naDavid Felton, Zvita 12, 2017
NeMuvhuro uno, Bazi reMapurisa reNew York City rakasunga vanhu gumi nevashanu vachivharisa kupinda muMisheni yeUnited States kuUnited Nations, vamwe vachiratidzira kuSaudi mission, hofisi yeSaudi muLos Angeles, uye kuHart Senate Offices muDC, iyo #LetYemenLive kuratidzira zita. Medea Benjamin, mubatsiri weCODEPINK, akataura kuti kune kuratidzira muHouston, zvakare. Kuratidzira muNew York kwaisanganisira vanhu vangangosvika makumi mashanu, ukuwo muDC waisanganisira gumi nemashanu, uye muLA 15. Vaive muDC vakaimba nziyo dzeKisimusi nemazwi ekutanga kuUS Senator.
Ini nevamwe vangu varatidziri takangopedza maawa makumi maviri akareba "muhurongwa," semaitiro kubva munzvimbo yepasi kuburikidza nelabyrinth yemakamuri epasi, kusvika kudare redzimhosva pa100 Center Street inozivikanwa. Mufananidzo wangu wevhesi raNora Al-Awlaki wakatorwa nevakuru veStrategic Response Group kuUS Mission, ndokuuisa muhamvuropu ine kiyi dzemba yangu, bhandi netambo dzebhutsu, ndokudzokera kwandiri kunze kwedare. Mapurisa akandiudza kuti kunze kwekunge munhu auya kudare nechitupa changu chaicho, handaizoburitswa kana kudzoserwa pfuma. Vakomana vaive muchitokisi, vazhinji vekutsvaira zvinodhaka muWashington Heights, vaive pakati peboka revakasungwa randakambova neropafadzo yekuita nguva navo. Vachisvetuka-svetuka kuti vadziyirwe, vachisheedzera kuvakuru vezvechirango kuti vawane bepa rechimbuzi, vachirovana, vachirovera pasi foni yekubhadhara vachiedza kupinda kushamwari nemhuri, uye chekupedzisira asi chisiri chidiki, vachitenderera nesero kuti vaone. ndiani mudenderedzwa ravo aizopomerwa mhosva yei. Vakandivimbisa kuti DA yaisazokumbira bhero pamhosva yangu, ndingazvizivisa kana kuti kwete, asi kuti tose taunzwa muimba yepamusoro uye mudare, DA yakakumbira bhero ye $ 1000, ichipiwa mhosva dzangu dzakawanda dzakavhurika. , uye "extensive interstate contacts."
Kukurukurirana kwakanyanya kwenyaya dzakabatanidzwa mukuedza kwemazuva ano kwehondo kwakaitika muchitokisi kupfuura zvichazoitika mudare redzimhosva, pandakaedza kutsanangura mamiriro ekuratidzira kwedu kune vanhu vanotambura veYemen. Isu tanga tiri muhondo - isina kuziviswa, isina mvumo, chero - kwemakore akawanda kudaro, nenyika dzakawanda, pasina imwe yadzo inotyisidzira kwatiri, zvekuti yave chimiro chechigarire, uye inotora nhamburiko chaiyo yekuunza mukuziva. Vakomana vacho havana kupokana nazvo, uye nezvehondo inoumba humbavha kubva kune zvinodikanwa zvekugarisana, vakataura mienzaniso yakawanda muhupenyu hwavo hwega.
"Munoziva vangani vevavakidzani vangu vandakabira mumugwagwa kuti mwana wangu adye?"
Ndakarega kuyedza kupindura mubvunzo iwoyo, ndichipa pfungwa yekuti kune dzimwe nyika, ugororo uhwu huri kuita zvinoparadza muMiddle East yese, sezvo nyika nenyika inonangwa. "Vanhu vachativenga ..."
“Vanototivenga! Hauzvizivi izvozvo?” Vakadzungudza musoro vachiratidza kushamisika.
“Zvese zvatakawana munyika ino ndezvekuti zvakabiwa, uye zvakabiwa nechisimba! FUCK wanga uripi?"
Maawa makumi maviri akange asina kukwana nguva yekuti ndipinde mukuratidzira kwese kwapera makore nerwendo rwekuCentral Booking, asi ndakatsanangurira vakomana kuti kuma1980, vamwe vavo vasati vazvarwa, pakanga pasina chimbuzi. muchitokisi chevarume, uye vakasungwa vaizofanira kukoira pasi mukona. Ipapo ini netsaona ndakaenzanisa zvishoma kufambira mberi nekubviswa kweuranda, uye ndakagamuchira mumwe mutongo wepakarepo kubva kujury.
“Fuckin bullshit! Unofunga kuti uranda hwakabviswa here? Unopenga! Huranda hahuna kubviswa, chaingove…”
Hurukuro yacho yakaenderera mberi muchiSpanish sezvo vakomana vakatsvaga izwi rakanyatsojeka rezvakaitika kune iyo institution yeuranda. Uye zvishoma nezvishoma (zvishoma nezvishoma pasina caffeine), zuva rakabuda uye isu takafambiswa tichipfuura nemu labyrinth. Ndakaudza gweta rinobatsira zvemutemo kuti ndini ani, uye DA yaitoita senge inoziva - pamwe kubva pazvigunwe zvangu - uye saka pakanga pasina chikonzero chekubvunza kuti ndevapi "vakawanda vekudyidzana" vaiongororwa, vangu kana John anoita. Mutongi haana kukumbira bheroro, uye saka ndakasunungurwa paROR, uye ndakarongerwa kutongwa neChitatu, Ndira 17.
