NguGar Smith
Ngomhla zi-1 kuMbasa wezi-2016 uMongameli uBarack Obama wethula inkulumo yakhe esigcawini sokuvala seNgqungquthela Yezokuphepha Zenuzi futhi wancoma “imizamo esiyiqoqo esiyenzile ukunciphisa inani lempahla yenuzi engase ifinyeleleke kumaphekula emhlabeni jikelele.”
"Leli futhi kuyithuba lokuthi izizwe zethu zihlale zibumbene futhi zigxile ohlelweni lwamaphekula olusebenza kakhulu njengamanje, okuyi-ISIL," kusho u-Obama. Abanye ababukeli bangase baphikise ngokuthi i-US, ngokwayo, manje imele "inethiwekhi yamaphekula esebenza kakhulu emhlabeni." Ngokwenza kanjalo, babemane benanela amazwi kaMfundisi uMartin Luther King Jr. owathi ngo-April 4, 1967, wagxeka “umshoshozeli omkhulu wobudlova emhlabeni namuhla, uhulumeni wami siqu.”
Ngenkathi u-Obama encoma iqiniso lokuthi "iningi lezizwe lapha liyingxenye yomfelandawonye omelene ne-ISIL," ubuye waphawula ukuthi lo mfelandawonye wawuyindlela enkulu yokuqasha amasosha e-ISIS. "Cishe zonke izizwe zethu zibone izakhamizi zijoyina i-ISIL eSyria nase-Iraq," kuvuma u-Obama, ngaphandle kokunikeza noma yimiphi imicabango yokuthi kungani lesi simo sikhona.
Kodwa u-Obama kakhulu ukuphawula okumangalisayo weza nokuvuma kwakhe esidlangalaleni ukuthi inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US kanye nezenzo zezempi zixhumene ngqo ne-spike ekuhlaselweni kwamaphekula ngokumelene nezinhloso zaseNtshonalanga eYurophu nase-US. "Njengoba i-ISIL igxilile eSyria nase-Iraq," kuchaza umongameli, "singalindela ukuthi izoqhamuka kwenye indawo, njengoba sibonile muva nje futhi kabuhlungu emazweni asuka eTurkey aye eBrussels."
Ngemva kokuthola ukuthi ukuhlasela okuholwa yi-US kwamasosha e-ISIS "kwakucindezela" ama-jihadists ukuthi ashiye amadolobha avinjezelwe eSyria nase-Iraq ayodala umonakalo phakathi kwamadolobha angamalungu e-NATO, u-Obama ubonakala ephikisana ngokuqondile nokuhlola kwakhe: "ESiriya nase-Iraq, ” wamemezela, “I-ISIL isaqhubeka nokuhluleka. Lezi yizindaba ezinhle.”
“Umfelandawonye wethu usaqhubeka nokukhipha abaholi bawo, okuhlanganisa nabahlela ukuhlasela kwamaphekula ngaphandle. Balahlekelwa ingqalasizinda kawoyela. Balahlekelwa imali yabo engenayo. Isimilo siyahlupheka. Sikholelwa ukuthi ukungena kwezilwi zakwamanye amazwe eSyria nase-Iraq kwehlile, njengoba usongo lwamasosha angaphandle abuya ukuzokwenza udlame olunyantisayo luhlala lungokoqobo. " [Kugcizelelwa.]
Kwabaningi baseMelika, ukuhlasela kwamasosha ePentagon emazweni ayizinkulungwane zamamayela ukusuka emngceleni wase-US kuhlala kungaphezu kokuphazamiseka okufiphele nokukude—okufana namahemuhemu kunokuba ngokoqobo. Kodwa inhlangano yokuqapha yamazwe ngamazwe, i-Airwars.org, inikeza umongo ongekho.
