Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1970, ndinathera nyengo yachilimwe iŵiri ndikuponya m’chiuno mwa nkhumba m’fakitale yolongedza nyama ku Chicago. Rose Packing Company idalipira ophunzira ochepa aku koleji $2.25 pa ola limodzi kuti akonze nkhumba. Kuvala nsapato zankhondo, ma apuloni a rabara achikasu, magalasi, maukonde atsitsi ndi ma smocks oyera omwe sanakhale oyera nthawi yayitali, tinkafika pafakitale. Titazingidwa ndi makina ogontha m’makutu, tinkadutsa magazi ndi zinyalala zazing’ono, n’kumazoloŵera fungo loipalo, pamene tinali kupita kumalo athu. Ndinkakwera kabokosi kakang'ono ka mkaka kutsogolo kwa bin yaikulu yodzaza ndi ziuno za nkhumba zosungunuka. Kenaka, ndikugwedeza mbedza yaikulu yachitsulo ya T-hook, ndibaya chiuno chachikulu cha nkhumba, ndikuitulutsa mu mulumo, ndikuyiyika pa lamba wonyamula nyama m'makina amadzi a pickle. Nthawi zina mkokomo wa kapitawo unkasonyeza kuti wasintha n’kuyamba kukonza ziboliboli za nkhumba za ku Canada, zomwe zinkaphatikizapo kukankha zitsulo zachitsulo mofulumira kuseri kwa mabala amakona anayi. Nthaŵi zina, ndinkapatsidwa ntchito m’makina amene amathira zinyalala m’chubu lapulasitiki, mbali ya ntchito yopanga agalu otentha. Posakhalitsa ndinakhala wosadya zamasamba.
Koma, mpaka miyezi ingapo yapitayo, ngati wina akanandiuzapo kuti, “Kathy Kelly, iwe wapha nyama,” ndikutsimikiza ndikanakana, ndipo mwinanso kukwiya pang’ono. Posachedwapa, ndinazindikira kuti ndinachita nawo kupha nyama. Ndizofanana, sichoncho, ku malingaliro omwe anthu ambiri ali nawo kuno ku United States okhudza udindo wathu wopha anthu ku Afghanistan, ku Pakistan, ku Iraq ndi madera ena komwe US imapha anthu wamba.
Kupha kwenikweni kumawoneka kutali, pafupifupi kosazindikirika, ndipo timazolowera kwambiri maudindo athu akutali kotero kuti sitiwona kukwera kwa mkangano womwe umabwera chifukwa cha kuwukira kwa ndege zaku US, pogwiritsa ntchito ma drones oyendetsedwa patali. Ma drones amawombera mivi ndi kuponya mabomba omwe amapsereza anthu m'dera lomwe akufuna, ambiri mwa iwo ndi anthu wamba omwe "mlandu" wawo ndi kukhala ndi mabanja awo.
Anthu akumidzi ku Afghanistan ndi Pakistan ali ndi mawu ochepa m'bwalo lamilandu la US ndipo alibe mawu aliwonse m'makhothi aku US. Pofuna kudandaula za kugwiritsa ntchito ma drones ku US popha anthu omwe akufuna kupha anthu, 14 a ife takhala tikukonzekera kuzemba mlandu kuno ku Las Vegas, komwe tikuyimbidwa mlandu pansi pa malamulo a boma la Nevada chifukwa chophwanya malamulo ku Creech Air Force Base, pafupi ndi Indian Springs, Nevada. .
