NguKathy Kelly
From January 4 – 12, 2015, INgqina Elijongene Nokuhlushwa (WAT) amatsha ntliziyo ahlanganisene eWashington DC kangangexesha lonyaka lokuzila ukutya kunye nobungqina basesidlangalaleni ukuze aphelise ukusetyenziswa kwe-United States yokungcungcuthekiswa nokuvalelwa okungapheliyo kunye nokufuna ukuvalwa, ngenkululeko ekhawulezileyo kwabo bade bacinywa ukuba bakhululwe, kwintolongo yase-US engekho mthethweni. eGuantanamo.
Abathathi-nxaxheba kukuzila kwethu iintsuku ezisibhozo baqala suku ngalunye ngexesha lokucingisisa. Kulo nyaka, ndicelwe ukuba ndichaze ngokufutshane ukuba ngubani okanye yintoni esiyishiyileyo kwaye sisenokuthi siqhubeke sicinga ngaloo ntsasa, ndathi ndishiye ngasemva ijoni le-WWI elicingelwayo, uLeonce Boudreau.
I was thinking of Nicole de’Entremont’s story of World War I, Isizukulwana Samagqabi, endandisandul’ ukugqiba ukuyifunda. Izahluko zokuqala zijolise kusapho lwaseKhanada lwenzala yaseAcadian. Unyana wabo omdala amthandayo, uLeonce, ungena emkhosini waseCanada kuba efuna ukuva ubomi obungaphaya kwemida yedolophu encinci kwaye uziva echukunyiswe lubizo lokukhusela abantu baseYurophu abamsulwa ekuqhubeleni phambili amagorha “eHun”. Kungekudala uzifumana sele engene kwimbubhiso yokubulawa kwabantu ngomlo ombi kufutshane neYpres, eBelgium.
Ndandisoloko ndicinga ngoLeonce phakathi neveki yokuzila ukutya kunye namalungu ephulo le-WAT. Sigxile, suku ngalunye, kumava kunye nokubhala kwebanjwa laseYemeni eGuantanamo, Fahed Ghazi owathi, njengoLeonce, washiya intsapho kunye nelali yakhe ukuze aziqeqeshele ukulwa oko wayekholelwa ukuba ngunobangela obalaseleyo. Wayefuna ukukhusela usapho lwakhe, ukholo kunye nenkcubeko kwimikhosi enobutshaba. Imikhosi yasePakistan yambamba uFahed kwaye yamnikela kumkhosi waseMelika emva kokuba echithe iiveki ezimbini kwinkampu yoqeqesho yasemkhosini e-Afghanistan. Ngelo xesha wayeneminyaka eyi-17, eselula. Wacocwa ukuba akhululwe eGuantanamo ngo-2007.
Intsapho kaLeonce ayizange iphinde imbone. Usapho lukaFahed luxelelwe, kabini, ukuba uvunyiwe ukuba akhululwe kwaye kungekudala angaphinda ahlangane nenkosikazi yakhe, intombi yakhe, abantakwe kunye nabazali. Ukucocwa ukuze kukhululwe kuthetha ukuba abasemagunyeni baseMelika bagqibe kwelokuba uFahed akabangeli sisongelo kukhuseleko lwabantu base-US nangoku usahlala eGuantanamo apho ebegcinwe khona iminyaka eli-13.
UFahed ubhala ukuba akukho tyala okanye ukungabi natyala eGuantanamo. Kodwa uthi wonke umntu, kwanabalindi, bayawazi umahluko phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi. Akukho mthethweni ukubamba yena namanye amabanjwa angama-54, ngaphandle kwetyala, emva kokuba bekhululwe ukuze bakhululwe.
UFahed ngomnye wamabanjwa ali-122 awayevalelwe eGuantanamo.
Ingqele ekrakra yayibambe iWashington DC ngeentsuku ezininzi zobungqina bethu obukhawulezileyo kunye noluntu. Sinxibe iimpahla ezininzi, sakhwela kwiijumpi eziorenji, satsala iminqwazi emnyama entloko, “iyunifomu” yethu, saza sahamba ngemigca yefayile enye, izandla zibambe emva kwethu.
Ngaphakathi kwiHolo enkulu yeSikhululo soManyano, safola macala omabini ebhanile esongwayo. Njengoko abafundi babekhwaza izicatshulwa kwenye yeeleta zikaFahed ezichaza indlela akulangazelela ngayo ukuphinda amanyane nentsapho yakhe, satyhila umfanekiso omhle wobuso bakhe. UFahed ubhala athi: “Ekuba uyazi ngoku, akunakuguquka.”
