Misa Ukulawula Izimpawu Zesithupha: Umyalezo Wosizo Labantu

NguKathy Kelly, Mashi 19, 2020

Ukujeziswa kwe-US ngokumelene ne-Iran, kuqiniswe ngesihluku ngoMashi ka-2018, kuyaqhubeka nokujezisa okuhlanganyelwe kwabantu abasengozini kakhulu. Njengamanje, inqubomgomo "yokucindezela okukhulu" yaseMelika ibukela phansi imizamo yase-Iranian yokubhekana nokudilizwa kwe-COVID-19, okubangela ubunzima nosizi ngenkathi inomthelela ekusakazeni ubhubhane emhlabeni jikelele. NgoMashi 12, 2020, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wase-Iran, uJawad Zarif, wagqugquzela amazwe angamalungu e-UN ukuthi aqede impi yezomnotho yaseMelika engabekezeleleki futhi ebulalayo.

Ekhuluma noNobhala Jikelele we-UN u-Antonio Guterres, iZarif ichaze kabanzi ukuthi unswinyo lwezomnotho lwase-US luwavimbela kanjani ama-Irani ekungeniseni umuthi odingekayo nemishini yezokwelapha.

Iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili, ngenkathi iMelika ihlukumeza amanye amazwe ukuthi yenqabe ukuthenga uwoyela wase-Iranian, ama-Irani abhekane nokuwohloka komnotho okuwohlokayo.

Umnotho odabukisayo nokuqubuka kwecoronavirus okwandayo manje sekuxosha ababaleki kanye nababaleki, ababalwa ezigidini, babuyela e-Afghanistan ngamanani akhuphuka kakhulu.

Emavikini amabili edlule kuphela, kungaphezulu 50,000 Abantu base-Afghan babuya e-Iran, okwandisa amathuba okuba amacala e-coronavirus aqhume e-Afghanistan. Amashumi eminyaka empi, kufaka phakathi ukuhlasela nokuhlala e-US inqotshwe Ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwe-Afghanistan kanye nezinhlelo zokuhambisa ukudla.

UJawad Zarif ucela i-UN ukuthi ivimbele ukusetshenziswa kwendlala nezifo njengesikhali sempi. Incwadi yakhe ikhombisa ukucekelwa phansi okubangelwe yiminyaka eminingi yamandla empi yase-United States futhi iphakamisa izinyathelo zokuguqula ukuqeda umshini wempi wase-United States.

Ngesikhathi sempi yase-United States yango-1991 “Yesiphepho Sasehlane” eyayilwa ne-Iraq, ngangiyingxenye yeThimba Lokuthula laseGulf, - ekuqaleni, ngangihlala “ekamu lokuthula” elalakhiwe ngasemngceleni we-Iraq neSaudi futhi kamuva, ngemuva kokususwa kwethu Amasosha ase-Iraq, ehhotela laseBaghdad ebelihlala izintatheli eziningi ngaphambilini. Ukuthola umshini wokubhala ongasasebenzi, sancibilikisa ikhandlela onqenqemeni lwawo, (i-US ibicekele phansi iziteshi zikagesi zase-Iraq, futhi iningi lamagumbi amahhotela belimnyama bhuqe). Sikhokhele iribhoni yokubhala ngomshini engekho ngokubeka ishidi lekhasi elibomvu phezu kokubhala kwethu. Lapho iziphathimandla zase-Iraq zibona ukuthi sikwazile ukuthayipha umbhalo wethu, zabuza ukuthi singazithayipha yini incwadi eya kuNobhala-Jikelele we-UN. (I-Iraq yayikhathazeke kakhulu ngisho nezikhulu ezisezingeni lekhabethe zazingenawo amaribhoni wokubhala.) Incwadi eya kuJavier Perez de Cuellar yanxusa i-UN ukuthi ivimbele i-US ekuqhumeni ngamabhomu umgwaqo ophakathi kwe-Iraq neJordani, okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuphuma kwababaleki futhi okuwukuphela kwendlela yokusiza abantu ukukhululeka. Ikhungathekiswe ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu futhi isivele isaswele nempahla, e-Iraq, ngo-1991, kwaba unyaka owodwa kuphela kuhulumeni wobungozi owabulala iminyaka eyi-13 ngaphambi kokuthi i-US iqale ukuhlasela ngokuphelele nokusebenza ngo-2003. Manje, ngo-2020, ama-Iraqis asahlupheka kusukela ekuhluphekeni, ukufuduka kanye nempi ngobuqotho bafuna i-US isebenzise ukuziqhelisa futhi ishiye izwe labo.

