Ummeli uBarbara Lee, oPhonsa uSole Vote emva ko-9/11 ngokuchasene "neMfazwe engapheliyo," kwimfuno yoPhando lweMfazwe yase-Afghanistan

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: NgoMgqibelo sisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-20 sokuhlaselwa kukaSeptemba 11. Kwiintsuku ezalandelayo, isizwe saxengaxenga ngokusweleka kwabantu abangaphezu kwama-3,000 14, nanjengoko uMongameli George W. Bush wabetha amagubu emfazwe. NgoSeptemba 2001, 9, kwiintsuku ezintathu emva kohlaselo olutshabalalisayo lwango-11/98, amalungu eCongress abambe mpikiswano iiyure ezintlanu malunga nokuba angamnika na umongameli amandla amakhulu okusebenzisa umkhosi ukuziphindezela kuhlaselo, eyayisele idlulile iNdlu yeeNgwevu ivoti engu-0 ukuya ku-XNUMX.

I-California Democratic Congress u-Barbara Lee, ilizwi lakhe lingcangcazela yimvakalelo njengoko wayethetha esuka kumgangatho weNdlu, yayiya kuba lilungu leCongress lokuvota ngokuchasene nemfazwe emva kwenyanga ye-9/11. Ukuvota kokugqibela kwaba ngama-420 ukuya ku-1.

REP. IBARBARA FUNDA: Somlomo, malungu, ndivuka namhlanje ngenene ngentliziyo ebuhlungu kakhulu, ezele lusizi kwiintsapho nakwabathandekayo ababuleweyo nabonzakeleyo kule veki. Ngobona budenge kunye nabangenangqondo abangayiqondiyo intlungu eye yabamba abantu bethu kunye nezigidi kwihlabathi liphela.

Esi senzo singathethekiyo eMelika sindinyanzele, nangona kunjalo, ukuba ndixhomekeke kwikhampasi yam yokuziphatha, isazela kunye nothixo wam ukuze andikhokele. Nge-11 kaSeptemba watshintsha umhlaba. Uloyiko lwethu olunzulu ngoku lusikhathaza. Nangona kunjalo ndiqinisekile ukuba isenzo somkhosi asizukuthintela ezinye izenzo zobunqolobi ezenziwa e-United States. Lo ngumcimbi onzima kakhulu kwaye unzima.

Ngoku, esi sisombululo siza kudlula, nangona sonke sisazi ukuba umongameli angalwa imfazwe nangaphandle kwayo. Nokuba kunzima kangakanani le voti, abanye bethu kufuneka babongoze ukusetyenziswa kwesithintelo. Ilizwe lethu likwimeko yokulila. Abanye bethu kufuneka bathi, "Masibuye umva okomzuzwana. Masikhe sithi xha okomzuzwana, sicinge ngeentshukumo esizenzayo namhlanje ukuze oko kungalawuleki. ”

Ngoku, ndikhathazekile yile voti, kodwa ndiyifumene namhlanje, ndaye ndafika ndasichasa esi sisombululo ngexesha lenkonzo yesikhumbuzo ebuhlungu kakhulu kodwa intle kakhulu. Njengelungu labefundisi ngokutyibilikayo wathi, "Njengokuba sisebenza, masingabi bobubi esibathandayo." Enkosi, kwaye ndinikezela ngexesha lam.

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: "Masingabi bobubi esibathandayo." Kwaye ngaloo magama, u-Oakland Congressmember uBarbara Lee wanyikimisa iNdlu, iCapitol, eli lizwe, ilizwe liphela, lilizwi elingaphezulu kwama-400 e-congressmember.

Ngelo xesha, uBarbara Lee wayengomnye wamalungu amatsha eCongress kunye nomnye wabasetyhini abambalwa base-Afrika ukuba babambe iofisi kwiNdlu okanye kwi-Senate. Kwikota yakhe ye-12, ungoyena mfazi uphezulu wase-Afrika kwi-Congress.

Ewe, yiminyaka engama-20 kamva. Kwaye ngolwesiThathu kule veki, ndenze udliwanondlebe noCongressmember Lee ngexesha lomsitho obubanjwe liZiko leMfundo yoMgaqo-nkqubo, elasekwa nguMarcus Raskin, owayesakuba ngumncedisi kulawulo lukaKennedy owaba ngumzabalazo nombhali oqhubela phambili. Ndibuze iCongressmember Lee ukuba uthathe njani isigqibo sokuma yedwa, ungene phi kweso sigqibo, wayephi xa egqiba kwelokuba uza kwenza intetho yakhe, emva koko abantu baphendule njani kuso.

