NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Ngo-Ephreli 23, i-2020
Mnu. Katstra othandekayo,
Okokuqala, ngiyabonga ngomsebenzi wakho omuhle eqenjini elikhulu kunawo wonke engicabanga ukuthi sonke siphephile uma sicabanga ukuthi ngabe saphinda isicoco sangonyaka odlule kulo nyaka ukube isizini ayizange ivalwe. Mhlawumbe ngichemile. Iphuzu ukuthi ngingumlandeli kanye nomfundi owafunda owathola i-athikili enesihloko esiphazamisa kakhulu "U-Austin Katstra waseVirginia ubeka isisekelo somsebenzi wokulwa nobushokobezi."
Leso sihloko sabika: “Intshisekelo ka-Austin Katstra yokulwa nobushokobezi yaqala ngoMeyi 2, 2011. Yilolo suku amasosha ase-US abulala ngalo u-Osama Bin Laden. U-Katstra wayengazi okuningi mayelana namaphekula eminyakeni engaba yishumi edlule, ngakho-ke lo mfundi owayesesikoleni ngaleso sikhathi wenza ucwaningo ngoBin Laden futhi waqala ukufunda ngokuthi i-US yasabela kanjani ezenzweni zikaBin Laden zobuphekula. Njengoba owayesolwandle njengoyisemkhulu, uKatstra wayesenentshisekelo yokusiza izwe lakubo, kodwa isithakazelo sakhula lapho efunda kabanzi mayelana nokulwa nobuphekula.”
Ngivame ukukhuluma namakilasi asekolishi nasesikoleni esiphakeme mayelana nempi nokuthula futhi ngithole ukuthi abafundi abaningi abawazi amaqiniso ayisisekelo. Ngiphinde ngikhulume nomakadebona kanye namalungu asebenzayo ebutho laseMelika (kanye ne-CIA nezinye izinhlaka) futhi bangitshela ukuthi ukube bebazi amaqiniso athile ayisisekelo bebengeke bawajoyine. Yiqiniso, ungase unolwazi olungcono kakhulu kunanoma iyiphi yazo. I-UVa iyisikole esihle, phela. Kodwa, ngenxa yokuthi kubaluleke kakhulu, futhi angiqondile ukukucasula, ngicela ukukubuza kafushane nje imibuzo embalwa ongakwazi ukuyiyeqa uma kuyizindaba ezindala kuwe?
Ngabe uyazi ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US ngokuphindaphindiwe ayamukelwanga okunikezwayo ukunikeza uBin Laden esizweni sesithathu ukuze aquliswe icala, ekhetha impi ezoqhubeka iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-19 kuze kube manje?
Ngabe usuxhumene ne ukuqonda ukuthi "ukube i-CIA ibingachithi imali engaphezu kwesigidi samarandi ukuhlasela amasosha amaSulumane e-Afghanistan ngokumelene neSoviet Union ngesikhathi iMpi Yomshoshaphansi inika amandla onkulunkulu abangoJihadist abanjengo-Ayman al-Zawahiri no-Osama bin Laden kwinqubo, ukuhlaselwa kwe-9/11 ngabe cishe akwenzekanga ”?
Ngabe ujwayelene ne-US izinhlelo ngempi e-Afghanistan eyabhalwa ngo-Septhemba 11, 2001?
Ngabe ukubonile okuqagelayo ukuxolisa ukuthi uBin Laden wanikela ngamacala akhe okubulala? Bobabili bafaka ukuziphindisela kwamanye amacala enziwa ngamasosha ase-US.
Ngabe uyazi ukuthi impi yicala elingaphansi, kweminye imithetho, I-United Nations Charter?
Uyazi ukuthi al Qaeda okuhleliwe September 11th emazweni amaningi naseMelika ithi, ngokungafani ne-Afghanistan, i-United States yakhetha ukungabhomu?
Ngabe ujwayelene ne-gross ukuhluleka ye-CIA ne-FBI eholela ku-9/11, kodwa futhi ne izexwayiso abanikeze i-White House ezingalalelwanga?
