U-Epreli udla ngokuba yinyanga eyonwabileyo eNew England, eneempawu zokuqala zasentwasahlobo, kunye nobusika obunzima ekugqibeleni. Hayi kulo nyaka.
Bambalwa eBoston abangazange bachukunyiswe ngandlelโ ithile kukuqhushumba kweebhombu ngo-Epreli 15 kunye neveki enzima eyalandelayo. Abahlobo bam abaliqela babesele begqibile ukuqhushumbisa iibhombu. Abanye bahlala kufuphi nalapho uDzhokhar Tsarnaev, umrhanelwa wesibini, wabanjwa. Ipolisa eliselula uSean Collier wabulawa kanye ngaphandle kwesakhiwo seofisi yam.
Kunqabile kubantu baseNtshona abanethamsanqa ukuba babone, ngokwemizobo, into abanye abaninzi abahlangabezana nayo mihla le - umzekelo, kwilali ekude eYemen, kwangaloo veki inye njengogqabhuko-dubulo lomdyarho.
Nge-23 ka-Epreli, itshantliziyo laseYemeni kunye nentatheli uFarea Al-Muslimi, owayefunde kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo saseMelika, wangqina phambi kwekomiti yeSenethi yase-US ukuba kanye emva koqhushumbo lomdyarho, ugwayimbo lwedrone kwilali yakowabo eYemen lwabulala ekujoliswe kuko.
Uqhankqalazo loyike abahlali, babajika baba ziintshaba zase-United States-into eyathi iminyaka ye-jihadi yasilela ukuyifeza.
Abamelwane bakhe babeyithanda i-US, u-Al-Muslimi watshela ikomiti, kodwa "Ngoku, nangona kunjalo, xa becinga ngeMelika, bacinga ngoloyiko abavakalelwa ngalo kwi-drones phezu kweentloko zabo. Ziziphi ii-radicals ezingazange ziphumelele kwidolophana yam , uqhankqalazo olunye lwedrone olufezekisiweyo ngephanyazo."
Yenza olunye uloyiso lwenkqubo yokubulawa kukaMongameli Obama kwihlabathi, eyenza intiyo ye-United States kunye nezoyikiso kubemi bayo ngokukhawuleza kunokuba ibulale abantu ekurhanelwa ukuba banokuba yingozi kuthi ngenye imini.
Ekujoliswe kuko ekubulaweni kwilali yaseYemeni, eyenzelwe ukuphembelela uloyiko olukhulu kubemi, yayisaziwa kwaye yayinokubanjwa ngokulula, utshilo u-Al-Muslimi. Olu lolunye uphawu oluqhelekileyo lwemisebenzi yobugrogrisi yehlabathi.
Kwakungekho ndlela ingqalileyo yokuthintela ukubulawa kwabantu baseBoston. Kukho iindlela ezilula zokuthintela ezinokwenzeka kwixesha elizayo: ngokungazixhokozeli. Kukwanjalo nakwelinye ityala lomrhanelwa obuleweyo, umzimba wakhe walahlwa ngaphandle kokuxilongwa kwesidumbu, xa ebenokubanjwa ngokulula aze asiwe ematyaleni: u-Osama bin Laden.
Nako oku kubulala kwaba nemiphumo. Ukufumana i-bin Laden, i-CIA yasungula iphulo lokugonywa ngobuqhetseba kwindawo ehluphekayo, emva koko yatshintsha, ingagqitywanga, yayisa kwindawo etyebileyo apho bekucingelwa ukuba umrhanelwa ukhoyo.
Umsebenzi weCIA wophule imigaqo esisiseko kwakudala njengesifungo sikaHippocratic. Ikwabeke emngciphekweni abasebenzi bezempilo abanxulunyaniswa nenkqubo yokugonywa kwepoliyo ePakistan, uninzi lwabo lwathinjwa lwaza lwabulawa, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba i-UN irhoxise iqela layo elichasene nepoliyo.
Iqhinga leCIA nalo liza kukhokelela ekufeni kwamanani angaziwayo amaPakistanis abavinjwa ukukhuselwa kwipoliyo kuba besoyikela ukuba ababulali basemzini basenokusebenzisa iinkqubo zokugonya.
Isazinzulu sezempilo seYunivesithi yaseColumbia uLeslie Roberts uqikelele ukuba iimeko ze-100,000 zepoliyo zinokulandela esi siganeko; uxelele iScientific American ukuba "abantu baya kuthi esi sifo, lo mntwana ukhubazekile ngenxa yokuba i-US yayiphambene kakhulu ukufumana u-Osama bin Laden."
Yaye basenokukhetha ukusabela, njengoko maxa wambi abantu abasentlungwini besenza, ngeendlela eziya kubangela ukuba abo babathuthumbisayo bakhwankqiswe yaye babe nomsindo.
