Ibhalwe nguMidge O'Brien, Umphakathi
U-Harold Hongju Koh, owayengumeluleki wezomthetho ka-Hillary Clinton eMnyangweni Wezwe umenywe 'njengesikhulumi esihlakaniphile' e-UI College of Law, ezinsukwini eziyishumi nambili ngaphambi kokhetho lwangoNovemba. U-Koh, njengamanje onguprofesa we-Yale Law School kanye no-Dean wangaphambili, ungumngane omkhulu wabafundi abaphothule e-Yale Law School, uBill no-Hillary Clinton. Waqokwa nguMongameli uBill Clinton njengomsizi kaNobhala Wezwe weDemokhrasi, Amalungelo Abantu kanye Nezabasebenzi; kanye noMongameli u-Obama, njengomeluleki omkhulu wezomthetho kuNobhala Wezwe u-Hillary Clinton: wamnikeza izeluleko zomthetho ngesikhathi sokuketula umbuso ngo-2009 eHonduras, ukuhlasela kwe-US/NATO eLibya ngo-2011, kanye nokubulawa kuka-Obama okuqhubekayo ngama-drone - kanye nokulawula umonakalo. engxabanweni yakhe ye-imeyili. Ngeke asho ukuthi leso seluleko sasiyini, ethi "ilungelo lommeli-lekhasimende" - naphezu kwesinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme esiphikisana nokwethenjwa kommeli phakathi kwabameli bakahulumeni nezikhulu zikahulumeni.
Ummeli oshisekayo wohlelo lokubulala okuhlosiwe, "Killer Koh" weseka ukuba semthethweni kwalokho akubiza ngokuthi "ukubulala ngokungemthetho" ePakistan, Yemen nakwamanye amazwe aseMpumalanga Ephakathi e-US "impi yobushokobezi," ethi ihambisana "nayo yonke imithetho esebenzayo. , okuhlanganisa nemithetho yempi,” futhi ecaphuna ‘isimiso sokulinganisa’ “ekuqaphelweni okukhulu ekuhleleni nasekufezeni ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi kuhloswe kuphela izinjongo ‘ezisemthethweni’ nokuthi umonakalo wesibambiso ugcinwa umncane.” Emzamweni obuthakathaka wokuveza obala, abaphathi baka-Obama basanda kukhipha imvume enesizotha yokuthi ezinye “izakhamizi eziyi-116” kungenzeka ukuthi beziyizisulu zokuhlaselwa ngamandiza angenawo amasosha aseMelika - okuyisibalo esingahlangani nama-akhawunti ofakazi bokuzibonela, izintatheli kanye nabacwaningi bamalungelo abantu. yabhala izinkulungwane eziningi zabantu abalimala. UMongameli u-Obama uthe - ngesikhathi sokuveza obala sokuzicabangela - "Kuvela ukuthi nginekhono ngempela ekubulaleni abantu ... Bengingazi ukuthi kuzoba yisudi yami eqinile" (kusuka ku-Mark Halperin & John Heilemann, "Double Down : Ukushintsha Kwegeyimu 2012”).
Uma u-Hillary Clinton ekhethwa njengomongameli, ngokweseluleko sika-Tim Kaine noKiller Koh, angase alangazelele nakakhulu ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi kunowandulela owamandulele: inani labashonile lingase lidlule elohla lokubulawa kuka-Obama, njengoba nje inani lakhe namuhla liphezulu kakhulu. kunamaGW Bush.
Ngasekupheleni kukaLwesihlanu mhla zi-5 kuNcwaba, i-White House yawuthobela ngokudabukile umyalo weNkantolo Yombuso (ophuma ecaleni le-ACLU) futhi yakhipha “Isiqondiso Senqubomgomo KaMongameli” (PPG) ehlelwe kabusha ngohlelo luka-Obama lokubulala okuhlosiwe. I-PPG ibeka ukuthi “akukho lutho kule PPG okufanele kuthathwe ukuvimbela uMongameli ekusebenziseni igunya lakhe ngokoMthethosisekelo … lokugunyaza amandla abulalayo kumuntu obeka usongo oluqhubekayo, oluseduze kubantu belinye izwe.” (Ukubulala izakhamuzi zase-US kudinga imvume ethile kaMongameli). Uhlu lokufa lwenziwa masonto onke 'yikomidi labaqoki' futhi lubuyekezwa abameli bezinhlangano eziqoka (i-CIA, i-Pentagon, i-NSC, izikhulu zoMnyango Wezwe kanye "namasekela nothishanhloko bekomidi eliqoka").
Emazweni ayisikhombisa aseMpumalanga Ephakathi lapho kubulawa khona ama-drones, “izindawo zempi ezisebenzayo” - i-Iraq, iSyria ne-Afghanistan (akucaci ukuthi i-Libya ifakiwe yini) - ayidingi imvume yangaphambili. Njengoba le nqubo isetshenziswa, i-White House kanye noMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezokuphepha avikelwe ekuhlolweni ngaphandle, ngisho nayiCongress. Kuthatha ngokuthi uMkhuzi oMkhulu angenza noma yini ayifunayo; izohlinzeka uMongameli Clinton #2, ngemvume yoklebe u-Tim Kaine no-Harold Koh, amandla amakhulu nelayisense lokubulala.
