nguDanaka Katovich, CODEPINK, UJuni 9, 2021
Ngexesha elithile ngaphambi kwehlobo le-2018, isivumelwano seengalo esivela e-US saya eSaudi Arabia satywinwa saza sahanjiswa. Ibhombu ekhokelwa laser ene-227kg eyenziwe nguLokheed Martin, omnye wamawakawaka, yayiyinxalenye yentengiso leyo. Nge-9 ka-Agasti ka-2018, enye yezo bhombu zikaLokheed Martin yayi Yehla kwibhasi yesikolo egcwele abantwana baseYemeni. Babesendleleni eya kuhambo lwasentsimini xa ubomi babo bafikelela esiphelweni ngequbuliso. Phakathi kothuka kunye nosizi, abo babathandayo baya kufunda ukuba uLokheed Martin wayenoxanduva lokudala ibhombu eyabulala abantwana babo.
Into abangayaziyo kukuba urhulumente wase-United States (uMongameli kunye neSebe likaRhulumente) bakwamkele ukuthengiswa kwebhombu eyabulala abantwana babo, kwinkqubo ityebisa uLokheed Martin, owenza izigidi zenzuzo kwintengiso yezixhobo minyaka le.
Ngelixa uLokheed Martin enenzuzo ngokusweleka kwabantwana abangama-XNUMX base-Yemeni ngalo mini, iinkampani eziphezulu zase-United States zezixhobo ziyaqhubeka ukuthengisa izixhobo koorhulumente abacinezelayo kwihlabathi liphela, zibulala abantu abaninzi ePalestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, nangaphezulu. Kwaye kwiimeko ezininzi, uluntu lwase-United States alunalo nofifi lokuba oku kwenziwa egameni lethu ukuze kuxhamle iinkampani zabucala ezikhulu emhlabeni.
Ngoku, entsha $ 735 yezigidi kwizixhobo ezichanekileyo ezikhokelwa ezithengiselwa uSirayeli- zimiselwe ukuba zibe kwimeko efanayo. Iindaba malunga nale ntengiso zaqhekeka phakathi kuhlaselo lwakutsha nje luka-Israyeli eGaza olwabulala Ngaphezulu kwama-200 asePalestine. Xa u-Israyeli ehlasela iGaza, yenjenjalo ngeebhombu ezenziwe e-US kunye neenqwelo moya.
Ukuba sigweba intshabalalo ecekisekayo yobomi eyenzeka xa iSaudi Arabia okanye i-Israel ibulala abantu ngezixhobo ezenziwe yi-US, yintoni esinokuyenza ngayo?
Ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo kuyadida. Njalo emva kwexesha ibali leendaba liza kuphuma malunga nokuthengiswa kwezixhobo ezithile ukusuka eUnited States ukuya kwelinye ilizwe kwihlabathi lonke ezixabisa izigidi, okanye iibhiliyoni zeedola. Kwaye njengamaMelika, ngokuqinisekileyo asinakuthetha apho iibhombu ezithi "KWENZIWE E-USA" ziya khona. Ngexesha esiva ngalo ngentengiso, iilayisensi zokuthumela kwelinye ilizwe sele zivunyiwe kwaye iifektri zeBoeing zikhupha izixhobo esingazange sive nokuva ngazo.
Nokuba abantu abazithatha njengabanolwazi oluninzi malunga nomkhosi wezemizi-mveliso bazifumana belahleka kwiwebhu yenkqubo kunye nexesha lokuthengiswa kwezixhobo. Kukho ukunqongophala okukhulu kokucaca kunye nolwazi oluye lwenziwa lwafumaneka kubantu baseMelika. Ngokubanzi, nantsi indlela esebenza ngayo ukuthengisa izixhobo:
Kukho ixesha lothethathethwano olwenzeka phakathi kwelizwe elifuna ukuthenga izixhobo kunye nokuba ngurhulumente wase-US okanye inkampani yabucala efana neBoeing okanye i-Lockheed Martin. Emva kokuba kufikelelwe kwisivumelwano, iSebe likaRhulumente lifunwa nguMthetho woLawulo lokuThumela ngaphandle kweZikhali ukwazisa iCongress. Emva kokuba isaziso sifunyenwe yiCongress, banazo Iintsuku ezili-15 okanye ezingama-30 zokwazisa nokupasa Isigqibo sokungavunywa ngokudibeneyo ukuthintela ukukhutshwa kwelayisensi yokuthumela ngaphandle. Inani leentsuku lixhomekeke ekusondeleni kweMelika nelizwe elithenga izixhobo.
