NGO-JULY 11, 2005, NGENXA YEZINHLOBO EZINKULU nekhono lokungacunuli, iNhloko Yezokuvikela yaseCanada uGeneral Hillier wachaza amabutho ahlelelwe ukulwa nomsebenzi we-NATO e-Afghanistan: “Laba bangababulali abanengekayo kanye nezigebengu, ngizokutshela lokho kulungile. ngaphambili. Bayayizonda inkululeko yethu, bayayizonda umphakathi wethu, bayayizonda inkululeko yethu.â
Lona bekungewona umugqa ojwayelekile wesifunda sase-Canada ekusebenzeni phesheya. Imishini yase-Canada yase-Canada, ngokwesibonelo, yakhelwe ngokwemibandela “ukusiza†abantu baseHaiti ngentando yeningi. Nakuba Umeluleki Okhethekile kaNdunankulu eHaiti, uDenis Coderre, ngezikhathi ezithile esebenzisa ulimi olunobudlova mayelana “namaphekula” (elandela umkhuba ojwayelekile wokwethula amalebula anjalo ngaphandle kobufakazi) ukuchaza uhulumeni waseHaiti owaxoshwa uLavalas, ingxenye enkulu. Inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseCanada yethulwa emphakathini ngokuthi “ukugcina ukuthula,†isiza lezo “izifunda ezehlulekile†ukuthi zakhe “amandla.†Imisebenzi yamasosha aseCanada nayo yethulwa njengokunokuthula ngandlela thize.
U-Hillier wayezama ngokusobala ukuqeda lesi sithombe, hhayi nje ngamasu okusebenzelana namademoni (“ama-scumbags anyanyekayo†), ukwesaba nokucwasa (“bayayizonda inkululeko yethu"), kanye nokuphindaphinda (“bayayizonda inkululeko yethu†). U-Hillier wayefuna nokuqeda imibono yebutho laseCanada njengebutho elinokuthula, elisiza abantu ezindabeni zomhlaba: “Singamasosha aseCanada, futhi umsebenzi wethu uwukukwazi ukubulala abantu.
U-Hillier waqhubeka nomkhankaso wokwesaba: “U-Osama bin Laden, esikhathini esithile esedlule, wabonisa ukuthi i-Canada yayiyimpoqo,†esho ku-Canadian TV. “Njengesakhamuzi somhlaba esinomthwalo wemfanelo, siye sabamba iqhaza emkhankasweni wokulwa nobushokobezi, futhi, kunjalo, sizama ukuletha uzinzo ezindaweni ezingaqinile ngakho-ke zenze njengesizinda sokusekela ubuphekula. Konke lokho, ngicabanga ukuthi, kusenza sibe umgomo.â
Ukusebenzisa ulimi lwezempi, u-Hillier udale “ukuvula†okwaxhashazwa nguMajor General Andrew Leslie engqungqutheleni eyayingo-August ebizwa ngokuthi “AmaHandcuffs and Hand Grenades†“I-Afghanistan wuhlelo lweminyaka engama-20,†esho, kodwa †€œkunezinto okufanele uzilwele. Kunezinto okufanele uzifele. Kunezinto okufanele uzibulale.” Echaza ukuthi kungani iCanada kwadingeka ibe se-Afghanistan iminyaka engu-20, uLeslie uthe kungenxa yokuthi “njalo uma ubulala insizwa ethukuthele phesheya kwezilwandle, udala abanye abangu-15 abazokuza emva kwakho. .â€
Akudingi uhlaka lwezempi ukubona ukuthi u-Hillier no-Leslie benza izitatimende eziziphikisayo. Uma ngaso sonke isikhathi iCanada ibulala umuntu phesheya kwezilwandle idala “izinsizwa ezithukuthele” ezingu-15 ingabe lokho kwenza labo bantu abangu-15 babe “amaxhwanguxhwangu anengekayo?” Uma ukubulala kungenanzuzo ngendlela emangalisayo, ingabe kunengqondo ukumemezela ngokuziqhenya ukuthi â €œumsebenzi wethu uwukukwazi ukubulala abantu?†Futhi uma ukubulawa kwalaba “amaqola ayisinengiso†kudala ezinye izitha ezingu-15, ingabe lokho ngempela kufanele kubhekwe njengomgomo “okufanele ukubulawelwa kona?â€
Amazwana ka-Hillier no-Leslie angaqondwa njengemisebenzi yabezindaba ehloselwe ukwenza kube semthethweni indima yezempi enolaka e-Canada emhlabeni. Ukuthi izinkulumo zabo zizwakala njengemibhalo yenkulumo-ze efudunyeziwe yama-neoconservatives aseMelika akufanele kumangaze, ngoba i-US ukuphela kwemodeli yesimanje iCanada engaba nayo yezempi enolaka. Kodwa ukuphawula kojenene kunolaka kunemfundiso yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle esemthethweni yaseCanada. Leyo mfundiso yachazwa ngendlela ehlelekile nguNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseCanada uBill Graham enkulumweni yakhe ngoSepthemba eMishini yaseCanada yase-Afghan.
