Ibhalwe nguBuddy Bell, I-Voices For Creative Nonviolence
Inhlolovo entsha esanda kukhishwa yi-Pew Research Center (www.pewresearch.org) ithole ukuthi abaphendulile basemathubeni amaningi okuthi bazwakalise ukuphika kwabo ngohlelo lokubulawa kwezindiza ezingenalutho zase-US. Ocwaningweni olwenziwa ngocingo olwenziwa kusukela ngoMeyi 12-18, 2015, uPew wathola ukuthi abangu-35 kwabangu-100 abaphendulile bathi abakwamukeli “ukuthi i-United States iqhube [iziteleka eziqhutshwa ngama-drone] ukuze iqondise abashisekeli emazweni anjengePakistan, Yemen neSomalia.” Umbiko ophelele we-methodology ka-Pew ubonisa ukuthi bagcina ukubuza lo mbuzo kusukela ngo-February 7-10, 2013. Kulolo cwaningo, bangu-26 kuphela kwabayi-100 abaphendula abangazange bagunyazwe, ngakho phakathi neminyaka emibili izinga lokungagunyazwa lenyuka 9 amaphuzu, okusho ukwenyuka ngo-34%.
Ukugunyazwa kohlelo lwe-drone kwenyukile, futhi, nakuba kungenjalo ngendlela emangalisayo. Phakathi kuka-2013 no-2015, izimpendulo zokugunyazwa zikhuphuke zisuka ku-56 zaya ku-58 kwabayi-100, ushintsho empeleni oluncane kunomkhawulo oshiwo wephutha wephutha ongamaphesenti angu-2.5.
Ingxenye esele yabaphendulile abathi bebengazi noma abenqaba ukuphendula yehle ngamaphesenti ayi-11 phakathi kuka-2013 no-2015, futhi abantu abamelela esidlangalaleni ukuthi kuqedwe uhlelo lokubulawa kwe-drone bawine abaningi babo ohlangothini lwabo: ngokusobala ngesilinganiso esingu-4 nohhafu.
Nokho abezindaba abaningi abake babika ngalolu cwaningo bengenza ukholwe ukuthi sekukhona isisekelo esiqinile sokwesekwa kohlelo lwe-drone. Isampula yezihloko zezindaba zakamuva:
Pew Research Center: “Umphakathi Usaqhubeka Nokusekela Ukuhlasela Kwe-Drone kwase-US”
I-Politico: "Ukuvota: Abantu baseMelika basekela kakhulu iziteleka ze-drone"
The Hill: "Iningi labantu baseMelika lisekela iziteleka ze-drone zase-US, kusho inhlolovo"
Times of India: "Iningi labantu baseMelika lisekela iziteleka ze-drone ePakistan: Ucwaningo"
Abe Al-Jazeera: "I-Poll ithola ukwesekwa okuqinile kweziteleka ze-drone phakathi kwabantu baseMelika"
AFP: "Cishe amaphesenti angama-60 abantu baseMelika ababuyisela emuva iziteleka ze-drone phesheya: inhlolovo ye-Pew"
The Nation: "Abantu baseMelika basekela iziteleka ze-drone: poll"
Nakuba ezinye zezihloko zezindaba ziyiqiniso ngokobuchwepheshe, ukuhlaziya okungaphakathi kwezindaba kudweba isithombe esihlukile kunesangempela, njengoba ngingakaze ngibone noma iyiphi ingxoxo mayelana namathrendi noma noma yikuphi ukuqhathaniswa kwenhlolovo yango-2015 neyangaphambili.
Isihloko esiyingozi kakhulu, mhlawumbe, sivela ku-Pew uqobo. Ababhali be-Pew kungenzeka bafunde imibiko yabo yocwaningo, kodwa bathi ukuqhubeka kokusekelwa ngumphakathi okungaboniswa yidatha. Ake sithi umgembuli uzuza ama-dollar angu-20 kodwa alahlekelwe angu-90; ingabe lokho kuyaphula?
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi abezindaba bazothini noma ngeke bathini, lapho is indaba eshisayo lapha: abaphikisi be-drone benza inqubekela phambili ekukholiseni umphakathi ukuthi iziteleka ze-drone akuyona inkambo ehlakaniphile noma yokuziphatha okufanele i-United States ilandele. Kungenzeka ukuthi sisondela enkathini yempumelelo uma siqhubeka nomfutho wethu.