REP. IBARBARA FUNDA: Enkosi kakhulu, Amy. Kwaye, enkosi kuye wonke umntu, ngakumbi IPS Ukubamba le forum ibaluleke kakhulu namhlanje. Kwaye manditsho nje kwabo bavela IPSKwimeko yezembali kunye nembeko kaMarcus Raskin, uMarcus wayengumntu wokugqibela endathetha naye phambi kokuba ndinike intetho-umntu wokugqibela.

Ndandiye kwisikhumbuzo ndabuya. Kwaye bendikwikomiti yolawulo, eyayiyiKomiti yezeMicimbi yaNgaphandle ngale nto, apho isigunyaziso sasivela khona. Kwaye, ewe, khange idlule kwikomiti. Kwakufanele ivele ngoMgqibelo. Ndibuyele eofisini, kwaye abasebenzi bam bathi, “Kufuneka ungene phantsi. Ugunyaziso luza. IVoti iza emva kweyure enye okanye ezimbini. ”

Ke kuye kwafuneka ndibalekele phantsi. Kwaye bendizama ukudibanisa iingcinga zam. Njengoko ubona, bendingenalo uhlobo - andizukuthi "ayilungiswanga," kodwa bendingenayo into endiyifunayo ngokoluhlobo lwesakhelo kunye namanqaku okuthetha. Kwafuneka ndibhale into ethile ephepheni. Ndabiza uMarcus. Ndathi, "Kulungile." Ndathi-kwaye bendithethile naye kwezi ntsuku zintathu zidlulileyo. Ndaye ndathetha nomphathi wam wangaphambili, uRon Dellums, owayenguye, kwabo bangaziyo, igorha elikhulu loxolo nobulungisa kwisithili sam. Ndimsebenzele iminyaka eli-11, owayengaphambi kwam. Ndathetha ke noRon, kwaye unontlalontle ongumntu osebenza ngengqondo. Ndaye ndathetha namagqwetha aliqela omgaqo-siseko. Ndithethile nomfundisi wam, ewe, umama kunye nosapho.

Kwaye yayilixesha elinzima kakhulu, kodwa akukho mntu ndathetha naye, uAmy, wacebisa ukuba mandivote njani. Kwaye kwaba umdla kakhulu. Nkqu noMarcus akazange. Sithethe ngobuhle nangobubi bawo, into efunwa nguMgaqo-siseko, le nto ingantoni, zonke izinto eziqwalaselwayo. Kwaye kwaba luncedo kakhulu kum ukuba ndikwazi ukuthetha naba bantu, kuba kubonakala ngathi abafuni ukundixelela ukuba ndivote hayi, kuba bayazi ukuba sonke isihogo siza kukhululeka. Kodwa ngokwenene bandinike uhlobo, uyazi, izinto ezilungileyo kunye nezibi.

URon, umzekelo, siye sahamba ngemvelaphi yethu kwisayensi yezengqondo nakwimisebenzi yezentlalo yengqondo. Kwaye sathi, uyazi, into yokuqala oyifundayo kwiPsychology 101 kukuba awuthathi zigqibo zibukhali, ezinzulu xa usentlungwini naxa ulila naxa uxhalabile naxa unomsindo. Lawo ngamaxesha apho kufuneka uphile khona - uyazi, kuya kufuneka ugqithe kuloo nto. Kuya kufuneka utyhale kuloo nto. Emva koko ungaqala ukubandakanyeka kwinkqubo ecingayo. Kwaye ke, mna noRon sathetha kakhulu malunga naloo nto.

Ndathetha nabanye abefundisi. Kwaye andicingi ukuba ndithethile naye, kodwa ndamkhankanya ngeloxesha - kuba bendimlandela kakhulu umsebenzi wakhe kunye neentshumayelo, kwaye ungumhlobo wam, uMfu James Forbes, ongumfundisi weRiverside Church, uMfundisi. UWilliam Sloane Ibhokisi. Kwaye ngaphambili babethetha ngeemfazwe nje, zithini iimfazwe nje, zeziphi iindlela zokulwa iimfazwe nje. Kwaye, uyazi, ukholo lwam lwalunzima, kodwa yayisisiseko somgaqo-siseko sokuba amalungu eCongress angabinakho ukunika uxanduva lwethu kulo naliphi na isebe elilawulayo, kumongameli, nokuba nguMongameli weDemokhrasi okanye umongameli weRiphabhlikhi.

