Shugabannin coci ba sa so ni a wurin. Har ma ministar ta kira ni cikin ofishinta don ta ce in daina ba da labaran yaƙi da yaƙin Iraki. Me yasa? Domin na jagoranci wata ƙungiyar salama ta coci da ke kira ga cocin da ta ɗauki mataki a bainar jama'a don yaƙar haramtacciyar mamayewa da gwamnatin Amurka ta ja-gora da mamayar ƙasar Iraki a watan Maris na shekara ta 2003, mamayewar da ta tabbata ta hanyar ƙarya.
A baya-bayan nan dai cocin ta dauki matakin goyon bayan auren ‘yan luwadi tare da sanya babbar tuta a fuskarta. Ni, da sauran membobin kwamitin zaman lafiya, muna tsammanin wannan mummunan yaƙin ya cancanci aƙalla alkawarinmu. Wasu shugabannin coci, da masu ba da kuɗi, ba su yarda ba. Ba wai kawai ba su yarda ba, sun fito fili sun nuna mana gaba, suna juya mana baya sa’ad da muka zauna a zauren taron bayan an yi hidima kuma suna kawo ƙarar mu ga minista.
Daga Phil Donahue da aka kora daga MSNBC saboda adawa da mamayar da Amurka ta jagoranta ga Bill O'Reilly yana kururuwa ga masu zanga-zangar yaki don rufe wa mutanen da ke kona CD din Dixie Chicks saboda sukar George Bush da yakin, tozarta masu adawa a lokacin yakin bai bambanta da abin da muka samu a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata yayin yakin "Covid" ba. Bangarorin dai sun yi karo da juna.
Ni da iyalina muna halartar wannan coci a kai a kai na tsawon shekaru biyu sa’ad da Yaƙin Iraqi ya tsananta, haɗe da lokacin da George Bush ya yi “haɓaka” dakaru 30,000 a shekara ta 2007. Ba tare da na girma a coci ba, halartata gabatarwa ce ta tsarin addini da kuma fafutukar zaman lafiya. Na yi nazarin yakin Iraki, da yaƙe-yaƙe da suka gabata, kuma na koyi aikin David Swanson a kan Bayanan Downing Street. Takardun bayanan na Downing Street sun bayyana cewa George Bush da Tony Blair sun yanke shawarar tsige Saddam Hussein daga mulki amma sai da suka kirkiro wani dalili na mamaye kasar da kuma mamaye kasar, in ji Swanson. Da'awar cewa Hussaini yana da makaman kare dangi, karya ce ta tabbatar da mamayewar. Na kira Swanson da tambayoyi. Ya ce maharan na Amurka sun tarwatsa jam'iyyar Ba'ath a Iraki da ke tafiyar da gwamnati da sojoji, inda suka mayar da su baki daya zuwa gida, lamarin da ya haifar da wani yanayi na karfin iko ga mayakan Irakin da suka fusata, domin kare kansu daga mahara.
An shiga hargitsi da kashe-kashe, wanda mamayar Amurka ta haddasa. Yayin da na koya, ƙarancin hankali ya yi. Na yi mamakin inda majami'u da limaman coci suke a lokacin mamayewa da halakar bala'i. Ina majami'u suke a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na baya? Na ci gaba da karantawa da tambayoyi.
Swanson, mutum mai tsaftataccen iyali, UVa Falsafa babba da makwabcina na Charlottesville, da sauran mutane da yawa, sun taimaka mini in koyi game da ƙaryar laifuka da haɗin kai waɗanda suka haifar da munanan yaƙe-yaƙe a Iraki da Afghanistan. Kamfanin mataimakin shugaban kasa Dick Cheney, Halliburton, da wasu da dama, sun yi biliyoyin kudi a kan mamayewa da mamaya yayin da sojojin Amurka suka tada ramukan konewa, wanda ya fallasa su ga sinadarai masu guba da ke barazana ga rayuwa; ya taka na'urori masu fashewa (IEDs), gaɓoɓin da suka ɓace; IEDs ne suka tashi a cikin motoci; tare da kutsawa tare da lalata gidajen iyalan Iraqi.
