Ku: UJames Cluff, uMlawuli, uCreech AFB
Umphathi Othandekayo uCluff,
Kuyinhloso yethu ukufinyelela kuwe futhi sinxenxe ubuntu bakho ukuthi kumiswe ukubulawa kwe-drone. Isibopho sakho sokuqala ukugcina imithetho, ngaphandle kwemiyalo yakho. Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ngendiza kwabantu abangenacala kwephula umthetho-sisekelo we-UN, imihlangano yaseGeneva, imihlangano yaseHague kanye nemigomo yeNkundla yaseNuremberg. Ama-Drones awasenzi sibe nokuphepha. Ziyanda izinsizwa e-Afghanistan, ePakistan, eYemen naseSomalia ezijoyina amaqembu aphindisela e-US ngokubulawa kwabathandekayo bawo.
Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uyabona ezansi ukuthi kunesimilo esiphansi phakathi kwabashayeli bezindiza ze-drone, ngoba akunakwenzeka ukugcina noma yiliphi izinga lentshisekelo yezobunhloli, ukubhekwa kanye nokubona kabusha. Yize abakwa-Airforce bephonsa amadola okukhuthaza kubashayeli bezindiza bakho basashiya phansi ngobuningi babo, futhi labo abasala baphendukela ezidakamizweni nasophuzweni oludakayo ukuze babe ndikindiki futhi bazihlukanise ngokomzwelo ukwenza lo msebenzi wobuntu. Ngenkathi uhleli ku-cockpit, ubuka izikrini zabo, abashayeli bezindiza bakho ababoni omama nobaba abanezingane, izingane zidlala ibhola likanobhutshuzwayo? Cabanga ngomphumela weziteleka ze-drone kulaba mama nezingane. Izingane zihlukumezeka kakhulu lapho zibona ukufa kwabazali bazo noma nazo ngokwazo ziyizisulu zokuhlaselwa yizindiza. Ungakuthethelela kanjani ukulwa ne-telewar? Ngabe abashayeli bezindiza bavuna injabulo ngempela ngezinduku zabo zokubulala abantu abangahlomile?
Uyakholelwa ngempela ukuthi uvikela amaMelika kubashokobezi? Uyabona ukuthi ukulahla imicibisholo kumaphekula asolwayo akusebenzi, akulinciphisi inani lamaseli amaphekula, esikhundleni salokho kuthatha izinsiza eziyigugu nokuziphambukisa kuzo zona kanye izinhlelo ezingagcina abaseMelika bephephile ngempela. Awuboni yini ukuthi ubambeke ohlelweni lokubusa olugcina ukuthi ukusinda kwethu kuncike ekusongelweni kwethu nasekubuseni kwabanye? Futhi ukuthi lolu hlelo lukuphikisa futhi lukuhlukanise nabantu bezinye izizwe.
Umqaphi uCluff, uye wadabuka ngokudabukisayo ukuthi ungubani futhi uhlala ekuphikeleni ubuntu bakho. Ungazama kodwa ungaphumelelanga ukugunyaza ubudlova bama-airstrikes e-drone. Lo msebenzi uye wakuhlambalaza futhi wabangela ukukhathazeka kwakho ekuhluphekeni kwabantu e-Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen naseSomalia.
Kusengakwazi ukuyeka ukubulala, ukushintsha nokuthatha ingozi yenye indlela yokuphila.
HLELA UKUPHILA, UKUPHILA UKUHLAWULA!
UJackie Barshak
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