NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, UEpreli 23, 2020
Mnu. Katstra othandekayo,
Okokuqala, ndiyabulela ngomsebenzi wakho owoyikekayo kwiqela elikhulu kunawo onke endicinga ukuba sikhuselekile xa sicinga ukuba ngephinda-phinda ubugqwetha kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukuba isizini khange ivaliwe. Mhlawumbi ndiyacaphuka. Inqaku ndiyi fan kunye ne alumnus efumene ukuphazamisa inqaku elinesihloko "UOstreliya Katolika waseOstreliya ubeka isiseko sekhondo lokulwa umsebenzi.
Eli nqaku lixeliwe: "Umdla ka-Austin Katstra ekuchaseni ubugqwetha waqala ngomhla we-2 kaMeyi, 2011. Nguwo mhla imikhosi yase-US yabulala u-Osama Bin Laden. U-Katstra wayengazi okuninzi malunga nobunqolobi phantse ishumi leminyaka eladlulayo, ngoko ke isisithethi esiphambili esaphanda-phanda uBin Laden saza saqala ukufunda malunga ne-US esaphendula ngayo kwizenzo zobugrogrisi zika-Bin Laden. Njengomntu owayesakuba ngumkhosi waselwandle njengotat'omkhulu, uKatstra wayesele enomdla wokunceda ilizwe lakhe, kodwa umdla wawusenzeka xa efunda ngakumbi ngokuchasana nemfazwe. ”
Ndihlala ndithetha kwiikholeji nakwizikolo eziphakamileyo malunga nemfazwe kunye noxolo kwaye ndifumanisa ukuba abafundi abaninzi abazi ngezibakala ezisisiseko. Ndikwathetha nabantu abagqibela ngokusebenza kunye nabasebenzi abasebenza emkhosini wase-US (kunye ne-CIA kunye nezinye iiarhente) kwaye bandixelela ukuba bebezazile ezinye izibakala ezisisiseko ngebengazibandakanyi. Ewe kunjalo, unokufumana ulwazi ngakumbi kunabo bonke. I-UVa sisikolo esihle, emva kwayo yonke into. Kodwa, kuba ibaluleke kakhulu, kwaye anditsho ukuba akukho kukhubekisa, ndingabuza nje imibuzo embalwa onokuthi weqe kuyo ukuba ziindaba ezindala kuwe?
Ngaba uyazi ukuba urhulumente wase-US ngokuphindaphindiweyo ubekwe phantsi unika ukuhambisa uBin Laden kudlulisele kwisizwe sesithathu ukuba sivavanywe, bekhetha imfazwe eyayiza kuqhubeka phantse iminyaka eli-19 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku?
Ngaba ukhe wanxibelelana ne ukuqonda ukuba "ukuba i-CIA ayichithanga ngaphezulu kwebhiliyoni yeedola ixhobise imikhosi yamaSilamsi eAfghanistan ngokuchasene neSoviet Union ngexesha lokuphakama kweMfazwe ebandayo, ukuxhobisa ootata bakaJihadist njengo-Ayman al-Zawahiri kunye no-Osama bin Laden kwinkqubo, uhlaselo lwe-9/11 ngokuqinisekileyo ngekhe yenzeke ”?
Ngaba uqhelene ne-US cwangciso kwidabi lase-Afghanistan ebelisusela nge-11 kaSeptemba ngo-2001?
Uyibonile intelekelelo ukuxolisa ukuba u-Bin Laden wanikezela ngezenzo zakhe zokubulala? Bobabini babandakanya ukuziphindezela ngobubi obuthile benziwa ngumkhosi wase-US.
Ngaba uyazi ukuba imfazwe lulwaphulo-mthetho phantsi, phakathi kweminye imithetho, Umqulu weZizwe eziManyeneyo?
Ngaba uyazi ukuba al Qaeda kuhlelwe Septemba 11th kumazwe amaninzi naseMelika ithi, ngokungafaniyo neAfghanistan, i-United States yakhetha ukungabombi?
Ngaba uqhelene nomngcipheko ukwehluleka ye-CIA kunye ne-FBI ekhokelela kwi-9/11, kodwa kunye ne Izilumkiso abanike zona kwi-White House ezingahambanga?
