U-Kathy Kelly: Ividiyo enombhalo - February 20, 2018.
U-Kathy Kelly, ngo-Feb 15 2018, ukhuluma “Ngesikhungo Se-Stony Point” se-NY echaza umlando wokumelana ngokuthula kanye nenhlekelele eyakhiwe yi-US e-Yemen. Okwamanje akakalitholi ithuba lokubukeza okulotshiweyo okungamahle okunamathiselwe.
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Ngakho-ke, ngibonga kakhulu ku-Erin ngokusobala owayebuze umbuzo othi “Sizokwenzani ngeYemen?” futhi lokho bekuyingxenye yalokho okudale ukuhlangana kwethu lapha namuhla; kanye noSusan, ngiyabonga kakhulu ngokungimema ukuba ngize futhi ngizongilanda; kubantu baseStony Point Centre, kuyinhlanhla ukuba lapha nani futhi ngokuqinisekile, ngokufanayo kubo bonke abezile, nokuba nalaba ozakwethu.
Ngicabanga ukuthi ukuphuthuma kombuthano wethu kulobubusuku kukhonjiswe ngamazwi u-Muhammad bin Salman, inkosana yaseSaudi Arabia, akhulume enkulumweni eyenziwe kumabonakude e-Saudi Arabia ngoMeyi 2nd wezi-2017 lapho ethi impi ende "isendaweni yethu. intshisekelo” - mayelana nempi yaseYemen. Wathi, "Isikhathi sisohlangothini lwethu" mayelana nempi yaseYemen.
Futhi lokho ngibona kuphuthuma kakhulu ngoba kungenzeka ukuthi iNkosana yoMqhele, u-Muhammad bin Salman, okunguye wonke ama-akhawunti umgqugquzeli wokuzibandakanya komfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi ekwandiseni impi e-Yemen, uzoza e-United States - ngo. IBrithani bakwazile ukuhlehlisa ukufika kwakhe lapho: kwakukhona ukunyakaza okuqinile, okuholwa amaQuaker asemancane, empeleni, e-UK - futhi mhlawumbe uzofika e-United States futhi ngokuqinisekile, uma lolo hambo lwenzeka, eNew York, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokho kusinika ithuba lokuthi sithi kuye, futhi kubo bonke abantu abagxile kuye, ukuthi isikhathi asikho ngasohlangothini lwezakhamuzi ezihlupheka kakhulu; futhi isimo sabo sizochazwa ngokuqhubekayo phakathi naso sonke isikhathi sakusihlwa.
Ngicelwe ukuthi ngikhulume kancane ngempi, umlando wempi kanye nezimpi zama-proxy kanye nezimbangela. futhi, Futhi ngifuna ukusho ngokuzithoba okukhulu ku-[] ukuthi ngiyazi ukuthi noma iyiphi ingane, endaweni yemakethe yase-Yemeni, ethengisa amantongomane ekhoneni, iyohlala yazi okwengeziwe ngesiko nomlando waseYemen kunangaphambili. Okuthile engikufundile eminyakeni edlule ngeVoices for Creative Nonviolence ukuthi uma silinda size sibe ngabaphelele sizolinda isikhathi eside kakhulu; ngakho-ke ngizosebenza nje.
Ngicabanga ukuthi indawo eyodwa ongaqala ngayo nge-Arab Spring. Njengoba iqala ukuvela ngo-2011 e-Bahrain, e-Pearl Mosque, i-Arab Spring yayiwukubonakaliswa okunesibindi kakhulu. Ngokunjalo nase-Yemen, futhi ikakhulukazi ngifuna ukusho ukuthi abantu abasha e-Yemen babeka izimpilo zabo engozini ukuze baveze izikhalo. Manje, yiziphi lezo zikhalo ezagqugquzela abantu ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo zobuqhawe? Nokho, zonke ziyiqiniso namuhla futhi ziyizinto abantu abangakwazi ukuhambisana nazo: Ngaphansi kobushiqela beminyaka engama-33 ka-Ali Abdullah Saleh, izinsiza zaseYemen zazingasatshalaliswa futhi zabiwe nganoma yiluphi uhlobo lokulingana nabantu baseYemeni. ; kwakukhona i-elitism, i-cronyism uma uthanda; ngakho izinkinga okwakungamelwe zishaywe indiva zase ziqala ukushaqisa.