Kuleyo nkulumo, uGraham uchaze umbono okhuthaza isimo saseCanada esinolaka. Umbono wukuthi kukhona “izifunda ezehlulekile†lapho ingozi “ivuza khona†iye kwezinye izindawo. I-Afghanistan ingena kulolu hlelo njengezwe “elinomlando ongemuhle wezimpi nokungalawuleki… okuholela ekubuseni kwamaTaliban kanye nokweseka kwawo i-al-Qaeda nokuhlasela kwawo eNew York.
Nakuba kungase kubonakale kunesikhala esikhulu phakathi kwendlela ka-Graham 'yokusiza' nendlela ka-Hillier/Leslie 'yokubulala abantu, indlela yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yaseCanada empeleni incane kakhulu: ihlanganisa ukweseka kanye nokweseka. ukwenza ngokusemthethweni inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US, noma ngabe “ngenkulumo yezwe eyehlulekileâ€, ukusekelwa kwezempi, noma ukukhiqizwa kwezikhali okunenzuzo. Imishini yase-Canada yase-Afghan ifanela umthethosivivinywa kuzo zonke izibalo.
ICanada e-Afghanistan
NGO-2002, iCanada yathumela amasosha angu-800 eKandahar ukuze ahlanganyele ne-United States. Ngo-Ephreli walowo nyaka, iCanada yabulala abantu abaningi kakhulu emishini lapho abantu abane baseCanada bebulawa ngamabhomu e-US F-16.
NgokukaGraham, iCanada ibe “yahola umzamo wokuba i-NATO ithathe i-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) eKabul” evela kwiNhlangano Yezizwe. Namuhla i-ISAF inamasosha angu-8,000 35 avela emazweni angu-2,600, kanti iCanada inikele ngamasosha angaba ngu-2005. Ngo-August 250, iCanada yathumela amanye amasosha angu-2006 eKandahar, kanye nezikhulu ze-Canadian International Development Agency, iRoyal Canadian Mounted Police, kanye nezangaphandle. NgoFebhuwari 350, iCanada izokwengeza ikomkhulu eKandahar, namasosha angama-1,000 aphethe umbutho wamazwe omhlaba kanye nenani lamasosha ayinkulungwane njengebutho lonyaka owodwa.
Njengoba iCanada inenani labantu elicishe lifane nelase-Afghanistan kanye nezinsiza zezempi ezilinganiselwe kakhulu, ukuthunyelwa kwe-Afghanistan kuwumzamo omkhulu wenqubomgomo yangaphandle.
I-Real Mission ye-NATO
I-ISAF YATHATHWA yi-NATO ngo-Agasti 2003, emkhankasweni wayo wokuqala ngqa ngaphandle kwesifunda sase-Euro-Atlantic. I-ISAF yaqale yasungulwa yiNhlangano Yezizwe ukuze ihlinzeke ngokuvikeleka e-Afghanistan ngemuva kokuwa kweTaliban, kodwa ukwehluleka kwayo okukhulu ukuthi yayivinjelwe enhlokodolobha, iKabul, ngenxa yengcindezi enamandla evela e-US. Ezifundazweni zasemakhaya, ezihlanganisa iningi le-Afghanistan, amasosha okugcina ukuthula abengenza umehluko omkhulu ekuletheni ukuhleleka. Esikhundleni salokho, lezi zindawo zigcwele amasosha asekelwa yi-US, izinduna zempi, abaphathi bendawo, namasosha ase-US abambe iqhaza "ekuzingeleni" i-Al Qaeda neTaliban. Amasosha ase-US abambisana ngokuqondile nezinduna zempi zendawo, eziklomelisa ngezikhali nosizo ngokushintshanisa “ubuhlakani— ku-Al Qaeda neTaliban.
