Ubani Olawula Indlela Esiyikhumbula Ngayo Impi Yase-Iraq?

Ibhalwe nguJeremy Earp, World BEYOND War, Mashi 16, i-2023

"Zonke izimpi ziliwa kabili, okokuqala enkundleni yempi, okwesibili ngenkumbulo."
- Viet Thanh Nguyen

Njengoba imithombo yezindaba evamile yase-US ima isikhashana ukuze ikhumbule ukuhlasela kwe-US e-Iraq, kuyacaca ukuthi kuningi abathemba ukuthi sizokukhohlwa - okokuqala nokubaluleke kakhulu, ukubamba iqhaza kwabezindaba ekusunguleni ukwesekwa komphakathi kwempi.

Kodwa lapho uhlolisisa ukusakazwa kwezindaba okujwayelekile kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, njengoba kwenza ithimba lethu lamadokhumentari ngesonto eledlule lapho sihlanganisa le montage yemizuzu emihlanu yefilimu yethu yango-2007 Impi Yenziwe Yalula, kuba nzima nakakhulu ukukhohlwa indlela amanethiwekhi ezindaba ahlabahlosile ngayo yonke indawo yokusakaza nekhebula asabalalisa ngokungagxeki inkulumo-ze yokuphatha kukaBush futhi awafaki ngaphandle amazwi aphikisayo.

Izinombolo aziqambi amanga. Umbiko wango-2003 yinhlangano eqapha abezindaba i-Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) ithole ukuthi emasontweni amabili ngaphambi kokuhlasela, i-ABC World News, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, kanye ne-PBS Newshour iveze ingqikithi yochwepheshe baseMelika abangama-267, abahlaziyi, nabahlaziyi bekhamera ukuthi basize ukwenza umqondo wemashi eya empini. Kulezi zivakashi ezingama-267, ama-75% amangalisayo bekuyizikhulu zikahulumeni zamanje noma zangaphambili noma zezempi, kanye nenani eliphelele laba one wazwakalisa noma yikuphi ukungabaza.

Ngaleso sikhathi, emhlabeni okhula ngokushesha wezindaba zamakhebula, i-Fox News's ukukhuluma kanzima, i-jingoism ye-pro-war ibibeka izinga labaphathi abaqapha izilinganiso kumanethiwekhi amaningi ekhebula “akhululekile” kakhulu. I-MSNBC ne-CNN, bezwa ukushisa kwalokho ababekubizelwa ngabangaphakathi embonini "umphumela weFox," babezama kakhulu ukugqamisa imbangi yabo ephiko lwesokudla - kanye nomunye - ngokususa amazwi agxekayo futhi babone ukuthi ubani ongaqhumisa izigubhu zempi kakhulu.

Kwa-MSNBC, njengoba ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq kusondela ekuqaleni kuka-2003, abaphathi benethiwekhi wanquma ukuxosha uPhil Donahue nakuba uhlelo lwakhe lwalunezilinganiso eziphezulu kakhulu esiteshini. A kuvuza imemo yangaphakathi wachaza ukuthi abaphathi abaphezulu babona u-Donahue "njengomuntu okhathele, okhululekile ophiko lwesokunxele" ozoba "ubuso obunzima bomphakathi be-NBC ngesikhathi sempi." Iphawula ukuthi u-Donahue "ubonakala ekujabulela ukwethula izivakashi ezimelene nempi, ezimelene noBush futhi ezingabaza izisusa zabaphathi," imemo ixwayise ngokushaqisayo ngokuthi umbukiso wakhe ungagcina usuyikhaya le-ajenda yenkululeko yokulwa nempi ngasikhathi sinye. ukuthi izimbangi zethu ziphephezelisa ifulegi ngawo wonke amathuba.”

Akufanele uphelelwe yisikhathi, umphathi wezindaba we-CNN U-Eason Jordan uzoziqhenya emoyeni ukuthi uhlangane nezikhulu zePentagon ngesikhathi sokuhlasela ukuze athole imvume yempi yekhamera "ochwepheshe" inethiwekhi izothembela kuyo. “Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi ongoti abachaze ngempi futhi bachaze izikhali zezempi, bachaze amaqhinga, bakhulume ngesu elidala ukungqubuzana,” kuchaza uJordan. “Ngaya mina ngokwami ​​ePentagon ngaphambi kokuba kuqale impi futhi ngahlangana nabantu ababalulekile lapho ngathi . . . nampa ojenene esicabanga ukubagcina ukuze baseluleke emoyeni nangaphandle mayelana nempi, futhi sibathathele izithupha ezinkulu bonke. Bekubalulekile lokho.”

