NguKathy Kelly, uLUkuqhubela phambili, UJanuwari 22, 2021
Ngo-1565, uPieter Bruegel uMdala wadalwa "Ukubulawa Kwabantu Abamsulwa, ”Umsebenzi wobugcisa ovusa inkanuko. Umzobo zisebenza kwakhona a ingxelo yeBhayibhile malunga nomyalelo kaKumkani uHerode wokubulala onke amakhwenkwe asandul 'ukuzalwa eBhetelehem ngenxa yokoyika ukuba kuzalwe umesiya apho. Umzobo kaBruegel ubeka ubundlobongela kwindawo yangoku, eyi-16th Ilali yaseFlemish yenkulungwane ihlaselwa ngamajoni axhobileyo.
Ukubonisa iziqendu ezininzi zenkohlakalo eyoyikekayo, u-Bruegel uhambisa uloyiko kunye nosizi olwenziwe ngabahlali ababanjiweyo abangakwaziyo ukukhusela abantwana babo. Engonwabanga ngemifanekiso yokuxhelwa kwabantwana, uMlawuli oyiNgcwele oyiRoma uRudolph II, emva kokufumana umzobo, wayalela ukuba kusetyenzwe kwakhona. Iintsana ezixheliweyo zazipeyintwe ngemifanekiso efana neenyanda zokutya okanye izilwanyana ezincinci, zisenza ukuba imeko ibonakale ngathi yeyokuphanga kunokubulala.
Ngaba umxholo ka-Bruegel wokulwa nemfazwe wahlaziywa ukubonisa imifanekiso yokuxhelwa kwabantwana namhlanje, ilali ekude yase-Yemeni ingagxila. Amajoni enza ukuxhela akanakufika ehashe. Namhlanje, bahlala bengabaqhubi beenqwelo moya baseSaudi abaqeqeshelwe ukubhabha iinqwelo-moya ezenziwe e-US ngaphezulu kweendawo ezihlala abantu emva koko baqalise imijukujelwa ekhokelwa yi-laser (kuthengiswa ngu URaytheon, uBoeing kunye noLokheed Martin), ukukhupha isidumbu, ukusika, ukukhubazeka, okanye ukubulala nabani na kwindlela yokuqhushumba kunye nokuqhushumba.
Ngaba umxholo ka-Bruegel wokulwa nemfazwe wahlaziywa ukubonisa imifanekiso yokuxhelwa kwabantwana namhlanje, ilali ekude yase-Yemeni ingagxila.
kuba engaphezulu kwe Iminyaka emihlanu, i-Yemenis ijongane neemeko ezikufutshane-zendlala ngelixa ibinyamezele ukuvalwa komkhosi waselwandle kunye nokuqhushumba kwindiza yesiqhelo. IZizwe eziManyeneyo ziqikelela ukuba imfazwe sele ikhona yabangela Kusweleke ama-233,000, kubandakanya ukufa kwabantu abayi-131,000 kwizizathu ezingangqalanga ezifana nokunqongophala kokutya, iinkonzo zempilo kunye neziseko zophuhliso.
Ukutshatyalaliswa ngendlela eyiyo kweefama, ezokuloba, iindlela, ezogutyulo llindle kunye namaziko ezempilo kubangele ukubandezeleka okungaphezulu. I-Yemen ityebile ngobutyebi, kodwa indlala iyaqhubeka nokulandela ilizwe, iUN Iingxelo. Isibini kwisithathu seYemenis silambile kwaye ngokupheleleyo isiqingatha asazi ukuba bazokutya nini ngokulandelayo. Amashumi amabini anesihlanu eepesenti abemi abanengxaki yokungondleki ngokuphakathi. Oko kubandakanya abantwana abangaphezu kwezigidi ezibini.