Ngenxa yalokho, selokhu kwawa amaTaliban, izwe seliyindawo eyingozi kakhulu. Kulo nyaka, amasosha amaningi ase-US abulewe e-Afghanistan kunanoma yimuphi unyaka odlule, futhi izinduna zempi zigxile kakhulu kunangaphambili. Khonamanjalo, ngokohlelo lwe-United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) luhlawumbisela, inani lomhlaba elinikezelwe ekulimeni i-opium poppy selikhuphuke lafika ngokuphindwe kasishiyagalombili nengxenye inani lika-2001. Uma inhloso yangempela ye-ISAF bekuwukugcina ukuthula, izenzo zase-US ziwuvimbele ngokuqondile lowo mgomo. Kodwa mhlawumbe “ukugcina ukuthula†kwakungewona neze umsebenzi we-ISAF.
Lapho ebuzwa omunye wababhali balesi sihloko, uSonali Kolhatkar, ukuthi i-ISAF yenzani ngokuqhubekayo, umkhulumeli we-NATO/ISAF uMajor Karen Tissot Van Patot (waseCanada), oseKabul, uthe ISAF’ Umgomo wakhe "ukunikeza indawo evikelekile nezinzile." Lapho ecindezelwa ukuthola imininingwane, wachaza ukuthi eKabul, lapho ikomkhulu le-ISAF likhona, i-ISAF kanye nohulumeni omkhulu wase-Afghan basebenzisana eduze: "Sisebenza ngokubambisana" ¦ [sihlinzeka] noma yini abayidingayo. Noma yini abayicelayo…. Silapha ngokuyalelwa nguhulumeni ukuthi abanikeze usizo.â
Uma kubhekwa ukuthi u-Hamid Karzai, inhloko kahulumeni omusha wase-Afghan, wagqugquzelwa yi-US, futhi usalokhu evikelwe amasosha ase-US, kulungile ukuphetha ngokuthi i-NATO ise-Afghanistan ngokuyala kukahulumeni wase-US. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukuhlinzeka uhulumeni wase-Karzai ngokuphepha okhethweni lukamongameli kazwelonke nolwephalamende olwakhiwe yi-US oluhehe abezindaba bamazwe ngamazwe.
Umgomo wangempela awukona ukugcina ukuthula, kodwa kunalokho inkohliso yokugcina ukuthula ukuze kwenziwe ukufakwa kombuso olungele i-US ukuba unambitheke kubantu base-Afghanis. Imizamo ye-ISAF ye-propaganda eqinile iyakufakazela lokhu. Imidlalo yedolobha lase-Kabul amabhodi amakhulu akhangisa iminikelo ye-ISAF kubantu base-Afghan. I-ISAF iphinde iqhube imisakazo neziteshi zikamabonakude ngezilimi zakuleli ukuze kugqanyiswe umusa wamasosha akwamanye amazwe. Enhliziyweni yomsebenzi we-NATO njenge-ISAF umzamo “wokuzuza izinhliziyo nezingqondo” zabantu base-Afghan. Lokhu kuzuzisa wonke amabutho aseNtshonalanga akhona, kuhlanganise ne-US.
