NguKathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, NgoMeyi 27, 2023
Iingcinga eziqhubekayo Igosa leMercenary, nguJeffrey E. Stern
USalman Rushdie wakha wagqabaza ukuba abo bafuduswa yimfazwe bangamaqhekeza abengezelayo abonisa inyaniso. Ngabantu abaninzi ababaleka iimfazwe kunye nokuwohloka kwendalo kwihlabathi lethu namhlanje, kunye nokunye okuninzi okuzayo, sidinga ukuthetha inyaniso ebukhali ukuze sijule ukuqonda kwethu kwaye siqonde iimpazamo ezoyikisayo zabo babangele ukubandezeleka okungaka kwihlabathi lethu namhlanje. Igosa leMercenary wenze umsebenzi omkhulu kakhulu njengoko isiqendu ngasinye sijolise ekuthetheni inyaniso.
In Igosa leMercenary, UJeffrey Stern uthatha intlekele eyoyikisayo yemfazwe e-Afghanistan kwaye ngokwenza oko uphakamisa amathuba atyebileyo nantsokothileyo okukhula kobuhlobo kwimekobume egqithisileyo. Ukuzichaza kukaStern kucela umngeni kubafundi ukuba bavume imida yethu xa sisakha ubuhlobo obutsha, ngelixa sikwavavanya iindleko ezimbi zemfazwe.
UStern uphuhlisa abalinganiswa ababini abaphambili, u-Aimal, umhlobo waseKabul ofana nomntakwabo, kunye naye, ngokuyinxenye ngokubalisa aze aphinde aphinde achaze iziganeko ezithile, ukuze sifunde okwenzekileyo ngokwembono yakhe, emva koko, ngokubuyela umva, ukusuka ku-Aimal kakhulu. imbono eyahlukileyo.
Njengoko esazisa ku-Aimal, uStern uhlala, ngokukrakra, phezu kwendlala engapheliyo ecinezela u-Aimal kwiminyaka yakhe yobutsha. Umama ka-Aimal ongumhlolokazi, owayebotshelelwe umvuzo, wayethembele koonyana bakhe abancinci ukuba bazame ukukhusela usapho endlaleni. U-Aimal ufumana ukomelezwa okuninzi ngokuba nobuqhophololo kunye nokuba ngumdlali onetalente. Uba ngumondli wentsapho yakhe ngaphambi kokuba afikelele kwiminyaka yakhe yeshumi elivisayo. Kwaye uyaxhamla kwimfundo engaqhelekanga, leyo ephelisa ukukruquka kwengqondo kokuhlala phantsi kwezithintelo zeTaliban, xa ngobuchule ekwazi ukufikelela kwisitya sesathelayithi kwaye efunda ngelungelo elikhethekileyo labantu abamhlophe abavezwa kumabonwakude wasentshona, kubandakanya nabantwana babo. ootata babalungiselela isidlo sakusasa, umfanekiso ongamshiyiyo.
Ndikhumbula umboniso bhanyabhanya omfutshane, owabonwa kamsinya nje emva koqhushumbo luka-2003 lweShock and Awe, olwalubonisa ibhinqa eliselula lifundisa abafundi bamabanga aphantsi kwiphondo lase-Afghan elisemaphandleni. Abantwana babehleli phantsi, yaye utitshala wayengenaso isixhobo ngaphandle kwetshokhwe nebhodi. Kwakufuneka abaxelele abantwana ukuba kukho into eyenzekileyo kude kakhulu, kwelinye icala lehlabathi, eyatshabalalisa izakhiwo yaza yabulala abantu yaye ngenxa yoko, ihlabathi labo laliza kuchaphazeleka kanobom. Ebethetha ngo9/11 ebantwaneni ababhidekileyo. Ku-Aimal, i-9/11 yayithetha ukuba uhlala ebona umboniso ofanayo kwiscreen sakhe esigqwethiweyo. Kwakutheni ukuze kufike lo mboniso mnye kungakhathaliseki ukuba wayedlala liphi ijelo? Kwakutheni ukuze abantu bakuxhalabele kangaka ukuhla kwamafu othuli? Isixeko sakhe sasisoloko sithwaxwa luthuli nenkunkuma.