A baya, na yi tunanin cewa dukan majami'u dole ne su zama majami'u na zaman lafiya. Ba wai ba za mu yi kasala ba amma idan majami'u suna wakiltar manyan akidu da buri, imaninmu mafi girma, to ba shakka za su yi aiki don su tsaya ga zaman lafiya. Na karanta wa’azin Yesu bisa Dutse da kuma albarka. Me yasa ko da coci idan ba cocin zaman lafiya ba?
Sai na koya daban. Yawancin majami'u, ciki har da wannan abin da ake kira mai sassaucin ra'ayi, wanda ya dogara da Furotesta, yawanci sun tsaya shiru a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe, wasu mazhabobi ma sun taru a yaƙe-yaƙe. A wannan cocin da muke halarta, imani ya kasance a buɗe, yana da wuya a tantance menene imani. Wani a cocin ya gaya mani abin dariya: “Yaushe ne kawai lokacin da za ku ji sunan, Yesu, a Coci?” Amsar: "Lokacin da mai tsaron gida ya faɗo daga matakala."
Sa’ad da nake aiki a kwamitin sulhu, na yi nazarin yaƙe-yaƙe da suka gabata, manufar “yaƙi kawai” ko kuma “yaƙin da za a iya yarda da shi,” kuma na yi nazarin tsarin addinai. Na yi wa malaman addini daga darikoki da masu fafutukar zaman lafiya tambayoyi da dama. Ina majami'u suke a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe na baya? Me membobin suka yi ko suka ce? A ina suka kasance a lokacin yakin WWI da II, Vietnam, da kuma yakin Afghanistan da Iraki? "Me ake nufi da Hitler?" mutane kullum kamar suna zagayawa suna tambaya. "Ba za mu iya dakatar da Hitler ba tare da yaki ba," in ji su.
Na yi mamakin wane tasiri zai yi idan Amurka ta daina kasuwanci da Hitler shekaru kafin yakin? Na yi karatun runup zuwa WWII kuma na koyi a Nicolson Baker's Human Smoke da wasu nassosi, game da masu fafutuka na Burtaniya da Amurka da wasu da yawa da suka yi ƙoƙari su dakatar da wannan yaƙi shekaru da yawa kafin miliyoyin mutane su mutu. Ina mamakin abin da zai faru idan WWI ya ƙare daban?
Kadan daga cikin masu sukar yakin Iraki sun yi magana shekaru ashirin bayan haka don yin tambaya ko sukar manufofin Covid, kodayake lokutan suna yin kamanceceniya da makafi na jama'a biyo bayan manufofin gwamnati da muggan laifuka yayin da kusan dukkanin manyan kafafen yada labarai suka daina yin tambayoyi da kuma ba da fifiko ga manufofin. Glenn Greenwald da Cindy Sheehan wasu manyan mutane ne na jama'a da ba kasafai ba wadanda suka yi tambaya a bainar jama'a duka yaƙe-yaƙe da kuma sabbin fiascos na mu. An kashe dan Sheehan, Casey, a Iraki a shekara ta 2004 yana dan shekara 24, a wannan shekarar ne aka haifi dana. Mutuwar Casey ta tilasta Sheehan yin gwagwarmaya da yakin.
Abin baƙin ciki, duka 'yan Democrat da na Republican sun goyi bayan yaƙe-yaƙe da bala'o'in Covid, muddin duk mutanen da suka dace sun sami biyan kuɗi. An tilasta masu tambayoyi a cikin gwamnati ko kafofin watsa labarai ko sun bar aiki ko mafi muni. 'yar majalisa Barbara Lee (D-CA) wata murya ce kadai ta ke adawa da Izinin Amfani da Dakarun Soja a Afganistan, wanda ya fara yaki da ta'addanci, wanda ya bude hanya ga duk wani matakin soji na Amurka a ko'ina a duniya.
