By Isenzo seDrone esonyukayo, NgoMeyi 1, 2022
Ngomhla wama-28 ku-Epreli, ngo-2022, kwinkundla yasebusuku yaseDeWitt, kwinkundla yasebusuku yaseNew York, uJaji uDavid Gideon ochopheleyo, abamangalelwa uMark Scibilia-Carver kunye noTom Joyce we-Ithaca Catholic Worker kunye ne-Upstate Drone Action Coalition, babenezityholo zabo zokwaphula umthetho ka-2019 zokuvala, kunye neqela elininzi. abanye, umnyango ophambili we-Hancock drone base, ikhaya le-174th Attack Wing ye-NYS Air National Guard igxothwe "ngenjongo yobulungisa."
Ngokutsho kukaSujata Gibson, igqwetha elimeleyo kunye neFaculty yaseCornell Law School, ukugxothwa “kwakubalulekile, kungekuphela nje kulo mbutho kodwa kwincoko yethu ehlangeneyo malunga nendima yesenzo soxolo esingenabundlobongela kwidemokhrasi yethu.” UGibson uhlabela mgama esithi: “Kwakulilungelo ukubona ingcamango eyanikelwa nguMgwebi uGidiyon kwisigqibo sakhe kwaza kwachukumiseka ngokunzulu ukuva amazwi abo bazibeka emgceni wokuzisa ingqalelo kule mibandela.”
UMark Scibilia-Carver, ethetha nenkundla, waphawula ukuba, njengoko sasilumkisile enkundleni kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, "I-US iye yaphuhlisa izixhobo zenyukliya 'eziphantsi' ezinokuhanjiswa yi-MQ-9 drones" njengazo ziqhutywa ngerobhothi zisuka eHancock AFB. . Ngokutsho komqhubi we-drone pilot-whistle-blower, uDaniel Hale, okhonza iminyaka eyi-4 entolongweni ngokutyhila iinyaniso malunga nemfazwe yase-US, i-90% yokubulawa kwe-drone yayingeyona into ekujoliswe kuyo. Ngomhla wama-29 ku-Agasti ka-2021, amalungu osapho ali-10 e-Ahmadi abulawa emva kokuba utata wajoliswa ngempazamo njengomsebenzi weTaliban. Inqaku le-NYT yakutshanje malunga nokuzibulala kwe-PTSD yomqhubi we-drone uKevin Larson waphawula ukuba 'Abasebenzi be-Drone baye baqalisa imijukujelwa emininzi kwaye babulala abantu abaninzi kunokuba phantse nabani na emkhosini kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo.' Kukho ngaphezulu kwe-30,000 yeemeko zokuzibulala kwe-PTSD emkhosini waseMelika ukusukela nge-9/11/01. ”
U-Ed Kinane owayekade exhathisa iHancock Drone, wathi, “Emva kwesigwebo sakhe, uJaji uGidiyon, wathetha ngendlela iimbono zakhe ezitshintshe ngayo malunga nephulo lethu lokuchasa eHancock. Ngenxa yokwanda kweengozi zehlabathi kwezi ntsuku, uye wavuma ukuba 'ufunde kuthotho lweshumi leminyaka le-Upstate Drone Action lwamatyala enkundla yaseDeWitt. Ngexesha le-Upstate Drone Action ye-13 yeminyaka yokuchasa iphulo lokubonisa indima ebulalayo kaHancock kubugrogrisi be-drone e-Afghanistan nakwezinye iindawo, i-148+ ibanjwe ngamatyala amaninzi kunye nezigwebo ezininzi zasejele.
