Laa azụ na 1890s ndị kwenyere na-emeri kọntinent na-egbu oke (na-enweghị ijide Hawaii, Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, wdg) gụnyere Ọkà Okwu nke Thomaslọ ahụ Thomas Reed. O wepụtara otu akwụkwọ akụkọ banyere otu akụkọ na South Carolina. Ọ chịkọtara akụkọ gbasara "iwe ọzọ na Cuba." O tinyere ha abụọ (akụkọ adịgboroja!) Wee nye ha onye nnọchiteanya sitere na South Carolina onye na-achọ ịlụ agha na Cuba. Onye omebe iwu ahụ gụrụ akụkọ ahụ, wee kwụsị, o juru ya anya, wee kwuo "Gịnị, nke a abụghị Cuba."
Ekwadoro m ịnwale aghụghọ a. Clip otu isiokwu gbasara ndị Israel na-egbu ndị Palestaịn, ma ọ bụ iwe na ụlọ mkpọrọ US ma ọ bụ n'ama Saudi ma ọ bụ n'okpuru mmiri ozuzo nke bọmbụ ndị mmadụ na Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Libya, ma ọ bụ ebe ọzọ; Tapawa ya n’okpuru isiokwu banyere Iran, North Korea, Bashar al Assad, ma ọ bụ Vladimir Putin. Gosi onye nọ gị nso na ndị otu ọgbakọ omebe iwu gị ma ọ bụ ndị nnọchite anya ị nwere ike ịbanye n'otu ọnụ ụlọ ma ọ bụ jiri email zitere gị. Ma ọ bụ naanị gosi ya onye nwere ọdachi ịnwe telivishọn.
Mmejọ kwesịrị ịbụ mkparị n'ihi ihe ha bụ, ọ bụghị n'ihi onye mere ha. Ochioma ichota na odi otu a na United States taa!
Nke a bụ ihe si n'akwụkwọ ọhụrụ m, Ịgwọ Ahụhụ:
N'ịhụ mba n'anya pụrụ iche, dị ka ikekwe na mba niile, "anyị" ga-anakwere njirimara nke ọtụtụ mmadụ dị ndụ ruo ọtụtụ narị afọ, nke mere na "anyị busoro ndị Britain agha" na "anyị meriri Agha Nzuzo." Nchọpụta nke onwe a, ọkachasị mgbe ejikọtara ya na nkwenye na ịdị elu pụrụ iche, na-adọta onye kwere ekwe na-elekwasị anya n'ihe ndị dị mma "anyị" mere, na ịhapụ ihe ihere "anyị" mere, n'agbanyeghị na ya onwe ya ma ọ bụ na ọ nweghị otuto maka nke mbụ ma ọ bụ ụta maka nke ikpeazụ a. George Orwell dere, sị, “Onye mba ahụ, ọ bụghị nanị na ọ dịghị anabata arụrụala nke aka ya, kama o nwere ikike dị ịrịba ama nke na ọ gaghịdị anụ banyere ha.”[I]
Na peeji nke 1 nke akwụkwọ Cheneys: “Anyị ekwela nkwa nnwere onwe, nchekwa na udo maka oke mmadụ karịa mba ọ bụla ọzọ n'akụkọ ihe mere eme niile.”[Ii] Nkwupụta ndị dị otú a, dị ka ebe a, n'ozuzu ha, enweghị nkọwa ala ma ọ bụ kọwaa. N'ihe banyere ihe na-esote ya, nkwupụta ahụ yiri ka ọ dabere na nyocha nke Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ dị ka nkwalite nnwere onwe na udo, yana n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Agha IIwa nke Abụọ nke na-ahapụ òkè ọdụm nke ọgụ Allies na Europe na bụ ndị Soviet Union mere.