Exhotyiswe ngeeLittoral Combat Ships ezenziwe e-US, iSaudis ikwazile ukuvimba umoya kunye namazibuko olwandle abalulekileyo ekondleni elona lizwe linabantu abaninzi baseYemen- indawo esemantla apho iipesenti ezingama-80 zabemi zihlala khona. Lo mmandla ulawulwa ngu-Ansar Allah, (okwabizwa ngokuba ngu "Houthi"). Amaqhinga asetyenziselwa ukuhlalisa uA Ansar Allah wohlwaya ngokuqatha abantu abasesichengeni- abo bangamahlwempu, abafudukayo, abalambileyo nabanezifo. Uninzi lwabantwana akufuneki babenoxanduva lokuphendula ngezenzo zopolitiko.
Abantwana base Yemeni aba “ngabantwana abalambileyo;” bazi ulamba ngamaqela alwayo athe i-blockades kunye nokuhlaselwa kweebhombu kwalisingela phantsi ilizwe. I-United States ibonelela ngezixhobo ezonakalisayo kunye nenkxaso yoonozakuzaku kumdibaniso okhokelwa yi-Saudi, ngelixa isungula eyayo "ukukhetha" uhlaselo lwasemoyeni ngokuchasene nabanqolobi abarhanelwa kunye nabo bonke abantu abakuloo ndawo ikrokrelwayo.
Ngeli xesha i-US, njenge-Saudi Arabia kunye ne-UAE, inayo nqunyulwa ibuyele kwimirhumo yayo kuncedo loluntu. Oku kuchaphazela kakubi amandla abaxhasi bamazwe aphesheya.
Kwiinyanga ezininzi ukuphela kwe-2020, i-US isoyikise ngokuchonga u-Ansar Allah njengo "Mbutho wabanqolobi bangaphandle" (FTO). Nokuba isoyikiso sokwenza oko saqala sichaphazela iingxoxo zorhwebo ezingaqinisekanga, sibangela ukuba amaxabiso ezinto ezifuneka kakhulu anyuke.
Ngomhla kaNovemba 16, 2020, ii-CEO ezintlanu zamaqela aphambili oluntu ngokudibeneyo wabhala kuNobhala Waseburhulumenteni wase-US uPompeo, emcenga ukuba angalwenzi olu bizo. Imibutho emininzi enamava abanzi asebenza eYemen ichaze iziphumo ezibi njengokuchongwa kwezixhobo zoncedo.
Nangona kunjalo, Unobhala welizwe laseMelika uMike Pompeo umemezele, emva kwemini ngeCawa, nge-10 kaJanuwarith, Injongo yakhe yokuqhubeka nesikhundla.
USenator uChris Murphy ubize eli gama le-FTO “isigwebo sentambo”Kumawakawaka amaYemenis. "I-90% yokutya kwase-Yemen kungeniswa elizweni," utshilo, "kwaye nokuyekisa ukunceda abantu ngekhe kuvumele ukungeniswa kwezorhwebo, ngokukodwa ukunqunyulwa kokutya kwelizwe liphela."
Iinkokheli zase-US kunye namajelo eendaba aphambili aphendule ngamandla kuvukelo olothusayo e-US Capitol, kunye nelahleko ebuhlungu yobomi babantu abaninzi njengoko kwenzekayo; Kunzima ukuqonda ukuba kutheni ulawulo lukaTrump oluqhubekayo lwabantu abamsulwa e-Yemen lusilele ukuvelisa ingqumbo kunye nosizi olunzulu.
NgoJanuwari 13, intatheli u-Iona Craig phawula ukuba inkqubo ye deUludwe "Umbutho wabanqolobi bangaphandle" -ukuwususa kuluhlu lwe-FTO - akukaze kufezekiswe kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweminyaka emibini. Ukuba ukutyunjwa kuhamba, kungathatha iminyaka emibini ukubuyisa umva ekoyikisayo kweziphumo eziqhubekayo.
Ulawulo lweBiden kufuneka lwenze kwangoko ukubuyela umva. Le mfazwe qalisa ixesha lokugqibela uJoseph Biden wayesesikhundleni. Kufuneka iphele ngoku: iminyaka emibini lixesha i-Yemen ayinalo.
