Ngisanda kuthumela ingane yami yokugcina unyaka wayo omkhulu ekolishi. Kunemicikilisho ezikhathini ezinjalo, futhi ngenxa yokuthi ukuvuma izono kukababa akukho phakathi kwayo, ngivele ngiphathe amabhokisi futhi ngithule. Kodwa ebengifuna ukukusho kuye ngempela - kunokuba ngikubone kamuva, shayela kule mpelasonto, ingabe udinga imali? - kwaba: Ngiyaxolisa.
Njengabo bonke abazali abakulezi zimo, ngangicabanga ngekusasa lakhe. Futhi njengayo yonke iMelika, kulelo kusasa ngeke akwazi ukubalekela lokho osekuhlanganiswe igama elithi “ubuphekula.”
Konke Kulungile, Kodwa Kufanele Wethuke
Ubuphekula buyingozi cishe engekho kubantu baseMelika. Unethuba elikhulu lokushaywa umbani, kodwa ukwesaba akusebenzi ngaleyo ndlela. Akukho ukufakwa okungu-24/7 kokushaywa kwemibani yomhlaba wonke noma “uma ubona okuthile, sho okuthile” izimpawu ezikukhuthaza ukuthi ubike ukuduma kwezulu. Ngakho ngasibona singekho isidingo sokuxolisa ngombani.
Kodwa ubuphekula? Bengifuna ngempela ukutshela indodakazi yami ukuthi ngiyaxolisa kangakanani ngokuthi kuzofanele iphile kulokho i-9/11 eyashintsha yaba izwe elethuswa kakhulu Emhlabeni.
Ufuna izinombolo? Abanye 40% Abantu baseMelika bakholelwa ukuthi leli zwe lisengozini enkulu yobushokobezi kunangemva nje kukaSepthemba 11, 2001 - okuyiphesenti eliphakeme kunawo wonke.
Ufuna i-apocalyptic jab emathunjini? Umphathi Wezempi uGeneral Mark Milley wathi ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ukuthi usongo lusenzima kakhulu: “Labo bantu, lezo zitha, lawo malungu alelo qembu lamaphekula, basahlose - njengoba benza ngo-9/11 - ukucekela phansi inkululeko yenu, ukunibulala, ukubulala imindeni yenu, basahlose ukubhubhisa i-United States of America.”
Konke lokho kwesaba kusiphendule injini yesiphithiphithi phesheya, ngenkathi sidla inkululeko yethu ekhaya. Futhi kuyangidabukisa ukuthi kube nomhlaba ohlukile, ngaphambi kuka-9/11, isizukulwane sendodakazi yami nabo bonke abamlandelayo abangeke bawazi.
Growing Up
Izingane zami zakhulela phesheya kwezilwandle ngenkathi, kusukela ngo-1988 kuya ku-2012, ngasebenza noMnyango Wezwe. Engxenyeni yokuqala yomsebenzi wami njengenxusa, izimpi zaziseyizindaba zobuhlakani. Ngokwesibonelo, nakuba i-Austria yayingumakhelwane weSlovenia, bambalwa ababekhathazekile ngokuthi izingxabano zaseBalkan zangawo-1990 zazizokapakela ngaphesheya komngcele. Abaqhubi bebhomu abazibulalayo abazange basongele iVienna lapho sivakasha njengezivakashi ngo-1991. Ukuthi impi ingaphinde idle izingxenye ezinkulu zomhlaba futhi ihilele izizwe eziningi bekuyobonakala kukude kithina bavakashi ngalowo nyaka njengenyanga.
Ngisho nempi enkulu yangaleso sikhathi, iDesert Storm ngo-1991, yayibonakala ikude ngokuphawulekayo. Mina nomkhaya wami sabelwa eTaiwan ngaleso sikhathi futhi ukuphila lapho kwamane kwaqhubeka. Kwakungekho ukuxhumana phakathi kwethu nalokho okwakwenzeka e-Kuwait nase-Iraq, futhi ngokuqinisekile asizange sikhathazeke ngokuhlasela kwamaphekula.
