Umtshini Wokubulala Ongabonakaliyo

NguDoug Noble.

NgeTrump kwi-White House umhlaba wethu ubonakala ngathi ujonge phantsi, kunye nezisongelo ezitsha zasekhaya ezikhutshwa ngeyure kwaye umhlaba uguquka ngokuyingozi phantsi kweenyawo zethu. Ngequbuliso, ezitratweni kwilizwe lonke kukho amawaka obuso obutsha obuchasa ukuvalwa umlomo kukaTrump kunye nolunye uhlaselo “lobuFascist” “kwimilinganiselo yaseMelika.” Ndandiza kubanjwa kuxhathise olu tshaba lozwilakhe lungazange lubonwe kwixesha elibonakala litsha lenguquko enokwenzeka.⁠ Kodwa ndawubona lo mfanekiso.

Yayiyentombazana ethandekayo eneminyaka eyi-8 ubudala, phakathi kwabo bamsulwa babulawa kuhlaselo lwase-US kunye nohlaselo lwe-drone kwiveki ephelileyo eYemen. Umshicileli akakuhoyanga ukubulawa kwakhe, endaweni yoko exela ukufa kuhlaselo lwejoni laseMelika, owokuqala ukubhubha kwiwotshi kaTrump. Kodwa ukufa kwaloo ntombazana libali lokwenyani. Igama lakhe yayinguNawar Al-Awlaki, intombi ka-Anwar Al-Awlaki, ummi wokuqala waseMelika owabulawa ngogwayimbo lwe-drone yase-US, ngo-2011. Olunye uqhankqalazo lwe-drone kwiiveki ezimbini kamva lwabulala unyana wakhe oneminyaka eyi-16 ubudala u-Abdulrahman. Izizathu zomthetho ezihlasimlisayo kunye nezimangalo eziphuthileyo zalandela ezo zenzo zokubulala.

Akunjalo nge-Nawar encinci, efa ngokungabonakaliyo, eyesithathu kwintsapho yamaxhoba (ngokuhambelanayo?) Ukulandelela umgca ukusuka kumongameli omnye ukuya kwelinye, ewe, inguqu yomongameli engenamthungo. Ukufa kwakhe akuqatshelwanga ngamawaka ngoku ezitratweni eqhankqalaza ngokugqithisela "i-radical extremism yamaSilamsi," yona ngokwayo impendulo kumawakawaka abantu ababhubhileyo njengaye okwenziwa ngokungakhathali yi-US kwawona mazwe anembacu zivaliweyo ngoku.

Ukufa kwakhe kusisikhumbuzo sokuba yonke into isahleli ifana, ukuba ngaphandle kokugqabhuka okubonakalayo, i-baton ebulalayo idlule cwaka kumbulali omtsha waseMelika, igcina ngokukhuselekileyo ubundlobongela “obuqhelekileyo” obuxhasa amaxabiso aseMelika.

Kukho umahluko omnye ngoku. Kugwayimbo oludluleyo ubuncinane bekukho uhanahaniso olungenazintloni lokuba kukho umntu ophetheyo, esenza isigqibo ngononophelo ngotyando ngalunye. Kodwa kolu qhankqalazo lwamva nje umongameli ebesand’ ukumiselwa kwaye akukho mlawuli weCIA okanye unobhala wezoKhuselo ebengekabikho eofisini. Ke umatshini wokubulala ngoku wabulawa ngabaphantsi kwiPentagon okanye iCIA kungekho mntu uphetheyo. Umatshini wokubulala kwi-autopilot. Uninzi lwabaphembeleli bemfazwe baye bajika ingqalelo yethu kwizisongelo zasekhaya zolawulo lukaTrump, ukujoyina iindibano ezinkulu kakhulu kunalo naluphi na uqhanqalazo oluchasene nemfazwe ngexesha leminyaka ka-Obama. Asibazi ubuso obuninzi phakathi kwenginginya entsha yabaqhankqalazi abanenzondelelo, endiye ndayithatha njengophawu lwethemba lokwandisa inkcaso. Kodwa kukho isizathu sokuba bambalwa kwaba baqhankqalazi babekho kolu qhankqalazo lwangaphambili lwemfazwe kwaye kutheni uqhanqalazo lwabo ngoku lusaphepha ukujongana neemfazwe zase-US kunye noqhanqalazo lwe-drone. Kungenxa yokuba umatshini wokubulala entliziyweni emnyama yaseMelika uhlala engabonakali, ngaphantsi kwerada yabo nangona ulwazi oluhlaziyiweyo, kwaye andinalo nofifi ukuba ungayitshintsha njani loo nyaniso ibuhlungu.