NguKelly Kelly
Ngo-December 10, Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwamalungelo Abantu, iMantshi yombuso u-Matt Whitworth yangigweba izinyanga ezintathu ejele ngokweqa umugqa esikhungweni samasosha esihola impi. Isijeziso somzamo wethu wokukhulumela abantu abavaleleke nabaphelelwe yithemba, phesheya, kuzoba yithuba lokukhuluma nabantu abavaleleke ngamajele kanye nobumpofu lapha e-US.
Ukuqulwa kwecala lethu kwakusekelwe ecaleni lokungemthetho elalenziwe ngoJuni 1, 2014. Mina no-Georgia Walker saboshwa ngokushesha lapho singena e-Missouri's Whiteman Air Force lapho abashayeli bezindiza bendiza khona ngezindiza ezingenalutho e-Afghanistan nakwamanye amazwe. Sasiphatha isinkwa nencwadi kaBrig Gen. Glen D. Van Herck. Enkantolo, safakaza ukuthi asenzanga ngenhloso yobugebengu kodwa, kunalokho, sasebenzisa ilungelo lethu Lokuchibiyela Lokuqala (kanye nesibopho) sokuhlangana ngokuthula ukuze kulungiswe isikhalo.
Iqembu labangane base-Afghan lalingiphathise umlayezo olula, isikhalo sabo, abangakwazi ukusiletha mathupha: ngicela uyeke ukusibulala.
Ngangazi ukuthi abantu engike ngahlala nabo, belwela ukuqeda izimpi njengoba imiphakathi yabo iqhunyiswa izindiza ze-drone, bazoqonda uphawu lokucela ukuhlephula isinkwa nomphathi wesisekelo.
IJaji uWhitworth uthe uyakuqonda ukuthi siyayiphikisa impi, kodwa angancoma izindlela ezingcono ezingaphezu kwe-100 zokwenza iphuzu lethu elingeke liphule umthetho.
Abashushisi batusa isigwebo esiphezulu sezinyanga eziyisithupha. “UNksz. UKelly udinga ukulungiswa,” kusho ummeli wezempi osemusha oqotho. Ijaji laphenya amaphepha amane amacala adlule futhi lavuma ukuthi ngangingakafundi ukungephuli umthetho.
Engikufundile kulokho okwenzeka esikhathini esidlule ejele ukuthi uhlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu lisebenzisa ijele njengesikhali esilwa nabamangalelwa abavame ukungabi nalutho lokuzivikela. Umshushisi angasabisa ummangalelwa ngokugwetshwa isikhathi eside ejele kanye nezinhlawulo ezinzima uma ummangalelwa engavumi ukuvuma isivumelwano.
Esihlokweni sakhe esithi "Kungani Abantu Abangenacala Bavuma Icala,” u-Jed S. Rakoff udonsela ukunaka esikhungweni sokuxoxisana ngamacala manje esiqinisekisa ukuthi ngaphansi kuka-3% wamacala enhlangano ayaqulwa nhlobo. “Ebantwini abayizigidi ezi-2.2 base-US ababoshiwe manje,” kubhala uRakoff, “bangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili abakhona ngenxa yezingxoxo ezishiwo abashushisi bakahulumeni, abakhipha isigwebo ngendlela efanele.”
“Ngo-2012, isilinganiso sesigwebo sabamangalelwa abasebenzisa izidakamizwa ze-federal ababengena kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lwesivumelwano sokuvuma icala sasiyiminyaka emihlanu nezinyanga ezine,” kubhala u-Rakoff, “kuyilapho isilinganiso sesigwebo sabamangalelwa abaya enkantolo sasiyiminyaka eyishumi nesithupha.”
Kuyinto eyodwa ukufunda ngobandlululo oluyihlazo nokucwasa kohlelo lwezobulungiswa lobugebengu lwase-US. Kuphinde kube nokunye ukuhlala eduze kowesifazane obhekene neminyaka eyishumi noma ngaphezulu ejele, ehlukanisiwe nezingane angakaze azithole iminyaka, nokufunda kuye ngezimo eziholele ekuboshweni kwakhe.
