By UDavid Swanson, Ngo-September 17, i-2018
The Richmond (Va.) Ukusabalalisa ama-Times kusanda kushicilelwa i-editorial, iphinde ishicilelwe amanye amaphepha anesihloko esithi: "Ukukhumbula ukuthi kungani sisalwa e-Afghanistan. "Kuyinto engqayizivele yokubhala, ngoba ayifuni ngisho nokuzama ukunikeza isizathu esisodwa sokuthi kungani umuntu" angalwa "e-Afghanistan. Isihloko, noma kunjalo, siphakamisa ukuthi umuntu usaqhubeka elwa lapho ngenxa yento abakhohliwe futhi angakhunjuzwa. Njengoba unikezwe ukuthi umbulali ophezulu webutho lase-US oye wahlanganyela kule mpi uzibulale, umuntu uzama ukukhamuluka "Qhubeka ngokukhumbuza kakade!" Kodwa-ke omunye kufanele azibuze: ukukhumbuza ngani?
Izigaba ezimbalwa zokuqala zomhleli zivele zisitshele ukuthi sekuphele iminyaka engu-17. Khona-ke siza kulokhu:
"Kusasekhona amasosha e-10,000 US e-Afghanistan."
Empeleni, isosha lase-US manje unakho Cishe 11,000 Amabutho ase-US e-Afghanistan, kanye 4,000 ngaphezulu ukuthi i-Trump Ithunyelwe kanye namanye ama-7,148 amabutho ase-NATO, izinkulungwane ze-1,000, nezinye izinkontileka ze-26,000 (zazo mayelana ne-8,000 zivela e-United States). Yilokho 48,000 abantu basebenze kwamanye amazwe ezweni elingu-17 ngemuva kokufezwa kwezimiso zabo ezibalwe ukudiliza uhulumeni waseTaliban.
Okulandelayo kusihleli kuza lokhu:
"Abaningi baseMelika, nokho, abakwazi ukuthi senzani lapho. Abaningi baseMelika mhlawumbe abaqapheli ngisho ukuthi kukhona namanje aseMelika asethunyelwe khona. "
Ngakho "thina" bobabili kukhona futhi abazi ukuthi kukhona, noma kukhona futhi abazi ukuthi kungani. Lokho kungumdlalo omkhulu othi "thina." Cabanga ukuthi uphinde ubhale leyo misho ngolimi olujwayelekile lweqiniso:
Iningi labantu base-United States abazange bazwe isizathu esizwakalayo sokuthi kungani ibutho lase-Afghanistan lase-Afghanistan, futhi abaningi abazi ukuthi likhona.
Uma usho kanje, ngakho-ke ngingekho ngandlela-thile ngomlingo lapho ngikhona, ngizizwa ngivulekile kakhulu ekukhuthazeni isosha lase-US - inhlangano ekhona ngokuhlukile kimi - ukuphuma lapho.
Umhleli uyaqhubeka:
"IVirginia War Memorial ilindele ukushintsha lokho. Ngeminyaka ye-20, isikhumbuzo sikhiqize uchungechunge lwamafilimu amancane aqoshiwe okuthiwa 'Virginians at War' ukugcina umlando nokufundisa izizukulwane ezizayo. NgoSeptemba 11 kulo nyaka, isikhumbuzo sakhishwa ifilimu yayo entsha, 'I-New Century, Impi Entsha,' egxile ekuhlaselweni kwamaphekula nasezimpi eziqhubekayo. I-documentary yadalwa ngokuphendula izicelo ezivela kubafundisi baseVirginia abafuna amathuluzi ukuletha izifundo ezinzima nezibalulekile ze-9 / 11 nezimpi zethu ezide e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq. "
Uma ubheka "iVirginia War Memorial," uthola isikhungo ukugqugquzela izinhlelo ezinjenge- "Little Soldier Saturdays" ngemisebenzi yepro-impi yabantwana abaneminyaka engu-3-8. Kodwa awutholi incazelo yokuthi kungani izimpi ngokujwayelekile noma impi e-Afghanistan ikakhulukazi zifanelekile. Futhi abazange benze ifilimu yabo itholakale; ngakho-ke akekho abafundi balesi sihloko abakwazi ukuyibuka, futhi ukuhlela akudlulisisi noma iyiphi incazelo yempi engatholakala kule ifilimu. Kunalokho, i Ukusabalalisa ama-Times usitshela:
