Ngaba uJohn Yoo kufuneka afundise ukwahlulwa kwaMandla emva kokufundisa ilungelo likaMongameli lokukwahlula kumasende akho?

Ifoto nguCatherine Hourcade

NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, UJanuwari 15, 2024

UJohn Yoo wayelihlazo esidlangalaleni. Wasebenzisa isidanga sakhe somthetho ukuqalisa izizathu zokuba uMongameli uGeorge W. Bush enze nantoni na ayifunayo, kuquka imfazwe kunye nentuthumbo, ukubekw' esweni ngokungena-warrantless kunye nokuvalelwa entolongweni ngokungekho mthethweni. U-Yoo waxoxa esidlangalaleni ukuba umongameli wase-US (okanye okungenani abe yiRiphabhlikhi) angawatyumza amasende ukuba kuyimfuneko.

Ngoku uYoo ungumgqabantshintshi ohlonitshwayo “ongagungqiyo” kumajelo eendaba ase-US kwaye efundisa abafundi base-UC Berkeley “ngokwahlulwa kwamagunya.” (Umlawuli unamandla okukwahlula kuyo nantoni na ayithandayo?) Kuyabonakala ukuba uYoo uhlawulwa isiqingatha sesigidi seerandi ngonyaka ukuze ashumayele iingenelo zolawulo lobuzwilakhe kwiyunivesithi yaseburhulumenteni “yenkululeko”.

UCynthia Papermaster (ochazwe ngasekunene ngasentla) kunye neCODEPINK kwindawo yaseBay abazange bayeke ukubamba u-Yoo ukuba aphendule ngomsindo wakhe, kwaye abazange balungelelanise isikhundla sabo ukuze bamkele ukuvuselelwa kweendaba zenkampani zolwaphulo-mthetho olulupheleyo.

Nantsi ingxelo evela kwi-Papermaster kumsitho wamva nje:

"Asimthandi uJohn Yoo" watsho umfundi we-UC Law School oweza kwi-Guantanamo Survivors Fund yokubhaka itafile yokuthengisa ukuthenga i-brownie.

“Oh? Bendicinga ukuba ngunjingalwazi odumileyo?” Ndibuzile.

"Hayi. Andinakuze ndihambe naye iklasi,” watsho eqinile.

Sakuva ukwahluka koku ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngoJanuwari 10 kwisenzo sethu sesikolo somthetho.

Esi sisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-22 yeNtolongo yaseGuantanamo eCuba. Abaphembeleli be-CODEPINK uMarjorie, uCatherine, u-Adrianne, uPeter, uCynthia, u-Q, kunye no-Luck-Key bathatha iifoto kunye ne-Vala i-Guantanamo ipowusta ephawula iintsuku ze-8036 intolongo ivuliwe. SasikwiSikolo soMthetho saseBerkeley ukuze siphawule lo msitho, sithengise izinto ezimnandi ezibhakwe ekhaya ukuze siqokelele imali yeGuantanamo Survivors Fund, kwaye sifumane utyikityo kuxwebhu lwezikhalazo.

1) cela ukuba uJohn Yoo anikele ngomvuzo wonyaka, malunga ne-500,000 yeedola, kwingxowa-mali kwaye
I-2) biza ukutshutshiswa kuka-Yoo ngokuhambelana nokuhlushwa.

Ngaba umbhali wezimvo zomthetho ezinika ukukhanya okuluhlaza ukuthuthumbisa "abalweli beentshaba" azive enoxanduva lokuthuthunjiswa kwamabanjwa aseGuantanamo, uninzi lwawo olungazange lubekwe ityala lolwaphulo-mthetho kwaye selugcinwe iminyaka emininzi eGitmo?

Abafundi babekulangazelela ukuthenga iibrownies, amaqebengwana neekeyiki, baze batyikitye uxwebhu lwezikhalazo. Sinyuse ngaphezu kwe-100 yeedola kwi-Guantanamo Survivors Fund, kwaye malunga nabafundi abangama-20 batyikitya uxwebhu lwezikhalazo.

Sadibana nomfundi umza wakhe owayesakuba libanjwa laseGuantanamo. Sadibana nomfundi osebenzela iZiko lamaLungelo oLuntu kwiSikolo soMthetho owayenomdla ekusebenzisaneni kwisiganeko sokuphendula ngokuthuthunjiswa. Siye sadibana nabafundi abaninzi abachasayo ukuba uNjingalwazi Yoo abe kwi-UC Law School Faculty.

Imvula ibambekile, yayilusuku oluhle, kwaye ekupheleni kwesenzo sethu saya kwiofisi kaDean Chermerinsky ukuba simcele ukuba afumane utyikityo lukaJohn Yoo kwisheke ye-500,000 yeedola. Sayishiya itshekhi kumncedisi kaErwin waza wathi uza kuyinika iDean kunye nesicelo sethu. Okubalulekileyo kukuba, ngo-2014, uDean Chemerinsky wathi Iphephancwadi leSizwe ukuba uYoo kufuneka atshutshiswe ngolwaphulo-mthetho:

“Ndicinga ukuba [uJohn Yoo] kufanele ukuba,” utshilo uChemerinsky. “Bonke abacebayo, bonke abaphumeze, bonke abo bathe bathuthumbisa kufuneka batshutshiswe ngolwaphulo-mthetho. Ingaba siluluntu silubonakalisa njani umsindo wethu? Yiyiphi enye indlela esinokuyinqanda ngayo kwixesha elizayo, ngaphandle kokutshutshiswa ngolwaphulo-mthetho? "