Izigwebo kunye ne-blockades ziyimfazwe eyonakalisayo, inkohlakalo yokulwa nendlala kunye nendlala enokwenzeka njengesixhobo semfazwe. Ukuqhubela phambili kuhlaselo luka-Iraq “Lokothuka kunye Noloyiko” lowama-2003, ukunyanzelisa kwe-US kwizohlwayo zoqoqosho ngokubanzi kuhlwaywe kakhulu abantu base-Iraq abasesichengeni, ngakumbi abantwana. Amakhulu amawaka abantwana wafa ukusweleka kabuhlungu, ukusweleka kwamayeza kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo olwaneleyo.
Kuyo yonke loo minyaka, ulawulo lwe-US olulandelelanayo, kunye namajelo eendaba asebenzisanayo, lwenza umbono wokuba bazama ukohlwaya uSaddam Hussein. Kodwa umyalezo abawuthumele kumabhunga olawulo kwihlabathi liphela wawungenakuphazanyiswa: ukuba awuluthobeli ilizwe lakho ukuba uhambise iimfuno zethu zesizwe, siza kubatyumza abantwana bakho.
I-Yemen ibingasoloko ifumana lo myalezo. Xa i-United States yayifuna imvume yeZizwe eziManyeneyo kwimfazwe yayo yaphambi ko-1991 eyayichasene ne-Iraq, i-Yemen yayihlala isihlalo okwethutyana kwi-UN Security Council. Kuyamangalisa ukuvota emva koko ngokuchasene neminqweno ye-United States, iimfazwe zayo zokhetho ezijikeleze uMbindi Mpuma bezihamba kancinci.
“Iya kuba yeyona voti ibiza kakhulu ethi 'Hayi' owakha wayivota,” yayingu-ambassador wase-US Impendulo eyoyikisayo ukuya eYemen.
Namhlanje, abantwana baseYemen babulawa yindlala ngookumkani kunye noomongameli bedibanisa umhlaba kunye nezixhobo. "AmaHouthis, alawula indawo enkulu kwisizwe sawo, ayisoyikiso kwaphela eMelika okanye kubemi baseMelika," wathi UJames North, ebhalela uMondoweiss. "UPompeo wenza isibhengezo kuba amaHouthis axhaswa yi-Iran, kwaye amahlakani kaTrump eSaudi Arabia nase-Israel bafuna esi sibhengezo njengenxalenye yephulo labo elinobundlongondlongo lokulwa ne-Iran."
Abantwana abangobanqolobi. Kodwa ukubulawa kwabantu abamsulwa luloyiko. Ukusukela nge-19 kaJanuwari 2021, imibutho engama-268 ityikitye ingxelo Zifuna ukuphela kwemfazwe e-Yemen. Ngomhla kaJanuwari 25, "Ihlabathi lithi Hayi emfazweni ngokuchasene ne-Yemen" iintshukumo ziya kuba ibanjwa kwihlabathi liphela.
Kwakungomnye umzobo kaBruegel, Ukuwa kwe-Icarus, ukuba imbongi WH Auden wabhala:
Malunga nokubandezeleka babengaphazami,
iiMasters ezindala:…
kwenzeka njani
ngelixa omnye umntu esitya okanye evula ifestile
okanye uhamba dully ecaleni…
ijika njani yonke into
siphumle kamnandi kwintlekele… ”
Lo mzobo uchaphazela ukufa komntwana omnye. E-Yemen, i-United States -ngokusebenzisana nayo kwengingqi, -inokuphela ibulala amakhulu amawaka angaphezulu. Abantwana baseYemen abanakuzikhusela; kwiimeko ezinzima kakhulu zokungondleki, babuthathaka kakhulu ukuba bangakhala.
Asimele kujika. Kuya kufuneka sigqibe ngemfazwe eyoyikisayo kunye nokuvalwa. Ukwenza njalo kunokunceda ukugcina ubomi babanye abantwana baseYemen. Ithuba lokumelana noku kubulawa kwabantu abamsulwa lixhomekeke kuthi.