Ndaye ke ndafika kwisigqibo sokuba-ndakuba ndifundile isisombululo, kuba sasinaso ngaphambili, sayikhaba, akukho mntu wayenokuyixhasa loo nto. Kwaye xa bebuya neyesibini, ibisabanzi kakhulu, amagama angama-60, kwaye konke oko bekusithi umongameli angasebenzisa amandla ngonaphakade, okoko eso sizwe, umntu okanye umbutho ubuxhunywe kwi-9/11. Ndiyathetha, yayikukuthinjwa ngokupheleleyo koxanduva lwethu njengamalungu eCongress. Kwaye bendisazi ngeloxesha ukuba yayilungiselela inqanaba-kwaye bendihlala ndiyibiza njalo-iimfazwe ezingapheliyo, ezingapheliyo.

Kwaye ke, xa ndandisekhaya lecawe enkulu, ndeva uMfundisi uNathan Baxter xa esithi, "Njengokuba sisebenza, masingabi bobubi esibathandayo." Ndibhalile ke kule nkqubo, kwaye bendizinzile ke ngoku xa ndingena kwinkonzo yesikhumbuzo, bendisazi ukuba ama-95% ndivota hayi. Kodwa xa ndimvayo, yayiyi-100% leyo. Ndiyazi ukuba kufuneka ndivote hayi.

Kwaye, phambi kokuya kwinkonzo yesikhumbuzo, andizukuya. Ndathetha noEliya Cummings. Besithetha ngasemva emagumbini. Kwaye kukho into endikhuthazayo kwaye indishukumisele ekubeni ndithi, "Hayi, Eliya, ndiyahamba," ndaze ndabaleka ndehla ngezinyuko. Ndicinga ukuba ndingumntu wokugqibela ebhasini. Yayiyimini emnyama, enemvula, kwaye ndandiphethe itoti yeginger esandleni sam. Soze ndiyilibale lonto. Kwaye ke, luhlobo lolo, uyazi, ukuba yintoni ekhokelele koku. Kodwa yayingumzuzu onzima kakhulu kwilizwe.

Kwaye, ewe, bendihleli eCapitol kwaye kufuneka ndiphume ngentsasa enamalungu ambalwa eBlack Caucus kunye nomphathi woLawulo lweShishini eliNcinci. Kwaye kwafuneka siphume ngo-8: 15, 8:30. Bendingazi ukuba kutheni, ngaphandle "Phuma apha." Ndijonge ngasemva, ndabona umsi, kwaye yayiyiPentagon leyo ibibethile. Kwakwinqwelomoya, kuFlight 93, eyayiza kungena eCapitol, umphathi wam, uSandré Swanson, umzala wakhe yayinguWanda Green, omnye wabahambi ngenqwelomoya kwiFlight 93. Kwaye, kule veki, kunjalo, Bendihleli ndicinga ngawo wonke umntu ophulukene nobomi bakhe, uluntu olungekabuyiseki. Kwaye loo magorha namagorha kwiNdiza 93, awathabatha loo moya, ayenokubusindisa ubomi bam kwaye asindise nobabo baseCapitol.

Ke, ibiyiyo, uyazi, umzuzu obuhlungu kakhulu. Sonke sasibuhlungu. Besinomsindo. Sasinexhala. Kwaye wonke umntu, ewe, wayefuna ukuzisa abagrogrisi kwezomthetho, kubandakanya nam. Andinguye umntu othanda ukulwa. Ke, hayi, ndiyintombi yegosa lomkhosi. Kodwa ndiyazi-utata wam wayekwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi kunye naseKorea, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuya emfazweni. Ke, andinguye owokuthi masisebenzise ukhetho lomkhosi njengokhetho lokuqala, kuba ndiyazi ukuba sinokujongana nemicimbi ejongene nemfazwe noxolo nobunqolobi ngezinye iindlela.

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ke, kwenzeka ntoni emva kokuba uphume kumgangatho weNdlu, wenza le ntetho yemizuzu emibini kwaye ubuyela eofisini yakho? Basabela njani?

