Ingqungquthela ekhethekileyo icwangciswe eCharlottesville, Va., Ebonisa iteknoloji yamva nje yokwenza ukubulawa kwabantu abaninzi. I Inkqubela phambili isixelela ukuba,
"ukuvumela abathathi-nxaxheba ukuba bathethe ngokukhululekileyo malunga nezihloko ezinobuzaza, inkomfa ivaliwe kumajelo eendaba kwaye ivuleleke kuphela kubathathi-nxaxheba ababhalisiweyo."
Kulungile kufuneka ndicinge njalo! Abathathi-nxaxheba ababhalisiweyo? Umntu ubhaliselwa njani into enjalo?
โNgokwembono yasekuhlaleni, eli shishini liyakhula ngokwenene eCharlottesville,โ itsho njalo enye ingcali, ithetha ngokuphandle, ngokungathi oku kukhula kungumbandela wokungakhathali ngokupheleleyo.
Bangaphi kanye abantu abaza kube belapho?
โBamalunga nama-225 abantu ekulindeleke ukuba bazimase umsitho wokuqala, notsala umdla kurhulumente, oosomashishini kunye neenkokeli zemfundo, utshilo usihlalo wenkomfa nongumququzeleli uJoan Bienvenue, okwangumlawuli we-UVa Applied Research Institute.โ
Yima, yintoni? IYunivesithi yaseVirginia "ineziko lophando elisetyenzisiweyo" lokusebenzisa uphando kwisiko lokubulala abantu abaninzi?
Akukho ntloni nakweliphi na iziko?
โUSen. UTimothy M. Kaine noRep. Randy Forbes, oku-R-4, nabo bacwangciselwe ukunikela iintetho eziphambili kule nkomfa.โ
Ndicinga ukuba oko kuphendula umbuzo wam.
Kwaye le confab igcwele igazi iya kwenzeka phi?
โIfumaneka kwiNqila yase-Albemarle, iSikhululo saseRivanna yinxalenye yoMkhosi waseFort Belvoir. Isiseko sendawo siqesha uninzi lwabemi kunye nemisebenzi yezindlu zeZiko leSizwe lezobuNtlola, i-Arhente yezobuntlola kwezoKhuselo kunye ne-Arhente yeSizwe yezobuntlola.
I-National Ground Intelligence Centre, ngaphambili edolophini kwinto eyaba yisakhiwo sezeMali se-SNL, ngoku isenyakatho yeCharlottesville, kwaye iYunivesithi yaseVirginia iye yakha "ipaki yophando" ecaleni, apho le nkomfa iya kubanjelwa khona. I-NGIC idlale indima engenazintloni ngokupheleleyo ekuthengiseni imfazwe yase-Iraq eyathatha ubuncinane isiqingatha sesigidi sobomi kwaye yatshabalalisa eso sizwe.
Xa iingcali kwiSebe lezaMandla zala ukutsho ukuba iityhubhu ze-aluminium e-Iraq zezezixhobo zenyukliya, kuba zazisazi ukuba azinakwenzeka kwaye zaziphantse zibe zezorokethi, kwaye xa abantu beSebe likaRhulumente bengavumi ukufikelela "echanekileyo" Ukuqukumbela, isibini sabafana kwi-NGIC savuya ukuba sibophe. Amagama abo ibinguGeorge Norris noRobert Campus, kwaye bafumana โiimbasa zokusebenzaโ (imali) ngale nkonzo.
Emva koko uNobhala kaRhulumente u-Colin Powell wasebenzisa amabango kaNorris kunye neCampus kwintetho yakhe ye-UN nangona isilumkiso sabasebenzi bakhe ukuba babengeyonyani. I-NGIC iphinde yaqesha inkampani ebizwa ngokuba yi-MZM ukuncedisa kubuxoki bemfazwe ukuze kubekho utshintsho oluhle. I-MZM ke yanika umsebenzi ohlawula kakuhle kusekela mlawuli we-NGIC uBill Rich Jr, kunye nomlinganiselo omhle uBill Rich III naye. I-MZM yayilelona โgaleloโ liphezulu kumaphulo owayesakuba yiNkongolo uVirgil Goode, kwaye wabafumanela ikhontrakthi enkulu eMartinsville phambi kokuba bangene kwihlazo likaDuke Cunningham. Usisityebi emva koko wafumana umsebenzi kwinkampani ebizwa ngokuba yi-Sparta, eyathi, njenge-MZM, yafumaneka lula kwi-UVA Research Park.
