Lapho abantu bengibuza ukuthi unjani umsebenzi wami omusha, ngibatshela ukuthi ngivuka ekuseni kakhulu futhi ngibale abafile. Uma ngithi โekuseni kakhulu,โ ngiqonde imizuzu embalwa ngemva kwehora lesine ekuseni, njengoba isibhakabhaka sivele sithambe sibe umbala we-corduroy onsomi efiphele. Ngokuthi โabafileyo,โ ikakhulukazi abantu emhlabeni wonke ukuthi uhulumeni wami ubabulele noma usize uhulumeni wesinye isizwe ukubulala ngesikhathi ngilele.
Ngake ngaba yintatheli ezimele, ngichitha amasonto noma izinyanga ngikhuluma ngendaba eyodwa. Namuhla, ngingumdidiyeli wezindaba kwa Intando yeningi Manje! futhi, kusukela ngesikhathi ngifika ehhovisi, ngibheka izinsizakalo zocingo ukuze ngithole abalimele bakamuva abavela ezindaweni zempi zase-Washington. Kungumsebenzi ophazamisayo kumuntu ojwayele ukubika izindaba phansi. Njengoba ngibuka izihloko zezindabaโโIsiteleka okusolakala ukuthi i-drone yaseMelika ibulale amasosha angu-4 ePakistan"; "Amasosha ase-US athumele eKunduz ukuyosiza amabutho ase-Afghan" - Angikaze ngizizwe ngisondelene kangaka nezindawo ezihlukene zokulwa zakuleli. Nokho ngiqhele ngezinkulungwane zamakhilomitha.
Ngokuvamile, ngizama ukugwema ukukhuluma ngezimpi zethu uma ngiphuma ehhovisi. Phela mina ngazini? Ngangingekho lapho izibhamu zaseMelika ziqala ukudubula kuleso sibhedlela iDoctors Without Borders eKunduz, futhi angibange ngifika lapho ngemva kwalokho. Futhi ngangingekho esifundazweni sase-Yemen saseSaada emasontweni ambalwa kamuva lapho umtholampilo wezempilo iDoctors Without Borders uqhunyiswa ngebhomu.
Uma uhlala lapha futhi ungalaleli Intando yeningi Manje!, kungenzeka ukuthi ubungazi nokuthi kwenzeke isimangalo sesibili. Kungenzeka kanjani, ngicabanga kimi, ukuthi ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwezikhungo zezokwelapha akuzona izindaba ezisekhasini lokuqala? Kulowo mtholampilo ose-Yemen, nokho, angikwazi ukukutshela okuningi. Ngiyazi ukuthi isiteleka senziwe ngamabutho aholwa yi-U.S., aholwa yiSaudi, nokuthi senzeke ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuphatha kuka-Obama. kuvunyelwe isivumelwano sezikhali sika-$11.25 billion neSaudi Arabia. Kodwa angazi ukuthi umoya wawunjani ngalobo busuku ngaphambi nje kokuba umcibisholo ushaye ewodini yababeletha.
Noma kunjalo, lapho umsebenzi wakho kuwukubhala lezi zimpi njalo ekuseni, awukwazi kanjani ukusho okuthile? Ungaqali kanjani ukubhala lapho izimpi zethu ziba yikho konke ocabanga ngakho, into oqala ukuyiphupha? Ungaphenduli kanjani lapho uqaphela, njengoba ngenzile muva nje, ukuthi impi ende kunazo zonke, (yesibili) impi yase-US e-Afghanistan, iqhubeke cishe ingxenye yempilo yami?
Konke lokhu kuyindlela yami yokukutshela ukuthi ngidinga ukukhuluma nawe ngeKunduz.
Ubusuku Obuzolile ngo-Okthoba
Njenganoma iyiphi indaba enhle, kukhona okwenzekile - bese kuba nenguqulo ocelwa ukuba uyikholelwe. Ake siqale ngeyokuqala.
