Ke babona abantu ukuba uMoses ulibele, akehli entabeni; bababizela ndawonye abantu kuAron, bathi kuye, Sukume, usenzele intetho efihlakeleyo, ukuze usikhuphe emnqubeni; ukubulala.
Kwaye, yabona, njengoko ndandiqhuba ndisiya ekhaya ndivela kwikomiti yokumamela ndatsalwa ukuba ndibaleke ngesantya esiphezulu, kwaye ndathi kwigosa, โNdinememo endivumela ukuba ndibaleke. Ngaba ungathanda ukuyibona?โ kwaye wathi, "Hayi enkosi, kwaye hayi uluhlu lwakho lwegrosari okanye idayari yakho."
Ukungafihli ekubulaweni kwabantu ngedrone ibe simfuno etyhalwa ngamagqwetha e-UN kunye namangqina e-Congressional avavanyiweyo, hayi ziintsapho zamaxhoba. Akukho mntu ucela ukwenziwa elubala kuxhatshazo lwabantwana okanye udlwengulo. โOwu, ngaba unayo imemo echaza indlela abaphambukeli abakuyalela ngayo ukuba ubulale kwaye utye abo bantu? Owu, kulungile ke ngoko. "
Ngokunyanisekileyo, yintoni ifilibuster?
Andifuni ukubona i-memo eyabhalwa nguDavid Barron "ngokusemthethweni" ukubulawa kwabemi base-US ngokuhlaselwa kwe-drone, emva koko (okanye ngaba ngaphambili?) Ndiza kuthatha isigqibo sokuba ngaba kufuneka abe yijaji ye-federal.
Imithetho ayisebenzi ngolo hlobo. Umthetho luxwebhu lukawonke-wonke, owaziwa nguye okanye owaziwa ngumntu wonke, kwaye unyanzeliswa ngokulinganayo kubo bonke. Ukuba umongameli angayalela igqwetha ukuba libhale ingxelo esemthethweni yokubulala, umongameli angayalela ntoni igqwetha ukuba libe semthethweni? Yintoni eseleyo yezomthetho?
Makhe sicinge ukuba i-memo iphikisana ne-obfuscation enkulu ukuba, ngokwenene, ukubulala abantu nge-drones yinxalenye yemfazwe kwaye ngoko ke kusemthethweni, ngaba siya kuba ngcono okanye sibi ngakumbi emva kokubukela onke amaqela amalungelo oluntu kunye namagqwetha aqubuda phambi kweso sithixo?
Kungenxa yokuba i-Amnesty International kunye ne-Human Rights Watch ayiqapheli i-U.N. Charter okanye i-Kellogg Briand Pact ayisosizathu sokuba singayenzi. Imithetho ayisebenzi ngolo hlobo. Imithetho ihlala ingumthetho de ibe iyatshitshiswa. Le mithetho ayizange ibekho. Ukuba imemo inokwenza ukubulala kube yinxalenye yemfazwe kwaye ke ngoko kusemthethweni, sinyanzelekile ukuba sibuze: Yintoni eyenza imfazwe ibe semthethweni?
Impendulo ayiyena urhulumente wase-US, kungekhona ukuba umongameli angabhengeza imfazwe, kwaye kungekhona ukuba iCongress ibhengeze imfazwe engunaphakade kuyo yonke indawo. Urhulumente wase-US waphula i-U.N. Charter kunye ne-Kellogg Briand Pact.
Okanye masicinge ukuba imemo ithetha enye into. Ingongoma asiyiyo le nto iyithethayo kodwa ngamandla ayo okuthetha. Umthetho ochasene nokubulala ePakistan kunye nomthetho ochasene nokubulala eYemen awuyeki ukubakho ePakistan naseYemen kuba uJay Bybee omtsha, ozimisele ukuthetha nantoni na efunekayo ukuze abe ngumgwebi, ubhala i-memo eyimfihlo - okanye i-memo yoluntu.
Kwaye, njengoko le ncoko idlala, cinga ukuba iya kuba yintoni na amaphepha okuhlela ase-US onke ecinga ngokusemthethweni ngokubulala abantu abangengabo abase-US. Ukuba imemo iyafuneka ukubulala abemi base-US, kuthekani nge-99% yamaxhoba e-drone? Leyo, nayo, asiyiyo indlela esebenza ngayo imithetho yokwenyani. Imithetho echasene nemfazwe ayithinteli imfazwe kubemi base-US kuphela. Imithetho yasePakistan ayikhuseli kuphela abemi base-US. Izilungiso kumthetho oyilwayo wamalungelo e-US, kulo mbandela, awusebenzi kubemi base-US kuphela.
Ngoku, imemo inokuthi ichaze abantu abasisoyikiso esisondele e-United States. Kwaye amaphephandaba ethu anokusikhumbuza ukuba uMongameli u-Obama wenza intetho ebanga ukuba omnye wabemi abane base-US owaziwayo ukuba babulewe phantsi kwale nkqubo wayesoyikiso. Kuya kuba nzima ukukhomba ukuba u-Anwar al Awlaki, ngokuchaseneyo, wayesele eluhlu lokubulala ngaphambi kwesiganeko esithi u-Obama ufanelekile ukumbeka apho. Kuya kuhenda ukubonisa ukuba akukho mntu wenze impikiswano yobuxoki ngokuphandle ukuze athethelele ukubulala abanye abemi abathathu base-US, ngaphantsi kwamawaka abanye abantu.
Asifanele siwele kuloo migibe. Umongameli akavumelekanga ngokusemthethweni ukuba aqulunqe iindlela zokubulala abantu. Ungaze ucinge ukuba ayifezekisi imilinganiselo yakhe. Asifanele sibe ngabangenasidima okanye abachasโ umthetho kangangokuba sibandakanyeke kwincoko enjalo. Akufunekanga sifune ukubona imemo egcwele igazi.
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 kwaye FaceBook.