Impi Yingcolile (imininingwane)

Ukubulala kukhona ubugebengu obulodwa bokuthi sifundiswa ukuzithethelela uma kwenziwa ngezinga elikhulu ngokwanele. Ukuziphatha kudingekile ukuthi asiyikuzilandulela. Impi ayilutho ngaphandle kokubulala ngesilinganiso esikhulu.

Phakathi namakhulu eminyaka kanye namashumi eminyaka, ukufa kuhlasela izimpi kuye kwakhula ngendlela ephawulekayo, kwagxila kakhulu emphakathini kunabampi, futhi kutholakale ukulimala kubalwa njengoba kunezibalo eziningi ezalimala kodwa umuthi uvumele ukuba basinde. Ukufa manje kubangelwa ukudlwengula kunesifo, okwakungumbulali omkhulu empini. Ukufa nokulimala okuye kwashintsha kakhulu nakwezinye izingxabano empini ngayinye, kunokuba ihlukaniswe ngokulinganayo phakathi kwamaqembu amabili. Labo abathintekayo, bekungenamakhaya, nokunye okonakele kudlula kakhulu abalimele nabafile. Enye incazelo yokwehla kwezimemezelo zikahulumeni kanye nokusakazwa kwabezindaba ngokufa ngakolunye uhlangothi lwezimpi ukuthi izimpi zamazwe acebile ezilwa nabampofu sezibe ngababulali bohlangothi olulodwa lwamadoda, abesifazane, izingane, asebekhulile nezinsana. Umqondo “wempi enhle” noma “impi elungile” uzwakala uyihlazo lapho umuntu ebuka ngobuqotho umbiko ozimele wezimpi. Asikhulumi ngokudlwengulwa kwabantu noma ubugqila bokupha noma ukuhlukunyezwa kwezingane okuhle. Impi isesigabeni sezinto ezingaziphethe kahle neze abangasoze bazithethelela ngazo. “Ngeke usakwazi ukunqoba impi njengoba unganqoba ukuzamazama komhlaba,” kusho uJeanette Rankin, inkosikazi eyiqhawe leCongresswoman eyavotela ukuthi i-US ingangeni kuzo zombili izimpi zomhlaba.

Kule ifilimu Isifiso Esiqakathekileko: Ukuphela I-Nuclear Age, osinda eNagasaki uhlangana nomuntu osinda e-Auschwitz. Kunzima ukubabukela ukuhlangana nokukhulumisana ndawonye ukukhumbula noma ukunakekela ukuthi yisiphi isizwe esenza lokho okwesabekayo. Impi ubugebengu hhayi ngenxa yalokho okwenzayo kodwa ngenxa yalokho okuyiyo. NgoJuni 6, i-2013, i-NBC News yaxoxa nomshayeli we-drone wase-US ogama lakhe linguBrandon Bryant owayecindezeleke kakhulu ngendima yakhe ekubulaleni abantu abangu-1,600:

UBrandon Bryant uthi uhlezi esihlalweni esiseNvada Air Force basebenzisa ikhamera ngesikhathi ithimba lakhe lidubula imicibisholo emibili ededeni labo emadodeni amathathu ehamba emgwaqeni phakathi kwezwe lase-Afghanistan. Lezi zinqola zithinta zonke izinhloso ezintathu, kanti uBryant uthi uyakwazi ukubona umphumela kwesikrini sakhe sekhompyutheni-kubandakanya izithombe ezishisayo zomkhuhlane okhulayo wegazi elishisayo.

Uthi: "Umfana owayegijima phambili, ulahlekelwe umlenze wakhe wokunene," esho. 'Futhi ngibheke lo mfana ephuma futhi, ngisho, igazi liyashisa.' Njengoba le ndoda yafa isidumbu sakhe sabanda, kusho uBryant, nesithombe sakhe esishisayo sashintsha waze waba umbala ofanayo nomhlabathi.

'Ngiyakwazi ukubona wonke amaphikseli amancane,' kusho uBryant, obhekene ne-post-traumatic disorder disorder, 'uma nje ngivala amehlo ami.'

'Abantu bathi izigameko zeDrone zifana nokuhlasela kwabantu,' kusho uBryant. 'Yebo, izikhali aziboni lokhu. Izikhali aziboni imiphumela yezenzo zabo. Kuyasondelana kakhulu nathi, ngoba sibona konke. ' ...

Akaqinisekiseki ukuthi la madoda amathathu e-Afghanistan ayengabantu baseTaliban abahlukumezi noma abesilisa abanezibhamu ezweni lapho abantu abaningi bephethe izibhamu. La madoda ayengamakhilomitha amahlanu ukusuka emabutho aseMelika ephikisana lapho i-missile iwashaya. ...

Uphinde ukhumbule eqiniseka ukuthi uke wabona ingane ingena esikrinini sakhe ngesikhathi esisodwa ngaphambi kokuba i-missile ishaye, naphezu kokuqinisekiswa kwabanye ukuthi isibalo ayebonile sasinja inja.

Ngemva kokuhlanganyela emakhulwini emisebenzi eminyakeni eminingi, uBryant uthe "walahla inhlonipho ngokuphila" futhi waqala ukuzizwa efana nomphakathi. ...

Ku-2011, njengoba umsebenzi kaBryant njengomqhubi we-drone ususondele, uthe umlawuli wakhe wamtshela lokho okuyi-scorecard. Kubonise ukuthi uhlanganyele ekuthumeni okwabangela ekufeni kwabantu base-1,626.

