Ndi David Swanson, Mtsogoleri Woyang'anira World BEYOND War, May 2, 2019
Tsiku ndi tsiku pamene ambiri a ife timaphunzitsidwa kuthana ndi tsankho ndikuchita mwaulemu kwa onse, ma TV ndi magulu a sukulu ambiri a US amalephera kufotokozera miyoyo ya US ngati miyoyo yokha yomwe ili yofunika kwambiri. Kuwonongeka kwa ndege komwe kumapha anthu ambiri kunenedwa, monga nkhondo, ndi zambiri za Kuphunzira pa miyoyo yochepa yaku US yotayika. Mtsogoleri wa asitikali aku US asankha kuphulitsa bomba m'mudzi m'malo mokomera asitikali ake yosonyezedwa monga chidziwitso cha kuunika. Nkhondo Yachimwene Yachimereka ku America ili pafupi konsekonse wotchulidwa nkhondo yoopsa kwambiri ku US, ngakhale kuti ambiri Nkhondo za US apha anthu ambiri - kuphatikizapo anthu a ku America ngati anthu a ku Filipi anali nzika za US pa nkhondo ya ku Philippines ndi America kapena nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse.
M'nthawi yomwe timaphunzitsidwa kuthana ndi mavuto athu mopanda chiwawa, kupatula kupha anthu ambiri kunkhondo. Koma nkhondo zikugulitsidwa kwambiri, osati ngati chitetezo kwa Adolf Hitler wa Mwezi (kasitomala wogwiritsa ntchito zida mwezi watha), koma monga zachifundo ndi zabwino, kupewa kupha anthu mwa kuphulitsa mabomba m'mizinda, kapena kupereka thandizo pothandiza mizinda, kapena kukhazikitsa demokalase mwa kuphulitsa mabomba mizinda.
Chifukwa chake, ndichifukwa chiyani United States imakhala ndi asitikali m'maiko osachepera 175, komanso magulu ankhondo akuluakulu 1,000 m'maiko opitilira 80 kunja kwa United States ndi madera ake? Ichi ndi chizolowezi chomwe chitukuko chake chimadalira kusankhana mitundu. Makoloni akale atakhala osafunikira mphira, malata, ndi zinthu zina zomwe akatswiri amapangira mankhwala, kupatula mafuta adatsalira, komanso chidwi chofuna kukhala ndi asitikali pafupi ndi nkhondo zatsopano (momwe zimapitilira pang'onopang'ono) zidatsalira. Tsopano podziwikiratu kwa ambiri a ife kuti mafuta apangitsa kuti dziko lapansi lisakhalemo, kuti United States itenge ndege, zombo, ma drones, ndi asitikali m'malo aliwonse padziko lapansi mwachangu popanda malo oyandikira, ndikuti anthu onse ali ofanana zokhoza kupanga zipilala zokongola kwa maboma pawokha monga zotsatsa kampeni, chigawo chosungunuka, ndi makina osavomerezeka osavomerezeka, ndichikhulupiriro kuti anthu omwe si a US alibe nazo ntchito zomwe zatsala.
Pali phindu lomwe liyenera kupangidwa, ndikugula zida kapena kugulitsa mafuta kapena kupondereza anzawo kuti agwirizane. Pali inertia momwe zinthu zilili. Pali kuyendetsa kolakwika kuti kulamulire dziko lapansi. Koma chiwembu chotsatsa malonda pazilumba zapadziko lonse lapansi chimafikira pakufunika kwa apolisi kuti aziwathandiza, ngakhale makamaka Khulupirirani izo zimawavulaza iwo. Kukhalapo kosakhala malo amodzi ochokera ku America kapena ku NATO kwakhala kuvomerezedwa ndi bungwe la referendum. Zambiri zoterezi zavoteredwa ndi referenda ya anthu (kuphatikizapo mu February 2019 mkati Okinawa), palibe limodzi lomwe lalemekezedwa ndi boma la US. Zolinga zambiri ndizo zolinga zazikulu zowonetseratu zopanda chilungamo ngakhale zisanamangidwe, komanso kwa zaka kapena zaka zambiri.
