Ukujongana nohlaselo oluzinzileyo lokuma kwakhe kwimfazwe yase-Iraq, u-Rep. URob Andrews ufuna ukuphuma phambi komcimbi namhlanje, ecela umngeni ku-Sen.Frank Lautenberg ukuba ayeke ukuhlala kwizikhundla ezidlulileyo kwaye abeke ezakhe izimvo ikamva lokuzibandakanya kwaseMelika e-Iraq.
Inkomfa yoonondaba, ebibanjelwe kumanyathelo eSikhumbuzo seMfazwe eTrenton, iza nje emva kokuba uLautenberg ekhuphe urhwebo oluchaphazela uAndrews ngenkxaso yakhe kwangoko emfazweni, eqonda ukuba ubhaliswe nguBush ukuba abhalele isisombululo semfazwe kwaye Ukuphembelela abaDemokhrasi ukuba bayidlulise.
Iphulo leNdlu yeeNgwevu yaseMelika kufuneka ibe luvavanyo lweembono malunga nento emayenziwe ngokulandelayo, utshilo u-Andrews. Kwaye lukhetho phakathi kwezopolitiko ezidiniweyo, ezindala, ezindala ezikrokra nje, ukuphosa nje ukuhlaselwa, kunye nokukhetha ukuba wenze ntoni ngokulandelayo.
U-Andrews wema phambi kwamagqala asibhozo e-Vietnam kwaye waziswa nguMike Leonette, onyana wakhe, u-John Bowman, walimala kakhulu e-Iraq kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo.
Ndidinga ukwazi, ngakumbi kuSenator Lautenberg, yintoni injongo yakhe yokuzisa abantu ekhaya ukuze kungabikho omnye umzali ekufuneka eyenzile le nto, utshilo uLeonetti.
U-Andrews, owayexhasa ngezwi emfazweni kwinqanaba lokuqala kwaye wayikhusela ngo-2005, watsho njalo Ebesebenza ukuza nesicwangciso sokurhoxa ukusukela ngoNovemba, 2006 -Kude ngaphambi kokuba abe nomceli mngeni omkhulu ku-Sen. Lautenberg engqondweni. Kukwasisicwangciso esinephulo likaLautenberg kuba u-Andrews akazange azise njengomthetho.
Kukho umahluko phakathi kwam nomchasi wam kule ngxaki. Ndabeka icebo lokusikhupha eIraq kwiinyanga ezili-18 ezidlulileyo, utshilo u-Andrews. Akakaze, kwaye unoxanduva lokwenza njalo kubantu abakweli lizwe.
Isicwangciso, awasinikela ngentetho ka-2006 kwiQela le-Inshurensi yabavelisi baseNew Jersey, lingena kwiinkcukacha malunga nokuba i-United States ingadala njani uzinzo e-Iraq ngelixa irhoxisa, kubandakanya ukubeka amajoni ama-75,000 aseMelika e-Iraq kwaye, ukuba ayenzi njalo. Umsebenzi, ukukhuthaza iZizwe eziManyeneyo kunye neArabhu League ukuba zithathe indima enkulu ekuzinziseni ilizwe. Kukho konke, u-Andrews wacebisa ukurhoxisa uninzi lwemikhosi yaseMelika kwisithuba seenyanga ezili-12 ukuya kwezi-18.
Yenziwe ngomoya wokusombulula ingxaki, kwaye silindele icebo leSenator, utshilo u-Andrews.
Kodwa iphulo likaLautenberg limgxekile u-Andrews ngokungaze azise isicwangciso njengomthetho.
Isicwangciso sodwa se-Iraq uRob Andrews angasithatha ngetyala yile ayibhalileyo noGeorge Bush ukusingenisa emfazweni, utshilo isithethi sikaLautenberg uJulie Roginsky. Ukuba iCongressman Andrews ibanga ukuba ifuna ukuba imikhosi yethu ibuyele ekhaya, kufuneka ichaze iivoti zayo ezintathu ukugcina imikhosi e-Iraq.
Iphulo likaLautenberg labhengeza nokuxhasa kwakhe iqela elalilwa imfazwe, iqela elalichasene nezixhobo elibizwa ngokuba liBhunga leLizwe eliPhilayo, elinebhodi yabalawuli eyayigxeka u-Andrews owayengaphambi kokuba e-Iraq.
U-Andrews uthe namhlanje uthetha ngezicwangciso zakhe zokurhoxa kubunkokheli beNdlu, kwaye usebenze ngenkuthalo ukutyhala isicwangciso sokurhoxa esathi savela kunye ne-House Democrats ngo-Matshi, 2007 -isicwangciso esamkelwa ngu-Lautenberg kwi-Senate, ngaphambi kokuba Ukuvotelwa nguMongameli Bush.
Ngelixa iphulo likaLautenberg liqhubeka nokwenza umbandela e-Iraq, u-Andrews uqhubeke nokubiza uSenator oneminyaka engama-84 ngokungafuni kwakhe ukuzibophelela kwiingxoxo, esithi makamenywe kwiingxoxo yimibutho yeendaba ezili-10 kwaye uzamkele zonke, ngelixa uLautenberg akazibophelelanga nakubani.
Kuya kufuneka sithethe ngalo mbandela hayi ngokufihla ngasemva kwabasebenzi, hayi ngokubeka i-30 yesibini yentengiso zikamabonwakude, kodwa ngokuma phambi kwabantu baseNew Jersey kwaye siphikisana ngale neminye imiba.
Ngelixa u-Andrews esithi ufuna ukugxila kwikamva, ubalise amagqabantshintshi nge-pro-war eyenziwa ngu-Lautenberg kwiphulo lika-2002 nangexesha lakhe lokuqala kwi-Senate ngo-2003-esithi uLautenberg akanakuthi Watshintsha ingqondo akuba nje ebona ubukrelekrele.
UAndrews wathi kufanelekile ukuqaqambisa ezo zicatshulwa ukulungisa irekhodi, wathi inkcazo yakhe njengombhali-mbhali wesisombululo sokuqala semfazwe yayiyinto ebaxiweyo.
Nangona kunjalo, u-Andrews akazukuya kude athi ukubiza i-Iraq ngempazamo.
Ukususa uSaddam Hussein eofisini kwakungeyompazamo, utshilo. Yintoni eyimpazamo yimpazamo eyenziwa ngu-Bush Administration ngokuxoka malunga nobukrelekrele obakhokelela kuyo. Yayimpazamo xa uBush Bush babengenaso isicwangciso sokucinga ukusombulula ixesha lasemva kukaSaddam… Kwaye eyona mpazamo inkulu ayithethi nto ukulungisa le ngxaki, yimpazamo uSenator ayenzayo imihla ngemihla.