Nkwupụta ahụ bụ na "anyị" bụ ndị butere udo na nnwere onwe, n'ezie, daberekwa na agha US na imepụta ngwa agha kemgbe Agha IIwa nke Abụọ. N'ezie, ọ bụrụ na onye ọ bụla lụọ agha kachasị agha ma mepụta ọtụtụ ngwa agha na-eweta udo na nnwere onwe kachasị n'ụwa, mgbe ahụ United States na-ewere aha ahụ. Ma na mpụga United States, arụmụka a ekwenyeghị n'ozuzu ya - nke megidere nke ahụ. Otutu mba gbara ajụjụ na December 2013 site na Gallup akpọ United States kasị ukwuu iyi egwu ka udo dịrị n ’ụwa.[iii] Nnyocha nke Pew na 2017 chọtara nsonaazụ yiri ya.[iv]
Kemgbe Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, n'oge ihe ụfọdụ ndị gụrụ akwụkwọ na US na-eche dịka oge udo nke udo, ndị agha US egbuola ma ọ bụ nye aka gbuo ihe dị ka nde mmadụ 20, kwatuo opekata mpe gọọmentị 36, tinye aka na opekata mpe 84 mba ọzọ, nwara igbu Ndị isi 50 si mba ọzọ, wee tụọ bọmbụ na ndị nọ n'ihe karịrị mba 30.[v] Ndị agha US na-akwụ ụgwọ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ndị agha nke ụwa niile jikọtara ọnụ, ebe ndị US, ndị otu NATO, na ndị ha na ha jikọrọ aka na-echekwa ụzọ atọ n'ụzọ anọ nke mmefu agha ụwa. Ngwá agha US na-arụ ọrụ pụrụ iche n'echiche nke iduga ndị ọzọ niile, mana ọ gụnyere ndị ahịa ya. United States, dị ka e kwuru n'elu, dị ka nke 2017 nyere ngwá agha na n'ọtụtụ ọnọdụ ọzụzụ na 73 pasent nke ụwa ọchịchị aka ike.[vi] N'ezie enwere ike ịchọta ezigbo nsonaazụ site na ụfọdụ n'ime nke a, mana nghọta doro anya chọrọ ịtụle ihe ọma na ihe ọjọọ. Mba ụwa nke na-ejighị ekele maka ndị uwe ojii zuru ụwa ọnụ a ọ nwere ọtụtụ ndị ingrate? Ka iwu uwe ojii ọ dị oke njọ?
Izere nkatọ mba, ma ọ bụ ịtụgharị uche na "anyị," ihe egwu na-enye ohere ka mmesapụ aka bụrụ ihe mkpuchi maka ụkpụrụ abụọ. Kedu ihe ndị America nwere ike iche ma ọ bụrụ na mba ọzọ ga-eme ụfọdụ nnwere onwe nke ha na-akwalite gburugburu ụwa? Nke a ga-abụ omume “mba aghụghọ” na-eme. Nke a bụ ngụkọta nke ntọala ndị agha na ụwa dị n'èzí ala mba ha:[vii]
United States - 800
Russia - 9
France - 8
United Kingdom - 8
Japan - 1
South Korea - 1
Netherlands - 1
India - 1
Ọstrelia - 1
Chili - 1
Turkey - 1
Israel - 1
N’afọ 2007, onye isi ala Ekwedọọ gwara mba Amerịka na ha nwere ike idobe isi ala ha n’Ekwedọọ ma ọ bụrụhaala na Ecuador nwere otu na Miami, Flọrịda.[viii] N’ezie echiche ahụ bụ nke ịkwa emo na nke jọgburu onwe ya.
N'ime nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta 18 kachasị mkpa nke United Nations, United States so na 5, dị obere karịa mba ọ bụla ọzọ n'ụwa, ma e wezụga Bhutan (4), ma jikọta ya na Malaya, Myanmar, na South Sudan, mba nke agha tisasịrị kemgbe okike ya na 2011.[ix] United States ọ na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ahụ maka iwu iwu ụwa site na ebe na-abụghị iwu ụwa? Ma ọ bụ ihe ọzọ na-aga?
Na United States emeela ihe ekwesighi itule ma ọ bụ megide ihe ahụ. Omume kwesiri iguzo ma obu daa na nke ha. Ma ndị Cheneys na-agwa anyị na anyị ga-ahụ "omume dị iche n'etiti ngwa agha nuklia nke Iran na nke America." Anyị ekwesịrị, n'ezie? Ihe egwu ọ bụla na-abawanye ụba, ojiji nke ihe ọghọm, nke onye ndu na-achọsi ike, ọnwụ na mbibi, ọdachi gburugburu ebe obibi, mmegwara mmegwara, na apocalypse. Otu n'ime mba abụọ ahụ nwere ngwa agha nuklia[X], ejirila ngwa agha nuklia[xi], enyela onye nke ọzọ atụmatụ maka ngwa agha nuklia[xii], nwere iwu maka iji ngwa agha nuklia eme ihe nke mbụ[xiii], nwere ndị nduzi na-amachibido inwe ngwá agha nuklia[xiv], ma na-eyi egwu mgbe niile iji ngwá agha nuklia[xv]. Echeghị m na ihe ndị ahụ ga-eme ka ngwa agha nuklia n'aka mba nke ọzọ bụrụ obere omume.