Maziko ambiri amakhala ndi ma gated okhala ndi ma steroids. Anthuwo amatha kutuluka, kukaona mahule, kumwa, kugundana ndi magalimoto awo ndipo nthawi zina ndege, ndikumachita zachiwawa pofunsa milandu. Mabasiketi amatha kutulutsa zowononga ndi ziphe, kupangitsa madzi akumwa am'deralo kukhala owopsa, ndikuyankhira aliyense m'dziko lomwe "akutumikiridwa" ndi malowa. Iwo omwe amakhala kunja kwa tsinde, pokhapokha atagwiritsidwa ntchito kumeneko, sangathe kubwera kukaona Little America yomwe idamangidwa mkati mwa mpanda: misika yayikulu, malo odyera mwachangu, masukulu, malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, zipatala, malo osamalira ana, gofu.
Ufumu wa mabasiketi ndi ufumu wadziko lochepa kwambiri, koma kulibenso malo omwe "analipo" kuposa momwe ku America kunalibe kanthu ndikuyembekezera "kupezeka" ku Europe. Midzi ndi minda yambirimbiri zawonongedwa, anthu athamangitsidwa kuzilumba, zilumbazi zidaphulitsa bomba ndikupha poizoni kukhala malo osakhalamo. Njirayi imalongosola zigawo zazikulu za Hawaii, kuzilumba za Aleutian ku Alaska, Bikini Atoll, Enewetak Atoll, Lib Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Ebeye, Vieques, Culebra, Okinawa, Thule, Diego Garcia, ndi malo ena anthu ambiri ku United States sanamvepopo. Dziko la South Korea lachotsa anthu ambiri anthu kuchokera kunyumba zawo kuti apange njira za US kumayambiriro kwaposachedwapa. Chilumba Chachikunja ndilo cholinga chachikulu cha chiwonongeko.
Pomwe mayiko ena onse apadziko lapansi ali ndi magulu ankhondo angapo kunja kwa malire awo, ndipo mayiko olemera padziko lapansi akuchoka ku United States kumbuyo ndi thanzi, chisangalalo, chiyembekezo chamoyo, maphunziro, ndi njira zina zathanzi , United States ikupitilizabe kumanga ndikusamalira mabungwe ena padziko lonse lapansi mosawononga ndalama (zoposa $ 100 biliyoni chaka chilichonse), ndipo pachiwopsezo chachikulu. Izi zakhala zikuchitika nthawi zonse pulezidenti waposachedwa waku US. Purezidenti Donald Trump atha kupezabe maziko atsopano omwe amutchulira ku Poland, ngakhale kuli ku Asia ndi Africa komwe ntchito yomanga kwambiri ikuchitika.
Maziko amakhala ndi zida komanso magulu, ndipo maziko atsopano ku Romania ndi kwina apereka nawo choopsa kwambiri za kuwonongeka kwa nyukiliya. Maziko apanga, adalimbikitsa, ndipo adakhala malo ophunzitsira uchigawenga, kuphatikiza zigawenga zodziwika bwino monga za 9-11, zoyendetsedwa ndi otsutsana ndi mabwalo ku Saudi Arabia, ndi magulu onga ISIS, omwe amakhala m'misasa yandende ku US ku Iraq. Cholinga chomveka poyambitsa ndikupitiliza nkhondo zambiri, kuphatikiza za ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq, ndikukhazikitsa maziko. Mipata imagwiritsidwanso ntchito ngati malo ozunza anthu mopanda lamulo lililonse. Pomwe mamembala a Congress akukayikira kuti asitikali aku US tsiku lina adzachoka ku Syria kapena South Korea, akufulumira kukakamira kukhalapo kwamuyaya, ngakhale ali osakondwa pomwe oyang'anira a White House ati asitikali ankhondo omwe achoka ku Syria adzangopita ku Iraq, kuchokera zomwe azitha kuukira Iran mwachangu ngati "zikufunika."
