Ukuthatha Isibopho Sokubulawa Kwe-Drone- UMongameli Obama kanye Nenkungu Yempi

NguBrian Terrell

Lapho uMongameli uBarack Obama exolisa ngo April 23 emindenini kaWarren Weinstein kanye noGiovanni Lo Porto, waseMelika kanye nomNtaliyane, bobabili abathunjwa ababulawa ekuhlaselweni kwe-drone ePakistan ngoJanuwari, usole ukufa kwabo kabuhlungu "kubangelwa yinkungu yempi."

"Lokhu kusebenza kwakuhambisana ngokugcwele neziqondiso esiqhuba ngaphansi kwazo imizamo yokulwa nobushokobezi esifundeni," esho, futhi ngokusekelwe "ekuqashweni kwamahora angamakhulu, sasikholelwa ukuthi lesi (isakhiwo esiqondiswe futhi sacekelwa phansi imicibisholo eyi-drone) inhlanganisela ye-al Qaeda; ukuthi kwakungekho zakhamuzi.” Ngisho noma enezinjongo ezinhle kakhulu nokuvikela okuqinile, umongameli wathi, "kuyiqiniso elinonya nelibabayo ukuthi enkungwini yempi ngokuvamile kanye nokulwa kwethu namaphekula, amaphutha - ngezinye izikhathi amaphutha abulalayo - angenzeka."

Igama elithi "inkungu yempi," Nebel des Krieges ngesiJalimane, yethulwa umhlaziyi wezempi wasePrussia uCarl von Clausewitz ngo-1832, ukuchaza ukungaqiniseki okutholwa abaphathi namasosha enkundleni yempi. Ngokuvamile kusetshenziselwa ukuchaza noma ukuthethelela "umlilo wobungani" nokunye ukufa okungahlosiwe ekushiseni nasekudidekeni kokulwa. Leli gama liphakamisa izithombe ezicacile zesiphithiphithi nokungaqondakali. Inkungu yempi ichaza umsindo nokuhlukumezeka okumangalisayo, amabhomu ezinhlamvu namagobolondo ezikhali, ukuqhuma kwamathambo, ukuklabalasa kwabalimele, imiyalo ememezelwe futhi yaphikiswa, umbono olinganiselwe futhi uhlanekezelwe amafu egesi, intuthu nemfucumfucu.

Impi ngokwayo iyicala futhi impi iyisihogo, futhi amasosha ayo angakwazi ukuhlushwa yimizwa, izinzwa kanye nomzimba. Enkungwini yempi, bekhathele bedlula iphuzu lokukhuthazela futhi besaba kokubili izimpilo zabo kanye nozakwabo, amasosha ngokuvamile kufanele enze izinqumo zesibili ezihlukene zokuphila nokufa. Ezimweni ezimbi kanjalo, akunakugwenywa ukuthi “amaphutha—ngezinye izikhathi amaphutha abulalayo—angenzeka.”

Kepha uWarren Weinstein noGiovanni Lo Porto ababulawanga yinkungu yempi. Ababulawanga empini nhlobo, akukaze kuqondwe impi nganoma iyiphi indlela kuze kube manje. Babulawa ezweni lapho i-United States ingekho empini. Akekho owayelwa enkompolo abashonele kuyo. Amasosha adubula imicibisholo eyabulala la madoda amabili ayeqhele ngezinkulungwane zamakhilomitha e-United States futhi engekho engozini, ngisho noma kukhona owayedubula ebuyisela emuva. Lamasosha abuke inkomponi ikhuphuka intuthu ngaphansi kwemicibisholo yawo, kodwa awakuzwanga ukuqhuma noma ukukhala kwabalimele, futhi awazange abhekane nokuqhuma kwayo. Ngalobo busuku, njengobusuku bangaphambi kwalokhu kuhlasela, kungacatshangwa ukuthi babelele ekhaya emibhedeni yabo.

Umongameli uyakufakazela ukuthi leyo micibisholo yadutshulwa kuphela ngemva “kokugadwa kwamahora angamakhulu” kuhlolisiswa abahlaziyi bezokuvikela nezobunhloli. Isinqumo esiholele ekufeni kukaWarren Weinstein noGiovanni Lo Porto asifinyelelwanga ekulweni kodwa ekunethezekeni nasekuphepheni kwamahhovisi namagumbi enkomfa. Umbono wabo awuzange umbozwe intuthu nemfucumfucu kodwa uthuthukiswe ubuchwepheshe bokuqapha obusezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu be-"Gorgon Stare" be-Reaper drones.

