Kathy Kelly: Kanema wokhala ndi zolembedwa - February 20, 2018.
Kathy Kelly, pa Feb 15 2018, amalankhula ndi "Stony Point Center" ya NY akufotokoza mbiri ya kukana mwamtendere komanso masoka opangidwa ndi US ku Yemen. Iye sanapezebe mwayi woti awunikenso zolembedwa zokayikitsa.
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Chifukwa chake, zikomo kwambiri kwa Erin yemwe mwachiwonekere adafunsa funso lakuti "Kodi tichite chiyani za Yemen?" ndipo ichi chinali gawo la zomwe zidapanga kusonkhana kwathu pano lero; ndi Susan, zikomo kwambiri pondiyitana kuti ndibwere kudzanditenga; kwa anthu a Stony Point Center, ndimwayi kukhala nanu pano komanso, chimodzimodzinso kwa onse amene abwera, ndi kukhala ndi ogwira nawo ntchitowa.
Ndikuganiza kuti kufulumira kwa kusonkhana kwathu usikuuno kukuwonetsedwa ndi mawu omwe Muhammad bin Salman, kalonga waku Saudi Arabia, adalankhula pakulankhula pawailesi yakanema ku Saudi Arabia pa Meyi 2nd 2017 pomwe adati nkhondo yayitali ili "m'dziko lathu. chidwi" - ponena za nkhondo ku Yemen. Iye anati, “Nthawi ili kumbali yathu” ponena za nkhondo ya ku Yemen.
Ndipo ndikuwona izi ndizofunikira kwambiri chifukwa zikutheka kuti Kalonga wa Korona, Muhammad bin Salman, yemwe ndi wotsogolera gulu lotsogozedwa ndi Saudi kuti awonjezere nkhondo ku Yemen, abwera ku United States - ku United States. Britain iwo adatha kukankhira kumbuyo kufika kwake kumeneko: panali gulu lamphamvu chotero, motsogozedwa ndi a Quaker achichepere, kwenikweni, ku UK - ndipo mwina adzabwera ku United States ndipo ndithudi, ngati ulendo umenewo uchitika, ku New York, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti izi zimatipatsa mwayi woti tinene kwa iye, ndi kwa anthu onse omwe amangoganizira za iye, kuti nthawi siili kumbali ya anthu wamba omwe akuvutika kwambiri; ndipo mkhalidwe wawo udzafotokozedwa mowonjezereka m’kati mwa madzulo athu pamodzi.
Ndafunsidwa kuti ndilankhule pang'ono za nkhondo, mbiri ya nkhondo ndi proxy war ndi zomwe zimayambitsa. ndipo, Ndipo ndikufuna kunena modzichepetsa kwambiri kwa [] kuti ndikudziwa kuti mwana aliyense, pamsika wa Yemeni, akugulitsa mtedza pakona, nthawi zonse azidziwa zambiri za chikhalidwe ndi mbiri ya Yemen kuposa momwe ndingathere. Chinachake chomwe ndaphunzira pazaka zambiri ndi Voices for Creative Nonviolence ndikuti ngati tidikirira mpaka titakhala angwiro tidikirira nthawi yayitali; ndiye ndingogwira ntchito.
Ndikuganiza kuti malo amodzi oyambira ndi Arab Spring. Pamene zinayamba kuchitika mu 2011 ku Bahrain, ku Pearl Mosque, Arab Spring inali chiwonetsero cholimba mtima kwambiri. Momwemonso ku Yemen, ndipo ndikufuna kunena kuti achinyamata ku Yemen adayika moyo wawo pachiswe kuti abweretse madandaulo. Tsopano, kodi madandaulo amenewo anali otani amene anasonkhezera anthu kukhala olimba mtima? Chabwino, zonse ndi zoona lero ndipo ndi zinthu zomwe anthu sangakhale nazo: Pansi pa ulamuliro wankhanza wa zaka 33 wa Ali Abdullah Saleh, chuma cha Yemen sichinagawidwe ndikugawidwa mwanjira iliyonse yofanana ndi anthu aku Yemeni. ; panali elitism, cronyism ngati mukufuna; motero mavuto amene sanayenera kunyalanyazidwa anali kukhala owopsa.