Umzamo omkhulu we-NATO we-propaganda usesimweni samaQembu Okwakha Kabusha Ezifundazwe, okungamaqembu amasosha abambene ngengxube exakile yokuhlinzeka ngokuvikeleka, enza amaphrojekthi amancane okwakha kabusha kanye nokusiza abantu, kanye nokucela ulwazi lwezobunhloli. Amasosha ase-US aba ngamavulandlela ekusetshenzisweni kwamaQembu Okwakha Kabusha Ezifundazwe, kanti amabutho e-NATO nawo alandela lokho. Ukuphendula izingcingo zeminyaka ezivela ezinhlanganweni zosizo, izinhlangano zamalungelo abantu, kanye nohulumeni waseKarzai, i-ISAF yaqala ukwandisa igunya layo ngaphandle kwaseKabul. Kodwa esikhundleni sokugcina ukuthula kwangempela – ukuchithwa kwezikhali, ukuvikela izakhamuzi emaqenjini ahlomile, njll.– ukunwetshwa kwenziwa ngokusebenzisa amaQembu Okwakha Kabusha Ezifundazwe. Namuhla, i-ISAF inamaqembu anjalo ayishumi ezifundazweni ezihlukahlukene zase-Afghan.
Usizo olunikezwa amaQembu Okwakha Kabusha Ezifundazwe luncane kakhulu uma luqhathaniswa nezidingo zesizwe, futhi lubiza kakhulu kunalolo olunikezwa izinhlangano zosizo. Ekugcineni, umgomo oyinhloko wamaQembu Okwakha Kabusha Ezifundazweni uwukugcizelela kubantu base-Afghan ukuthi amabutho aseNtshonalanga akhona ukuze abasize ngokudiliva ukudla, ukwakhiwa kwezikole, imithombo, njll. Khonamanjalo, amaQembu Okwakha Kabusha Ezifundazwe acasule izikhungo eziningi zosizo ezikhononda kabuhlungu. ukuthi ukuxuba amaphrojekthi ezempi kanye nokusiza abantu kubeka engcupheni izisebenzi zosizo, futhi kubambe abantu abamukelayo izimfuno zezempi. I-InterAction, umfelandawonye wezinhlangano ezingu-159 ezihlanganisa i-Doctors Without Borders, i-CARE, ne-Oxfam America “ayikholwa ukuthi amalungu ezempi amaQembu Okwakha Kabusha Ezifundazwe kufanele enze imisebenzi yokusiza abantu kanye nokwakha kabusha.
Ekugcineni, amabutho e-NATO (naseCanada) asebenzela izithakazelo zase-US e-Afghanistan. I-NATO kudingeke ukuthi izisungule kabusha ukuze ivumelane nezidingo zase-US, futhi izenzele indima ezweni langemva kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Ngo-Okthoba 2001, uNobhala-Jikelele we-NATO, u-Lord Robertson, wamemezela ithemba lakhe lokuthi i-NATO izoba yingxenye yanoma iyiphi impendulo i-US eyanquma ngayo ngemva kuka-9-11: “Sima ndawonye. I-Europe kanye neNyakatho Melika kuyindawo eyodwa yezokuphepha…imicimbi yangomhla ka-Septhemba 11 ayizange ingasebenzi i-ajenda yangaphambi kukaSepthemba ye-NATO. Uma kukhona, baqinise umqondo waleyo ajenda…uma uKhongolose wase-US ubuza abeLungu ukuthi “yini eningenzele yona kamuva nje?†– kufanele sikulungele ukunikeza impendulo ehloniphekile.
I-Afghanistan Namuhla
UMA I-UNITED States iluthethelela udlame lwayo lwamazwe ngamazwe ngokwezithakazelo nokuphepha kwezwe layo (njengoba u-Hillier no-Leslie babezama ukwenza eCanada), osopolitiki baseCanada bakhetha ukusikisela ukuthi labo abahlomula ngempela empini yethu basemazweni. okuhloswe ngayo ukungenelela. UBill Graham wakuveza ngale ndlela: “Lapho ngizwa amazwi athi makuhoxiswe amasosha ethu, aphakamisa ukuthi sibambene lapho nempi yokulwa ne-Islam, njengoba kwasikisela usombusazwe waseBrithani owayevakashile, ngithi: Mabakhulume nabo. ama-Afghan, ama-Afghan angamaSulumane uqobo, ama-Afghan afuna sibe khona ukuze sibasize baguqule izwe labo futhi sibavumele baphile izimpilo ezihloniphekile; ukubavumela ukuthi baqhube ukhetho olunobulungiswa nolwentando yeningi ngaphandle kokwesaba nokusatshiswa.â
"Mabakhulume nama-Afghan", impela. Ukwenza kanjalo kungase kuveze imiyalelo ehlukile kuneka-Graham, nokho.
