Tsiku Lapansi Latsopano

Wolemba Tom H. Hastings, Epulo 22, 2020

Pamene ndinabadwa zaka 70 zapitazo kunalibe Tsiku la Dziko Lapansi. Zimenezi zinangoyamba zaka 50 zapitazo. Tsiku la Dziko Lapansi lisanafike asitikali aku US ankaipitsa.

• Nyuzipepala yakomweko ku Utah inanena kuti malo angapo m'chigawochi, makamaka ankhondo, kuphatikiza Hill Air Force base, ali ndi madzi apansi omwe ali ndi "mankhwala osatha" omwe, monga momwe dzinalo limatanthawuzira, samawonongeka ndipo ndi owopsa paumoyo.
• The Arkansas Democrat Gazette inanena kuti Pentagon inasonkhanitsa nkhokwe za PFAS (Per- ndi polyfluoroalkyl substances, kapena mankhwala osatha), omwe amadziwika kuti ndi owopsa ku thanzi la anthu, kupita kumalo opsereza mafakitale pakati pa Arkadelphia ndi Gum Springs, kumene adawotchedwa, ngakhale chilengedwe. kampani yamalamulo idayesa kupeza lamulo loletsa.
• Kumtunda ku Washington, Spokesman Review wa Spokane inanena kuti fuko la Kalispel lidasumira dipatimenti yachitetezo chifukwa choyipitsa madzi akumwa pamalo ake ochezera pafupi ndi Fairchild AFB. Zach Welcker, m'modzi mwa maloya a fukoli, adati, "Opanga, opanga ndi ogwiritsa ntchito zozimitsa moto zomwe zili ndi PFAS adziwa zaka makumi ambiri kuti mankhwala amenewa ndi oopsa kwambiri ndipo akhoza kusamukira m’madzi a anthu onse komanso achinsinsi.”
• Kubwerera kummawa ku South Burlington, Vermont Digger inanena kuti madzi apansi ndi mtsinje wa Winooski pafupi ndi Vermont Air National Guard aipitsidwa ndi mankhwala akupha omwewo. Richard Spiese, woyang'anira malo owopsa a dipatimenti yosamalira zachilengedwe, adatsimikiza kuti kuipitsidwaku kudachokera m'munsi.
• Ntchito yofalitsa nkhani zachilengedwe ku Washington DC idalandira zambiri kuchokera ku Pentagon kuti avomerezedwa madzi apampopi osachepera 28 maziko ankhondo munali mankhwala oopsa kwamuyaya, kuphatikizapo ena aakulu kwambiri, monga Fort Bragg, kumene madzi akumwa kwa 100,000 asilikali asilikali ndi mabanja awo anali owopsa kwa thanzi la munthu.
• Nthawi Zankhondo inanena kuti asitikali akale, ngakhalenso asitikali ogwira ntchito, omwe amakhala kutsidya kwa nyanja m'malo ngati Uzbekistan adamwalira ndi khansa yowopsa chifukwa chokhudzidwa ndi mankhwala osiyanasiyana.

Zachidziwikire nkhani zonsezi ndi zina zambiri zikuchokera ku 2020, zaposachedwa kwambiri. Pentagon imeneyo imadziwadi kulemekeza Tsiku Lapansi, sichoncho?

Anthu ena akhala akutsatira ndikuyesera kuchenjeza za mbiri yowopsa yankhondo yakuwononga chilengedwe kwazaka zambiri. Kulankhula payekha, awiri a ife tinapita pa Tsiku la Dziko Lapansi la 1996 ndipo, pogwiritsa ntchito zida zamanja, tidatenga gawo la gawo la zida za nyukiliya kenako tidalowamo, tikuyembekeza kubweretsa chidwi ku mbiri yoyipayi ya asitikali - osati US yokha. zankhondo, ndithudi—zowononga kwambiri ndi kuipitsa ndi kuwopseza moyo wonse ndi chipwirikiti cha nyengo ndi chiwonongeko cha nyukiliya.

Tinalimbana bwino ndi malamulo ndipo tinali ndi umboni wochirikizidwa ndi yemwe kale anali kapitawo wa "boomer," katswiri wa nyukiliya wokhala ndi zida za nyukiliya, komanso kuchokera kwa munthu yemwe ankagwira ntchito ku Lockheed ndi kutsogolera gulu lokonzekera zoponya za D5 zomwe zinakwera. Tinali ndi katswiri wodziwa malamulo omwe asilikali a US amachitira. Pamapeto pake, atamva umboniwo, oweruzawo anatimasula ndipo sanachitire mwina koma kutiimba mlandu wochepa, wowononga katundu. Tinakhala m’ndende zaka zitatu. Patapita chaka tinamasulidwa aliyense.

Chifukwa chake, Tsiku Losangalatsa Lapansi. Ngati tikutanthauza, tidzasankha nthumwi zomwe zidzakakamize asilikali kuti ayeretse zonse, zomwe zidzapangitse ntchito zambiri ndikukhala ndi zotsatira zabwino za asilikali ndi anthu ozungulira omwe amatha kumwa madzi ndi kupuma. mpweya popanda kutenga matenda oopsa. Ngati panakhalapo nthawi yoganizira zoteteza thanzi la munthu, ndi ino, kodi simungavomereze?

Dr. Tom H. Hastings ndi PeaceVoice Dayilekita komanso nthawi zina mboni yodziwika bwino m'bwalo lamilandu.