Kwilizwe lakwa-Israyeli, amazwe e-NATO, kunye nabanye abambalwa, iCongress ineentsuku ezili-15 zokuvimba intengiso ukuba iqhubeke. Nabani na oqhelene nendlela enzima yeCongress yokwenza izinto unokuqonda ukuba iintsuku ezili-15 alonelanga ukuba liqwalasele ngononophelo ukuba ukuthengisa izigidi / iibhiliyoni zeedola kwizixhobo zikumdla wezopolitiko e-United States.
Lithetha ntoni eli xesha lokuma kubameli ngokuchasene nokuthengiswa kwezixhobo? Kuthetha ukuba banefestile encinci yamathuba okufikelela kumalungu eCongress. Thatha eyona nto iphambili kunye nephikisayo ye- $ 735 yezigidi ze-Boeing ethengisa ku-Israyeli njengomzekelo. Laphuka ibali kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba ezo ntsuku zili-15 ziphelile. Nantsi indlela eyenzeka ngayo:
Ngomhla we-5 kaMeyi, i-2021 Congress yaziswa malunga nentengiso. Nangona kunjalo, kuba intengiso yayiyintengiso (ukusuka eBoeing ukuya kwa-Israyeli) endaweni yoburhulumente-kurhulumente (ukusuka e-United States ukuya kwa-Israyeli), kukho ukungabikho okukhulu elubala kuba kukho iinkqubo ezahlukeneyo zentengiso yentengiso. Ke nge-17 kaMeyi, kushiyeke nje iintsuku ezimbalwa kwisithuba seentsuku ezili-15 ukuba iCongress kufuneka ibhlokile intengiso, i ibali lentengiso laphuka. Ukuphendula kwintengiso ngomhla wokugqibela weentsuku ezili-15, isisombululo esidibeneyo sokungavunywa saziswa kwiNdlu ngoMeyi 20. Ngosuku olulandelayo, USenator Sanders wazise umthetho wakhe ukuvimba ukuthengiswa kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, xa iintsuku ezili-15 ziphelile. Iphepha-mvume lokuthumela kwelinye ilizwe sele livunyiwe liSebe likaRhulumente kwangolo suku.
Umthetho owaziswe nguSenator Sanders kunye noMmeli u-Ocasio-Cortez ukuvimba ukuthengisa bekungasenamsebenzi njengoko ixesha liphelile.
Nangona kunjalo, konke akuphelanga, kuba kukho iindlela ezininzi zokuthengisa ezinokumiswa emva kokuba iphepha-mvume lokuthumela kwelinye ilizwe linikezelwe. ISebe likaRhulumente linokuyirhoxisa ilayisensi, uMongameli angayimisa intengiso, kwaye iCongress inokwazisa umthetho othile wokuthintela ukuthengisa nanini na de izixhobo zisiwe. Ukhetho lokugqibela aluzange lwenziwe ngaphambili, kodwa kukho imeko yakutshanje ebonisa ukuba isenokungabi nantsingiselo kwaphela ukuzama.
ICongress iphumelele isisombululo esidibeneyo sokungavumi 2019 ukuvimba ukuthengiswa kweengalo kwi-United Arab Emirates. Emva koko uMongameli uDonald Trump wasiphikisa esi sigqibo kwaye iCongress yayingenazo iivoti zokuyigqithisela. Nangona kunjalo, le meko ibonakalisile ukuba omabini amacala ezinto anokusebenza kunye ukuvimba ukuthengiswa kweengalo.