Ngabe uyabuqaphela ubufakazi bendima edlalwe ngu I-Saudi Arabia, vala umfelandawonye wase-US, umthengisi wamafutha, ikhasimende lezikhali, nozakwethu empini yase-Yemen?
Ubuwazi ukuthi uNdunankulu waseBrithani uTony Blair kuvunyelwene empini yesikhathi esizayo ye-Iraq inqobo nje lapho i-Afghanistan ihlaselwa kuqala?
Ubuwazi ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US uthembele osizweni oluvela eCharlottesville ukuthi aqale impi e-Iraq? Iqiniso. Lapho ochwepheshe boMnyango Wezamandla benqaba ukusho ukuthi amashubhu e-aluminium e-Iraq ayezezakhiwo zenuzi, ngoba babazi ukuthi ayengeke abe njalo futhi cishe ayengamarokhethi, nalapho abantu boMnyango Wezwe nabo benqaba ukufinyelela “okulungile” isiphetho, abafana abambalwa e-National Ground Intelligence Centre bajabulele ukukubopha. Amagama abo kwakunguGeorge Norris kanye noRobert Campus, futhi bathola “imiklomelo yokusebenza” (imali) ngale nkonzo. UNobhala Wezwe u-Colin Powell usebenzise izimangalo zikaNorris kanye ne-Campus enkulumweni yakhe ye-UN naphezu kokuxwayisa abasebenzi bakhe ukuthi azilona iqiniso.
Uyazi ukuthi iTaliban yayisuse ngokuphelele i-opium ngaphambi kwempi, kodwa ukuthi le mpi yenza enye yezindlela ezimbili zokuxhasa ngezimali zikaTaliban, enye kwaba, ngophenyo olwenziwe yi-US Congress, US military?
Uyazi ukuthi impi yase-Afghanistan inayo wabulawa inani elikhulu labantu, lacekela phansi imvelo, futhi lashiya umphakathi usengozini kakhulu kuma-coronavirus?
Ngabe uyazi ukuthi iNkantolo yezobugebengu yamazwe omhlaba uphenyo ubufakazi obuqand 'ikhanda bezenzo ezihlasimulisayo ngazo zonke izinhlangothi ngesikhathi sempi e-Afghanistan?
Uwubonile umkhuba wezikhulu zamasosha aseMelika ezisanda kuthatha umhlalaphansi zivuma ukuthi okuningi abakwenzile kungakhiqizi? Nazi izibonelo ezimbalwa uma kungenzeka uphuthelwe yisiphi sazo:
-US Lt. General Michael Flynn, ohoxe esikhundleni sokuba yinhloko ye-Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) ngo-Agasti 2014: "Uma sisebenzisa izikhali eziningi, siwafaka kakhulu amabhomu, kuthi nje ... kubhebhezela ukungqubuzana."
-Owayengumphathi we-CIA uBin Laden uMichael Scheuer, owathi lapho i-United States ilwa nobuphekula kudala ngokwengeziwe ubuphekula.
-I-CIA, othola uhlelo lwayo lwe-drone "luyasebenza."
-U-Admiral Dennis Blair, owayengumqondisi we-National IntelligenceWabhala: "Ngenkathi" ukuhlaselwa nge-drone kwasiza ekwehliseni ubuholi beQaeda ePakistan, babhala nokuzonda iMelika. "
-Gen. James E. Cartwright, owake waba ngusihlalo weJoint Chiefs of Staff: "Siyayibona le nto. Uma uzama ukubulala isixazululo, noma ngabe unembe kangakanani, uzodumaza abantu noma ngabe bangahlosiwe. ”
-USherard Cowper-Coles, owayengummeli okhethekile wase-UK e-Afghanistan: "Kuwo wonke amaqhawe uPastun ofile, kuzobalelwa kwabangu-10 ukuziphindisela."
