Inkxaso yesiVumelwano sokuThintela iiDrones eziHloliweyo kunye nokuJongwa

NguJack Gilroy, World BEYOND War, UEpreli 9, 2021

Iingcambu zangaphakathiIntshukumo yamazwe amabini yokuthintela iidrones ezinezixhobo kunye nokujongwa komkhosi kunye namapolisa, ekuthiwa yiBan Killer Drones, sele iphehlelelwe. Yiya e bankilerdrones.org ukubona iziphumo zomsebenzi weqela kwesi sibonelelo sigqwesileyo e-United States 'hayi ukubulala ngokufihlakeleyo kwihlabathi liphela. Iqela labaququzeleli bemfazwe bexesha elide be-anti-drone kubandakanya uNick Mottern, uBrian Terrell, kunye no-Chelsea Faria, ngenkxaso evela kumgqatswa weBhaso loxolo uNobhala uKathy Kelly, no David Swanson, uMlawuli oLawulayo World BEYOND War usebenze ukwenza le ndawo ibe yeyona ndawo iphambili yobutyebi ekunqandeni iidrones zokubulala kwilizwe jikelele.

Abafundi abaqhubela phambili baya kuyikhumbula iminyaka yomzabalazo evelise ukuvalwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya kunye nokukhumbula umzabalazo ovelise izivumelwano malunga nezigcayiseli kunye neziqhushumbisi.

Ndikhumbula kakuhle apho ndandikhona ngo-Okthobha 1, 2014. Ndandifakwe imixokelelwane eyomeleleyo kunakuqala, ndijiwuzisa iminwe yam ukugcina izandla zam zindindisholo. Ndaye ndafakwa ngokuguqa phakathi kwesihlalo esingaphambili nangasemva semoto yeSebe lika-Onondaga eSheracuse, NY.

Ijaji yeNkundla yaseDeWitt uRobert Jokl wayesandula ukundithumela endleleni yam eya eJacobville Correctional Facility ekufutshane ukuze ndiqale isigwebo seenyanga ezintathu ngokuthatha inxaxheba ukufa Kwisango eliphambili le-NY Air National Guard 174th Attack Wing eHancock Field killer drone base.

Ndilele phantsi, ndikhame phakathi kwezihlalo, ndacela amasekela amabini ukuba andinike indawo yokuhlala. Usekela wesihlalo wakhwela wathi: “Uza kuba sejele kwisithuba nje semizuzu eli-15, phila nayo.”

Ndihlala nayo, ndikhonza iintsuku ezingama-60 zesigwebo sam seentsuku ezingama-90, ixesha lincitshisiwe ngenxa "yokuziphatha kakuhle."

Kodwa ndisaphambene njengesihogo sokuba urhulumente wam wase-US uyaqhubeka nokubulala "abagrogrisi abarhanelwa," eyandisa imfazwe yakhe yedrone, kwaye ekhuthaza amanye amazwe ukuba enze njalo.

Lixesha lokukhuthaza umnqophiso wokuthintela izixhobo zedrone emhlabeni jikelele.

I-Predator

Xa ndaye ndazi ngoqhanqalazo lwedrone eHancock Field, ndandibhale ngokuza kweenoveli ezindala malunga nokwala ukuya kwi-WWII kunye nemfazwe yaseVietnam, kodwa ngoku imfazwe yayiqhutywa eyadini yam yangasemva kwaye bambalwa ababonakala ngathi bayazi ngayo. I-resisters eHancock, ewe, yayizama ukufundisa uluntu. Ngelishwa, kwanaxa abanye abantu baseMelika befundile ngokubulawa kwabantu okusebenza e-United States kwiziseko zedrone, izenzo zoloyiko lweedrone zabonakala zingabalulekanga kubo. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, abanqolobi babekwamanye amazwe kwaye kwakufuneka “sibakhuphe” kwaye- singazikhathazi ngemijukujelwa yomlilo wesihogo kunye neebhombu kuba zaziseMbindi Mpuma, hayi eSirakuse. Iphiko likaHancock le-174th Attack Wing lenze nje ukudubula kwezixhobo ezihamba ngaphezulu kwamagunya amawaka eekhilomitha kude, kubonwe ngabaqhubi beenqwelomoya abahlaselayo abaneekhamera eziphezulu zedrone zekhamera ngesatellite.

Ndiphande i-Predator kunye ne-Reaper drones, ndathetha nabantu ababebanjelwe ityala lase Hancock (kwaye babanjwa amatyeli aliqela nam).