Enye inkinga kwaba ukwehliswa kwetafula lamanzi. Anikuphathi lokho, nabalimi benu abakwazi ukutshala izitshalo, nabelusi abakwazi ukwelusa imihlambi yabo, ngakho abantu base bephelelwa ithemba; futhi abantu ababephelelwe ithemba babeya emadolobheni futhi amadolobha ayesegcwele abantu, abantu abaningi kakhulu kunokuba babekwazi ukuhlalisa, mayelana nendle nokuthuthwa kwendle kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo nokufunda.
Futhi futhi, EYemen kwaba nokuncishiswa kwezibonelelo zikaphethiloli, futhi lokhu kwakusho ukuthi abantu babengakwazi ukuthutha impahla; ngakho-ke umnotho wawuntengantenga kulokho, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kwakuya ngokuya kukhuphuka, futhi abafundi basenyuvesi abasebasha babona, “Awukho umsebenzi wami lapho ngiphothula,” base behlangana ndawonye.
Kodwa le ntsha yayiphawuleka futhi ngoba yasibona isidingo sokwenza injongo efanayo, hhayi nje ezifundiswa kanye namaciko ayegxile, athi, Ta'iz, noma nezinhlangano ezinamandla kakhulu eSana'a, kodwa zafinyelela isandla. kubafuyi: amadoda, ngokwesibonelo, angazange aphume ezindlini zawo engasiphathanga isibhamu; futhi babancenga ukuba bashiye izibhamu ekhaya futhi baphume futhi bahlanganyele ekuboniseni okungenalo ubudlova ngisho nangemva kokuba abantu abangagqokile ophahleni bedubula endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi "i-Change Square" ababeyibeke eSana'a, futhi babulala abantu abangamashumi amahlanu.
Isiyalo esagcinwa yile ntsha sasiphawuleka: bahlela uhambo lwamakhilomitha angama-200 behamba behambisana nabalimi, kanye nabalimi, abantu abavamile, futhi basuka eTa'iz baya eSana'a. Abanye ozakwabo babefakwe emajele asabekayo, futhi bazila isikhathi eside ngaphandle kwejele.
Ngisho, Kucishe kube sengathi baneGene Sharp's, niyazi, ithebula lokuqukethwe, futhi bedlula ngezindlela ezingezona udlame abangazisebenzisa. Futhi futhi babezibonele ngezinkinga ezinkulu iYemen eyayibhekene nazo. Bekufanele banikezwe izwi: Bekufanele bafakwe kunoma yiziphi izingxoxo; abantu bekufanele babusise ubukhona babo.
Zabekwa eceleni, zanganakwa, kwase kuqubuka impi yombango futhi le ntsha eyayizama ukuzisebenzisa yaba yingozi kakhulu.
Futhi ngifuna ukuphawula ukuthi, ngalesi sikhathi eNingizimu Yemen, I-United Arab Emirates, eyingxenye yomfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi, iphethe amajele ayishumi nesishiyagalombili. Phakathi kwezindlela zokuhlukumeza, ezibhalwe yi-Amnesty International kanye neHuman Rights Watch, yileyo lapho isidumbu somuntu sithelwa ngamathe azungeza umlilo ovuthayo.
Ngakho lapho ngizibuza ukuthi “Pho, kwenzekani kuleyo ntsha?” Nokho, lapho ubhekene nokuhlukunyezwa okungenzeka, ukuboshwa kwamaqembu amaningi, lapho kuqubuka isiphithiphithi, lapho kuba yingozi kakhulu ukukhuluma, ngiyazi ukuthi ngenxa yokuphepha nokuvikeleka kwami kufanele ngiqaphe kakhulu ngokubuza ukuthi “kuphi lowo mnyakazo?"
Futhi uma ubuyela emlandweni ka-Ali Abdullah Saleh: Ngenxa yabanye osomaqhinga abanekhono kakhulu, nangenxa yoMkhandlu Wokubambisana waseGulf owawukhona - amazwe ahlukahlukene ayemele lo mkhandlu enhlonhlweni yaseSaudi, futhi ngenxa yokuthi abantu abaningi ababeyingxenye ye lezi zicukuthwane zazingafuni ukuphelelwa amandla, u-Saleh wayegobile. Usomaqhinga onekhono kakhulu - igama lakhe kwakungu-Al Ariani - wayengomunye wabantu abakwazile ukwenza abantu beze etafuleni lezingxoxo.
Kodwa laba bafundi, abamele i-Arab Spring, abantu abamele lezi zikhalo ezihlukahlukene, abazange bafakwe.
