Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo kuye kwasasazwa ngokubanzi kunye nokungachanekanga ngokugqithisileyo kwimithombo yeendaba malunga nohlalutyo lwam lwe-11 kaSeptemba 2001 uhlaselo kwi-World Trade Centre kunye ne-Pentagon, i-coverage ebangele ukungcoliswa komlingiswa wam kunye nezisongelo ngobomi bam. Eyona nto ndiyithethileyo ilahlekile, ngokwenene ijike yaba yinto echasene nayo, kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba ezi zibakala zilandelayo ziya kuxelwa ubuncinci kubungakanani obufanayo benziwe.
* Icwecwe elijikeleza kwi-intanethi laphuhliswa laba yincwadi ethi, On the Justice of Roosting Chickens. Uninzi lwencwadi lubalo-maxesha oluneenkcukacha zongenelelo lomkhosi wase-US ukusukela ngo-1776 kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho lwase-US lomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe ukusukela kwiMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi. Ingongoma yam kukuba asikwazi ukuvumela urhulumente wase-US, esebenza egameni lethu, ukuba enze ukuphulwa okukhulu komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kunye namalungelo oluntu asisiseko kwaye angalindelanga ukuvuna iziphumo.
*Andinguye "umkhuseli" wohlaselo lwe-11 kaSeptemba, kodwa ndibonisa nje ukuba ukuba umgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US ukhokelela ekufeni okukhulu kunye nentshabalalo phesheya, asinako ukuzenza simsulwa xa enye yaloo ntshabalalo ibuyiswa. Andizange nditsho ukuba abantu "kufuneka" babandakanyeke kuhlaselo oluxhobileyo e-United States, kodwa ukuba uhlaselo olunjalo luyisiphumo esingokwemvelo kwaye esingenakuthintelwa somgaqo-nkqubo wase-US ongekho mthethweni. Kunjengokuba uMartin Luther King, ecaphula uRobert F. Kennedy, wathi: โAbo benza iinguqulelo zoxolo zingenakwenzeka benza ukuba inguqulelo enogonyamelo ibe yinto engenakuphepheka.โ
* Oku akuthethi kuthi ndikhuthaza ugonyamelo; njengejoni lase-US eVietnam ndibone kwaye ndathatha inxaxheba kubundlobongela obungaphezu kokuba ndinqwenela ukububona. Into endiyithethayo yeyokuba, ukuba sifuna kupheliswe ubundlobongela, ingakumbi obujoliswe kubemi, kufuneka sithathe uxanduva lokunqanda ukubulala okwenziwa yiMelika kwihlabathi jikelele. Indlela endivakalelwa ngayo ibonakala kwintetho kaGqr. King yaseRiverside ka-Aprili 1967, apho, xa wabuzwayo ngemvukelo yasezidolophini kwizixeko zaseUnited States, wathi, โAndinakuze ndiphinde ndiphakamise ilizwi lam nxamnye nogonyamelo lwabacinezelweyo . . . ngaphandle kokuba ndiqale ndithethe ngokucacileyo noyena mntu uphembelela ubundlobongela emhlabeni namhlanje - urhulumente wam."
* Ngo-1996 uMadeleine Albright, owayesakuba nguNozakuzaku weZizwe eziManyeneyo kwaye kungekudala waba nguNobhala weLizwe wase-US, akazange aphikise ukuba abantwana abangama-500,000 baseIraq basweleke ngenxa yezohlwayo zezoqoqosho, kodwa wathi kumabonwakude wesizwe โthinaโ sigqibe kwelokuba โ zixabisa iindleko.โ Ndilila amaxhoba ohlaselo lwe-11 kaSeptemba, njengokuba ndililela ukufa kwabantwana base-Iraqi, abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ze-3 ababulawa kwimfazwe yase-Indochina, abo bafa ekuhlaselweni kwe-US eGrenada, ePanama nakwezinye iindawo kuMbindi Melika. . Ukuba siphendula ngokungakhathaleli ukufa kwabanye, sinokulindela kuphela ukungakhathali okulinganayo ekufeni kwabantu baseMelika.