UJeff Stern ungene kumabali ahlekisayo awabalisa kuwo Igosa leMercenary Uqwalaselo oludumileyo awaluvayo ngelixa wayeseKabul, ebonisa abantu abaphuma e-Afghanistan njengabavangeli basemazweni, abangalunganga, okanye amajoni. Amanqaku aqinile wayengazami ukuguqula nabani na kwinto, kodwa ukubhala kwakhe kwanditshintsha. Malunga nohambo lwe-30 oluya e-Afghanistan kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, ndiye ndafumana inkcubeko ngokungathi ndijonge umngxuma ongundoqo, ndindwendwele indawo enye eKabul, kwaye ikakhulu ndihlala ngaphakathi njengendwendwe yolutsha olusakhasayo noluzimiseleyo olufuna ukwabelana ngezixhobo, luxhathise iimfazwe. , kunye nokwenza ukulingana. Bafunda uMartin Luther King kunye noGandhi, bafunda iziseko zepermaculture, bafundisa ukungabi nabundlobongela nokufunda kubantwana basesitalatweni, baququzelela umsebenzi wokuthunga abahlolokazi besenza iingubo ezinzima ezithi ke zinikwe abantu kwiinkampu zeembacu, - imisebenzi. Iindwendwe zabo zamazwe ngamazwe zakhula zibazi kakuhle, besabelana ngokusondeleyo yaye bezama nzima ukufunda iilwimi zabanye. Ndinqwenela ukuba besixhotyiswe ngezimvo zikaJeff Stern ezifunyenwe nzima kunye nokudiza okunyanisekileyo kuwo onke amava ethu "ayisitshixo".
Ubhalo luyakhawuleza, ludla ngokuhlekisa, ukanti luvuma ngokumangalisayo. Ngamanye amaxesha, bekufuneka ndinqumame kwaye ndikhumbule izigqibo zam zokuzicingela malunga namava ezintolongweni nakwiindawo zemfazwe xa ndiye ndaqaphela inyani ecacileyo kum (kunye nabanye oogxa bam ababengamalungu amaqela oxolo okanye baba ngamabanjwa ngenjongo), esasisithi ekugqibeleni yayiya kubuyela kubomi obunethamsanqa, ngenxa yezibambiso ezingafunyanwanga ngokupheleleyo, ezinxulumene nemibala yeencwadana zethu zokundwendwela okanye izikhumba.
Okubangel 'umdla kukuba, xa uStern ebuyela ekhaya akanaso isiqinisekiso esifanayo sengqondo sepaspoti yokhuseleko. Usondela ekuweni ngokweemvakalelo nasemzimbeni xa esokola, kunye neqela elizimiseleyo labantu, ukunceda i-Afghan ephelelwe lithemba ukubaleka iTaliban. Ukwikhaya lakhe, ujongana nothotho lweefowuni zokusondeza, iingxaki zolungiselelo, iimfuno zokunyusa ingxowa-mali, ukanti akakwazi ukunceda wonke umntu ofanele uncedo.
Uluvo lukaStern lwekhaya kunye nosapho luyatshintsha, kuyo yonke incwadi.
Kunye naye ngamaxesha onke, siyaqonda, kuya kuba nguAimal. Ndiyathemba ukuba inani elibanzi nelohlukeneyo labafundi liya kufunda kuJeff kunye no-Aimal kubuzalwana obunyanzelisayo.
IMercenary, Ibali lobuzalwana kunye nobugrogrisi kwiMfazwe yase-Afghanistan nguJeffrey E. Stern Umshicileli: Imicimbi yoLuntu
