Ndi Robert Koehler, Zodabwitsa Zowonongeka
Mwinamwake ndi mawu akuti - "mkulu wa asilikali" - omwe amajambula bwino kwambiri zopanda pake komanso zoopsa zomwe sizinayankhidwe za nyengo ya chisankho ya 2016 ndi bizinesi monga mwachizolowezi zomwe zidzatsatira.
Sindikufuna kusankha aliyense wamkulu wamkulu: osati xenophobic misogynist ndi egomaniac, osati Henry Kissinger acolyte ndi Libya hawk. Bowo lalikulu mu demokalase iyi si ofuna; ndiye thanthwe, chikhulupiriro choyambitsa kuti dziko lonse lapansi ndi mdani wathu yemwe angakhalepo, kuti nkhondo ndi munthu nthawi zonse imakhala yosapeŵeka ndipo asilikali amphamvu okha ndi omwe angatiteteze.
Munjira miliyoni, tasiya lingaliroli, kapena tapitilizidwa kupitilirapo pozindikira kulumikizana kwa anthu padziko lonse lapansi komanso chiwopsezo chapadziko lonse lapansi cha kugwa kwachilengedwe. Kotero nthawi zonse ndikamva wina muzofalitsa akubweretsa "mtsogoleri wamkulu" pazokambirana - nthawi zonse mopanda kukayikira - zomwe ndimamva ndi anyamata akusewera nkhondo. Inde, timamenya nkhondo m'njira yeniyeni, koma pamene anthu akuitanidwa kuti achite nawo ntchitoyi posankha mtsogoleri wawo wotsatira, izi ndizodzinamizira nkhondo kwambiri: ulemerero ndi ukulu ndi kumenya ISIS ku Mosul.
"Nanga bwanji chitetezo chathu kuno?" Brian Williams adafunsa Gen. Barry McCaffrey pa MSNBC usiku wina, pamene anali kukambirana za zoopsa za uchigawenga komanso kufunika kowombera anthu oipa kuti asakhalepo. Ndinanjenjemera. Kodi angapitilize kugulitsa izi mpaka liti?
Chitetezo chathu chili patali, chomwe chili pachiwopsezo kwambiri chifukwa tili ndi asitikali konse kuposa mdani aliyense yemwe asitikali akumenyera nkhondo, koma, kwenikweni, ndikupanga zomwe zimabweretsa kuwonongeka kosatha, aka, akufa ndi ovulala wamba.
Mfundo yofunika kwambiri pa nkhani ya nkhondo ndi yakuti: Adani nthawi zonse amakhala kumbali imodzi. Mosasamala kanthu za amene “apambana,” chofunika n’chakuti nkhondoyo ikupitirirabe. Ingofunsani asitikali-mafakitale.
Mtsogoleri wamkulu yekhayo amene ndikufuna kumuvotera ndi amene adzatembenuzire mutuwo kwa olemba mbiri ndikufuula kuti nkhondo ndi masewera achikale komanso owopsya, olemekezeka ndi osungidwa kwa zaka zikwi zisanu tsopano monga zopatulika kwambiri pazochitika zomwe ( male) munthu akhoza kuchitapo kanthu. Tikufuna mtsogoleri wamkulu woti atitsogolere kupitirira zaka za ufumu ndi masewera owopsya ogonjetsa omwe akupha dziko lapansi.
"Nanga bwanji chitetezo chathu kuno?"
Pamene Brian Williams adayankha funso ili kwa anthu a ku America, ndinaganiza, mwa zina zambiri, za kuwonongeka ndi kuipitsidwa kumene asilikali a US achita pazipululu ndi madzi a m'mphepete mwa nyanja kwa zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri zapitazi poyesa zida - zonse za nyukiliya ndi zachizolowezi - ndi kusewera, Mulungu wabwino, masewera ankhondo; ndiyeno, posakhalitsa, potaya poizoni wake wakale, nthawi zambiri osakhudzidwa ndi chitetezo cha chilengedwe cha madera ozungulira, kaya ndi Iraq or Louisiana. Chifukwa usilikali ndi momwe ulili, malamulo a EPA kapena ukhondo weniweniwo umagwira ntchito.
