Njengobulungiswa nokunemba ekubikeni uveza, kuze kube yilapho kuvela ividiyo yephoyisa laseNingizimu Carolina uMichael Slager ebulala uWalter Scott, abezindaba babebika iphakethe lamanga akhiqizwa amaphoyisa: impi engakaze yenzeke, ofakazi ababengekho, isisulu sithatha i-taser yephoyisa, njll. Amanga agoqe ngoba ividiyo ivele.
Ngizithola ngibuza ukuthi kungani amavidiyo emicibisholo eqhumisa izingane zibe izingcezu ezincane nezicucu engakwazi ukuhlakaza izindaba ezikhishwe yiPentagon. Ngeziqu ezimbalwa, ngicabanga ukuthi ingxenye yempendulo ukuthi awekho amavidiyo anele. Umzabalazo welungelo lokuthwebula amaphoyisa ngevidiyo ekhaya e-United States kufanele uhambisane nomkhankaso wokuhlinzeka ngamakhamera evidiyo kubantu abaqondiswe ezimpini. Yebo umshikashika wokuqopha nge-video abantu abafa ngaphansi komkhankaso wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu okungenani uyinselelo enkulu njengokuthwebula iphoyisa elibulalayo ngevidiyo, kodwa amakhamera anele angakhipha izithombe ezithile.
Kukhona nezinye izingxenye zempendulo, kunjalo. Enye inkimbinkimbi, ibhebhezelwa ukufihlwa ngamabomu. Ukuchaza impi ekhona eYemen, i Washington Post ithola umuntu ozocaphuna yona ethi, "akekho ongakwazi ukuthola ukuthi ubani oqale le mpi noma ukuyiqeda kanjani."
Ngempela? Akekho? Umashiqela wesibili obehlome e-US eminyakeni embalwa edlule uketulwa amasosha anikwe amandla aphikisa umbuso wobushiqela obuhlomile base-US. Lokhu kulandela indoda yaseYemeni utshele I-US Congress ebusweni bayo ukuthi iziteleka ze-drone zase-US zinika amandla amaphekula. Umbuso wobushiqela obungomakhelwane obuhlome ngezikhali base-US obukhudlwana e-Saudi Arabia uqala ukuqhumisa amabhomu futhi usabisa ngokuthatha izintambo, njengakubushiqela obuseduze obuhlomile base-US e-Bahrain. Izikhali zaseSaudi US zicekela phansi izinqwaba zezikhali zase-Yemeni zase-US, futhi akekho ongakwazi ukuthola lutho?
Nazi ezinye izingane zase-US ebezicashe kuma-nukes aseSoviet eminyakeni eminingi edlule, kanye nengane yase-Yemeni ecashe ezitelekeni zase-US muva nje (umthombo). Kanjani lokho kukodwa kungathwesi muntu icala?
Nazi izithombe nezindaba wezingane ezingenacala ezibulawe ngama-drones ase-US eYemen. Kanjani lokho akuthwesi muntu icala?
Ngaphandle kobunzima kanye ne-obfuscation kanye nokuthethelelwa kwemibono ezenziwayo kanye nezincazelo ezigqamisile njengokuthi "umonakalo owenzelwa isibambiso," kunenkinga yokwenza abantu baseMelika banikeze isihawu ngabantu abakude. Kepha uhulumeni wase-US uthuswa wumqondo wokukhulula izithombe namavidiyo amaningi okuhlukunyezwa e-Abu Ghraib. Kubonakala sengathi udlame oluqondile, lomuntu siqu, ngisho nobude bufushane bokubulala, bubonakala bucasula kakhulu kunokubulala ngobuningi ngokuhlaselwa emoyeni.
Ngicabanga ukuthi lobu buthakathaka bokuthi imibhalo ebonakalayo yokubulala empini ibonwa kanjani inganqotshwa, nokuthi empeleni ivolumu enkulu yamavidiyo nezithombe ezitholwe ngokushesha ingaba nomthelela wekhwalithi. Iningi labantu baseMelika licabanga ngevidiyo efana isibambiso sokubulala kube okuhlukile. Iningi alinalwazi nhlobo ukuthi izimpi zase-US ziwuhlangothi olulodwa olubulala ikakhulukazi izakhamizi futhi ngokweqile abantu abahlala lapho kuliwa khona izimpi. I-video eyodwa yomndeni uhlakazwa ibhomu ingase ichithwe njengengozi. Amashumi ezinkulungwane zamavidiyo anjalo awakwazanga.
Vele, ngokunengqondo, amavidiyo we-selfie ayisisulu sempi akufanele adingeke. Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi izimpi zaseMelika e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan nasePakistan naseYemen naseLibya zibhebhethekise udlame olukhulu futhi zehluleka ngokuphelele ukuwisa obhasikidi abancane benkululeko nentando yeningi kubantu abashiswa bafa. Akufanele kube imfihlo ukuthi amaphesenti angama-80 kuye kwangama-90 ezikhali endaweni okuthiwa inodlame lwaseMpumalanga Ephakathi zenziwe e-US. I-White House ayikuphiki ukuthi ikhulise kakhulu ukuthengiswa kwezikhali kuleso sifunda phakathi kwezinye. Ngaphandle kwecebo lempumelelo kanye nokuvuma ngokusobala ukuthi "asikho isisombululo sezempi" iphuthumisa izikhali eziningi empini ngemva kwempi ngaphandle kokuphela.
Kodwa amazwi abonakala engawenzi umsebenzi. Ukuchaza ukuthi amaphoyisa ayazihlangula ecaleni lokubulala akuvezi macala. Ividiyo igcine ivulele iphoyisa icala. Manje sidinga ividiyo engabeka icala iphoyisa lomhlaba.