Iindlela zokudibanisa kunye nokudinisa ukuthengiswa kweengalo kuhamba ngokudibanisa imibuzo emibini ebalulekileyo. Ngaba kufanelekile ukuba sithengise izixhobo kula mazwe kwasekuqaleni? Kwaye ngaba kufuneka kubekho utshintsho olusisiseko kwinkqubo yokuthengisa izixhobo ukuze amaMelika abe nakho ukuthetha?
Ngokwethu umthetho, i-United States akufuneki ithumele izixhobo kumazwe afana no-Israyeli kunye ne-Saudi Arabia (phakathi kwabanye). Ngokobuchwephesha, ukwenza oko kuyaphikisana noMthetho woNcedo lwaNgaphandle, ongomnye wemithetho ephambili elawula ukuthengiswa kwezixhobo.
Icandelo lama-502B loMthetho woNcedo lwaNgaphandle lithi izixhobo ezithengiswa yi-United States azinakusetyenziselwa ukwaphula amalungelo oluntu. Xa iSaudi Arabia yaphosa loo bhombu ka-Lockheed Martin kwaba bantwana base-Yemeni, akukho ngxabano inokwenziwa "ngokuzikhusela ngokusemthethweni." Xa iithagethi eziphambili zase-Saudi Arabia e-Yemen yimitshato, imingcwabo, izikolo kunye neendawo zokuhlala e-Sanaa, i-United States ayinasizathu sakusebenzisa izixhobo zase-US. Xa u-Israyeli esebenzisa i-Boeing ngokudibeneyo yokuhlasela ngqo kwizakhiwo zokuhlala kunye neendawo zosasazo zamazwe aphesheya, abakwenzi oko ngenxa "yokuzikhusela ngokusemthethweni".
Kule mihla nakwiminyaka apho iividiyo zabamanyeneyo baseMelika abenza ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe zifumaneka ngokulula kwi-Twitter okanye kwi-Instagram, akukho namnye onokuthi mabangazi ukuba zeziphi izixhobo ezenziwe e-US ezisetyenziselwa kwihlabathi liphela.
Njengabantu baseMelika, kukho amanyathelo abalulekileyo amakathathwe. Ngaba sikulungele ukubeka imizamo yethu ekutshintsheni inkqubo yentengiso yezixhobo ukubandakanya ukungafihli kunye nokuphendula? Ngaba sikulungele ukucela imithetho yethu? Okubaluleke ngakumbi: Ngaba sikulungele ukubeka iinzame zethu ekutshintsheni uqoqosho lwethu ukuze abazali base-Yemeni nabasePalestine ababeka yonke into yothando ekukhuliseni abantwana babo bangabi noloyiko lokuba umhlaba wabo wonke ungathathwa ngephanyazo? Ngokuma nje, uqoqosho lwethu luxhamla ngokuthengisa izixhobo zentshabalalo kwamanye amazwe. Yinto abantu baseMelika ekufuneka bayiqonde kwaye babuze ukuba ikhona enye indlela ebhetele yokuba yinxalenye yehlabathi. Amanyathelo alandelayo abantu abachaphazelekayo malunga nokuthengiswa kweengalo ezitsha kwa-Israyeli kufanele ukuba bacele iSebe likaRhulumente kwaye bacele amalungu abo eCongress ukuba azise umthetho wokuthintela ukuthengisa.
UDanaka Katovich ngumququzeleli wephulo eCODEPINK kunye nomququzeleli weqela lolutsha lweCODEPINK kwiqela elidibeneyo loxolo. UDanaka uphumelele kwiDyunivesithi yaseDePaul ngesidanga se-bachelor kwi-Political Science ngo-Novemba ngo-2020 egxile kwezopolitiko zamanye amazwe. Ukusukela nge-2018 ebesebenza ekupheliseni ukuthatha inxaxheba kwe-US emfazweni e-Yemen, egxile kwi-DRM yemfazwe yokwenza amandla. E-CODEPINK usebenza kuluntu ukufikelela kuluntu njengomququzeleli we-Peace Collective egxile kwimfundo echasene ne-impiriyali kunye nokuhlulwa.