Ƙila masu sukar rukunin masana'antu na soja sun kasance cikin firgita ta hanyar ɗaukar rukunin masana'antar magunguna kwanan nan. Farfaganda ta yi kauri ba za mu iya gani kai tsaye ba, kuma tauhidin gwamnati ya shake muhawara. Kuna iya kashe wani ta hanyar numfashi kawai, an gaya mana. Bugu da ƙari, ƙiyayyar Trump ta ruɗe har ma da mafi kyawun hukuncin masu tunani lokacin da ba za su ɗauki rigakafin "nasa" na Republican ba, amma Biden na Demokraɗiyya ya yi kyau. Har ma na karanta wani mai fafutukar neman zaman lafiya da ake girmamawa yana nufin manufofin Covid na Trump a matsayin "kisan kai." Ko Democrat ko Republican, 'yan siyasa duk sun taru a kan tsare-tsaren tsare-tsare na Covid kamar yadda suka yi munanan manufofin yaƙi. Ya zama abin ban tausayi da ban dariya cewa yana da wuya a ci gaba.
Amma duk da haka, a nan muna fiye da shekaru 20 bayan da Amurka ta kai harin bam a Iraki a ranar 19 ga Maris, 2003, muna haskaka hotunan talabijin na Amurka yayin da masu sharhi masu tsada aski da fararen hakora ke gudana bakunansu akan kowace hanyar sadarwa. Sojojin Amurka dubu dari da sittin sun shiga Iraki a ranar 20 ga Maris. A shekara ta 2007, gwamnatin Amurka ta aike da karin 30,000 don kokarin “ci nasara.” An sami “tsarin sake turawa da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba,” a cewar Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta ƙasa tare da membobin sabis miliyan 2.1 da aka aika zuwa yaƙi, gami da kashi 38 da aka aika fiye da sau ɗaya kuma kashi 10 cikin ɗari da aka aika don yaƙi sau uku ko fiye.
Na yi abota da 'yan gudun hijirar Iraki a garinmu, wadanda suka shiga Amurka tare da Hukumar Ceto ta Duniya (IRC). Nahla ta tuno ta kuma kwatanta min ganin irin fulawar peach a saman leben sojan Amurka da ya mamaye unguwarta. Ma'aikaciyar gwamnati ce, ma'aikaciyar ofis, a Iraki kafin yakin. Halin da ake ciki a kasar ya fi kyau lokacin da Saddam ke kan mulki, in ji ta. Lokacin da na sadu da ita a cikin 2007, ta tsaftace ofisoshi na biyu a UVa kuma ta bayyana ciwon wuyan wuyanta na yau da kullun daga jujjuya buɗaɗɗen kwandon shara sau da yawa kowane dare. Sawsan, abokiyar zama ta, malama ce mai tsara zane a wata makarantar sakandare ta Iraqi, wacce ta tura keken guragu da gurnai a UVa a aikinta na Amurka. Hana, wacce ke zaune a wani gida kusa, ta kasance mai kasuwancin Iraqi, kuma a yanzu yaƙin ya mutu ya mutu kuma tana share ɗakuna a Hampton Inn.
Kwamitin zaman lafiya na Ikklisiya ya nemi in yi ja-gora, don haka na yi, na shirya coci da taron jama’a don ilimi da kuma shirya don in nemi cocin ta ɗauki mataki na jama’a game da yaƙin da kuma kira a kawo ƙarshensa. Sanarwar ta kuma yi kira da a tallafa wa sojojin Amurka da kuma ba da taimako ga 'yan gudun hijirar Iraki da Afghanistan. Mun gabatar da kuma ba da wallafe-wallafe, ciki har da rubutun Shaidar Sojan Winter na tsoffin sojojin Iraki, kama da shaida na Tsohon Sojan Yakin Vietnam.
Mun nuna takardun shaida da yawa, ciki har da Gaskiyar Qasa da kuma Abin Mamaki da Mummuna, Sake tunani Afghanistan, Me Yasa Muke Yaki, Da kuma Yaƙi Ya Sauƙaƙe: Ta yaya Shugabanni da Kwanan Tsayawa Kashe Mu Don Mutuwa. Mun gudanar da taron rubuta wasiƙa don ƙarfafa ’yan majalisa su daina ba da kuɗin yaƙi. Mun karbi bakuncin Jeremy Scahill don yin magana game da littafinsa Blackwater: Yunƙurin Armyarfin Sojojin Haɗaɗɗiyar theasashen Duniya. An samu halartar wasu abubuwan da suka faru. Lokacin da na buga foda don tallata fim ɗin. Yaƙi Yayi Sauƙi, ministocin sun nemi in cire kalmar, "mutuwa" daga cikin jirgin, don haka a maimakon haka za ta karanta: Yaƙi Yayi Sauƙi: Yadda Shuwagabanni da Pundits Suke Ci Gaba da Kaɗa Mu.
