by Kathy Kelly | Juni 16, 2017.
Pa June 15, 2017, a New York Times Adanenanso kuti boma la Saudi Arabia likufuna kuchepetsa nkhawa za aphungu ena aku US pakugulitsa zida za US ku Saudi Arabia. A Saudis akukonzekera kuchita nawo "pulogalamu yophunzitsira ya $ 750 miliyoni yazaka zambiri kudzera m'gulu lankhondo laku America kuti athandizire kupewa kupha mwangozi anthu wamba pankhondo yotsogozedwa ndi Saudi yolimbana ndi zigawenga za Houthi ku Yemen." Chiyambireni kunkhondo ku Yemen, mu Marichi 2015, zigawenga za mgwirizano wa Saudi, mothandizidwa ndi US, zakhala. anawononga milatho, misewu, mafakitale, mafamu, magalimoto onyamula zakudya, nyama, zomangira zamadzi, ndi mabanki aulimi kumpoto, kwinaku akutsekereza gawolo. Kwa dziko limene limadalira kwambiri thandizo la chakudya chakunja, zimenezo zikutanthauza kupha anthu ndi njala. Anthu pafupifupi XNUMX miliyoni tsopano akudwala matenda opereŵera m'thupi.
US thandizo ku mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi waphatikizira kupereka zida, kugawana nzeru, kuthandizira kulunjika, komanso kupititsa patsogolo ndege. "Ngati ayimitsa kuonjezera mafuta, zimenezo zingaimitsedi ndawala yophulitsa mabomba mawa,” akutero Iona Craig, yemwe nthaŵi zambiri akutero kuchokera ku Yemen, “chifukwa chakuti mogwirizana ndi dongosolo la mgwirizanowu sudzatha kutumiza ndege zawo zankhondo kuti zichite zinthu popanda thandizo limenelo.”
US yaperekanso "chivundikiro" cha kuphwanya malamulo a Saudi malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. Pa October 27th, 2015, Saudi Arabia idaphulitsa chipatala cha Yemeni chomwe chimagwira ntchito ndi Madokotala Popanda Borders. Ndegeyo inapitirira kwa maola awiri, zomwe zinachititsa kuti chipatalacho chiwonongeke. Ban Ki Moon, yemwe anali mlembi wamkulu wa UN, adachenjeza boma la Saudi kuti liwukire zipatala. A Saudis adayankha kuti US adaphulitsanso chipatala cha Doctors Without Borders, m'chigawo cha Kunduz ku Afghanistan, chomwe US anali nacho, kumayambiriro kwa mwezi womwewo, pa October 3, 2015. Ma airstrikes a US anapitiriza, mu mphindi khumi ndi zisanu, kwa ola limodzi. , kupha anthu 42 komanso kuchepetsa chipatala cha Doctors Without Borders kukhala bwinja ndi phulusa.
Kodi asitikali aku US angaphunzitse bwanji a Saudis kuti aletse kuphedwa mwangozi kwa anthu wamba? Kodi angaphunzitse oyendetsa ndege aku Saudi mawu ankhondo omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pomwe ma drones aku US agunda chomwe akufuna: mathithi amagazi omwe masensa amazindikira, m'malo mwa omwe kale anali thupi la munthu, amatchedwa "bugsplat." Ngati wina ayesa kuthawa pamalo omenyerawo, munthuyo amatchedwa "squirter." Pamene US inaukira mudzi wa Yemeni wa Al Ghayyal, pa Januware 29th, 2017, mmodzi wa Navy Seal, Chief Petty Officer Ryan Owen, anaphedwa momvetsa chisoni. Usiku womwewo, ana a 10 aku Yemeni osakwana zaka 13 ndi amayi asanu ndi limodzi aku Yemeni, kuphatikizapo Fatim Saleh Mohsen, mayi wazaka 30, anaphedwa. US idaphulitsa nyumba ya Saleh pakati pausiku. Chifukwa cha mantha, ananyamula mwana wake wakhanda n’kukagwira dzanja la mwana wake amene anali wamng’ono, n’kuganiza zotuluka m’nyumba mumdima. Kodi ankatengedwa ngati golidi? Mzinga waku America unamupha pafupifupi atangothawa. Kodi a US adzaphunzitsa a Saudis kuti azichita zachilendo ku US, kuchotseratu miyoyo ya anthu akunja, kuika patsogolo, nthawi zonse, ku zomwe zimatchedwa chitetezo cha dziko ndi zida zambiri?
