Ukuhamba kwesikhathi NgoLwesithathu ebusuku, uMongameli u-Obama umemezele ukwanda kwezindiza eziqhubekayo zase-US e-Iraq kanye nokuqala kokuhlasela kwezindiza eSyria okokuqala ngenhloso "yokwehlisa futhi ekugcineni ibhubhise" i-ISIS, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-IS.
Ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula i-IS isabalalise igagasi lengcindezelo nodlame oludlulela ngale kokubulawa kwabantu abaningi kanye nokubulawa kwabantu okuthinta izigidi zama-Iraqi namaSyria ngokwesaba, ukuxhashazwa kanye nodlame olusekelwe ebulilini. Manje sekuyiminyaka eyi-12 ekuhlaselweni okuholwa yi-US kanye nokuhlala e-Iraq, sibona ukuthi impi ikhulisa kanjani udlame futhi icekele phansi ithemba kunokuba idale izixazululo ezihlala njalo enkingeni eqhubekayo.
I-War Resisters League igxeka udlame lwamasosha ase-US, kanye namandla asabelayo - aholwa yi-IS - ethi ayangenelela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-lens yehlelo lapho abaphathi baseMelika bebuke khona i-Iraq, kanye neSyria ngokwandayo, enomthelela ekucindezelweni kokunyakaza komphakathi okukhululayo ngenkathi kusungulwa izimo zokukhuphuka kwamaqembu aphikisayo. Ngokudlala indima enkulu ekusunguleni amahlelo e-Iraq, nokuqhubeka nokuhlomisa eminye imibuso enengcindezelo neyamahlelo esifundeni - njengeSaudi Arabia - i-US ibambe iqhaza kakhulu ekuguquguqukeni okukhona.
I-US nokho ikude kakhulu nokuphela komdlali okhona endaweni, enamandla omhlaba afana ne-Iran, iRussia neChina isekela umkhankaso ka-Bashar al-Assad wokufa kwabantu abaningi kanye nengcindezelo. Ngaphandle kwemibuso eqhudelanayo, kukhona I-Iraq futhi ISiriya abantu, futhi ukunyakaza kwabo - ukulwela ukuqina, ukuze baphile futhi baphumelele - i-War Resisters League esisekela ngayo:
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Grassroots ukuhlela by Inhlangano Yenkululeko Yabesifazane e-Iraq, ukwakha izindawo zokukhosela esimweni sokuhlaselwa kwe-ISIS ngokumelene nabesifazane.
Inhlangano Yemikhandlu Yabasebenzi Nezinyunyana e-Iraq ukubhala nokuhlela ngokumelene nokuqagela okuyisisekelo kwabacindezeli bomhlaba nabasendaweni 'Ukuhlukana kwamahlelo kuwumphumela wokungqubuzana kwezombusazwe, hhayi okuphambene'.
Mohja Kafh weSyrian Nonviolence Movement echaza: “Abantu abazange bagijimele ohlangothini lweSyria futhi beze namandla abantu ukuze bahlanganise uhlobo olusha losizo oluvundlile phansi, lolu hlobo olusha lwamandla angelona izifundazwe nezifundazwe ezinkulu kodwa ubuchwepheshe kanye nezihlakaniphi zesizukulwane esisha esikhulayo”.
Ngokumelene nokugxeka kanye nokuphelelwa ithemba okunganikeza kuphela udlame olucekela phansi, lawa maphrojekthi nomsebenzi wawo wansuku zonke wakha ithemba lekusasa elingaphezu kwezempi nombuso.
I-War Resisters League - Ihhovisi Likazwelonke
(Isithombe nguMaysaloun Faraj, “Ahlam: Kites and Shattered Dreams” (2011). Courtesy of Ava Gallery, copyright Maysaloun Faraj)
