (Uthathe umhlalaphansi)/DIA, (Uthathe umhlalaphansi)
- U-Ann Wright, Col., US Army (ret.); Isikhulu Senkonzo Yangaphandle (sasula emsebenzini ngokumelene nempi yase-Iraq)
I-Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPs) yenziwe yizikhulu zezobunhloli, osomaqhinga, izikhulu zezempi kanye nabasebenzi bekhongolose. Le nhlangano, eyasungulwa ngo-2002, yayiphakathi kwabagxeki bokuqala bezizathu zeWashington zokuqalisa impi ngokumelene ne-Iraq. I-VIPS ikhuthaza inqubomgomo yezokuphepha yangaphandle kanye nekazwelonke yase-US esekelwe ezithakazelweni zangempela zezwe kunokuba izinsongo eziqanjiwe ezithuthukiswa kakhulu ngezizathu zezepolitiki.