Njengoba uNorman Solomon ebona efilimini yethu Impi Yenziwe Yalula, esisusela encwadini yakhe enegama elifanayo, isimiso sentando yeningi esiyisisekelo somshini wokunyathelisa ozimele, ophikisanayo wamane waphonswa ngefasitela. “Imvamisa izintatheli zisola uhulumeni ngokwehluleka kwezintatheli ngokwazo ukubika ezizimele,” kusho uSolomon. “Kodwa akekho owaphoqelela izinkundla zokuxhumana ezinkulu njenge-CNN ukuthi zenze izincazelo eziningi kangaka ezivela kojenene abasathatha umhlalaphansi nabaphathi bezempi kanye nakho konke okunye . . . Kwakungeyona ngisho into yokufihla, ekugcineni. Kwakuyinto yokusho kubantu baseMelika, 'Niyabona, singabadlali beqembu. Singase sibe abezindaba, kodwa sisohlangothini olufanayo nekhasi elifanayo nePentagon.' . . . Futhi lokho kungqubuzana ngokuqondile nombono womshini ozimele.”

Umphumela awuzange ube nenkulumo-mpikiswano, eqhutshwa ngenkohliso, bagijimela impi yokuzikhethela eyayizoqhubeka phazamisa isifunda, asheshise ubuphekula bomhlaba wonke, wopha izigidigidi zamaRandi kusuka kumgcinimafa wase-US, futhi ubulale izinkulungwane zabasebenzi base-US kanye namakhulu ezinkulungwane zama-Iraqis, iningi labo izakhamuzi ezingenacala. Nokho eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva, njengoba sisondelana nakakhulu izimpi ezintsha ezingaba yinhlekelele, cishe akukho ukuziphendulela noma ukubika okuqhubekayo emithonjeni yezindaba evamile ukusikhumbuza ngabo siqu indima ebalulekile ekuthengiseni impi yase-Iraq.

Kuyisenzo sokukhohlwa ukuthi asikwazi ukukukhokhela, ikakhulukazi njengoba amaphethini amaningi afanayo avela eminyakeni engama-20 edlule manje aziphindaphinda ngokushayela ngokweqile - kusukela esikalini esigcwele. qala kabusha futhi ukuhlunyeleliswa kwesimilo yabaklami bezempi e-Iraq abaholayo nabashayi bemidlalo abaqhubeka nokuthembela ngokweqile “kochwepheshe” kwabezindaba. adonswe emnyango ojikelezayo umhlaba wePentagon kanye nemboni yezikhali (ngokuvamile ngaphandle kokudalulwa).

"Inkumbulo iyinsiza yamasu kunoma yiliphi izwe, ikakhulukazi inkumbulo yezimpi," umbhali wezincwadi owawina uMklomelo kaPulitzer. U-Viet Thanh Nguyen ubhalile. "Ngokulawula ukulandisa kwezimpi esizilwile, sithethelela izimpi esizozilwa njengamanje."

Njengoba sigubha iminyaka engama-20 yokuhlasela kwe-US ngokubulala e-Iraq, kubalulekile ukubuyisa inkumbulo yale mpi hhayi kuphela ezikhulwini zokuphatha zikaBush eziyilwile, kodwa nasohlelweni lwemithombo yezindaba olusize ukuyidayisa futhi oluzamile ukuyilawula. ukulandisa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

UJeremy Earp unguMqondisi Wokukhiqiza we- I-Media Education Foundation (MEF) kanye nomqondisi, no-Loretta Alper, wedokhumentari ye-MEF "Impi Yenziwe Yalula: Indlela Omongameli Nezimpumputhe Baqhubeka Besiphonsa Ngayo Ekufeni," ehambisana no-Norman Solomon. Ukuphawula iminyaka engama-20 yokuhlasela kwe-Iraq, i-RootsAction Education Fund izobe isingathe umbukiso obonakalayo we-“War Made Easy” ngoMashi 20 ngo-6:45 PM Eastern, okulandelwa yingxoxo yephaneli enoSolomon, uDennis Kucinich, uKathy Kelly, UMarcy Winograd, u-India Walton, noDavid Swanson. Chofoza lapha ukubhalisela umcimbi, futhi Chofoza lapha ukusakaza "I-War Made Easy" kusengaphambili mahhala.