Ngifike ngime kuyo yonke iminyango
Kodwa kakho ozakuzwa ukunyathela kwami buthule
Ngiyangqongqotha kodwa angibonakali”
-Nazim Hikmet
Ngomhla ziyi-18 kuNtulikazi, 2017, ekomitini leSigele Lase-US Lezobudlelwano Nangaphandle laligxile “Ezindlala Ezine: Izimbangela Zomsuka kanye Nohlelo Lwesenzo Sezizwe Ngezizwe,” uSenator waseRiphabhulikhi u-Todd Young, owayesebenza eMarine, kubuza izikhulu ezazikhona uma impi eqhubekayo e-Yemen ingase yehluleke ukwandisa inhlekelele eqhubekayo lapho - elinye lamazwe amane, kanye ne-Southern Sudan, Nigeria, neSomalia, lihlehliselwe ukulahlekelwa ngabantu abayizigidi ezingu-20 kulo nyaka, ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yokufa kwe-WWII, ngenxa yezingxabano- indlala eqhutshwayo. I-Yemen iqhunyiswa ngamabhomu futhi ivinjiwe, kusetshenziswa izikhali nezimoto ezinikezwe yi-US, umfelandawonye wendawo ohlanganiswe yizwe lamakhasimende ase-US i-Saudi Arabia. Izimo eziseduze nendlala e-Yemen, nokuqubuka kwekholera, zimbi kangangokuthi eYemen kulinganiselwa ukuthi ingane iyafa njalo ngemizuzu eyi-10 yesifo esingagwemeka.
Ekulalelweni kwecala, uSenator Young uphakamisele phezulu isithombe sesitolo seWorld Food Programme eYemen, esacekelwa phansi ngo-2015. USenator Young ucele uDavid Beasley, uMqondisi Omkhulu weWorld Food Program, ukuthi asho igama lezwe elibhekene nokuhlasela kwezindiza okucekele phansi izindiza. inqolobane yokudla. UMnu. Beasley uthe umfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi ovimbe iYemen ucekele phansi indawo yokugcina izimpahla, kanye nezinsiza ezikuwo.
NgoJulayi 2016 Umbiko weHuman Rights Watch kubhalwe phansi izinhlaka zezomnotho eziyi-13 ezicekelwe phansi umfelandawonye waseSaudi oholele ekuqhunyisweni kwamabhomu phakathi kukaMashi 2015 noFebhuwari 2016, “okubandakanya amafekthri, izindawo zokugcina izimpahla, ipulazi, kanye neziteshi ezimbili zikagesi. Lezi ziteleka zabulala izakhamuzi ezingu-130 kwalimala ezinye ezingu-171. Izikhungo ezishaywe ukuhlasela kwezindiza zakhiqiza, zagcinwa, noma zabele izakhamuzi izimpahla ezihlanganisa ukudla, imithi nogesi—izinto ezazintuleka ngisho nangaphambi kwempi eYemen, ephakathi kwamazwe ampofu kakhulu eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Sezihlangene, izikhungo ziqashe abantu abangaphezu kuka-2,500; ngemva kokuhlaselwa, amafekthri amaningi ayeka ukukhiqiza futhi amakhulu abasebenzi alahlekelwa yizimpilo zawo.”
Ebuzwa ngomfelandawonye waseSaudi ngokucekela phansi ama-cranes amane adingekayo ukuze kuthulwe izimpahla zosizo edolobheni elisethekwini laseYemen, iHodeidah, uMnu. USenator Young ufunde encwadini kaMnu. Beasley kaJuni 27th incwadi eya kuhulumeni waseSaudi, okwakamuva kuphela kwezicelo eziningi, icela ukuthi i-WFP ivunyelwe ukuletha ama-cranes angena esikhundleni. UMnu. Beasley uthe abakwaSaudi abazange banikeze mpendulo. USenator Young waphawula ukuthi, emasontweni amathathu kusukela le ncwadi yokugcina ithunyelwe, ngaphezu kwe-3,000 yezingane zase-Yemeni zife ngenxa yezizathu ezivimbelayo, ezihlobene nendlala.
