Ndi Kathy Kelly
Kuyambira Januware 4-12, 2015, Umboni Wotsutsa Kuzunzidwa (WAT) anasonkhana ku Washington DC kwa nthawi yapachaka ya kusala kudya ndi umboni wapoyera kuti athetse kugwiritsa ntchito kwa United States kuzunza ndi kutsekeredwa kosatha komanso kukakamiza kutsekedwa, ndi ufulu wanthawi yomweyo kwa omwe adamasulidwa kwanthawi yayitali kuti amasulidwe, ndende yosaloledwa ya US. ku Guantanamo.
Otenga nawo gawo pakusala kudya kwamasiku asanu ndi atatu adayamba tsiku lililonse ndi nthawi yosinkhasinkha. Chaka chino, nditafunsidwa kuti ndifotokoze mwachidule ndani kapena zomwe tinasiya ndipo komabe tikhoza kukhalabe m'maganizo mwathu m'mawa umenewo, ndinanena kuti ndasiya msilikali wa WWI, Leonce Boudreau.
Ndinkaganiza za nkhani ya Nicole de'Entremont ya Nkhondo Yadziko I, Mbadwo Wa Masamba, imene ndinali nditangomaliza kumene kuiŵerenga. Mitu yoyambirira ikunena za banja lachi Canada la Acadian. Mwana wawo wamwamuna wamkulu, Leonce, adalowa usilikali waku Canada chifukwa akufuna kukhala ndi moyo wopitilira tawuni yaying'ono ndipo akumva kukhudzidwa ndi kuyitanidwa kuti ateteze anthu osalakwa aku Europe kuti asapitirire ankhondo a "Hun". Posakhalitsa adzipeza ali m'kati mwa kupha koopsa kwankhondo pafupi ndi Ypres, Belgium.
Nthawi zambiri ndimaganiza za Leonce mkati mwa sabata yosala kudya ndi mamembala a kampeni ya WAT. Tinkayang'ana, tsiku lililonse, pazochitika ndi zolemba za mkaidi waku Yemeni ku Guantanamo, Fahed Ghazi yemwe, monga Leonce, adasiya banja lake ndi mudzi kuti akaphunzitse kumenya nkhondo yomwe ankakhulupirira kuti ndi yabwino. Iye ankafuna kuteteza banja lake, chikhulupiriro ndi chikhalidwe chake kwa adani. Asilikali aku Pakistani adagwira Fahed ndikumupereka kwa asitikali aku US atakhala milungu iwiri kundende yophunzitsira zankhondo ku Afghanistan. Pa nthawiyo anali ndi zaka 17, mnyamata. Adachotsedwa ku Guantanamo mu 2007.
Banja la Leonce silinamuonenso. Banja la Fahed lauzidwa, kawiri, kuti amasulidwa kuti amasulidwe ndipo posakhalitsa atha kukumananso ndi mkazi wake, mwana wake wamkazi, abale ndi makolo. Kuloledwa kuti amasulidwe kumatanthauza kuti akuluakulu aku US aganiza kuti Fahed sakuwopseza chitetezo cha anthu aku US Komabe akuzunzika ku Guantanamo komwe adakhala zaka 13.
Fahed akulemba kuti palibe mlandu kapena kusalakwa ku Guantanamo. Koma akunena kuti aliyense, ngakhale alonda, amadziwa kusiyanitsa pakati pa chabwino ndi choipa. N’kosaloleka kum’sunga pamodzi ndi akaidi ena 54 popanda mlandu, atawalola kuti amasulidwe.
Fahed ndi m'modzi mwa akaidi 122 omwe ali ku Guantanamo.
Washington DC idazizira kwambiri m'masiku ambiri a ulaliki wathu wachangu komanso wapoyera. Titavala zovala zingapo zosanjikizana, tinakwera majumphira alalanje, ndi kuvala zisoti zakuda pamutu pathu, “mayunifomu” athu, ndikuyenda m’mizere ya fayilo imodzi, manja atatigwira kumbuyo.