Ngosuku olufanayo nesimemezelo sikamongameli uNobhala Wezindaba eWhite House naye wakhipha isimemezelo ngalezi zindaba: “Siphethe ngokuthi u-Ahmed Farouq, umMelika owayengumholi we-al-Qaida, wabulawa emkhankasweni ofanayo nowaholela ekubulaweni kwabantu. ukufa kukaDkt. Weinstein noMnu. Lo Porto. Siphinde saphetha ngokuthi u-Adam Gadahn, umMelika owaba yilungu eliqavile le-al-Qa'ida, wabulawa ngoJanuwari, cishe emkhankasweni ohlukile kaHulumeni wase-US wokulwa nobushokobezi. Nakuba bobabili u-Farouq no-Gadahn bengamalungu e-al-Qa'ida, akekho owayeqondiswe ngqo, futhi sasingenalo ulwazi olubonisa ukuthi babekhona ezindaweni zale misebenzi.” Uma uhlelo lukamongameli lokubulala ngezinye izikhathi lubulala abathunjwa ngephutha, ngezinye izikhathi lubabulala ngephutha abantu baseMelika okuthiwa bangamalungu e-al-Qaida futhi ngokusobala i-White House ilindele ukuthi siduduzeke ngaleli qiniso.

“Amakhulu amahora okuqapha” noma kunjalo, futhi naphezu “kokuhambisana ngokugcwele neziqondiso esiqhuba ngaphansi kwazo imizamo yokulwa nobushokobezi,” umyalo wokuhlasela le ndawo wanikezwa ngaphandle kophawu lokuthi u-Ahmed Farouq wayekhona noma ukuthi uWarren Weinstein wayekhona. hhayi. Ezinyangeni ezintathu ngemva kweqiniso, uhulumeni wase-United States uyavuma ukuthi baqhumisa isakhiwo ababesibhekile izinsuku eziningi ngaphandle kokwazi nokuncane ukuthi ubani owayekuso.

"Iqiniso elinonya nelibabayo" empeleni ukuthi uWarren Weinstein noGiovanni Lo Porto ababulawanga "emizamweni yokulwa namaphekula" nhlobo, kodwa ngesenzo sobuphekula sikahulumeni wase-United States. Bashone ngengoma ye-gangland eyaba yimbi. Babulawe ekudutshulweni kobuchwepheshe obuphezulu, bayizisulu zokubulala ngobudedengu, uma kungezona ezokubulala ngqo.

Elinye “iqiniso elinonya nelibabayo” elokuthi abantu ababulawa ngamabhanoyi kude nenkundla yempi ngamacala abangakaqulwa ngawo noma abagwetshwe ngawo, njengo-Ahmed Farouq no-Adam Gadahn, abazona izitha ezibulawelwa ngokusemthethweni empini. Bayizisulu zokudutshulwa nge-remote control.

"Izilwane ezidla ezinye nabavuni azinamsebenzi endaweni okuqhudelana nazo," kuvuma uGeneral Mike Hostage, isikhulu se-Air Force's Air Combat Command enkulumweni yakhe ngoSepthemba, 2013. Izindiza ezidubulayo zibonakale ziwusizo, esho, "ekuzingeleni" i-al Qa'ida. kodwa azikho kahle ekulweni kwangempela. Njengoba i-al Qaida nezinye izinhlangano zamaphekula ziye zadlondlobala futhi zanda kusukela imikhankaso ka-Obama ye-drone yaqala ngo-2009, umuntu angase aphikisane nesimangalo sikajenene sokusebenziseka kwazo kunoma yikuphi, kodwa kuyiqiniso ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwamandla abulalayo. ibutho lezempi elingaphandle kwendawo ebangwayo, ngaphandle kwenkundla yempi, liwubugebengu bempi. Kungase kulandele ukuthi ngisho nokuba nesikhali esiwusizo kuphela endaweni engaphikiswani nayo kuyicala.