Kulula ukukhohlwa ukuthi kwakukudala kangakanani lokho. Ingxenye enkulu ye-Balkans manje isiyindawo yezivakashi, futhi isosha elisencane elalwa e-Desert Storm lizobe liseminyakeni yawo-XNUMX namuhla. Noma cabanga ngakho ngale ndlela: u-Hillary Clinton noma u-Donald Trump lapho engena e-Oval Office ngoJanuwari ozayo uzoba umongameli wesihlanu ngokulandelana ukuqhumisa i-Iraq.
Lapho u-September 11, 2001, efika, ngangisesabelweni sokuya eJapane, futhi njengawo wonke umuntu, njengengxenye yosizi oluhlangene, ngabukela izenzakalo ezimbi ku-TV. Ngenxa yomehluko wesikhathi, kwase kusebusuku kakhulu eTokyo. Njengoba indiza yesibili ifika e-World Trade Center, ngenza amasemishi, ngisola ukuthi ucingo lwaluzokhala maduzane futhi ngangizobizelwa ehhovisi lenxusa ukuze ngisebenze isikhathi eside. Ngikhumbula umkami ethi, “Kungani bekubizele phakathi? SiseTokyo!” Khona-ke, vele, ucingo lwakhala, futhi ngagijima ngayolubamba - hhayi ngenxa yokuphuthuma kwezokuphepha kazwelonke, kodwa ngakho-ke azizange zivuse izingane zami.
Usuku lokuzalwa lwendodakazi yami lungosuku uGeorge W. Bush aqala ngalo ukuhlasela kwe-Iraq. Ngaphuthelwa umgubho wakhe ngo-2003 wokuhlala emsebenzini ngilungiselela ukuthi ihhovisi lenxusa lihlulwe yi-al-Qaeda. Ngaphinde ngalukhumbula usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa ngo-2005, njengoba ngithunyelwe umsebenzi wesikhashana e-Thailand ukuze ngiyosiza i-US Navy ekumiseni indawo yesikhashana lapho. Lapho izikhulu zamasosha asolwandle zisho indawo ezazifuna ukuyisebenzisa kumxhumanisi wamasosha aseThailand ayehamba nathi, wahleka. Lokho kuthathiwe, wathi, kodwa wena akezwanga kusuka kimi, kungcono ubuze abakini ngakho.
Kamuva, ngangizofunda ukuthi indawo yayiyindawo emnyama ye-CIA lapho izwe engangilimele ngaleso sikhathi lalihlukumeza abantu.
Uma sibheka emuva, kuyamangaza ukubona ukuthi, ekuphenduleni usuku olulodwa lokwesaba, iWashington yashisa iMpumalanga Ephakathi, yashintsha ukuhamba ngendiza kwaba uhlobo lokudlala ngobugqila, futhi yaqeda okuhle kwentando yeningi yethu.
Akukho okwakudinga uMthetho we-Patriot, e-Guantánamo, ukuhumusha,i-drone ukubulala, kanye ne-National Security Agency iphendulela amathuluzi ayo ezinhloli ngaphakathi. I-White House igcine imininingwane eminingi embi kakhulu kithi, kodwa ayizange ifihle izinhloso zayo ezibanzi. Abantu baseMelika sebebonke basekela isinyathelo ngasinye, futhi kamuva neWashington evikelwe amadoda nabesifazane abenza isenzo ngasinye esinyanyekayo eyayisigqugquzele. Phela babelandela imiyalelo nje.
Izivumelwano manje sezikhona ezivumela umongameli ukuthi akhethe izakhamizi zaseMelika ngaphandle kwenqubo efanele ye-drone ukubulala. Uthi phesheya kwezilwandle kuphela kodwa uyabona nje ukuthi iminwe iwela ngemuva kwakhe. Ngabe abantu baseMelika abanezisusa ezinhle bebengeke basekele isiteleka se-drone eSan Bernardino noma ekilabhini yePulse e-Orlando? Abaningi abazange basekele ukusebenzisa irobhothi ukuqhumisa a umsolwa e-Dallas?
Emuva Ezweni Lakubo
Izinhlobonhlobo zokwesaba kwangemva kwe-9/11 ziyasinyenyela sonke. Ngichithe isonto lonke kuleli hlobo ngibuka izindaba ngokuzikhandla ukuze ngithole noma yiluphi uphawu lwezinkinga e-Egypt ngenkathi indodakazi yami ilapho ivakashele abantu engibaziyo benxusa. Ngangikhathazekile ngokuthi wayebeka ukuphila kwakhe engozini ukuze abone umngane wasesikoleni esiphakeme ezweni elake lagcwala izivakashi.