"Kuqhutshwe izingxoxo ezingamashumi amabili namaVeteran veteran kanye namalungu omndeni alabo abalahlekile ekuhlaselweni kwe-Pentagon. Kusukela kulezi zindaba, ifilimu ehambayo neyazisa idalwe eveza izinkumbulo ezicacile kusuka ku-9 / 11 futhi ikhombisa izindleko zomuntu izimpi. 'I-Century New, Impi Entsha,' yadalwa ukukhombisa ukuthi izwe lishintsha kanjani ngosuku olulodwa nendlela abaseVirginia abahlala ngayo futhi bakhonza kule ndawo entsha. UClay Mountcastle, umqondisi we-War Memorial, uyachaza: 'Sifuna ifilimu eyoveza imizwa egcwele nge-9 / 11, kanye namasonto nezinyanga emva kwalokho, kulabo abancane kakhulu ukuba bazibonele ngokwabo. Sabuye sazama ukuthatha isimo esiyinkimbinkimbi sokukhonza empi ehlala isikhathi eside ngezifundo nezincazelo eziningana. ' I-War Memorial ihlose ukuthi ifilimu izokhumbuza abaVariniya ngalesi sihloko esibucayi emlandweni futhi inikeze ithuluzi elibalulekile lokubhekisela emakilasini. 'Ikhulu elisha, iMpi Entsha' maduzane izotholakala ekubukeni eVirginia War Memorial futhi isatshalaliswe othisha kulo lonke izwe. Hamba uyibone. Kuyafaneleka ukuvakashelwa nokubuka. "
Futhi yilokho. Ngakho-ke, omunye ushiywe nje ukucabanga ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi "i-9 / 11" yenzekile, impi e-Afghanistan ibulungile kuze kube sekupheleni kwezikhathi noma kuze kube yilapho uJesu ebuyela emuva (kunomuntu oye wachaza ukuthi uhambe kuphi noma uhlole ukuthi unamathelephi?) . Futhi "imizwa egcwele ye-9 / 11" Ngizimisele ukukugembula enye isabelomali ye-Pentagon isabelomali ayihlanganisi imizwa yimuphi wabasindile nabathandekayo abaye bacela iminyaka engu-17 ukuthi ukuhlupheka kwabo ngeke iphendulwe inkulumo-ze yempi.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch akuyona yedwa. Cishe wonke umuntu ugwema ukuzama ukwenza icala ngenxa yempi engapheli. Ngisho nabantu ababeka icala lokushaya kunomkhuba wokuphakamisa ukuthi kuphelile. Ngokujwayelekile bona yenza lokhu ngesonto ngemuva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi noma ukuthola kabusha.
Nasi icala lokuqeda ukuhlanganyela kwe-US kule mpi, ngesimo sencwadi yomphakathi eya kuMongameli Trump ukuthi izinkulungwane zabantu ziye zasayina futhi wonke umuntu umenyiwe ukuba asayine:
Phakathi neminyaka eyi-17 eyedlule, uhulumeni wethu eWashington usitshele ukuthi impumelelo iseduze. Phakathi neminyaka eyi-17 eyedlule, i-Afghanistan iye yaqhubekela phambili ekubeni mpofu, ubudlova, ukulimazeka kwemvelo, nokungazinzi. Ukuxoshwa kwamabutho ase-US kanye ne-NATO kuzothumela isignali emhlabeni, nakwabantu base-Afghanistan, ukuthi isikhathi sesifikile ukuzama indlela ehlukile, into engaphandle kwamabutho amaningi nezikhali.
I-ambassador evela kuhulumeni wase-Afghan-United broke-down futhi ixhaswe ngemali uhulumeni kubikwa tshelile ukuthi ukubandakanyeka kwe-US e-Afghanistan "kuyingozi njengoba kwenzeka ngo-Sept. 11, 2001." Asikho isizathu sokukholelwa ukuthi ngeke akutshele ukuthi eminyakeni emibili ezayo, nakuba uJohn Kerry esitshela ukuthi " iqembu elihlomile kakhulu eliqeqeshwe kahle ... ukuhlangabezana nenselela ebanjwe amaTaliban namanye amaqembu amaphekula. "Kodwa ukubandakanyeka akudingeki kuthathe ifomu laso lamanje.
I-United States isebenzisa i-4 million ihora ngezindiza, i-drones, amabhomu, izibhamu, nezinkontileka ezingaphezu kwezindleko ezweni elidinga ukudla kanye nemishini yokulima, okuningi okungakunikezwa amabhizinisi ase-US. Kuze kube manje, i-United States isetshenzisiwe $ 783 billion futhi akukho lutho oluzobonisa ngalo ngaphandle kokufa kwezinkulungwane Amasosha ase-US , nokufa, ukulimala nokufuduka kwezigidi zabantu base-Afghans. I-Afghanistan War iye ibe futhi izoqhubeka, uma nje ihlala, a engaguquki umthombo okwesabisa izindaba of ukukhwabanisa futhi imfucuza. Ngisho nokutshala imali emnothweni wase-US le mpi iye yaba i-bust.
