Abavoti baseSpain bajikela ngokuchasene neqela elibambeleyo emva koqhushumbo lwaseMadrid ngo-2004.
NguSam Husseini, ngoJuni 5, 2017
Ibuyiswe ngoJuni 5, i-2017 esuka Wesizwe.
Inkulumbuso uTheresa May uthetha ngaphandle kwe-10 Downing Street emva kohlaselo olushiye abantu abasixhenxe befile kwaye abaninzi benzakele, ngoJuni 4, i-2017. (iReuters / uHannah McKay)
ONgomhla we-11 kuMatshi ka-2004, kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi konyulo olunzima, uthotho lweebhombu eziphantse ngaxeshanye zaqhushumba koololiwe abane abakhweli eMadrid, zabulala abantu abangaphezu kwe-190. Phambi koqhushumbisi, iSocialist Party (PSOE) ibisemva ngamanqaku amahlanu kuvoto, kodwa yaphela iphumelele ngamanqaku amahlanu. Iqela lathembisa ukuba ukuba liphumelele unyulo, iSpain iya kuphuma e-Iraq kwiinyanga ezintandathu. Oko kwenzeka emva kwesihlanu kuphela. Andifumani bungqina bawo nabuphi na ubunqolobi obunxulumene noMbindi Mpuma eSpain ukusukela oko, nangona kubonakala ukuba ziye zatshitshiswa iyelenqe.
Le mbali inokuthi inike isifundo esibalulekileyo eBritane ngoku, kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa kude nonyulo olulandela uthotho lohlaselo kufutshane neLondon Bridge. Inkulumbuso ebambeleyo uTheresa May uxhase phantse yonke imfazwe iBritane ethathe inxaxheba kuyo. Ngokuchaseneyo, inkokeli yezabasebenzi uJeremy Corbyn waye wayigxeka yonke imfazwe.
Imeko yaseSpain yaphakanyiswa ngurhulumente ophetheyo kaJosé María Aznar (ngoku ongumlawuli weRupert Murdoch's News Corporation), owatyhola iqela laseBasque i-ETA ngohlaselo. Eli nyathelo ngokuqinisekileyo labonakalisa ukucaphuka kukarhulumente. Kodwa kwakutheni ukuze urhulumente axoke ngokubandakanyeka kwe-ETA kwasekuqaleni? Yavavanya-mhlawumbi ngokuchanekileyo-ukuba abantu baseSpain babenoburhalarhume ukuba kuphalazwe igazi elininzi eMadrid ukuziphindezela ngenxa yokubandakanyeka kweSpeyin ekuhlaselweni kwe-Iraq, eyayisele ingathandwa ngokunzulu.
Thelekisa indlela eyathathwa yiSpain kunye naleyo yaseFransi, eyayigxeka uhlaselo lwase-Iraq. Ukusukela ngoko, iFransi iye yaba ngongenelelo ngakumbi, ngakumbi eSyria—indawo eyayisakuba yikoloni yaseFransi. Kwakhona iye yaba yinto ekujoliswe kuyo yobunqolobi egameni lamaSilamsi kwiminyaka yakutshanje.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuba unxibelelwano phakathi kohlaselo lwaseMadrid luka-2004 kunye nonyulo alukhange lungahoywa okanye lwamelwa kakubi. Kunyaka ophelileyo, emva kwendyikityha yokubulawa kwabantu e-Orlando ngu-Omar Mateen, kwingxoxo malunga nokuba olo hlaselo lunokuluchaphazela njani unyulo lwase-US, uDina Temple-Raston, “umnxibelelanisi wobunqolobi” we-NPR wasibuyisela umva isifundo esicacileyo saseMadrid. Uye wabanga ukuba emva kohlaselo lwaseMadrid "iqela eligcinayo laphumelela." I-NPR yalile ukunika isilungiso esisemoyeni ngale nto ubuxoki obungenamsebenzi.
Kakade ke, unyulo lorhulumente waseCorbyn aluqinisekisi ngokupheliswa kohlaselo lwabanqolobi eBritani. Okokuqala, akucaci ukuba uCorbyn uya kubambelela kuxolo, ukungangeneleli. Kutshanje, uye wabonakala ezikhwebula kwizikhundla zangaphambili, njengokurhoxa kwi-NATO. Ngelixa i-Socialist Party eSpain yathembisa ukurhoxa e-Iraq, i-Labour Manifesto ayinaso eso sibhambathiso sicacileyo.
UTheresa May, nangona kunjalo, uye waxhasa imigaqo-nkqubo yongenelelo eyanceda ukudala iimeko zotshintsho. Ngokukodwa, ngelixa uMeyi wayengunobhala wekhaya, i-UK yavumela abantu abagqithileyo abavela kwiLibya Islamic Fighting Group (apho umqhushumbisi waseManchester wayelilungu) ukuba baye eLibya ngokukhululekileyo ukuya kukhupha uMuammar Gaddafi (bona. UJohn Pilger kwi News Consortium, Paul Mason kwi Guardian, yaye UMax Blumenthal kwi Alternet). Le yingongoma athe uCorbyn wayiphakamisa ngendlela engangqale kangako kodwa ephawulekayo: “Iingcali ezininzi ziye zalatha kunxibelelwano olukhoyo phakathi kweemfazwe eziye zaxhaswa okanye ziliwa ngurhulumente wethu kwamanye amazwe nobunqolobi balapha ekhaya.” Wongeze wathi: "Kufuneka sibe neencoko ezinzima, ukuqala ngeSaudi Arabia kunye namanye amazwe aseGulf axhasa ngemali kwaye aphembelela iimbono ezibaxiweyo."