NgoLwesihlanu, mhla zi-2 kuMfumfu, abasebenzi basesikhungweni sabahlukumezekile eKunduz, e-Afghanistan, bagibela ophahleni lwaleso sibhedlela babeka amafulegi amabili amakhulu anegama lenhlangano yabo: Mรฉunquma Sans Frontiรจres (Doctors Without Borders), inhlangano yosizo lwezokwelapha eyazuza umklomelo kaNobel eyaziwa kakhulu ngesifushaniso sayo sesiFulentshi iMSF. Lokhu bekungeyona into abasebenzi abebengayenza ezinsukwini ezedlule. NgoMsombuluko owedlule, zingama-28 kuSepthemba, amasosha aseTaliban abebambe izintambo kungazelelwe idolobha lesihlanu ngobukhulu e-Afghanistan, kuze kube manje. 7,000 amasosha kahulumeni namaphoyisa abaleka. Ezinsukwini ezalandela, imizamo kahulumeni wase-Afghan yokuthatha kabusha leli dolobha yasusa impi eshubile phakathi kweTaliban namasosha kahulumeni esekelwa amasosha aseMelika.
Njengoba leyo mpi isiya isondela esibhedlela, izinhlamvu ezidukile zabhoboza uphahla lwegumbi labagula kakhulu futhi abasebenzi be-MSF bayalwa ukuba balale ngaphakathi kwegceke lesibhedlela. Uma omunye wabo ehamba, bekusatshwa, bangase bangakwazi ukubuyela ngokuphepha emsebenzini ngakusasa.
Futhi wawumningi umsebenzi okwakumelwe wenziwe. Iziguli eziyikhulu ezilimele zifike ngoMsombuluko - ezingu-36 kuzo zisesimweni esibucayi. Abasebenzi bengeze eminye imibhede engu-18. Ezinsukwini ezine ezalandela, ezinye iziguli ezingama-250 zahamba ngamabhayisikili egumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo zizodwa. Ibhilidi belingaphezu kwamandla kangangoba abasebenzi bafaka omatilasi nemicamelo emaphaseji nasemahhovisi okuphatha.
Izindiza zempi bezizwakala zibhonga phezulu njengoba i-US iqala ukuhlasela izindiza isekela imizamo yamasosha ase-Afghan yokuthatha kabusha leli dolobha. Iningi labasebenzi bakulesi sibhedlela ligweme ngisho nokuphumela ngaphandle.
Nokho, ngoLwesihlanu impi yaqala ukunqamuka endaweni eseduze nesibhedlela, futhi izisebenzi zazizwa ziphephile zikhuphukela ophahleni ukuze zisakaze amafulegi ukuze ziqinisekise ukuthi indawo izobonakala emoyeni. Le nhlangano iphinde yathumela izixhumanisi ze-GPS zesibhedlela eMnyangweni Wezokuvikela wase-US, i-Afghan Ministries of Interior and Defense, kanye ne-US Army eKabul ezinsukwini ezine ngaphambili. Omaka bavele babhekwa njengezinga elilodwa ngaphezulu lokuvikela.
Isibhedlela ngokwaso asikwazanga ukuphuthelwa. Amalambu ayo akhanya kulo lonke uLwesihlanu ebusuku futhi ekuseni ngoMgqibelo njengoba odokotela bezama ukulungisa "ukubuyela emuva ngokuhlinzwa okusalindile.โ Ngaphandle kwezindonga zegceke, lonke idolobha, elihlala izakhamuzi ezingu-270,000 XNUMX, lalimnyama kakhulu. Ngemva kwesonto kuliwa, isibhedlela sasingesinye sezakhiwo ezimbalwa endaweni ezazisenamajeneretha agijimayo kanjalo namandla okuzikhanyisa. Kwakuwubusuku obuzolile uma kuqhathaniswa, kuguqubele kancane futhi kufudumale ngendlela engafanele ekuqaleni kuka-October. Umsindo wokuqhuma kwesibhamu wawudambile, abanye abasebenzi baze balokotha baphumele ngaphandle okokuqala ezinsukwini.
โIndiza Ebulala Kakhuluโ
Ukuqhuma kwaqala ngesikhathi abasebenzi befaka iziguli ngaphansi kwe-anesthesia egumbini lokuhlinza.
