Wonke umuntu wesifazane oyedwa e-United States, noma ngabe uyazi noma cha, uthintwa yimpi yase-Iraq. Asikho isikhathi esibucayi ukwedlula lesi samanje sokuthi abesifazane base-US basukume bakhulume ngokumelene nempi kanye nokukhula kwezempi kwezwe lethu nomhlaba.
Abesifazane bakha amaphesenti angu-20 ebutho lezempi lase-U.S. Ezinkulungwaneni zamasosha wesifazane manje ase-Iraq, ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-45 omama abanezingane ezibalindile ekhaya. Amaphesenti angaphezu kuka-63 abesifazane e-Army ngabesifazane abanombala. Kwabesifazane abamnyama, amazinga abo okungasebenzi aphindwe kabili kunabesifazane abamhlophe, amasosha ngokuvamile yiwona kuphela umthombo womsebenzi, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, kanye nemfundo. U-Tina Garnanez, u-Am osemusha womdabu! Umakadebona we-Eric Iraq War manje ekhuluma ngokumelene nempi uthi, "Ngangazi ukuthi phakathi kwesimo somndeni wami nokuba ngivela endaweni ebekelwe yona, nganginezinketho ezimbalwa zokuthola imfundo yasekolishi."
Kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2006, amasosha angama-48 abesifazane base-US ashonile e-Iraq. Amasosha esifazane awathunyelwa ukulwa phambili, nokho abhekana nezingozi ezinkulu njengamadoda ngenxa yesimo semishini nangenxa yokushoda kwamasosha e-Iraq.
Kodwa amasosha besifazane awafi nje empini. Ngokusho kukaCol. Janis Karpinski, amasosha amaningana abesifazane ashone ngenxa yokuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni elele. Benqaba ukuphuza uketshezi kusihlwa ngoba bengafuni ukuyochama sekumnyama besaba ukuhlaselwa noma ukudlwengulwa amasosha wesilisa endleleni eya ezindlini zangasese. Nakuba ingakholakali, ayikholeki ngokuphelele. Ngokusho kweMiles Foundation, amaphesenti angama-30 omakadebona besifazane abike ukuthi badlwenguliwe noma bazame ukudlwengula besemsebenzini. Abesifazane abanemibala, abancane, abampofu, nabaphansi ngezikhundla ! maningi amathuba okuhlaselwa, kusho umbiko woMnyango Wezokuvikela.
Eminyakeni ezayo, abesifazane abaningi abathintwe yimpi njengoba omama, amadodakazi, odade noma amakhosikazi besilisa bezodinga ukwelulekwa ngokwabo. Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ubudlova basekhaya buphakeme ngokuphindwe kahlanu emikhayeni yamasosha uma kuqhathaniswa nezakhamuzi.
Kusukela ngoMashi 2003, iCongress inikeze abaphathi ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-244 ukuze baxhase izimpi zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, bazonciphisa imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-39.5 zamaRandi emalini yezenhlalakahle eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo. Omama abangabodwana yibona abathinteka kakhulu ekuncishisweni kwezindleko zomphakathi kanye nezifundo zikaDkt. Marion Anderson zembula ukuthi iningi lemisebenzi yezenhlalakahle eyehliswayo ukuze kuxhaswe imali yezempi yileyo eqasha abesifazane.
Abenzi bomthetho bethu banqanyuliwe ngokuphelele eqinisweni elibhekene nezigidi zabantu baseMelika. Bayishaya indiva ngokuphelele ikhorasi ekhulayo yabantu baseMelika abaphikisana nempi, okuhlanganisa namaphesenti angama-72 amasosha ase-Iraq lokho, ngokuvumelana! ngevoti yakamuva ye-Zogby, bafuna i-U.S. iphume e-Iraq manje.
Ngaphandle kwedlanzana labesifazane abamele iCongressional, abafana noBarbara Lee noLynn Woolsey ongesabi, iningi labesifazane abasezikhundleni bayaqhubeka nokukhuthaza izinhlelo zokuphatha zokwandisa impi. Esikhundleni sokusebenzisa indima yakhe njengoMholi Osesikhundleni Esiyingcosana eNdlu, uKhongolose uNancy Pelosi wehlulekile ukusebenzisa ubuholi bakhe kuCongress ukuphikisa impi. Uhlulekile abesifazane kanye nesifunda sakhe esimelene nempi eSan Francisco. Asikaze sizwe amazwibela avela kuSenator Boxer noFeinstein bephikisana nempi. Zonke izikhulu ezintathu ezikhethiwe azikaze zithole isabelomali sezempi ezazingasithandi.
Nakuba abaholi bethu besifazane abakhethiwe bengenaso isibindi sokukhuluma, abesifazane abavamile babo bonke ubudala, izinhlanga nezizinda emazingeni aphansi bakhuluma ngokumelene nempi ngokubhalela abameleli babo izincwadi, bahlele imikhankaso yokuphikisa ukuqasha, ukubhikisha, kanye nokungenela ukhetho. ! ce. U-Aimee Allison, umakadebona we-African-American Persian Gulf War futhi owenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza, manje usegijimela uMkhandlu Wedolobha Lase-Oakland endaweni yokulwa nempi.
NgoSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe, sibonga abesifazane abanesibindi phakathi kwethu abakhuluma iqiniso kwabanamandla nabakhohlakele. Lolu suku oluyingqophamlando lube yisisusa esibalulekile sokuhlanganisa abesifazane beqa imingcele yezwe ukuze babumbane ukuze kube nokuthula nobulungiswa.
Kuyacaca ukuthi abaphathi bakaBush bahlose impi engapheli. Kuyacaca ukuthi ngeke sithembele kubaholi bethu besifazane abakhethiwe ukuthi balethe amasosha ekhaya. Sidinga amasosha abesifazane anesibindi njengoTina Garnanez no-Aimee Allison kanye nabesifazane abajwayelekile abafana noCindy Sheehan ukuze bakhulume ngokumelene nempi. Singamisa izinqubomgomo zikahulumeni wethu ezilimazayo uma singathola isibindi esihlangene sokwenza okuthileโngenxa yethu kanye nabesifazane emhlabeni wonke.
* /Christine Ahn unguMqondisi Wokuthula Nokubambisana Kwamazwe Ngamazwe e-Women of Color Resource Center e-Oakland, California. Thina Gar!
uNanez no-Aimee Allison bazobe bekhuluma ngoSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe e-First Unitarian Church e-Oakland. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, vakashela www.coloredgirls.org <http://www.coloredgirls.org/>.
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