Mkati mwa Nyumba Yokulirapo ya Union Station, tinafola mbali zonse za mbendera yopindidwa. Pamene oŵerenga anafuula mawu a m’kalata ina ya Fahed yofotokoza mmene akufunira kukumananso ndi banja lake, tinasonyeza chithunzi chokongola cha nkhope yake. “Popeza tsopano wadziŵa,” akutero Fahed, “simungapatuke.”
Anthu aku US ali ndi chithandizo chochuluka pakutembenuka. Andale komanso ambiri opanga ma TV aku US komanso ogulitsa amasokoneza malingaliro okhudza chitetezo kwa anthu aku US, kulimbikitsa anthu kuti athetse zowopseza chitetezo chawo komanso kukweza ndi kulemekeza asitikali ovala yunifolomu kapena apolisi omwe adaphunzitsidwa kupha kapena kutsekera m'ndende aliyense amene amamuopseza. ubwino wa anthu a US.
Nthawi zambiri, anthu omwe adalembetsa kuti azivala zankhondo zaku US kapena apolisi amafanana kwambiri ndi Leonce ndi Fahed. Ndi achichepere, ovutitsidwa kuti apeze ndalama, ndipo amafunitsitsa kuyenda.
Palibe chifukwa chodzikweza okha omenyera yunifolomu ngati ngwazi.
Koma chitaganya chaumunthu ndithudi chidzafuna kumvetsetsa ndi chisamaliro kwa munthu aliyense amene adzapulumuka m’malo opha kumene kunkhondo. Momwemonso, anthu ku US akuyenera kulimbikitsidwa kuti aziwona mndende aliyense ku Guantanamo ngati munthu, munthu woti azitchulidwe dzina osati ndi nambala ya ndende.
Ndondomeko zojambulidwa zamakatuni za mfundo zakunja zoperekedwa kwa anthu aku US, zopangira ngwazi ndi oyimba, zimapanga anthu osaphunzira bwino omwe sangathe kuchita nawo zisankho zademokalase.
Nicole d'Entremont akulemba za asilikali omenyedwa, asilikali omwe amadziwa kuti atayidwa mu nkhondo yosatha, yopanda pake, akulakalaka kuchotsedwa yunifolomu. Zovalazo zinali zolemera, zofewa, ndipo nthawi zambiri zinali zolemetsa kwambiri moti sizingavutike kudutsa m'madera omangidwa ndi waya waminga. Nsapato zinadontha ndipo mapazi a asilikaliwo ankanyowa nthawi zonse, amatope komanso azilonda. Ovekedwa momvetsa chisoni, odyetsedwa momvetsa chisoni, ndipo atatsekeredwa moipa m’nkhondo yakupha, yamisala, asilikali analakalaka kuthawa.
Ndikavala yunifolomu ya Fahed, tsiku lililonse la kusala kudya kwathu, ndimatha kulingalira momwe amalakalaka kwambiri kuchotsa zovala zake zandende. angaganize kuti pali anthu masauzande ambiri otsekeredwa mu yunifolomu yoperekedwa ndi oyambitsa nkhondo omwe amamvetsetsa mozama kuyitanidwa kwa Dr. Martin Luther King kuti asinthe:
"Kusintha kwenikweni kwa makhalidwe abwino adzaika manja pa dongosolo la dziko ndi kunena za nkhondo kuti, 'Njira iyi yothetsera mikangano si yolungama.' Bizinesi iyi yowotcha anthu ndi napalm, yodzaza nyumba za dziko lathu ndi ana amasiye ndi akazi amasiye, yobaya mankhwala oopsa a chidani m'mitsempha ya anthu omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala aumunthu, kutumiza amuna kunyumba kuchokera kunkhondo zakuda ndi zamagazi omwe ali olumala komanso osokonezeka m'maganizo, sizingatheke. kugwirizana ndi nzeru, chilungamo, ndi chikondi.”
Nkhaniyi idayamba kupezekaTelesur.
Kathy Kelly (Kathy@vcnv.org) amagwirizanitsa mau a Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org). Pa Januware 23rd, ayamba kukhala m'ndende kwa miyezi itatu chifukwa chofuna kupereka buledi ndi kalata yokhudza nkhondo ya drone kwa wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo la US Air Force.