Ngelo xesha, ndandingusihlalo we-St James Peace and Justice Committee, Johnson City NY, 75 miles kumazantsi eSirakuse. Ikomkhulu le-Syracuse Diocese kunye nenkokheli, u-Bishop William Cunningham, babehamba umgama ukusuka kwisiseko sedrone esikufuphi. Ndizamile ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini iileta kunye neminxeba yokuthetha noBhishophu uCunningham. Injongo yam yayikukumbuza izimvo zakhe ngokusondela kufutshane neziko elilungiselela ukubulala, i-174th Attack Wing yeNew York National Guard, phezulu nje kwendlela ukusuka kwindawo ahlala kuyo.

Ukuzingisa kuhlawulwe. Ubishophu wavuma ukudibana neqela lethu labachasi abathandathu.

Ndibuze u-Bishop Cunningham ukuba ucinga ntoni malunga nokuziphatha kwe Hancock enezixhobo zedrone. UBhishophu Cunningham uthe: “Yenye yeendlela zokugcina iibhutsi zamakhwenkwe ethu kumhlaba wangaphandle. Akukho mfuneko yokuba sithumele abafana bethu emfazweni ”. Emva kwexesha, wathi: “Uyazi ukuba amaKatolika amaninzi asebenza eHancock, andithi?”

Sasiyicingele ukuba injalo kuba sazi ukuba u-Bishop Cunningham wabela omnye wakhe ababingeleli ukulungiselela kubaqhubi beenqwelomoya bakaHancock.

Ukuqonda ukuba i-ofisi kaBhishophu yayisisiphelo, Ndaye ndaqala ukwenza umdlalo-ngqondo engqondweni yam ngentombazana encinci eyayinomama owayengumqhubi wenqwelo-moya eCreech. Ndithathe isigqibo sokuhamba nesihloko, I-Predator, ngenxa yezizathu ezicacileyo.

Ngo-Novemba, 2013, isigaba sokuqala se- I-Predator kwenziwa kwiDyunivesithi yaseGeorgetown kunye nabafundi abavela kwiYunivesithi yaseSyrause kunye neDyunivesithi yaseScranton njengabadlali. Umnyhadala ibiyi-Ignatia yoSapho eFundisa-ngaphakathi. Ngombulelo, ndinobuchwephesha bokuncedisa, u-Aetna Thompson, owayesakuba lilungu kunye nemvumi kwiqela le-satirical eWashington elibizwa ngokuba yi "The Capitol Steps".

Inkqubo yokutsala amehlo yamiselwa ekhampasini, ifasksi yedrone yokuvuna eyilwe yenziwa nguNick Mottern, weHastings e-Hudson, NY kunye nomququzeleli we knowdrones.com UNick wagxotha idrone ehlekisayo esuka ekhayeni lakhe yaya kwi-Rt 81 eScranton, ePa. Apho wandibonisa indlela yokuyihlanganisa kwaye emva koko wagubungela imijukujelwa yomlilo wesihogo ngeengubo- "ukuba nje uMbutho kaRhulumente ubuza ngezi rocket," utshilo uNick. . Umvuni yayingumlingane wam endandihamba naye kwiVolvo yam endala, i-fuselage yaphumla kwideshibhodi yam kwaye umsila ungqubeka kwifestile yam yangemva.

Ndiqhube ezantsi ndaya kwigig yethu yokuqala kwiYunivesithi yaseGeorgetown emva koko ndaya eFt. IBenning, GA, apho ndibeke khona uMvuni kwindawo yokungena eColumbus, kwiziko lendibano laseGGA elinophawu olukhulu oluchazelweyo "UMALUSI ”.

I-Predator Babenemilenze, bedlala kwiikholeji ezininzi nakwiiholo zecawa kwilizwe liphela ukusukela nge2013 ukuya kwi2017.

U-Marie Shebeck, u-Chicago ochasene nemfazwe kunye no-Close Guantanamo umququzeleli, wadlala Umququzeleli olwa imfazwe "uKelly McGuire" kufundo lukaJack Gilroy luka-2013 Umzingeli.

Umdlalo usafumaneka Ukukhuphela (kunye ne-tweak ukuyizisa ihlaziyeke kulo naliphi na iqela eliza kuyisebenzisa.