U-Koh njengommeli (wangaphambili) woMnyango Wezwe uye wavikela esidlangalaleni ukubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kwenkantolo “njengenqubo efanele ngaphansi koMthethosisekelo esikhathini sokuwohloka kokuziphatha nezepolitiki.” Enkulumweni yakhe e-Oxford Political Union ngo-2013 wathi, "Lokhu Ukuphatha akwenzanga okwanele ukuphumela obala mayelana namazinga omthetho kanye nenqubo yokuthatha izinqumo ... ukukhuthaza umbono okhulayo wokuthi lolu hlelo [ukubulala ngaphandle kwenkantolo] alukho emthethweni futhi ludingekile…, ” enezela ukuthi lokhu kungabi namfihlo akuzuzisi futhi kuholele “esithombeni esingesihle esidlangalaleni” sokubulala okuhlosiwe. Ingabe uProf. Koh ucabanga ukuthi ukuvezwa kwakamuva kwe-PPG (ehlelwe kabusha kakhulu) eyalelwe iNkantolo kunikeza “ukubeka obala” ukuze kwanelise abagxeki bokuba semthethweni kokubulawa okuhlosiwe?
Nakuba u-Koh echazwe njengommeli ovelele wamalungelo abantu kanye namalungelo omphakathi (okusobala ukuthi izakhamuzi zase-US kuphela), ube “ngosomathuba olinganayo” njengomeluleki wezomthetho kuhulumeni kaReagan, Clinton kanye no-Obama - bonke abaphule amalungelo abantu. yabantu bakwamanye amazwe. Akazange neze amele amalungelo abantu kanye nomphakathi njengelungu leHhovisi Lomnyango Wezobulungiswa Lokwelulekwa Kwezomthetho kuMongameli ekuphathweni kwe-Reagan, lapho lelo hhovisi lithethelela ukwephulwa komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, i-Charter of United Nations kanye noMthethosisekelo wase-US, ngokuphula kabuhlungu umthetho. amalungelo abantu kanye nemizamo yokuthunaza amazwe aseGrenada, El Salvador, Nicaragua (ezama ukuhoxa eNkantolo Yobulungisa Yamazwe Ngamazwe, eyalahla i-US ngokuqhumisa amachweba aseNicaragua), eGuatemala, eLibya, e-Angola nakwezinye izindawo eziseningizimu ne-Afrika; futhi ngenkathi isekela uhulumeni wobandlululo waseNingizimu Afrika ngokumelene nenani labantu abansundu, yeseka ukuhlasela kuka-Israyeli kanye nokubulawa kwabantu abaningi ezinkambeni zababaleki basePalestine eLebanon, futhi yeseka izindawo zokuhlala zakwa-Israyeli ngokungemthetho Ezindaweni Zase-Palestine Ezakhiwe - lapho i-US yasebenzisa i-veto yayo eMkhandlwini Wezokuphepha we-UN, ngokumelene nezijeziso ezimelene ne-US. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abaphathi be-Reagan kanye nabeluleki bayo bezomthetho benqabile ukusekela izivumelwano zokuvinjelwa kokuhlolwa kwenuzi, esikhundleni salokho zanda izikhali zenuzi ezihlasela okokuqala, i-SDI ("i-star wars") kanye nemicibisholo ye-MX. Akulona irekhodi ongaziqhenya ngalo lomuntu osebenza njengomeluleki wezomthetho kumongameli.
Ithuba elandiswe u-Harold Koh lokufundisa izazi ezingase zibe khona zomthetho wezepolitiki nowamazwe ngamazwe liphakamisa umbuzo othi, Ingabe i-University of Illinois College of Law - nomlando wayo wezigwebo - iyakwazi ukufundisa abameli bakusasa, lapho ixhasa umuntu onobuntu buka-Harold H. Koh kulezi zikhathi ezinecala lezombangazwe?
I-Nuremberg Military Tribunal ngo-1947 yasho ngokungananazi ukuthi amacala abamangalelwa abayishumi ababengamaNazi ababelahlwe ngamacala okubulala nobunye unya, ukwakha itulo lobugebengu bempi kanye nobugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini bezakhamuzi kanye nezizwe zezindawo ezihlaselwe, babenesibopho sokujeziswa kanzima noma hhayi ukuthi babehileleke empini. Isinqumo saseNuremberg sisamile emthethweni wamazwe ngamazwe.
Umcimbi wokubhikishela ukuvela kukaSolwazi Koh uhlelelwe egcekeni elisenyakatho yeKolishi Lomthetho ngaphambi kwenkulumo yantambama yangomhla zingama-28 kuMfumfu.
(UMidge O'Brien wayeyingcweti kwezemfundo e-U. of I. life science laboratories ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amabili futhi unobhala we-Union of Professional Employees; wayeyijaji lokhetho iminyaka eyishumi nambili; ilungu le-Nuclear Freeze, kanye ne-Prairie Alliance ngokumelene namandla enuzi; kanye nesishoshovu esimelene nempi kusukela ngo-1965. Uyilungu le-Green Party.)