REP. IBARBARA FUNDA: Ewe, ndibuyele kwigumbi lengubo, kwaye wonke umntu wabaleka weza kundilanda. Kwaye ndiyakhumbula. Uninzi lwamalungu-yi-25% kuphela yamalungu ngo-2001 ngoku akhonza ngoku, khawukhathalele, kodwa kuninzi okusebenzayo. Babuyela kum kwaye, ngenxa yobuhlobo, bathi, "Kufuneka utshintshe ivoti yakho." Kwakungekho nto ithi, "Yintoni ingxaki ngawe?" okanye "Anazi na ukuba kufuneka nimanyane?" kuba le yayiyibala: "Kuya kufuneka umanyane nomongameli. Asinakuyipolitiki le nto. Kufuneka ibeyiriphabliki kunye nedemokhrasi. ” Kodwa abazanga kum ngoluhlobo. Bathe, "UBarbara" -elinye ilungu lathi, "Uyazi, wenza umsebenzi omkhulu kangaka HIV kwaye AIDS. ” Ngelo xesha ndandiphakathi kokusebenza noBush kwihlabathi liphela IPEPFAR kunye neNgxowa-mali yeHlabathi. Awuyi kuphumelela ukuphinda ukhethe. Siyakudinga apha. ” Elinye ilungu lathi, “Awazi ukuba ingozi izakuza ngendlela yakho, Barbara? Asifuni ukuba wenzakaliswe. Uyazi, kufuneka ubuyele umva uyokutshintsha ivoti leyo. ”

Amalungu aliqela abuyile eza kuthi, “Uqinisekile? Uyazi, uvote hayi. Ingaba uqinisekile?" Kwaye omnye wabahlobo bam abalungileyo- kwaye wayithetha le nto esidlangalaleni- u-Lynn Woolsey weCongress, yena nam sathetha, wathi, "Kufuneka utshintshe ivoti yakho, Barbara." Uthi, "Nditsho nonyana wam" - wandixelela ukuba usapho lwakhe luthi, "Eli lixesha elinzima kwilizwe. Kwaye nkqu nam, uyazi, kufuneka simanyene, kwaye sizakuvota. Kufuneka utshintshe ivoti yakho. ” Kwaye kungenxa yenkxalabo kuphela kum apho amalungu eza kundicela ukuba nditshintshe ivoti yam.

Emva kwexesha, umama wathi -umama ongasekhoyo wathi, "Bekufanele banditsalele umnxeba," watsho, "kuba ngendibaxelele ukuba emva kokuba wenze isigqibo entlokweni yakho kwaye uthethe nabantu, ukuba ufikelele kwisigqibo , ukuba uyintloko entle yenkomo kwaye unenkani. Kuza kuthatha okuninzi ukuze utshintshe ingqondo yakho. Kodwa awuzenzi lula ezi zigqibo. ” Uthe, "Uhlala uvulekile." Umama undixelele lonto. Uthe, “Bekufanele ukuba bandibizile. Ngendibaxelele. ”

Ke, ndiye ndahamba ndibuyele eofisini. Kwaye umnxeba wam waqala ukukhala. Ewe, ndajonga phezulu kumabonwakude, kwaye nantso, uyazi, itiki encinci isithi, "Akukho voti." Kwaye ndicinga ukuba enye intatheli yayisithi, “Kazi ngubani lowo.” Kwaye kwavela igama lam.

Ke, kulungile, ndiye ndaqala ndahamba ndibuyele eofisini yam. Ifowuni yaqala ukuvuthuza. Umnxeba wokuqala wawuvela kutata wam, uLieutenant - enyanisweni, kwiminyaka yakhe yokugqibela, wayefuna ukuba ndimbize Colonel Tutt. Wayezingca ngokuba semkhosini. Kwakhona, kwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, wayekwiBattalion yama-92, eyayikukuphela komkhosi wase-Afrika wase-Itali, oxhasa uhlaselo lwaseNormandy, Kulungile? Kwaye kamva waya eKorea. Kwaye wayengumntu wokuqala ukunditsalela umnxeba. Kwaye wathi, "Sukuyitshintsha ivoti yakho. Yayiyivoti elungileyo leyo ”- kuba ndandingazange ndithethe naye ngaphambili. Andiqinisekanga. Ndathi, “Hayi, andizukubiza utata okwangoku. Ndizakuthetha nomama. ” Uthi, "Awuyithumeli imikhosi yethu ngendlela eyenzakalisayo." Uthe, “Ndiyazi ukuba zinjani iimfazwe. Ndiyayazi into eyenzayo kwiintsapho. ” Uthe, “Awuna- awazi ukuba bayaphi. Wenza ntoni? ICongress izakubabeka njani ngaphandle kwesicwangciso, ngaphandle kwesicwangciso, ngaphandle kokuba iCongress yazi nokuba kwenzeka ntoni? ” Ke, wathi, “Yivoti eyiyo leyo. Namathela kuyo. ” Kwaye waye ngenene- kwaye ke ndaziva ndonwabile malunga naloo nto. Ndaziva ndinekratshi.