U-Medea Benjamin, womkhankaso wokulwa nempi i-Code Pink, wayesenkantolo ye-"Four Famines", futhi kamuva. ngiyabonga USen. Young ngokusola kukahulumeni wase-Saudi ukubeka isimo sokuvimbezela kanye nezindiza ezivimbela ukulethwa kokudla nemithi ukuze kuswele izakhamuzi zase-Yemeni:
Ngemva kosuku olulodwa, i-United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) kubika ngoJulayi 19th Ukuhlasela kwezindiza komfelandawonye eYemen, okubulale izakhamuzi ezingu-20—kuhlanganise nabesifazane nezingane—ngesikhathi bebalekela udlame esifundazweni sakubo. Lo mbiko uthi abantu baseYemeni abangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili ababalekela izindawo zokuhlala e-Yemeni "babaleke kwenye indawo ngaphesheya kwe-Yemen kusukela ekuqaleni kwengxabano, kodwa ...
NgoJulayi 14, i-US House of Representatives yadlula kakhulu izichibiyelo ezimbili kuMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke (i-NDAA) ongaqeda ukubamba iqhaza kwe-US empini yombango yase-Yemeni. Esikhathini esedlule, i-White House inikeze usizo lokufaka amafutha kanye nokukhomba kumfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi ngaphandle kokugunyazwa yiCongress. Kusukela ngo-Okthoba ka-2016, i-US iphinde yaphindeka kabili isibalo sejethi yokugcwalisa i-jet eyenziwa ngamajethi aseSaudi kanye ne-United Arab Emirate. Amajethi aseSaudi ne-UAE andiza phezu kweYemen, awise amabhomu aze adinge ukufaka uphethiloli, bese endizela ebuyela esikhaleni sezindiza saseSaudi lapho amajethi ase-US enza imisebenzi yokufaka amafutha aphakathi komoya. Okulandelayo, bazungeza babuyela e-Yemen futhi baqale kabusha ukuqhuma kwamabhomu.
Ehlobo lika-2006, ngajoyina umkhankaseli wokuthula u-Claudia Lefko esikoleni esincane asithola e-Amman, eJordani. Lesi sikole sasiza izingane imindeni yazo eyayingababaleki, ezibalekele izinxushunxushu zangemva kwempi e-Iraq. Izingane eziningi ziye zasinda empini, ezinsongweni zokufa, nokuxoshwa. UClaudia wayesebenze nezingane edolobheni lakubo eNorthampton, Massachusetts, ukuze alungiselele izingane zababaleki zase-Iraq esikoleni saseJordani isipho. Lesi sipho sasihlanganisa izintambo zemishini ye-origami yephepha, egoqwe njengesikhumbuzo sengane yaseJapane, uSadako, eyabulawa ukugula ngemisebe ngemva kokuqhunyiswa kwebhomu kwedolobha lakubo, iHiroshima. Embhedeni wakhe wasesibhedlela (indaba iyahamba), uSadako wasebenzisa isikhathi sakhe ezama ukugoqa ama-cranes amaphepha ayi-1,000, umsebenzi ayethemba ukuthi uzomnikeza isifiso esikhethekile, sokuthi ayikho enye ingane eyoke ihlupheke ngendlela efanayo. USadako wanqotshwa ngokushesha okukhulu ukuze aqedele umsebenzi ngokwakhe, kodwa izingane zaseJapane ezizwa ngaye zagoqa ezinye izinkulungwane eziningi, futhi indaba isixoxelwe amashumi eminyaka ezindaweni ezingenakubalwa, okwenza amakhreni ephepha athambile abe uphawu lokuthula emhlabeni wonke. Umbhali waseTurkey, uNazim Hikmet, wabhala a inkondlo, kusukela kumculo, mayelana nendaba. Amazwi ayo asemqondweni wami namuhla, njengoba ngicabanga ngezingane ezingondlekile ezivela emazweni aneZindlala Ezine ezimbi, nakwamanye amazwe akhungethwe izingxabano, aqondiswe e-US njenge-Iraq, ne-Afghanistan. Ngicabanga ngezinyanga noma iminyaka yabo yendlala embi kakhulu. Izindaba zabo kungenzeka ukuthi seziphelile phakathi nengxenye yokuqala ka-2017.