Ngo-2004, i-Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), i-ejensi exhaswa uhulumeni, yenza inhlolovo ezweni lonke ngabantu base-Afghan. Imiphumela yabo yashicilelwa embikweni onesihloko esithi “A Call for Justice,†obonise ukuthi iningi labantu base-Afghan lizibheka njengezisulu zempi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusezandleni zeMujahadeen, Taliban, kanye/noma neSoviet Union, futhi bafuna ukuphela kwempi, nobulungisa emacaleni empi. Ohulumeni baseNtshonalanga njengeCanada banganikeza usizo olwakhayo kubantu base-Afghan ukuze balethe izigebengu zempi kanye nabazuzi bazo ebulungiswa. Inkinga ukuthi abahlomuli abakhulu yi-US kanye nabalingani bayo, iSaudi Arabia nePakistan, abahlinzeka ngezikhali, ukuqeqeshwa, kanye noxhaso lwezimali ezigebengwini zempi.
Esinye isifiso esinamandla phakathi kwama-Afghan ukuncishiswa kwezikhali ezweni lonke. Ngo-2004, i-Human Rights Research and Advocacy Consortium (HRRAC), umfelandawonye wezinhlangano ezisiza abantu, yashicilela umbiko osekelwe kwenye inhlolovo ebizwa ngokuthi “Take the Guns Away.â Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi iyiphi into ebaluleke kakhulu okufanele yenziwe ukuthuthukisa ezokuphepha E-Afghanistan, amaphesenti angama-65 abantu base-Afghan abahlolisisiwe bathi ukuchithwa kwezikhali. Leli nani lalingaphezulu kakhulu – amaphesenti angu-87 – esifundazweni sase-Mazar-e-Sharif lapho izinduna zempi ezisekelwa yi-US zazivame ukuxabana. Amazwe aseNtshonalanga angakwazi ukuxhasa ngokugcwele amaphrojekthi okunciphisa izikhali e-Afghanistan. Esikhundleni salokho, ukuchithwa kwezikhali okukhetheke kakhulu futhi okunepolitiki kwenzeke, okushiya iningi lamasosha aphethwe ngasese linjalo. Ukukhipha izikhali ngokugcwele kuzophikisana nomkhuba wase-US wokuvumela ukwanda kwezikhali, futhi okubi kakhulu, ukuzibandakanya ekwandeni kwezikhali.
Amalungelo abantu ashiwo kakhulu afiswa abaphenduli kuhlolo lwe-HRRAC ahlanganisa “ukulingana ngokobuhlanga, kwezenkolo nobulili; amalungelo ezombusazwe afana nelungelo lokubamba iqhaza okhethweni olukhululekile nolunobulungiswa; kanye nelungelo lemfundo.†Nakuba abaphathi bakaBush bevame ukusho ukuthi izigidi zamantombazane ase-Afghan manje afunda esikoleni, zimbalwa kakhulu izikole ezindaweni zasemakhaya, kanti lezo ezisebenzayo zinekharikhulamu elinganiselwe ezifundweni zamaSulumane, okukhumbuza iTaliban. -imfundo yenkathi yabafana. I-RAWA, i-Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, sekungamashumi eminyaka ilwela amalungelo abesifazane. Izikole zabo, ezifundisa ikharikhulamu elinganiselayo esekelwe ebulilini, ekubekezeleni kwabantu ngokwenkolo, namalungelo abesifazane, zibhekene nokuvalwa ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezimali. Amazwe aseNtshonalanga angayizuzisa kakhulu i-Afghanistan ngokuxhasa ngokugcwele izikole eziklanywe futhi eziholwa ngabesifazane base-Afghan. Kuze kube manje, ingxenye encane kuphela yosizo eya e-Afghanistan iya kwezemfundo.
