By World BEYOND War, November 19, 2020
Impi yaseMelika e-Afghanistan isisonyakeni wayo we-19. Sakwanele!
U-Ann Wright ungumongameli. Ama-Panelists nguKathy Kelly, Matthew Hoh, Rory Fanning, Danny Sjursen, no-Arash Azizzada.
U-Ann Wright unguColonel Wezempi osewathatha umhlalaphansi owaba yinxusa laseMelika iminyaka engu-16 kumaNxusa aseMelika eGrenada, Nicaragua, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia naseMongolia. Wayeseqenjini elavula kabusha iNxusa laseMelika eKabul ngoDisemba 2001 futhi wahlala izinyanga ezinhlanu. Ngo-March 13, 2003, u-Wright wathumela incwadi yokwesula kuNobhala Wombuso ngaleso sikhathi u-Colin Powell. Kusukela ngalolo suku, usebenzele ukuthula, ukubhala nokukhuluma emhlabeni wonke futhi usebuyele e-Afghanistan kathathu. U-Wright ungomunye wababhali be-Disent: Voices of Conscience.
UKathy Kelly ube ngumsunguli weVoices in the Wilderness, umxhumanisi weVoices for Creative Nonviolence, futhi eyilungu le World BEYOND War's Advisory Board. Ohambweni ngalunye kwezingu-20 oluya e-Afghanistan, uKathy, njengesivakashi esimenyiwe, uhlale eduze kwabantu abajwayelekile base-Afghan endaweni yekilasi labasebenzi eKabul.
U-Matthew Hoh unesipiliyoni seminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-12 ngezimpi zase-United States phesheya kwezilwandle ne-Marine Corps, uMnyango Wezokuvikela, kanye noMnyango Wezwe. Ube nguBantu Omkhulu ne-Center For International Policy kusukela ngo-2010. Ngo-2009, u-Hoh wasula ngenxa yokubhikisha esikhundleni sakhe e-Afghanistan noMnyango Wezwe ngenxa yokubhebhetheka kwempi yase-US. Lapho engafakwanga, wasebenza ngenqubomgomo yempi yase-Afghanistan nase-Iraq kanye nezindaba zokusebenza eMnyangweni wePentagon noweState kusuka ku-2002-8. U-Hoh uyilungu leBhodi Labaqondisi leSikhungo Sokunemba Komphakathi, Ilungu Lebhodi Lokweluleka Lokuveza Amaqiniso, IKomidi laseNorth Carolina eliphenya ngokuhlushwa, amaVeteran For Peace, kanye World BEYOND War.
U-Rory Fanning udlule ezindaweni ezimbili ezithunyelwe e-Afghanistan ne-2nd Army Ranger Battalion, futhi waba ngomunye wamaRanger Ezempi okuqala aseMelika amelana nempi yase-Iraq kanye ne-Global War on Terror. Ngo-2008-2009 wahamba wanqamula i-United States ukuze uthole isisekelo sikaPat Tillman. U-Rory ungumbhali we-Worth Fighting For: Uhambo Lwe-Army Ranger's Out of the Military and Across America. Ngo-2015 wanikezwa uxhaso lwe-Chicago Teachers Union lokukhuluma nabafundi be-CPS mayelana nezimpi ezingapheli zase-United States futhi agcwalise ezinye zezikhala ezivame ukungazinaki abaqashwa bezempi.
UDanny Sjursen uyisikhulu Sezempi Yase-US eselathatha umhlalaphansi, umhleli onikela kwa-Antiwar.com, umlingani ophezulu eSikhungweni Senqubomgomo Yamazwe Ngamazwe, kanye nomqondisi we-Eisenhower Media Network. Wenza izinkambo zokulwa e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan futhi kamuva wafundisa umlando eWest Point. Ungumbhali wememoir nokuhlaziya okubucayi kweMpi yase-Iraq, I-Ghostriders yase-Baghdad: Amasosha, Izakhamizi, kanye Nenganekwane Yokuhlinza Nokuphikiswa Kwezwe: IMelika Enkathini Yempi Engapheli. Kanye nomunye udokotela wezilwane uChris “Henri” Henriksen, uphethe iphodikasti yeFortress on a Hill.
U-Arash Azizzada ungumenzi wefilimu, intatheli, kanye nomhleli womphakathi okwamanje ohlala eWashington, DC Indodana yababaleki base-Afghan ababalekela i-Afghanistan ngemva kokuhlasela kweSoviet, u-Azizzada ubambe iqhaza ngokujulile ekuhleleni nasekuhlanganiseni umphakathi wase-Afghan-American, ngokubambisana. i-Afghan Diaspora for Equity and Progress (ADEP) ngo-2016. I-ADEP, inhlangano yokuqala yohlobo lwayo ukuvela emphakathini wase-Afghan American, ihlose ukuqwashisa ngokungabi nabulungisa kwezenhlalakahle futhi iqeqeshe futhi inikeze abenzi bezinguquko ukuze babhekane nezinkinga ezisukela ekubandlululweni kwemvelo. ukufinyelela ekuvoteni. Kusukela ngonyaka odlule, u-Arash ugxile ekugqugquzeleni ukuqeda impi e-Afghanistan nasekuphakamiseni amazwi abesifazane nabanye ababenganakwa e-Afghanistan njengoba izingxoxo zokuthula kanye nemizamo yokubuyisana isaqhubeka.
Lo mcimbi usekelwa World BEYOND War, RootsAction.org, NYC Veterans For Peace, kanye ne-Middle East Crisis Response.
Izimpendulo ze-3
Omunye wemizamo yakho emihle kakhulu. Uhlelo oluhle kakhulu. Zonke izikhulumi bezimnandi. Kube, kholwa noma cha, "awuzimisele" ukuthi wenzeni kabusha i-Afghanistan. Ufunde izincwadi eziyishumi nambili futhi waya ezinkomfeni ezimbalwa (khumbula ubuza u-Admr James Stavridis ePerry World House, Phila.). Futhi enye yezincwadi ezinomthelela omkhulu kwaba i-Mirror Test, ka-Matthew Hoh. Hoh kuhle kakhulu ukulalelwa kwekhongolose. U-Danny Sjursen izikhathi ezimbalwa uhleka-ushaye-izandla-zihlekisayo. Uhlelo olumangalisayo. Ekugcineni washintsha umqondo wami. Izolandelela (ngandlela thize).
Kuhle ukuzwa!
Angikwazanga ukungena ngobusuku bewebhu, kodwa ngiyibukele namuhla. Nonke beninolwazi oluningi futhi okuwukuphela kokukhathazeka enginakho ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kwabesifazane uma kukhona abakuzuzile kuthathwe kubo? Ngicabanga ukuthi amaqembu angalwi anamakhono azo zonke izinhlobo kufanele alethwe ezweni ukuze asize i-Afghanistan iqhubekele phambili ngaphandle kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo lokubumbana. Ngicabanga ukuthi imibono kaKathy iyindlela eya phambili. Siyabonga ngokuhlanganisa lokhu u-Tarak.