Kodwa izoyikiso zokubulawa zeza. Uyazi, andinakukuxelela neenkcukacha zendlela embi ngayo. Abantu benze izinto ezimbi ngelo xesha kum. Kodwa, njengoko uMaya Angelou watsho, "Kwaye ndivuka," kwaye siqhubeka nje. Kwaye iileta kunye nee-imeyile kunye neminxeba eyayinenzondo kwaye inenzondo kwaye indibiza njengomngcatshi kwaye ndathi ndenze isenzo sokungcatsha, bonke baseMills College, i-alma mater yam.

Kodwa, bekukho-eneneni, iipesenti ezingama-40 zonxibelelwano-kukho ama-60,000 - 40% aqinisekileyo. UBhishophu Tutu, uCoretta Scott King, ndithetha ukuba, abantu abavela kwihlabathi lonke bathumele imiyalezo elungileyo kum.

Ukusukela ngoko-kwaye ndizokuvala ngokwabelana ngeli bali linye, kuba oku kusemva kwenyani, kwiminyaka nje embalwa edlulileyo. Njengokuba uninzi lwenu lusazi, ndamxhasa uKamela Harris njengomongameli, ke bendiseSouth Carolina, njengesiqhelo, kwindibano enkulu, ukhuseleko kuyo yonke indawo. Kwaye lo mfo mde, mkhulu omhlophe onomntwana omncinci uza ngesihlwele- akunjalo? - ngeenyembezi emehlweni akhe. Yintoni emhlabeni le? Uye weza kum, wathi kum - uthe, "Ndingomnye wabo bakuthumelele ileta esongelayo. Ndingomnye wabo. ” Uye wehla yonke lento ebeyithetha kum. Ndathi, “Ndiyathemba ukuba amapolisa akayivanga into oyithethayo.” Kodwa wayengomnye owandoyikisayo. Uthe, “Kwaye ndize kuzokucela uxolo. Ndizise unyana wam apha, kuba bendifuna andibone andixelele indlela endizisola ngayo nendlela ochanekileyo ngayo, kwaye wazi nje ukuba olu lusuku lwam endilulindeleyo. ”

Kwaye ke, ndine-kule minyaka idlulileyo, abaninzi, abantu abaninzi beza, ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, ukuza kuyithetha loo nto. Kwaye ke yile nto indigcina ndihamba, ngeendlela ezininzi, ndisazi ukuba-uyazi, ngenxa yokuphumelela ngaphandle kwemfazwe, ngenxa yeKomiti yabahlobo, ngenxa IPS, ngenxa yamaVeterans ethu oxolo kunye nawo onke amaqela asebenza kwilizwe liphela, eququzelela, ehlanganisa, efundisa uluntu, abantu sele beqalisile ukuqonda ukuba ibithetha ntoni le nto kwaye ithetha ntoni. Kwaye ke, kufuneka ndibulele wonke umntu ngokujikeleza iinqwelo, kuba bekungekho lula, kodwa ngenxa yokuba nonke benilapha, abantu beza kum ngoku bathethe izinto ezintle kwaye bandixhase ngezinto ezininzi - eneneni, a uthando oluninzi.

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ewe, iCongressmember Lee, ngoku sele kudlule iminyaka engama-20, kwaye uMongameli Biden uye wakhupha imikhosi yase-US e-Afghanistan. Uhlaselwa ngokumasikizi ngabo bobabini abaDemokhrasi kunye namaRiphabhlikhi kwisiphithiphithi seeveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Kwaye kukho-iCongress ibiza uphando malunga nokwenzekileyo. Kodwa ngaba ucinga ukuba uphando kufuneka luye kuyo yonke iminyaka engama-20 yemfazwe emide kwimbali yase-US?

