Ngesikhathi kuqhuma ibhomu le-Shock and Awe e-Iraq ngo-2003, kwathi ngemuva kwalokho, abakhankasi bokulwa nempi neVoices for Creative Nonviolence babekhuthaza abantu ezweni lonke ukuthi baye phambi kwezibhedlela ngezimpawu nezibhengezo ezithi, “Ukuqhumisa lesi siza kungaba ubugebengu bempi. !"
Cishe I-2 am ngomgqibelo ekuseni, ngo-Okthoba 3, 2015, amasosha ase-US/NATO enze ukuhlasela kwezindiza okwashayisa isibhedlela i-Doctors Without Borders eKunduz, e-Afghanistan. Abasebenzi bezokwelapha ngokushesha bashayele ikomkhulu le-NATO bebika ngesiteleka esikhungweni sayo, nokho iziteleka zaqhubeka cishe ihora. Okungenani abasebenzi bezempilo abayisishiyagalolunye bashonile kanye neziguli eziyisikhombisa okuhlanganisa nezingane ezintathu. Okungenani abanye abantu abangu-35 balimala.
Amasosha aseTaliban awanawo amandla omoya, futhi imikhumbi ye-Afghan Air Force ingaphansi kwe-US, ngakho-ke kusobala ukuthi i-US yenze ubugebengu bempi. Lokhu kwenzeka ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokugubha iminyaka engu-14 i-US ihlasela i-Afghanistan ngo-Okthoba 7, 2001, okwakuyiyona "ubugebengu obukhulu bempi" bokuhlukumeza isizwe esasingafaki usongo lwezempi oluseduze. I-US isalokhu inecala kuzo zonke izinxushunxushu ezilandele ukuhlasela kwayo. Manje, cishe iminyaka eyi-6 ngemuva “kokuhlinzwa” kuka-Obama ngo-2009, kusasele amasosha acishe abe ngu-10,000 ase-US e-Afghanistan, nePentagon ikhuluma ngesidingo sokugcina lawo masosha lapho.
Sifuna ukuqinisekisa ilungelo lama-Afghan lokunakekelwa kwezempilo nokuphepha, futhi sifuna ukuthi ulaka luphele. Abantu base-Afghan kuphela abanganjiniyela umphakathi wabo ukuze uvumelane nezifiso zabo. Uma i-US inanoma iyiphi indima okufanele iyidlale, kuwukuhlinzeka kuphela ngezimali zokwakha kabusha amaphrojekthi aholwa yi-Afghan angathuthukisa izikhungo zomphakathi.
I-VCNV ihlanganisa izishoshovu ukuthi zihlangane phambi kwezibhedlela ezizungeze i-US nangale kwayo, ngaphansi komlayezo othi, “Ukuwisa Amabhomu Lapha Kungaba Ubugebengu Bempi!” futhi "Kunjalo nase-Afghanistan." Sizobe sibhikisha eChicago kuqhubeke NgoLwesibili, ngo-Okthoba 6, ku I-3 PM phambi kwesibhedlela iStroger (e-Ogden naseDamen). Sijoyinwa ozakwethu: I-Chicago World Can't Wait, Chicago Area Peace Action, kanye ne-Gay Liberation Network.