Ngaba uyabuqonda ubungqina bendima edlalwe ngu ISaudi Arabia, vala i-ally yase-US, umthengisi weoyile, umthengi wezixhobo, kunye neqabane kwimfazwe yase-Yemen?
Ngaba uyazi ukuba iNkulumbuso yaseBritane uTony Blair vu nyelwene Ukuya kwimfazwe ye-Iraq ngexesha i-Afghanistan yahlaselwa okokuqala?
Ngaba uyazi ukuba urhulumente wase-US uxhomekeke kuncedo oluvela eCharlottesville ukumilisela imfazwe e-Iraq? Yinyani. Xa iingcali kwiSebe lezaMandla zenqabileyo ukuthi iityhubhu zealuminium eIraq zezezenyukliya, kuba zazisazi ukuba azinakuba njalo kwaye zaziphantse zaba zezerokethi, naxa abantu beSebe likaRhulumente nabo benqabayo ukufikelela "ngokuchanekileyo" Ukuqukumbela, isibini sabafana kwiZiko loBuntlola loMhlaba weSizwe bonwabile. Amagama abo yayinguGeorge Norris noRobert Campus, kwaye bafumana “amabhaso okusebenza” (imali) yale nkonzo. Unobhala welizwe u-Colin Powell usebenzise amabango kaNorris kunye no-Campus kwintetho yakhe ye-UN ngaphandle kwesilumkiso sabasebenzi bakhe sokuba ayinyani.
Ngaba uyazi ukuba iTaliban yayiphelisile i-opium ngaphambi kwemfazwe, kodwa ke ukuba le mfazwe yenza i-opium ngomnye wemithombo emibini ephambili yeTaliban, enye ke, ngophando olwenziwa yi-US Congress, Umkhosi waseMelika?
Ngaba uyazi ukuba umlo e-Afghanistan unayo bulawa Inani elikhulu labantu, yatshabalalisa indalo, kwaye yashiya uluntu luthwaxwa kanobom zii-coronavirus?
Ngaba uyazi ukuba iNkundla yeLwaphulo-mthetho lwaMazwe ngaMazwe kuphanda Ngaba bubungqina obugqithisileyo bezenzo zenkohlakalo ezenziwa ngamacala onke ngexesha lemfazwe e-Afghanistan?
Ukhe wawuphawula umkhwa wamagosa asemkhosini amnyama asele umhlala-phantsi e-US avuma ukuba uninzi lwento ebeyenza iyasebenza? Nantsi eminye imizekelo embalwa xa ungaphoswa enye yawo:
-I-US Lt. General Michael Flynn, oye wayeka njengentloko ye-Pentagon's Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) ngo-Agasti ka-2014: "Izixhobo ezininzi esizinikayo, iibhomasi ezingaphezulu siyaziphosa, ukuba ... kuxhokonxa ingxabano."
-Owayesakuba yintloko yeCIA Bin Laden yeZiko uMichael Scheuer, othi ngaphezulu iUnited States ilwe nobugrogrisi kokukhona ibangela ubugrogrisi.
-CIA, efumana inkqubo yayo yedrone "eyonakalisayo."
-Admiral Dennis Blair, umlawuli wangaphambili we-National IntelligenceWabhala: "Ngelixa" uhlaselo lwedrone lincedile ukunciphisa ubunkokheli baseQaeda ePakistan, "ubhale wathi," bayonyusa nentiyo ngeMelika. "
-IGenesis James E. Cartwight, owayengusekela-sihlalo weJaji eliDibeneyo laBasebenzi: “Siyayibona loo nto. Ukuba uzama ukubulala isisombululo, nokuba uthe ngqo kangakanani na, uza kubacaphukisa abantu nangona bengakhange babhekiswe kubo.
-USherard Cowper-Coles, owayengummeli okhethekileyo wase-UK e-Afghanistan: "Kuwo wonke umkhosi olwayo ka-Pastun ofileyo, kuya kubakho isithembiso sokuziphindezela."
