by Kathy Kelly | Juni 16, 2017.
Ngo-June 15, i-2017, i New York Times ibike ukuthi uhulumeni waseSaudi Arabia uhlose ukudambisa ukukhathazeka kwezinye izishayamthetho zase-US ngokudayiswa kwezikhali zase-US eSaudi Arabia. I-Saudis ihlela ukuzibandakanya "ohlelweni lokuqeqeshwa lweminyaka eyizigidi ezingama- $ 750 ngokusebenzisa amasosha aseMelika ukusiza ukuvimbela ukubulawa kwabantu ngengozi emkhankasweni womoya oholwa yiSaudi ngokumelene namavukelambuso aseHouthi eYemen." Selokhu kwangena impi eYemen, ngoMashi ka-2015, izindiza zomfelandawonye waseSaudi, ngosizo lwaseMelika, ziye wabhubhisa amabhuloho, imigwaqo, amafekthri, amapulazi, amaloli okudla, izilwane, ingqalasizinda yamanzi, namabhange ezolimo ngaphesheya enyakatho, kuyilapho evimbe indawo. Ezweni elithembele kakhulu osizweni lokudla kwamanye amazwe, lokho kusho ukuthi abantu bayalamba. Okungenani abantu abayizigidi eziyisikhombisa manje bahlushwa ukungondleki okubi kakhulu.
US usizo kumfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi ahlanganisa ukuhlinzeka ngezikhali, ukwabelana ngolwazi, usizo lokukhomba, kanye nokugcwalisa indiza yasemoyeni. "Uma beyeka i ukukhulisa amandla, lokho kuzowumisa ngokoqobo umkhankaso wokuqhuma kwamabhomu kusasa,” kusho u-Iona Craig, ovame ukubika evela eYemen, “ngoba ngokomthetho umfelandawonye ubungeke ukwazi ukuthumela izindiza zawo zempi ukuba zenze izinguquko ngaphandle kwalolo sizo.”
I-U.S. iphinde yanikeza "ikhava" yokwephulwa kweSaudi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngo-Okthoba 27th, 2015, iSaudi Arabia yaqhumisa ngebhomu isibhedlela sase-Yemeni esisetshenziswa yi Odokotela Ngaphandle Kwemingcele. Ukuhlasela kwezindiza kuqhubeke amahora amabili, okwenza isibhedlela saba yimfucumfucu. U-Ban Ki Moon, owayenguNobhala Jikelele we-UN ngaleso sikhathi, uyale uhulumeni waseSaudi ngokuhlasela isikhungo sezokwelapha. I-Saudis iphendule ngokuthi i-US iqhume ngendlela efanayo isibhedlela i-Doctors Without Borders, esifundazweni sase-Afghanistan, i-Kunduz, okuyinto ngempela i-US, ekuqaleni kwaleyo nyanga, ngo-Okthoba 3, 2015. Izindiza zase-US zaqhubeka, ngezikhathi zemizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu, ihora. , kwashona abantu abangu-42 kwathi isibhedlela iDoctors Without Borders saphenduka imfucumfucu nomlotha.
Amasosha ase-US angawaqeqesha kanjani amaSaudis ukuvimbela ukubulawa kwabantu ngengozi? Bangafundisa abashayeli bezindiza baseSaudi ulimi lwezempi olusetshenziswa lapho ama-drones ase-US eshaya into ehlosiwe: amachibi egazi atholwa yizinzwa, esikhundleni salokho okwake kwaba ngumzimba womuntu, abizwa ngokuthi "bugsplat." Uma othile ezama ukubaleka endaweni yokuhlaselwa, lowo muntu ubizwa ngokuthi “i-squirter.” Lapho i-U.S. ihlasela idolobhana laseYemeni Al Ghayyal, ngoJanuwari 29th, 2017, one Navy Seal, Chief Petty Officer Ryan Owen, wabulawa kabuhlungu. Ngalobo busuku, izingane ezingu-10 zaseYemeni ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-13 ubudala nabesifazane abayisithupha baseYemeni, kuhlanganise Fatim Saleh Mohsen, umama oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala, wabulawa. Imicibisholo ejikijelwa yi-U.S. yaklebhula umuzi kaSaleh phakathi nobusuku. Ethukile, wathatha usana lwakhe wabamba isandla sendodana yakhe eyayisacathula, wanquma ukuphuma endlini ebumnyameni. Ingabe wayebhekwa njenge-squirter? Umcibisholo wase-U.S. wambulala cishe ngokushesha nje lapho ebaleka. Ngabe i-US izoqeqesha amaSaudis ukuthi ahlanganyele e-US ehlukile, ehlise izimpilo zabanye abafokazi, ebeka kuqala, njalo, kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi ukuphepha kwezwe kwesizwe ngezikhali eziningi?