“Angizidingi izithelo angilidingi ilayisi
Angiwadingi amaswidi ngisho nesinkwa
angiziceleli lutho
Ngoba ngifile ngoba ngifile”
Ingoma ethi "Intombazane Encane YaseHiroshima" icabanga ingane eza futhi ime kuyo yonke iminyango, ingezwakali futhi ingabonakali. Eqinisweni, thina esiphilayo singakhetha ukuya eminyango yabameleli abakhethiwe, yomakhelwane bethu, noma sihlale ekhaya. Singakhetha ukuthi sizwakale futhi singabonwa. Robert Naiman at Inqubomgomo Yomthetho Nje iveza ukuthi abantu abaningi abazi okwamanje ukuthi iNdlu ivotele ukuvimbela ukuhlanganyela kwe-US empini yaseSaudi e-Yemen. Singagxila enqubekelaphambili eseyenziwe, simemezele amavoti eNdlu ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, siphushele ivoti leNdlu mayelana nokuvinjelwa kwe-Davidson-Nolan mayelana Nokwabiwa Kwezokuvikela, futhi siphushe iSenethi ukuthi idlulise izinhlinzeko ezifanayo njengeNdlu. Mina ngokwami ngiyaphikisana nazo zonke izilinganiso zokuvikela (nginqabile konke ukukhokhelwa kwentela yemali engenayo yenhlangano kusukela ngo-1980). Ngiyabona ukuthi ubushoshovu bezomthetho, enhliziyweni yombuso ogqilazwe yimpi, iyithuluzi lokusetshenziswa okulinganiselwe; kodwa uma kucatshangelwa inhlekelele ezayo, njengoba abambalwa kakhulu okwamanje abayiqondayo, u-2017 angase akhunjulwe kamuva njengonyaka wendlala embi kakhulu emlandweni wangemva kwe-WWII - asinakho ukunethezeka ukwenqaba noma yimaphi amathuluzi ethulwe kithi.
Izigidigidi, mhlawumbe izigidigidi, zizosetshenziswa ukuthumela izikhali, izinhlelo zezikhali, izindiza zempi, izinhlamvu, nokusekelwa kwezempi esifundeni, kubhebhethekise imijaho emisha yezikhali futhi kukhuphule inzuzo yabakhi bezikhali baseMelika. Kodwa, singakhetha ukuma eminyango yabaholi bethu kanye nomakhelwane bethu, sihloniphe imihlatshelo yesikhathi esidlule kanye nezimpilo ezingenacala esingakwazi ukuzisindisa, njengoba siphindaphinda imizamo yokuvimba abenzi bempi ukuthi baqhubeke bezuza phezulu ezimpilweni zethu.
Asikwazi neze ukuhlehlisa izinqumo zokulahla amabhomu e-athomu e-Hiroshima naseNagasaki, futhi asikwazi ukuvimbela konke ukufa okuzofika, kuleli hlobo elibi kakhulu, emazweni Ezindlala Ezine. Engomeni, u-Sadako olahlekile, osekusele isikhathi eside ukulondoloza ngisho nalapho egoqa iphepha embhedeni wakhe, akasiceli ukuthi sisule ukulahlekelwa kwakhe okubi, kodwa ukuze sifinyelele uguquko esingakwazi, futhi singabe sisapholisa maseko ekufezeni:
“Engikudingayo nje ukuthula
Uyalwa namuhla uyalwa namuhla
Ukuze abantwana balomhlaba
Ungaphila futhi ukhule futhi uhleke futhi udlale”
Kathy Kelly ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)