Ngu-Elliot Swain, ngoJanuwari 15, 2018
NgoJanuwari 13-15, 2018, Inkomfa eyayiseBaltimore kwiziseko zomkhosi zangaphandle zase-US zadibanisa amazwi alwa imfazwe avela kwihlabathi lonke. Izithethi zichonge izoyikiso ezininzi ezibangelwe kukubakho komkhosi wase-United States-ukusuka kulawulo lwesizwe ukuya kwindalo esingqongileyo nakwimpilo yoluntu.
Imikhosi yezomkhosi yase-US kumazwe angaphandle zizinto ezinembali yehlazo lama-impiriyali ase-US aqala emva kweMfazwe yaseSpain-America kunye nakwilizwe laseMelika elalandela iPhilippines neCuba. Ezinye iziseko zakhiwa ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi kunye neMfazwe yaseKorea, kwaye isekhona nanamhlanje. Ukuvalwa kwezi ziseko kunokubonisa ukutshona kweliso kwimbali ende yegazi, iimfazwe zangaphandle ezixabisa ngelixa uqinisekisa umgaqo wokuzimisela kubo bonke abantu. Amazwi avela kwiJapan, Korea, Afrika, Australia nasePuerto Rican iintshukumo zokuchasana beza kunye kwinkomfa ukuzoba olu nxibelelwano kwaye bacwangcise ikamva elinoxolo.
Ngokufanelekileyo, inkomfa yaphawula i-16th isikhumbuzo sokuvulwa kwentolongo eGuantanamo Bay, eCuba. Ababonisi bahlanganisana ngaphandle kweNdlu ye-White House ngoJanuwari 11 ukuba bafune ukukhululwa kwamabanjwa angama-41 asagcinwe ngaphandle kwentlawulo kwintolongo owayethembise ukuyivala u-Mongameli u-Obama. Njengosihlalo-co-Sihlalo weNethiwekhi yeSizwe eCuba uCheryl LaBash uthe, "iGuantanamo ingaphezulu kwentolongo." Ngapha koko, isiseko somkhosi waseGuantanamo yeyona ndawo indala yomkhosi wase-United States kumhlaba wangaphandle, nolawulo olusisigxina olwe-1901 phantsi kwe-neocolonial Platt Amendment.
Iphulo lokuvala intolongo yaseGuantanamo engekho mthethweni kunye nengamasikizi ihambelana nomlo othathe ixesha elide wokubuyisela ichweba kubantu baseCuba. Imbali yaseGuantanamo ibonisa indlela ubungqwangangqwili bomatshini wanamhlanje wemfazwe bulandela ngayo ubuntununtunu benkulungwane ye-impiriyalizim yase-US.
Le nkomfa ikwanikezele ngesiqhelo kwiziphumo ezibi kakhulu zoomkhosi basekhaya nakwamanye amazwe kwezendalo nakwimpilo yoluntu. Ngokuka-profesa wezempilo kwezendalo uPatricia Hynes, uninzi Iindawo zokufumana imali kwihlabathi liphela-iisayithi ezichongwa njenge-EPA njengezibeka ingozi kwimpilo okanye kwindalo esingqongileyo. UPat Elder kwiqela lehlabathi elingenayo iMfazwe ubonise indlela iZiko leNqanawa iAllegheny Ballistic eWest Virginia evuza rhoqo i-trichlorethylene, i-carcinogen eyaziwayo, emanzini aphantsi komhlaba ePotomac. IZiko leMfazwe laseNavy eliseDahlgren, eVirginia litshisa inkunkuma iminyaka engama-70.
Ukungabikho kohlwaywa emkhosini kunye nokungakhathali kwimpilo yoluntu kuyaphazamiseka kwimeko yeFort Detrick eMaryland. Umkhosi waphosa udaka olusasazeka ngemitha emanzini aphantsi komhlaba, abathi abahlali baseFrederick banxibelelene ngqo nokufa kwabantu abanxulumene nomhlaza kuloo ndawo. Bamangalela, laza ityala lachithwa, ijaji ikhankanya “ukungalawuleki.”
Nangona ezo ziseko zikumhlaba wase-US, "i-immunity immunity" yeyona nto iphikisayo xa kugwetywa abantu bamazwe angaphandle .. UHynes usichaze isiqithi i-Okinawa njenge "mfumba yemfumba yePacific." Isiqithi ibingumhlaba wokulahla izixhobo ezinobungozi ezinje ngeAgent Orange kangangeminyaka eliqela. Ungcoliseko oluvela kwiziseko zomkhosi zaseMelika kwesi siqithi lubangele ukuba uninzi lwamalungu eenkonzo zase-US kunye nabantu base-Okinawa balapha bagule kakhulu.
Abantu baseOkinawa khange badinwe kwimfazwe yabo nezi ziseko zibulalayo. Ngelixa inkokeli yokuchasana nengingqi u-Hiroji Yamashiro elindele ukuxoxwa kwetyala ngezityholo zobuqhetseba, abaqhankqalazi baphuma yonke imihla bachasa ukwandiswa kwe-Camp base Marine Schwab. Iintshukumo zemveli ezinje ngezi ligazi lobomi kwinkcaso yamazwe aphesheya kubukhosi base-US. Kodwa ngokusisiseko, kunyanzelekile kubantu baseMelika ukuba babuyise ifuthe elibi kubukho bemikhosi yezangaphandle.
Inkomfa iqukunjelwe ngomnxeba wentlanganiso yamazwe aphesheya kwiziseko zomkhosi wamanye amazwe eziza kubanjwa lelinye lamazwe ngoku alwa ubukho bemikhosi yase-US emhlabeni wabo. Ikwabize ukuba kwenziwe umanyano oluqhubekayo lwamazwe aphesheya ngokuchasene neziseko zomkhosi wamanye amazwe. Ngolwazi oluthe kratya kunye nohlaziyo, yiya ku www.noforeignbases.org.
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U-Elliot Swain ngumzabalazo osekwe e-Baltimore, umfundi ophumelele imigaqo-nkqubo yoluntu kunye noqeqesho kwiODEPINK.