Kodwa impi iye yaba nemthelela enkulu ekuvikelekeni kwethu: isengozini yethu. Ngaphambi kokuba uFaisal Shahzad azame ukushaya imoto eThekwini Square, wazama ukujoyina impi ngokumelene ne-United States e-Afghanistan. Kwezinye izigameko eziningi, amaphekula ahlasela i-United States asho izisusa zawo njengokufaka impindiselo empini yase-US e-Afghanistan, kanye nezinye izimpi zase-US esifundeni. Asikho isizathu sokucabanga ukuthi lokhu kuzoshintsha.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Afghanistan yilona isizwe esisodwa lapho i-United States ibamba khona impi enkulu nezwe eliyilungu le-International Criminal Court. Umzimba lowo unayo manje kumemezela ukuthi kunjalo uphenyo ukushushiswa okunokwenzeka kwamacala e-US e-Afghanistan. Phakathi neminyaka eyi-17 edlule, siphathwe ngokuphindaphindiwe kokuphindaphindiwe kwezinkathazo: ukuzingela izingane ezindizeni ze-helicopter, ukushaya izibhedlela nge-drones, ukuvuthwa ngezidumbu - yonke inkulumo-mpikiswano ephikisana ne-US, konke ukuhlukumeza nokuhlazisa ama-United States.
Ukuyala amadoda amancane nabesifazane abancane baseMelika ukuba baye emsebenzini wokubulala noma wokufa owenziwe eminyakeni eyi-17 eyedlule kuyinto eningi okufanele ibuze. Ukulindele ukuba bakholwe kulolo mishini kuningi kakhulu. Leli qiniso lingasiza ukuchaza lokhu: umbulali ophezulu webutho lase-US e-Afghanistan uzibulala. Umbulali wesibili wezempi waseMelika uhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, noma intsha yase Afghan eqeqeshwa yi-US iphendulela izikhali zabo kubaqeqeshi bayo! Wena ngokwakho wazi lokhu, Bethi: "Masihambe e-Afghanistan. Amabutho ethu abulawa ama-Afghans esiwaqeqeshayo futhi sichitha izigidigidi lapho. I-Nonsense! Yakha kabusha i-USA. "
Ukuxoshwa kwamabutho ase-US kuzoba kuhle kubantu base-Afghan, njengoba khona kwamasosha angaphandle bekuyisivimbela ekukhulumeni ukuthula. Ama-Afghani ngokwawo kufanele anqume ikusasa labo, futhi azokwazi ukwenza lokho kuphela uma sekuphela ukungenelela kwamanye amazwe.
Siyanxusa ukuba uvule ikhasi kulokhu kungenelela kwezempi okuyingozi. Letha wonke amabutho ase-US ahambe esuka e-Afghanistan. Yeka ama-airstrikes ase-US futhi esikhundleni salokho, ngenca yezingqikithi, usize ama-Afghani ngokudla, indawo yokuhlala kanye nemishini yokulima.
Kuhlelwe izenzakalo ezimbili eWashington, DC, ngo-Okthoba 2, 2018:
-Ngaphakathi nezikhulumi ku-12 emini phambi kweNdlu eNgcwele
-Engxoxo yepanel kusuka ku-6: 30 kuya ku-8: 30 ntambama Busboys futhi Izimbongi, Brookland Indawo, 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC 20017
Izikhulumi ziqinisekisiwe zifaka:
I-Hoor Arifi, Isishoshovu sase-Afghan nomfundi.
Sharifa Akbary, Umlobi we-Afghan-US, isikhulumi.
Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODE PINK: Abesifazane Ukuthula.
UMathewu Hoh, ushiye ukuphikisana nokuthunyelwe kwakhe e-Afghanistan nomnyango wezeMelika wase-US ngokunyuka kwempi e-2009.
ULiz Remmerswaal, Umxhumanisi we World BEYOND War eNew Zealand.
UDavid Swanson, Umqondisi we World BEYOND War.
UBrian Terrell, Umdidiyeli We-Voices we-Creative Nonviolence.
U-Ann Wright, umhlalaphansi wase-US Army Colonel kanye no-US Department of State.
Lezi zenzakalo zamahhala zifakwe kuhlu World BEYOND War iwebhusayithi futhi on Facebook.
Sicela uprinte futhi usakaze le flyer.