Ngaba ukubonakaliswa, ukucinga ngokuziphatha okubi okungaqhelekanga kunye nokubulala ngobugwala kwabantu abanobugrogrisi obuphezulu baseMelika kundikhokelele ekubhaleni umdlalo? Ngokuqinisekileyo, yayiyinto ebalulekileyo. Kodwa, ndaziva ngathi into endiyenzileyo ngomdlalo ayonelanga, kungoko ukubanjwa kwam nokuvalelwa, kuchazwe apha ngasentla.

Ukuya kwilizwe jikelele

Iidrones ezinezixhobo azinanconywa. Iidrones ezinezixhobo zezixhobo ezingabanjwanga ezisetyenziselwa ukubulala abantu kumazwe angaphandle (okwangoku). Ukusetyenziswa kweedrones ezinezixhobo kukuziphatha okubi, akukho semthethweni, ubuhlanga, (kusetyenziswa ubukhulu becala ukubulala abantu bebala) kunye nesidenge. Alikho elinye ilizwe elenza into eyenzeka rhoqo e-United States-ukubulawa ngeedrones ezinezixhobo kwiindawo ezinjengeAfghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria, Libya. I-United States iseyeyona inkulu umkhuseli wobundlobongela emhlabeni kwaye iidrones zokubulala ziye zaba likhadi lethu lokufowuna elibulalayo.

UBill Quigley, unjingalwazi weYunivesithi yaseLoyola kwezomthetho-siseko ukhusele abaqhankqalazi ababanjiwe ngenxa yezenzo ezingekho mthethweni. Kwangelo xesha, uBill.ukhulisa ulwazi ngokuziphatha kwethu kwaye izenzo ezingekho mthethweni Yokubulala "abagrogrisi" abarhanelwa ngezixhobo zedrone-— abafileyo kunye nabenzakeleyo phantse bahlala bebandakanya abantu abamsulwa.

Uhlaziyo (2020) ngu I-Bureau of Journalism yophando Iingxelo zokuba baye balanda ngaphezulu kwe-14,000 ye-drone kwaye bafikelela kwi-16,000 yabantu ababulewe yi-US drones. Uninzi lwamaxhoba e-drone ahlala engenamagama nakwiikomiti zokongamela zebandla ezifunda iidrones ezinezixhobo. Iidrones ezixhobileyo zenza iintshaba ezikrakra kwihlabathi liphela kwaye zenza ukungakhuseleki njengoko behlwayela thiyile impindezelo.

UMongameli Biden waqukumbela intetho yakhe yokumiselwa esithi “Ngamana uThixo angayisikelela iMelika kwaye uThixo akhusele umkhosi wethu.” Kulapho sikhona: sidumisa iMelika kwaye sicela uThixo ukuba akhusele imikhosi yethu. Umzi mveliso weengalo kunye nengalo yenkolo yezixhobo zomkhosi-mveliso bayancuma. Kucacile ukuba kufuneka sifikelele ngaphandle kwemida yethu kwaye sakhe isivumelwano samazwe aphesheya sokwenza ukubulawa kwabantu kunye nokujongwa kwe-drone.

Ndikhuthaza abafundi ukuba bajoyine intshukumo yokuseka isibhengezo samazwe aphesheya kwezixhobo kunye nokujonga iidrones. Yiya e www., ulele.ro ukuqala isenzo samazwe aphesheya ngelixa ucinezela uJoe Biden kunye nemfazwe ethambekele kumaDemokhrasi ukuba aphelise izixhobo zedrone.

I-Ban Killer Drones iphefumlelwe ngumnqophiso osandula ukuvalwa kwezixhobo zenyukliya, kunye nezigcayiseli zokuqhushumbisa iziqhushumbisi, kwaye umsebenzi wayo uvunyiwe ngu: 1976 owaphumelela iNobel Peace Prize uMaread Maguire; CODEPINK Umququzeleli-siseko uMedea Benjamin; UChristine Schweitzer, uMququzeleli wombutho woxolo waseJamani "iFederal for Social Defense"; UDavid Swanson, UMlawuli oyiNtloko, World BEYOND War; UChris Cole, uMlawuli we-Drone Wars UK; UMaya Evans, uMququzeleli -iVoices ze-Creative Non-Violence UK; UJoe Lombardo, uMququzeleli, uManyano lweZizwe eziManyeneyo lokulwa iMfazwe (e-US); URichard Falk, uNjingalwazi uEmeritus woMthetho wamanye amazwe, iYunivesithi yasePrinceton; kunye noPhyllis Bennis, uMfo kwiZiko leMfundo yoMgaqo-nkqubo kunye nombhali, phakathi kwabanye, kubandakanya uJack Gilroy, umbhali weli nqaku.