June 17, 2017
KumaLungu ePhalamende
I-Federal Republic yaseJalimane
Ngibhala ngethemba ukuthi uzokwenza konke ongakwenza ukumisa uhlelo lukahulumeni waseJalimane lokwenza iJalimane ibe isizwe esibulala abantu abaningi njenge-United States. Ngiyaqonda ukuthi lolu hlelo, oluzovotelwa e-Bundestag ekupheleni kukaJuni, luhlanganisa ukuqashisa ngokushesha ama-drones ahlomile kwa-Israel…
Ngiyethemba futhi ukuthi uzokwenza konke ongakwenza ngaphakathi kwe-Bundestag ukususa amasosha ase-US ezisekelweni eJalimane. Ukukhathazeka kwami okukhethekile ngesisekelo e-Ramstein. U-Ramstein udlala indima ebalulekile ekusizeni impi ye-drone yase-US kubantu abaningi kangaka empumalanga yakho, kuhlanganise nase-Afghanistan.
Kuyavunywa ukuthi angazi kancane mayelana nokwenza kwezombusazwe kanye namaqiniso eJalimane (izwe enginezinkumbulo ezimnandi ngalo, njengoba ngangihlale ebutho lezempi lase-US Caserne e-Garmisch-Partenkirchen ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-80). Kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi iJalimane, ngenxa yomoya wayo wokungenisa izihambi isibe isibani kwabaningi phesheya abalahlekelwe amakhaya abo nomhlaba kanye nendlela yokuziphilisa. Njengezakhamizi eziningi zase-US ngiyabonga ukuthi i-Bundestag ibiphenya uhlelo lwe-US Drone eJalimane olubhebhethekisa inkinga yababaleki emhlabeni wonke.
Siyazi ukuthi uhlelo lwe-US oluhlasela amazwe ase-Mideast naseNtshonalanga ye-Asia luholela ekufeni kwabantu abaningi abangakulwi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-MQ9 Reaper drone, ebizwa ngokunqoba ngokuthi “Hunter/Killer” yiPentagon, ithusa imiphakathi yonke emazweni kawoyela wamaSulumane. Ngokuqinisekile ukwesaba okunjalo kunomthelela ekukhukhuleni kwababaleki abavela kulezo zizwe manje abacindezela ngokuphelelwa yithemba emasangweni aseJalimane nakwezinye izizwe eziseduze nakude.
Ngaphezu kwalokho ngikholelwa ukuthi impi ye-drone yase-US, ngenkathi ihlakaniphe ngobuchule, ayizuzisi ngamasu. Akugcini nje ngokuholela kulokho engikubiza ngokuthi “ukwanda kokuzivikela,” kodwa cishe nakanjani kumele kuholele ekuthandeni okukhulu e-US naseNtshonalanga ngokujwayelekile. Lobo butha buzoba nezibuyekezo ezibalulekile -- i-blowback -kunoma yisiphi isizwe esithathwa njengozakwabo wase-US.
Impela uhlelo lombulali waseJalimane/i-drone lungaphinda lubangele ukufa kwabantu abangalwi futhi lungadala inzondo ngeJalimane ezifundeni okuhlosiwe.
Ungase ubuze: ubani lo Ed Kinane ocabanga ukuthi uzokhuluma nawe? Ngo-2003 ngachitha izinyanga ezinhlanu e-Iraq neVoices in the Wilderness (iningi le-NGO yase-US, manje ecindezelwe). Ngangise-Bagdhad ngaphambili, phakathi nangemuva kwamasonto ambalwa okuthi “Shock and Awe.” Ngiyazi mathupha ubuphekula basemoyeni yokungenelela nokuhlasela kwePentagon phesheya.
Ngo-2009 lapho ngizwa ukuthi i-Hancock Air Force Base - cishe ebangeni lokuhamba lekhaya lami e-Syracuse, eNew York - yayisiba isizinda sokuhlasela kwe-MQ9 Reaper drone e-Afghanistan, ngathuthumela. Kanye nabanye lapha e-Upstate New York ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi uma thina (esihlala eduze kwalesi sikhungo sabangu-174th Attack Uphiko lweNew York National Guard) ungakhulumi ngokumelene nale ndlela eyihlazo, yobugwala, engekho emthethweni, enonya yokulwa, ubani omunye owayengakhuluma?
Emizamweni yayo yokusebenzelana nomphakathi yokunqoba umphakathi wendawo, umkhuzi we-Hancock wangaleso sikhathi waqhosha ephephandabeni lethu lendawo lansuku zonke (i-Syracuse). I-post-Standard, www.syracuse.com) ukuthi uHancock washayela kude izikhali abaReapers phezu kwe-Afghanistan “24/7.” Kungenzeka ukuthi i-Hancock Reaper ingase ihlasele okuqondiwe eNyakatho Waziristan (uma kungenjalo kwenye indawo) nayo.
Ngo-2010 lapha eNew York State izishoshovu zasemazingeni aphansi zakha i-Upstate Drone Action (ngezinye izikhathi eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Ground the Drones kanye ne-End the Wars Coalition). Sasazi kahle ukuthi, ngokweMigomo Yezwe Yesibili YaseNuremburg yangemva kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, ngamunye wethu - ikakhulukazi labo phakathi kwethu abakhokha izintela zikahulumeni - sazibophezela ngezenzo zikahulumeni wethu. Ngokungakabi sesimweni sokuvimbela ukuhlasela kwePentagon kwamanye amazwe, sabona ukuthi okungenani lapha singasiza ukudalula lezo zenzo emphakathini jikelele…futhi ukusiza ukuvusa onembeza babasebenzi bakwa-Hancock. Laba basebenzi ngokuvamile bancane kakhulu futhi bahlala ngaphakathi kwebutho lezempi, banqanyuliwe ekuxhumaneni nathi ngokuqondile.