Ngokuvumelana ne Izilinganiso ze-Airwars, kusukela ngo-May 1, 2016-phakathi nomkhankaso wokulwa ne-ISIS oye wathatha izinsuku ezingaphezu kwe-634-umfelandawonye wawufake iziteleka zezindiza ze-12,039 (8,163 e-Iraq; 3,851 eSiriya), yehlisa inani lamabhomu ne-missile ye-41,607. .
Amasosha ase-US aveza ukuthi izakhamizi eziyi-8 zishonile ekuhlaseleni kwezindiza ngokumelene ne-ISIS phakathi kuka-Ephreli noJulayi 2015 (Daily Mail).
I-Jihadist Ixhumanisa Ukubulawa Kwase-US Ekukhuleni Kwentukuthelo Nokuhlasela Ngokuziphindiselela
Ukuxhumana kuka-Obama phakathi kokuhlaselwa kwe-ISIS kanye nokuchitheka kwegazi emigwaqweni yaseNtshonalanga muva nje kugcizelelwe nguHarry Sarfo, owazalelwa eBrithani, isisebenzi saseposini sase-UK kanye nalowo owayengumlweli we-ISIS waxwayiswa The Independent engxoxweni yango-Ephreli 29 ukuthi umkhankaso wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu oholwa yi-US ngokumelene ne-ISIS uzoshayela ama-jihadist amaningi ukuthi aqalise ukuhlasela kwamaphekula okuqondiswe eNtshonalanga.
"Umkhankaso wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu ubanikeza abantu abaningi abaqashiwe, amadoda nabantwana abaningi abazovuma ukunikela ngezimpilo zabo ngoba balahlekelwe imindeni yabo ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu," kuchaza uSarfo. “Kuwo wonke amabhomu, kuzoba nomuntu ozoletha ukwesaba eNtshonalanga…. Banenqwaba yamadoda alinde amasosha aseNtshonalanga ukuthi afike. Kubo isithembiso sepharadesi yikho kuphela abakufunayo.” (I-Pentagon ivumile ukuthi inecala lokufa kwabantu abaningi ngesikhathi uSarfo ethi wayeseSyria.)
I-ISIS, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ivame ukucaphuna ukuhlasela kwezindiza ezinqabeni zayo njengesizathu sokuhlasela kwayo eBrussels naseParis-kanye nokuwisa kwayo indiza yabagibeli baseRussia ephuma eGibhithe.
NgoNovemba 2015, ithimba lamasosha lenza uchungechunge lokuhlasela okwabulala abantu abangu-130 eParis kwalandelwa ukuqhuma kwamabhomu amabili ngoMashi 23, 2016 okwadlula nemiphefumulo yezinye izisulu ezingu-32 eBrussels. Ngokuqondakalayo, lokhu kuhlasela kwasakazwa kakhulu kwabezindaba baseNtshonalanga. Khonamanjalo, izithombe ezinyantisayo ngokufanayo zezisulu zezakhamuzi zokuhlaselwa kwe-US e-Afghanistan, eSiriya nase-Iraq (kanye nokuhlasela kwezindiza kwase-Saudi okusekelwe yi-US ngokumelene nezakhamuzi zaseYemen) azivamile ukubonakala emakhasini angaphambili noma ezindabeni zakusihlwa eYurophu noma e-US.
Ngokuqhathanisa, i-Airwar.org ibika ukuthi, esikhathini esiyizinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili kusukela ngo-Agasti 8, 2014 kuya ku-May 2, 2016, "inani eliphelele phakathi kwe-2,699 kanye ne-3,625 yabantu abashonile abangamasosha babesolwa ngezigameko ezibikiwe ezihlukene ezingu-414, ngo. kokubili i-Iraq neSiriya.”
