Laifukan Zaman Lafiya

Hoto daga Kristian Laemmle-Ruff

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, Satumba 16, 2020

Wani sabon littafi na Kieran Finnane yana da taken "Laifukan Laifin Zaman Lafiya." Yana nufin ayyukan rashin biyayya ga yaƙi, ko adawa ga yaƙi. Fata na shi ne cewa kalmar ta ci gaba da zama kamar wauta kamar yadda take a yanzu, kuma wata rana kalmar "laifukan yaƙi" ta haɗu da shi yayin faɗar abin ba'a. Ya kamata "Laifuffukan zaman lafiya" su zama kamar na cuwa-cuwa ne saboda yin cikin lumana don zaman lafiya shine mafi girman matakin hana aikata laifi. "Laifin yaƙi" ya kamata ya zama abin dariya saboda yaƙi shine mafi girman matakin aikata laifi, ba halattacciyar ƙungiya wacce za a iya haɗawa da ƙananan laifuka ba - halin da ke sa “laifukan yaƙi” ya zama maras ma'ana kuma mara ma'ana kamar "laifin bautar bayi" ko "laifukan fyade" ko "laifukan fashi" zai kasance idan irin waɗannan maganganun sun wanzu.

Cikakken littafin shi ne Laifukan Zaman Lafiya: Pine Gap, Tsaron Kasa, da Rashin Amincewa. Masu kallo na Netflix sun san menene Pine Gap, ba shakka. Yana da mahimmanci, asirce mai kyau, cibiyar sadarwa a cikin hamadar Ostiraliya, a inda kyawawan, Amurkawa masu himma ke yin iya ƙoƙarinsu don kare shuwagabannin Amurka marasa laifi waɗanda ke kula da kasuwancinsu daga tashin hankalin baƙi marasa tunani, yayin da a lokaci guda suke ƙoƙarin haɓaka manyan -wajan kula da mazaunin Australiya na babbar masarauta da duniya zata sani. Mabuɗin don sa Australiya farin ciki, a zahiri, shine yake basu tabbacin cewa sune mafi kyawun abokin tarayyar Amurka wanda a madadin su Amurka zata yi amfani da tashin hankali idan Japan ko Korea ko kuma wani ɗan mulkin mallaka ya juyo akan su ba zato ba tsammani - aikin da ake fargaba da babu cikakken bincike, aikin da zai dogara da makaman Amurka dari bisa dari, aiki ne. . . amma bari muyi ƙoƙari kada mu shiga cikin cikakken bayani.

Pine Gap a zahiri tsohon CIA ne, yanzu sojan Amurka ne tushe ana amfani da shi tare da irin wannan asasai da jiragen ruwa da jirage a duniya don leken asiri a duniya da kuma kera makamai - kamar makamai masu linzami marasa matuka da makamin nukiliya - a duniya. Ana amfani da Pine Gap don yin kisan kai, duka a matsayin ɓangare na yaƙe-yaƙe da - abin da ya fi damun mutane - ba wani ɓangare na yaƙe-yaƙe ba, har ma da tsara don - abin da ke damun mutane mafi ƙaranci - halakar makaman nukiliya gaba ɗaya. Shekaru da yawa, wasu 'yan Australiya masu ban sha'awa sun yi haɗari da amincinsu da' yanci don yin zanga-zangar Pine Gap - har ma don ɗaukar Pine Gap.

Manyan 'yan leƙen asirin da ke aiki a Pine Gap sun fusata da wannan, ba shakka, kamar yadda suka yi imanin cewa ƙaddarar masarautar ta dogara ne da ɓoye sirri, kuma wannan mummunan rashi daga ƙawancen' yan tawayen ya jefa mu duka cikin haɗari ta hanyar sha'awar sha'awarsu ta ɗabi'a, girmamawa don haƙƙin 'yan ƙasa, da cikakken rashin kulawa ga ribar Raytheon. Irin waɗannan 'yan leƙen asirin guda ɗaya, kamar yadda yake na al'ada, ba za su iya kiyaye masu gwagwarmaya marasa ƙarfi a waje da shinge ba, ko kuma guje wa bayyana yawancin abin da suke yi a Pine Gap a cikin bayanan LinkedIn ɗin su. Amma, don yaba musu, suna yi - tare da haɗin gwiwar sojojin Ostiraliya - waɗanda ke bin ƙa'idodin doka, ladabi, da mutuntawa yayin fuskantar saɓo na zaman lafiya ba tare da doka ba, ba tare da sun durƙusa da birrai mafi munanan halayen sojojin Amurka da ake samu a kafofin watsa labarai ba. Ga yadda aka kama wani mai zanga-zanga - a wannan yanayin a wani soja tushe a Ostiraliya:

“Greg Rolles. . . ya ce ya fada wa sojoji biyu da ke gaba a kansa cewa shi mai zanga-zanga ne kuma ba zai nuna adawa ba; har yanzu sun doke shi ƙasa. Oneayansu ya jawo wata jaka mai wuyar fahimta a kansa, ɗayansu ya ce, 'Maraba da jakar, mai bugun uwa.' . . . Sojojin sun nade Greg a kan cikinsa, suka zaro wando da wandonsa ƙasa, suka ja shi da ƙuƙubun hannu ɗauke da shi a ƙasa tsawon mituna goma, al'aurarsa ta bayyana. ”

Wannan sadaukar da kai na tilasta bin doka ta dimokiradiyyar Ostiraliya ba shi da wata damuwa game da matsalar da Pine Gap, da kuma Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka da ke Australia, ke aikata laifuka, ko kuma matsalar da gwamnatin Ostiraliya da kuma ba mutanen Australiya ba. cikakkun bayanai game da waɗancan laifuka, ko matsalar da jami'an Amurka suka ɗora kansu sama da Kotun Hukunta Manyan Laifuffuka ta Duniya amma da alama Australiya ba sa yi. Matsalar da ayyuka kamar waɗanda Pine Gap ke sauƙaƙawa sau da yawa suna haifar da bugu mai yiwuwa ba a ɗauka matsala ba ce aƙalla, aƙalla ba ta ma'anar cewa irin wannan bugu zai taimaka kawai (ƙarya) ya tabbatar da ma'ana.

Laifukan Zaman Lafiya ya mayar da hankali kan aikin zanga-zanga guda ɗaya wanda ya shafi mutane biyar shiga Pine Gap da yin addu'a da kunna kiɗa don zaman lafiya - salon Katolika-na ma'aikata, aikin plowshares. Irin waɗannan ayyukan suna tsunduma cikin duniya da kuma cikin Amurka. An ambaci Kathy Kelly da Malachy Kilbride masu fafutukar neman zaman lafiya a cikin littafin a matsayin sun ziyarci kuma sun karfafa masu gwagwarmayar Australiya. Amma abubuwa sun bambanta a gefen masarautar. An ba da izinin mutum, a kotu, don ya ba da ƙarin bayani, karewa, hujja don wajibcin sa baki don hana aikata laifi mafi girma; kotuna ba su cika mugunta ba wajen yanke hukunci; akwai tallafi ga masu gwagwarmaya da aka bayyana a cikin gwamnati; kuma littattafan game da ayyukan an rubuta su mafi kyau.

Hoto ne daga Trevor Paglen na sansanin Menwith Hill a Ingila, wanda ke aikata laifuka kama da kuma tare da haɗin gwiwar tushe a Pine Gap.