Ingabe manje siphila esikhathini esibi? Igciwane elinganqandeki, elibulalayo alinaki noma imiphi imingcele i-US izama ukuyiqinisa noma ukuyibumba kabusha. Isakhiwo sezimboni sezempi sase-United States, esinendawo yaso enkulu yokugcina amandla namandla anonya okuvimbezela, asihambelani nezidingo “zokuphepha”. Kungani i-US, ngalesi sikhathi esibucayi, kufanele iye kwamanye amazwe ngokusongela nokuphoqa futhi iphathe ilungelo lokugcina ukungalingani komhlaba wonke? Ukuzikhukhumeza okunjalo akuqinisekisi ngisho nokuphepha kwamasosha aseMelika. Uma i-US iqhubeka ihlukanisa futhi ishaya i-Iran, izimo zizoba zimbi e-Afghanistan nase-United States amasosha amiswe lapho ekugcineni azoba sengozini. Ukuphawula okulula, “Sonke siyingxenye yomunye nomunye,” kubonakala ngokusobala.

Kuyasiza ukucabanga ngokuholwa ngabaholi abadlule ababhekana nezimpi nobhadane lwezifo. Ubhadane lomkhuhlane waseSpain ngo-1918-19, kuhambisana nesihluku seMpi Yezwe I, sabulala izigidi ezingama-50 emhlabeni wonke, ezingama-675,000 e-US Izinkulungwane abahlengikazi besifazanebabephansi “kwezempi,” beletha ukunakekelwa kwezempilo. Phakathi kwabo bekukhona abahlengikazi abamnyama abangagcini nje ngokubeka izimpilo zabo engozini ngokwenza imisebenzi yesihe kodwa futhi balwa nokucwaswa nokucwaswa ngokobuhlanga ekuzimiseleni kwabo ukukhonza. Laba besifazane abanesibindi bavula indlela yokuba abahlengikazi bokuqala abamnyama abayi-18 basebenze ku-Army Nurse Corps futhi banikeze “ushintsho oluncane ekuqhubekeni kokulwela ukulingana kwezempilo.”

Entwasahlobo ka-1919, UJane Addams no-Alice Hamilton babone imiphumela yokujeziswa kweJalimane okwabekwa yi-Allies ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe I. Babona "ukusweleka okuqinile kokudla, insipho kanye nezinto zokwelashwa" futhi babhala ngokudabukisayo ngendlela izingane ezijeziswa ngayo ngendlala “ngenxa yezono zabaphathi.”

Indlala yaqhubeka noma ngabe sekuvulwe ekugcineni ukuvinjelwa, ngalelo hlobo, ngokusayinwa kweSivumelwano SaseVersailles. UHamilton no-Addams babike ukuthi ubhadane lomkhuhlane, lwanda kanjani ekusakazekeni kwabo yindlala kanye nokubhujiswa kwangemva kwempi, okwaphazamisa ukutholakala kokudla. Laba besifazane ababili bathi inqubomgomo yokwabiwa kokudla okunengqondo ibidingeka kuzo zombili izizathu zokusiza kanye nezamasu. “Yini ebingazuzwa ngokulala izingane eziningi?” abazali abadidekile baseJalimane bababuza.

UJonathan Whitall iqondisa Ukuhlaziywa Kwabantu eMédecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders. Ukuhlaziywa kwakhe kwakamuva kudala imibuzo ebuhlungu:

Ngabe kufanele ugeze izandla zakho njalo uma ungenawo amanzi ampompo noma insipho? Ngabe kufanele uyisebenzise kanjani 'indawo yokusiza umphakathi' uma uhlala endaweni elula noma yababaleki noma ikamu lokuqukethwe? Ngabe kufanele uhlale kanjani ekhaya uma umsebenzi wakho ukhokha ngehora futhi kudinga ukuthi ubonakale? Ngabe kufanele ume kanjani ukuwela imingcele uma ubalekela impi? Ngabe kufanele uhlolwe kanjani # COVID19 uma uhlelo lwezempilo lwenziwa lwangasese futhi ungakwazi ukukhokha? Labo abanezimo zempilo ezikhona ngaphambi kwesikhathi kufanele bathathe izinyathelo zokungezelela uma bengakwazi nokuthola ukwelashwa abakudingayo?

Ngilindele ukuthi abantu abaningi emhlabeni wonke, ngenkathi kusatshalaliswa i-COVID-19, bacabanga kanzima ngokungalingani okusobala, okubulalayo emiphakathini yethu, bazibuze ukuthi kungcono kanjani ukwelula izandla eziyizaga zobungane kubantu abadinga usizo ngenkathi benxuswa ukuthi bamukele ukuhlala bodwa nokuqhela emphakathini. Enye indlela yokusiza abanye basinde ukugcizelela ukuthi i-United States isuse unswinyo olubhekiswe e-Iran futhi esikhundleni sayo isekele izenzo zokunakekelwa ngokoqobo. Hlangana ngokubambisana ne-coronavirus ngenkathi wakhela ikusasa elinobuntu lomhlaba ngaphandle kokuchitha isikhathi noma izinsiza ekuqhubekeni kwezimpi ezinesihluku.

Kathy Kelly, ehlanganiswe ngu PeaceVoice, ukusebenzisana Amazwi we-Creative Nonviolence.