Kwa: James Cluff, Commander, Creech AFB
Wokondedwa Commander Cluff,
Ndicholinga chathu kukufikirani ndikupempha anthu anu kuti asiye kupha ma drone. Udindo wanu woyamba ndikusunga malamulo, mosasamala kanthu za malamulo anu. Kuphulika kwa ndege kwa anthu wamba osalakwa kukuphwanya Charter ya UN, Misonkhano Yachigawo ya Geneva, Misonkhano Yachigawo ya Hague ndi mfundo za Khothi la Nuremberg. Ma Drone sakutipanga kukhala otetezeka. Anyamata ochulukirachulukira ku Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen ndi Somalia alowa m'magulu omwe akubwezera US chifukwa chakupha okondedwa awo.
Ndikukhulupirira kuti mutha kuwona m'munsi kuti pali chikhalidwe chochepa pakati pa oyendetsa ndege za drone, chifukwa n'zosatheka kupitirizabe chidwi chanzeru, kuyang'anitsitsa ndi kuzindikira. Ngakhale a Airforce amaponya madola olimbikitsa kwa oyendetsa ndege anu akusiya ntchito zambiri, ndipo iwo omwe atsalira amatembenukira ku mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi mowa kuti achite dzanzi ndikudzimva kuti achite ntchito yonyansayi. Kodi oyendetsa ndege anu saona amayi ndi abambo ali ndi ana, ana akusewera mpira, mukukhala m'chipinda cha okwera? Taganizirani mmene kuwomba kwa ndege zouluka pa ndege za drone zakhudzira amayi ndi ana amenewa. Ana amavutika maganizo kwambiri ataona makolo awo akufa kapenanso iwowo akamamenyedwa ndi ndege. Kodi mungadzilungamitse bwanji kulimbana ndi telewar? Kodi oyendetsa ndege amatutadi chisangalalo ndi zokometsera zawo zakupha anthu wamba opanda zida?
Mumakhulupiriradi kuti mukuteteza Achimereka kwa zigawenga? Mutha kuwona kuti kuponya mizinga pazigawenga zomwe akuwaganizira sikukugwira ntchito, sikuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa zigawenga, m'malo mwake kumatenga zinthu zamtengo wapatali ndikuzichotsa ku mapulogalamu omwe angateteze anthu aku America. Kodi simukuwona kuti mwagwidwa m'dongosolo laulamuliro lomwe limalimbikira kuti kupulumuka kwathu kumadalira kuopseza kwathu ndi kulamulira ena? Ndipo kuti ndi dongosolo ili lomwe limakutsutsani ndikulekanitsani inu ndi anthu amitundu ina.
Commander Cluff, mwaiwala mwachisoni kuti ndinu ndani ndipo mukukhala mukukana umunthu wanu. Mutha kuyesa koma osapambana pakuvomereza ziwawa zama drone airstrikes. Ntchitoyi yakuchotserani umunthu ndikupangitsa kuti mukhale osakhudzidwa ndi kuzunzika kwa anthu aku Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen ndi Somalia.
Zingathekebe kuletsa kupha, kusintha ndi kutenga chiopsezo cha njira ina ya moyo.
LEYITSANI KUPHA, MALITSANI NKHONDO YOPHUNZITSA!
Jackie Barshak
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