Iintengiso zengingqi zaseCharlottesville zibonelela ngemisebenzi โyokuphanda izixhobo zebhayoloji nezekhemikhaliโ kwiBattelle Memorial Institute (ekwi-UVA Research Park). Njengoko usazi, ukuphanda ngezixhobo ezinjalo kunqabile ukuba kwenziwe ungakhange uzivelise okanye ube nazo. Eminye imisebenzi iyafumaneka ivelisa zonke iintlobo zezixhobo kuzo zonke iintlobo zoorhulumente eNorthrop Grumman. Ke kukho iTeksystems, Pragmatics, Wiser, kunye nabanye abaninzi abaneenkontileka zePentagon ezityebileyo.
Ukususela kwi-2000 ukuya kwi-2010, iikontraka ze-161 zomkhosi e-Charlottesville zakhupha i-919,914,918 yeedola ngezivumelwano ze-2,737 ezivela kurhulumente wobumbano. Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezisi-8 zeerandi zaya eyunivesithi kaMnu Jefferson, kunye nekota yesithathu yaloo nto kwiSikolo soShishino saseDarden. Kwaye umkhwa uhlala unyuka. Iikontraka eziyi-161 zifumaneka kumashishini ahlukeneyo ngaphandle kwemfundo ephakamileyo, kubandakanywa inkqubo yolwandle kunye nokuveliswa kwezixhobo; ukwenziwa kweemfama kunye nomthunzi; indibano yesiphaluka eshicilelweyo; abaxabisi bezindlu nomhlaba; iinkonzo zobunjineli; amaziko emidlalo yolonwabo; uphando kunye nophuhliso kwi-biotechnology; abathengisi beemoto ezintsha; upapasho lwe-intanethi; umthengisi wepetroleum; kunye nekhontrakthi ka-2006 kunye ne-BBQ kaPig Daddy.
Ngaba ekugqibeleni asiziva sinesidima? Imfazwe ithathe ubomi be-200 yezigidi kwiminyaka eyi-100 edlulileyo, ixabisa ihlabathi i-2 yeetriliyoni zeedola ngonyaka kwaye i-United States isiqingatha sayo. Ingoyena mtshabalalisi uphezulu wendalo esingqongileyo kwaye ikhusela konke ukususwa kwenkululeko yethu yoluntu kunye nokudalwa kokucupha abantu abaninzi. Inkcitho yasemkhosini ivelisa imisebenzi embalwa echithwa ngomnye urhulumente okanye kwanokunciphisa irhafu. Amagosa aphezulu amaninzi athi ivelisa iintshaba ezininzi kunokubulala.
Yaye ibulala bani? Ngaphezu kwe-90% ngabemi bayo yonke iminyaka. Bangaphezu kwama-90% abakwicala elinye longquzulwano phakathi kwamazwe afumileyo nahlwempuzekileyo. Oku kuxhela icala elinye kushiya ngasemva izizwe ezitshatyalalisiwe: Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya. Uvoto lwezizwe ezingama-65 lufumene i-US ijongwa kakhulu njengesona sisongelo soxolo. Kwi-3% yemali echithwa yi-United States kwinkqubo yokubulala esibeka emngciphekweni, esihlwempuzekileyo, kwaye yonakalisa indlela yethu yokuphila, indlala inokupheliswa emhlabeni jikelele. Bekungayi kuthatha kakhulu ukuba sibe sesona sizwe sithandwa kakhulu kunokuba sibe sesona soyikwa kakhulu.
Kwaye bekungayi kuba mnandi ukuhlala kuluntu apho inkqubo yethu ephezulu yoluntu bekunganyanzelekanga ukuba igcinwe ithule ukuze kukhuselwe โizihloko ezinobuzazaโ?
UDavid Swanson ufuna ukuba ubhengeze uxolo http://WorldBeyondWar.org Incwadi yakhe entsha Akukho Mfazwe: I-Case for Abolition. U bhulozahttp://davidswanson.org kwaye http://warisacrime.org kwaye isebenzela http://rootsaction.org. Uyabamba Intetho yeRadio yeSizwe. Mlandele kwi-Twitter: @davidcnswanson kwayeFaceBook.