Ngo-2:19 ekuseni, ummeleli we-MSF eKabul wabiza umkhankaso we-NATO oholwa yiMelika oya e-Afghanistan ukusho ukuthi isibhedlela siqhunyiswa ngamabhomu. Ngemva komzuzu, ummeleli we-MSF wabiza i-Red Cross, ngaleso sikhathi iZizwe Ezihlangene. Ukusuka eNew York, ilungu le-MSF elibizwa ngePentagon.
Asazi ukuthi kwenzekani ngaphakathi kwePentagon ngalobo busuku. Siyazi ukuthi, emuva eKunduz, isibhamu sase-U.S. AC-130 sasizungeza ngaphezu kwebhilidi elikhulu lesibhedlela.
I-AC-130 endizela kancane ifakwe inganono kanye ne-Howitzer engu-105 mm. Ingakwazi ukundiza ngesivinini esingafika kumamayela angu-300 ngehora, kodwa yakhelwe, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuzungeza eduze nomhlabathi kuyilapho idubula ezindaweni eziqondiwe ngezansi. Njengendatshana ku- Washington Post wachaza, "I-AC-130 iyazulazula phezu kwethagethi ebangeni elingamamitha angu-7,000, indizela indilinga futhi idubula isuka ezikhumulweni zezikhali ezibekwe ngakwesokunxele sendiza."
I-gunship yakhelwe ngokukhethekile ohambweni lwasebusuku. Indiza ifakwe izinzwa ze-infrared, kuyilapho abasebenzi bayo bezibuko zezemidlalo ezibonisa ebusuku eziyi-12 (noma ngaphezulu). Ikhiqizwe ngu-Lockheed Martin no-Boeing, inguqulo endala yendiza, i-AC-130H Specter, izindleko U-$110 wezigidi lilinye, kuyilapho inguqulo entsha ye-AC-130U Spooky ibiza u-$210 wezigidi. Ukaputeni oyedwa we-Special Operations Air Force kuchazwe isibhamu โnjengendiza eyodwa ebulala kakhulu nebutho elindizayo empini yokulwa nobuphekula.โ Ngo-2002, lolu hlobo olufanayo lwezibhamu ukuxoshwa ephathini yomshado esifundazweni saseHelmand e-Afghanistan, kwashona abantu abangaphezu kuka-40.
Izinguqulo zesibhamu bezilokhu zisetshenziswa amasosha ase-US kusukela ngeMpi yaseVietnam. Imodeli endala, eyandiza ku-Operation Desert Storm, i-Gulf War yokuqala, manje isikhonjiswa eMnyuziyamu Kazwelonke we-United States Air Force e-Wright-Patterson Air Force Base e-Ohio. Yaqanjwa I-Azrael, okusho ukuthi ngesiHebheru nangesi-Arabhu iNgelosi yokufa.
Ngo-2: 47 ekuseni, ummeleli ovela ku-MSF eKabul wathumela umlayezo oholwa yiMelika e-Afghanistan ukuthi omunye wabasebenzi basesibhedlela saseKunduz usanda kushona, ukuthi abaningi bebelahlekile, nokuthi isikhungo sokuhlukumezeka sisavutha ngokuphindaphindiwe.
Ngemva kwemizuzu emihlanu, othile ovela emishini wathumela umyalezo: โNgiyaxolisa ukuzwa lokho. Namanje angazi ukuthi kwenzekeni.โ
Kuleli qophelo, izibhamu zase-U.S. ngaphezulu bezidubula ebhilidini elikhulu lesibhedlela isikhathi esingaphezu kwemizuzu engama-45. Iziteleka, ngokusho koMqondisi we-MSF we-Operations Bart Janssens, bezinembe kakhulu. โ[Isibhamu] seza amahlandla amane noma amahlanu esibhedlela, futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi sasishaya kakhulu ngochungechunge lwemithelela esakhiweni esikhulu sesibhedlela,โ etshela. Ama-Reuters.
