A White House akuwona boma la Syria ngati munthu yemwe angagwidwe ndi drone.
Njira yomwe Purezidenti Barack Obama amasankha pothana ndi anthu omwe akufuna kuwatsata sikuwaponya m'ndende zopanda malamulo. Koma sikulinso kuwaimba mlandu ndi kuwazenga mlandu.
Pa June 7th, mtsogoleri wa fuko la Yemeni Saleh Bin Fareed adanena Demokarase Tsopano kuti Anwar al Awlaki akanatha kutembenuzidwa ndikuzengedwa mlandu, koma "sanatifunsepo." M'milandu ina yambiri zikuwonekeratu kuti ozunzidwa ndi drone akadamangidwa ngati njirayo ikadayesedwapo.
Chitsanzo chosaiลตalika chinali kupha kwa ndege ya Novembala 2011 ku Pakistan kwa Tariq Aziz wazaka 16, patadutsa masiku angapo atapita kumsonkhano wotsutsana ndi ndege ku likulu, komwe akanatha kumangidwa mosavuta - akadayimbidwa mlandu wina. .
Malamulo okhudza mizinga tsopano akugwiritsidwa ntchito m'maboma. Boma la Libya linapatsidwa chilango cha imfa. Boma la Syria likuweruzidwa kuti liwononge nzika zina, nyumba, ndi katundu.
Cholinga sikuthetsa nkhondoyo, kapenanso kufulumira kutha kwa nkhondoyo. Cholinga sikugwetsa boma (zochita zomwe ku Libya zinali zisanadziwike bwino ngati njira yatsopano yoyendetsera malamulo). Komanso, sicholinga chokonzanso kapena kubwezeretsanso kapena kuyanjanitsa kapena zolimbikitsa zabwino zomwe nthawi zina timapereka ku chilango. Cholinga chotumiza mivi ku Syria chidzakhala "chilango," kutanthauza kubwezera. "Idzatumiza uthenga," womwe mwina uyenera kuphatikizira kuletsa.
Pamene gulu la Bush-Cheney linaimbidwa mlandu wa chilango chankhanza komanso chachilendo chifukwa chozunza, iwo anayankha kuti: ichi si chilango, ndikufunsa mafunso. Komatu kuponya mivi pa anthu sikufunsitsa mafunso. Zimalengezedwa ngati chilango. Ndipo ndiko kuyika phazi lake patsogolo. Ndi chilango kotero kuti sichiyenera kukhala mlandu wokha.
Zoonadi, kuponya mivi pa anthu nthawi zambiri ndi mlandu waukulu, monganso kuponya pakhomo panu usiku mfuti zikuyaka nthawi zambiri zimakhala zosemphana ndi malamulo. Koma ngati wapolisi - wapadziko lonse kapena wamba - achita izi, ndiye kuti ndikutsata malamulo, osati kuphwanya malamulo.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake boma la US likhoza kugwiritsa ntchito zida za mankhwala, ndikulanga ena chifukwa chotero. Ndi wapolisi. Amagwiritsa ntchito phosphorous yoyera ndi napalm kuti akhazikitse malamulo, kapena kuti achite chinachake mumzere wa ntchito. BBC sabata ino idanenanso za chochitika chinanso chowopsa ku Syria, chokhudza "kuwotcha ngati napalm." Njira yokhayo yoti US, dziko la napalm, alange zinthu zoterezi ndi mkwiyo wolungama ndi chitetezo choperekedwa kwa apolisi padziko lonse lapansi.
Ndinalemba buku zaka zitatu zapitazo lotchedwa Nkhondo Ndi Bodza ndi chiyembekezo chothandizira kupanga chidziwitso chokwanira kuti tsiku lina tidzakhala ndi ambiri olimbana ndi nkhondo isanayambe, osati chaka ndi theka pambuyo pake. Tsiku limenelo lafika. UK ili patsogolo pang'ono ku USA, koma tonse tasunthira ku chikayikiro chachikulu komanso chathanzi chokhudza mabodza ankhondo.
Sitikhulupirira kuti zoyipa za Assad zimalungamitsa kuphulitsa anthu aku Syria. Timaseka pamene Obama akunena kuti Syria ikhoza kutiukira tsiku lina. Sitikuona kuwolowa manja komwe kumayenera kuperekedwa poponya mabomba pa dziko lomwe lasakazidwa kale ndi nkhondo. Sitikuvomereza kuti nkhondo ndi yosapeลตeka. Tikuwona Nyumba Yamalamulo ikunena kuti ayi ndikudabwa komwe Kongeresi ili.
Mamembala a Congress akhala "akulimbikitsa" purezidenti kuti akambirane nawo, patadutsa zaka mazana ambiri dziko lino litakhazikitsidwa chifukwa akuti akusiya maufumu ku England. Kodi mamembala a Congress adzayitanitsa liti kuti abwerere ku Washington ku gawo ladzidzidzi? Adzavota liti kuti aletse ndalama zothandizira ku Syria? Ayenera kudziwa kuti posachita izi adzipanga okha kukhala okhudzidwa pamaso pathu, komanso pamaso pa dziko lapansi.
Phil Ochs adawona Nkhondo Yadziko Lonse pa Terra Gawo II ikubwera pomwe adaimba kuti:
Bwera, tuluke panjira, anyamata
Mwamsanga, tulukani panjira
Inu kulibwino muyang'ane zomwe inu mukunena, anyamata
Ndibwino kuti muyang'ane zomwe mumanena
Tayenda padoko lanu ndikumangirira kudoko lanu
Ndipo mabasiketi athu ali ndi njala ndipo mkwiyo wathu ndi waufupi
Choncho abweretseni ana anu aakazi kumtunda
Chifukwa ndife apolisi adziko, anyamata
Ndife apolisi adziko lapansi
Mabuku a David Swanson akuphatikizapo "Nkhondo Ndi Bodza." Amalemba mabulogu ku http://davidswanson.org ndi http://warisacrime.org ndi ntchito kwa http://rootsaction.org. Iye amakonzekera Talk Nation Radio. Tsatirani pa Twitter: @davidcnswanson ndi FaceBook.