NguNorman Solomon, Al Jazeera
Urhulumente wase-US uzama ukutshabalalisa i-Chelsea Manning.
Kwiminyaka emihlanu emva kokubanjwa kukaManning, i-Army yangasese, ngokubonelela ngolwazi oluqingqiweyo kwi-WikiLeaks, urhwaphilizo lukaRhulumente luthatha elinye inxalenye - inxalenye yeGeorge Orwell, inxalenye yeLee Carroll. Kodwa u-Chelsea (owayekade eBradley) uManning akazange awele phantsi kwimizila yomvundla. Uvalelwe e-Fort Leavenworth, iminyaka emihlanu kwisigwebo se-35-kunye nenyaniso yokuba ayilungiselelwe ukukhululwa kwaze kwaba yilapho i-2045 ayanele ngokwayo. Amagunya ejele ngoku atyhola amacala amaninzi kunye neengqumbo ukuba amsongele ngokungenakunaphakade.
Ngoba? Izityholo zokwaphula umthetho zibandakanya ukuphathwa kwamazinyo ngaphambi komhla wokuphelelwa kwawo kunye nomcimbi weVanity Fair noCainlyn Jenner kwiphepha elingaphandle. Nokuba zonke izityholo zokophula okuncinci imigaqo yasentolongweni zifunyenwe ziyinyani kuye ukuvalelwa okuvaliweyo namhlanje, isijeziso esongelwayo asikho sikweni.
Njengoko uGeorge Will u-George uzimisele wabhala ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini eyadlulayo, “Amashumi amawaka amabanjwa aseMelika agcinwa avalelwe odwa ixesha elide nto leyo ebangela ukuba bathuthunjiswe.” Ngokwenyani, urhulumente ngoku woyikisa ngokuhlukumeza uManning.
Iingxaki zeemeko zingenammiselo. Kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo, uManning wakhetha ukuthumela ulwazi olufihlakeleyo kwi-WikiLeaks emva kokuqonda ukuba imikhosi yase-US e-Iraq yayigxotha amabanjwa kuRhulumente waseBaghdad ngolwazi olupheleleyo abaya kuhlushwa.
Emva kokubanjwa, uManning wahlala etilongweni yedwa emkhosini waseGrandinia malunga nonyaka ngaphantsi kweemeko ezikhethekileyo ze-United Nations rapporteur fu maneka zenziwe "ngonyango obunenkohlakalo, obunobundlobongela kunye nohlazo oluphambene nenqaku le-16 yendibano ekuchaseni ukuhlushwa." Phakathi kweempapasho ezithathwe kwiseli likaManning, ngokugqithiseleyo njengempahla yokuqhawula, kwakuyiNgxelo yeKomiti yeNgxelo yeNkcazo yokuThuthunyiswa kweCIA.
Iveki yokugqibela, iManning wathi ukuba wayenqatshelwe ukungena kwilayibrari yomthetho weentolongo nje iintsuku ngaphambi kokuvalelwa kwintlanganiso evulekile ukuba ibe yintsimbi yesi-2 ngemini leyo leyo ingabangela ukugcinwa kwedwa. Isikhathi solu hlobo sasiyingozi: Wayelungiselela ukumela ngokwakhe kwindlebe, apho kungekho namagqwetha akhe aya kuvunyelwa ukuba aye khona.
"Ngethuba leminyaka emihlanu eboshwe, i-Chelsea iye yafuneka ikhuthaze iimeko ezimbi kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ngokungavunyelwanga ngokusemthethweni," kusho ummeli we-ACLU uChase Strangio ngoMsombuluko. "Ngoku ubhekene nosongelo lokuxhatshazwa ngokuqhubekayo ngenxa yokuba wayemhlonela igosa xa ecela igqwetha kwaye wayeneencwadi kunye neemagazini ezazisetyenziselwa ukuzifundisa aze azise izwi lakhe likawonke wonke nelopolitiki."
