{"id":3119638,"date":"2013-09-11T15:24:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T19:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/mtetezi-wa-pacifist-atafakari-upya-hatua-za-kijeshi-nchini-syria\/"},"modified":"2013-09-11T15:24:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T19:24:43","slug":"mtetezi-wa-pacifist-atafakari-upya-hatua-za-kijeshi-nchini-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/mtetezi-wa-pacifist-atafakari-upya-hatua-za-kijeshi-nchini-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Mtetezi wa Pacifist Atafakari Upya Hatua za Kijeshi nchini Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3014461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3014461\" style=\"width: 779px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/scalino\/3039299313\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3014461 \" alt=\"Mandhari ya jiji la Syria mnamo Novemba 2008. (Picha kwa hisani ya Nicolas Mirguet, CC BY-NC 2.0)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Syria2008photo.jpg\" width=\"779\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Syria2008photo.jpg 779w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Syria2008photo-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3014461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mandhari ya jiji la Syria mnamo Novemba 2008. (Picha kwa hisani ya Nicolas Mirguet, CC BY-NC 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cInachukiza sana ustaarabu,\u201d akasema John Pershing, kamanda wa Kikosi cha Usafiri cha Marekani cha Vita vya Kwanza vya Ulimwengu. Mshairi Wilfred Owen alieleza jambo hilo la kutisha: \u201cKumiminika, kubanwa, kuzama . . . macho meupe yakikunja . . . mapafu yaliyoharibiwa na povu.\u201d Leo, unyama kama huu kutoka Syria unatujia kupitia televisheni kwenye YouTube. Je, kurusha makombora ndiyo njia sahihi ya kuizuia?   <\/p>\n<p>Mimi ni Quaker, mpigania amani wa masharti, na mtu anayekataa kujiunga na jeshi kwa sababu ya dhamiri. Vita, mauaji, mabomu, makombora\u2014mambo haya yote yananichukiza na kunitia hofu, kwani nina uhakika yanawafanya wasomaji wengi wa <em>Jarida la Friends<\/em> . Katika nchi yangu ya asili, ya ubaguzi wa rangi Afrika Kusini, nilirarua karatasi zangu za rasimu. Hapa nchini Marekani, niliandika \u201cMpingamizi\u201d kwenye usajili wangu wa huduma niliyochagua, na kama raia wa Marekani, sijaunga mkono vita hata moja katika miaka 20 iliyopita.   <\/p>\n<p>Sababu moja ni imani yangu ya Quaker. Kama Marafiki kwa miaka 400, mimi huona jeuri kama isiyo na tija. Tunapigania amani, halafu, kama vile Iraq, tunaishia kufanya mambo kuwa mabaya zaidi. Kisha, pia, vita asili yake ni jinai. Inazima \u201cnuru iliyo ndani,\u201d ikileta uovu na giza kwa ulimwengu. Hakuna kuepusha ukweli huu wa kimsingi kuhusu vita vya kijeshi, ambayo ni hekima ya kimsingi ambayo sisi Waquaker tunapaswa kushiriki na jumuiya kubwa zaidi.     <\/p>\n<p>Kisha, pia, kama mhamiaji, ninafahamu jinsi Marekani mara nyingi inatazamwa kama kujiteua kwa kiburi kama afisa wa polisi wa kimataifa\u2014huku katika mchakato huo pia kutoa safari ya bure kwa mataifa mengine ambayo yananufaika na vurugu zetu kwa kushiriki katika &#8221;mapendeleo ya ulimwengu,&#8221; lakini wanaotaka kuzuia damu halisi kutoka mikononi mwao.<\/p>\n<p>Kwa kuzingatia haya yote, utafikiri ombi la Rais Obama la mamlaka ya vita lingekuwa jambo lisilofaa kwangu, jinsi lilivyo kwa marafiki wenzangu wengi. Ungefikiri ningewaita wawakilishi wangu wa Bunge la Congress wiki hii kuwauliza wapige kura, &#8221;Kuzimu, hapana.&#8221; Hata hivyo, si rahisi hivyo kwangu, na kwa kweli nimeamua kujiepusha, kwa kanuni, kushiriki katika mjadala maalum wa kuidhinisha mashambulio ya makombora. Hii ndio sababu.   <\/p>\n<p>Kwanza, rais anaonekana kuwa mkweli katika imani yake kwamba mashambulizi ya makombora kwa kweli ni nafasi ya kupinga vita hapa. Kama mchambuzi mmoja alivyosema wiki hii, mashambulio ya makombora yaliyopendekezwa ni kama walinda amani wa Umoja wa Mataifa, wenye sura ya vita, lakini ni wa kupinga vita. Licha ya umuhimu wake wa kimkakati, Rais Obama ametumia miaka miwili kufanya kazi kwa bidii ili kuizuia Amerika kutoka kwa fujo za Syria. Sijaona uchoyo wowote katika ombi lake la kuungwa mkono, hakuna ujumbe wa kimsingi wa &#8221;Sisi ni Wamarekani-waadilifu, na tutawapata.