Umthombo: The Independent
Ndichithe iinyanga kule minyaka isibhozo idlulileyo Siriyaizixeko ezinqanyuliweyo. Basisiva kubo bonke ubomi bethu - amaRashiya, amaSiriya, amaSilamsi axhobileyo, amagunya asentshona achitha ixesha elide ezama ukutshabalalisa iSiriya kunolawulo lwaseSiriya.
Imizimba engcwatywe nzulu phakathi kwezi mfumba zekhonkrithi, abasindileyo, kunye nabo bangabonakali kodwa benzakele ngokwasengqondweni bahlawule ixabiso lenkohlakalo yethu yasemkhosini kunye nokungakhathali. Uninzi lwabo babalekile ezi zixeko zinzima ngoku baseYurophu-okanye emazantsi eMeditera. Kwaye asazi nokuba – okanye sikhathale? – malunga manani. Ngaba abangama-350,000 basweleke apha? Okanye 450,000? Okanye 500,000? La manani asetyenzisiwe onke, i-150,000 engakhathaliyo eyahlula abokuqala kweyokugqibela.
eBeirut, eMostar, eSarajevo, Aleppo, Amakhaya, kwaye ngoku uMosul kunye noRaqqa - siphoqeleka ukuba sizibuze ukuba ngaba ezi zigodlo ze-sepulchral yinto esiye sayijonga njengendalo, into esiyamkelayo okanye eyamkelekileyo kwiminyaka eyikhulu: loo ntshabalalo iyinxalenye yendalo yembali.
Ndiyathemba ukuba andiyikholelwa le nto. Ndiqhube amawaka eekhilomitha kulo lonke elaseSyria, kungekho bantu bacingayo (ubukhulu becala babizelwa emkhosini) kwaye akukho khuseleko lokufikelela kwimigca engaphambili apho amajoni karhulumente waseSyria, ahlala engxwelerhekile, abaleke arhubuluza kwikhonkrithi eyaphukileyo ukuze andibonise uIsis. iiflegi kwintsimi elandelayo okanye indlu eyaphukileyo.
Ndicinga ukuba isiqingatha samajoni aseSyria endenze udliwano-ndlebe nawo abulewe kamva. Abantu ababhubhileyo kumkhosi wonke yimfihlelo karhulumente, kodwa ndifumene inani lokwenyani: malunga nama-85,000 - intlawulo enkulu kubakhuseli bokwenyani baka-Assad kuphela. Kwade kwafika amaRashiya.
Ndithetha nabo bonke. Ngumsebenzi wam. Enye injengele, 'iNgwe', yayikuqhelile ukudubula kangangokuba wathetha ehleli ebaleni kuqhushumba iqokobhe - de ndaqonda ukuba wayesele, engqondweni yakhe, elungele ukubulawa, ndachaza ukuba ndiyakuva. naye ngokucacileyo ngakumbi ukuba besisemseleni.
Yiloo nto omele uyikhumbule kuzo zonke iimfazwe: ukuba uya khona ukuya kunika ingxelo-ungafi.
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Ndimtsha ekufundeni uMbindi Mpuma, ndineminyaka engama-72. URick Sterling kwisahluko sam seVeterans For Peace uye wacebisa ukuba ndifunde “Imfazwe emdaka elwa neSyria…” Uxhasa uAssad. Ndikhangela i-anti-Assad okanye ephakathi. Unganceda ucebise ikhonkco?
Enkosi,
Peter Straus
I-Oakland, CA