Ngakho-ke ngifuna ukuxolisa endodakazini yami nakubangane bayo ngawo wonke amazwe lapho thina bantu baseMelika, ngezikhindi nezimbadada zethu ezixakile, sake sabekezelelwa okungenani, kodwa lokho manje kuyingozi kithi ukuba sivakashe. Uxolo ukuthi awusoze wawabona amanxiwa aseBhabhiloni noma iMosque Enkulu yaseSamarra e-Iraq ngaphandle kokuthi ujoyine amasosha.
Lapho ifika e-US, indodakazi yami yafona isisesikhumulweni sezindiza ithi izofika ekhaya esikhathini esingangehora. Angizange ngikhulume ngokukhathazeka kwami ukuthi uzomiswa ngo- “umngcele,” igama elisha lesicelo somthwalo, noma aphucwe umakhalekhukhwini ngenxa yokuqunga isibindi sokuya eMpumalanga Ephakathi. I-ejenti yabafuduki yambuza ngempela ukuthi yayiyini inhloso yokuya lapho, into ngisho nabaseGibhithe ababengazihluphi ngokumbuza ngayo.
Bengifuna nokuxolisa endodakazini yami ngoba, emhlabeni wethu omusha wokugadwa, ngeke yazi ngempela ukuthi yini ubumfihlo. Bengidinga ukucela intethelelo kuye ukuthi sikuvumele kalula kanjani lokho ukuthi kwenzeke, kubobonke abahamba bevungazela ukuthi akukho abakufihlayo, pho yini okumele ikhathazeke. Bengifuna ukumtshela ukuthi ngizisola kangakanani ngokuthi manje usesaba amaphoyisa, hhayi yena kuphela kodwa ikakhulukazi abangani bakhe bebala. Bengifuna ukumtshela ukuthi ngiphatheke kabi kangakanani ngokuthi ubazi nje inguqulo yabezomthetho abanamandla kangangoba, uma kubhekwa isimo sezokuphepha kuzwelonke, basibheka njengabangase babe izitha futhi bakholelwa ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yomsebenzi wabo ibandakanya sicindezela amalungelo ethu ayisisekelo.
Ngiyaxolisa, ngifuna ukusho kuye ukuthi ababhikishi bangavalelwa entweni ebizwa ngokuthi “indawo yokukhuluma yamahhala” ezungezwe yiwo lawo maphoyisa. Ngifuna ukutshela indodakazi yami ukuthi abasunguli bazovuka ngolaka olulungile ngombono wokuthi amaphoyisa aphoqelele izakhamizi ezindaweni ezingaphandle komhlangano wezepolitiki - futhi iqiniso lokuthi izintatheli eziningi aziyithathi intuthuko enjalo njengendaba enkulu. ngezikhathi zethu.
Njengoba ngangimthuma ekolishi, ngangifuna ukusho ukuthi ngiyaxolisa kangakanani ngokuthi siye sangcolisa umhlaba wakhe, ngiyaxolisa ngokuthi asizange nje sinqobe amaphekula ngendlela uBabamkhulu enza ngayo amaNazi, kodwa, ngezenzo zethu, senza injongo yawo ibe yintsha. impilo kanye nabasebenzi abasha abangapheli. I-Al-Qaeda isethi a Umgibe ngo-9/11 futhi sagxumela kukho. Ijele abahlali baseMelika elamiswa eCamp Bucca e-Iraq laba yi- kwemboni ngokwenza ama-jihadis, kanye namagumbi okuhlushwa e-Abu Ghraib asele, njengoGuantánamo, onolwazi olumema abanye ukuthi bathathe isikhali.
