Sonke siyakhumbula ukuthi sasikuphi nokuthi sasizizwa kanjani ekuseni ngo-September 11, 2001. Ngiphinde ngibe nenkumbulo ecacile yasekuseni ngo-September. 14.
Ngasheshe ngafika ehhovisi lami, nelambu elibomvu lomyalezo ocingweni lami lase licwayiza. Ibhokisi lami lemeyili laligcwele ukugxeka okuthukuthele kwe-eseyi eyayiphume ku-Houston Chronicle ngalolo suku ekuseni, lapho ngagxeka kakhulu inqubomgomo yase-US edlule futhi ngaxwayisa ngokuthi impendulo yokuphindisela ekuhlaselweni kwamaphekula kuzoba yinhlekelele.
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/freelance/attack1.htm
Angimangalanga ukuthi imilayezo eminingi ibinobutha, noma bengingakwazi ukubikezela ukuqina - noma ivolumu. Ngalubeka phansi ucingo ngabona ukukhanya kucwayiza futhi; ngisalalele umzuliswano wokuqala, abanye babefona beshiya eminye imiyalezo. Futhi ngakho kwahamba usuku lonke, futhi amasonto ezayo, njengoba abantu begxeka labo bethu ababenqaba ukukhalela impi.
Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva, ngisamile - futhi ngisafundisa eNyuvesi yaseTexas, naphezu kwesifiso abaningi balabo ababengishayela ucingo bezwakalisa ukubona umsebenzi wami unqanyulwa - kungekho monakalo emzimbeni noma emphefumulweni.
Uma nje singakusho lokho ngomhlaba.
Ngakho-ke, kuleli sonto lokugubha usuku lokuzalwa kubalulekile ukuthi ungamaki eyodwa, kodwa izinhlekelele ezimbili ezinkulu. Okokuqala, ukuhlasela kwe-9/11 kwabulala abantu abacishe babe yi-3,000 abangenacala. Izinkonzo zesikhumbuzo ezweni lonke kuleli sonto ziphawule umuzwa wethu wokulahlekelwa.
Ngeshwa, ngeke kube nezinkonzo zesikhumbuzo ezisemthethweni zenhlekelele yesibili eyalandela - ukuqala kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi รขโฌลimpi yobushokobezi.รขโฌ Leyo nqubomgomo engalungile ithathe izimpilo ezingenacala kakhulu - manje ezingamakhulu ezinkulungwane, e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq - ngaphandle kokwenza umphakathi wase-US noma yikuphi okuphephile. Kodwa kunenhlekelele ejule nakakhulu - hhayi kulokho okwenzekile ngenxa yale nqubomgomo engekho emthethweni kanye neyokuziphatha okubi, kodwa kulokho okungenzekanga.
Umhla ka-9/11 unikeze isikhathi esimangalisayo lapho izwe elinamandla kunawo wonke emhlabeni lalingase lihole umhlaba esifundweni esisha. Abaholi base-US babenokuzikhethela ukuthi (1) basebenzise ukwesaba okusemthethweni kwabantu nesifiso esiqondakalayo sokuziphindiselela ukuze bathethelele izimpi zokulawula nokubusa, noma (2) ukusiza ukudala izwe elidinga ubulungisa obengeziwe, hhayi impi eyengeziwe.
Ukukhetha lokhu okulandelayo bekuyothatha ubuholi obunombono; indima, okudabukisayo, ukuthi akekho noyedwa eqenjini leRiphabhulikhi noma leDemocratic Alliance obonakale efanelekile, ngaleso sikhathi noma manje. Kodwa kwakukhona amazwi anjalo - hhayi abaholi kodwa abantu abavamile, ababekhuluma ngokucacile futhi kusenesikhathi. Isibonelo, labo abalahlekelwa imindeni kodwa bamelana nekhwelo lempi elasungulwa รขโฌลImindeni yangomhla ziyi-11 kuSeptemba Imindeni Yekusasa Elinokuthulaรขโฌ futhi bakhankasela ezinye izindlela esikhundleni sempi.
