Ibhalwe nguKathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, May 27, 2023
Ukucabanga kuvuliwe I-Mercenary, nguJeffrey E. Stern
USalman Rushdie wake waphawula ukuthi labo abaxoshwa yimpi bayizicucu ezikhazimulayo ezibonisa iqiniso. Njengoba abantu abaningi kangaka ababalekela izimpi kanye nokuwohloka kwemvelo emhlabeni wethu namuhla, nokunye okuzayo, sidinga ukukhuluma iqiniso elijulile ukuze sijulise ukuqonda kwethu futhi siqaphele amaphutha amabi alabo ababangele ukuhlupheka okungaka emhlabeni wethu namuhla. I-Mercenary wenze umsebenzi omkhulu njengoba zonke izigaba zihlose ukukhuluma iqiniso.
In I-Mercenary, uJeffrey Stern uthatha inhlekelele yempi esabekayo e-Afghanistan futhi ngokwenza kanjalo utusa amathuba acebile nayinkimbinkimbi ukuze ubungane obujulile bukhule endaweni eyingozi kangaka. Ukuzidalula kukaStern kuyinselele kubafundi ukuthi bavume imikhawulo yethu lapho sakha ubungane obusha, kuyilapho sihlola nezindleko ezimbi zempi.
UStern uthuthukisa abalingiswa ababili abasemqoka, u-Aimal, umngane waseKabul ofana nomfowabo, kanye naye ngokwakhe, ngokwengxenye ngokutshela futhi aphinde axoxele izehlakalo ezithile, ukuze sifunde okwenzeka ngombono wakhe bese, ngokubheka emuva, kusukela ku-Aimal kakhulu. umbono ohlukile.
Njengoba esethula ku-Aimal, uStern usabambezeleka, ngonya, phezu kwendlala engapheli ehlupha u-Aimal eminyakeni yakhe yobusha. Umama ka-Aimal ongumfelokazi, owayeboshelwe imali, wayethembele emadodaneni akhe asemasha ukuthi azame ukuvikela umndeni endlaleni. U-Aimal uthola ukuqiniswa okuningi ngokuba nobuqili nokuba umgijimi onekhono. Uba owondla umndeni wakhe ngaphambi kokuba afinyelele eminyakeni yakhe yobusha. Futhi uyazuza emfundweni engajwayelekile, eqeda isithukuthezi esicindezelayo sokuphila ngaphansi kwemikhawulo yeTaliban, lapho ekwazi ngobuhlakani ukufinyelela esitsheni sesathelayithi futhi efunda ngabantu abamhlophe abanenhlanhla abavezwa kumabonakude wasentshonalanga, okuhlanganisa nezingane obaba babalungisela isidlo sasekuseni, isithombe esingashiyi kuye.
Ngikhumbula ifilimu emfushane, eyabonwa ngemuva nje kokuqhuma kwebhomu iShock and Awe yango-2003, eyayibonisa owesifazane osemusha efundisa abafundi amabanga aphansi esifundazweni sase-Afghan sasemaphandleni. Izingane zahlala phansi, kanti uthisha wayengenazo izinto zokusebenza ngaphandle kukashoki nebhodi. Kwakudingeka atshele izingane ukuthi kunento eyenzekile kude kakhulu, ngaphesheya komhlaba, eyabhidliza izakhiwo futhi yabulala abantu futhi ngenxa yalokho, umhlaba wabo wawuzothinteka kakhulu. Ubekhuluma ngo-9/11 ezinganeni ezididekile. Ku-Aimal, u-9/11 kwakusho ukuthi wayelokhu ebona uhlelo olufanayo esikrinini sakhe esiqinile. Kungani kufike uhlelo olufanayo noma ngabe udlala siphi isiteshi? Kungani abantu babekhathazeke kangaka ngokwehla kothuli? Umuzi wakhe wawuhlala ukhungethwe uthuli nemfucumfucu.
UJeff Stern ungena ezindabeni ezihlekisayo azixoxela kuzo I-Mercenary umbono odumile awuzwile ngesikhathi ese-Kabul, eveza abantu abaphuma e-Afghanistan njengabavangeli basemazweni, abangagculisekile, noma ama-mercenaries. Amanothi aqinile wayengazami ukuguqula noma ubani enze okuthile, kodwa ukubhala kwakhe kwangishintsha. Cishe ohambweni lwe-30 oluya e-Afghanistan kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, ngabona isiko njengokungathi ngibheka imbobo kakhiye, ngivakashele indawo eyodwa nje e-Kabul, futhi ikakhulukazi ngihlala endlini njengesivakashi sentsha ehlakaniphile nengenangqondo efuna ukwabelana ngezinsiza, ukumelana nezimpi. , nokwenza ukulingana. Bafunda uMartin Luther King kanye noGandhi, bafunda izisekelo ze-permaculture, bafundisa izingane zasemgwaqeni ukungabi nabudlova nokufunda, bahlela umsebenzi wokuthunga abafelokazi abakhiqiza izingubo zokulala ezinzima zase zinikezwa abantu emakamu ababaleki, - imisebenzi. Izivakashi zabo zamazwe ngamazwe zakhula zibazi kahle, zabelana ngokuseduze futhi zizama kanzima ukufunda izilimi zomunye nomunye. Ngifisa sengathi ngabe sihlonyiswe ngemininingwane ezuzwe kanzima ka-Jeff Stern nokudalula okuthembekile kukho konke okwenzekayo “kwembobo yokhiye”.
Ukubhala kuyashesha, kuvame ukuhlekisa, kodwa kuyavunywa ngokumangazayo. Ngezinye izikhathi, kwakudingeka ngime kancane futhi ngikhumbule iziphetho zami zokugabadela mayelana nokuhlangenwe nakho emajele nasezindaweni zempi lapho ngase ngibone iqiniso eliqinisekile kimina (nabanye ozakwethu ababeyingxenye yamaqembu okuthula noma ababe yiziboshwa ngamabomu), okwakuwukuthi thina ekugcineni yayizobuyela ekuphileni okunenhlanhla, ngenxa yezibambiso ezingakayitholi ngokuphelele, ezihlobene nemibala yamapasi noma izikhumba zethu.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi lapho uStern ebuyela ekhaya akanaso leso siqinisekiso se-psychic yepasipoti yokuphepha. Usondela ekuwohlokeni ngokomzwelo nangokomzimba lapho ezabalaza, kanye neqembu labantu abazimisele, ukusiza ama-Afghan aphelelwe yithemba abaleke eTaliban. Usekhaya lakhe, uphethe inqwaba yamakholi wokusondeza, izinkinga zokuhlela, izimfuno zokuqongelela imali, kodwa nokho akakwazi ukusiza wonke umuntu ofanelwe wusizo.
Umqondo kaStern wekhaya nomndeni uyashintsha, kuyo yonke incwadi.
Naye njalo, sinomuzwa wokuthi, kuyoba u-Aimal. Ngithemba ukuthi inani elibanzi nelihlukahlukene labafundi lizofunda ebuzalwaneni obuphoqayo bukaJeff's no-Aimal.
I-Mercenary, Indaba Yobuzalwane Nokwesaba Empini Yase-Afghanistan nguJeffrey E. Stern Umshicileli: Izindaba Zomphakathi