Pazaka zapitazi za 7, ndawona kuwonjezeka kokhazikika pakuwunika kwa US ku Afghanistan. Ma Drones, ma blimps olumikizidwa, komanso makina azondi ovuta a mumlengalenga amawononga mabiliyoni a madola, mwachiwonekere kotero kuti openda "amvetsetse bwino momwe moyo waku Afghanistan ukhalira." Ndikuganiza kuti uku ndi kukokomeza. Asitikali aku US akufuna kumvetsetsa bwino momwe kayendetsedwe kake ka "High Value Target" kuti awaphe.
Koma anzanga achichepere mu Odzipereka a Mtendere ku Afghanistani, (APV), andisonyeza mtundu wopatsa moyo wa “kuwunika”. Amapanga kafukufuku, kufikira mabanja osowa kwambiri ku Kabul, kuyesa kudziwa kuti ndi mabanja ati omwe angakhale ndi njala chifukwa alibe njira zopezera mpunga ndi mafuta ophikira. APV imakonza njira zolembera akazi amasiye kuti azisoka zofunda zolemera, kapena kulipira mabanja omwe amavomera kutumiza ana awo ogwira ntchito kusukulu theka la tsiku.
Ndinauza anzanga achichepere ku Kabul za zovuta zomwe achinyamata aku Yemeni amakumana nazo. Tsopano, limodzi ndi njala yosonkhezeredwa ndi mikangano, kufalikira koopsa kwa kolera kumawavutitsa. Save the Children yachenjeza kuti mlingo wa kolera Matenda ku Yemen achulukitsa katatu m'masiku 14 apitawa, ndipo pafupifupi ana 105 amadwala matendawa ola lililonse - kapena m'modzi masekondi 35 aliwonse. “Zatichuluka kwambiri kuti tiphunzire ziwerengerozi,” anzanga achichepere anayankha modekha atamva za chiŵerengero chodabwitsa cha anthu aku Yemeni amene angafe ndi njala kapena matenda. “Chonde,” iwo anafunsa motero, “kodi mungapeze munthu wina amene tingam’dziŵe, munthu ndi munthu, kupyolera m’kukambitsirana kwa skype?” Anzake awiri ku Yemen adanena kuti ngakhale m'mizinda ikuluikulu, Yemenis ali kwaokha ponena za kulankhulana kwa mayiko. APV itadziwa kuti zokambirana zomwe amaziganizira sizingatheke, padutsa masiku angapo ndisanamve kuchokera kwa iwo. Kenako chikalata chinafika, chonena kuti kumapeto kwa Ramadan, mwezi womwe amasala kudya, nthawi zambiri amatenga chopereka kuti athandizire kugawana zinthu. Adandipempha kuti ndipereke zopereka zawo, ngakhale zing'onozing'ono, kwa omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe wa anthu aku Yemeni ku New York omwe ali osokonekera kwambiri kumeneko. Awiriwa aku Yemeni akudabwa kuti ndege zamalonda zopita ku Sana'a, mzinda waukulu kwambiri ku Yemen, ziyambiranso liti. Ma APV, omwe amamvetsetsa bwino zomwe zikutanthauza kukumana ndi tsogolo losatsimikizika, losakhazikika, akufuna kuthetsa njala ku Yemen.
Amapereka chitsanzo cha zomwe zingachitike, - zomwe zikuyenera kuchitika, m'malo mokonzekera zowopsa zolimbana, kuvulaza, kuzunza, kufa ndi njala ndi kupha anthu ena. Tiyenera, payekhapayekha komanso palimodzi, kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tiletse zigawenga zothandizidwa ndi US motsogozedwa ndi Saudi motsutsana ndi anthu wamba aku Yemeni, kulimbikitsa kuti mfuti zonse zikhazikike, kulimbikira kuchotsa zotchingazo, ndikulimbikira kuthandizira anthu.
Kathy Kelly (Kathy@vcnv.org) amagwirizanitsa mau a Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
