By UDavid Swanson, Septemba 17, 2018
The Richmond (Va.) Ukupapashwa kwamaxesha esandul 'ushicilelwe uhlaziyo, uphinde washicilelwa ngamanye amaphepha enesihloko esithi: "Ukukhumbula isizathu sokuba sisalwa e-AfghanistanUluhlu olubhaliweyo lokubhala, kuba aluzami ukunikela ngesinye sezizathu sokuba kutheni nabani na oya "balwa" e-Afghanistan. Umxholo, nangona kunjalo, ubonisa ukuba umntu usalwa imfazwe ngenxa yezinto abazilibeleyo kwaye unokukhunjuzwa. Ngenxa yokuba umbulali ophezulu wamabutho ase-US athathe inxaxheba kuloo mfazwe uzibulale, umntu uyalingeka ukuba amemeza esithi "Qhubekani ngokukhumbuza!" Kodwa ke kufuneka umntu azibuze: ukukhumbuza ntoni?
Iziqendu ezimbalwa zokuqala zomhleli zitsho nje ukuba iminyaka eyi-17 ihambe. Emva koko siya kule:
"Kukho ama-10,000 amabutho ase-US e-Afghanistan."
Enyanisweni, umkhosi waseMelika ngoku malunga 11,000 Amasosha ase-US e-Afghanistan, kunye kunye 4,000 ngakumbi iTump thaliseki kunye ne-7,148 namanye amabutho ase-NATO, ii-1,000 zamagosa kunye nezinye iikontraki ze-26,000 (ezo malunga ne-8,000 zivela e-United States). Njalo 48,000 abantu ababandakanyeka kwamanye amazwe kwilizwe le-17 kwiminyaka emva kokufezekiswa kwemisebenzi yabo ekugqibeleni ukuba bachithe urhulumente waseTaliban.
Okulandelayo kwi-editorial kuza oku:
"Abaninzi baseMerika, nangona kunjalo, abanalo nto esenzayo apho. Abaninzi baseMerika mhlawumbi abaqondi nokuba kusekhona amaMerika apho. "
Ngoko "thina" bobabini apho kwaye singazi ukuba khona, okanye apho kwaye awazi ukuba kutheni. Le nto imnandi kakhulu kuthi "thina." Cinga ukuphinda ubhale izi zivakalisi ngolwimi oluqhelekileyo lwenyaniso:
Uninzi lwabantu baseUnited States abavayo isizathu esivakalayo sokuba kutheni imikhosi yase-US e-Afghanistan, kwaye abaninzi abayazi nokuba kukho.
Xa uthetha njengaye, ukuze ndingabi ngandlela-thile ngogungqayo, ndiziva ndivulekile ngakumbi ukuba ndikhuthaze umkhosi wase-US - iqumrhu elikhoyo ngokwahlukileyo kum - ukuphuma apho.
Uhleli uyaqhubeka:
ISikhumbuzo seVirginia yaseVirginia sinethemba lokutshintsha loo nto. Ngeminyaka eyi-20, isikhumbuzo siye savelisa uluhlu lweefomati ezifutshane ezibizwa ngokuba yi-Virginians kwiMfazwe ukugcina imbali nokufundisa izizukulwana ezizayo. NgoSeptemba 11 kulo nyaka, isikhumbuzo sakhupha ifilimu yayo entsha, 'IXesha elitsha, iMfazwe entsha,' egxile ekuhlaselweni kwamaphekula nakwiimfazwe ezilandelayo. I-documentary yenziwe ngokuphendula kwizicelo ezivela kubafundisi baseVirginia abafuna izixhobo zokuzisa izifundo ezilukhuni kunye ezibalulekileyo ze-9 / 11 kunye neemfazwe zethu ezide e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq. "
Ukuba ukhangela "iWintern War Memorial," uyayifumana iziko ukukhuthaza amanyathelo anjenge- "Little Soldier Imigqibelo" ngemisebenzi yenkqubo yemfazwe yabantwana abaneminyaka eyi-3-8. Kodwa awufumani nayiphi na inkcazo yokuba kutheni iimfazwe ngokubanzi okanye imfazwe yase-Afghanistan ngokukhethekileyo zichanekileyo. Abazange benze ifilimu yabo ifumaneke; ngoko akukho bafundi bale mpendulo bayakwazi ukubukela, kwaye umhleli awudlulisi nayiphi na inkcazo yemfazwe enokufumaneka kwifilimu. Kunoko, i Ukupapashwa kwamaxesha xelela:
