UGeorge Clooney Uphikisa Impi Yenhlanhla Nakuba i-African

NguDavid Swanson

UGeorge Clooney ukhokhelwa ngabazuzi ababili abaphambili bezimpi, uLokheed-Martin noBoeing, ukuphikisana nokuhlomula ngezimpi kwabantu base-Afrika abangathembeki ezinhlelweni zikahulumeni waseMelika.

Emuva ngaphambi kweMpi Yezwe II, ukuhlomula kwempi kwakunzima kakhulu e-United States. Labo abazama ukubuyisela leso simo sengqondo, futhi basebenzela izinhlangano zokuthula ezingenasisekelo, kufanele bajabule lapho udumo ocebile njengoGeorge Clooney enquma ukuzuza inzuzo yempi, futhi imithombo yezinkampani iphelelwa yisikhathi.

"Isilinganiso sangempela sokuthula namalungelo abantu sizofika lapho abantu abahlomula ngempi bezokhokha inani lomonakalo abawenzayo," kusho uClooney - ngaphandle kokuhlangana nanoma yini efana ne-blowback uDonald Trump ayithola lapho he wamgxeka uJohn McCain.

Ngempela, ingabe konke okudingekayo ukunikeza ukuthula ithuba, udumo? Ingabe abezindaba sebezofakazela ukuthi ngubani oqoqa abaphikisi be-Iran, futhi ngubani oxhasa abasekeli bezimpi e-Iraq, eSiriya, e-Afghanistan, njll?

Yebo, cha, hhayi ngempela.

Kuvela ukuthi uClooney uyaphikisana, hhayi inzuzo yempi ngokujwayelekile, kepha uzuza ngempi ngenkathi ese-Afrika. Eqinisweni, ukukhathazeka kukaClooney kunqunyelwe, okungenani kuze kube manje, emazweni amahlanu ase-Afrika: iSudan, iSouth Sudan, iSomalia, iCentral African Republic, neDemocratic Republic of Congo, yize kungezona zodwa izizwe e-Afrika noma emhlabeni izimpi ezibucayi ziyaqhubeka.

Kuzo top 100 abenzi bezikhali emhlabeni, akulona olulodwa oluse-Afrika. I-1 kuphela e-South noma Central America. Amashumi ayishumi nesishiyagalombili asezihlangothini zaseNtshonalanga kanye nabavikela e-Asia (futhi i-China ayifakiwe kuhlu). Abathathu ba-Israyeli, omunye e-Ukraine, no-13 eRussia. Amashumi ayisithupha nesithupha aseMelika, eNtshonalanga Yurophu naseCanada. Amashumi amane ase-US kuphela. Amashumi ayisishiyagalombili we-30 aphezulu ase-US Abangu-6 abaphezulu be-mega-profiteers e-10 ase-US Ezinye ezinye ezine eziphezulu ze-10 ziseNtshonalanga Yurophu.

Inhlangano entsha kaClooney, “The Sentry,” iyingxenye yeThe Enough Project, okuyingxenye yeCentre for American Progress, engumsekeli ophambili wezimpi “zokusiza”, nezinye izimpi ezihlukahlukene ngaleyo ndaba - nokuthi iyiphi uxhaswe ngumhlinzeki omkhulu wezempi emhlabeni, I-Lockheed Martin, futhi nge-number-two Boeing, phakathi kwezinye izinzuzo zempi.

Ngokusho kwe-Congressional Research Service, kumagazini wakamuva wonyaka wonyaka owawuphelile, 79% kuzo zonke izikhali ezidluliselwa emazweni ampofu zivela e-United States. Lokho akubandakanyi izikhali zase-US ezandleni zamasosha ase-US, asengene manje cishe zonke izizwe e-Afrika. Lapho izidakamizwa zigeleza ngasenyakatho i-United States igxila ekugcineni kokunikezwa kokushintshaniswa njengezaba zezimpi. Lapho izikhali zigelezela eningizimu, uGeorge Clooney umemezela ukuthi sizomisa udlame olubuyela emuva ohlangothini lwesidingo ngokudalula inkohlakalo yase-Afrika.

