អ្នកគាំទ្រសន្តិភាពនៅលើផែនដីគួរតែគាំទ្រមហាវិទ្យាល័យឥតគិតថ្លៃនៅសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក

ដោយលោក David Swanson, World BEYOND War, ខែវិច្ឆិកា 15, 2022

The one nation on Earth that has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the leading hold-out on basic human rights treaties in general, and the wealthy nation that imposes the biggest hurdles on young people seeking an education has a reason that’s seldom talked about for making college expensive and keeping the chains of student debt wrapped tightly around millions of ankles — and it’s a reason related to the militarized spreading of the Rules Based Order.

“Student loan forgiveness undermines one of our military’s greatest recruitment tools at a time of dangerously low enlistments,” សរសេរ U.S. Congressman Jim Banks in August 2022, a sentiment echoed and expanded upon in សំបុត្រ​មួយ sent in September to President Joe Biden by 19 U.S. Congress Members — apparently given license by partisanship (they are Republicans) to “say the quiet parts out loud.” For many years it’s been an ill-kept secret that the single biggest factor in U.S. military recruitment is poverty / the absence of education as a right / the lack of other career prospects. But for most of those years, talk of the poverty draft has mostly been heard from peace advocates, or in documents that the military didn’t mean to make public. Now it’s openly advocated: keep the people poor so that we can bribe them into the war machine.

We’ve seen the same issue dragged into the light of day around immigration in the United States. Whenever there seems the slightest danger of easing the path to U.S. citizenship for immigrants, voices are raised in Washington D.C., without shame or scruple, in support of making participation in the U.S. military a means of obtaining citizenship.

Yet, U.S. military recruiters មាន នៃ អាក្រក់បំផុត ឆ្នាំ in 2022 since 1973, and expect a worse year yet in 2023.

I think supporters of peace should promote making education a right in the United States for the following reasons:

1) The place claims to be a democracy and has a president and Congress elected promising to make college free. (វេទិកាគណបក្ស។ ) (គេហទំព័រយុទ្ធនាការ.) Nobody wants democracy to look bad.

2) Education, if done right, is good for peace and bad for war propaganda.

3) Young people losing the burden of massive debt is very good for civic engagement and activism.

4) Those of us in favor of the absence of war are also, in most cases, in favor of the presence of many good things that could be purchased for a fraction of war spending, and free college is one of them. As the movement against the giant pit into which the most money is dumped, the peace movement has something to offer in joining with the education movement.

5) Taking away the top recruitment tool of the U.S. military could help the cause of peace.

Yes, wars can use local fighters and mercenaries and robots. Yes, the military can offer unheard of signing bonuses. Yes, the warmongers could seize the opportunity to demand compulsory service (perhaps packaged with some sort of sweet smelling non-military option) or a draft (a progressive pink one with young women forced against their will to kill and die as a matter of equal rights), and no we do not want a draft as some sort of path to peace through the opposition it would generate, and yes, we could lose at any step in this struggle. But we have to try. And starting to win could look like: the closing of foreign bases, or even the scaling back of foreign wars. A U.S. military that gets desperate can, and often will, shoot itself in the foot.

While I think our focus here should be on making college free — past and future — it’s also helpful for us, in the meantime, to help those who now have some marginal alternative prospect to choose it over joining a military.  វីដេអូនេះ អាចជួយបាន។

ខាងក្រោមនេះជាការវាយតម្លៃដោយខ្លួនឯងមួយនាទីទៅលើភាពសមរម្យរបស់អ្នកសម្រាប់អាជីពយោធា:

តើអ្នករីករាយក្នុងការប្រថុយជីវិតរបស់អ្នកសម្រាប់អ្វីដែលមេបញ្ជាការយោធាអាមេរិកបានពណ៌នាជាញឹកញាប់ ប្រឆាំងនឹងផលិតភាព បេសកកម្មឬគ្មានន័យ "muddling along”?

តើអ្នកមានកោតសរសើរចំពោះការស្រែកយំនិងការរំលោភបំពានដោយគ្មានហេតុផលទេ?