Vuto limodzi linali kutsika kwa madzi. Inu simumalankhula zimenezo, ndipo alimi anu sangathe kulima mbewu, ndipo abusa sangathe kuweta ziweto zawo, ndipo kotero anthu anali kukhala osimidwa; ndipo anthu osimidwa anali kupita m’mizinda ndipo m’mizindamo munadzaza anthu, anthu ochuluka kuposa amene akanatha kuwapeza, pankhani ya zonyansa ndi zauve ndi chisamaliro chaumoyo ndi masukulu.
Komanso, ku Yemen kunali kuchepetsedwa kwa ndalama zothandizira mafuta, ndipo izi zikutanthauza kuti anthu amalephera kunyamula katundu; ndipo kotero chuma chinali kugwedezeka kuchokera pamenepo, ulova unkakwera kwambiri, ndipo ophunzira achichepere aku yunivesite anazindikira kuti, “Palibe ntchito kwa ine ndikamaliza maphunziro,” ndipo kotero iwo anagwirizana.
Koma achinyamatawa anali odabwitsanso chifukwa adazindikira kufunika kopanga zifukwa zofananira osati kokha ndi akatswiri ophunzira komanso akatswiri ojambula omwe adakhazikika, kunena kuti, Ta'iz, kapena mabungwe amphamvu kwambiri ku Sana'a, koma adafikira. kwa alimi: amuna, mwachitsanzo, amene sanachoke m’nyumba zawo osanyamula mfuti; ndipo adawanyengerera kuti asiye mfuti kunyumba ndi kutuluka ndikuchita ziwonetsero zopanda chiwawa ngakhale pambuyo poti anthu ovala yunifolomu omwe anali padenga la nyumba adawombera pamalo otchedwa "Change Square" omwe adakhazikitsa ku Sana'a, ndikupha anthu makumi asanu.
Chilango chimene achinyamatawa anakhala nacho chinali chochititsa chidwi: anakonza zoyenda ulendo wa makilomita 200 limodzi ndi alimi, alimi, anthu wamba, ndipo anachoka ku Taiz kupita ku Sana’a. Ena mwa anzawo anatsekeredwa m’ndende zoopsa kwambiri, ndipo anasala kudya kwa nthaŵi yaitali kunja kwa ndendeyo.
Ndikutanthauza, Zili ngati kuti anali ndi Gene Sharp, mukudziwa, zomwe zili mkati, ndipo amadutsa njira zopanda chiwawa zomwe angagwiritse ntchito. Ndipo adangoyang'ananso zamavuto akulu omwe Yemen idakumana nawo. Anayenera kupatsidwa mawu: Ayenera kuphatikizidwa pazokambirana zilizonse; anthu akanayenera kudalitsa kupezeka kwawo.
Anaikidwa pambali, sananyalanyazidwe, ndiyeno nkhondo yapachiŵeniŵeni inayamba ndipo njira zimene achinyamatawa anayesa kugwiritsira ntchito zinakhala zoopsa kwambiri.
Ndipo ndikufuna kunena kuti, pakadali pano ku Southern Yemen, United Arab Emirates, gawo la mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi, ali ndi ndende khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu zachinsinsi. Zina mwa njira zozunzirako anthu, zomwe bungwe la Amnesty International ndi Human Rights Watch, linalemba, ndi njira imene thupi la munthu limauponyera m’malovu omwe amazungulira poyaka moto.
Ndiye ndikadzifunsa kuti, “Kodi n’chiyani chinachitikira achinyamata amenewo?” Chabwino, mukamakumana ndi mazunzo, kutsekeredwa m'ndende kuchokera m'magulu angapo, chipwirikiti chikayamba, zikakhala zoopsa kwambiri kuti ndiyankhule, ndikudziwa kuti chifukwa chachitetezo changa ndiyenera kusamala kwambiri ndikufunsa kuti "ko kuli kuti? movement imeneyo?"
Ndipo mukangobwerera ku mbiri ya Ali Abdullah Saleh: Chifukwa cha akazembe aluso kwambiri, komanso chifukwa cha Gulf Cooperation Council yomwe inali - mayiko osiyanasiyana adayimira bungweli pa chilumba cha Saudi, komanso chifukwa anthu ambiri omwe anali mbali ya anthu osankhikawa sanafune kutaya mphamvu, Saleh anali pamphepete. Kazembe waluso kwambiri - dzina lake Al Ariani - anali m'modzi mwa anthu omwe adakwanitsa kuti anthu abwere pagome lokambirana.
