Ekuqaleni kwawo-1970, ngachitha ihlobo amabili ngijikijela okhalweni lwengulube embonini yokupakisha inyama yaseChicago. I-Rose Packing Company ikhokhele idlanzana labafundi basekolishi u-$2.25 ngehora ukuze kucutshungulwe ingulube. Ukugqokisa amabhuzu okulwa, amaphinifa erabha aphuzi, izibuko, amanethi ezinwele kanye nama-smocks amhlophe ahlala phansi angazange ahlale amhlophe isikhathi eside, sasifika esitezi sefekthri. Sizungezwe imishini evala izindlebe, sasinyathela phezu kwamachibi amancane egazi nemfucuza, sizivumelanisa nephunga elibi, njengoba siya ezindaweni zethu. Ngangingena ekhrethini lobisi phambi komgqomo omkhulu ogcwele izinkalo zenyama yengulube. Khona-ke, ngishwiba ihuku elikhulu eliyinsimbi, ngigwaze inyonga enkulu yengulube, ngiyikhiphe enqwabeni, ngiyifake ebhandeni elithwala inyama ngiyifaka emshinini wokugqumisa ijusi. Ngezinye izikhathi ukubhonga kwenduna kungase kubonise ukushintshela ekucubunguleni izinqe zengulube yaseCanada, okwakuhilela ukusunduza ngokushesha izinsimbi zensimbi ngemva kokusikeka kwenyama engunxande. Ngezinye izikhathi, ngangibelwa emshinini okhipha udoti inyama ngiwufake epayipini lepulasitiki, ingxenye yenqubo yokwenza ama-hot dog. Ngokushesha ngaba umuntu odla imifino.
Kodwa, kuze kube yizinyanga ezithile ezedlule, uma noma ubani ake athi kimi, โKathy Kelly, wena zilwane ezihlatshiwe,โ ngiqinisekile ngangiyophika, futhi mhlawumbe ngize ngizwe ngicasuka kancane. Muva nje, ngiye ngabona ukuthi empeleni ngahlanganyela ekuhlatshweni kwezilwane. Kuyafana, akunjalo, emibonweni eminingi lapha e-United States mayelana nesibopho sethu sokubulala abantu e-Afghanistan, ePakistan, e-Iraq nakwezinye izindawo lapho i-US ibulala khona izakhamuzi.
Ukubulala kwangempela kubonakala kukude, kucishe kungabonakali, futhi sikhula sizijwayeza izindima zethu ezikude kangangokuthi asiboni nakancane ukungezwani okwandayo okubangelwa ukuhlasela kwezindiza zase-US, kusetshenziswa ama-drones ashayelwa ukude. I-drones idubula imicibisholo futhi iphonsa amabhomu ashisa abantu endaweni okuhloswe kuyo, iningi labo okungabantu abavamile okuwukuphela "ubugebengu" babo ukuhlala nomndeni wabo.
Izakhamuzi zase-Afghanistan nasePakistan zinezwi elincane enkantolo yemibono yomphakathi yase-US futhi azinazwi nakancane ezinkantolo zomthetho zase-US. Sihlose ukuveza ukukhathazeka ngokusetshenziswa kwe-US kwama-drones ekubulaweni okuhlosiwe, abangu-14 bethu bebelungiselela ukuqulwa kwecala lapha e-Las Vegas, lapho sibekwe icala ngaphansi komthetho wesifunda sase-Nevada ngokwephula umthetho e-Creech Air Force Base, eduze kwase-Indian Springs, e-Nevada. .