Ɗaya daga cikin fastocinmu ya nuna hotunan ma'aikatan Amurka, waɗanda aka kashe a yaƙin. Ministoci sun ce mu sauke shi. A lokacin shan kofi, wasu limaman coci (masu ba da tallafi?) suka yi mana ido, musamman, domin ni ne shugaban kwamitin, wasu ma sun juya baya. Wataƙila wasu mazan sun kasance ma’aikatan Ma’aikatar Jiha da ta yi ritaya. Ban tabbata ba. Tabbas ra'ayinsu ya bambanta da na Matthew Hoh's, wani jami'in Marine Corps kuma tsohon sojan Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen, wanda ya yi magana a bainar jama'a game da yake-yake.
Hakanan, a wannan lokacin, na koyar da adabi da rubutu don shirin digiri na kwaleji mai zaman kansa kuma na koyar da membobin hidimar aiki yayin da aka tura su. Sun aiko mani da kasidun su ta imel. Ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibi, ma'aikacin ruwa, mai kula da wani babban sashi a Iraki, ya kira ni kusan kowane mako. Ba zan taɓa mantawa da tsoro da adrenaline a cikin muryarsa ba. Sa’ad da wani ya kira ni, ya gaya mini cewa an tarwatsa littafin littattafansa.
Don ilimin zaman lafiya, kwamitinmu ya haɓaka nunin gida na wasan kwaikwayo game da Rachel Corrie. Babu wanda ya zo. Na yi mamakin abin da ke da ban tsoro game da wata budurwa kyakkyawa da ta mutu tana kare gidan dangin Falasdinu. Fitattun ’yan wannan cocin ba sa so mu gaya wa ikilisiyar ta ɗauki matsayin jama’a game da yaƙin, kuma na kasa gane dalilin da ya sa kuma har yanzu ban fahimci hakan ba, fiye da shekaru ashirin bayan haka. Daga baya tsofaffin mambobin kwamitin zaman lafiya sun ba ni hakuri don neman na yi jagora yayin da suka tuna da mumunan abubuwa da suka faru a lokacin yakin Vietnam kuma suna tsoron aikinmu na iya haifar da rashin fahimta da ba za a iya kwatantawa ba.
Haka ma ƙiyayya ta kasance a wajen coci. Tare da abokai da dangi, na je DC sau da yawa a cikin shekarun yaƙi don halartar zanga-zangar. Masu halarta sun yi watsi da ra'ayin da nake da shi game da masu zanga-zangar zaman lafiya, tun girma a cikin dangin soja. Hawan bas zuwa zanga-zangar mutane ne masu aiki, uwaye da uba, kakanni, tsoffin yaƙe-yaƙe a Koriya, Vietnam, WWII, malamai, ma'aikatan jinya, mutane masu sana'a daban-daban.
A zanga-zangar, na koyi game da masu tayar da hankali da masu tayar da hankali. Kafin wata zanga-zangar, masu tayar da kayar baya sun yada jita-jita ta yanar gizo cewa masu zanga-zangar zaman lafiya sun shirya yin batanci ga taron tunawa da yakin Vietnam. Wannan abin dariya ne kuma ba gaskiya ba ne, ba shakka. 'Yan sanda na DC sun tsaya a ranar kuma sun ba da damar masu zanga-zangar adawa da su yi kururuwa a fuskokinmu kuma suka tilasta mana mu bi ta cikin gauntlet zuwa taronmu. Wasunmu sun tura nakasassu na Vietnam da na WWII a cikin keken guragu, kuma ƙaramin ɗana yana cikin keken keke.
