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Yayana, tsohon soja ne wanda ya kwashe fiye da shekaru 20 na aikin soja a matsayin jami'i a Koriya ta Kudu, yanzu dan kwangilar sojan farar hula ne da ke zaune a wani sansani a Afghanistan. Tattaunawar da muka yi kawai game da gurɓacewar sojan Amurka a Koriya ta Kudu wani abu ne wanda ba a taɓa farawa ba.
Wadannan kasashe biyu na Asiya, wadanda ba su da bambanci a ci gaba, tattalin arziki da kwanciyar hankali, suna da wani abu guda daya - sansanonin sojan Amurka da aka gurbata sosai, wanda kasarmu ba ta dauki nauyin kudi ba. Mai gurbata muhalli yana biya (aka "ka karya shi, ka gyara shi") bai shafi sojojin Amurka a kasashen waje ba. Haka kuma ma’aikatan farar hula da galibin sojojin Amurka da ke jibge a wadannan sansanonin ba su da damar samun diyya ta likitanci saboda rashin lafiyar da ke da alaka da gurbacewar soji.
Yi la'akari da ramukan konewar sojan dabbanci. A cikin gaggawar yaki, DOD ta yi watsi da dokokinta na muhalli kuma ta amince da ramukan ƙona iska - "babban wuta mai guba" - a kan daruruwan sansanonin Amurka a Afghanistan, Iraki da Gabas ta Tsakiya. An ajiye su a tsakiyar gidaje na tushe, wuraren aiki da wuraren cin abinci, ba tare da hana gurɓatawar gurɓata ba. Ton na sharar gida - kusan kilo 10 a kowace rana ga kowane soja - yana ƙonewa a cikin su kowace rana, duk dare da rana, gami da sharar sinadarai da magunguna, mai, robobi, magungunan kashe qwari da gawawwaki. Toka mai ɗauke da ɗaruruwan guba da ƙwayoyin carcinogen sun sanya baƙaƙen iska da rufaffiyar tufafi, gadaje, tebura da wuraren cin abinci, a cewar wani bincike na Ofishin Akanta na Gwamnati. Bayanan soja na 2011 da aka leka ya yi gargadin cewa haɗarin lafiya daga ramukan ƙonewa na iya rage aikin huhu da tsananta cututtukan huhu da zuciya, daga cikinsu COPD, asma, atherosclerosis ko wasu cututtukan zuciya.
Ana iya hasashen cewa, kwamandojin sansani na rufe su na ɗan lokaci lokacin da 'yan siyasa da manyan hafsoshin soja suka zo ziyara.
Kadan daga cikin tsoffin sojoji da aka fallasa su don ƙone gubar rami sun sami diyya saboda tsananin rashin lafiyar da suke fama da ita. Babu wani ɗan Afganistan ko ɗan Iraki ko ɗan kwangilar soja mai zaman kansa da zai taɓa yin hakan. Yaƙe-yaƙe na iya ƙarewa, tushe na iya rufewa, amma sawun sojanmu mai guba ya kasance a matsayin gado mai guba ga tsararraki masu zuwa.
Ka yi la'akari na gaba ganga 250 na Agent Orange herbicide da ɗaruruwan tan na sinadarai masu haɗari, da aka binne a sansanin Sojoji Carroll, Koriya ta Kudu, bisa ga shaidar wasu tsoffin sojojin Amurka uku a watan Mayu 2011. “Mun binne dattin mu a bayan gida, ” in ji tsohon soja Steve House. Rahotannin farko game da hako ganguna masu ruguzawa da gurbatacciyar ƙasa da Amurka ta yi daga tushe ba su bayyana inda suke ba. Nazarin muhalli da sojojin Amurka suka gudanar a Camp Carroll a 1992 da 2004 sun gano ƙasa da ruwan ƙasa da mummunar gurɓata da dioxin, magungunan kashe qwari da kaushi. Ba a taɓa amincewa da waɗannan sakamakon ga gwamnatin Koriya ta Kudu ba har sai da shaidar da tsoffin sojojin Amurka suka bayar ga kafofin watsa labarai a cikin 2011.
Camp Carroll yana kusa da kogin Nakdong, tushen ruwan sha don manyan biranen ƙasa biyu. Adadin ciwon daji da mace-mace na cututtukan tsarin jijiya a tsakanin Koreans a yankin da ke kusa da tushen Amurka sun fi matsakaicin ƙasa.
Ina da abokai a kasashen Asiya da ke da alakar tarihi da Amurka daga yakin duniya na biyu, kasashen da ke taka-tsan-tsan da kasar Sin saboda mugunyar burinta na tattalin arziki. Yayin da akasarin wadannan abokai na matukar jin haushin kasancewar sojojin Amurka a kasashensu, wasu kadan na bayyana ma'anar tsaron kasancewar sansanonin sojin Amurka a matsayin wani ma'auni ga kasar Sin. Duk da haka, wannan yana tunatar da ni game da yara da ke dogara ga masu cin zarafi na makaranta, waɗanda tashin hankali da dabarun su ba su daɗaɗa girmar yara ba tare da ambaton kwanciyar hankali a yankin Asiya ba.
Harajinmu yana tallafawa aƙalla sansanonin ƙasashen waje 800, tare da dubban ɗaruruwan sojoji da ƴan kwangilar soja a cikin ƙasashe sama da 70. Sauran kasashen duniya a hade suna da wasu sansanonin kasashen waje 30. Ka yi la'akari kuma, cewa Amurka ita ce jagorar dillalan kayan aikin soja na duniya, tare da tallace-tallace dala biliyan 42 da kuma karuwar da ake sa ran a cikin 2018. Kasafin kuɗin da gwamnatinmu ta gabatar na 2018 yana ƙara yawan kashe kuɗin tsaro na soja (riga fiye da duk kudaden gida don ilimi, gidaje. , kayan aikin sufuri, muhalli, makamashi, bincike, da ƙari) a cikin kuɗin yanke ga shirye-shiryen gida.
Ba wai kawai muna barin gurɓataccen yanayi ba a duk faɗin duniya a matsayinmu na duniya a matsayin babban ɗan sanda yayin da masu sayar da makamai ke cin gajiyar rikici a duk faɗin duniya, amma muna yin hakan ne a sakaci na 'yan ƙasarmu:
Duk bindigar da aka kera, kowace jirgin yaki harba, duk wata roka da aka harba, na nuni da cewa, a karshe, ana sata ne daga wadanda ke fama da yunwa da ba a ciyar da su, masu sanyi da ba su da sutura. Wannan duniyar da ke cikin makamai ba ta kashe kuɗi ita kaɗai ba. Tana kashe gumin ma'aikatanta, hazakar masana kimiyyarta, da fatan 'ya'yanta. - Shugaba Eisenhower, 1953
Pat Hynes yayi aiki a matsayin injiniyan Superfund na US EPA New England. Farfesa mai ritaya na Lafiyar Muhalli, ta jagoranci Cibiyar Traprock don Aminci da Adalci a yammacin Massachusetts.