Abasebenzi abasindile bayakhumbula ukuthi igumbi lokuqala elahlaselwa yigumbi labagula kakhulu, elabe lihlala iziguli eziningi, okuhlanganisa nezingane ezimbili. Iziteleka ngokulandelayo zishaye elebhu, igumbi lezimo eziphuthumayo, igumbi le-X-ray, isikhungo sezempilo yengqondo, kanye nezindawo zokuhlinza, lapho iziguli ezimbili zazilele khona ematafuleni okuhlinzwa. Bobabili babulawa.
Wonke umuntu owayekwazi ukubaleka wazama ukwenza kanjalo: odokotela, abasebenzi, iziguli. Indoda eyodwa eyayihamba ngesihlalo esinamasondo yabulawa iziqhumane ezindizayo. Abanye abantu bebevutha bengabaselwe bebaleka. Esinye isisebenzi sinqunywe ikhanda. Ngesikhathi abantu bebaleka ebhilidini, odokotela nabasebenzi bezokwelapha bashaywe wumlilo endizeni. Abanye abasindile babenombono, ngomsindo wendiza, wokuthi yayibalandela njengoba begijima.
โInjongo Yokubulala Nokubhubhisaโ
Isibhedlela se-MSF besilokhu sisebenza eKunduz kusukela ngo-Agasti 2011, okuwukuphela kwesikhungo sezokwelapha esifundeni. Isithombe esithathwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuvulwa kwaso sikhombise uphawu olukhulu olunanyathiselwe esangweni langaphambili lenkomponi: โIsikhungo se-MSF Trauma Centre sizobeka phambili ukwelashwa kwabalimele impi nabanye abantu abalimele kanzima, ngaphandle kokubheka ubuzwe babo noma izinhlangano zabo zezepolitiki, futhi kunqunywa kuphela izidingo zabo zezokwelapha. Ayikho imali ekhokhiswayo.โ Ngenhla kombhalo bekunomfanekiso wesibhamu esizishintshayo esizungezwe indilinga ebomvu enemigqa emibili ewugqinsi phakathi kwaso, ekhombisa inqubomgomo eqinile yesibhedlela nenhlangano engazisebenzisi izikhali ezikhungweni zayo.
IDoctors Without Borders ivule lesi sikhungo ngemuva kweminyaka emibili sibuyele e-Afghanistan. Ngo-2004, le nhlangano yahoxa ezweni ngemuva kokubulawa kwabasebenzi bayo abahlanu ngesikhathi kucashelwe umgwaqo eSifundazweni saseBadghis. Ngo-2009, iqembu labuya futhi laqala ukusekela isibhedlela eKabul. Lapho iphinda ingena, uMichiel Hofman, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumqondisi wenhlangano, utshele umagazini waseJalimane Isibuko ukuthi โushaqekileโ ukuthola imithetho evamile yesikhathi sempi yokungathathi hlangothi esibhedlela kubonakala kungasebenzi engxabanweni eqhubekayo. โAmabutho namaphoyisa omhlaba wonke,โ usho kanje wathi, โwayengena njalo ezibhedlela ukuze ahlukumeze iziguli. Izibhedlela zizohlaselwa. Kunomlando omubi wokuhlonipha ukungathathi hlangothi kwezinhlaka zezempilo.โ
Ngawo lowo nyaka, iqembu losizo laseSweden eliphethe isibhedlela eSifundazweni SaseWardak lasola i-10th Mountain Division ye-U.S. ukuvunguza isikhungo kanye nokubopha onogada basesibhedlela njengoba amasosha ethungatha amalungu eTaliban.
Noma kunjalo, isibhedlela saseKunduz sasebenza ngokuthula kwaze kwaba nguJulayi 2015, lapho amalungu ahlomile ethimba le-Afghan Special Operations elisekelwa yi-US esihlasela, kwaphoqa ukuthi lesi sikhungo sivalwe okwesikhashana. Ngokushesha laphinde lavuleka. Ngo-Okthoba 2015, isiza sase siseduze kakhulu ukubhekwa ngabahlaziyi be-U.S. Special Operations, okwabikwa kamuva, bakholelwa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kwakukhona umsebenzi wezobunhloli wasePakistan osebenza ngaphandle kwalesi sikhungo. (Izikhulu ze-MSF waphikelela ukuthi kwakunabasebenzi abayisishiyagalolunye kuphela bamazwe ngamazwe, akekho noyedwa kubo owayengowasePakistan, ngisho nezisebenzi zezobunhloli.)