-UMathewu Hoh, Owayengumphathi Wezasolwandle (e-Iraq), Owayengumphathi Wamanxusa Ase-US (e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan): “Ngikholwa ukuthi [ukukhushulwa kwempi / ezempi] kuzobhebhezela ukuvukela umbuso. Kuzoqinisa izimangalo zezitha zethu ukuthi singamandla okuhlala, ngoba singamandla okuthatha. Futhi lokho kuzobhebhezela umbuso. Futhi lokho kuzodala ukuthi abantu abaningi balwe nathi noma labo abalwa nathi vele baqhubeke nokulwa nathi. ” - Ukuxoxisana ne-PBS ngo-Okthoba 29, 2009
(UMat ungumngane futhi ngiyazi ukuthi angakujabulela ukukhuluma nawe.)
-Jikelele uStanley McChrystal: "Kuwo wonke umuntu ongenacala owabulala, udala izitha ezintsha eziyi-10. "
- ULt.Col John W. Nicholson Jr.: Le nduna yempi yase-Afghanistan yaveza ukungahambisani nayo nalokho ekade ikwenza ngosuku lwayo lokugcina lokukwenza.
Ubuwazi ukuthi ubuphekula bubikezela yanda kusukela ngo-2001 kuya ku-2014, ngokuyinhloko njengomphumela obikezelwayo wempi yobuphekula? Yebo umbuzo oyisisekelo okufanele imfundo enhle ilethe umuntu ukuba awubuze nganoma yimuphi umkhakha yilo: “Ingabe iyasebenza?” Ngicabanga ukuthi uke wabuza lokho mayelana “ne-counter-terrorism.” Ngicabanga futhi ukuthi uke wabheka ukuthi imiphi umehluko, uma ukhona, ohlukanisa ngempela ukuhlasela kwamaphekula nokuhlasela kwamaphekula.
Uyakwazi lokho 95% kuko konke ukuhlasela kwamaphekula okuzibulala kungamacala angenasisekelo enzelwa ukukhuthaza abahlali bangaphandle ukuthi baphume ezweni lasekhaya lamaphekula?
Ubuwazi ukuthi ngoMashi 11, 2004, amabhomu e-Al Qaeda abulala abantu abayi-191 eMadrid, eSpain, ngaphambi kokhetho lapho iqembu elilodwa lalikhankasela ukubamba iqhaza kweSpain empini eyayikhokhelwa e-Iraq e-Iraq. Abantu baseSpain uvotelwe amaSocialists angenisa amandla, futhi asusa wonke amabutho aseSpain e-Iraq ngoMeyi. Kwakungekho amanye amabhomu eSpain. Lo mlando ume ngokuhlukahluka kakhulu kweBrithani, i-United States, namanye amazwe asabele ekubuyiseni impi ngempi ethe xaxa, ngokuvamisile okuholela kakhulu ekubuyiseni.
Uyakwazi yini ukuhlupheka nokufa okwakusetshenziswa yi-polio futhi kubangela, nokuthi bangaki abasebenze kanzima iminyaka eminingi basondele kakhulu ukuze bakuqede, nokuthi yeka ukubuyiselwa emuva kwemizamo enkulu kangakanani le mizamo ngenkathi kunikezwa iCIA sengathi ukugoma abantu ePakistan ngenkathi empeleni bezama ukuthola uBin Laden?
Ubuwazi ukuthi akukho emthethweni ePakistan noma kwenye indawo ukuthumba noma ukubulala?
Wake wahlaba ikhefu futhi ulalele ababhulayo ngokuzisola kwabo? Abantu bathanda UJeffrey Sterling babe nabanye ukuvula iso izindaba eziya ukutshela. Kunjalo Cian Westmoreland. Kunjalo Lisa Ling. Kanjalo nabanye abaningi. Ngibuze, uma ungathanda ukuthintana nanoma iyiphi yazo.
Ubuwazi ukuthi okuningi esicabanga ngakho nge-drones inganekwane?
