Ndi Winslow Myers
Malingaliro a Ronald Reagan kumbuyo ku 1984 kuti "nkhondo ya nyukiliya silingagonjetsedwe ndipo siziyenera kumenyedwa konse" zikuwoneka kuti zakhala zikuvomerezedwa kudutsa ndale ku US ndi kunja. Kuchuluka kwa chiwonongeko chomwe chingachitikeko kungapangitse kuti zikhale zosatheka kuti machitidwe azachipatala azitha kuyankha mokwanira komanso poyambitsa kusintha kwa nyengo padziko lonse lapansi. Reagan anapitiriza kuti: "Mtengo wokhawokha m'mayiko athu awiri okhala ndi zida za nyukiliya ndikutsimikizira kuti sangagwiritsidwe ntchito. Koma kodi sikungakhale bwino kuti muwachotsere kwathunthu? "
Zaka makumi atatu pambuyo pake, kudodometsa kwotsutsa-mphamvu zisanu ndi zinayi za nyukiliya ndi zida zomwe zimakhala zokonzeka kugwiritsidwa ntchito kuti zisagwiritsidwe ntchito-siziri zothetsedwa. Pakalipano 9-11 inatipangitsa kuganiza za kudzipha kwa nyukiliya. Kukhala ndi zida zathu zazikulu komanso zosiyanasiyana za zida za nyukiliya sikungalepheretse munthu wodzipereka kwambiri. Mantha anakula kwambiri moti sizinangowonjezera kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa mabungwe osonkhanitsa mauthenga komanso kupha komanso kuzunzidwa. chirichonse adayesedwa olungama, kuphatikizapo nkhondo zowonongeka ndi madola trillion, kuti ateteze mdani wolakwika kuti asatengeke.
Kodi pali flashpoints kumene machitidwe omwe angapangidwe odalirika ndi osayanjanitsika kosatha akuwongolera malo atsopano owonongeka? Chitsanzo cha jour ndi Pakistan, komwe boma lofooka limasunga khola - timakhala ndi chiyembekezo choletsa mphamvu za nyukiliya ku India. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo Pakistan ikuphatikiza ndi anthu ochita zinthu monyanyira ndi kuthekera kwachidziwitso pakati pa ankhondo a Pakistan ndi anzeru. Cholinga ichi pa Pakistan ndi chonchi. Zingakhale zosalungama. Chida cha nyukiliya chingatheke mosavuta kulamulidwa ndi boma m'madera ngati Caucasus kapena-amene akudziwa? -Kupezeka ku United States kumene chitetezo chinali chosakanizika. Mfundo ndi yakuti kuopa zochitika zoterezi kumasokoneza malingaliro athu pamene tikuvutika kuti tiyankhe moona mtima kuti zowonongeka za nyukiliya siziletsa.
Kuwona zipatso za mantha awa momveka kumaitana kuwona njirayi pa nthawi, kuphatikizapo nthawi yamtsogolo. Nthano yodziwika kuti kuyimitsa kwa nyukiliya kutitetezera kwa zaka makumi ambiri ikuyamba kutha ngati tangolingalira zochitika ziwiri zomwe zingatheke: dziko limene tikupita ku gehena lopotoka ngati sitikusintha, momwe mantha amadzikweza Mtundu wochulukirapo uli ndi zida za nyukiliya, kapena dziko limene palibe aliyense ali nalo. Kodi mukufuna kuti ana anu adzalandire dziko liti?
Kuda nkhondo kwachisawawa kunkayitanidwa bwino. Kugawidwa kwa anthu osakondera komanso omwe ali ndi chidwi, dziko lodzikonda limalimbikitsa kukangana kwa Orwellian: timatsutsa kuti zida zathu za nyukiliya ndizoopsa kwambiri - zimayenera kuopseza otsutsa. Timawalembera ngati zida zathu kuti tipulumuke. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo timaganizira kuti izi zidatsutsa adani athu, kuzikweza kuti zikhale zimphona zopanda chilungamo. Kuopseza kwauchigawenga kwa nsuti ya sutikesi kumayambanso mantha chifukwa cha nkhondo yozizira yotentha pamene West akusewera nkhuku za nyukiliya ndi Putin.
Mtendere mwa mphamvu uyenera kuwomboledwa-kukhala mtendere monga mphamvu. Mfundo imeneyi, yoonekeratu kwa magulu ang'onoang'ono, omwe si a nyukiliya, imatsutsika mofulumira ndipo imatsutsidwa mwamsanga ndi mphamvu zomwe zilipo. Momwemonso mphamvu zomwe zilibe sizosangalatsa kukhala ndi adani chifukwa adani ali ovomerezeka pa ndale ndi zogwira ntchito zogwiritsira ntchito zida zankhondo, njira yomwe ikuphatikizapo kukonzanso ndalama zowonongeka kwa nyukiliya ya US yomwe ikuwononga chuma chofunikira kuti pakhale vuto lakutembenuka kukhala ndi mphamvu zowonjezereka.
Mankhwala oteteza Ebola monga kachilombo koyambitsa mantha ndi kuyamba kuchokera ku mgwirizano wa mgwirizano ndi kudalirana-ngakhale ndi adani. Nkhondo yozizira inatha chifukwa Soviet ndi American anazindikira kuti anali ofanana kuti aone zidzukulu zawo zikukula. Komabe anthu okonda kupha anzawo, achiwawa komanso achiwawa amaoneka ngati ife, tikhoza kusankha kuti tisasokoneze. Titha kukhala ndi maganizo athu podziwa zazunzo m'mbiri yathu, kuphatikizapo kuti ndife oyamba kugwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya kupha anthu. Tikhoza kuvomereza gawo lathulo m'chilengedwe cha chisa cha nkhonya cha kupha Mideast. Tikhoza kukumbukira zomwe zimayambitsa kuganiza zopambanitsa, makamaka pakati pa achinyamata. Tikhoza kuthandizira pangozi koma zoyenera monga kuyambitsa chisomo ku Iraq (https://charterforcompassion.org/node/8387). Tikhoza kutsindika mavuto angati omwe tingathe kuthetsa palimodzi.
Kumayambiriro kwa kampeni ya pulezidenti wa United States, otsogolera amapezeka mosavuta-mwayi wa nzika kuti afunse mafunso ovuta omwe alowa pansi pa mayankho omwe ali ndi ma bromidi otetezeka. Kodi chikhalidwe cha Middle East chikawoneka bwanji ngati sichinayambe kusewera mbali zambiri koma wina ndi mzimu wachifundo ndi chiyanjanitso? Nchifukwa chiyani sitingagwiritse ntchito mulu wa ndalama zomwe tikukonzekera kuti tithe kuyambanso zida zathu zosatha zomwe tikufuna kuti tipewe zida za nyukiliya padziko lonse lapansi? Nchifukwa chiyani US ali pakati pa anthu ogulitsa zida zapamwamba mmalo mwa otsogolera pamwamba pa chithandizo? Monga pulezidenti, mungatani kuti muthandize dziko lathu kukhala mogwirizana ndi ntchito zake zowonjezera zida monga kusayina pangano la Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
Winslow Myers, mlembi wa "Living Beyond War, A Citizen's Guide," akulemba nkhani za padziko lonse ndipo akutumikira pa Advisory Board of the War Prevention Initiative.