“Ngaphezu kwalezi zenzakalo eziqinisekisiwe,” kwengeza i-Airwars, “kuwumbono wethu wesikhashana kwa-Airwars ukuthi phakathi kwe-1,113 ne-1,691 izakhamuzi ezingamasosha kubonakala sengathi zibulewe kwezinye izigameko ezingu-172 lapho kunokubikwa okufanelekile okutholakala esidlangalaleni ngomcimbi— kanye nalapho iziteleka zoMfelandawonye zaqinisekiswa khona endaweni eseduze ngalolo suku. Okungenani izakhamizi ezingama-878 kubikwa ukuthi zilimele kule micimbi. Izigameko ezingaba ngu-76 zalezi zigameko zenzeka e-Iraq (izigameko ezingu-593 kuya kwezingu-968 ezibikiwe) nezehlakalo ezingu-96 eSyria (okubikwe ukuthi kushone abantu abangu-520 kuya ku-723.)
‘Ukuphepha Kwenuzi’ = Amabhomu E-athomu AseNtshonalanga
Emuva eWashington, u-Obama wayesonga isitatimende sakhe esisemthethweni. “Uma ngiqalaza kuleli gumbi,” wabubula, “ngibona izizwe ezimele iningi labantu - abavela ezifundeni ezihlukene, izinhlanga, izinkolo, namasiko. Kodwa abantu bakithi banezifiso ezifanayo zokuphila ngokulondeka nokuthula nokukhululeka ekwesabeni.”
Nakuba kunamazwe angu-193 angamalungu eNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene, iNgqungquthela Yezokuphepha Yenuzi yayihanjelwe abameleli bamazwe angu-52, ayisikhombisa kuwo anezindawo zokugcina izikhali zenuzi—naphezu kokuba khona kwezivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe osekunesikhathi eside kukhona ezifuna ukuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi nokuqedwa. Ababekhona bahlanganisa namalungu ayi-16 kwangu-28 e-NATO—ibutho lezempi elihlome ngezikhali zenuzi obekumele lihlakazwe ngemuva kokuphela kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi.
Inhloso yeNgqungquthela Yezokuphepha Zenuzi ibincane, igxile endleleni yokuvimbela “amaphekula” ekutholeni “inketho yenuzi.” Kwakungekho ngxoxo yokuncishiswa kwezikhali ezinkulu zomhlaba ezikhona emhlabeni.
Futhi akuzange kube khona ingxoxo ngengozi ebangelwa ama-reactors amandla enuzi avamile kanye nezindawo zokugcina imfucuza ekhipha imisebe, konke lokhu kubeka izinhloso ezilingayo kunoma ubani onomcibisholo ogibele ihlombe okwazi ukuguqula lezi zikhungo zibe “amabhomu angcolile akhulela ekhaya.” (Lesi akusona isimo sokucatshangelwa. NgoJanuwari 18, 1982, ama-Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG-7s) amahlanu adutshulwa ngaphesheya komfula i-Rhone River yase-France, eshaya uhlaka lwe-containment ye-Superphenix nuclear reactor.)
"Ukulwa ne-ISIL kuzoqhubeka nokuba nzima, kodwa, ngokubambisana, sithuthuka ngempela," kuqhubeka u-Obama. “Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi sizoyinqoba futhi siyibhubhise le nhlangano embi. Uma kuqhathaniswa nombono we-ISIL wokufa nokubhujiswa, ngikholelwa ukuthi izizwe zethu zihlangene zinikeza umbono onethemba ogxile kulokho esingakwakhela abantu bakithi.”
Lowo “mbono onethemba” kunzima ukuwubona kubahlali basemazweni amaningi angaphandle okwamanje ahlaselwa imicibisholo ye-Hellfire eqhamuke ezindizeni nama-drones ase-US. Nakuba izithombe zevidiyo ezibulala abantu eParis, eBrussels, e-Istanbul naseSan Bernardino kusabisa ukubona, kubuhlungu kodwa kudingekile ukuvuma ukuthi umonakalo owenziwe umcibisholo owodwa wase-US odutshulwe endaweni yasemadolobheni ungaba yingozi nakakhulu.
