Kusukela US ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kwe Afghanistan ngo-2001, iBush Administration ivuselele umbono wekoloniyali owagetshengwa wokuthi ukungenelela kwawo kwezempi kuhloselwe ukusindisa abesifazane abangamaSulumane emiphakathini yabo ecindezelayo. Njengoba uLaura Bush esho, "Impi yokulwa nobushokobezi iphinde ibe nokulwela amalungelo nesithunzi sabesifazane." Bambalwa abesifazane baseMpumalanga Ephakathi abamkholelwayo: umugqa uhloselwe abantu base- US.
In Iraq, abesifazane bayazi ukuthi naphezu kwayo yonke inkulumo kaBush ngamalungelo abantu besifazane nentando yeningi, i US ayifuni intando yeningi yangempela Iraq. Phela, ukube bekuya kubantu abaningi base-Iraqi, bangaki abebengawusekela umthetho wezwe wase-US-brokered oil, obeka Iraqinsiza ebaluleke kakhulu ku- ukuchithwa kwezinkampani ezizinze e-US? Mangaki ama-Iraqi abengakhetha okukhulu, unomphela US izisekelo zamasosha ezweni labo-okukuphela kwenhloso yazo iwukwenza okwengeziwe US ukungenelela kwezempi esifundeni? Kuyo yonke iMpumalanga Ephakathi—futhi ngempela, emhlabeni wonke—i US uncamele ukweseka abaholi abangondlovukayiphikiswa abephula amalungelo abantu besifazane ngendlela ehlelekile. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi amalungelo abesifazane ayingxenye ebalulekile yamalungelo entando yeningi, futhi amalungelo entando yeningi awusongo US ukulawula isifunda.
Iqiniso lokuthi i- US isebenzise amalungelo abantu besifazane njengendawo yokubuthanela izimpi zayo e Emaphakathi Mpumalanga ngezinye izikhathi isetshenziselwa ukugqugquzela isimangalo sokuthi amalungelo abesifazane "angaphandle" esifundeni kanye nethuluzi "lokubusa kwaseNtshonalanga." Siyasizwa leso sicelo esivela kuma-Conservatives emazweni amaSulumane aphikisana namalungelo abesifazane. Nathi siyayizwa kwabanye US abathuthukayo abakholelwa ukuthi ukugxeka ukungenelela kwe-US ku Iraq idinga ukuvikela noma yiliphi iqembu eliphikisana ne US, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi liliphi irekhodi lamalungelo abantu alelo qembu. Kodwa amalungelo abantu akusona isiphakamiso. I US ukusebenza akukho emthethweni futhi akunabulungiswa-kanjalo nodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane base-Iraq.
Ngakho-ke sibhekana kanjani nodlame lwama-Islamist olubhekiswe kwabesifazane ngaphandle kokusekela umbono wokucwasa udlame olusekelwe ebulilini kuwo Iraq ngandlela thize lisuselwa ku-Islam? Siqala ngokubona lokho ku- US, izingxoxo zodlame olusekelwe kubulili e Emaphakathi Mpumalanga zenzeka esimweni sobutha maqondana ne-Islam kanye namazwe amaSulumane. Sonke sizwe amazwibela mayelana nosizi lwabesifazane abangamaSulumane okungaphezu nje kokucwasa okusetshenziselwa ukuthethelela. US ukungenelela emazweni abo. Kungakho amasu amelene nodlame olusekelwe kubulili eMpumalanga Ephakathi kudingeka alwe nodlame lwe US inqubomgomo yangaphandle, ukubhekana "Islamophobia" in the US, futhi zibone izindlela ubandlululo ngobulili nokucwasa okuye kwabuthelwa kuzo US "impi yokwesaba."
