Ukuze silandelele okubhekwe izolo mayelana nobunqunu obuphoqelelwe isikhathi eside lapho u-Bradley Manning ekhonjwe khona ezinsukwini ezimbili ezedlule: Izikhulu ze-brig manje ziqinisekisa ku-New York Times ukuthi uManning uzophoqeleka ukuthi abe nqunu njalo ebusuku kusukela manje kuze kube ikusasa elingenamkhawulo - hhayi kuphela lapho elele, kodwa nalapho emi ngaphandle kwesitokisi sakhe ukuze ahlolwe ekuseni kanye nezinye iziboshwa ze-brig. Bathi lokhu kwenziwa “njengendlela yokuzivikela” ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuthi angazilimazi.

 

Ingabe ukhona owake wazibulala ngempumelelo esebenzisa ipheya lezifushaniso - ikakhulukazi uma engaphansi kwevidiyo njalo futhi egadwa mathupha? Ayikho impahla yangaphansi engakhishwa engenamsebenzi wokuzibulala? Futhi uma lokhu kuwusongo olunjalo ngempela, kungani engekho "ewashini lokuzibulala" (isihloko se-NYT siqinisekisa ukuthi akayena)? Futhi kungani lokhu kuvinjelwa kuvinjelwe ebusuku; akakwazi yini ukuzikhulula esebenzisa amabhulashi akhe emini?

 

Ake sibuyekeze ukuboshwa kukaManning ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye ezilandelanayo: ukuvalelwa uwedwa amahora angama-23/ngosuku; evinjelwe ngisho nokuzivocavoca esitokisini sakhe; Ihora elilodwa seliphelele ngaphandle kwesitokisi sakhe ngosuku lapho evunyelwa khona ukuhambahamba ezungeza ekamelweni yedwa eboshiwe, futhi ubuyiselwa esitokisini sakhe ngomzuzu eyeka ukuhamba; baphoqeleke ukuthi baphendule ngokoqobo imibuzo yonogada njalo ngemizuzu emi-5, usuku lonke, nsuku zonke; futhi uvuswa ebusuku isikhathi ngasinye lapho ezisonge ekhoneni lombhede wakhe noma ngaphandle kwalapho onogada bebona khona ngokugcwele. Ingabe ukhona ongabazayo ukuthi lezi zinyathelo - futhi ikakhulukazi lobu bunqunu obuphoqelelwe isikhathi eside - ziyajezisa futhi eklanyelwe ukuqhubeka nokucekela phansi impilo yakhe engokwengqondo, impilo engokomzimba kanye nentando yakhe? As I-Guardian yabika ngonyaka odlule, ubunqunu obuphoqiwe cishe buwukwephulwa Kwezingqungquthela Zase-Geneva; Izivumelwano azisebenzi kuManning, njengoba engasona isiboshwa sempi, kodwa ngokuqinisekile zisungula ukuvikelwa okuncane lapho zonke iziboshwa - ingasaphathwa izakhamuzi ezingalahlwa yicala - zinelungelo.

 

Ukuphathwa kukaManning manje sekuyanyanyeka kangangokuthi kulele ngaphezu kwalokho okungenani abanye babalandeli baka-Obama abazinikele kakhulu abazimisele ukukuvikela. Isibonelo, uSolwazi we-UCLA uMark Kleiman - owathi ngonyaka odlule wancoma u-Barack Obama ngokuthi, futhi ngiyacaphuna, "umholi wezokuziphatha omkhulu kunabo bonke esikhathini sokuphila kwethu" — ubhale izolo ebusuku:

 

Ibutho lase-United States likhathazeke kakhulu ngempilo kaBradley Manning kangangokuthi umbeka ngaphansi kombuso oklanyelwe ukumhlanyisa. . . . Leli yihlazo eliphelele. Akufanele ngabe yenzeka kuleli. Ngeke ukwazi lokhu, Mnu. Ukuthula kunikeza imvume.

 

Yonke ingxabano kaManning ithole ukunakwa okukhulu kwabezindaba. Kuqhutshwa amasosha lapho uBarack Obama enguMkhuzi Omkhulu. Yebo, Umholi Omkhulu Wokuziphatha Kokuphila Kwethu Owine Umklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel ukwazi kahle okwenziwayo futhi ngokusobala usenesikhathi eside. Ukuphatha kwakhe okuyikhona egxile kakhulu ekucekeleni phansi nasekuvimbeleni noma yiziphi izinsalela zokushaywa kwekhwela kanye nokwephulwa komthetho wemfihlo lapho iMibuso Kazwelonke Yezokuvikeleka kanye Nezokuqapha isebenza khona. Konke lokhu kuhambisana ngokuphelele nezenzo zakhe ehhovisi, kubuhlungu njengoba lokho kungase kube kwabanye ukwamukela ( I-American Prospect, eye yagxeka ngokungaguquki ukuhlukunyezwa kuka-Obama kwenkululeko yomphakathi, izolo ushaye ucingo ukuphathwa kukaManning "ukuhlukunyezwa" futhi wakulahla ngokuthi "ihlazo"). Njengoba owayeyisikhulu sezempi uJames Joyner (kanye nomgxeki ogcizelelayo we-WikiLeaks noManning) ebhala:

 

U-Obama uthembise ukuyivala iGitmo ngoba ephoxekile ukuthi senza lolu hlobo lokusola amaphekula. Kodwa uvumela ukuthi kwenzeke esosha laseMelika ngaphansi komyalo wakhe?

 

Futhi ngizokusho lokhu futhi: vele uqonde isiphithiphithi esakhiwe, esimemezayo esivela kosopolitiki beDemocratic Alliance abangosomathuba kanye nabathembekile babo ukube bekunguGeorge Bush noDick Cheney - enhlabathini yase-US - bebeka ilungu lebutho lase-US elishaya impempe kulezi zimo ezicindezelayo. ngaphandle kokulahlwa yicala, ukummangalela ngecala lokufa elihambisana nesigwebo sentambo ngokomthetho, bese emphoqa ukuba ahlale enqunu njalo ebusuku futhi ame enqunu ukuze ahlolwe ngaphandle kwesitokisi sakhe. Ukuzenzisa ukukhathazeka ngokuhlukunyezwa kwababoshiwe ukuze kuzuze ingxenye ethile akuxolisi kancane kunempatho uManning aphathwa ngayo.

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