Uthenga wabwino ndi nthawi zina anthu akhoza kutseka maziko, monga pamene alimi Japan kunalepheretsa kumangidwa kwa maziko a US ku 1957, kapena pamene anthu a Puerto Rico adakankhira Mtsinje wa ku America Culebra mu 1974, ndi pambuyo zaka za khama, kuchokera Vieques mu 2003. Achimereka Achimerika anatulutsa Canada chida cha asilikali ku dziko lawo ku 2013. Anthu a Islands Marshall adafupikitsa kampani ya US ku 1983. Anthu a Philippines adathamangitsa mabwalo onse aku US ku 1992 (ngakhale US idabweranso) Msasa wamtendere wa azimayi udathandizira kuchotsa mivi yaku US England mu 1993. Maziko a US anasiya Midway Island mu 1993 ndi Bermuda mu 1995. A Hawaii adabwezeretsanso chilumba ku 2003. M'madera a 2007 mu Czech Republic ndemanga ya referenda yomwe ikufanana ndi mavoti a dziko lonse ndi mawonetsero; kutsutsa kwawo kunasuntha boma lawo kukana kulandira malo a US. Saudi Arabia anatseka maziko ake a US ku 2003 (kenako anatsegulidwanso), monga adachitira Uzbekistan Mu 2005, Kyrgyzstan mu 2009. Asilikali a ku United States adaganiza kuti adawonongeke Johnston / Kalama Atoll mu 2004. Mu 2007, Pulezidenti wa Ecuador anayankha kufunika kwa anthu onse, ndipo adaulula chinyengo, powulengeza kuti United States idzafunika kulandira maziko a Ecuadorean kapena kutseka maziko ake Ecuador.
Pakhala pali zopambana zambiri zosagonjetsa. Ku Okinawa, pamene maziko amodzi atsekedwa, ena akufunsidwa. Koma bungwe lalikulu ndi lonse likukumana ndikugawana njira ndikuthandizira kudutsa malire. At World BEYOND War ife tikuyika chofunikira Yang'anani pa khama ili, ndipo athandiza kuyamba mgwirizano wa DC insider wotchedwa Mtsinje Wachigawo cha Kumidzi ndi Kugwirizana Kwambiri, akuyang'ana kwambiri ntchito ya David Vine ndi buku lake Base Nation. Tidakhalanso gawo loyambitsa omenyera ufulu wapadziko lonse lapansi mgwirizano kuphunzitsa ndi kulimbikitsa anthu kuti atseke mabungwe a nkhondo a US ndi a NATO. Khama limeneli lapanga msonkhano Baltimore, Md., Mu January 2018, ndi imodzi mkati Dublin, Ireland, mu November 2018.
Zina mwa mitsempha kupeza chiyanjano ndi kugawana nawo padziko lonse lapansi ndi chilengedwe. Maziko a US akuphwanya madzi pansi, osati ponseponse United States, kumene Pentagon ili kufunafuna kulembetsa izi, koma padziko lonse lapansi, komwe sikuyenera kuvuta. Zifukwa zomwe Pentagon sikuyenera kuvutikira kuloleza chiwonongeko kumayiko ena zimadalira zotsalira zomwe zatsala pang'ono kuvomerezedwa mu chikhalidwe cha US, zomwe zimatsutsana ndi chikhalidwe chilichonse chosakhala US.
Pamene gulu la anti-base limakula, liyenera kugwira ntchito ndi ochita zotsutsa omwe akutsutsa Ufumu wa Kumadzulo popanda kutsutsa chiwawa. Kufalitsa maluso a chiwonetsero chopanda chilungamo zidzakhala zofunikira. Iyeneranso kudziwa momwe mungagwirire ntchito ndi chilengedwe chapaderachi cha USian: libertarianism. Njira imodzi ingakhale iyi: kulimbikitsa kukakamizidwa kwa a Trump kuti apitilize kulamula kuti mayiko omwe akukhala (kapena "kuchititsa") mabesi aku US alipire ndalama zambiri pantchitoyo. Titha kuchita izi polimbikitsa maboma padziko lonse lapansi kuti ayankhe mwaulemu kuti "Musalole kuti khomo likumenyeni mukamatuluka."
Panthawi imodzimodziyo, sitingathe kudziwa za dziko latsopano limene lingakhale lotheka pokasunthira chuma kuchoka ku kusungirako zitsulo, komanso kutali ndi nkhondo zowonjezereka zomwe zimayambitsa. Ndi ndalama za mtundu uwu, United States ikhoza kusandutsa zonse zokha komanso thandizo lachilendo padziko lonse.
