NguDavid Swanson
Lezi zinsizwa ezimbili zingase zibe nenani elingapheli lezinto ezifanayo, kepha izenzo abathatha kuleli sonto azikho.
One esetshenziswa umkhosi wezempi emkhankasweni we-basketball professional ukwenqaba ukugubha impi, nokuphikisana nokukhangisa kwempi ezemidlalo.
One waba i-"shooter mass" yakamuva "engangiyibeke emakhonini okucaphuna ngoba nje yayingumqhubi wesibhamu, kodwa wayesehlobo olwamukelekayo lokudubula.
NgoLwesibili ebusuku, owayekade e-US Marine Josuee Hernandez uhlelwe ukuthi uzohlonishwa ngenkonzo yakhe ebizwa ngePortland Trailblazers. Ubophe ijaji lakhe ukuze adalule ihembe ngegijimi lokubhikisha elihlambalaza iqembu ngokuthola imali kumthengisi wezikhali. Wala isikhwama semiklomelo esinikezwa yona. "Akufanele sizizwe sihlonishwa ngokunikezwa isikhwama sezintambo bese sihamba phambi kwezilaleli," kusho uHernandez. Wenza ngokulunga futhi ngesibindi, futhi mhlawumbe (angikwazi lutho ngaye, kodwa ngiye ngazazi eziningi zezilwane) ngendlela yokwelapha.
NgoLwesithathu ebusuku, owayekade e-US Marine Ian David Long wehluleka ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe. Wayeqashwe nguhulumeni wase-US ukushisa isibhamu somshini kubantu. Lokho bekuwumsebenzi wakhe iminyaka eminingi, futhi ingxenye yaleso sikhathi wayehlanganyele empini ye-Afghanistan. Wanikezwa imiklomelo yomsebenzi omuhle ayewenzile empini. Akekho owayekade ecasuliwe. Akekho owayembizile ngamagama noma wayebuza ukuthi wayengumuntu onjani.
Inhloko ye-CNN, "U-Thousand Oaks gunman wasuka e-Marine vet waya e-mass shooter. Abaphenyi bafuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani, "kudala imfihlakalo lapho kungekho khona khona. Umbuzo awukona ukuthi waba kanjani umshayeli wokudubula kodwa ukuthi abanye abaningi baye bakwazi kanjani ukuyeka ukudubula abantu.
U-Ian David Long wafa ngendlela evamile kakhulu yabahlanganyeli empi yamuva yase-US, okuwukuthi ukuzibulala. Umehluko wukuthi wabulala abanye abantu abaningi-abakuqala kuqala. Kodwa nalokhu, akuyona into engavamile njengoba singase sifise. Okungenani i-35% (mhlawumbe okuningi, futhi kubonakala sengathi ikhuphuka) abadubula abantu base-US baqeqeshwe yizempi yase-US.
Cabanga uma i-35% yama-shooters mass e-US beyikho. . . noma yini: abamnyama, ama-asiya, ama-Muslim, abangakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, abesifazana, abacebile, abavela kwamanye amazwe, ababoya obomvu, i-Latino, abayintombazane. . . ungacabanga? Kungaba indaba ehola phambili yamasonto. Kuyoba khona izihlalo ezibekwe emanyuvesi ukuze zifunde. Kodwa iqiniso lokuthi ababulali abaningi abesilisa abaqeqeshwe ukubulala isikhungo sezwe sokubulala akuyona nje into engafaneleki ukushiwo, kepha kuboniswe kwimeko ngayinye eyodwa njengemfihlakalo ukuthi ichazwe ngamanye amagama.
Ake ucabange uma ukubalwa kokufa okuvela kuzo zonke lezi zokudubula kungafaki nje kuphela amakhulu amakhulu abulala e-US kodwa futhi amakhulu ezinkulungwane abulawa ngaphandle kwalo. Cabanga nje ukuphatha iningi lalabo abahlukunyeziwe njengokungathi babalulekile.
Impikiswano yomphakathi mayelana nendlela yokubhekana nombulali oyisimanga kunjengobuhlungu njengengxoxo yomphakathi mayelana nokwakha indlu enamandla ogwini. Uma ungeke ukwazi ukubhekana nokuqeqeshwa kwababulali, futhi ngeke uvimbele izibhamu, futhi ngeke uyeke ukubhubhisa isimo sezulu somhlaba, okushiywe yibuhlanya.
Ngokuvamile ubuhlanya buba uhlobo lokuphindaphinda okubi okungaveli. Namathela umlindi wokuzivikela phambi kwesakhiwo ngasinye. NgoLwesithathu, le nqubomgomo izimisele ukumisa igama lesisulu sokuqala. Kungenzeka ngisho (eyodwa ingacacisa kuphela) inikeze umbulali ngomqondo wokumema noma wokulinganisa, umqondo ojwayelekile, wokuthatha "isitha." Isixazululo asigcini ngisho nabalindi abahlomile.
Isixazululo empini ye-Afghanistan akusona ababulali abahlomile nakakhulu. Impi yase-Afghanistan yafika "ekhaya" eCalifornia kuleli sonto, kodwa bangaki abantu abakwaziyo lokho? Bangaki abantu abazi ukuthi impi isathukuthela? Bangaki bayazi ukuthi u-Obama wathembisa ukuthi uzoqhubeka futhi enze kanjalo, nokuthi uTrump wathembisa ukuwuqeda futhi wawukhuphula (naphezu kwesilinganiso esincane)? Bangaki abathukuthele lapho u-Ian David Long ebulala ama-Afghani nje? Bangaki abathukuthele ukuthi izinkulungwane zezinkulungwane ze-US kanye ne-NATO zisalokhu zenza i-Afghanistan ibe yimbi futhi ibuyise impi nabo?
Bangaki abangakwazi ukubeka i-2 ne-2 ndawonye futhi baqaphele ukuthi wonke amakhomishana ase-United States asetshenziselwe umhlalaphansi e-Afghanistan athi impi ayinakukhiqiza kahle, ukuthi iyingozi kubantu abathokozela amantombazane emidlalo ye-basketball - abajabulayo, okungukuthi, uma nje labo bahlaseli behluleka ukumelela ama-sanity?
Impendulo eyodwa
Noma ngabe umuntu uzizwa kanjani ukuthi impi e-Afghanistan yayifanelekile, umuntu kufanele abe nomuzwa wokuthi impi ibiqhubeka isikhathi eside kakhulu. Kuqale ngoGeorge W Bush, kwaqhubeka no-Obama futhi kusaqhubeka ngaphansi kukaTrump. Kuzoqhubeka ne-POTUS elandelayo.
Amaqhawe empi angempela yilawo abhikisha ngezimpi futhi acekela phansi izindondo zawo ngesikhathi semibhikisho yeNATO eChicago. UBo Bergdahl kufanele athathwe njengeqhawe hhayi imbuka. Ukhulume ngendlela embi ngayo impi yabantu base-Afghan nokuthi iholela kuphela odlameni oluthe xaxa phakathi kwamasosha angaphandle kanye nabantu bomdabu.