NguKathy Kelly, uNick Mottern, uDavid Swanson, uBrian Terrell, nge-27 ka-Agasti 2021
Ngorhatya lwangoLwesine, nge-26 ka-Agasti, kwiiyure emva kokuba iziqhushumbisi ezibini zokuzibulala zaqhushumba kumasango e-Kabul's Hamid Karzai Airport International yabulala kwaye yenzakalisa uninzi lwabantu base-Afghan ababezama ukusaba ilizwe labo, uMongameli wase-US uJoe Biden. wathetha kwilizwe elisuka kwi-White House, "ecaphukile kwaye etyumke intliziyo." Uninzi lwethu ebesiyiphulaphule intetho kamongameli, ayenze phambi kokuba abalwe amaxhoba, kucocwe nobutyobo, asizange siyifumane ntuthuzelo nathemba kumazwi akhe. Endaweni yoko, intlungu yethu kunye nomsindo wethu zandiswa kuphela njengoko uJoe Biden wabamba le ntlekele ukuze abize imfazwe engakumbi.
“Kwabo benze olu hlaselo, kunye naye nabani na onqwenela ukuba iMelika yenzakalise, yazini oku: Asizukuxolela. Asiyi kulibala. Siza kukuzingela sikwenze uhlawule,” wagrogrisa watsho. “Ndikwayalele abaphathi bam ukuba baphuhlise izicwangciso zokusebenza zokugwayimba i-ISIS-K impahla, ubunkokeli kunye nezibonelelo. Siza kuphendula ngamandla kunye ngokuchanekileyo ngexesha lethu, kwindawo esikhetha kuyo kunye nomzuzu wokukhetha kwethu. "
Kuyaziwa, kunye namava kunye izifundo ezisesikweni ziqinisekisile, ukuba ukuthunyelwa kwemikhosi, uhlaselo lomoya kunye nezixhobo zokuthumela kwelinye ilizwe kwandisa ubunqolobi kwaye i-95% yazo zonke uhlaselo lwabanqolobi lokuzibulala lwenziwa ukukhuthaza abemi bangaphandle ukuba balishiye ilizwe lasekhaya labanqolobi. Nditsho nabakhi be "imfazwe yoloyiko" lonke ixesha bayazi ukuba ubukho base-US e-Afghanistan benza uxolo lube lula. Gen. James E. Cartwright, owayesakuba ngusekela-sihlalo we-Joint Chiefs of Staff yatsho kwi2013, “Siyayibona loo nto. Ukuba uzama ukubulala indlela yakho yokufumana isisombululo, nokuba uchane kangakanani na, uya kubacaphukisa abantu nokuba akujoliswanga ngabo.”
Nanjengoko wachaza ukuba amajoni amaninzi anokuthunyelwa e-Afghanistan, ukuthembela ngendlela ephosakeleyo kukamongameli "kumandla kunye nokuchaneka" kunye "ngaphaya komda" uhlaselo olujolise kwi-ISIS-K sisisongelo esicacileyo sohlaselo lwe-drone kunye nohlaselo lwebhombu oluya kuthi ngokuqinisekileyo lubulale abantu abaninzi base-Afghan. abahlali kunamajoni, nokuba baya kubeka abasebenzi basemkhosini abambalwa base-US emngciphekweni. Ngelixa ukubulala okujoliswe kuko ngokungekho mthethweni kungekho mthethweni, amaxwebhu abhentsiswe ngumhlebi UDaniel Hale ngqina ukuba urhulumente wase-US uyaqonda ukuba i-90% yamaxhoba oqhankqalazo lwe-drone ayizonjongo ekujoliswe kuzo.
Iimbacu ezivela e-Afghanistan kufuneka zincedwe kwaye zinikwe indawo engcwele, ngakumbi e-US nakwamanye amazwe e-NATO athe awonakalisa ilizwe labo. Kukho ngaphezu kwe-38 yezigidi ze-Afghans, ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sabo abangazange bazalwe ngaphambi kweziganeko ze-9 / 11 / 2001, akukho namnye kubo onokuze "anqwenele iMelika ingozi" ukuba ilizwe labo alizange lihlanjwe, lixhatshazwe kwaye liqhunyiswe indawo yokuqala. Kubantu abanetyala lembuyekezo, kukho intetho kuphela yezohlwayo ezijolise kwiTaliban ezinokuthi zibulale abona bantu basesichengeni kwaye zibangele uloyiko olungakumbi.
Ekuvaleni amazwi akhe, uMongameli Biden, obengafanelanga ukuba acaphule izibhalo zenkolo kwisikhundla sakhe esisemthethweni, waphinda walisebenzisa kakubi ikhwelo lelizwi lokuthetha ngoxolo eliphuma kwincwadi kaIsaya, elisebenzisa kwabo wathi “bathe bakhonza. kususela kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, xa athe uYehova, Ndothuma bani na? ngubani na owosiyela? Umkhosi waseMelika uphendule ixesha elide. ‘Ndim lo, Nkosi. Ndithumelele. Ndikho, thuma mna.’” Umongameli akazange awacaphule amanye amazwi kaIsaya awayechaza olo bizo, amazwi akrolwe eludongeni olujongene nekomkhulu leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo eNew York, athi: “Ziwakhande amakrele azo abe ngamakhuba; nemikhonto yazo ibe ngamagwegwe okuthena imithi; uhlanga lungaphakamiseli uhlanga ikrele, nezizwe zingaphindi zifunde ukulwa.
Intlekele yale mihla yokugqibela ixhatshazwe ngabantu base-Afghanistan kwaye iintsapho zamajoni e-13 ase-US akufuneki zisetyenziswe njengefowuni yemfazwe eyongezelelweyo. Sichasa nasiphi na isoyikiso sokuhlaselwa ngakumbi e-Afghanistan, "ngaphaya komda" okanye ngamajoni aphantsi. Kwiminyaka engama-20 edlulileyo, amanani asemthethweni bonisa ukuba bangaphezulu kwe-241,000 abantu ababulewe kwiindawo zemfazwe zase-Afghanistan nasePakistan kwaye elona nani linokwenzeka. amaxesha amaninzi ngaphezulu. Oku kufuneka kume. Sifuna zonke izoyikiso zase-US kunye nobundlobongela buyeke.