Koma ophunzirawa, oimira Arab Spring, anthu omwe akuimira madandaulo osiyanasiyanawa, sanaphatikizidwe.
Ndipo monga momwe Saleh mochulukira adatuluka pakhomo pambuyo paulamuliro wake wankhanza wazaka 33 adati, "Chabwino, ndisankha wolowa m'malo mwanga," ndipo adasankha Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. Hadi tsopano ndi pulezidenti wodziwika padziko lonse wa Yemen; koma iye si purezidenti wosankhidwa, sipanakhalepo chisankho: iye anasankhidwa.
Panthawi ina Saleh atachoka, panali kuwukira pabwalo lake; alonda ake ena anavulazidwa ndi kuphedwa. Iye mwiniyo anavulazidwa ndipo zinamutengera miyezi kuti achire; ndipo anaganiza kuti “ndi zimenezo.” Adaganiza zopanga mgwirizano ndi anthu omwe adawazunza komanso kulimbana nawo, omwe anali m'gulu la zigawenga za Houthi. Ndipo adali ndi zida zokwanira, adalowa ku Sana'a, naulanda. Purezidenti wodziwika padziko lonse lapansi, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, adathawa: akukhalabe ku Riadh, ndichifukwa chake tikukamba za "nkhondo yoyeserera" tsopano.
Nkhondo yapachiweniweni idapitilira, koma mu Marichi 2015, Saudi Arabia idaganiza kuti, "Chabwino, tilowa m'nkhondoyi ndikuyimira ulamuliro wa Hadi." Ndipo pamene adalowa, adabwera ndi zida zonse, ndipo pansi pa ulamuliro wa Obama, adagulitsidwa (ndipo Boeing, Raytheon, mabungwe akuluakuluwa amakonda kugulitsa zida kwa Saudis chifukwa amalipira ndalama pamutu wa barrelhead), anagulitsidwa zombo zinayi zankhondo: "littoral" kutanthauza kuti akhoza kupita m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Ndipo kutsekerezako kunayamba kugwira ntchito zomwe zinathandizira kwambiri ku njala, kulephera kugawira katundu wofunika kwambiri.
Iwo anagulitsidwa zida zoponya za Patriot; iwo anagulitsidwa mivi yotsogoleredwa ndi laser, ndiyeno, chofunika kwambiri, United States inati "Inde, pamene ma jets anu amapita kukapanga mabomba" - zomwe zidzafotokozedwa ndi anzanga apa - "tidzawawonjezera mafuta. Atha kudutsa, kuphulitsa Yemen, kubwereranso ku Saudi airspace, ma jets aku US adzakwera, kuwatsitsimutsa m'mlengalenga "- titha kulankhula zambiri za izi - "ndiyeno mutha kubwerera ndikuphulitsa ena." Iona Craig, mtolankhani wolemekezeka kwambiri wochokera ku Yemen wanena kuti ngati mafuta apakati atayima, nkhondoyo idzatha mawa.
Kotero Ulamuliro wa Obama unali wothandiza kwambiri; koma pa nthawi ina anthu 149 anasonkhana ku maliro; anali maliro a bwanamkubwa wodziwika kwambiri ku Yemen ndipo kuponyedwa kawiri kunachitika; a Saudis poyamba anaphulitsa malirowo ndipo kenako anthu atabwera kudzapulumutsa anthu, kudzathandiza, kuphulitsanso kachiwiri. Ndipo oyang'anira a Obama adati, "Ndi momwemo - sitingatsimikizire kuti simukuchita zigawenga zankhondo mukagunda zomwe mukufuna" - pamenepo, anali ataphulitsa kale zipatala zinayi za Doctors Without Borders. Kumbukirani kuti United States idaphulitsa chipatala cha Doctors Without Borders October 2nd, 2015. October 27th, Saudis anachita.
Ban-Ki-Moon adayesa kunena kwa Brigadier-General Asseri waku Saudi kuti simungayende kuzungulira zipatala, ndipo General adati "Chabwino, tifunsa anzathu aku America kuti atipatse upangiri wabwino wokhudza kulunjika."
Chifukwa chake taganizirani zowunikira zobiriwira zomwe Guantanamo imapanga pomwe United Arab Emirates ili ndi ndende khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu zachinsinsi. Ganizirani za kuunikira kobiriwira komwe kuphulitsa kwathu chipatala cha Medecins Sans Frontières (Madokotala Opanda Malire) kumapanga, ndiyeno a Saudis amachita. Tachita gawo lalikulu, ife monga anthu aku United States omwe utsogoleri wawo wakhala ukuchita nawo nkhondo yapachiweniweni komanso nkhondo yoyendetsedwa ndi Saudi motsogozedwa ndi Saudi.