REP. IBARBARA FUNDA: Ndicinga ukuba sifuna ukubuza. Andazi ukuba iyafana. Kodwa, okokuqala, mandithi ndandingomnye wamalungu ambalwa aphuma kwangoko phaya, exhasa umongameli: “Uthathe isigqibo esifanelekileyo.” Kwaye, enyanisweni, ndiyazi ukuba singahlala apho emkhosini eminye iminyaka emihlanu, eli-10, eli-15, engama-20, ngekhe sibe kwindawo embi kakhulu, kuba akukho sisombululo sezomkhosi e-Afghanistan, kwaye asinakukwazi ukwakha isizwe. Inikwe.

Kwaye, ngelixa kwakunzima kuye, sathetha kakhulu malunga noku ngexesha lephulo. Kwaye bendikwikomiti yokuyila yeqonga, kwaye ungabuyela umva kwaye ujonge into uBernie kunye nabacebisi beBiden eqongeni abeza nayo. Ke, yayizizithembiso ezenziweyo, izithembiso ziyagcinwa. Kwaye wayesazi ukuba esi yayisisigqibo esinzima. Wenza into elungileyo.

Kodwa sele ikuthethile oko, ewe, ukukhutshwa ngobunkunkqele kwakulunge ngokwenene ekuqaleni, kwaye kwakungekho sicwangciso. Ndiyathetha, andiqondi; khange ibonakale kum icebo. Sasingazi-nokuba, andicingi, iKomiti yezoBuntlola. Ubuncinci, ibinempazamo okanye hayi- okanye ubukrelekrele obungacacanga, ndicinga njalo, malunga neTaliban. Kwaye ke, ibikhona imingxunya emininzi kunye nezikhewu ekuya kufuneka sifunde ngazo.

Sinoxanduva lokongamela ukufumanisa ukuba, kuqala, yintoni eyenzekileyo ngokunxulumene nokufuduka, nangona bekumangalisa ukuba baninzi- yintoni? Abantu abangaphezu kwe-120,000 bakhutshwa. Ndiyathetha, yiza, kwiiveki ezimbalwa? Ndicinga ukuba oko kukuphuma okungakholelekiyo okwenzekileyo. Okwangoku abantu bashiyeke apho, abasetyhini kunye namantombazana. Kuya kufuneka sikhuselekile, siqiniseke ukuba bakhuselekile, kwaye siqiniseke ukuba ikhona indlela yokunceda ngemfundo yabo kwaye sibakhuphe bonke abantu baseMelika, wonke umlingane wase-Afghanistan aphume. Kusekho umsebenzi omninzi ekufuneka wenziwe, oza kufuna uninzi loonozakuzaku-uninzi lwamanyathelo oonozakuzaku bokukwenza oko.

Kodwa okokugqibela, mandithi, uyazi, umhloli okhethekileyo wokwakha ngokutsha iAfghanistan, uphume neengxelo ephindaphinda. Kwaye eyokugqibela, ndifuna ukufunda nje kancinci malunga neyokugqibela-iphume nje kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Uye wathi, "Khange sixhotyiswe ukuba sibe e-Afghanistan." Uthe, "Le yingxelo ezakuchaza izifundo ezifundiweyo kwaye ijonge ukubuza imibuzo kubenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo endaweni yokwenza izindululo ezintsha." Ingxelo ikwafumanise ukuba urhulumente wase-United States- kwaye oku kukwingxelo- "akawuqondi umxholo wase-Afghanistan, kubandakanya noluntu, inkcubeko kunye nezopolitiko." Ukongeza-kwaye le yeyona SIGAR, umhloli-jikelele okhethekileyo- uthe "amagosa ase-US kunqabile nokuba abe nokuqonda okuphakathi kwendawo yase-Afghanistan," -Ndifunda le ngxelo- kwaye "kancinci kakhulu ukuba ibiphendula njani ungenelelo lwase-US," kwaye oku kungazi kwakusoloko kuvela “kukungakhathalelwa ngabom kulwazi olunokuba lwalukho.”