Milanduyi idachokera pa zomwe zinachitika mu Epulo, 2009 pomwe anthu khumi ndi awiri adachita miliri pachipata chachikulu chopita ku Creech AFB kwa masiku khumi. Chimodzi mwa zikwangwani zathu chinati, "Ground the Drones, Kuopera Kuti Mungakolole Kamvuluvulu." Chikwangwani cha wansembe wa ku Franciscan Jerry Zawada chinati: “Ma drones samamva kubuula kwa anthu omwe ali pansi, - ndipo ifenso sitimva. Jerry ananyamula chikwangwanicho pamunsi pa April 9, 2009 pamene 14 a ife tinayesa kutumiza makalata angapo kwa mkulu wa asilikali, Colonel Chambliss. Akuluakulu a boma la Nevada anatiimba mlandu wophwanya malamulo. Tinkakhulupirira kuti malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi, omwe amaletsa kupha anzawo, amatikakamiza kuti tipewe kuwombana ndi ndege. Philip Alston, Mtolankhani Wapadera wa bungwe la United Nations pa nkhani ya kupha munthu mopanda tsankho, mwachidule kapena mosazengereza, analemba kuti: “Ndi udindo kwa oyendetsa ndege, kaya akutali kapena ayi, kuonetsetsa kuti zimene mkulu wa asilikali akuona kuti ndi zovomerezeka kunyanyala ntchito imene akufuna kuti achite. ndiponso kuti cholingacho n’chovomerezeka, ndiponso kuti zofunika pakufunika, kulinganiza zinthu, ndi tsankho zimakwaniritsidwa.”
United States ilibe nkhondo ndi Pakistan. Atsogoleri aku US amatsindika mobwerezabwereza kuti Pakistan ndi m'bale wathu. Komabe, ma drones oyendetsedwa ndi US amagwiritsidwa ntchito kupha anthu aku North ndi South Waziristan. “Kupha munthu mwachindunji ndiyo njira yokakamiza kwambiri yogwiritsiridwa ntchito pankhondo yolimbana ndi uchigaŵenga,” malinga ndi kunena kwa Harvard Journal. “Mosiyana ndi kutsekera m’ndende kapena kumufunsa mafunso, silinalinganizike kuti ligwire zigawenga, kuyang’anira zochita zake, kapena kupeza zambiri; mwachidule, cholinga chake chinali kuthetsa zigawenga.” http://www.harvardnsj.com/2010/06/law-and-policy-of-targeted-killing
Pentagon imati kuukira kwa drone ndi njira yabwino yochotsera mamembala a Al Qaeda. Komabe m'dzina la kulimbikitsa chitetezo kwa anthu aku US, US ikukhazikitsa kupha anthu ngati mfundo yovomerezeka. Kodi izi zimatipangitsa kukhala otetezeka?
General Petraeus atha kuwona zopindula kwakanthawi kochepa, koma m'kupita kwanthawi ndizotheka kuti kuwukira kwa drone, komanso kuwukira kwausiku ndi njira zamagulu opha anthu, zingayambitse kubweza. Kuphatikiza apo, kuchuluka kwa ma drone pakati pa mayiko ambiri kudzachepetsa chitetezo kwa anthu aku US komanso padziko lonse lapansi.
Pogwiritsa ntchito ma drones, anthu aku US amatha kukhala ndi mtunda wokulirapo komanso kuyankha pang'ono chifukwa asitikali ankhondo aku US ndi othandizira a CIA, osawoneka kwa anthu aku US, amatha kupha anthu osachoka ku US. Makampani omwe amapanga ma drones ndi akatswiri omwe amawapanga amakondwerera ukadaulo wapamwamba komanso kukwera kwa phindu.
M’khoti la ku Las Vegas, pa September 14, 2010, woweruza amene amazenga mlandu wathu ali ndi mwayi wachilendo wothandiza kuti ntchitoyi ifulumire mwa kulola mboni zaukatswiri kulankhula za udindo wa nzika pansi pa malamulo a mayiko ndi ufulu wathu wotetezedwa malinga ndi malamulo a dziko la United States, zonse zokhudzana ndi ntchito yathu yothetsa nkhondo za drone.
Pokumbukira kutenga nawo mbali pakupha, ndikuchita manyazi kuti ndinagwira ntchitoyo popanda chifukwa china koma kupeza ndalama zochepa, pa ola, kuposa momwe ndikanakhalira kuntchito yomwe sinaphatikizepo kupha. Zinanditengera zaka makumi anayi kuti ndiwone zomwe ndidachita. Kodi zidzatenga zaka 40 kuti anthufe tivomereze udindo wathu wopha anthu ena omwe sanatiwononge.
Kathy Kelly ([imelo ndiotetezedwa]) amagwirizanitsa mau a Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)