Titha kuyitcha kuti nkhondo ya proxy chifukwa chakuchitapo kanthu kwa mayiko asanu ndi anayi, kuphatikiza Sudan. Kodi Sudan ikukhudzidwa bwanji? Mamercenaries. Ochita mantha a Janjaweed amalembedwa ganyu ndi Saudis kuti amenyane pamphepete mwa nyanja. Chotero pamene Kalonga Waufumu anena kuti “Nthawi ili kumbali yathu,” amadziŵa kuti asilikali ankhondo amenewo akutenga tawuni yaing’ono pambuyo pa tawuni yaing’ono, kuyandikira doko lofunika la Hodeidah. Amadziwa kuti ali ndi zida zambiri ndi zina zambiri zomwe zikubwera, chifukwa Purezidenti Trump, pamene adapita kukavina ndi akalonga, adalonjeza kuti spigot yabwereranso ndipo United States idzagulitsanso zida.
Ndikufuna kutseka ndi kunena kuti, pafupifupi chaka chapitacho, Purezidenti Trump adalankhula ku nyumba zonse ziwiri za Congress, adadandaula za imfa ya Navy Seal, ndipo mkazi wamasiye wa Navy Seal anali mwa omvera - amayesa akhazikike mtima pansi, anali kulira momvetsa chisoni, ndipo anafuula chifukwa cha kuwomba m'manja komwe kunapitirira kwa mphindi zinayi pamene aphungu onse ndi ma congress apereka mokweza mayiyu, chinali chochitika chodabwitsa kwambiri; ndipo Purezidenti Trump anali kufuula “Mukudziwa kuti sadzayiwalika; Ukudziwa kuti iye ali pamwamba apo akukunyozera iwe.”
Chabwino, ndinayamba kudabwa, “Chabwino, anaphedwa kuti?” Ndipo palibe amene adanenapo, panthawi yonse ya ulaliki wamadzulowo, kuti Chief Petty Officer "Ryan" Owens anaphedwa ku Yemen, ndipo usiku womwewo, m'mudzi wina, mudzi wakutali waulimi wa Al-Ghayil, Navy Seals omwe adachitapo kanthu. Opaleshoniyo mwadzidzidzi inazindikira kuti "tili mkati mwa opaleshoni yolephera." Anthu amtundu woyandikana nawo adabwera ndi mfuti ndipo adayimitsa helikopita yomwe Navy Seals idagweramo, ndipo nkhondo yamfuti idayamba; Navy Zisindikizo zinaitanitsa thandizo la ndege, ndipo usiku womwewo, amayi asanu ndi mmodzi anaphedwa; ndipo ana khumi osakwanitsa zaka khumi ndi zitatu anali pakati pa 26 omwe anaphedwa.
Mayi wamng'ono wazaka 30 - dzina lake Fatim - sankadziwa choti achite pamene mzinga unathyola nyumba yake; nagwira mwana wakhanda m'dzanja lake, nagwira dzanja la mwana wake wamwamuna wa zaka zisanu, nayamba kuweta ana khumi ndi awiri a m'nyumbamo, imene inali itangong'ambika, kunja; chifukwa iye ankaganiza kuti ndicho chinthu choti achite. Ndiyeno ndani akudziwa, mwinamwake, inu mukudziwa, zomverera kutentha zinanyamula kupezeka kwake akutuluka mnyumbamo. Anaphedwa ndi chipolopolo kumbuyo kwa mutu wake: mwana wake anafotokoza zomwe zinachitika.
Chifukwa, ine ndikuganiza, za zachilendo zaku America, timangodziwa za munthu m'modzi yemwe - ndipo sitikudziwa komwe adaphedwa, usiku womwewo.
Ndipo kotero kuti tithane ndi zachilendozo - kufikira dzanja laubwenzi - kunena kuti sitikhulupirira kuti nthawi ili kumbali ya mwana aliyense yemwe ali pachiwopsezo cha njala ndi matenda, ndi mabanja awo, omwe amangofuna kukhala ndi moyo;
Nthawi siili kumbali yawo.
Zikomo.
