IDAI LOBUKHOSI ====================== [Kol. Bhala. 3/25/03] Copyright 2003 Mumia Abu-Jamal
Ndiyakholwa ukuba iMfazwe kuBugebenga. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba imikhosi kunye nemikhosi yaselwandle isezantsi kunye ne-braggadocio yengcinezelo kunye nobubi, kwaye ndiyakholelwa ukuba uloyiso olukhohlakeleyo lwezizwe ezibuthathaka nezimnyama zizizwe ezimhlophe nezinamandla kodwa zifanekisela ukufa kwaloo mandla! th…. – – WEB DuBois, *Darkwater* (1920)
Ngexesha elifundwayo, amadangatye aseBaghdad anokuba abandayo; ukudubula kwebhombu kusenokwenzeka ukuba kuphelile kwinkumbulo.
Ngexesha la mazwi eviwa okanye efundwa ngabanye, imfazwe yase-Iraq inokuba iphelile. Kweli xesha, ngamandla eze omkhosi wase-United States, akukho kuxela. Kusenokuba njalo. Kodwa ukuba kunjalo, kunokuthiwa kuphela imfazwe enye; akukho mbuzo ubalulekileyo kodwa kukuba sisiqalo sezinye iimfazwe.
Isenokuba ngumanduleli wezinye iimfazwe zobukhosi, ezineethagethi ezikhokelwa yilaser zokuqeqesha izinto zabo ezibandayo, eziluhlaza zentsimbi eMntla Korea, okanye eIran, okanye eSyria, okanye…?
Kungenzeka ukuba i-adventure e-Iraq ibangele ezinye iimfazwe ngokuchasene nezinye iithagethi zaseNtshona. Yintoni eqinisekileyo yeyokuba le asiyomfazwe yokumisa ezinye iimfazwe (khumbula 'iMfazwe Yehlabathi II'? Abazali bethu kunye nootatomkhulu nootatomkhulu bethu ngobudenge bayibiza ngokuba 'Imfazwe Yokuphelisa Zonke Iimfazwe' - uh huh), kodwa imfazwe eya kwenza imfazwe. Kubakho imfazwe engakumbi! kuqiniseke ngakumbi, kwaye kuncinci kakhulu ukuqulathwa.
Kwakhona, abantu abangama-Arabhu baye bahlaziswa yiNtshona, phantsi kweqabunga lomkhiwane lobuxoki 'lamalungelo abantu.' Siyaqinisekiswa, ngamazwi asePentagon, kunye neNdlu eNgcaciso ye-White House kunye ne-sycophants yabo kumajelo eendaba, ukuba le 'yiMfazwe yokuKhululwa.' Nawuphi na umfundi wembali onyanisekileyo unokucaphula isiqingatha semizekelo yezizwe zasemzini ezibanga ukuba zihlasela olunye uhlanga ukuze kulungelwe zona, ukuze ‘azikhulule’. Xa i-US ilwela iSpain iCuba nePuerto Rico, yabanga ilungelo 'lokuyikhulula' kwinkohlakalo yaseSpain. I-US yayifuna ukuyenza ibe yikoloni apho ukwandisa ubukhoboka baseMelika. Abantu baseMelika bade baxhasa uhlaselo oluxhobileyo lwesiqithi saseCuba, olukhokelwa ngumvukeli waseCuba kunye nomkhosi wamajoni ogama linguNarciso Lopez, abamenzela imali kunye nabantu abangama-600 baseMelika (uninzi lwabantu baseLouisiana). U-Lopez kunye nabaxhasi bakhe bathembisa ukuba ngexesha lohlaselo kuya kwenzeka uvukelo oludumileyo ngokuchasene norhulumente. U-Lopez kunye nomkhosi wakhe bahamba ngomkhumbi baya eCuba, babamba idolophu yaseCardenas, batshisa indlu yerhuluneli. Noko ke, akuzange kubekho mvukelo. Ngokucacileyo, abantu baseCuba abazange bazive ngathi 'bakhululwe' nguLopez owayexhaswa nguMelika, owathi, ebaleka uMkhosi waseSpain, wasinda ngokulambisa. Oku kwakungoMeyi 1850 (umthombo: McPherson, James. * Battle Cry of Freedom * (1988), p. 105).
Oorhulumente badla ngokunikela izizathu zokugubungela ezona zizathu zemfazwe. Abo balwa iimfazwe, okanye kwanabo baxhasa iimfazwe ngenxa yezizathu zokuthand’ izwe, abafane bazazi ezona zizathu. Kweli xesha le-Intanethi, kunye nokwandisa ulwazi lokufunda nokubhala, nangona kunjalo, abantu abaninzi ngakumbi bayakwazi ukugqobhoza izigqubuthelo zepropaganda zombuso, kwaye ke bayakwazi ukwenza uphando lwembali kunye noqoqosho ukuze baqonde izizathu zokwenyani emva kwe-Adventure yase-Iraq.
Eyona ndawo ikhuselekileyo kuyo yonke i-Iraq ngokuqinisekileyo ziindawo ezingqonge amasimi e-oyile e-Rumaila. Ikuxelela ntoni loo nto? Oku akukho malunga 'nezixhobo zokutshabalalisa'; ayithethi 'ngokukhulula' i-Iraq; ingekuko nokuzisa idemokhrasi! ukuya kuMbindi Mpuma. Imalunga nokufumana ioli entlango. Imalunga noBukhosi baseMelika obandisiweyo, obungenamkhuphisi wokwenyani kummandla wamandla omkhosi. Kumalunga noko uBush pere wakubizayo, 'Ulungelelwaniso olutsha lweHlabathi.' Imalunga nokuthatha indawo yabalawuli abakhohlakeleyo kunye nabalawuli, kunye nabalawuli abathambileyo ngakumbi, abanokuthambekela ngakumbi, abaya kuguqa eWashington xa bayalelwa ukuba benze njalo. Imalunga neColonialism eNtsha… ubukoloniyali obunobubele, obuthambileyo, 'bedemokhrasi'.
Akuzange kubekho, kwimbali yeli hlabathi, ububele, ulawulo oluthambileyo lwabantu abathile, phezu kwabanye abantu. IRoma yayisoyikwa; engathandwa. IMelika ayifani. Siqalisa indlela embi, ende, kwaye engalindelekanga, kwabo sele benxilile ngobutyebi namandla. Le yethu kuthiwa yiNkongolo sele inikezele amandla ayo kuMongameli, ngokumnika amandla okulwa imfazwe, naphi na apho abona kufanelekile. Abo babanga ukuba bamele aBantu baye banikela awona mandla axabisekileyo abantu abanawo, Amandla okulwa iMfazwe, Amandla oBomi nokufa, kumntu ofumene ngaphantsi kwesahlulo sesine seevoti zesizwe. Ewe ... le yimfazwe 'yedemokhrasi', - akunjalo?
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