ខណៈពេលដែលមិត្តភក្តិរបស់អ្នកអាចនឹងទទួលបានការងារជាទៀងទាត់និងរីករាយនឹងជីវិតដ៏ល្អប្រហែលជារៀបការនិងមានបបូរមាត់អ្នកនឹងរស់នៅក្នុងបន្ទាយមួយដែលមានមេបញ្ជាការស្រែកដាក់អ្នកដោយស្ទះពោះវៀនរបស់អ្នកក្នុងការហ្វឹកហាត់ដ៏ខ្លាំងក្លា។ ស្តាប់​ទៅ​ល្អ?

តើអ្នកមានអារម្មណ៍យ៉ាងណាចំពោះការកើនឡើងនូវហានិភ័យនៃការរំលោភបំពានផ្លូវភេទ?

តើអ្នកមានអារម្មណ៍យ៉ាងណាអំពីការកើនឡើងហានិភ័យនៃការធ្វើអត្តឃាត?

Soldiers must expect to carry 120 pounds for long distances and up hills, so back injuries are plentiful, along with the life-limiting dangers of combat training, including from the testing of weaponry and chemicals. Sound appealing?

តើគំនិតនៃការរងរបួសរាងកាយឬស្លាប់នៅក្នុងប្រទេសមួយចំនួនដែលនៅឆ្ងាយដែលប្រជាពលរដ្ឋដែលមិនសប្បាយចិត្តជាមួយវត្តមានរបស់អ្នកបាញ់អ្នកឬផ្លុំជើងរបស់អ្នកជាមួយនឹងគ្រាប់បែកតាមដងផ្លូវជំរុញឱ្យអ្នកចូលរួម?

តើអ្នកត្រូវការការរងរបួសខួរក្បាលដែលមានការឈឺចាប់ឬជំងឺស្ត្រេសធ្ងន់ឬជំងឺខ្សោយបេះដូងឬទាំងបីនាក់?

រំពឹងមើលពិភពលោក? អ្នកទំនងជាឃើញតង់មួយនៅលើកន្លែងកខ្វក់នៅកន្លែងខ្លះដែលមានគ្រោះថ្នាក់ពេកដើម្បីរុករកព្រោះមនុស្សមិនចង់ឱ្យអ្នកនៅទីនោះ។

តើអ្នកនឹងមានអារម្មណ៍យ៉ាងណាប្រសិនបើអ្នកចាប់ផ្តើមជឿថាអ្នកកំពុងបំរើបុព្វហេតុដ៏ថ្លៃថ្នូរខ្លះហើយយល់ដឹងថាអ្នកកំពុងតែបង្កើតមនុស្សលោភលន់មួយចំនួនដែលសំបូរបែប?

យើងសង្ឃឹមថាការវាយតម្លៃខ្លួនឯងខ្លីនេះមានប្រយោជន៍ដល់អ្នកក្នុងការបង្កើតជម្រើសជីវិតដ៏សំខាន់មួយ។

Also think about Section 9-b of the កិច្ចសន្យាចូលរៀន / ចុះឈ្មោះចូលរៀនឡើងវិញ មុនពេលអ្នកចុះហត្ថលេខា:
"ច្បាប់និងបទបញ្ញត្តិដែលគ្រប់គ្រងរដ្ឋាភិបាលយោធាអាចផ្លាស់ប្តូរដោយគ្មានការជូនដំណឹងដល់ខ្ញុំ។ ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរបែបនេះអាចប៉ះពាល់ដល់ស្ថានភាពបង់ប្រាក់ឧបត្ថម្ភអត្ថប្រយោជន៍និងការទទួលខុសត្រូវរបស់ខ្ញុំក្នុងនាមជាសមាជិកនៃកងកំលាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធដែលមិនមានចែងនៅក្នុងបទបញ្ជានៃឯកសារចុះឈ្មោះ / ចុះឈ្មោះចូលរៀននេះ។ "

នៅក្នុងពាក្យផ្សេងទៀតវាជាកិច្ចសន្យាមួយផ្លូវ។ ពួកគេអាចផ្លាស់ប្តូរបាន។ អ្នក​មិនអាច។