Ngabe uyayazi indima ebaluleke kakhulu edlalwa yi-US ekulweni nezikhali impi, ukuthi inecala kwabanye 80% kwezokuphatha izingalo zamazwe omhlaba, 90% zezisekelo zamasosha angaphandle, 50% yokusebenzisa imali yezempi, noma ukuthi izingalo zamasosha ase-US, izitimela, nokuxhasa ngemali amasosha ezempi 96% kohulumeni abacindezela kakhulu emhlabeni?
Ingabe bewazi lokho 3% yezimali zase-US ezempi zingaqeda indlala emhlabeni? Uyakholelwa ngempela, uma umisa ukukubheka, ukuthi izinto eziza kuqala kuhulumeni wase-US zisebenzela ukulwa nobushokobezi, kunokuba ziwushise?
Sinezinkinga zangempela esibhekene nazo ezinzima kakhulu kunobuphekula, Mnu. Katstra, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ucabanga ukuthi ubuphekula buvelaphi. Usongo lwe-apocalypse yenuzi ephakeme kunangaphambili. Usongo lokuwohloka kwesimo sezulu okungalungiseki luphakeme kunangaphambili futhi ngobukhulu neqhaza ku- ngempi. Amakhulu ezigidigidi zamadola aphonswa empini adingeka kakhulu ukuzivikela kwangempela ukulwa nalezi zingozi kufaka phakathi izinhlekelele ezinjenge-spin-off ezinjenge-coronavirus.
Ngicabanga ukuthi inkulumo kaNdunankulu waseNorway kuleli sonto iveze ukuthi yini engalungile ngokucabanga kwamanje. Yena wathi ukuthi njengoba i-coronavirus yafika ngokuzumayo, imali eyengeziwe kufanele ilahlwe emalungiselelweni empi. Lokhu kugeja kokubili iqiniso lokuthi ohulumeni Wayazi mayelana ne-coronavirus emuva ngoNovemba kanye neqiniso lokuthi besingazilungiselela kangcono kakhulu izinkinga zezempilo ukube izinsiza zethu bezingakasetshenziswa kakhulu kwezempi.
trump obala uthi ufuna amabutho eSyria kawoyela, Bolton isho obala ukuthi ifuna izinguquko eVenezuela kawoyela, Pompeo ngokusobala uthi ufuna ukunqoba i-arctic kawoyela (okungancibilikisa ngayo i-arctic eningi ibe yisimo esinganqotshwa). Lomsangano uhlangene ngani nokulwa nobuphekula? UNoam Chomsky, uPat Tillman ayemlalele ngaphambi kokuba abulawe, ubehlale eveza indlela emfushane yokunciphisa ubuphekula: “Yeka ukuzibandakanya kukho.”
Sisemzuzwini njengamanje, Mnu. Katstra, wokuqonda nokuguqula izinto ezibalulekile. Uwoyela manje awuselutho kodwa izimpi zikawoyela kuthiwa “zibalulekile.” Lesi yisikhathi sokubona ukuthi yini edingekayo nokuthi yiziphi izinkonzo eziyisevisi ngempela. I-UVa ifake amabhanela ebonga abasebenzi bezempilo ngomsebenzi wabo wobuqhawe. Kunamakhulu ezinhlobo zenkonzo yobuqhawe eqhubekayo njengamanje. Ayikho kuzo ehlangene nokwenza uhulumeni abe yimfihlo kubantu. Ayikho kuzo ehlangene nokuhlola abantu. Akekho kubo okufanele akwenze ukuqamba amanga, ukukopela, nokweba. Ayikho kuzo ehlobene nokuqhumisa abantu ngemicibisholo evela ezindizeni zamarobhothi.
"Umphakathi wezobunhloli" awunjalo. Umphakathi, njengobuhlakani, utholakala kwenye indawo ngokuphelele. Ngethemba ukuthi uzoyithola. Ngithemba ukuthi uthola indlela yokusiza hhayi nje izwe kodwa umhlaba oyosinda noma cha uwonke. Ngazise uma ngingasiza.
Kuhle kwenhlanhla,
UDavid Swanson