Ubugebengu Bempi: I-US Bombing of Mosul University
NgoMashi 19 futhi futhi ngoMashi 20, izindiza zaseMelika zahlasela iNyuvesi yaseMosul empumalanga ye-Iraq ehlaselwe yi-ISIS. Isiteleka sezindiza sifike ngezikhathi zantambama, ngesikhathi lapho isikhungo sasigcwele kakhulu.
I-US yaqhumisa ngamabhomu indlunkulu yeNyuvesi, ikolishi lemfundo yabesifazane, ikolishi lesayensi, isikhungo sokushicilela, izindawo zokulala zamantombazane, kanye nendawo yokudlela eseduze. I-US iphinde yaqhumisa ngamabhomu isakhiwo sokuhlala samalungu obuhlakani. Amakhosikazi nezingane zamalungu obuhlakani babephakathi kwezisulu: kwasinda ingane eyodwa kuphela. USolwazi Dhafer al Badrani, owayeyiDini yeComputer Sciences College kule nyuvesi, wabulawa kulesi sigameko sangoMashi 20, kanye nonkosikazi wakhe.
Ngokusho kukaDkt. Souad Al-Azzawi, othumele i-video yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu (ngenhla), isibalo sokuqala sabantu abalimala sasingu-92 kanye ne-135 yalimala. "Ukubulala izakhamizi ezingenacala ngeke kuyixazulule inkinga ye-ISIL," kubhala u-Al-Azzawi, esikhundleni salokho "kuzocindezela abantu abaningi ukuthi bazibandakanye nabo ukuze bakwazi ukuziphindiselela ngokulahlekelwa kwabo nabathandekayo babo."
Ukuthukuthela Okuvusa i-ISIS
Ngaphezu kokuhlasela kwezindiza ezibulala izakhamuzi, uHarry Sarfo unikeze enye incazelo yokuthi kungani ephoqwe ukujoyina i-ISIS—ukuhlukunyezwa ngamaphoyisa. USarfo ukhumbula kabuhlungu ukuthi waphoqeleka kanjani ukuthi anikele ngepasi lakhe laseBrithani futhi abikele esiteshini samaphoyisa kabili ngesonto nokuthi umuzi wakhe wawugasela kanjani. "Bengifuna ukuqala impilo entsha kimina nomkami," etshela i-Independent. “Amaphoyisa neziphathimandla bayichithile. Bangenze ngaba indoda ababeyifuna.”
USarfo wagcina eyilahlile i-ISIS ngenxa yokukhula komthwalo wezenzo zonya aphoqeleke ukuba abhekane nazo. “Ngabona ukukhandwa ngamatshe, ukunqunywa amakhanda, ukudutshulwa, ukunqunywa kwezandla nezinye izinto eziningi,” etshela i-Independent. “Ngike ngabona amasosha ayizingane—abafana abaneminyaka engu-13 ubudala bephethe amabhande aneziqhumane namaKalashnikov. Abanye abafana bashayela ngisho nezimoto futhi bahileleka ekubulaweni.
“Engikukhumbula kakhulu ukubulawa kwabesilisa abayisithupha abadutshulwa ekhanda ngabakwaKalashnikovs. Ukunqunywa kwesandla somuntu nokumenza asibambe ngesinye isandla. I-Islamic State ayiyona nje i-Islamic, ayinabo ubuntu. Umfowabo ohlobene negazi ubulale umfowabo ngoba esolwa ngokuba yinhloli. Bamnika umyalo wokuba ambulale. Abangani babulala abangani.”
Kodwa nakuba i-ISIS ingaba yimbi kangakanani, okwamanje, okwamanje, abawubhincisi umhlaba ngezikaniso zamasosha nezinsiza ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 futhi abasongeli iplanethi ngezikhali zemicibisholo eyi-2,000 ehlome ngezikhali zenuzi, ingxenye yayo esele. Isexwayiso “sokucupha izinwele”.
U-Gar Smith ungumsunguli we-Environmentalists Against War kanye nombhali we-Nuclear Roulette.
