Ngu-Ann Wright
Ohulumeni benza amaqhinga aphansi kakhulu okunciphisa ukungezwani okuthulile-abanciphisa ukuya emazweni angomakhelwane futhi manje bamisa amasheke okuphepha komphakathi.
Okokuqala, ngo-2005 kanye no-2006 kwaba abaphathi bakaBush bebeka abanye bethu bebhikishela impi kaBush e-Iraq kusizinda sedatha yedatha ye-Crime Information Database. Yebo, sasiboshelwe ukuhluleka ukuthobela imiyalo yokusuka ocingweni oluphambi kwe-White House phakathi nemibhikisho ephikisana nempi yase-Iraq, ukuhlukunyezwa eGuantanamo namanye amajele ase-US e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan noma ukwenqaba ukuqeda imibhikisho ngokuhlala ngaphakathi. Imisele e-Bush's Crawford, e-Texas ranch. Kodwa lokhu kwakungamacala, hhayi amacala, nokho safakwa ohlwini lobugebengu bamazwe ngamazwe lwe-FBI, uhlu lokwephulwa komthetho.
Ngenhlanhla, iCanada ukuphela kwezwe elibonakala lisebenzisa lolu hlu-futhi balusebenzisela ukunqabela ukungena eCanada. Ngesicelo samaLungu ePhalamende aseCanada ukuthi abekele inselele ukuthobela kweCanada uhlu lokuziphindiselela kwezombusazwe lwabaphathi bakaBush, ngathatha olunye uhambo lokuya eCanada ukuyoluvivinya futhi ngaxoshwa eCanada ngo-2007. Isikhulu sezokufika saseCanada sangitshela njengoba sasingifaka ngokunganaki endizeni. emuva e-US, “Ukuxoshwa akukubi njengokuxoshwa. Okungenani isikhathi ngasinye lapho ufuna ukuzama ukuza e-Canada, ungaphenywa amahora angu-3-5 uphendula imibuzo efanayo naleyo ogcine ngayo lapho uzama ukungena futhi ungase uthole ukukhululwa ekuxoshweni. Ngokuxoshwa, awusoze wangena." Kule minyaka eyisithupha edlule, ngiphenywe isikhathi eside kabili futhi ngakhululwa amahora angu-24 ekuxoshweni ngesinye isikhathi lapho ngiphelezelwa yilungu lephalamende laseCanada kanye nethimba le-TV yaseCanada elithwebula umcimbi futhi okwesibili kwaba ngu-2- usuku lokukhululwa ukuze ukhulume emanyuvesi amaningana aseCanada.
Manje ngaphansi kokuphatha kuka-Obama, umzamo wakamuva wokuthulisa ukuphikisa, kulabo kini abaneminyaka engama-62 noma ngaphezulu, othile kuhulumeni okhohlisa amarekhodi asejele ukukhombisa ukuthi ubusejele/uvalelwe izinsuku ezingaphezu kwezingama-30 futhi ethumela amarekhodi kuSocial. Ukuphathwa Kwezokuphepha. I-SSA izobe isimisa isheke lakho lanyanga zonke Lokuvikeleka Komphakathi futhi ikuthumelele incwadi eshoyo ukuthi kufanele ubuyisele emuva izinkokhelo zezinyanga zesikhathi okusolwa ukuthi uboshiwe— kimina u-$4,273.60.
NgoMashi 31, 2016, mina, kanye nabanye abayisikhombisa, amaVeterans ayisithupha Wokuthula kanye nelungu elilodwa likaGranny Peace Brigade, saboshwa eCreech drone base, eNevada njengengxenye yombhikisho waminyaka yonke wokulwa nama-drones ababulali. Sachitha amahora angu-5 ejele laseClark County njengoba ukuboshwa kwethu kwakucutshungulwa futhi sakhululwa. Amacala ethu okuthweswa icala “lokuhluleka ukuhlakazwa” agcine ehoxisiwe yinkantolo yaseClark County.
Nokho, othile uhambise igama lami nenombolo yonogada bezenhlalakahle kwa-SSA njengomuntu oboshelwe ejele kusukela ngo-September 2016. Ngaphandle kwanoma yisiphi isaziso kimi ngalesi zinsolo ezizophazamisa izinzuzo zami Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi izinyanga, i-SSA iyalele ukuthi “ ukulahlwa yicala lobugebengu nokuvalelwa esikhungweni sokuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo izinsuku ezingaphezu kwezingu-30, ngeke sikwazi ukukukhokhela inkokhelo yakho yanyanga zonke ye-Social Security.”
Ngiye ehhovisi lakithi le-SSA e-Honolulu futhi ngachaza isimo. Izisebenzi zasehhovisi zathi umphathi wazo kufanele ashayele ucingo e-Las Vegas futhi athole amaphepha asho ukuthi angikaze ngigwetshwe icala, nokuthi ngisejele noma ngike ngagqunywa ejele izinsuku ezingu-30 noma ngaphezulu. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, ukuhlolwa kwanyanga zonke kwezokuphepha komphakathi kuyamiswa. Njengoba sazi, uphenyo ngohlaka lukahulumeni lungathatha izinyanga eziningi uma kungenjalo iminyaka. Okwamanje, amasheke amisiwe.
Ukube bengingazi kangcono bengingase ngicabange ukuthi lokhu kuyingxenye yohlelo “lomthetho” wakwa-Israel lapho u-Israel ezama ukuqeda imibhikisho ephikisana nezinqubomgomo zakhe ngokufaka amacala mbumbulu agcina sekufanele aphendulwe enkantolo, abophe isikhathi kanye nomuntu kanye nomthetho. izinsiza zezimali. Selokhu ngabuya ngo-Okthoba ngiphuma ejele lakwa-Israel ekuthunjweni esikebheni sabesifazane esiya eGaza, ngathathwa ngaphandle kwentando yami ku-Israel, ngithweswa icala lokungena kwa-Israyeli ngokungemthetho futhi ngadingiswa ... futhi. Sekungokwesibili ngixoshwa kwa-Israel ngenxa yokuphonsela inselelo ukuvinjwa kwemikhumbi yemikhumbi yakwa-Israyeli eGaza ngokungemthetho. Ukudingiswa kwami kwa-Israel manje sekuhlanganisa iminyaka engu-20, okungivimbela ukuba ngivakashele kwa-Israel noma eWest Bank.
Hlala ubukele isahluko esilandelayo kule saga sikahulumeni wethu obonakala ezama ukuthulisa abaphikisayo! Yebo, imizamo yabo yokusithulisa ngeke iphumelele—sibonane maduze nje emigwaqweni, emiseleni futhi mhlawumbe nasejele!
Mayelana Nombhali: U-Ann Wright usebenze iminyaka engama-29 eButhweni Lezempi lase-US/Army Reserves futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengoColonel. Uphinde wasebenza iminyaka eyi-16 njengonozakuzaku wase-US kumaNxusa aseMelika eNicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan naseMongolia. Wesula kuhulumeni wase-US ngoMashi 2003 ephikisana nempi yase-Iraq.