Mwachitsanzo, monga Dahr Jamail adalemba posachedwa ku Truthout: "Kwa zaka makumi ambiri, gulu lankhondo la US Navy, mwa kuvomereza kwawo, lakhala likuchita masewera ankhondo m'madzi a US pogwiritsa ntchito mabomba, mizinga, sonobuoys (sonar buoys), mabomba ophulika, zipolopolo ndi zinthu zina zomwe zili ndi mankhwala oopsa - kuphatikizapo lead ndi mercury - zomwe ndi zovulaza kwa anthu komanso nyama zakuthengo."
Chifukwa chiyani tiyenera kuda nkhawa ndi ISIS pomwe, monga Jamail akunenera, "mabatire a sonobuoys akufa adzalowetsa lithiamu m'madzi kwa zaka 55"?
Ndiyeno pali uranium yatha, chitsulo choopsa kwambiri chomwe asilikali a US amakonda; Zoponya za DU ndi zipolopolo zimang'amba zitsulo ngati batala. Amafalitsanso kuipitsidwa kwa radioactive ku Planet Earth. Ndipo amathandizira poizoni m'madzi a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Washington-Oregon, komwe Navy imasewera masewera ake, monga momwe amachitira poyizoni pamadzi ozungulira. Vieques, chilumba cha paradaiso chotentha cha m’mphepete mwa nyanja ya Puerto Rico, chimene, monga ndinalembera zaka zingapo zapitazo, “chinalamulidwa ndi asilikali a ku United States monga malo oponyeramo zida zoyezera zida” kwa zaka 62. Gulu lankhondo lankhondo pamapeto pake linachoka, koma linasiya dothi loipitsidwa ndi madzi ndi zipolopolo zambirimbiri zomwe zidalephera kuphulika, komanso cholowa chamavuto akulu azaumoyo kwa okhala pachilumbachi 10,000.
"Ndiwo owononga kwambiri padziko lapansi," katswiri wazowononga zachilengedwe Mozhgan Savabieasfahani adauza a Truthout, polankhula za asitikali aku US, "pomwe amatulutsa mankhwala oopsa kwambiri kuposa atatu apamwamba opanga mankhwala aku US ataphatikizidwa. M'mbiri yakale, zachilengedwe zazikulu padziko lonse lapansi komanso magwero akuluakulu a chakudya cha anthu zidaipitsidwa ndi asitikali aku US. "
Kodi kuvotera mtsogoleri wotsatira wamkulu wa woipitsa wamkulu kwambiri padziko lapansi kumatanthauza chiyani?
Ndikuvomereza kuti sindikudziwa - osati munkhani ya chisankho chopanda pake komanso chotsutsana, chomwe chili ndi funso lalikulu lililonse kapena nkhani zomwe zimakankhidwira m'mphepete. Kodi timadutsa bwanji dziko lapansi ndi masewera a nkhondo - zenizeni za nkhondo zopanda malire - ndikuchita nawo chitetezo cha dziko lonse lapansi? Kodi timavomereza bwanji kuti dziko lapansili siliri chabe "chinthu chopanda pake, chiwombankhanga cha tinthu tating'onoting'ono" tomwe tingagwiritse ntchito, mongaCharles Eisestein akulemba, koma gulu lamoyo lomwe ife tiri, mofunikira, gawo lake? Kodi timaphunzira bwanji kukonda dziko lapansili komanso kukondana wina ndi mnzake?
Aliyense amene angathe kukhala “mkulu wa asilikali” amene amafunsa mafunso ang’onoang’ono kuposa awa akumachita masewera achibwana ndi mfuti zenizeni.
