Ibhalwe nguKathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, Julayi 11, i-2022
Njengoba uMongameli uJoe Biden eqala uhambo lwakhe oluya eMpumalanga Ephakathi, thina esibuyela ekhaya kufanele sivume ukuthi uhambo "olubucayi" luzovakashela izisulu kunokudla amabhusha.
Abeluleki bakaMongameli uJoe Biden benqubomgomo yezangaphandle bazishayela ihlombe ngokusungula uhambo “oluzwelayo” njengoba ehlela ukuqala uhambo oluya eMiddle East ngoJulayi 13.
Phakathi ku Washington Post op-ed, UBiden uvikele umhlangano wakhe owawuyimpikiswano owawuhleliwe neNkosana yaseSaudi Arabia, uMohammed bin Salman Al Saud (owaziwa nge-MBS), wathi ayihloselwe nje ukuqinisa izintshisekelo zaseMelika kodwa nokuletha ukuthula esifundeni.
Kubonakala sengathi uhambo lwakhe ngeke lufake i-Yemen, nakuba ukube lokhu bekuwukuvakasha “okuzwelayo” ngempela, ubezoma kwelinye lamakamu ababaleki ase-Yemen akhungathekile. Lapho wayekwazi ukulalela abantu abaxoshwa yimpi, abanye babo ababeshaqekile ngenxa yokuqhuma kwamabhomu iminyaka eminingi. Wayekwazi ukuzwa izindaba zabazali abashonelwe nezingane eziyizintandane, bese ezwakalisa ukuzisola kwangempela ngokuba nesandla kwe-United States ekuhlaselweni okunonya kwezindiza nokuvinjwa yindlala okwabekwa eYemen kule minyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule.
Ukusuka endaweni yokubuka ikamu lababaleki laseYemeni, uBiden angagcizelela ukuthi alikho izwe, kubandakanya nelakhe, elinelungelo lokuhlasela elinye izwe futhi lizame ukuqhumisa abantu balo ngamabhomu. Angaphakamisa inani lesivumelwano esisha esinwetshiwe phakathi kwamaqembu alwayo esifundeni, avumele i-Yemenis ukuthi iphefumule kusukela eminyakeni enzima yempi, bese enxusa ukuba kumiswe ukulwa nokuxazululwa kwazo zonke izingxabano zezempi, kuhlanganise nempi yaseRussia e-Ukraine. Angase acele indlela entsha eya phambili, efuna intando yezombangazwe, emhlabeni wonke, yokuhoxiswa kwezikhali kanye nezwe elinokuthula, elinezimbulunga eziningi.
Bangaphezu kuka-150,000 abantu asebeshonile wabulawa empini yaseYemen, abangu-14,500 XNUMX kubo kwakungabantu abavamile. Kodwa inani lababulawa ubumpofu obubekwe amasosha liye laba phezulu ngendlela engenakulinganiswa. Impi iye yabangela omunye Okubi kakhulu Izinkinga zobuntu emhlabeni, zidala izinga lendlala elingakaze libonwe eYemen, lapho izigidi zabantu zibhekene nobunzima obunzima.
Bangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-17.4 Yemenis ukungavikeleki kokudla; ngoZibandlela wezi-2022, inani elihlongozwayo labantu abalambile cishe lizokhuphukela ezigidini eziyishumi nesishiyagalolunye. Izinga lokungondleki kwezingane li eyodwa ephezulu emhlabeni, futhi umsoco uyaqhubeka uwohloka.
Ngakhula ngisiqonda isiqubulo esithi “Akukho Igazi Ngamafutha” ngenkathi ngihlala e-Iraq phakathi nempi ye-Operation Desert Storm yango-1991, impi ye-Desert Fox yango-1998, kanye nempi ye-2003 Shock and Awe. Ukuze ulawule intengo nokugeleza kukawoyela, i-United States namadlelandawonye ayo ehlatshiwe futhi egogekile izinkulungwane zabantu base-Iraq. Ukuvakashela amawodi ezingane e-Iraqi kusukela ngo-1996 kuya ku-2003 kwangifundisa ukwanda okudabukisayo kwaleso siqubulo. Ngokuqinisekile kumelwe siphikelele: “Ayikho Indlala Kawoyela.”
Ohambweni olungamashumi amabili nesikhombisa oluya e-Iraq, konke lokhu kungahambisani nezijeziso zezomnotho zase-US ngokumelene ne-Iraq, ngaba yingxenye yezithunywa eziletha imithi ngqo ezibhedlela zase-Iraq emadolobheni ezweni lonke. Sabona ubugebengu obunyantisayo bokujezisa izingane zize zife ngenxa ye-an eduke ngokuphelele Inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US. Ubuhlungu obubekezelelwa imindeni yase-Iraq ebuka izingane zabo zibulawa indlala manje sekuwumkhuba ongemuhle emindenini yaseYemeni.
Angeke kwenzeke ukuthi uMongameli wase-US noma yimuphi umholi wezwe elihlangene ne-US avakashele ikamu lababaleki laseYemeni, kodwa thina esihlala kulawa mazwe singaphephela emsebenzini onzima wokuzimela ngaphandle kwezinto zokubasa ezimbiwa phansi, silahle amaqhinga esinawo. ilungelo lokusebenzisa izinsiza zabanye abantu eziyigugu nezingenakushintshwa ngamanani ancishisiwe nokuthi impi emelene nezingane iyinani elamukelekayo okufanele silikhokhe ukuze sikwazi ukugcina leli lungelo.
Kufanele ngokushesha senze lula izindlela zethu zokuphila zokusebenzisa ngokweqile, sabelane ngezinsiza kakhulu, sikhethe isevisi kunokubusa, futhi sigcizelele ukuthi singayibekezeleli nhlobo indlala.
Lesi sihloko sivele okokuqala ngo I-Progressive Magazine.
Isithombe: Sana'a, Yemen
Ikhredithi Yesithombe: Rod Waddington nge-Flickr
Kathy Kelly (kathy.vcnv@gmail.com) uyisishoshovu sokuthula esiye imizamo yakhe ngezinye izikhathi imholele ezindaweni zempi nasemajele. Uyaxhumanisa the UBan Killer Drones Umkhankaso futhi unguMongameli webhodi World BEYOND War.
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