Ngamaqhinga ajwayelekile ezishoshovu - imibuthano, ukubhala amapheshana, ukubhalwa kwezincwadi nezihloko, imidlalo yaseshashalazini yasemgwaqweni, ukulinda, ukunxenxa abameleli bethu be-Congressional, amamashi ezinsuku eziningi, njll. - I-Upstate Drone Action ifune ukwabelana nomphakathi ngosizi lwethu. Kusukela ngo-2010 idlanzana lethu liye laphaphama ngaphesheya komgwaqo lisuka esangweni elikhulu lika-Hancock oshintsho lweshifu yantambama ngoLwesibili lokuqala nolwesithathu lwenyanga ngayinye. Eminyakeni kusukela ngo-2010 siphinde savimba isango elikhulu lika-Hancock izikhathi eziyishumi nambili noma ngaphezulu. Ukuvinjwa kwethu ngendlela engenabo ubudlova kuholele ekutheni ngiboshwe kanye nabanye abacishe babe ngama-200. Lokhu kuye kwaholela ekuqulweni kwamacala amaningi nokuboshwa.
I-Upstate Drone Action bekungelona kuphela iqembu eliphikisayo izimpi zase-US. Imikhankaso efanayo, ekhuthazayo iye yafakwa e-Beale Airbase e-California, e-Creech Airbase e-Nevada, nakwezinye izisekelo kulo lonke elase-US Ngohlobo lokuphikelela okungapheli lezi zenzo eziqondile ziqhubeka zenzeka naphezu kwemizamo yamaphoyisa nezamajaji yokusivimba.
Masicacise: esikwenzayo akukhona ukungalaleli komphakathi, kodwa kunalokho ukumelana nomphakathi. Phela thina asikho ukungalaleli umthetho; sifuna ukuphoqelela umthetho. Ezenzweni zethu eziningi eziqondile sizama ukwethula “Amacala Abantu” ngokwesisekelo. Kule mibhalo asicaphuni kuphela Izimiso Zase-Nuremburg, kodwa futhi ne-UN Charter kanye neminye imithetho yamazwe ngamazwe nezivumelwano i-US esisayinile. Siphinde sicaphune Isigaba Sesithupha soMthethosisekelo wase-US esimemezela ukuthi lezi zivumelwano ziwumthetho ophakeme kakhulu wezwe lethu. Labo phakathi kwethu abathanda inkolo baphinde bacaphune umyalo othi, “Ungabulali.”
Njengoba sengihlale futhi ngisebenza emazweni amaSulumane, ngibuye ngigqugquzelwe yilokho engikubona kuyi-Islamophobia yenqubomgomo yezempi yase-US - okufana nokucwasa okukhungethe umphakathi wethu. Njengamanje, okuhlosiwe okuyinhloko kobuphekula basemoyeni base-US abantu nemiphakathi nezifunda ezihlonzwe njengamaSulumane.
Ngingabala izibalo mayelana nezisulu ezingenakubalwa zokuhlaselwa ngama-drone. Ngingalisho inani lalokho kuhlasela - likhula ngamandla ngomongameli omusha ngamunye wase-US (uBush/Obama/Trump). Nginganikeza izilinganiso zezigidi zababaleki abaxoshwa hhayi nje emiphakathini yabo, kodwa ezizweni zabo. Eqinisweni izinombolo ezinjalo zingishiya ngibambe ongezansi. angikwazi ukuziqonda.
Esikhundleni salokho, ngokuxolisa ngokungakubhaleli ngesiJalimane, ake ngibalule umbhalo owodwa phakathi kweminingi (bheka i-bibliography enamathiselwe yemithombo yolimi lwesiNgisi) eye yasiza ekuhleleni ukuqonda kwami isishayo se-drone: ikhasi le-165 lamaNyuvesi aseStanford naseNew York. , "Ukuphila Ngaphansi Kwe-Drones: Ukufa, Ukulimala, Nokuhlukumezeka Kwabantu abavela e-US Drone Practices ePakistan" (2012). Ngiyakukhuthaza ukuthi ufune lo mbiko ojulile womuntu kodwa obhalwe ngokuqinile kuwo http://livingunderdrones.org/.
Nginilobela namuhla, hhayi nje ngokuphuthuma kuphela, kodwa ngokudangala. Abantu abaningi baseMelika - kanye nabamele iCongressional, kungakhathalekile ukuthi baliphi iqembu - babona izimpi zase-US zenza i-US iphephe ngandlela thile. Eqinisweni okuphambene kuyiqiniso. Ithemba lami ukuthi iJalimane ngeke ilandele ukuhola kwePentagon nokuthi iJalimane izoqeda ukusebenzisana kwayo kwamanje nempi yomhlaba wonke yaleyo nhlangano. Noma yisiphi isizwe, ikakhulukazi amandla amakhulu anezikhali zenuzi, esinamandla okubulala noma yimuphi umuntu nanoma imuphi umholi noma nini, noma kuphi kwandisa ukungathembeki komhlaba wonke futhi kubukela phansi umphefumulo waso kazwelonke. Leso sizwe asibadingi ababambisene nabo abaqhuba ubuqaba baso.
Ozithobayo,
U-Ed Kinane
Ilungu, Isenzo se-Upstate Drone