Kuningi okwenziwe ngamalungelo abesifazane ngemuva kokuwa kweTaliban. Kuyiqiniso ngempela ukuthi abanye besifazane, ikakhulukazi eKabul, bajabulela inkululeko eyengeziwe yokuvela emphakathini, bagqoke ngendlela abayifunayo, futhi banelungelo lezindlu, imisebenzi, imfundo, nokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Nokho, ezigidini zabesifazane base-Afghan ngaphandle kwaseKabul lokhu kusho okuncane kakhulu. Owesifazane othile esifundazweni sasemaphandleni wayengenamfundo, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, noma umsebenzi ngaphambi kokuba amaTaliban abuse. Wabe esenqatshelwa ngokusemthethweni lezo zinto ngamaTaliban. Ngemuva kokuwa kweTaliban, akasenayo imfundo, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, noma umsebenzi, yize enamalungelo asemthethweni. Ngazo zonke izinjongo ezisebenzayo, impilo yakhe ayihlukile uma iqhathaniswa neyangaphambili noma ngesikhathi seTaliban. Izizwe zaseNtshonalanga zingaweseka ngempela amalungelo abesifazane base-Afghan ngokudlulela ngale kwamathokheni, amaphrojekthi aphezulu, futhi esikhundleni salokho zixhase ngezimali imfundo efinyeleleka kalula, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nemisebenzi yabo bonke abesifazane base-Afghanistan. Lawa maphrojekthi kufanele aklanywe futhi aqhutshwe ngabesifazane base-Afghan, abakuqonda kangcono abakudingayo.
Ingxenye enkulu yomnotho wase-Afghanistan isuselwe ekuhwebeni kwezidakamizwa, okuvuselelwe izinduna zempi ezisekelwa yi-US kanye nabakhuzi bezifunda. Esikhundleni sokubeka abalimi abampofu njengobugebengu ngokukhula kopopi, amazwe aseNtshonalanga angasiza abantu base-Afghan banciphise ukuncika kwabo emnothweni wezidakamizwa ngokunikeza isinxephezelo esigcwele kubalimi asebengene ezikweletini ukuze batshale futhi bavune i-opium. Ukwengeza, abalimi bangase basizwe ngezinye izindlela zokulima ezizozuzisa imindeni yabo nezwe labo.
Inkinga, vele, ukuthi ukugxila kumaphrojekthi akhayo afana nalawa ashiwo ngenhla kuzozuzisa ama-Afghan kuphela, hhayi izithakazelo zase-US, zaseCanada, noma ze-NATO. Bazoqinisa abantu base-Afghanistan futhi bacebise intuthuko yabo yentando yeningi, kuyilapho benciphisa amandla ezinduna zempi zase-US nase-Afghan.
Kungani iCanada ihilelekile?
IMFUNDISO ENTSHA YENQUBOMGOMO YASE-CANADA YAMAZWE angaphandle “isibopho sokuvikela†abantu “bezifundazwe ezehlulekile” ikubeka kabi ukugcizelela. Imfundiso iphakamisa ukuthi izizathu zokungenelela kwe-Canada zitholakala emazweni lapho singenelela khona: I-Afghanistan ihlaselwe “ukungalawulwa kahle,†iHaiti "yizwe elihlulekile." Izizathu zeqiniso zeCanada’ ukungenelela, kunalokho, kuzotholakala ebudlelwaneni phakathi kweCanada ne-United States.
Ngesikhathi i-US ihlasela futhi ithatha iVietnam, izinkampani zaseCanada zazuza ngokuhlinzeka amasosha aseMelika, futhi osomaqhinga baseCanada bangenela i-US “Ikhomishini Yokulawula Yomhlaba Wonke,–uhlaka “olungathathi hlangothi” obekufanele luqaphe ukungqubuzana phakathi. i-US kanye neVietnam. Khona-ke, njengamanje, isithombe se-Canada njengezwe elibanzi, elingaphansi kwezempi kanye ne-imperialism, sasiwumphumela owusizo ekumeni okunolaka kwe-US. I-Canada ingasebenzisa idumela layo elihle ukuze idlale “iphoyisa elihle†le-US “iphoyisa elibi,†ngaleyo ndlela linikeze ukwesekwa kwamaqhinga ekufezeni imigomo yenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US.