Ọ bụrụ na ị na-eche, ndị isi US nke mere ka ọha na eze ma ọ bụ ihe nzuzo nuklia nzuzo nye mba ndị ọzọ, nke anyị maara, gụnyere Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, na Donald Trump, ebe ndị ọzọ , gụnyere Barack Obama, ekwuola okwu ugboro ugboro dịka "Nhọrọ niile dị na tebụl" n'ihe metụtara Iran ma ọ bụ obodo ọzọ.[xvi]
[I] George Orwell, "Ihe edeturu na Nationalism," http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat.
[Ii] Dick Cheney na Liz Cheney, Ahụkebe: Ihe kpatara ụwa ji chọọ mba dị ike (Editiondị Ntinye, 2015).
[iii] Meredith Bennett-Smith, “Womp! Akpọrọ Obodo A Aha Nnukwu Nsogbu Maka Udo Worldwa, ” HuffPost, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/greatest-threat-world-peace-country_n_4531824.html (Jenụwarị 23, 2014).
[iv] Dorothy Manevich na Hanyu Chwe, "N'ụwa niile, ọtụtụ mmadụ na-ahụ ike na mmetụta US dịka nnukwu ihe iyi egwu," Researchlọ Ọrụ Pew Research, http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/01/u-s-power-and-influence-increasingly-seen-as-threat-in-other-countries (August 1, 2017).
[v] David Swanson, "Agha US na Omume Mmegide: Ndepụta," Ka anyi nwaa ochichi onye kwuo uche ya, http://davidswanson.org/warlist.
[vi] David Swanson, "Agha US na Omume Mmegide: Ndepụta," Ka anyi nwaa ochichi onye kwuo uche ya, http://davidswanson.org/warlist.
[vii] David Swanson, "Gini bu isi agha ala ozo maka?," Ka anyi nwaa ochichi onye kwuo uche ya, http://davidswanson.org/what-are-foreign-military-bases-for (Julaị 13, 2015).
[viii] Phil Stewart, "Ecuador chọrọ ka ndị agha na Miami," Reuters, https://uk.reuters.com/article/ecuador-base/ecuador-wants-military-base-in-miami-idUKADD25267520071022 (Ọktoba 22, 2007).
[ix] “Isi Ihe Ndị Na-ahụ Maka Ihe Ndị Ruuru Mmadụ na Mba Nile na òtù ha na-enyocha,” Lọ Ọrụ Na-ahụ Maka Ihe Ndị Ruuru Mmadụ na United Nations nke High Commissioner, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CoreInstruments.aspx.
[X] David Swanson, "Na-ekwu okwu na Radio Radio: Gareth Porter: Iran Enwebeghị Mmemme Ngwá Agha Nuclear," Ka anyi nwaa ochichi onye kwuo uche ya, http://davidswanson.org/talk-nation-radio-gareth-porter-iran-has-never-had-a-nuclear-weapons-program-3 (February 12, 2014).
[xi] David Swanson, "Hiroshima Haunting," Ka anyi nwaa ochichi onye kwuo uche ya, ”Http://davidswanson.org/hiroshima-haunting (August 6, 2017).
[xii] David Swanson, "Video: RT Na-ekpuchi Jeffrey Sterling Trial," Ka anyi nwaa ochichi onye kwuo uche ya, http://davidswanson.org/video-rt-covers-jeffrey-sterling-trial-2 (Jenụwarị 16, 2015).
[xiii] "Nyocha nke Nuklia," Ngalaba Nchedo US, https://www.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/NPR.
[xiv] "Al Khamenei si Fatwa Megide Nuclear Ngwá Agha," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei%27s_fatwa_against_nuclear_weapons.
[xv] Daniel Ellsberg, Ngwa Doomsday: Nkwupụta nke Onye Nwepụta Agha Nuklia (Bloomsbury USA, 2017), http://www.ellsberg.net/category/doomsday-machine.
[xvi] Daniel Ellsberg, Ngwa Doomsday: Nkwupụta nke Onye Nwepụta Agha Nuklia (Bloomsbury USA, 2017), http://www.ellsberg.net/category/doomsday-machine.
