Misa ukuQinisa ii-Thumb Screws: Umyalezo woLuntu

NguKathy Kelly, nge-19 kaMatshi ngo-2020

Izikhuzo zase-US ngokuchasene ne-Iran, zomelezwe ngenkani ngo-Matshi ka-2018, qhubeka nesohlwayo esihlanganyelweyo sabantu abahlelelekileyo. Okwangoku, umgaqo-nkqubo we-US "woxinzelelo oluphezulu" uthintela kakhulu i-Iranian imizamo yokujongana nongxwelerha lwe-COVID-19, obangela ubunzima kunye nentlekele ngelixa igalelo ekusasazeni ubhubhane. Ngomhla we-12 ku-Matshi 2020, Umphathiswa Wezangaphandle e-Iran u-Jawad Zarif wakhuthaza amazwe angamalungu e-UN ukuba ayiphelise imfazwe yezoqoqosho yase-United States.

Ukuthetha noNobhala Jikelele we-UN u-Antonio Guterres, u-Zarif ucacisile ukuba izithintelo zoqoqosho zase-US zithintela njani abantu base-Irani ekungeniseni amayeza kunye nezixhobo zonyango.

Ngaphezu kweminyaka emibini, ngelixa i-US yaxhaphaza amanye amazwe ukuba ayeke ukuthenga i-Iranian, abantu baseIran bahlangabezana nokudodobala kwezoqoqosho.

Uqoqosho oludodobalisileyo kunye nokuqhushumba kwe-coronavirus eyandayo ngoku kuqhuba abafuduki kunye neembacu, abafikelela kwizigidi, babuyela e-Afghanistan ngamanani anyukayo.

Kwezi veki zimbini zidlulileyo, kuphela ngaphezulu 50,000 Abantu base-Afghan babuyile eIran, okonyusa amathuba okuba iimeko zekoronavirus zisebenze eAfghanistan. Iminyaka elishumi yemfazwe, kubandakanya ukuhlasela kwe-US kunye nokuhlala yahlutha Unonophelo lwempilo lweAfghanistan kunye neendlela zokuhambisa ukutya.

UJawad Zarif ubuza i-UN ukuthintela ukusetyenziswa kwendlala nezifo njengesixhobo semfazwe. Ileta yakhe ibonisa ubutyobo obubangelwe yiminyaka emininzi ye-impiriyali yase-United States kwaye ucebisa ngamanyathelo otshintsho ekupheliseni umatshini wemfazwe wase-United States.

Ngexesha lemfazwe yase-United States ka-1991 “yeNkqantosi Yasentlango” eyayichasene neIraq, ndandiyinxalenye yeQela loXolo lweGulf, - ekuqaleni, ndihlala “kwinkampu yoxolo” eyayimiswe kufutshane nomda weIraq neSaudi kwaye kamva, emva kokususwa kwethu Imikhosi yaseIraq, kwihotele yaseBaghdad eyayihlala iintatheli ezininzi. Ukufumana umatshini wokuchwetheza ongasetyenziswanga, sanyibilikisa ikhandlela erimini, (i-US yayizitshabalalisile izikhululo zombane zase-Iraq, kwaye uninzi lwamagumbi ehotele ayemnyama thsu). Sibuyisile ngeribhoni yokubhala engekhoyo ngokubeka iphepha elibomvu lekhabhoni phezu kwezinto zokubhala. Xa abasemagunyeni eIraq baqonda ukuba siyakwazi ukuthayipha uxwebhu lwethu, babuza ukuba singayichwetheza na ileta yabo kuNobhala Jikelele we-UN. (I-Iraq yayixhwaleke kangangokuba amagosa kwinqanaba lekhabinethi ayengenazo iirebhoni zokubhala.) Ileta eya kuJavier Perez de Cuellar yacela i-UN ukuba ithintele i-US ekuqhushumbiseni indlela phakathi kwe-Iraq ne-Jordan, ekuphela kwendlela yokuphuma kweembacu kunye nendlela ekuphela kwayo yokunceda abantu. isiqabu. Idlakazwe sisiqhushumbisi kwaye sele ishiyekile izinto, i-Iraq, ngo-1991, yayingunyaka omnye kuphela kulawulo olunobuzaza olwaqhubeka iminyaka eli-13 ngaphambi kokuba i-US iqale ukuhlasela ngokupheleleyo kunye nokuhlala e-2003. Ngoku, kwi-2020, i-Iraqis isabandezeleka Ukusuka kwintlupheko, ukufuduka kunye nemfazwe ngokunyanisekileyo bafuna i-US ukuba isebenzise ukuzimela kunye nokushiya ilizwe labo.