Ubudlelwano obufanayo bukhona namuhla. I-Canada izethula njengomngani walawo mazwe engenelela kuwo, “3-D approach†(ukuvikela, idiplomacy, nosizo lwentuthuko) njengenketho phezu kwendlela eyodwa kanye nenolaka yase-US. Uma, ngenxa yalokho, izinkampani zaseCanada ezifana neBell ziwina inkontileka yamadola ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane namasosha ase-US ukuhlinzeka ngezindiza ezinophephela emhlane, noma i-CAE iwina inkontileka ka-$20 million yokuhlinzeka ngobuchwepheshe bokulingisa ukulwa, mhlawumbe lokho kungenye nje “ubukhulu” okufanele kwengezwe kukho. indlela ye-3-D.
Ngenxa yokuthi izizathu zangempela zokungenelela akulona usizo lwangempela nobumbano, ukuthunyelwa kweCanada e-Afghanistan kunobudlelwane obuncane nalokho okudingwa abantu balelo zwe. Esikhundleni salokho, ngaphansi kwesicathulo sokusiza i-Afghanistan, iCanada empeleni ihlinzeka ngobuso obuhle ekwephuleni kwe-US imithetho yempi. Naphezu kwezintaba zobufakazi obudalula ukuhlukunyezwa nokubulawa kwe-US kweziboshwa e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan (ungalibali isipiliyoni saseCanada lapho amasosha ayo ehlukumeza intsha yaze yashona eSomalia ngeminyaka yawo-1990), amasosha aseCanada athumba abantu futhi abanikele ezandleni zabo. ukuya e-US e-Afghanistan. I-US, “igunya lababoshwa†e-Afghanistan, ichaza abantu ebathumba ngokuthi “izimpi ezingekho emthethweni†futhi ibanqabela ukuvikelwa kwe-Geneva Convention. Uma izimemezelo zikaRumsfeld noma uBush mayelana “nokuzonda inkululeko yethu” zithola ukunanela kwazo kwaseCanada e-Hillier kanye no-Leslie, ukuphawula kukaMmeli Jikelele wase-US u-Alberto Gonzales mayelana nezingqungquthela zase-Geneva "ezijwayelekile" kutholwe ukunanela kwawo kwaseCanada kuBrigadier General Mike Ward, okwathi ngo-September 2005 wakhuluma ne-Canadian Press mayelana nokuthi amabutho aseCanada abulale futhi athumba kanjani ama-Afghani ngokubambisana ne-US. Erekhodini lase-US lokuhlukunyezwa kweziboshwa kanye nokusetshenziswa kwelebula “lokulwa okungekho emthethweni” ukuze kugunyazwe ukwephulwa kweZivumelwano zase-Geneva, u-Ward uthe, “Kuliqiniso lempatho esingena ngemininingwane ngayo, hhayi ukuthi empeleni isimo sabo sihlonzwa ‘njengesiboshwa sempi’ noma ‘umlwi ongekho emthethweni.’â€
Lapho amasosha aseMelika ehola khona “empini yobushokobezi,” kulandela iCanada. Ukusebenzelana kweCanada e-Afghanistan kwenza iCanada ibe yithuluzi eliwusizo le-American imperialism, ilungu elincane “ithimba eliwinayo.†Intengo yendawo yokuhlala nombuso iphezulu kubo bonke abahilelekile. Labo abaphulwa ubukhosi babo bathola okubi kakhulu, bebhekene nendlala, izifo, amabhomu, ukuhlushwa, nokufa. Kodwa kwabahambisanayo, kunokudla okuqinile kokwesaba nokucwasa, kanye nokuguguleka kwentando yeningi, izimiso zokuziphatha, kanye nokucabanga okuyisisekelo. Ukuthi iCanada ibhekene nokuguguleka okufana nalokhu kufakazelwa nguMajor General Leslie ukwazile ukumisa isimangalo sokuthi ukubulawa kwezinsizwa phesheya kwezilwandle kufanele kufelwe.
USonali Kolhatkar ungumqondisi-munye we-Afghan Women’s Mission kanye nomsingathi/umdidiyeli we-Uprising, edlala ngoMsombuluko-ngoLwesihlanu ku-KPFK, umsakazo we-Pacifica e-Los Angeles. Uvakashele e-Afghanistan ngoFebhuwari 2005, futhi ubhale ngokuhlanganyela incwadi mayelana nenqubomgomo yase-US e-Afghanistan ezophuma ngo-Spring 2006.
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