Abantu base-US banoncedo oluninzi ekujikeni. Abezopolitiko kunye noninzi lwemithombo yeendaba yase-US ephambili kunye nokuthengisa iimbono ezigqwethekileyo zokhuseleko kuluntu lwase-US, bekhuthaza abantu ukuba baphelise izoyikiso kukhuseleko lwabo kwaye baphakamise kwaye bazukise amajoni anxibe iyunifomu okanye amapolisa aqeqeshelwe ukubulala okanye ukuvalela nabani na obonwa njengogrogrisa. impilo-ntle yabantu base-US.
Rhoqo, abantu ababhalisele ukunxiba iimpahla zomkhosi wase-US okanye iiyunifomu zamapolisa zifana kakhulu noLeonce noFahed. Bancinci, bacinezelekile ukuba bafumane umvuzo, kwaye banomdla wokuzonwabisa.
Akukho sizathu sokuziphakamisa ngokuzenzekelayo abalwi abanxibe iyunifomu njengamagorha.
Kodwa ibutho labantu elinobuntu ngokuqinisekileyo liya kufuna ukuqonda nenyameko kuye nawuphi na umntu osinde kwiindawo zokubulawa kummandla wemfazwe. Ngokufanayo, abantu base-US kufuneka bakhuthazwe ukuba babone wonke umntu ovalelwe eGuantanamo njengomntu, umntu omele abizwe ngegama hayi ngenombolo yentolongo.
Iinguqulelo ezenziwe ngeekhathuni zomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle ezinikwe abantu base-US, zichaza amaqhawe kunye nabangendawo, zidala uluntu olungafundanga ngokuyingozi olungakwaziyo ukwenza izigqibo ngedemokhrasi.
UNicole d'Entremont ubhala ngamajoni ahlaselweyo, amajoni awaziyo ukuba alahliwe kwimfazwe engapheliyo, engenanjongo, enqwenela ukulahla iyunifomu yabo. Iidyasi zazinzima, zisokiwe, kwaye ngokufuthi zisiba nkulu kakhulu ukuba ungazabalaza kwiindawo ezibotshwe ngocingo oluhlabayo. Iibhutsi zazivuza yaye iinyawo zamajoni zazisoloko zimanzi, zinodaka yaye zibuhlungu. Enxibe ngokulusizi, esondliwa kabuhlungu, yaye evaleleke ngokumanyumnyezi kwimfazwe ebulalayo nephambeneyo, amajoni ayelangazelela ukusaba.
Xa enxiba iyunifomu kaFahed, suku ngalunye lokuzila ukutya kwethu, ndandinomfanekiso-ngqondweni wendlela alangazelela ngayo ukulahlwa kwesambatho sakhe sasentolongweni. Ecinga ngemibhalo yakhe, kwaye ekhumbula amabali e-Entremont athatyathwe “kwimfazwe yokuphelisa zonke iimfazwe,” I unokucinga ukuba kukho amawaka amaninzi abantu abavaleleke kwiiyunifomu ezikhutshwe ngabasunguli bemfazwe abaqonda ngokunzulu ikhwelo likaGqr Martin Luther King lenguquko:
"Inguquko yokwenyani yemilinganiselo baya kulubeka izandla ulungelelwaniso lwehlabathi baze bathi ngemfazwe, 'Le ndlela yokucombulula iiyantlukwano asiyobulungisa.' Eli shishini lokutshisa abantu ngeenapalm, lokuzalisa amakhaya esizwe sakowethu ngeenkedama nabahlolokazi, lokufaka amayeza anetyhefu entiyo emithanjeni yabantu abaqhelene nobuntu, lokubuyisela amadoda ekhaya kumadabi amnyama nanegazi elikhubazekileyo ngokwasemzimbeni nangokwengqondo, alinakwenzeka. baxolelaniswe nobulumko, okusesikweni nothando.”
Eli nqaku libonakala kuqalaTelesur.
Kathy Kelly (Kathy@vcnv.org) uququzelele iiNyunithi zoLwazi lokuShatshazwa koLuntu (www.vcnv.org). On January 23rd, uya kuqalisa isigwebo seenyanga ezi-3 kwintolongo yomdibaniso ngokuzama ukuhambisa ilofu yesonka kunye neleta malunga nemfazwe ye-drone kumphathi we-US Air Force base.