Iziboshwa eziningi zabesifazane, ezingakwazi ukuthola imisebenzi ehloniphekile emnothweni ojwayelekile, ziphendukela emnothweni womshoshaphansi. Izihlobo zami ezikude zazazi okuningi ngomnotho onjalo ezizukulwaneni ezimbalwa ezedlule, eBoston. Abakwazanga ukuthola umsebenzi, njengezifiki zase-Ireland, ngakho-ke bangena ebhizinisini lokudayisa utshwala ngesikhathi utshwala bunqatshelwe. Kodwa akekho owabafaka ejele iminyaka engu-10 uma bebanjiwe.
Iziboshwa zabesifazane zingase zibe namagagasi ecala, ukuzisola, ukwedelela, nokuphelelwa ithemba. Naphezu kokubhekana nesijeziso esinzima kakhulu, imizwelo enokhahlo, nokuhlukaniswa okubuhlungu, iningi labesifazane engihlangane nabo ejele baye babonisa amandla amangalisayo.
Lapho ngiseJele lasePekin, sasivame ukubona izinsizwa, ziboshwe ngamaketango futhi ziboshwe ozankosi, zishibilika ebhasini ukuze zichithe usuku lwazo lokuqala ejele elinokuphepha okuphakathi nendawo elingumakhelwane. Isigwebo esimaphakathi lapho bekuyiminyaka engama-27. Sasazi ukuthi bayobe sebengamakhehla, abaningi babo obabamkhulu, ngesikhathi bephuma futhi.
I-US ingumholi womhlaba ongenakuphikiswa ekuboshweni, njengoba ingumholi womhlaba ekubuseni kwezempi. Kuphela oyedwa kwabangu-28 abahlukunyezwa yi-drone yizona ezihlosiwe, ezinecala noma ezingenacala. Ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabesifazane abasejele emhlabeni wonke, okwamanje, basemajele ase-US. Ubugebengu obusabisa kakhulu ukuphepha nokuphila kwabantu e-US vele busengamacala anamandla, ezinkampani ezingcolisa isibhakabhaka sethu ngemvula ene-carbon ne-asidi, izikhali zokudayisa embulungeni yonke esivele ihlupheka, ivala izimboni kanye nomnotho wonke. ekuphishekeleni ingcebo esheshayo, futhi sithumele intsha yakithi empini.
Izikhulu Eziphezulu zezinkampani ezinkulu ezikhiqiza imikhiqizo eyingozi empilweni yabantu cishe ngeke zibekwe icala ngaphandle kokutholwa benecala lanoma yibuphi ubugebengu. Angifuni ukubabona beboshiwe. Ngifuna ukubabona bevuselelwa
Isikhathi ngasinye lapho ngiphuma ejele lase-United States, ngiye ngizizwe sengathi ngiyaphuma endaweni yobugebengu. Lapho ngibuyela e-US ngisuka ezindaweni zokwenza impi yethu, phesheya, ngizizwa ngendlela efanayo. Ukubuyela ezweni elivamile kubonakala kufana nokwamukela inkontileka, sithembisa ukukhohlwa izijeziso esizivakashelayo kubantu abampofu. Ngiyamenywa ukuthi ngikhohlwe ngabantu abasavaleleke emhlabeni wamaphupho amabi esibenzele wona.
On January 23, 2015, uma ngibika kunoma yiliphi ijele i-Bureau of Prisons elikhethayo, ngizoba nesikhathi esifushane sokuphinde ngixhumane neqiniso elibekezelelwa abantu ababoshiwe. Akukhona ukuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo umshushisi nejaji ababekucabanga, kodwa kuzongisiza ngibe umuntu oqedwayo onozwela futhi onengqondo, ohlose ukuqeda zonke izimpi.
Kathy Kelly (UKathy@vcnv.org) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