Kule minyaka engu-7 edlule, ngiphawule ukwanda okuqhubekayo kokubhekwa kwe-Afghanistan kwe-US. Ama-drones, ama-blimps aboshiwe, nezinhlelo zokuhlola zasemoyeni eziyinkimbinkimbi zibiza izigidigidi zamaRandi, ngokusobala ukuze abahlaziyi “baqonde kangcono amaphethini empilo yase-Afghanistan.” Ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyi-euphemism. Amasosha ase-U.S. afuna ukuqonda kangcono amaphethini okunyakaza "Ezikhonjiwe Zenani Eliphezulu" ukuze ababulale.
Kodwa abangani bami abancane e Amavolontiya Wokuthula e-Afghan, (APV), bangibonise uhlobo “lokugada” olunikeza ukuphila. Benza ucwaningo, befinyelela emindenini edinga kakhulu eKabul, bezama ukuthola ukuthi yimiphi imindeni okungenzeka ukuthi ilambile ngoba ayinazo izindlela zokuthola ilayisi namafutha okupheka. I-APV ibe isithola izindlela zokuqasha abafelokazi ukuthi bathunge izingubo zokulala ezisindayo, noma banxephezele imindeni evumayo ukuthumela izingane zabo izisebenzi esikoleni isigamu sosuku.
Ngatshela abangani bami abasebasha eKabul ngezimo ezinzima intsha yaseYemeni ebhekana nazo. Manje, kanye nendlala ebangelwa izingxabano, ukusakazeka okubi kwekholera kuyabahlupha. ISave the Children ixwayise ngokuthi izinga ikholera ukutheleleka e-Yemen kuphindeke kathathu ezinsukwini eziyi-14 ezedlule, ngesilinganiso sezingane eziyi-105 ezithola lesi sifo njalo ngehora – noma eyodwa njalo ngemizuzwana engama-35. “Kunzima kakhulu ngathi ukufunda lezi zibalo,” abangani bami abasebasha baphendula ngomusa lapho befunda ngamanani amangalisayo abantu baseYemeni abangabulawa indlala noma izifo. “Sicela,” babuza, “ungakwazi yini ukuthola umuntu esingamazi, umuntu nomuntu, ngengxoxo ye-skype?” Abangane ababili eYemen bathi nasemadolobheni amakhulu, amaYemenis ahlukaniswe yodwa mayelana nokuxhumana kwamazwe ngamazwe. Ngemuva kokuthi i-APV ifunde ukuthi ingxoxo ababeyibonile kungenzeka ingenzeki, kwadlula izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba ngizwe kubo. Kwabe sekufika incwadi, ethi ekupheleni kweRamadan, inyanga ababezila ngayo, ngokuvamile bathatha iqoqo ukusiza ukwabelana ngezinsiza. Bangicele ukuba ngiphathise iqoqo labo, nakuba lincane, kubameli ababili bamalungelo abantu base-Yemeni eNew York abacindezelwe kakhulu lapho. Lo mbhangqwana wase-Yemeni uyazibuza ukuthi zingase ziqale nini izindiza eziya e-Sana'a, idolobha elikhulukazi lase-Yemen. Ama-APV, aqonda kahle ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukubhekana nekusasa elingaqinisekile, eliyingozi, afuna ukudambisa indlala eYemen.
Babeka isibonelo salokho okungenziwa, – okufanele kwenziwe, kunokwenza amalungiselelo asabekayo ukukhomba, ukukhubaza, ukuhlukumeza, ukulamba nokubulala abanye abantu. Kufanele, ngabanye futhi sihlangene, senze konke esingakwenza ukuvimbela ukuhlasela komfelandawonye oholwa yi-US oholwa yi-Saudi ngokumelene nezakhamuzi zase-Yemeni, sikhuthaze ukuthuliswa kwazo zonke izibhamu, sigcizelele ekususeni ukuvinjelwa, futhi sisekele ngokuqinile ukukhathazeka kobuntu.
Kathy Kelly (UKathy@vcnv.org) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
