I akapedza nguva yakawanda yekupera kwevhiki yaJanuary 11, 2008 ari mujeri. Chakanga chiri nyore chinhu chakakosha chandakaita muhupenyu hwangu. Sechikamu cheboka reChapupu Chinopesana Nekurwadziswa, uye takabatana nemapoka akawanda anoita zviito zvakafanana pasi rose pazuva iroro, 37 vedu takafora tichikwira nhanho dzeDare Repamusorosoro reUnited States muWashington, DC takapfeka hembe dzeorenji uye mahoods matema tichiratidzira. kutambudzwa uye kuvharirwa kusingagumi kwenhapwa kujeri reGuantanamo.
Vamwe 45 vedu takamirira mukati meDare, tichiita sevashanyi, kutozosvikira nguva chaiyo yasvika yokuti tiite chiito nehasha, nziyo dzokuratidzira, uye kuda kururamisira. Dare Repamusorosoro rakabviswa vanhu ndokuzovharwa kwemaawa akawanda. Takavharirwa, takagadziriswa, uye takachengetwa mujeri kusvikira masikati akatevera. Mumwe nemumwe wedu akashandisa zita remusungwa weGuantanamo, achiramba kuburitsa zvatiri chokwadi kusvika nguva yekupedzisira yekusunungurwa kwedu nekuti takanga takatsunga kupinza mazita iwayo mudare reUS.
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Chiito chedu chakarongwa kuti chienderane nokuyeukwa kwegore negore kwevasungwa vokutanga kusvika kuGuantanamo. Vanhu vanoda kusvika 300 vachiri mujeri imomo. Hurumende yeUnited States inovatora zviri pamutemo sevarwi vasiri pamutemo, uye nekudaro vasina kukodzera kubatwa zvakanaka. Vakatarisana nehupenyu hunotyisa uye kubatwa zvine hutsinye nevakavatapa vekuUS uye vari kuchengetedzwa pasina mhosva dzavari kupomerwa uye vasina mukana wekupihwa mvumo yepamutemo.
Kunyange kusarongeka kwakadai kuchisemesa pese kwazvinoitika, zvakava zvakakosha kwandiri kuti mhosva idzi kuGuantanamo hadzingoitirwe nevanhu vekuAmerica chete, asi dzinopihwa mari nevateresi vekuAmerica. Izvi zvinosanganisira ini (asi kwete kwenguva refu). Ndakaona kuti ndaiva nebasa rokuita.
Asi kushandura mashoko nepfungwa inowedzera yomutoro womunhu oga kuita chiito kwave kusiri nyore kwandiri. Handisi kubva kumhuri yevaratidziri uye ndakanga ndisati ndambosungwa. Muchokwadi, mhuri yangu yagara ichiedza kuve nezvematongerwo enyika zvekuti handina chokwadi kana mumwe wavo akambovhotera mutungamiri wenyika. Kunyange zvazvo ndisina panikiro shoma kuti shamwari dzangu dzapedyo zvikuru dzaizoshurikidza nomufaro kubata kwavasungwa paGuantanamo sokunonyangadza uye kunonyadzisa, ini pachangu ndakanga ndisingazivi munhu upi noupi akanga amboedza kuita chinhu chipi nechipi pamusoro pakwo.
Ndichiri kuedza kufunga kuti sei zvakadaro. Ndiko here kuti chizvarwa changu chinotya kumira kuhurumende? Tapererwa nemazano here? Kana kuti chizvarwa changu chakanyanya kuzvidzora uye chinokatyamadza kuita chimwe chinhu chakaperera sekuisa rusununguko rwedu pamutsetse weruramisiro nerusununguko rwevamwe? Ndakanetsekana nazvo ini.
Pane manzwiro ekusadzivirika pakati pevanhu vazhinji vandinoziva-kuti nyika nematambudziko ayo zvakakurisa kwatiri uye kuti hapana nzira yekumisa izvo zvakagadziriswa, ingave iri hondo muIraq kana kuparadzwa kwezvakatipoteredza. planet. Imwe yeshamwari dzangu yakakupfupikisa zvakanakisisa apo yakandiudza nguva pfupi yapfuura kuti, โUnoziva, ndinonzwa sezvaunoita pamusoro pechinhu chiri chose, musiyano bedzi uri wokuti handifungi kuti hapana chatinogona kuita nezvazvo.โ
Uye ndiani angamupomera? Zvinoita sezvisingaperi zvino sezvo ruzhinji rwevanhu vekuAmerica vakapokana nekuenderera mberi kwehondo muIraq, asi ichienderera mberi isina magumo.
Kubva tichiri vadiki tinoudzwa kuti kuenzanisa democracy nekuvhota. Tinoudzwa kuti tine mukana wekupinda muhurumende yedu kamwe chete pagore, pazuva resarudzo, patinovhotera vatungamiri vedu. Asi muna Ndira wapfuura, nekuita zvinopesana nechido chehurumende yangu, uye nekusateerera mitemo yayo inoedza kumisa rusununguko rwedu uye zvinoda kururamisira, ndakazvionera ndega chimiro chechokwadi nesimba redemocracy.
Democracy haisi yekuvhota, democracy ndeyekuita. Democracy haisi yekumirira vatungamiriri vanomiririra kuti vatore matanho, ndeye kutora matanho akananga isu pachedu, kazhinji zvinopesana nezvido zvevatungamiriri vakadaro.
Pana Ndira 11, takakundikana kuvhara Guantanamo uye kugumisa kutambudzwa. Pamusoro pazvo, ndinogona kungotarisira kuti zviito zveboka redu, uye zvemamwe mapoka pasi rose, zvingave zvakabatsira neimwe nzira diki kusvika pakupedzisira kuderedza marwadzo nekutambura kweavo vakashungurudzwa zvisina kufanira paGuantanamo.
Asi ndigere mujeri uye ndichiona muitiro wokupara mhosva usina kururama, ndakaona chimwe chinhuwo zvacho. Vari kutitya. Vanotya kuti isu tisingateereri ruzhinji. Iyo DC Metropolitan jail system yaingoputika nepakati paine vamwe makumi masere. Vachaita sei ne80? Zvakadini ne1,000 10,000? Vachatifuratira sei ipapo?
Chero bedzi isu tichiganhurira kupikisa kwedu kukuratidzira kwakabvumidzwa uye kuvharira kuratidzira kwedu uye kutsamwa kune zvivharo zvesimbi zvivhariso zvakagadzirirwa isu, ipapo hurumende yedu isina kururama haina chekutya. Chero bedzi isu tichiganhurira kutora kwedu chikamu mune zvematongerwo enyika kuhurongwa hwesarudzo, vanotinongedzera serumbidzo inopenya yedemocracy, chiratidzo chekuti zvese zvakanaka uye zvakarurama mudemocracy, yakasununguka America.
Asi kana tikasateerera, vanodedera. Tinofanira kumisa hondo muIraq isu pachedu. Tinofanira kuvhara Guantanamo isu pachedu. Takamirira kwenguva refu. Tinogona kunge tatadza kuvhara Guantanamo panguva ino, asi tichadzoka uye nguva inotevera tichaunza nhamba huru. Nyika yakamirira.
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Jason Laning muimbi, munyori, uye muratidziri anogara muBrooklyn, New York.