-UMateyu HohOwayesakuba liGosa laseLwandle (eIraq), owayesakuba liGosa loZakuzo laseMelika (eIraq naseAfghanistan): “Ndiyakholelwa ukuba [ukunyuka kwemfazwe / inyathelo lomkhosi] kuzakuphembelela abavukeli. Kuza kuphela ukomeleza amabango eentshaba zethu ukuba sinamandla okuhlala, kuba sinamandla okuhlala. Kwaye loo nto iya kubangela ukuba abantu bavukele. Kwaye oko kuya kubangela ukuba abantu abaninzi balwe nathi okanye abo basilwayo sele beqhubeka nokulwa nathi. ” Udliwanondlebe ne-PBS ngo-Okthobha 29, 2009
(UMat ngumhlobo kwaye ndiyazi ukuba angakuvuyela ukuthetha nawe.)
-Jikelele uStanley McChrystal: "Kuwe wonke umntu omsulwa ambulala, udala iintshaba ezilishumi. "
- Lt.Cor John W. Nicholson Jr.: Lo mphathi-mkhosi wemfazwe e-Afghanistan waziqaqadekisa ngokuchasene nento awayeyenza ngomhla wakhe wokugqibela ukuyenza.
Ngaba uyazi ukuba ubugrogrisi kwangaphambili yanda ukusukela ngo-2001 ukuya ku-2014, ikakhulu njengesiphumo esibonakalayo semfazwe yobugrogrisi? Ngokuqinisekileyo umbuzo osisiseko ekufuneka umfundo olungileyo uza nawo ukuwubuza ngawo nawuphi na umhlaba ngulo: "Ngaba kuyasebenza?" Ndicinga ukuba ubuzile oko malunga "nobugrogrisi bokulwa." Ndicingela nokuba ukhe wajonga kweyiphi indawo, ukuba ikho, eyahluke mpela kuhlaselo lobugrogrisi kuhlaselo olungelulo lobunqolobi.
Ngaba uyayazi loo nto 95% Kuzo zonke iindlela zokuzibulala zokuhlaselwa ngabagrogrisi ngaba izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezingapheliyo zenziwa ukukhuthaza abahlali bangaphandle ukuba bashiye ilizwe labaphangi?
Ngaba uyazi ukuba nge-11 kaMatshi ngo-2004, iibhombu zeAl Qaeda zabulala abantu abayi-191 eMadrid, eSpain, ngaphambi nje konyulo apho iqela elinye lalikhankasela ukuthatha inxaxheba kwe-Spain kwimfazwe ekhokelwa yi-Iraq e-Iraq. Abantu baseSpain bavotelwe oonontlalontle basemandleni, kwaye bawasusa onke umkhosi waseSpain e-Iraq ngoMeyi. Kwakungekho zibhombu eSpeyin. Imbali eme ngokwahlukileyo e-Bhritane, e-United States, nakwamanye amazwe athe aphendula ekubuyeni ngomlo ongaphezulu, ngokubanzi avelisa ngaphezulu.
Ngaba uyakubona ukubandezeleka nokufa okuye kwasetyenziswa yipoliyo ukubangela kwaye kusabangela, kwaye bangakanani abantu abasebenze iminyaka iminyaka ikufuphi kakhulu ukuze bayiphelise, kwaye ithini indlela yokubuyela umva kwale mizamo xa i-CIA yaziswa yenziwe Ugonyela abantu ePakistan ngelixesha uzama ukufumana iBin Laden?
Ngaba uyazi ukuba akukho semthethweni ePakistan okanye kwenye indawo ukubambisa okanye ukubulala?
Ngaba ukhe ume ngxi kwaye umamele abo bavumayo ukuba bazisole? Abantu bayathanda UJeffrey Sterling banazo ukuvulwa kwamehlo amabali ukuya ukutshela. Nam kunjalo ICian Westmoreland. Nam kunjalo Lisa Ling. Kunjalo nakwabanye abaninzi. Ndibuze, ukuba ungathanda ukunxibelelana nomnye wabo.
Ngaba ubusazi ukuba uninzi lwezinto esicinga ngazo yi-drones intsomi?