Ukushona kwabathunjwa ababili basentshonalanga, oyedwa eyisakhamuzi saseMelika, kubuhlungu ngempela, kodwa akufani nokufa kwezinkulungwane zezingane zaseYemeni, Pakistani, Afghan, Somali kanye neLibya, abesifazane nabesilisa ababulawa yilezi zindiza ezingaba yimpumelelo. Bobabili umongameli kanye nonobhala wakhe wezindaba bayasiqinisekisa ukuthi imicimbi yasePakistan ngoJanuwari odlule "yayihambisana ngokugcwele nezinkombandlela esenza ngaphansi kwazo imizamo yokulwa nobushokobezi," njengenjwayelo ngamanye amazwi. Kubukeka sengathi ngokubona kukamengameli kufa kubuhlungu uma kutholakala ngendlela exakile ukuthi kubulawa abantu basentshonalanga abangamaSulumane.

"NjengoMongameli kanye njengoMkhuzi-Mkhulu, ngizibophezela ngokugcwele kuyo yonke imisebenzi yethu yokulwa nobushokobezi, kuhlanganise naleyo eyathatha izimpilo zikaWarren noGiovanni ngokungazi," kusho uMongameli Obama. April 23. Kusukela ngesikhathi uMengameli u-Ronald Reagan ethatha isibopho esigcwele mayelana nesivumelwano sezikhali se-Iran ne-Contra kuze kube manje, kuyacaca ukuthi ukwamukelwa ngumongameli kusho ukuthi akekho ozoziphendulela futhi akukho okuzoshintsha. Isibopho uMongameli u-Obama awemukelayo kwababili kuphela kuzisulu zakhe sincane kakhulu ukuthi singacatshangelwa futhi, kanye nokuxolisa kwakhe okungaphelele, kuwukuthuka izinkumbulo zabo. Kulezi zinsuku zokweqa kukahulumeni kanye nobugwala obusemthethweni, kubalulekile ukuthi kube khona abathile abazibophezela ngokugcwele kubo bonke ababulawa futhi bathathe izinyathelo zokunqanda lezi zenzo zobudlova obungenandaba nobudlova.

Ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ngemva kwesimemezelo sikamongameli sokubulawa kuka-Weinstein kanye no-Lo Porto, ngo-April 28, ngaba nelungelo lokuba seCalifornia nomphakathi ozinikele wezishoshovu ngaphandle kweBeale Air Force Base, okuyikhaya lendiza egada i-Global Hawk. Abayishumi nesithupha bethu baboshwa bevimba umnyango wesisekelo, besho amagama ezingane eziye zabulawa ekuhlaselweni kwe-drone kodwa ngaphandle kokuxolisa kukamongameli noma, ngaleyo ndaba, noma yikuphi ukuvuma ukuthi bafa nhlobo. NgoMeyi 17, nganginelinye iqembu lezishoshovu ezimelene ne-drone e-Whiteman Air Force Base e-Missouri futhi ekuqaleni kuka-March, ogwadule lwase-Nevada olumelene nokubulawa kwabantu abangaphezu kwekhulu nge-drone base-Creech Air Force Base. Izakhamizi ezithintekayo zibhikisha ezisekelweni ze-drone e-Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, New York e-RAF Waddington e-United Kingdom, endlunkulu ye-CIA eLangley, eVirginia, e-White House nakwezinye izigcawu zalawa macala obugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini.

E-Yemen nasePakistan, futhi, abantu bakhuluma ngokumelene nokubulawa kwabantu okwenzeka emazweni abo futhi bazibeka engcupheni enkulu kubo. Abameli bakwa-Reprieve kanye ne-European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights bafake icala enkantolo yaseJalimane, bethi uhulumeni waseJalimane wephule umthethosisekelo wawo ngokuvumela i-US ukuthi isebenzise isiteshi se-satellite relay e-Ramstein Air Base eJalimane ngamacala okubulala ama-drone eJalimane. Yemen.

Mhlawumbe ngelinye ilanga uMengameli u-Obama uzobhekana nalezi zigameko zokubulala. Okwamanje, umthwalo wemfanelo yena kanye nokuphatha kwakhe shirk ungowethu sonke. Akakwazi ukucasha ngenkungu yempi futhi nathi ngeke azifihle.

UBrian Terrell ungumxhumanisi weVoices for Creative Nonviolence kanye nomxhumanisi womcimbi we-Nevada Desert Experience.brian@vcnv.org>