Futhi njengoba uSaleh ephuma ngomnyango ngemuva kobushiqela bakhe beminyaka engama-33 wathi, "Hhayi-ke, ngizoqoka ozongena esikhundleni sami:" futhi waqoka u-Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. UHadi manje usengumongameli owaziwa emhlabeni wonke waseYemen; kodwa akayena umongameli okhethiwe, akuzange kube khona ukhetho: waqokwa.
Ngesinye isikhathi ngemva kokuba uSaleh ehambile, kwahlaselwa igceke lakhe; abanye babaqaphi bakhe balimala futhi babulawa. Yena ngokwakhe walimala futhi kwamthatha izinyanga ukuthi alulame; futhi wanquma ukuthi “kunjalo.” Wanquma ukwenza isivumelwano nabantu ayekade ebashushisa futhi elwa nabo, ababephakathi kweqembu elibizwa ngokuthi amavukela-mbuso amaHouthi. Futhi sebehlome kahle, bangena eSana'a, bayithatha. Umongameli owaziwa umhlaba wonke, u-Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, wabaleka: usahlala e-Riadh, yingakho sikhuluma “ngempi yommeleli” manje.
Impi yombango yaqhubeka, kodwa ngoNdasa wezi-2015, iSaudi Arabia yanquma, “Hhayi-ke, sizongena kuleyo mpi futhi simelele ukubusa kukaHadi.” Futhi lapho bengena, bangena nenqolobane egcwele yezikhali, futhi ngaphansi kokuphatha kuka-Obama, zathengiswa (futhi i-Boeing, uRaytheon, lezi zinkampani ezinkulu zithanda ukudayisela amaSaudi izikhali ngoba zikhokha ukheshi emgqonyeni), badayiselwa imikhumbi yokulwa emine: “i-littoral” okusho ukuthi ingahamba ngasogwini logu. Futhi ukuvinjelwa kwaqala ukusebenza okwaba nomthelela omkhulu endlaleni, ekungakwazini ukusabalalisa izimpahla ezazidingeka kakhulu.
Bathengiswa i-Patriot missile system; badayiswa imicibisholo eqondiswa nge-laser, futhi-ke, okubaluleke kakhulu, i-United States yathi "Yebo, lapho izindiza zakho zikhuphuka zizokwenza ukuqhuma kwamabhomu" - lokho kuzochazwa ozakwethu lapha - "sizowafaka amafutha. Bangakwazi ukuwela, baqhumise i-Yemen, babuyele esikhaleni sezindiza sase-Saudi, amajethi ase-US azokhuphuka, awafake uphethiloli emoyeni” - singakhuluma kabanzi ngalokho - "bese ungabuyela emuva uqhume okunye." U-Iona Craig, intatheli ehlonishwa kakhulu evela e-Yemen uthe uma ukufakwa kwe-refueling okuphakathi emoyeni kuyeka, impi izophela kusasa.
Ngakho i-Obama Administration yasekela kakhulu; kodwa ngesinye isikhathi abantu abangu-149 babehlangene ngomngcwabo; kwakungumngcwabo wombusi owaziwa kakhulu eYemen futhi kwenziwa ukucofa kabili; abakwaSaudi baqale baqhumisa umngcwabo ngebhomu kwathi lapho abantu befika bezokwenza umsebenzi wokuhlenga, bezokwenza usizo, ibhomu lesibili. Futhi abaphathi baka-Obama bathi, "Yilokho-ke - ngeke siqinisekise ukuthi awenzi amacala empi uma ufinyelela lezi zinhloso" - ngaleso sikhathi base bevele beqhumise ngamabhomu izibhedlela ezine ze-Doctors Without Borders. Khumbula ukuthi i-United States yayiqhume ibhomu esibhedlela i-Doctors Without Borders October 2nd, 2015. Okthoba 27th, amaSaudis akwenzile.
U-Ban-Ki-Moon uzame ukusho ku-Saudi Brigadier-General Asseri ukuthi awukwazi ukuhamba ubhomu ezibhedlela, futhi uGenerali wathi "Hhayi-ke, sizocela ozakwethu baseMelika ukuze uthole iseluleko esingcono mayelana nokukhomba."