&#8221; Mtindo huu wa upole na wa tahadhari sio sababu ya kuidhinisha ombi lake, sembuse kukubaliana na hoja za maadili, lakini inanifanya niketi sawa na kusikiliza.    <\/p>\n<p>Pili, hii ni hatua ya kwanza ya kijeshi ya Marekani ambayo nimewahi kuulizwa kuunga mkono ambayo haina lengo la kuunda upya ulimwengu kulingana na tamaa za nguvu kuu. Kama Mmarekani mzaliwa wa kigeni, ni muhimu kwangu Obama alisema hajaribu kukamilisha mabadiliko ya serikali. Huo ungekuwa ubeberu. Ninapinga vita vyote, sio tu vya kibeberu, lakini ukweli kwamba hii imeundwa zaidi kama polisi kuliko vita vya kawaida hufanya iwe ngumu kwangu kupinga kuliko uingiliaji wa kawaida wa kijeshi.   <\/p>\n<p>Tatu, ikiwa ripoti za vyombo vya habari ni sahihi, Urusi itapinga uingiliaji kati wa ulinzi wa amani nchini Syria bila kujali ni ushahidi gani utafichuliwa kuhusu ukiukaji wa utawala wa Assad wa mikataba ya Geneva. Sikuzote Quaker wamekuwa watendaji katika Umoja wa Mataifa na, kabla ya hapo, katika Ushirika wa Mataifa. Lakini ikiwa tumefikia hatua ambapo Umoja wa Mataifa hauwezi kukubali kushutumu uhalifu wa kihistoria dhidi ya ubinadamu, basi ukweli ni kwamba hatuna mfumo wa kimataifa, na uangalizi wa Marekani unaeleweka zaidi, ikiwa haukubaliki hasa.  <\/p>\n<p>Mwisho, lakini muhimu zaidi, ninatoka katika ulimwengu unaoendelea. Watu ambao wametoka tu \u201ckumiminika, kusongwa, na kuzama\u201d hadi kufa wanaonekana kama marafiki na majirani zangu. Wao si \u201cwatu hao\u201d wenye \u201cchangamoto zao.\u201d Siwezi kushtuka, kama vile Wamarekani wengi wanaopinga vita wanaonekana kuwa wamekuwa wakifanya wiki hii, na kusema, &#8221;Sio shida yangu.&#8221; Nitakubali kwamba Quakers wamekuwa na hatia kidogo ya hii kuliko ile ya jumla ya vita iliyosalia, lakini bado kuna mwelekeo wa asili kwa sisi katika ulimwengu tajiri kutaka tu kufurahiya utulivu wetu mzuri na kuacha ulimwengu wote kuteseka &#8211; mwelekeo ambao unanitisha kiadili. Siwezi tu kuifanya.    <\/p>\n<p>Kama Quaker, najua vita sio jibu. Amani nchini Syria na uzuiaji wa silaha za kemikali zinapaswa kuwa zisizo na vurugu na kubwa, kama vile kuomba msaada wa rais mpya wa Iran ili kujadili makubaliano ya suluhu, kuwarejesha wale waliotoa maagizo ya gesi ya sarin kwenye Mahakama ya Kimataifa ya Jinai, na mamlaka ya kugomea\u2014Olimpiki ya Majira ya baridi ya Moscow\u2014ambayo yanazuia Umoja wa Mataifa kutekeleza majukumu yake.<\/p>\n<p>Lakini kufikia wakati wa kuandika, siwezi kujileta kuwaita wawakilishi wangu wa bunge na kuomba kura ya hapana. Baada ya yote, haikuwa chini ya mamlaka ya kimaadili kama Mahatma Gandhi ambaye alisema, &#8221;Ni bora kuwa na jeuri &#8230; kuliko kuvaa vazi la kutokuwa na jeuri ili kuficha ukosefu wa nguvu.&#8221; Bila wazo lililokuzwa vizuri la uzuiaji usio na unyanyasaji kwenye meza &#8211; na bado, juhudi za mashirika ya Quaker bila kujali &#8211; ninahisi kama ningetetea kutokuwa na nguvu badala ya kutotumia nguvu. Ninahisi ningewaacha marafiki na majirani zangu wa ulimwengu unaoendelea kwa uhalifu wa kivita wa Assad. Ninahisi kama ningekuwa nikisema kutapika na kukokota kunakubalika ili mradi halinifanyikie.    <\/p>\n<p>Kwa hivyo kwa sasa, angalau, lazima nijiepushe na hatua zozote za kisiasa kuhusu ombi la mamlaka ya kivita ya rais. Ni chaguo pekee linalokubalika kimaadili kwangu katika mtanziko mgumu, na kwa kadiri ninavyohusika, dhamiri yangu ya Quaker pacifist inanihitaji. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Picha ya Syria 11\/5\/08 kwa hisani ya Nicolas Mirguet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/scalino\/\" target=\"_blank\">flickr\/scalino<\/a> (CC BY-NC 2.0)<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Toleo la awali la kipande hicho lilionekana kwenye Harrisburg<\/em> Patriot-News <em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mlinda amani wa Quaker mzaliwa wa kigeni ajiepusha na mjadala wa kurusha makombora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1162,"featured_media":3074950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9931],"tags":[],"fpb_issue_category":[],"class_list":["post-3119638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mtazamo-wa-wageni"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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