NguJack Gilroy, Syacuse.com.
KuMhleli:
Ngonyaka odlule, ngangiyisiboshwa eJele laseJamesville eduze kwaseSyracuse. Icala lami lalilele phansi imizuzwana engaphansi kwengama-30 emgwaqweni ongena e-Hancock Killer Drone base e-Syracuse. Ngithole i umusho omude kakhulu (izinyanga ezintathu) kwanoma ngubani owabhikishela impi ye-drone eqhutshwa e-Upstate New York.
NgoLwesithathu, ngo-Okthoba 7, amanye amalungu e-Upstate Drone Coalition (kuhlanganise nami) aqala ukuhamba ngamamayela angu-160 ukusuka ku-Hancock's 174th Attack Drone Force eSyracuse eya e-Niagara Falls Killer Drone base.
Kungani uhamba?
Sithemba ukuthi sizofundisa abantu ukuthi i-Upstate New York iyindawo yempi. Ama-Killer drones axoshwa e-Hancock nase-Niagara Falls ngesathelayithi ashaye abantu base-Afghan abathathwa njengezitha zethu. Awekho amacala abekwa laba basolwa. Akukho ukuboshwa noma ukuqulwa kwamacala ezinkantolo noma ukuphenywa-nje ukufa okungekho emthethweni futhi akukho mpi eshiwoyo ehilelekile.
Sihamba ngoba sifuna umphakathi wazi iqiniso ngamacala esiwenzela abantu bokufika. Abaphenyi balokhu kubulawa kwabantu babhalwe kahle yiStanford University Law School, New York University Law School kanye neBureau of Investigative Journalism eLondon. Bonke babika ukuthi ama-drones ethu ahlome ngamabhomu kanye nemicibisholo ye-Hellfire abulale izinkulungwane, kuhlanganise nenani elingenakubalwa labamsulwa. Izisulu ezivame ukubulawa lapho ziya emishadweni noma emingcwabeni noma esitobhini samabhasi noma uma zithenga emakethe.
Ukuziphatha kanye nokuba semthethweni eceleni, izizathu eziyisisekelo zokubulala ziyiziwula. Cabanga nje ukuthi abantu baseMelika bazosabela kanjani ezakhamuzini zethu ezibulawe ngemicibisholo ejikijelwa ezimotweni zakwamanye amazwe ezingenamuntu—ama-drones. Eqinisweni, idokhumenti eputshuziwe ye-CIA ekhishwe yi-Wikileaks ithole ukuthi "i-drone eyimfihlo kanye nohlelo lokubulala kungenzeka luveze imiphumela ephikisayo okuhlanganisa nokuqinisa amaqembu ayingozi kakhulu olwaklanyelwe ukuwabhubhisa."
Sihamba ukuze sifanekise imali eyenziwe ngezimpi ezingapheli ezikhuthazwa abantu nezinhlangano ezidla ukwesaba nemali. Endleleni yethu eya endaweni ye-drone e-Niagara Falls sizosondela kumdayisi wezikhali omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, i-Lockheed Martin (izimboni zendawo e-Liverpool nase-Owego, N.Y.).
Umcibisholo we-Hellfire osetshenziswa kuma-drones e-Reaper kanye ne-Predator "endiza" usuka e-Hancock nase-Niagara Falls wakhiwe ngabakwa-Lockheed endaweni yawo e-Orlando, eFlorida.
Sihamba ukuze sifanekise imali eyenziwe ngezimpi ezingapheli ezikhuthazwa abantu nezinhlangano ezidla ukwesaba nemali.
Sihamba ukuze sizame ukukhuthaza abantu bakithi ukuthi bathole ezinye izindlela zokukhiqiza izikhali ezibulalayo futhi babuyele ezimbonini ezinikeza ukuphila nezinkonzo ezake zasenza saziqhenya. Kudingeka sivume amahloni, hhayi ukuzikhukhumeza, ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwethu kwamanye amazwe okuyinhloko kuyizikhali zokufa nokubhubhisa.
UPapa uFrancis wakhuluma nabenzi bomthetho abahlangene beNdlu Yabameleli Nezigele yase-U.S. wathi: “Kufanele sizibuze: Kungani izikhali eziyingozi zithengiselwa labo abahlela ukubangela ukuhlupheka kubantu ngabanye nasemphakathini? Ngokudabukisayo, impendulo, njengoba sazi, ingeyemali nje, imali ecwile egazini—ngokuvamile igazi elingenacala. Lapho sibhekene nokuthula okuyihlazo nokunecala, kuwumsebenzi wethu ukubhekana nenkinga futhi simise ukuhweba ngezikhali.”
AmaShayina afunde kahle impumelelo yangaphambili ye-United States kwezohwebo zomhlaba. Njengoba uhulumeni waseShayina etshala imali emsebenzini onokuthula emhlabeni wonke ethola izinkontileka zokwakha izinhlelo zesitimela namachweba e-Afrika, e-Asia naseLatin America, i-United States isalokhu iyimilutha yokwakha nokuhweba ngezikhali. Idolobha laseBoston unikeze i-China inkontileka enkulu yesitimela esihamba ngaphansi komhlaba. AmaShayina anethemba lokusebenzisa iBoston njengesibonelo kwamanye amadolobha amaningi ezweni nasemhlabeni.
Sihamba ukuze sikhuthaze abantu baseMelika ukuthi baqale kabusha lapho esake saba khona: umholi womhlaba wemikhiqizo namasevisi athuthukisa impilo. Sekuyisikhathi sokuyeka umkhuba wethu wokwenza izikhali futhi silingise amaShayina azuza ngezimboni ezinikeza ukuphila.
Sihamba sithi: Yekani ukubulalana. Qeda ukuluthwa kwethu izikhali. Thola ezinye izindlela zokuhweba ngezikhali.
Sihamba ukuze siqede ukuthula okuyihlazo nokunecala. Sifuna ukugeza igazi ezandleni zethu. Siyazi ukuthi kuwumsebenzi wethu ukubhekana nenkinga-ukumisa ukubulawa kwezindiza ezingenayo izindiza, ukunciphisa ijubane futhi ekugcineni kuqedwe ukuhweba ngezikhali.
Jack Gilroy
Endwell
Umbhali unguthisha wesikole samabanga aphezulu osethathe umhlalaphansi futhi ungumakadebona we-U.S. Army Infantry kanye ne-U.S. Navy.