Kwathintelwa kancinane iziphumo ezibi nangakumbi. I-US Navy SEALs yayiphantsi kwemiyalelo yokulwa indlela yabo yokuphuma ukuba kuyimfuneko. IPakistan inomkhosi oqeqeshwe kakuhle, ozibophelele ekukhuseleni urhulumente. Ukuba abahlaseli babejongene, iWashington yayingayi kubashiya kwikamva labo. Endaweni yoko, amandla apheleleyo omatshini wokubulala wase-US anokuthi asetyenziselwe ukuwakhupha, mhlawumbi okukhokelela kwimfazwe yenyukliya.
Kukho imbali ende nefundisa kakhulu ebonisa ukuzimisela kwabasemagunyeni ukubeka emngciphekweni ikamva labantu babo, ngamanye amaxesha ngokuqatha, ngenxa yeenjongo zabo zomgaqo-nkqubo, hayi elona lizwe linamandla ehlabathini. Asiyihoyi loo nto ngengozi yethu.
Akukho mfuneko yakungayihoyi ngoku. Isicombululo yintatheli ephandayo uJeremy Scahill esandula ukupapashwa "Iimfazwe ezimdaka: Umhlaba ngumhlaba wokulwa."
Ngeenkcukacha ezothusayo, i-Scahill ichaza iziphumo kumhlaba wokusebenza komkhosi wase-US, ukuhlaselwa koloyiko emoyeni (drones), kunye nokuxhaphaza komkhosi oyimfihlo wesebe elilawulayo, iJoint Special Operations Command, eyakhula ngokukhawuleza phantsi koMongameli uGeorge W. Bush, emva koko waba sisixhobo esikhethwa nguMongameli Obama.
Kufuneka sikhumbule uqwalaselo oluchubekileyo lombhali kunye netshantliziyo uFred Branfman, ophantse wabhenca uloyiko lokwenyani lwe-US "iimfazwe eziyimfihlo" eLaos ngeminyaka yoo-1960, kunye nokwandiswa kwazo ngaphaya.
Ukuqwalasela i-JSOC-CIA-drones / oomatshini bokubulala namhlanje, uBranfman usikhumbuza ngobungqina be-Senate kwi-1969 yaseMonteagle Stearns, i-US isekela-mphathi we-mission eLaos ukusuka kwi-1969 ukuya kwi-1972.
Ebuzwa ukuba kutheni i-US yanda ngokukhawuleza ukuqhushumba kwayo emva kokuba uMongameli Johnson eyalele ukuba kumiswe eNyakatho yeVietnam ngoNovemba 1968, uStearns uthe, "Ewe, besinazo zonke ezo nqwelomoya zihleli kwaye asikwazanga ukuzivumela ukuba zihlale apho kungekho nto yakwenza." Ke sinokuzisebenzisa ukuqhubela abalimi abahlwempuzekileyo kwiilali ezikude ezikumantla eLaos ukuya emiqolombeni ukuze basinde, bade bangene ngaphakathi kwimiqolomba ngobuchwephesha bethu obuphambili.
I-JSOC kunye needrones zingumatshini ozenzelayo oza kukhula kwaye wande, okwangoku udala izinto ekujoliswe kuzo njengoko zitshayela uninzi lwehlabathi. Kwaye isigqeba asiyi kufuna ukuba "bahlale phantsi."
Bekungayi kuba buhlungu ukucinga ngesinye isiqwenga sembali, ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20.
Kwincwadi yakhe ethi "Policing America's Empire: The United States, the Philippines and Rise of the Surveillance State," umbhali-mbali uAlfred McCoy uphonononga nzulu i-US pacification yasePhilippines emva kohlaselo olwabulala amakhulu amawaka ngogonyamelo kunye nokungcungcuthekiswa.
Abanqobi baseka inkqubo yokucupha kunye nokulawula eyinkimbinkimbi, besebenzisa iteknoloji ephezulu kakhulu yosuku ukuqinisekisa ukuthobela, kunye nemiphumo kwiiPhilippines ezifikelela ngoku.
Kwaye njengoko uMcCoy ebonisa, akuzange kube kudala ngaphambi kokuba impumelelo ifumane indlela eya ekhaya, apho iindlela ezinjalo zazisetyenziselwa ukulawula abemi basekhaya - ngeendlela ezithambileyo zokuqinisekisa, kodwa ezingathandekiyo kakhulu.
Nathi sinokulindela okufanayo. Ubungozi begunya elilawula umntu oyedwa elingajongwanga kwaye lingalawulwa, ngakumbi kwisigqeba sikarhulumente, aziyondaba. Ukusabela okuchanekileyo asikokuvuma nje.
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