Ukuqonda izixhumanisi phakathi kokuphikisana nodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane base-Iraq kanye nokuphikisana nodlame olwenziwe ngabakwa- US kungasiza ukubhekana nokukhathazeka kwabantu abakhathazeke ngokuthi ukumela amalungelo abesifazane baseMpumalanga Ephakathi kubeka "izindinganiso zaseNtshonalanga" emazweni amaSulumane. Lapha, ukwesaba ukuthethelela "i-cultural imperialism" kuholela abantu ukuthi bathule ngokuhlukunyezwa kwabesifazane. Kodwa ukuthula akuyona impendulo evikelekile ekuhlukunyezweni okukhulu kwamalungelo abantu. Futhi akudingekile ukuthula ukuze kugwenywe amacala e-imperialism yamasiko, ngoba akukho lutho ngokwemvelo "lwaseNtshonalanga" ngamalungelo abantu besifazane.
Abesifazane ku Emaphakathi Mpumalanga banomlando wamakhulu eminyaka womzabalazo wezepolitiki, ukuhlela okudumile, umthetho wezomthetho, kanye nezifundo ezihloselwe ukuthola amalungelo emiphakathini yabo. Njengoba umbhali nesishoshovu sase-Iraqi u-Haifa Zangana esho, "Umbono oyiphutha omkhulu ukubona abesifazane base-Iraq njengezisulu ezithule, ezingenamandla emphakathini olawulwa ngamadoda odinga 'inkululeko ephuthumayo.' Lesi sithombe sifanelana kahle nesithombe esikhulu sabantu base-Iraqi abayizisulu ezingenzi lutho ezingakwamukela ukusebenza kwezwe labo. Iqiniso lihlukile."
Ukucabanga ukuthi amalungelo abantu besifazane ayinto ekhathazayo "yaseNtshonalanga" ayilungile nje kuphela, kodwa futhi igcwele ngokweqile. Phela, izisekelo zobuhlakani zempucuko—ukubhala, izibalo, nesayensi—“ziseMpumalanga.” Ngakho-ke ingabe lezi zindlela "zangaphandle" futhi azifanelekile "eNtshonalanga?" Amalungelo abantu, ubufazi, izincwadi, nesayensi konke kuyizici zefa lethu elivamile labantu. Kufanele sibe nezinsolo noma nini lapho othile kuthiwa ungowabantu abathile—noma akayena—ikakhulukazi lapho lelo gama lisetshenziselwa ukuvimba abantu amalungelo abo. Umphakathi ocatshangwayo "waseNtshonalanga" awunakho ukubusa intando yeningi, amalungelo abesifazane, nanoma yiziphi ezinye "izimiso" US kuhloswe "ukuletha" kukho Iraq.
Izihlakaniphi zophiko lwesokudla zithanda ukukhuluma "ngokungqubuzana kwempucuko" ehlukanisa phakathi I-united states ukusuka Emaphakathi Mpumalanga. Kodwa ukungqubuzana kwangempela akukhona phakathi kombuso wentando yeningi “waseNtshonalanga” kanye nombuso wentando yeningi “waseMpumalanga”; kuphakathi kwalabo abasekela izinhlobonhlobo zamalungelo abantu—kuhlanganise nelungelo labesifazane lokuphila ngaphandle kobudlova—nalabo abaphishekela amandla ezomnotho nezombusazwe ukuze bathole abambalwa abakhethekile ngokulahlekelwa iningi lomhlaba. Kulokhu kungqubuzana, akekho omiselwe kusengaphambili ukuba abe kolunye uhlangothi noma kolunye ngenxa yesiko, inkolo, noma ubuzwe bakhe. Sikhetha isikhundla sethu ngokusekelwe ezimisweni zethu nasezenzweni zethu. Thina esikhetha ukuma sivikele amalungelo abantu Iraq kufanele bafune futhi balalele ama-Iraqi anenqubekela phambili, okuhlanganisa nenkulungwane yabesifazane base-Iraq abazabalazela amalungelo abesifazane ezweni labo kanye nelungelo lezwe labo lokukhululeka US ukubusa.
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