Zanga-zangar ta yi yawa. Shekara ɗaya, abokiyar ƙaunatacciya, Maryamu, ta ɗauki alamar nuna adawa da Dokar Dakatar da Asara na sojoji, manufar da za a iya ƙara tsawaita kwangilolin membobin sabis. An aika da danta tsohon soja don aikewa da su akai-akai a karkashin wannan manufar kuma ya gudanar da zanga-zangar a cikin babbar kasuwa. Mun yi tafiya tare da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, ciki har da Iyalan Soja suna Magana, Kawo Su Gida Yanzu, Code Pink, Tsohon Sojoji don Aminci, Tsohon Sojojin Iraki Against War, da Tsohon Sojoji na Vietnam Against War.
A cikin Maris 2010, ƙungiyoyi sun nuna rashin amincewa da bayyanar John Yoo na magana a UVa. Yoo, mataimakin mataimakin babban lauya na George Bush, ya rubuta bayanan shari'a, wanda ya ba wa Amurka izinin amfani da jirgin ruwa da sauran hanyoyin azabtarwa ga fursunoni. Na sadu da Ann Wright a wannan taron da sauransu. Wright wani Kanar Sojan Amurka mai ritaya ne, wanda ya yi murabus don nuna adawa da yakin Iraki. Cindy Sheehan da David Swanson da wasu da yawa sun halarci zanga-zangar Yoo.
Tozarta ’yan adawa a lokacin bai bambanta da na yanzu ba. A wancan lokacin MSNBC ta kori Phil Donahue, daya daga cikin wadanda ake kira manyan kafafen yada labarai da suka yi magana kan yakin Iraki. Masu zanga-zangar sun yi ta harbin CD din Dixie Chicks tare da yin kira da a kashe su a lokacin da daya daga cikin kungiyar ya yi kalaman batanci game da George Bush a wurin wani shagali. A kan wannan, wani bikin tunawa da farkon wannan mummunan yaƙin, Ina baƙin cikin tunawa da muguwar adawa da rashin amincewa ba ta bambanta da yadda ta kasance a cikin mafarkai da kisan gilla na Covid na baya-bayan nan. Masu fafutukar yaki, suna sanya ido a kan kishin kasa, ba su da bambanci da ’yan kungiyar masu yin allurar rigakafi, cin zarafi da sanya ido kan wasu kan rufe fuska, nisantarsu, da haduwarsu.
Yayin Covid mania, zaku iya rasa aikinku saboda danna kuskure ko magana mara kyau. Ƙila bangarorin sun bambanta, ko da yake. Kuma kamar "Aikin 'Yancin Iraki," Shin yaƙe-yaƙe ba su tashi ba kuma sun yi yaƙi don ra'ayin wani na "'yanci," wannan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ikon, wanda kuma aka yi amfani da shi a lokacin Covid? Bangarorin da mahallin suna canzawa kuma yawanci suna cancanci yin tambayoyi.
Shin lokaci ya yi da za a tarwatsa bangarori da sansanoni, mu hada kan kabilu, ta yadda za mu iya yin tunani mai zurfi da yancin kai, gina kawance don tunkarar kalubale na gaske da kuma kalubalen da muke rabawa, kalubalen da aka yi watsi da su yayin da gwamnatoci ke cutar da lafiyarmu, da bata albarkatunmu, da ba da umarnin tashin hankali, da wuce gona da iri? Masu mulki da 'yan baranda, wadanda suka samu albashi gaba daya, suna son mu sauka kan titi muna fada da juna. Ta wannan hanyar, suna riƙe da ikonsu kuma suna ci gaba da biyan su… yayin da babu abin da ya canza komai.
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An buga aikin Christine E. Black a cikin Muryar Dissident, The American Spectator, The American Journal of Poetry, Nimrod International, The Virginia Journal of Education, Friends Journal, Sojourners Magazine, The Veteran, English Journal, Dappled Things, da sauran wallafe-wallafe. An zabi waƙarta don Kyautar Pushcart da Kyautar Pablo Neruda. Tana koyarwa a makarantar gwamnati, tana aiki tare da mijinta a gonarsu, kuma tana rubuta kasidu da labarai, waɗanda aka buga a cikin Adbusters Magazine, The Harrisonburg Citizen, The Stockman Grass Farmer, Off-Guardian, Cold Type, Global Research, The News Virginian, da sauran wallafe-wallafe.
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