Kwaqhutyelwa iingxoxo ezingamashumi amabini kunye nama-veterans aseVirginia kunye namalungu entsapho abo balahlekile ekuhlaselweni kwePentagon. Kule ngxowa-ndlebe, ifilimu ehambayo neyokwazisa idalwe ebonisa izikhumbuzo ezicacileyo kwi-9 / 11 kwaye ibonisa iindleko zomntu kwiimfazwe. 'Intsha entsha, iMfazwe entsha,' yadalwa ukubonisa indlela umhlaba watshintsha ngayo ngelinye ilanga nendlela abaVerijini abahlala kuyo kwaye bakhonza kule ndawo entsha. UClay Mountcastle, umlawuli weSikhumbuzo seMfazwe, uthi: 'Sasifuna ifilimu eya kubonisa imiba epheleleyo ye9 / 11, kunye neiveki kunye neenyanga emva koko, kwabancinci ukuba bazibonele ngokwabo. Sathi sazama ukumbamba ubunzima bokusebenza kwimfazwe ende kunye nezifundo ezininzi kunye neentsingiselo. ISikhumbuzo seMfazwe sinethemba lokuba ifilimu izakukhumbuza abaVienne malunga nesi sahluko esibucayi embalini kwaye banikeze itekisi yokubaluleka ebalulekileyo kwiiklasi. 'IXesha elitsha, iMfazwe entsha' iya kufumaneka ngokukhawuleza ekubukeni kwiView War War Memorial kwaye isasazwa kootitshala kulo lonke elaseburhulumenteni. Hamba uyibone. Kuyafaneleka ukutyelela nokujonga. "
Kwaye kunjalo. Ngoko, enye ishiywe ukucinga nje ngokuba "9 / 11" yenzekile, imfazwe e-Afghanistan iyalungisa de kube sekupheleni kwamaxesha okanye ade abuyele uYesu (ngaba kukho umntu oye wachaza apho wahamba khona okanye wajonga ukuba unamathele kwindlela?) . Kwaye "imizwa epheleleyo ye-9 / 11" Ndikulungele ukubethelela enye ibhiliyoni yeshumi kwi-budget yePentagon ayibandakanyi iimvakalelo zabani na abasindileyo nabathandekayo abaye becela iminyaka ye-17 ukuba ubunzima babo ayiyi kuba yi-propaganda yemfazwe.
The I-Richmond Times-Dispatch a yodwa. Phantse wonke umntu ugweme ukuzama ukwenza ityala ngenxa yemfazwe engapheliyo. Nangona abantu babeka uxanduva lokubamba inomkhuba wokucebisa ukuba iphele. Ngokuqhelekileyo ukwenza oku ngeveki emva kokuba bathathe umhlala-phantsi okanye baphinde babelwe.
Nasi imeko yokuphelisa inxaxheba ye-US kule mpi, kwindlela yenxalenye kawonkewonke eya ku-President Trump ukuba amawaka abantu asayine kwaye wonke umntu umenywa ukuba asayine:
Ngethuba leminyaka edlulileyo ye-17, urhulumente wethu eWashington usitshele ukuba impumelelo isondele. Ngethuba leminyaka edlulileyo ye-17, i-Afghanistan iye yaqhubeka yintlupheko, ubundlobongela, ukuchithwa kokusingqongileyo kunye nokungazinzi. Ukurhoxiswa kwamagosa ase-US kunye ne-NATO kwakuza kuthumela umqondiso kwihlabathi, kunye nabantu base-Afghanistan, ukuba ixesha lifikile ukuzama indlela eyahlukileyo, into engaphezu kwemikhosi kunye nezixhobo.
I-ambassador evela kwi-United Unity-government kunye ne-Afghan Unity government ndikuxelele Ukugcina ukubandakanyeka kwe-Afghanistan e-Afghanistan "kunokukhawuleza njengoko kwakunjalo ngo-Septemba 11, 2001." Asikho isizathu sokukholelwa ukuba akayi kukuxelela ukuba kwiminyaka emibili ezayo, nangona uJohn Kerry esitshela ukuba "i-Afghanistan manje Umkhosi oqeqeshwe kakuhle ... udibana nomngeni owenziwe yiTaliban kunye namanye amaqela amaphekula. "Kodwa ukubandakanyeka akufuneki ukuthatha ifom yangoku.
I-United States isebenzisa i-4 yezigidi kwiyure, i-drones, ibhomu, izibhamu kunye neenkontrakthi ezingaphezu kwexabiso kwilizwe elidinga ukutya kunye nezixhobo zezolimo, eninzi into enokunikezelwa ngamashishini ase-US. Kuze kube ngoku, iUnited States isichithele $ 783 billion ngokungabikho nto ukubonisa ngayo ngaphandle kokufa kwamawaka Majoni ase-US , kunye nokufa, ukulimala nokufuduka kwezigidi ze-Afghans. Imfazwe yase-Afghanistan iye yaza kwaye iza kuqhubeka, kuba nje iphela, a ngokukhawuleza umthombo lokugculela amabali of buqhetseba kwaye inkunkuma. Nanjengoko utyalo-mali kwimeko yoqoqosho lwase-US le mpi sele ikhona ngumthi.