The New Normal
Indodakazi yami ayinaïve. Njengabaningi afunda nabo ekilasini, uyazazi eziningi zalezi zinto, kodwa akanalo iphuzu lokuziqhathanisa. Iyiphi inhlanzi ngempela ebona amanzi ayizungezile? Futhi cabanga ukuthi kuzoba nzima kangakanani ezinganeni zakhe zesikhathi esizayo. Ukuphila kwakhe njengomuntu omdala kuye kwaphawulwa yimpi eqhubekayo, kangangokuthi “ukunqoba amaphekula” kungaphezu nje kwegama elimisiwe aligqolozele. Kuyinto yesizukulwane esibi kakhulu evamile, njengezingane zenkathi yokucindezeleka zisalondoloza ucwecwe lwe-aluminium nezikhwama zephepha endaweni engaphansi ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka empumelelo.
Ngiyaxolisa ngempela ngokuthi isizukulwane sakhe sibhekana nalokhu ngokugxuma phakathi kokugxeka nokumiswa kokungakholwa. Ngandlela thize, kwaba yilokho ukumiswa kokungakholwa okwavumela abaningi kangaka, kuhlanganise nabantu abadala okufanele ngabe bazi kangcono, ukwamukela umbono wokuthi ukuhlasela i-Iraq kwakuyimpendulo enengqondo ekuhlaselweni kweMelika yiqembu lamaSaudis. kuxhaswe ngemali Iminikelo yaseSaudi "yesisa". Okwamanje, “akukona ubugebengu empeleni” kushone kancane esiqubulweni somkhankaso wezenzo ebezingeke zibe ubugebengu obengeziwe. Lowo ngumhlaba osendleleni eya ukwamukela 2+2 ngempela angalingana no-5 - uma abaholi bethu besitshela ukuthi kunjalo.
Siyabavumela labo baholi ukuthi basho ukuthi izinkulungwane yamasosha aseMelika manje amiswe e-Iraq ngandlela thize awawona “amabhuzu phansi,” noma “amasosha aphansi.” Sitshelwa ukuthi iziteleka ze-drone zinjalo kuhlinzwa, ebulala abantu ababi kuphela ngemicibisholo yomlingo, futhi angalokothi ashaye ngamabomu izakhamizi, izibhedlela, izingane, noma imicimbi yomshado. Ukufa kwabantu ezimweni ezinjalo kuhlale kungavamile futhi kuyiphutha, okulingana naleyo miklwelwe emnyango wemoto yakho kusukela kuleyo nqola yokuthenga engalungile endaweni yokupaka yezitolo.
Ukuhlanza Ngemva Ubaba
Uma kukhona ozolungisa lesi sihlava, ngifuna ukutshela indodakazi yami, kuzomele kube nguwe. Futhi ngifuna ukungeza, kuzomele wenze umsebenzi ongcono kunami - uma, okungukuthi, ufuna ngempela ukuthola indlela yokubonga ngezifundo zokushwibeka, umdlwane, futhi ngalobo busuku angizange ngithole. uthukuthele lapho wephula isikhathi sokubuya ekhaya ukuze uchithe isikhathi esengeziwe nalowo mfana.
Ngemva kokuba amakhadibhodi okugcina ebekwe phezulu ezitebhisini, ngazibamba izinyembezi kwaze kwaba sekupheleni. Nganga indodakazi yami ngaleso sikhathi, ngezwa sengathi angikho lapho engangimi khona kodwa kwezinye izindawo eziyikhulu. Bengingaduduzi owesifazane ohlakaniphile, oziqhenyayo, ongamashumi amabili-nento, onovalo mayelana nonyaka omdala, kodwa umfundi wesikole samabanga aphansi oyolala ngobusuku obuzokwaziwa phakade kuphela ngo-9/11.
Ekhaya, akunamuntu futhi kuthulekile endlini. Ngaphandle, amaqabunga anombala ophuzi kancane. Ngesikhathi sesidlo sasemini, ngibe nama-strawberries esizini yakamuva acishe abe mnandi ngokwanele ukuqinisekisa ukuba khona kwamandla aphezulu. Ngizolikhumbula ngempela leli hlobo.
Ngiyazi ukuthi angiyena umzali wokuqala ukukhula ebuka ingane yakhe yokugcina iphuma ngomnyango, kodwa nginomuzwa wokuthi yini ephambi kwayo: izwe laseMelika eligcwele ukwesaba okungafanele. Ukwesaba kuyinto embi kakhulu ukuzisola, futhi lokho kukodwa kungasabisa.
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