Ngaba uqhelene nendima ephambili edlalwa yi-US kwizixhobo ezisebenzayo kunye Imfazwe, ukuba inoxanduva kwezinye 80% kwezokulwa, 90% iziseko zomkhosi wasemzini, 50% inkcitho yemikhosi, okanye ukuba umkhosi wase-US uqeqeshe, uqeqesha, kwaye uxhasa ngemali imikhosi yase 96% koorhulumente abacinezelayo?
Ngaba uyayazi loo nto 3% yokuchitha imali emkhosini e-US kungaphelisa indlala emhlabeni? Ngaba uyakholelwa ngokwenene, xa uyema ukuyithathela ingqalelo, ukuba izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kurhulumente wase-US zikhonza ukulwa nobunqolobi, kunokuba uziphe?
Sineengxaki zokoqobo ezijamelene nathi ezibi kakhulu kunobunqolobi, Mnu. Katstra, nokuba ucinga ukuba ubugrogrisi buvela phi. Isisongelo se-apocalypse yenyukliya iphezulu kunangaphambili. Isoyikiso sokuwa okungachaphazelekiyo kwimozulu iphezulu kunanini na ngaphambili negalelo kwi ngomkhosi. Iitriliyoni zeedola ezilahliweyo kwimfazwe ziyafuneka kakhulu Ukuzikhusela okwenyani Ngokuchasene nezi ngozi zibandakanya intlekele ephuma espilini njenge coronavirus.
Ndicinga ukuba intetho kule veki ngu-Nkulumbuso wase-Norwecke encedisa ngento ephosakeleyo ngokucinga okwangoku. Utsho wathi ukuba i-coronavirus ifike ngequbuliso, imali eninzi kufuneka iphoswe kumalungiselelo emfazwe. Oku kuyayiphosa into yokuba oorhulumente bangoorhulumente Wayesazi malunga ne-coronavirus emva ngoNovemba kunye nenyaniso yokuba singazilungiselela ngcono iingxaki zempilo ukuba izixhobo zethu bezingachithwanga kangako kwimfazwe sele ikho.
ngexilongo ekuhleni uthi ufuna imikhosi eSiriya ngeoyile, Bolton Utsho esidlangalaleni ukuba ufuna isiphithiphithi eVenezuela ngeoyile, EPompeo Ngokuphandle uthi ufuna ukoyisa i-arctic yeoyile (ngayo inyibilike ngaphezulu kwe-arctic kwisimo esinokoyiswa). Ngaba obu bumdaka bunento yakwenza nantoni na nokubalwa kobugrogrisi? UNoam Chomsky, owayemamele uPat Tillman ngaphambi kokuba abulawe, ebesoloko ebonisa indlela emfutshane yokuphelisa ubugrogrisi: "Yekani ukubandakanyeka."
Sikwimizuzwana ngoku, Mnu Katstra, wokuqonda kunye nokutshintsha izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka. Ioyile ngoku ayinamsebenzi kodwa iimfazwe zeoyile kuthiwa "zibalulekile." Eli lixesha lokuqonda into efunekayo kwaye zeziphi iinkonzo eziyinkonzo. I-UVa ibeke izibhengezo zokubulela abasebenzi bezempilo ngenkonzo yabo yeqhawe. Kukho amakhulu eentlobo zenkonzo yobuqhawe eyenzekayo ngoku. Akukho nanye inento yokwenza nokwenza imfihlakalo kurhulumente ebantwini. Akukho nanye kuzo enento yokwenza nokuhlola abantu. Akukho namnye kubo onento yokwenza ukuxoka, ukukopa nobusela. Akukho nanye inento yokwenza nokuvuthelwa kwabantu kwimipu kwiinqwelomoya.
"Indawo yokuqonda" ayisiyiyo. Uluntu, njengobukrelekrele, luya kufumaneka kwenye indawo. Ndiyathemba ukuba uyifumene. Ndiyathemba ukuba uza kufumana indlela yokunceda hayi ilizwe kodwa ilizwe eliya kusinda okanye lingabi lilonke. Ndazise ukuba ndinganceda.
Intlahla egqibelele,
UDavid Swanson
