ngu Kathy Kelly | NgoJuni 16, 2017.
NgoJuni 15, 2017, i ENew York Times ingxelo yokuba urhulumente waseSaudi Arabia ujonge ukuthomalalisa iinkxalabo zabanye abezomthetho base-US malunga nokuthengiswa kwezixhobo zase-US eSaudi Arabia. I-Saudis iceba ukuzibandakanya "kwinkqubo yoqeqesho yeminyaka engama-750 yezigidi zeedola ngomkhosi waseMelika ukunceda ukuthintela ukubulawa kwabantu ngengozi kwiphulo lomoya elikhokelwa yiSaudi ngokuchasene nabavukeli baseHouthi eYemen." Ukusukela ekungeneni emfazweni eYemen, ngoMatshi ka-2015, ii-airstrikes zomanyano lwaseSaudi, ngoncedo lwase-US, ziye. kutshatyalaliswa iibhulorho, iindlela, iifektri, iifama, iilori zokutya, izilwanyana, iziseko zoncedo zamanzi, kunye neebhanki zolimo ngaphaya komntla, ngelixa kubekwa umqobo kwindawo leyo. Kwilizwe elixhomekeke kakhulu kuncedo lokutya lwangaphandle, oko kuthetha ukuba abantu bayalamba. Ubuncinci abantu abazizigidi ezisixhenxe ngoku bathwaxwa kukungondleki.
US uncedo kwimanyano ekhokelwa yiSaudi iquke ukubonelela ngezixhobo, ukwabelana ngobukrelekrele, ukujolisa uncedo, kunye nejethi yasemoyeni. "Ukuba bayayiyeka i ukukhupha, oko bekuya kuliphelisa ngokoqobo iphulo lokuqhushumba ngomso,” utsho uIona Craig, osoloko enikela ingxelo evela eYemen, “kuba ngokusengqiqweni lo manyano ubungayi kukwazi ukuthumela iinqwelo-moya zabo zokulwa ukuba zilwe ngaphandle koncedo.”
I-US ikwabonelele “ngesikhuselo” sokunyhashwa kweSaudi yomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngo-Oktobha 27thNgo-2015, iSaudi Arabia yaqhushumbisa isibhedlele saseYemeni esiqhutywa yi Oogqirha abangenazo iMida. Uhlaselo lwasemoyeni lwaqhubeka iiyure ezimbini, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba isibhedlele sibe ngamabhodlo. U-Ban Ki Moon, owayenguNobhala Jikelele we-UN, ulumkise urhulumente waseSaudi ngokuhlasela indawo yonyango. I-Saudis yaphendula ukuba i-US ibhobhoze ngokufanayo isibhedlele samaGqirha ngaphandle kwemida, kwiphondo lase-Afghanistan laseKunduz, ngokwenene i-US yayinayo, ekuqaleni kwaloo nyanga, ngo-Oktobha 3, 2015. I-airstrikes yase-US yaqhubeka, kwimizuzu elishumi elinesihlanu, iyure. , ibulale abantu abangama-42 kwaye ngokukwanjalo yenza isibhedlele iDoctors Without Borders sayingqushu nothuthu.
Umkhosi wase-US wawuya kuziqeqesha njani iiSaudis ukunqanda ukubulawa kwabantu ngengozi? Ngaba baya kufundisa abaqhubi beenqwelo moya baseSaudi intetho yasemkhosini esetyenziswa xa iidrones zase-US zibetha kwindawo ekujoliswe kuyo: amachibi egazi afunyanwa ziinzwa, endaweni yento eyayikade ingumzimba womntu, abizwa ngokuba yi "bugsplat." Ukuba kukho umntu ozama ukubaleka kwindawo yohlaselo, loo mntu ubizwa ngokuba yi “squirter”. Xa i-US yahlasela ilali yaseYemeni ye Al Ghayyal, ngoJanuwari 29th, I-2017, enye iSitywina seNavy, iGosa eliyiNtloko likaRyan Owen, wabulawa kabuhlungu. Kwangobo busuku, abantwana be-10 baseYemeni abangaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-13 kunye nabasetyhini abathandathu baseYemeni, kubandakanywa UFatim Saleh Mohsen, umama oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala, wabulawa. I-US yadubula imijukujelwa yeprojekti yaqhekeza ikhaya likaSaleh ezinzulwini zobusuku. Esoyika, wathabatha usana lwakhe waza wabamba isandla sonyana wakhe owayeselula, wagqiba kwelokuba abaleke aphume endlwini aye ebumnyameni. Ngaba wayegqalwa njengonomatse? Umjukujelwa wase-US wambulala ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba abaleke. Ngaba i-US iya kuqeqesha i-Saudis ukuba ibandakanyeke kwi-US ekhethekileyo, inciphisa ubomi babanye abasemzini, ibeka phambili, rhoqo, kwinto ebizwa ngokuba yi-ukhuseleko lwesizwe kwisizwe ngezona zixhobo zininzi?