Ezinsukwini ezandulela ukuhlasela, labo bahlaziyi babehlanganise inqolobane yolwazi mayelana nesibhedlela - okuhlanganisa namamephu anesikhungo esizungezwe.
Ngo-2:56 ekuseni, ekuseni ngesikhathi sokuhlasela, omele i-MSF eKabul uphinde wabhalela isikhulu semishini eholwa yiMelika, efuna kuphele iziteleka, esezidonse cishe ihora. Ngaleso sikhathi, amalangabi ayesegubuzele isakhiwo esikhulu, izingane zisavaleleke ngaphakathi. U-Abdul Manar, ongumnakekeli esibhedlela, ukhumbule umsindo wokukhala kwabo. โNgabezwa bekhala becela usizo esibhedlela ngesikhathi sishiswa ukuqhuma kwebhomu,โ usho kanje. utshele Al Jazeera.
โNgizokwenza konke okusemandleni ami,โ kuphendula isikhulu. โNginikhulekela nonke.โ
Iziteleka ziqhubekile nokho. Ngo-3:10 kanye no-3:14, i-MSF iphinde yabiza i-Pentagon. Ekugcineni, esikhathini esithile ngabo-3:15 ekuseni, umkhumbi wesibhamu wandiza futhi iziteleka zaphela.
Njengoba amagumbi okuhlinza ebhidlikile, izisebenzi ezisindile zaphendula ideski lasehhovisi laba itafula lokuhlinza lesikhashana futhi zazama ukwelapha udokotela owayeqhunyiswe umlenze. ULajos Zoltan Jecs, ongumhlengikazi, wasiza ngokuhlinzwa. Udokotela, yena ukhunjulwe, washonela phezu kwetafula. โSenze konke okusemandleni ethu,โ wabhala kamuva, โkodwa akwanele.โ
Abasebenzi babethukile. Abaningi babekhala. Jecs nabanye waya kobheka emonakalweni osegunjini labagula kakhulu uthole iziguli eziyisithupha zisha emibhedeni yazo.
Sebebonke, bangu-30 abantu abashonile: abasebenzi abangu-13, iziguli ezingu-10, nezidumbu eziyisikhombisa zasha kabi kangangokuthi, esikhathini esingaphezu kwenyanga, izinsalela bezingakahlonzwa.
Isibhedlela savalwa ngalo lolo suku. Cishe emasontweni amabili kamuva, ithangi laseMelika langena egobolondweni lesakhiwo esishile, ngokunokwenzeka lacekela phansi ubufakazi balokho okwakwenziwe yi-AC-130. Sekukonke, uMqondisi-Jikelele we-MSF uChristopher Stokes uphethe ngokuthi: โUmbono ongaphakathi esibhedlela wukuthi lokhu kuhlasela kwenziwa ngenhloso yokubulala nokucekela phansi. Kodwa asazi ukuthi kungani. โ
Enye Inguqulo Yendaba
Leyo inguqulo eyodwa yendaba, esekelwe ku-Doctors Without Borders umbiko wokuqala ngokucekelwa phansi kwesibhedlela sabo, esikhishwe ngoNovemba 5, kanye nasezindabeni ezishicilelwe ngabakwaReuters, i-Associated Press, i Washington Post, lo New York Times, Futhi Al Jazeera, the ubufakazi zabasebenzi bezokwelapha ezishicilelwe yi-MSF, kanye a Intando yeningi Manje! interview nomqondisi omkhulu we-MSF USA.
Nansi inguqulo yesibili yendaba, leyo thina e-United States esihloselwe ukuyikholelwa. Idida kakhulu futhi ayinayo imininingwane, kodwa ungakhathazeki, imfushane kakhulu.