Ukusakazeka kombuso wase-US ngokusebenzisa ezempi kuvame ukulungisiswa yisibonelo seRwanda njengendawo lapho ithuba lokulwa nempi yokusiza abantu, ukuvimbela ukubulawa kwabantu eRwanda, bekucatshangwa ukuthi liphuthelwe. Kepha iMelika yaxhasa ukuhlaselwa kweRwanda ngo-1990 yibutho lase-Uganda elaliholwa ababulali abaqeqeshwe yi-US, futhi lasekela ukuhlaselwa kwabo iminyaka emithathu nohhafu, lisebenzisa ingcindezi eyengeziwe ngeWorld Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) , ne-USAID. UPaul Kagame - nowayengumengameli waseRwanda - ongumholi waseMelika - ungumsolwa ohamba phambili ekudutshulweni kwendiza eyayithwele ababengomongameli baseRwanda nabaseBurundi ngo-Ephreli 6, 1994. Njengoba kwakulandela isiphithiphithi, i-UN kungenzeka ukuthi bathumele abagcini bokuthula (hhayi into efanayo, makwazeke, njengokulahla amabhomu) kepha iWashington yaphikisana nayo. UMongameli uBill Clinton wayefuna ukuphatha uKagame, kanti uKagame manje useyise impi eDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ngosizo nezikhali zaseMelika, lapho sekubulewe khona abantu abayizigidi eziyisithupha. Futhi-ke akekho noyedwa owake athi “Kumele sivimbele enye iCongo!”

Ithini inhlangano entsha kaGeorge Clooney mayelana ne DRC? Indaba ehluke kakhulu kulokho okukhulunywe ngu Abangane beCongo. Ngokusho kweqembu likaClooney ukubulawa kwabantu eCongo kwenzeka "yize sekuneminyaka umhlaba unakwa," hhayi ngenxa yalokho. Inhlangano kaClooney nayo iyakhuthaza le mpikiswano ukufudumala okwengeziwe kwe-US e-DRC kusuka ku-Kathryn Bigelow, owaziwayo ngokukhiqiza ifilimu ye-CIA yefilimu I-Zero Emnyama Emashumi amathathu.

On Sudan futhi, alikho icala ngokugxambukela kwe-US; esikhundleni salokho abasebenzi bakaClooney bakhiqize isikhashana ngoshintsho kuhulumeni.

On South Sudan, akukho ukuvuma ukushisa kwe-US e-Ethiopia naseKenya, kodwa a isikhalazo ukubandakanyeka okwengeziwe kwe-US.

The Central African Republic uthola ukuxilongwa okufanayo njengabanye: inkohlakalo yendawo yangaphandle kanye nokubuyela emuva okuholela empini.

Umsunguli kaClooney weSentry (incazelo yesichazamazwi se- “Sentry” ithi “Unogada, ikakhulukazi isosha elithunyelwe endaweni ethile ukuvimbela ukudlula kwabantu abangagunyaziwe”) nguJohn Prendergast, owayengumqondisi we-Afrika weNational Security Council. Bukela uPrendergast uzithola engenampikiswano engxoxweni nomuntu onolwazi lapha.

Unkosikazi kaClooney, ngokusobala, usebenzela omashiqela abasebenzela i-US kanye nababulali abanesihluku ezindaweni ezinjengeBahrain neLibya.

Izizwe eziningi zizobonakala maduzane yi-The Sentry. UMongameli we Nigeria ubese-US Institute of "Peace" kuleli sonto encenga izikhali. Amasosha ase-US angene Cameroon kuleli sonto ukuqeqeshwa fighters.

Uma inhlangano yokuthula engiyisebenzelayo wayene-0.0001% ukusekelwa kwezimali kweThe Sentry, mhlawumbe ingxabano izoshintsha. Ngakho, into eyodwa ongayenza ukusekela imizamo efanele yempi.

Okunye ukwazisa i-The Sentry ukuthi yini okushodayo. Icela amathiphu angaziwa lapho ubona inzuzo yempi. Wake wakhanyisa i-C-Span? Uma ubona okuthile, yisho okuthile. Vumela i-Sentry yazi mayelana nePentagon.