Kwaye ebe-ezi ngxelo beziphuma kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo. Kwaye besinokumanyelwa kunye neeforamu kwaye sizama ukuzenza ukuba zibe esidlangalaleni, kuba zisesidlangalaleni. Ke ngoku, ewe, kufuneka sibuyele umva kwaye siyokuntywila ngokunzulu kunye nokomba phantsi. Kodwa sikwadinga ukwenza uxanduva lwethu lokongamela ngokubhekisele kwinto esandula ukwenzeka, ukuze ingaze iphinde yenzeke, kodwa kananjalo ukuze le minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo, xa siqhuba ukubeka iliso kwethu kwinto eyenzekileyo, ayisayi kuphinda yenzeke, nokuba .

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwaye okokugqibela, kule nxalenye yangokuhlwa, ngakumbi kubantu abancinci, yintoni ekunike isibindi sokuma wedwa emfazweni?

REP. IBARBARA FUNDA: Hayi wethu. Ewe, ndingumntu wokholo. Ndathandaza kuqala. Okwesibini, ndingumfazi oMnyama eMelika. Kwaye ndikhe ndajamelana nezinto ezininzi kweli lizwe, njengabo bonke abantu abamnyama abasetyhini.

Umama-kwaye kufuneka sabelane ngeli bali, kuba liqale ngokuzalwa. Ndazalelwa ndaza ndakhulela e-El Paso, eTexas. Umama ke waya - wayefuna iC-section waya esibhedlele. Abazange bamvume kuba wayemnyama. Kwaye kwathatha kakhulu ukuba ekugqibeleni angeniswe esibhedlele. Okuninzi. Ngexesha lokungena kwakhe, lalisele lihambile ixesha leC-c. Bamshiya apho ke. Kwaye umntu umbonile. Wayengekho zingqondweni. Kwaye bona, uyazi, bambona nje elele eholweni. Bambeka nje, watsho, igurney bamshiya apho. Ke ngoko, ekugqibeleni, babengazi ukuba mabenze ntoni na. Bamthatha bamngenisa-kwaye wandixelela ukuba yayiligumbi lezongxamiseko, yayingelilo negumbi lokuhambisa. Kwaye baphela bezama ukuqonda ukuba bazokubusindisa njani emhlabeni ubomi bakhe, kuba ngelo xesha wayengekho zingqondweni. Kwaye ke kuye kwafuneka bandikhuphe kwisibeleko sikamama besebenzisa amandla, uyandiva? Sebenzisa i-forceps. Ke ndiphantse andafika apha. Ndiphantse andakwazi ukuphefumla. Ndiphantse ndafa xa ndibeleka. Umama waphantse wasweleka sele enam. Ke, uyazi, njengomntwana, ndiyathetha, ndingathini? Ukuba bendinesibindi sokufika apha, kwaye umama ebenesibindi sokundizala, ndicinga ukuba yonke enye into ayifani nengxaki.

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ewe, Congressmember Lee, bekumnandi ukuthetha nawe, ilungu leNdlu yeNkokheli yeDemokhrasi, kwelona nqanaba liphezulu-

NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: I-California Congressmember uBarbara Lee, ewe, ngoku kwikota ye-12. Ungoyena mfazi uphakamileyo wase-Afrika waseMelika kwiCongress. Ngo-2001, nge-14 kuSeptemba, kwiintsuku nje ezintathu emva kohlaselo lwango-9/11, yayinguye yedwa ilungu leCongress lokuvota ngokuchasene negunya lomkhosi- ivoti yokugqibela, 420 ukuya ku-1.

Xa ndandiqhuba udliwanondlebe naye ngorhatya lwangoLwesithathu, wayeseCarlifonia ekhankasela ukuxhasa iRhuluneli uGavin Newsom phambi konyulo lwangoLwesibini, kunye no-Sekela Mongameli u-Kamala Harris, owazalelwa e-Oakland. UBarbara Lee umele i-Oakland. NgoMvulo, iNewsom iza kukhankasa noMongameli uJoe Biden. Yi le Intando yeninzi Ngoku! Hlala nathi.

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NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: "Khumbula uRockefeller eAttica" nguCharles Mingus. Imvukelo yase-Attica yaqala kwiminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo. Emva koko, nge-13 kaSeptemba, ngo-1971, iRhuluneli yaseNew York ngelo xesha uNelson Rockefeller wayalela umkhosi wamajoni oxhobileyo ukuba agqogqe intolongo. Babulala abantu abangama-39, kubandakanya amabanjwa kunye noonogada. NgoMvulo, siza kujonga ukuvukela kuka-Attica ngomhla wama-50.