Umthombo: The Independent
Ingabe le mpi ngephutha noma impi ngokuklama? Sonke sishilo ukuthi impi enkulu eMpumalanga Ephakathi ingaqala ngengozi. Kodwa akekho owacabanga Donald Trump ngizoya ku-jugular kanje. Kuya abulale uGeneral Qassem Soleimani iyinkemba enhliziyweni ye Iran, ngaphandle kokungabaza. Futhi egameni likabani?
UTrump uzishaya isifuba ngobudlelwano bakhe nenkosi yaseSaudi ekhulume “ngokunquma ikhanda lenyoka yase-Iran” futhi izindawo zayo zikawoyela zahlaselwa ngemicibisholo ejikijelwa yi-drone - okuyinto i-US eyasola ngayo i-Iran - ngonyaka odlule. Noma u-Israyeli? Noma ingabe lesi esinye isinqumo esinemiphumela engenakubalwa, esithathwe umongameli we-crackpot e-US?
Cabanga nje ukuthi bekuzokwenzekani uma ujenene waseMelika ohamba phambili - noma ababili, njengoba u-Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis engumsekeli ophambili we-Iranian e-Iraq - eqhunyiswa ohambweni lwaseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Kuzoba nokuhlasela kwezindiza, ukuhlaselwa kwezikhungo zenuzi zase-Iran, izinsongo zeWashington zokuvala zonke izimoto phakathi kwe-Iran nomhlaba wangaphandle. Ukushona komuntu waseMelika e-Baghdad ngoLwesihlanu kanye nezibhelu ezingaphandle kwehhovisi lenxusa laseMelika, ngenkathi kudabukisa, akulula neze ukuhlasela kweMelika ngaleli zinga.
Sekuyisikhathi eside abantu baseMelika bejwayele ukuhlasela izisekelo zamasosha ase-Iranian e-Iraq naseSyria. Ezinyangeni ezedlule, lezi ziteleka sezijwayelekile, zijwayelekile - njengokuhlasela kuka-Israel eSyria naseLebanon. Kepha kwakuwumkhankaso wamasosha aseMelika owabulala no-Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi eSyria, umSulumane wamaSunni owayeyisitha saseTehran futhi ama-Irani ayengakujabulela ukumqeda.
AmaMelika asetshenziselwe lolu hlobo lokubulala - noma "ukubulala okuhlosiwe" njengoba ama-Israel ebabiza kanjalo - ukusula izitha zabo lapho bekhetha. U-Osama bin Laden waba ngowokuqala, u-Baghdadi owesibili, uSuleimani owesithathu. Ukubulala okunjalo okusekelwe emarokhethi njalo kwenziwa yi-Israel eGaza, lapho abaholi beHamas bevame ukubulawa khona.
Nokho kulula ukuthatha la madoda njengabalulekile – njengoba ecabanga ukuthi abalulekile. Amabutho e-Iran eSyria, ngokwesibonelo, avame ukwenziwa ihaba ngokwedlulele yi-US. Izimangalo zokuba khona kwamalungu angu-10,000 e-Revolutionary Guards Quds e-Syria bezingalungile kakhulu. Izinkulungwane ezimbili zingase zinembe kakhulu nganoma yisiphi isikhathi esisodwa. Yiqiniso, amadoda e-Iranian intelligence ahlakazekile eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Kodwa kunjalo nama-agent aseMelika.
Omunye wezihlakaniphi eziphezulu kakhulu zaseTehran kwakunguGhadanfar Rokon Abadi owayeyindoda yase-Iran eBeirut, kamuva waba yinxusa layo lapho. Cishe wayazi okuningi ngeHezbollah neSiriya kunanoma ubani omunye futhi wabuyela eTehran ngo-2014. Lokhu akuphelanga isikhathi eside ngemva kokuba amaSulumane amaSunni, okubikwa ukuthi ayesekelwa yiSaudi, enze ukuhlasela kokuzibulala ngokumelene nenxusa lakhe, kwashona izisebenzi zenxusa le-23, onogada be-Hezbollah kanye nezakhamuzi. U-Rokon Abadi wasinda. Unogada wakhe ophambili wabulawa. Kepha ngo-2016, wenza uhambo lokuya e-Haj eMecca lapho abantu abangama-2,300 - abangama-464 kubo abangama-Irani - bachotshozwa bafa ngenxa yokwethuka nezibhelu i-Iran yasola ngazo ubukhosi baseSaudi. URokon Abadi wayengomunye wabo. Kwaphela izinyanga ngaphambi kokuba amathambo akhe abuyiselwe e-Iran.
Kodwa eMpumalanga Ephakathi, ama-intelligence agents ahlala esengozini. Kwakuyiqembu le-Hezbollah elibizwa nge-Islamic Jihad elabulala umphathi wesiteshi sase-CIA Beirut uWilliam Buckley, kanye no-Imad Mougnieh, umbulali wakhe okubikiwe - noma indoda eyakhipha umyalo - wabulawa ngebhomu emotweni eDamaseku ngo-2008. Ngo-1983, ukuzibulala ibhomu laqhumisa ibhomu elolini lakhe ngaphambi kwehhovisi lenxusa laseMelika eBeirut, kwashona abantu abangu-32 futhi kwaqothula iningi lama-CIA abebambe umhlangano ngaphakathi.
Oh yebo, futhi enye into. Alukho yini ukhetho lwase-US oluzayo kulo nyaka? Futhi akafuni ukuwina uTrump - futhi uSoleimani njengomuntu ohlosiwe e-Baghdad uzodlala kahle kakhulu namaRepublican. I-Iran ibilokhu iphendula ukuthukwa noma ukuhlaselwa ngokulinda nokubambezela ukuziphindiselela kwayo. Khumbula imikhumbi emibili kawoyela ebizwa ngokuthi U-Adrian Darya futhi Stena Impero? Kodwa manje sekuya ngomuntu siqu.
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