Ngomhla zi-3 kuMfumfu, isibhamu saseMelika i-AC-130 "ushaywe ngephuthaโ isibhedlela esiphethwe yiDoctors Without Borders eKunduz. Ukuhlasela kwakuyalelwa ngamabutho e-U.S. Special Operations, mhlawumbe ngokuyalelwa yibutho lase-Afghan (noma mhlawumbe akunjalo).
Ngaphambili ama-akhawunti aphikisanayo, zonke ezikhishwe phakathi nenkathi yezinsuku ezine, zihamba kanje: (1) kungenzeka ukuthi bekungesona isiteleka somoya saseMelika; (2) i-U.S. yaqala ukuhlasela kwezindiza endaweni yesibhedlela futhi indawo yashayiswa ngengozi; (3) isibhedlela sashaywa ngenxa yokuthi ibutho le-American Special Operations lalivutha bhe eduze kwesibhedlela futhi labiza iziteleka ukuze lizivikele; (4) isikhungo sishaywe ngoba amabutho ase-Afghan asekelwa yilelo phiko le-Special Ops โwelulekwa ukuthi babethatha umlilo ezikhundleni zezitha futhi bacela ukusekelwa emoyeni embuthweni wase-U.S.
Njengoba indaba ishintsha, ukuba necala kwashintsha emuva naphambili. Abase-Afghan, hhayi abaseMelika, ababebizile kulokhu kuhlasela. Cha, ama-Afghan awakaze abize ngokuqondile ekuhlaselweni. AmaMelika abiza ukuhlasela evela ngaphakathi kochungechunge lwemiyalo yase-U.S.
Ekugcineni, ingqikithi evela eWashington yayiwukuthi: senza uphenyo olugcwele futhi ngolunye lwalezi zinsuku sizobuyela kuwe ngemininingwane.
Le nguqulo yesibili yendaba (ngokuphindaphinda kwayo okuningi) ivela kumkhuzi wemishini yase-US e-Afghanistan uGeneral John Campbell, umkhulumeli we-White House uJosh Earnest, kanye nomkhulumeli wePentagon uPeter Cook. Imithombo engashiwongo yengeze okumibalabala, nakuba izinsolo ezingasekelwe mayelana ne-ejenti yezobunhloli yasePakistan noma ama-Taliban fighters ahlomile angaphakathi esibhedlela - naphezu kwabo bonke ubufakazi obuphikisana nalokho.
Campbell ahlinzekwa โamazwi enduduzo ajulile.โ UMongameli Obama wabiza inhloko ye-MSF kanye naye mathupha waxolisa "ngesigameko esibuhlungu." IPentagon ithembise ukwenza njalo ukwenza โizinkokhelo zenduduzoโ emindenini yalabo ababulewe.
Uphenyo oluningi mayelana "nesigameko" lwethulwa yiPentagon kanye nethimba elihlangene le-Afghan-NATO. Kodwa-ke, isimemezelo esiphindaphindiwe se-MSF sophenyo oluzimele lweKhomishana Yokuthola Iqiniso Yezobuntu Yamazwe Ngamazwe, eyasungulwa ngaphansi kwezivumelwano ezengeziwe zeSivumelwano sase-Geneva, siye sadakwa noma sashaywa indiva.
Kukhona, okungenani, isici esisodwa womabili ama-akhawunti avumelana ngaso: isikhathi.
Akungatshazwa ukuthi ukuhlasela kwenzeka ngo-Okthoba 3, 2015 - ngaphezu kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ngemuva UMongameli Obama kumenyezelwe ngokusemthethweni ukuphela kwemishini yokulwa yase-U.S e-Afghanistan.