Ngaba ngoku siphila kwixesha lamanzi? Intsholongwane engenakunqandwa, ebulalayo ayihoyi nayiphi na imida i-US izama ukuyomeleza okanye ukuyila kwakhona. Umzi-mveliso wezomkhosi wase-United States, kunye nezixhobo zawo ezikhulu kunye nenkohliso yokurhangqa, ayihambelani neemfuno "zokhuseleko". Kutheni le nto i-US, ngeli xesha libalulekileyo, isondela kwamanye amazwe isoyikiso kunye nokunyanzela kunye nelungelo lokugcina ukungalingani kwehlabathi? Ukuzikhukhumeza okunjalo akuqinisekisi nokhuselo lomkhosi waseMelika. Ukuba i-US iyaqhubeka iyodwa kwaye ibetha i-Iran, iimeko ziya kuba mbi e-Afghanistan nase-United States imiswe apho iya kuba semngciphekweni. Ukuqwalaselwa okulula, "Sonke siyinxalenye yomnye nomnye," kubonakala ngokucacileyo.

Kuyanceda ukucinga ngesikhokelo esivela kwiinkokheli zangaphambili ezijamelene neemfazwe nobhubhane. Ubhubhane waseSpain ngo-1918-19, kunye nenkohlakalo yeMfazwe Yehlabathi I, yabulala izigidi ezingama-50 emhlabeni wonke, ezingama-675,000 e-US Amawakawaka abongikazi ababhinqileyobebeku "ngaphambili," behambisa ukhathalelo lwempilo. Phakathi kwabo yayingabongikazi abamnyama abangazange babeke ubomi babo emngciphekweni wokuziqhelanisa nemisebenzi yenceba kuphela kodwa balwa kananjalo nocalucalulo kunye nobuhlanga ekuzimiseleni kwabo ukukhonza. La mabhinqa akhaliphileyo azama ngokuzimisela ukuvula indlela yokuba abongikazi abantsundu abali-18 bokuqala basebenze kwi-Army Nurse Corps kwaye babonelela “ngenguquko encinci kuhambo oluqhubekayo lokulingana kwezempilo.”

Ngentwasahlobo yowe-1919, UJane Addams kunye no-Alice Hamilton Baye babona iziphumo zesohlwayo xa iJamani yayimiselwe yimikhosi yase-Amandla emva kweMfazwe yeHlabathi. Babukele "ukunqongophala kokutya, isepha nezinto zoncedo" kwaye babhala bekhathazekile ngendlela abantwana abohlwaywa ngayo yindlala ngenxa "yezono zabalawuli."

Indlala iyaqhubeka nasemva kokuba i-blockade igqityiwe ekugqibeleni, ngehlobo, ngokutyikitywa kweSivumelwano saseVersailles. U-Hamilton no-Addams baxele indlela ubhubhane wesifo somkhuhlane, owanda ngayo ukusasazeka yindlala kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwemfazwe, emva koko kuphazamise ukubonelelwa kokutya. Aba bafazi babini baphikisana nomgaqo-nkqubo wokwabiwa kokutya okunengqiqo wawuyimfuneko kuzo zombini izizathu zoluntu kunye nezicwangciso. “Yintoni eyayiza kuzuzwa ngokulambisa abantwana abangakumbi?” abazali abadidekileyo baseJamani bababuza.

UJonathan Whitall iyalela uHlaziyo loLuntu lweMédecins Sans Frontières / Oogqirha ngaphandle kweMida. Uhlalutyo lwakhe lwakutshanje lubuza imibuzo ebuhlungu:

Kufanele ukuba uzihlambe rhoqo izandla zakho xa ungenamanzi abalekayo okanye isepha? Uyenza njani into yokuphumeza 'indawo yokuhlala' ukuba uhlala kwisaladi okanye imbaleki okanye inkampu ye-ankile? Uza kuhlala njani ekhaya ukuba umsebenzi wakho uhlawula ngeyure kwaye ufuna ukuba ubonakale? Kutheni kufuneka uyeke ukuwela imida ukuba ubaleka imfazwe? Uvavanywa njani # COVID19 Ukuba inkqubo yezempilo yabucala kwaye awukwazi ukuyifumana? Kwenzeka njani ukuba abo baneemeko zaphambi kokuba babekhona bathathe amanyathelo okongeziweyo xa sele bengakwazi nokulufumana unyango abaludingayo?

Ndilindele ukuba abantu abaninzi kwihlabathi liphela, ngexesha lokusasazeka kwe-COVID-19, bacinga nzulu malunga nokuqaqamba, ukungalingani okubulalayo kwiindawo zethu, zibuze ukuba zeziphi iindlela ezilungileyo zokwandisa imizekeliso yezobuhlobo kubantu abasweleyo ngelixa bekhuthazwa ukuba bamkele ukuhlala bodwa kunye nokuhamba kude ekuhlaleni. Enye indlela yokunceda abanye basinde kukunyanzelisa i-United States ukuba inyuse isohlwayo ngokuchasene ne-Iran endaweni yoko ixhase ukhathalelo olusebenzayo. Dibana ngokudibeneyo ne-coronavirus ngelixa usakha ikamva elinobuntu kwihlabathi ngaphandle kokuchitha ixesha okanye izixhobo ekuqhubekeni kweemfazwe ezikhohlakeleyo.

Kathy Kelly, edibeneyo PeaceVoice, unxibelelaniso Iimvo ze-Creative Unviolence.