Amacala asukela esenzweni sika-April, 2009 lapho abantu abambalwa bebambe imilindelo esangweni elikhulu eliya e-Creech AFB izinsuku eziyishumi. Elinye lamabhanela ethu lathi, โGround the Drones, Funa Uvuna Isivunguvungu.โ Uphawu lomfundisi waseFrancisca uJerry Zawada lwaluthi: โAma-drones awakuzwa ukububula kwabantu abaphansi, futhi nathi asikuzwa.โ UJerry wathwala lolo phawu esisekelweni ngo-April 9, 2009 lapho abangu-14 bethu bezama ukuletha izincwadi ezimbalwa kumphathi wamasosha, uColonel Chambliss. Iziphathimandla zesifunda saseNevada zasibeka icala lokungena emthethweni. Sasikholelwa ukuthi umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, owenqabela ngokusobala ukubulala okuhlosiwe, usibophezele ukuvimbela iziteleka zama-drone. โKuyisibopho kubashayeli bezindiza, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bekude noma cha, ukuba baqinisekise ukuthi ukuhlola komlawuli ukufaneleka kwesiteleka esihlongozwayo kufakazelwa ubufakazi obubonakalayo,โ kubhala uPhilip Alston, uMlobi Okhethekile we-UN mayelana nokubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kokwahlulela, ukufingqa noma ngokungafanele, โ nokuthi lokho okuhlosiwe kusemthethweni, nokuthi izimfuneko zesidingo, ukulingana, nokucwasa kuyahlangatshezwana nazo.โ
I-United States ayikho impi nePakistan. Abaholi baseMelika bagcizelela kaningi ukuthi iPakistan ingumfelandawonye wethu. Noma kunjalo, ama-drones asetshenziswa e-US asetshenziselwa ukubulala okuhlosiwe eNyakatho naseNingizimu Waziristan. โUkubulala okuhlosiwe kuyisu eliphoqelela kakhulu elisetshenziswa empini yobuphekula,โ ngokwe-Harvard Journal. โNgokungafani nokuboshwa noma ukuphenywa ngemibuzo, akuklanyelwe ukubamba umshokobezi, ukuqapha izenzo zakhe, noma ukukhipha ukwaziswa; kalula nje, iklanyelwe ukuqeda amaphekula.โ http://www.harvardnsj.com/2010/06/law-and-policy-of-targeted-killing
I-Pentagon ithi ukuhlasela kwe-drone kuyisu elihle lokuqeda amalungu e-Al Qaeda. Nokho egameni lokuqinisa ezokuphepha kubantu base-US, i-US ibeka ukubulawa njengenqubomgomo evumelekile. Ingabe lokhu kusenza siphephe kakhudlwana?
UGeneral Petraeus angase abone izinzuzo zesikhathi esifushane, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kungenzeka ukuthi ukuhlasela kwe-drone, kanye nokuhlasela kwasebusuku kanye namaqhinga eqembu elibulalayo, kuzodala ukuqhuma. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukwanda kwe-drone emazweni amaningi kuzonciphisa ukuphepha kwabantu base-US nasemhlabeni wonke.
Ngokusetshenziswa kwama-drones, abantu base-US bangathola ibanga elikhulu nakakhulu nokuziphendulela okuncane ngoba amabutho ahlomile ase-US nama-CIA agents, angabonakali kubantu base-US, angabulala abantu abahlosiwe ngaphandle kokushiya isizinda saseMelika. Izinkampani ezikhiqiza ama-drones nochwepheshe abawaklamayo babungaza ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu kanye nenzuzo ekhulayo.
Enkantolo yase-Las Vegas, ngo-September 14, 2010, ijaji elilalela icala lethu linethuba elingajwayelekile lokusiza ekusheshiseni leyo nqubo ngokuvumela ofakazi abangochwepheshe ukuba bakhulume ngezibopho zesakhamuzi ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe namalungelo ethu avikelwe ngaphansi komthethosisekelo wase-US, konke maqondana nomsebenzi wethu wokuqeda impi ye-drone.
Uma ngikhumbula ukuhlanganyela kwami โโekubulaleni, nginamahloni ngokuthi ngawuthatha lo msebenzi ngaphandle kwesizathu esithile ngaphandle kokuthola ama-dime ambalwa, ngehora, kunalokho engangingase ngiwuthole emsebenzini owawungahlanganisi ukubulala. Kungithathe amashumi amane eminyaka ukuhlola ngokoqobo engangikwenzile. Ngabe kuzosithatha iminyaka engu-40 ukuthi thina bantu sivume iqhaza lethu ekubulaleni abanye abantu abebengasho lutho ngathi.
Kathy Kelly ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)