Ngakho-ke cabanga ngokukhanya okuluhlaza okwenziwa yi-Guantanamo lapho i-United Arab Emirates inenethiwekhi yamajele ayishumi nesishiyagalombili ayimfihlo. Cabanga ngokukhanyiswa okuluhlaza okudalwa ukuqhunyiswa kwethu kwamabhomu kwesibhedlela i-Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), bese kuba abakwaSaudi bakwenza. Sidlale indima enkulu, thina njengabantu base-United States ukubusa kwabo kubambe iqhaza kancane empini yombango kanye nempi yobumbano eholwa yiSaudi.
Lokho singakubiza ngempi yama-proxy ngenxa yokubandakanyeka kwamazwe ayisishiyagalolunye ahlukene, okuhlanganisa neSudan. Ngabe iSudan ibandakanyeka kanjani? Amasosha. Amasosha asatshwayo eJanjaweed aqashwa amaSaudis ukulwa ogwini. Ngakho lapho iNkosana yoMqhele ithi “Isikhathi sikithi,” iyazi ukuthi lawo masosha athatha idolobhana ngemva kwedolobhana elincane, asondela eduze kwetheku elibalulekile laseHodeida. Uyazi ukuthi banenqwaba yezikhali nokunye okuzayo, ngoba uMongameli wethu uTrump, ngenkathi edlula ukuyodansa namakhosana, wathembisa ukuthi isikhafu sibuyile nokuthi i-United States izophinda izithengise izikhali.
Ngifuna ukuvala ngokubalula ukuthi ngenkathi, esikhathini esingaphezudlwana konyaka odlule, uMongameli uTrump ethula inkulumo kuzo zombili izindlu zeCongress, wakhala ngokufa kweNavy Seal, futhi umfelokazi weNavy Seal wayesezilalelini - wayezama azibambele mathupha, wakhala kabuhlungu, wamemeza phezu kwehlombe elaqhubeka imizuzu emine njengoba wonke amaSenetha nawo wonke amakhongolose ehlabelela lo wesifazane, kwakuyisenzakalo esingavamile; futhi uMongameli Trump wayememeza “Uyazi ukuthi akasoze akhohlwa; Uyazi ukuthi uphezulu lapho ekubukela phansi.”
Nokho, ngaqala ukuzibuza, “Awu, ubulawelwephi?” Futhi akekho owake washo, phakathi naso sonke isethulo sangalobo busuku, ukuthi Isikhulu Esincane Esincane “Ryan” Owens sabulawa eYemen, futhi ngalobo busuku, edolobhaneni, idolobhana elikude lezolimo lase-Al-Ghayil, Navy Seals owayebambe iqhaza. ukuhlinzwa kwavele kwaqaphela ukuthi “siphakathi nokuhlinzwa okuyiphutha.” Abantu bezizwe ezingomakhelwane bafika nezibhamu bakhubaza indiza enophephela emhlane okwakufike kuyo iNavy Seal, kwaqubuka impi yezibhamu; amaNavy Seal abiza ukwesekwa emoyeni, futhi ngalobo busuku, omama abayisithupha babulawa; futhi izingane eziyishumi ezineminyaka engaphansi kweshumi nantathu zaziphakathi kwabangu-26 ababulawa.
Umama osemncane oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala - igama lakhe kwakunguFatim - wayengazi ukuthi enzeni ngesikhathi umcibisholo udabula indlu yakhe; ngakho wabamba usana olulodwa engalweni yakhe wabamba isandla sendodana yakhe eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala waqala ukwelusa abantwana abayishumi nambili kuleyondlu, eyayisanda kudwengulwa, ngaphandle; ngoba wayecabanga ukuthi kwakuyinto okumele ayenze. Bese kuthi-ke ubani owaziyo, mhlawumbe, niyazi, izinzwa zokushisa zathatha ubukhona bakhe ephuma endlini. Ubulawe yinhlamvu ngemuva kwekhanda lakhe: indodana yakhe ichaze kahle ukuthi kwenzekeni.
Ngoba, ngiyacabanga, ngokwekhethelo laseMelika, sazi ngomuntu oyedwa kuphela lokho - futhi asazi nokuthi wabulawaphi, ngalobobusuku.
Futhi ngakho-ke ukunqoba lokho okuhlukile - ukufinyelela isandla sobungani - ukusho ukuthi asikholelwa ukuthi isikhathi sisohlangothini lwanoma iyiphi ingane esengozini yendlala nezifo, nemindeni yabo, efuna ukuphila;
Isikhathi asikho ngasohlangothini lwabo.
Ngiyabonga.
