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Uninzi lwethu olwalusaphila emva koko lukhumbula apho sasikhona ngentsasa yohlaselo lwango-9/11. Njengoko siphawula isikhumbuzo se-18th semfazwe yase-Iraq kulo Matshi, ndiyazibuza ukuba bangaphi abakhumbula ukuba sasiphi ngala mini.

Ngo-9/11, ndandifunda kwisikolo samaKatolika kwibanga lesibhozo. Andinakuze ndimlibale utitshala wam, uNksk. Anderson, esithi: “Ndinento endifuna ukukuxelela yona.” Ucacise ngento embi eyenzekileyo kwaye wahambisa i-TV waya nayo egumbini ukuze sizibonele.

Ngaloo mva kwemini, sathunyelwa kwinkonzo yomthandazo kwicawa ekufuphi saza sagoduswa kwangethuba, sonke sothuke kakhulu ukuba sifunde okanye sifunde nantoni na.

Kunyaka onesiqingatha kamva, xa ndandisengumfundi omtsha kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo samaKatolika, iiTV zaphinda zabuya.

Ngokumnyama, umbono-ebusuku, iibhombu zaqhushumba ngaphezulu kweBaghdad. Ngeli xesha, kwakungekho kuthula okanye iinkonzo zomthandazo. Endaweni yoko, abanye abantu ngokwenene bavuya. Emva koko yakhala intsimbi, iiklasi zatshintsha, kwaye abantu baqhubeka nje.

Ndanyathela ndaya kwiklasi yam elandelayo, ndigula yintliziyo kwaye ndididekile.

Sasikwishumi elivisayo ngokungenalusini kwaye apha sasiphinda, sibukele iziqhushumbisi zonyusa abantu kwiTV. Kodwa ngeli xesha, abantu bebevuya? Ukuhamba malunga nobomi babo njengesiqhelo? Ingqondo yam yeshumi elivisayo ayinakuyenza.

Xa ndandineminyaka eli-15 ubudala, ndandingenguye kwaphela owezopolitiko. Ukuba bendizimisele ngakumbi, ngekhe ndibone ukuba bonke abafundi endandifunda nabo babenikwe imeko yokuphendula ngale ndlela.

Nokuba unyaka-kunye nemfazwe e-Afghanistan, ukuba ngumlo we-anti kwakubonakala ngathi kuyaphazamiseka kwezi ntsuku zothusayo emva kwe-9/11-nangaphandle kokunxibelelana okukude phakathi kwe-Iraq kunye ne-9/11.

Kwakukho ukubhengeza okukhulu okuthandwayo ngokuchasene neMfazwe yase-Iraq. Kodwa abezopolitiko abaqhelekileyo-uJohn McCain, uJohn Kerry, uHillary Clinton, uJoe Biden-bangena ebhodini, bahlala ngokuzimisela. Ngeli xesha, njengoko ubundlobongela bangena ngaphakathi, ulwaphulo-mthetho olunenzondo nxamnye naye nabani na othathwe iArabhu okanye amaSilamsi ayesonyuka.

"Umothuko kunye noloyiko" umkhankaso wokuqhushumisa wase-US owavula iMfazwe yase-Iraq yabulala phantse abantu abangama-7,200 - ngaphezulu kokuliphinda kabini inani labhubhe nge-9/11 Le yokugqibela yamkelwa ngokubanzi njengoxinzelelo lwenzala. Eyokuqala yayingumbhalo osemazantsi.

Kwiminyaka elandelayo, ngaphezulu kwesigidi AmaIraq ayeza kufa. Kodwa inkcubeko yethu yezopolitiko yayibajongela phantsi aba bantu kangangokuba ukusweleka kwabo kwakungakhange kubonakale kubalulekile - yiyo loo nto kusenzeka oko.

Ngethamsanqa, ezinye izinto zitshintshile ukusukela ngoko.

Imfazwe yethu ye-post-9/11 ngoku ijongwa ngokubanzi njengeempazamo ezibiza kakhulu. Ukutsala nzima, ubukhulu becala Abantu baseMelika ngoku baxhasa ukuphelisa iimfazwe zethu, bezisa umkhosi ekhaya, kunye nokufaka imali encinci emkhosini-nokuba abezopolitiko bethu abathobelanga.

Kodwa umngcipheko wokupheliswa komntu uhlala ukhona. Abantu baseMelika banokuba badiniwe ziimfazwe zethu eMbindi Mpuma, kodwa uphando lubonisa ukuba ngoku baveza ukukhula okukhoyo kwiChina. Ngelishwa, ulwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene nabantu base-Asiya baseMelika- njengokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi eAtlanta- kukhula phezulu.

URussel Jeung, okhokela iqela elimelene nokulwa ne-Asia bias, uxelele le Washington Post, "Imfazwe ebandayo yase-US-China-ngakumbi isicwangciso-qhinga seRiphabhlikhi sokuhlasela kunye nokuhlasela i-China ngenxa ye- [coronavirus] -yaphembelela ubuhlanga nentiyo kubantu base-Asiya baseMelika."

I-Scapegoating China ngenxa yemigaqo-nkqubo yethu yezempilo yoluntu engaphumelelanga inokuhlala ngakumbi ngasekunene, kodwa intetho ebandayo ebandayo ibipartisan. Kwanabapolitiki abagxeka ubuhlanga obuchasene ne-Asiya baye babethelela uluvo oluchasene neTshayina kurhwebo, ungcoliseko, okanye amalungelo oluntu- imiba yokwenyani, kodwa akukho nanye eya kusonjululwa ngokubulalana.

Sibonile apho ukukhokelela kubuntu kukhokelela khona kubundlobongela, imfazwe, kunye nokuzisola.

Andinakuze ndibalibale abo ndifunda nabo- kungenjalo iqhelekile, intsingiselo yentsingiselo yabantwana- bevuyisana nolu dubulo. Thetha ngoku, ngaphambi kokuba lihambise ixesha. Nabantwana bakho bayamamela.