* Ekugqibeleni, andizange ndiwachaze onke amaxhoba kaSeptemba 11 โnjengamaNazi. Into endayithethayo yayikukuba โiingcaphephe zobukhosiโ ezisebenza kwiWorld Trade Center zazilingana โnooEichmanns omncinane.โ U-Adolf Eichmann akazange agwetywe ngokubulala ngokuthe ngqo kodwa ngokuqinisekisa ukusebenza kakuhle kweziseko eziye zavumela ukubulawa kwabantu ngamaNazi. Ngokufanayo, oosomashishini baseJamani babejoliswe ngokusemthethweni ngaMazwe Amanyeneyo.
* Ayiphikiswana into yokuba iPentagon yayijoliswe emkhosini, okanye ukuba iofisi yeCIA yayikwiWorld Trade Center. Ukulandela ingqiqo apho izithethi zeSebe lezoKhuselo lase-US ziye zahlala zifuna ukuthethelela ukhetho ekujoliswe kulo kwiindawo ezifana ne-Baghdad, oku kubekwa kwento ye-American "umyalelo kunye nolawulo lweziseko ezingundoqo" kwindawo ebonakala ngathi iguqulelwe iZiko loRhwebo ngokwalo "elisemthethweni" ekujoliswe kuko. Kwakhona kulandela imfundiso yomkhosi wase-US, njengoko kwabhengezwa kwingcaciso emva kwengcaciso emfutshane, abo bangazange basebenzele iCIA kodwa babulawa kuhlaselo ababanga ngaphezulu โkomonakalo wesibambiso.โ Ukuba uluntu lwase-US lukulungele ukwamkela le "migangatho" xa isetyenziswa rhoqo kwabanye abantu, akufanele bamangaliswe xa imigangatho efanayo isetyenziswa kubo.
* Ifanele igxininiswe into yokuba ndasebenzisa igama elithi โEichmanns omncinaneโ kwabo bachazwa โnjengamagcisa.โ Ngaloo ndlela, kwakungajoliswanga kubantwana, abagcini bezindlu, abasebenzi benkonzo yokutya, abacimi bomlilo kunye nabadlula ngendlela engafanelekanga ababulawa kuhlaselo lwe-9-1-1. Ngokwengqiqo yePentagon, yayiyinxalenye yomonakalo owenzelwa isibambiso. Umbi? Ewe. Ibuhlungu? Ewe. Kwaye yingongoma yam leyo. Ayisiyonto imbi, ibuhlungu okanye ithoba isidima inkcazo xa isetyenziswa kuma-Iraqis, amaPalestina, okanye nabani na ongomnye. Ukuba nathi asifuni ukuphathwa ngolu hlobo, simele sikuphephe ukuvumela abanye bajongelwe phantsi ngendlela efanayo egameni lethu.
* Undoqo wengxoxo yam kukuba eyona ndlela ingcono kwaye mhlawumbi yodwa yokuthintela uhlaselo lwe-9-1-1-style e-US kukuba abemi baseMelika banyanzelise urhulumente wabo ukuba athobele umthetho. Isifundo saseNuremberg kukuba oku akusilo ilungelo lethu kuphela, kodwa uxanduva lwethu. Ukuya kutsho kumkhamo esiluphephayo olu xanduva, thina, โnjengamaJamani alungileyoโ ngeminyaka yee-1930 kunye nee-'40s, sibandakanyeka kwizenzo zayo kwaye asinasizathu sibambekayo sokukhalaza xa sithwaxwa ziziphumo. Oku, kunjalo, kubandakanya mna, ngokobuqu, kunye nosapho lwam, hayi ngaphantsi kwakhe nabani na ongomnye.
* Ezi ngongoma zicaciswe ngokucacileyo kwaye zibhalwe kwincwadi yam ethi, On the Justice of Roosting Chickens, esandulโ ukuphumelela iNgcaciso yembeko yeMbasa yamaLungelo oLuntu kaGustavus Myer. ukuze kubhalwe kakuhle ngamalungelo oluntu. Abanye abantu, ngokuqinisekileyo, abavumelani nohlalutyo lwam, kodwa lunika imibuzo emele iphendulwe kwiingxoxo zemfundo kunye noluntu ukuba sifuna ukufumana isisombululo sokwenene kubundlobongela obugquba kwihlabathi lanamhlanje. Ukugqwethwa okugqithisileyo kwento endiyithethileyo inokujongwa kuphela njengelinge lokuphazamisa uluntu kwimiba yokwenene ekhoyo kunye nokucinezela ngakumbi inkululeko yokuthetha kunye neengxoxo zezemfundo kweli lizwe.
KwiWadi Churchill
EBoulder, eColorado
January 31, 2005
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