Ngu-Robert C. Koehler, Februwari 1, 2018
Kusukela Izimangaliso Ezivamile
Yini ikholera encane - xola, the ukuqubuka okubi kakhulu yalesi sifo esingagwemeka emlandweni wanamuhla - uma siqhathaniswa nezidingo zomnotho osebenza kahle?
Isonto ngaphambi kokuba axoshwe kuKhabhinethi kaNdunankulu waseBrithani u-Theresa May ngezinsolo zokubuka izithombe zobulili ezingcolile kukhompyutha yakhe kahulumeni, owayenguNobhala WokuQala Wezwe. UDamian Green wacashunwa kuyi-Guardian ethi ukuthengiswa kwezikhali zaseBrithani eSaudi Arabia kwakudingeka ngoba: “Imboni yethu yezokuvikela ingumdali obaluleke kakhulu wemisebenzi nokuchuma.”
Leso sitatimende akusona ihlazo - ibhizinisi nje njengenjwayelo. Futhi-ke iGreat Britain inikeza kuphela ingxenye yesine yezikhali I-Saudi Arabia ingenisa yokulwa impi yayo ebhubhisayo nabavukeli baseHouthi eYemen. I-United States ihlinzeka ngaphezu kwesigamu, namanye amazwe ayi-17 nawo enza imali kule makethe.
Lokhu kufana nengxenye enkulu yomhlaba empini, enabanqobi abaningi futhi abambalwa kuphela, abahlulwa kalula abanganakwa. Abahluliwe bahlanganisa iningi labantu baseYemen, osekuphenduke kwalasha wokuphelelwa yithemba, indlala nezifo ezithathelwanayo ziqinisa isihogo abaphoqeleka ukusibekezelela, njengoba abadlali bamazwe ngamazwe bezabalazela ukubusa esifundeni.
Lobu buhlanya buqhubeka kusukela ekuqaleni kwempucuko. Kodwa amazwi akhala ngokumelene nempi asalokhu encishiwe futhi engenawo amandla ezombusazwe njengakuqala. Impi iwusizo kakhulu kwezombangazwe nakwezomnotho ukuthi ingangenwa yinselele yokuziphatha.
“Ukuqonda kwethu impi . . . icishe idideke futhi ayishintshile njengoba kwakunjalo eminyakeni engu-200 edlule,” kuphawula uBarbara Ehrenreich encwadini yakhe. Ama-Blood Rites.
Lokhu kuwumbono othakazelisayo, uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi “Ubhadane lwekholera e-Yemen selube ukuqubuka kwalesi sifo esikhulu kunazo zonke futhi esisakazeka ngokushesha emlandweni wanamuhla,” okungaphezu kwalokho. isigidi samacala asolwayo kwabikwa, futhi kwafa abangaba ngu-2,200. "Abalelwa ku-4,000 amacala okusolakala ukuthi abikwa nsuku zonke, ngaphezu kwengxenye yawo okungezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-18," ngokusho kukaKate Lyons we. i-Guardian. "Izingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu zenza ingxenye yesine yawo wonke amacala."
ULyons ucaphuna uTamer Kirolos, umqondisi we-Save the Children NGO eYemen: "Akungabazeki ukuthi le nkinga eyenziwe abantu," esho. “Ikholera ivuka kuphela uma kukhona ukuwohloka okuphelele nokuphelele kwezindlu zangasese. Bonke abathintekayo kule ngxabano kumele bazibophezele ngesimo esiphuthumayo sezempilo esizithola sikuso.”
Ngiyaphinda: Lena inkinga eyenziwe umuntu.
Imiphumela yalo mdlalo wamasu wamandla ihlanganisa ukuwa kwezindawo zokuthuthwa kwendle zaseYemen kanye nezinhlelo zezempilo zomphakathi. Futhi abambalwa nabambalwa baseYemenis banokufinyelela ku-. . . amanzi ahlanzekile, ngenxa kaNkulunkulu.
Futhi konke kuyingxenye yomdlalo wamasu wamandla. Ukuze kuqedwe abavukeli baseShiite besekelwa yi-Iran, umfelandawonye waseSaudi "uhlose ukucekela phansi ukukhiqizwa nokusatshalaliswa kokudla" ngomkhankaso wawo wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu, ngokusho komcwaningi weLondon School of Economics uMartha Mundy. Lapho ngifunda lokhu, angikwazanga ukuzibamba kodwa ngacabanga nge-Operation Ranch Hand, isu lase-U.S. ngesikhathi seMpi YaseVietnam lokucekela phansi izitshalo nembozo yamahlathi ngokukhukhula izwe ngamalitha ayizigidi ezingu-20 ezibulala ukhula, kuhlanganise ne-Agent Orange edume kabi.
Isiphi isiphetho sezempi noma sezombangazwe esingase sivumele isenzo esinjalo? Iqiniso lempi lidlula yonke incazelo, yonke intukuthelo.
Futhi umnyakazo wokulwa nempi emhlabeni wonke, ngokwazi kwami, awunamandla amancane kunalawo ayewenza eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule. Ezombangazwe zase-U.S. ziyabhidlika, azizenzi kabusha ukuze zakhe ikusasa eliphilile, elivikelekile. UDonald Trump ungumongameli.
Ngemuva kwenkulumo yakhe ye-State of the Union ngoLwesibili ebusuku, u- I-Bulletin ye-Atomic Scientists, esihambise Iwashi layo le-Doomsday eliwumfanekiso phambili imizuzu emibili kuya phakathi kwamabili, ukhiphe isitatimende:
“Abadlali abakhulu bezikhali zenuzi sebebheke emqhudelwaneni omusha wezikhali, ozobiza kakhulu futhi ozokwandisa amathuba ezingozi nokungaqondi kahle. Emhlabeni wonke, izikhali zenuzi zikulungele ukuthi zibe ngaphezulu kunokuba zisebenziseke kancane ngenxa yokutshalwa kwezimali kwezizwe ezindaweni zazo zezikhali zenuzi. UMongameli uTrump ukubeke kwacaca enkulumeni yakhe Yesimo SeNhlangano izolo ebusuku lapho ethi ‘kumele senze kube simanjemanje futhi sakhe kabusha izikhali zethu zenuzi.’ . . .
“Amakhophi aputshuziwe e-Nuclear Posture Review ezayo asikisela ukuthi i-U.S. isizongena endleleni ephephile, engenamthwalo wemfanelo futhi ebiza kakhulu. I-Bulletin igcizelele ukukhathazeka mayelana nesiqondiso amazwe anjenge-United States, i-China neRussia ahamba ngayo, futhi umfutho waleli qiniso elisha uyakhula.”
Lena inkinga eyenziwe umuntu. Noma ingabe kuyinto engaphansi kwalokho - inhlekelele yemvelo embi kakhulu yomuntu? E-Yemen, ikholera nendlala kuye kwadedelwa amadoda efuna ukunqoba ngenxa yawo. Ubuso bezingane ezihluphekayo nezifayo - imiphumela yalokhu kuphila - buyashaqisa. Lokhu akulungile, kepha ngokwezwe, ingabe kukhona okushintshayo?
Udlame lusathengiswa njengesidingo sokuvikeleka. "Kumele senze isimanjemanje futhi sakhe kabusha izikhali zethu zenuzi." Futhi isathengwa, okungenani yilabo abacabanga ukuthi udlame lubhekiswe komunye umuntu.