Kule minyaka isi-7 idlulileyo, ndiye ndaqaphela ukonyuka okuthe gqolo kuphononongo lwase-US lwase-Afghanistan. Iidrone, iiblimps ezibophelelekileyo, kunye neenkqubo ezintsonkothileyo zokuhlola ezisemoyeni zixabisa iibhiliyoni zeedola, ngokucacileyo ukuze abahlalutyi “baqonde ngcono iipatheni zobomi base-Afghanistan.” Ndicinga ukuba le yi-euphemism. Umkhosi wase-US ufuna ukuqonda ngcono iipatheni zokuhamba "kwiThagethi ePhakamileyo yeThagethi" ukuze ubabulale.
Kodwa abahlobo bam abancinci kwi Amavolontiya Wokuthula ase-Afghanistan, (APV), bandibonise uhlobo “lokucupha” olunika ubomi. Benza uphando, befikelela kwezona ntsapho zisweleyo eKabul, bezama ukufumanisa ukuba zeziphi iintsapho ezinokuthi zilambile ngenxa yokuba azinandlela yokufumana irayisi kunye neoli yokupheka. I-APV ke ijonge iindlela zokuqesha abahlolokazi ukuba bathunge iingubo ezinzima, okanye babuyekeze iintsapho ezivuma ukuthumela abantwana babo abasebenzayo esikolweni isiqingatha sosuku.
Ndixelele abahlobo bam abancinci eKabul malunga nobunzima obujongene nolutsha lwaseYemeni. Ngoku, kunye nendlala ebangelwa lungquzulwano, ukusasazeka kwekholera okothusayo kuyabathwaxa. I-Save the Children ilumkise ukuba izinga kholera Usulelo eYemen luphindaphindeke kathathu kwiintsuku ezili-14 ezidlulileyo, ngomyinge wabantwana abali-105 bosulelwa sesi sifo ngeyure nganye-okanye omnye qho kwimizuzwana engama-35. “Kunzima kakhulu ukuba sifunde ezi zibalo,” abahlobo bam abancinci baphendula ngobubele emva kokufunda ngamanani amangalisayo abantu baseYemeni abanokuthi babulawe yindlala okanye sisifo. “Nceda,” babuza, “ungamfumana umntu esinokumazi, umntu nomntu, ngencoko kaSkype?” Abahlobo ababini eYemen bathi nakwizixeko ezikhulu, iYemenis yodwa ngokonxibelelwano lwamazwe ngamazwe. Emva kokuba i-APV ifunde ukuba incoko abayibonayo ayinakwenzeka, kwadlula iintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba ndive kubo. Emva koko kwafika inqaku, lisithi ekupheleni kweRamadan, inyanga ababezila ngayo ukutya, badla ngokuthatha ingqokelela ukuze bancede babelane ngezixhobo. Bandicelile ukuba ndibeke ingqokelela yabo, nangona incinci, kubameli ababini bamalungelo oluntu e-Yemeni eNew York abaxineneyo apho. Esi sibini saseYemeni siyamangala xa iinqwelomoya eziya eSana'a, esona sixeko sikhulu saseYemen, zinokuphinda ziqalise. Ii-APVs, eziqonda kakuhle ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukujongana nekamva elingaqinisekanga, eliyingozi, bafuna ukunciphisa indlala eYemen.
Bamisela umzekelo wento enokwenziwa, - kufuneka kwenziwe ntoni, kunokuba kwenziwe amalungiselelo amabi ukujolisa, ukungcungcuthekisa, ukuthuthumbisa, ukulamba nokubulala abanye abantu. Kufuneka, ngamnye kwaye ngokudibeneyo, senze konke esinako ukuthintela uhlaselo lwemanyano ekhokelwa yi-US ekhokelwa yi-Saudi ngokuchasene nabemi baseYemeni, sikhuthaze ukuthuliswa kwayo yonke imipu, sinyanzelise ekuphakamiseni isithintelo, kwaye sibambelele ngokuqinileyo kwiinkxalabo zoluntu.
Kathy Kelly (Kathy@vcnv.org) uququzelele iiNyunithi zoLwazi lokuShatshazwa koLuntu (www.vcnv.org)