Inethiwekhi yokuxhasa uManning iye yahlala ingqongqo ekubeni isigwebo sayo ngo-Agasti 2013. Oku kunceda ukucacisa isizathu sokuba i-Pentagon ilangazelele ukuxhathisa ubuhlobo bayo nehlabathi langaphandle. Njengoko uStangio uthi, "Le nkxaso inokudiliza ukukhutshwa kwakhe kokuvalelwa kwaye ithumele umyalezo kurhulumente ukuba uluntu lujonge kwaye lumile kuye njengoko ulwela inkululeko yakhe kunye nezwi lakhe." Ngokomntu, inkxaso kuphila.
Ekubeni iindaba zagqitywa ngeveki ephelileyo malunga nokusongela kwedwa, abantu abangama-100,000 basayine sicelo sekhompyutha ixhaswe ngamaqela amaninzi, kuquka ukulwa neKamva, iRootsAction.org, iNkqubela yeNtando kunye neCodePink. "Ukubeka nayiphi na umntu egcinwe yedwa ngaphandle kokugcinwa kwamanye amazwe kungenakugwetyelwa, kwaye ngenxa yezono ezincinane njengalezi (i-tube exhausted ye-toothpaste, kunye nokufumana amaphephancwadi?), Kukuhlambalaza kwimpi yaseMelika kunye nenkqubo yayo yobulungisa," isikhalazo sifunda . Ifuna ukuba iintlawulo zidibaniswe kwaye ukuvalelwa kuka-Aug. 18 kuvulwe kuluntu.
Njengomthetheli oyintloko, uBarack Obama akachasanga nangoko kutshatyalaliswa kuManning ngaphezu kokuba wenza ntoni xa kuqhutywe kakubi. Enyanisweni, usuku olulandelayo umkhulumeli weSebe likaRhulumente uPJ Crowley uthe ngo-Matshi 2011 ukuba unyango lukaManning "lwangenangqiqo kwaye luyingozi kwaye luyathayisa," u-Obama wamkela ngokusemthethweni.
U-Obama uxelele inkomfa yeendaba ukuba "ubuze iPentagon ukuba ingaba iinkqubo ezithathiweyo malunga nokuvalelwa kwakhe zilungile kwaye ziyahlangabezana nemigangatho yethu esisiseko. Bandiqinisekisa ukuba banjalo. ” Umongameli wema ngolu vavanyo. UCrowley ngokukhawuleza rhoxisa.
Manning ingomnye wabamemeza abakhulu bexesha lethu. Njengoko echaze kwi mazwi kwiminyaka emibini eyadlulayo, emva nje kokuba ijaji yamgweba kwelinye lesithathu kwinkulungwane entolongweni, "Kwada kwada kwade ndihlala e-Iraq ndifunda iimfihlelo zemfihlelo ngasese imihla ngemihla ukuba ndiqala ukubuza imibuzo yokuziphatha kwethu . Kwakulo xesha ke ndaqonda ukuba [kwimizamo yethu yokuhlangabezana nomngcipheko owawuvela kuthi utshaba, sasikhohlile ubuntu bethu. "
Wongezelela ukuba, "Siyakhethwa ngokukhethekileyo ukuba sibheke ubomi e-Iraq nakwi-Afghanistan ... Naliphi na xa sabulala abantu abangenacala, kunokuba samkele uxanduva malunga nokuziphatha kwethu, sakhetha ukufihla emva kwesigqubuthelo sokukhuselwa kolwazi kunye nolwazi oluhlelwe ukuze kuphephe ukuphendula . "
Ngokungafani nabanye abaninzi abangaboni ubungqina obunjalo kodwa bajonga ngenye indlela, uManning wathatha isenzo ngesibindi sokubethelela ukuba abo basemagunyeni aseMelika bafumane ukungaxolelwa.
UWashington uzimisele ukwenza umzekelo wakhe, ukulumkisa nokusongela abanye abaya kuba ngababizi. Ukusuka kumongameli phantsi, umgca womyalelo usebenza ukuphazamisa ubomi baseCentral Manning. Akufanele sivumele ukuba kwenzeke.