Kodwa imfazwe inefuthe elikhulu kwikhuseleko lethu: lisisongele. Ngaphambi kokuba u-Fazaal Shahzad azame ukuvuthela imoto e-Times Square, wazama ukujoyina imfazwe e-United States e-Afghanistan. Kwezinye iziganeko ezininzi, izigebengu ezijolise eUnited States ziye zatsho iinjongo zabo njengoko kubandakanya ukuphindisela kwimfazwe yase-Afghanistan e-Afghanistan, kunye nezinye iimfazwe zase-US kuloo ndawo. Akukho sizathu sokucinga oku kuya kutshintsha.
Ukongezelela, i-Afghanistan yinto enye apho iUnited States ibandakanyeka kwimfazwe enkulu kunye nelizwe elilungu leNkundla yeziLwaphulo-mthetho. Lo mzimba unayo ngoku umemezele ukuba kunjalo kuphanda ukutshutshiswa kwamacala e-US e-Afghanistan. Kwiminyaka eyi-17 edlulileyo, siye saphathwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kweengqungquthela: ukuzingela abantwana kwii-helicopter, ukuvuthela izibhedlele ngeedrones, ukuvuthwa kwezidumbu - yonke inkohliso ye-propaganda yase-US, yonke inzondo kwaye ihlazisa i-United States.
Ukuyalela amadoda amancinci namabhinqa aseMelika ukuba asebenze ekubulaweni okanye ekufezeni umsebenzi owawufezekileyo kwiminyaka eyi-17 eyadlulayo eninzi ukuyibuza. Ukubalindela ukuba bakholelwe kuloo mishini kuninzi. Le nyaniso inokukunceda ukuchaza oku: umbulali ophezulu wama-US e-Afghanistan uyazibulala. Owesibini obulala umkhosi waseMerika uhlaza eluhlaza okomhlaza, okanye ulutsha lwase-Afghan olwenziwa ngu-US luya kuguqula izixhobo zabo kubaqeqeshi babo! Wena uzibonele oku, Kuthetha: "Masiphume e-Afghanistan. Imikhosi yethu ibulawa ngabantu base-Afghans esibaqeqeshayo kwaye silahleka izigidigidi apho. Nonsense! Yakha i-USA. "
Ukurhoxiswa kwemikhosi yase-US kuya kuba kuhle kubantu base-Afghan, njengoko ubukho bamajoni angaphandle beyithintelo kwiintetho zoxolo. Ama-Afghani ngokwabo kufuneka achaze ikusasa labo, kwaye baya kukwazi ukwenza njalo xa kukho ukuphela kokungenelela kwamanye amazwe.
Siyanxusa ukuba uphendule iphepha kule nxaxheba yokungena emkhosini. Yenza onke amabutho ase-US ahambe esuka e-Afghanistan. Nciphisa i-airstrikes yase-US kwaye endaweni yoko, ngeqhekeza leendleko, ncedisa ama-Afghans ukutya, indawo yokuhlala kunye nezixhobo zezolimo.
Iziganeko ezimbini zicwangciselwe iWashington, DC, ngo-Oktobha 2, 2018:
-Ngoku kunye nezithethi kwi-12 noon phambi kweNdlu ye-White
Ingxoxo yepanel kwi-6: 30 kwi-8: 30 ntambama Busboys kunye Iimbongi, Brookland Indawo, 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC 20017
Abathethi baqinisekisiweyo baquka:
Hoor Arifi, Umgqugquzeli wase-Afghan kunye nomfundi.
Sharifa Akbary, Umlobi wase-Afghan-US, isithethi.
Medea uBenjamin, Umququzeleli weCODE PINK: Abasetyhini ngoxolo.
UMatewu Hoh, washiya ukukhusela kwisithuba sakhe e-Afghanistan kunye neSebe lase-US elijongene nokunyuka kwe-war in 2009.
Liz Remmerswaal, UMququzeleli World BEYOND War eNew Zealand.
UDavid Swanson, Mlawuli we World BEYOND War.
UBrian Terrell, UMququzeleli woNxibelelwano lweeVizwi zoLungiso loLuntu.
UAnn Wright, umkhosi we-US Army kunye negosa leSebe le-US.
Ezi ziganeko zamahhala zidweliswe kwi World BEYOND War website kwaye kuqhubeke Facebook.
Kucelwa uprinte uze usasaze le fayili.