Izishoshovu ezimelene nempi zaqala ngokushesha ukusungula impikiswano yokuthi impi izobhebhethekisa usongo lwamaphekula nokuthi isixazululo esinamathrekhi amabili - sishintsha kakhulu izinqubomgomo ezingalungile zase-US eMpumalanga Ephakathi ezihlinzeka ngendawo evundile yokuba amaphekula abuthe, kuyilapho ephishekela imizamo enamandla yokuqinisa umthetho. ukulandelela nokubamba amaphekula - bekungeke kube ngokuziphatha kanye nezomthetho kuphela, kodwa futhi kuphumelele. Impi, sabikezela, ngeke ixazulule izinkinga zethu.
Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva, into eyodwa icacile: Amazwi aphikisana nempi ayeqinisile. Sakubona okuzayo, hhayi ngoba sihlakaniphe kakhulu kodwa ngoba kwakusobala.
Kusukela ekupheleni kweMpi Yezwe II, inqubomgomo yase-US eMpumalanga Ephakathi nase-Asia Emaphakathi yakhelwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-US ilawula izinsiza zamandla ezibalulekile zaleso sifunda. Abaphathi beDemocratic Alliance kanye neRiphabhulikhi ngokufanayo basebenzise udlame - emisebenzini eyimfihlo nasezimpini ezivulekile, eziqhutshwa yi-United States kanye nabasekeli bayo - ukuze balawule ipolitiki yesifunda. Inkulumo ngezinhlelo ezinhle zase-US zokwakha intando yeningi ziphikiswa yizenzo ezenziwa phansi. Emhlabeni wonke abantu bayaqonda ukuthi lesi sifiso sokulawula ukugeleza kwenzuzo kawoyela namafutha siwumgogodla wenqubomgomo yase-US; kuleli zwe kuphela abantu abayengwa yizinkulumo zosopolitiki ezikhuluma ngenkululeko.
Yingakho-ke รขโฌลokubizwaรขโฌTMempini yobushokobezi. Ukuhlasela kwe-Afghanistan ne-Iraq kwasebenzisa ubuphekula njengesembozo. Manje nabahlaziyi abajwayelekile, okungenzeka bangahlanganyeli nokuhlaziya kwami โโโโkwezepolitiki, bayavuma ukuthi lezi zimpi azizange zinciphise usongo.
Izintatheli ezimbili eziphezulu zezokuphepha kuzwelonke, uWarren Strobel noJonathan Landay, zahlola imibono yochwepheshe bokulwa nobushokobezi kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni zangaphambili zaphetha ngokuthi: รขโฌลEkuthembeleni kakhulu emabhomuni nasezinhlamvu, [abahlaziyi] bathi, i-United States iye yahlukanisa ingxenye enkulu yamaSulumane. izwe, lixosha ngisho nabalingani abangase bavulekele imibono yaseNtshonalanga.รข
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/15429249.htm
Usosayensi wezepolitiki uRobert Pape, umcwaningi ohamba phambili ngobushokobezi bokuzibulala, uphethe ngokuthi amandla e-Al Qaeda - alinganiswa รขโฌลamandla eqembu ukusibulalaรขโฌ - makhulu namuhla kunangaphambi komhla ka-9/11 nokuthi รขโฌลimiphumela yobuphekula bokuzibulala kakhulu ngokusebenza kwamanye amazwe kune-Islamic fundamentalism.รข
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0609110189sep11,1,4455122.story?coll=chi-opinionfront-hed
Ithuba ngemuva nje komhlaka-9/11 lokuhlela inkambo entsha - obekungaholela ekuthuleni okuzinzile okusekelwe ekusabalaliseni ingcebo namandla emhlabeni wonke - lalahleka. Kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi silahlwe unomphela ukuphinda amaphutha ethu.
Ngaphetha leyo ndaba yango-9/14 ngesicelo รขโฌลukuba ukuhlanya kuphele lapha.รขโฌ Ngemva kweminyaka emihlanu akukho ongakwenza ngaphandle kokuvuselela isicelo:
Sekuyisikhathi sokuqeda le mpi ekhona e-Iraq kuphela, kodwa lobu buhlanya - lapha namanje, isikhathi sisekhona.
URobert Jensen unguprofesa wezobuntatheli eNyuvesi yaseTexas e-Austin futhi uyilungu lebhodi leThird Coast Activist Resource Center. http://thirdcoastactivist.org/. Ungumbhali wencwadi ethi The Heart of Whiteness: Race, Racism, and White Privilege kanye neCitizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (zombili ezivela eCity Lights Books). Angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe] .
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