Konke Ukufa Okungaziwa
Ekuseni njengoba ngithwebula izindaba, ngivame ukunqotshwa ubuwula bokubhala ngezimpi eziqhubekayo eziye zaphela ngokusemthethweni noma isibhedlela esihlaselwe โngephuthaโ ngokunemba okukhethekile. Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu e-US kuleso sikhungo se-trauma e-Kunduz kwakunyantisa ngokungenakuphikwa, "esinye seziqephu ezimbi kakhulu zokubulawa kwabantu empini yase-Afghan," njengoba New York Times kuchazwe yona. Kodwa ukucasuka kwayo kuza, ngokwengxenye, ngoba sike saba nolwazi olwanele lokuhlanganisa indaba kusukela lapho i-AC-130 yahlasela inhlangano eyaziwayo, ezuza umklomelo, inhlangano yaseNtshonalanga yokusiza abantu.
Emqondweni wami, nokho, izindaba eziphazamisa ngempela yilezo ezifika etafuleni lami zinolwazi oluncane kangangokuthi cishe akunakwenzeka ukusho noma ukubhala okuthile ngokuqiniseka. Futhi ngakho-ke angikwazi ukukutshela ngempela ukuthi kwenzekani ngo-Agasti 12, lapho "a kusolwa Isiteleka samasosha ase-US eYemenโฆ sibulale abahlanu kusolwa izidlamlilo ze-al-Qaida,โ njenge-Associated Press kubika ngolimi olujwayelekile olusetshenziselwa ukufihla ukuhlasela lapho thina, e-United States, singenalo nhlobo ulwazi lwangempela.
Babengobani laba bantu abahlanu, ngiyamangala, ababulawa ngokuzuma lapho beshayela emgwaqeni endaweni ethile esempumalanga yedolobha laseMukalla? Ngokwezibalo, maningi amathuba okuthi babengabantu abangenacala. Njengoba i Ngenisa kusanda kubikwa, ngokusekelwe emibhalweni eyimfihlo eputshuziwe, i-90% yalabo ababulawa phakathi nenkathi ethile yakamuva emkhankasweni we-drone yase-U.S. e-Afghanistan kwakungezona izinhloso ezifunwayo. Ngaphandle kokuba lapho, nokho, angikwazi ukukutshela ukuthi ayengobani lawo โmasoshaโ amahlanu ase-Yemeni, noma ayephila ngaphi, noma ayenabantwana abangaki, noma ngabe izingane ngokwabo - futhi amathuba okuthi nePentagon ayikwazi.
Futhi angikwazi ukukutshela ukuthi kwenzekani lapho i-US yethula isiteleka sayo sokuqala se-drone eSyria ngo-Agasti 4th. Ngikhumbula ngibheka imithombo yezindaba ehlukene ekuseni elandelayo ukuze ngithole ulwazi oluyisisekelo: bangaki abantu - uma bekhona - ababulewe. Yilokho, ngemva kwakho konke, engangikwenza: ukuvuka ekuseni futhi ngibala inani lababulawa ezimpini ezingapheli zaseMelika.
Kepha ezinsukwini nasemavikini alandelayo, umkhulumeli wePentagon wenqabile ukunikeza imininingwane yanoma yiluphi uhlobo kulesi siteleka. Kungenzeka ukuthi wayengenayo. Futhi ngakho, kuze kube namuhla, ngisho nenani lokufa lisekhona engaziwa.
U-Laura Gottesdiener uyintatheli ezimele futhi ungumkhiqizi wezindaba Intando yeningi Manje! Umbhali we Iphupho Lidaluliwe: I-Black America kanye Nokulwela Indawo Ongabiza Ngayo Ikhaya, umbhalo wakhe uvele ku umama Jones, Al Jazeera, Guernica, Playboy, Itshe eligingqikayo, futhi njalo ku TomDispatch.
Lesi sihloko sivele okokuqala ku-TomDispatch.com, i-weblog ye-Nation Institute, enikeza ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, izindaba, kanye nemibono evela ku-Tom Engelhardt, umhleli wesikhathi eside ekushicileleni, umsunguli we-American Empire Project, umbhali we Ukuphela Kwesiko Lokunqoba, njengenoveli, Izinsuku Zokugcina Zokushicilela. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi Uhulumeni Wethunzi: Ukubhekwa, Izimpi Eziyimfihlo, kanye Nezwe Lokuphepha Lomhlaba Wonke Ezweni Elinamandla Amandla Amandla (Izincwadi Ze-Haymarket).
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