Usuku Engaphenduka Ngilwa Nalo

Iningi lethu ebelisaphila ngaleso sikhathi liyakhumbula ukuthi besikuphi ekuseni ngo-9/11. Njengoba sigubha iminyaka engu-18 yempi yase-Iraq kulo Mashi, ngiyazibuza ukuthi bangaki futhi abakhumbulayo ukuthi besikuphi ngalolo suku.

Ngo-9/11, ngangifunda ibanga lesishiyagalombili esikoleni samaKatolika. Angisoze ngamkhohlwa uthisha wami, uNkk. Anderson, esho kalula nje: “Kunokuthile engizokutshela khona.” Wachaza ukuthi kunento embi eyenzekile futhi wafaka iTV ngamasondo egumbini ukuze sizibonele.

Ngaleyontambama, sathunyelwa enkonzweni yomkhuleko esontweni elingumakhelwane sabe sesithunyelwa emakhaya kusenesikhathi, sonke sishaqeka kakhulu ukuthi sifunde noma sifunde noma yini.

Ngemuva konyaka nohhafu, lapho ngisengumfundi omusha esikoleni samabanga aphezulu samaKatolika, ama-TV aphuma futhi.

Emifanekisweni egqamile, yokubuka ebusuku, kwaqhuma amabhomu eBaghdad. Ngalesi sikhathi, bekungekho ukuthula noma izinkonzo zomkhuleko. Esikhundleni salokho, abanye abantu empeleni bajabule. Lapho-ke insimbi yakhala, amakilasi ashintsha, nabantu baqhubeka nje.

Ngadlulela ekilasini lami elilandelayo, ngagula futhi ngididekile.

Sasiyintsha nje futhi lapha sasiphinde sabuka, ukuqhuma kuqhuma abantu ku-TV. Kepha kulokhu, abantu bebejabula? Ukuqhubeka nezimpilo zabo njengokujwayelekile? Ingqondo yami yobusha ayikwazanga ukuyicubungula.

Lapho ngineminyaka engu-15, ngangingeyena neze kwezepolitiki. Ukube bengibhekeke kakhudlwana, ngingahle ngibone ukuthi bonke engifunda nabo babekade belungiselelwe ukuthi baphendule ngale ndlela.

Noma sekuhlanganiswe unyaka wonke empini e-Afghanistan, ukulwa nempi kwakubonakala kungahambisani nalezo zinsuku ezishaqiswe igobolondo ngemuva kuka-9/11 - noma kungekho ukuxhumana okukude phakathi kwe-Iraq ne-9/11.

Kube nokugqugquzela okukhulu okuthandwayo ukulwa neMpi yase-Iraq. Kepha osopolitiki abakhulu - uJohn McCain, uJohn Kerry, uHillary Clinton, uJoe Biden - bangena ebhodini, imvamisa ngomdlandla. Khonamanjalo, njengoba udlame lwalungena ngaphakathi, ubugebengu benzondo obubhekiswe kunoma ngubani othathwe ama-Arab noma amaSulumane babukhula.

Umkhankaso "wokushaqeka nokwesaba" wase-US owavula iMpi yase-Iraq wabulala cishe izakhamizi ezingama-7,200 - ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwenombolo yabantu abashona ngomhlaka 9/11. Lesi sakamuva saziwa kabanzi njengokuhlukumezeka kwenzalo. Owokuqala kwakuwumbhalo waphansi.

Eminyakeni eyalandela, ngaphezulu kwesigidi Ama-Iraq azofa. Kepha isiko lethu lezepolitiki lalibabeke phansi ubuntu laba bantu kangangokuba ukufa kwabo kwakubonakala kungenandaba - yingakho nje kwenzeka.

Ngenhlanhla, ezinye izinto zishintshile kusukela lapho.

Izimpi zethu zangemva kuka-9/11 manje sezibhekwa kabanzi njengamaphutha abizayo. Ukweqa ngokweqile, ubukhulu bezinhlangothi ezimbili AbaseMelika manje basekela ukuqeda izimpi zethu, beletha amasosha ekhaya, futhi baphonsa imali encane emasosheni - noma ngabe osopolitiki bethu abathobelanga neze.

Kepha ingozi yokwehliswa kwesithunzi isekhona. Abantu baseMelika kungenzeka bakhathele izimpi zethu eMiddle East, kepha ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi manje baveza ubutha obukhulayo eChina. Ngokukhathazayo, ubugebengu benzondo obenziwa kwabase-Asia baseMelika - njengokubulawa kwabantu abaningi e-Atlanta - kukhuphukela phezulu.

URussell Jeung, ohola iqembu labameli elizinikele ekulweni ne-anti-Asia, utshele the Washington Post, "Impi ebandayo yase-US-China - ikakhulukazi isu leRiphabhulikhi lokususa eChina amandla nokuhlasela i-coronavirus - lagqugquzela ukucwasa nokuzonda abantu base-Asia baseMelika."

I-Scapegoating China ngezinqubomgomo zethu ezehlulekile zezempilo yomphakathi ingahlala kakhulu ngakwesokudla, kepha inkulumo ebandayo yeCold War iyi-bipartisan. Ngisho nosopolitiki abagxeka ubandlululo olulwa ne-Asia baye bamisa imizwa ephikisana namaShayina ngokuhweba, ukungcola, noma amalungelo abantu - izingqinamba zangempela, kepha akukho kuzoxazululwa ngokubulalana.

Sibonile lapho ukwehliswa kwesithunzi kwabantu kuholela khona: ebudloveni, empini, nokuzisola.

Angisoze ngabakhohlwa engifunda nabo - okunye okujwayelekile, okusho izingane - bathokozela lokho kuqhuma. Ngakho-ke khuluma manje, ngaphambi kokuba kwephuze kakhulu. Izingane zakho nazo ziyalalela.