'Ngingajabula uma bengangibonisi ngisho nephepha,' esho. 'Ngiye ngabona amasosha aseMelika efa, abantu abangenacala bafa, futhi abafayo bafa. Futhi akuyona into enhle. Akuyona into engifuna ukuba nayo-le diploma. '

Manje njengoba engaphandle kwe-Air Force futhi ebuyela ekhaya e-Montana, uBryant uthe akafuni ukucabanga ukuthi bangaki abantu abakulolu hlu abangase bangenacala: 'Kuyabuhlungu kakhulu.' ...

Lapho etshela owesifazane ukuthi ubona ukuthi ube ngumdlali we-drone, futhi wabambelela ekufeni kwabantu abaningi, wamnquma. Uthi: "Uyangibheka njengami ngingumuntu oyisilo," esho. Futhi akazange afune ukungithinta futhi. '

Uma sithi impi ibuyela emuva kwe-10,000 iminyaka akucaci ukuthi sikhuluma ngento eyodwa, ngokuphambene nezinto ezimbili noma ngaphezulu ezihamba ngegama elifanayo. Bonisa isithombe emndenini waseYemen noma ePakistan ehlala ngaphansi kwe-buzz eqhutshwa yi-drone ngaphezulu. Ngelinye ilanga ikhaya labo nabo bonke abantu abahlala kulo lidilizwa yi-missile. Ingabe babempi? Kwakungaphi impi? Zaziphi izikhali zabo? Ngubani owamemezela impi? Yini eyayiphikisana empini? Kuzophela kanjani?

Ake sithathe icala lomunye umuntu empeleni owayebandakanye nobuphekula obulwa no-US. Ushaywe yi-missile evela endizeni engabonakali engabonakali futhi wabulawa. Ingabe wayenempi ngomqondo wokuthi umlusi ongumGreki noma ongumRoma wayeyoyibona? Kuthiwani ngeqhawe empini yangaphambili yanamuhla? Ingabe omunye umuntu ocabanga ngempi efuna impi futhi elwa phakathi kwamabutho amabili ahloniphe isosha se-drone ehlezi etafuleni lakhe ephethe i-computer yakhe injabulo njengomqaphi nhlobo?

Njengesiqhwaga, impi iye yacatshangwa ukuthi iyincintiswano evumelwaneni phakathi kwabadlali ababili abanengqondo. Amaqembu amabili avumelana, noma okungenani ababusi bawo bavumelana, ukuya empini. Manje impi ivame ukudayiswa njengendlela yokugcina yokugcina. Izimpi zihlale zilwa "ukuthula," kuyilapho kungekho muntu owenza ukuthula ngenxa yempi. Impi ihlinzekwa njengendlela engathandeki ekupheleni kwesikhathi esithile, umthwalo onzima odingekayo ngokungaqondakali kolunye uhlangothi. Manje lowo ohlangothini olungalwisana empini yangempela yempi; kunalokho uhlangothi oluhlomele ubuchwepheshe beSatellite luzingela abacatshangwa ukuthi kufanele balwe.

Ukushayela ngemuva kwalolu shintsho akuzange kube ubuchwepheshe ngokwayo noma amasu ezempi, kodwa ukuphikiswa komphakathi ukubeka amabutho ase-US empini. Ngokufanayo ukukhungatheka ngokulahlekelwa "abafana bethu" ikakhulukazi okwaholela eVietnam Syndrome. Ukuziphendulela okunjalo kwabangela ukuphikiswa kwe-US ezimpini ze-Iraq ne-Afghanistan. Abaningi baseMelika babengenalo ulwazi mayelana nokufa nokuhlupheka okubangelwa abantu kwezinye izingxenye zezimpi. (Uhulumeni unqatshelwe ukwazisa abantu, abaye baziwa ukuthi baphendule ngokufanele kakhulu.) Kuyiqiniso ukuthi abantu base-US abazange bahlale bephikelela ukuthi uhulumeni wabo ubanikeze ngolwazi ngokuhlupheka okubangelwa izimpi zase-US. Abaningi, ngokungazi ukuthi bayazi, baye babekezela kakhulu ubuhlungu bezinye izizwe. Kodwa ukushona nokulimala amabutho ase-US kuye kwaba nokukhululeka okukhulu. Lokhu kulandisa kancane ukuthi i-US yakamuva ihambela izimpi zomoya kanye nempi ye-drone.

Umbuzo wukuthi impi ye-drone iyimpi nhlobo. Uma ilwa namarobhothi lapho omunye ohlangothini ongenawo amandla okuphendula, ukuthi kufana kangakanani nalokho esikubeka emlandweni wesintu njengokwenza impi? Akunjalo yini mhlawumbe ukuthi sesiphelile impi futhi manje kufanele sigcine enye into futhi (igama layo lingase libe: ukuzingelwa kwabantu, noma uma ukhetha ukubulawa, nakuba lokho kuvame ukuphakamisa ukubulawa kwesibalo somphakathi)? Futhi-ke, bekungeke yini umsebenzi wokuqeda ukuthi enye into itholakale esikhungweni esincane kakhulu esihloniphekile sokuqothula?

Zombili izikhungo, ukulwa nokulwa kwabantu, kubandakanya ukubulawa kwabangaphandle. Lo omusha uhilela ukubulala ngamabomu izakhamizi zase-US, kepha lowo owayengumdala wahilela ukubulawa kwabathengisi base-United States noma ama-deserters. Noma kunjalo, uma singashintsha indlela yethu yokubulala abantu bezinye izizwe ukuze bayinikeze ngokungaqondakali, ngubani ongasho ukuthi asikwazi ukuqeda lo mkhuba ngokuphelele?

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