Ndi David Swanson, January 31, 2019
N'zotheka kuti Congress ya US idzagwiritsira ntchito mphamvu yoyamba ya nkhondo ya 1973 kuthetsa nkhondo - imodzi Yemen. Izi zingakhale zabwino. Pali zotsalira.
The Bill tsopano mu nyumba ziwiri zonsezi muli zovuta zowopsya komanso zowopsya mmenemo. Ena mwa otsatila ake chaka chatha anali akuwonekera akudziyesa kuti azithandizira panthawi yomwe akutsutsana ndi adani oyambitsa nkhondo, ndipo mavoti omwe amalephera kuyandikana sagwirizana ndi momwe munthu angapezere voti mosavuta. Trump yawopseza veto. Trump angaphwanyiritsenso malamulo ndi chiyembekezo chodziwikiratu kuti sangaphunzitsidwe. Ndipo Yemen sizingatheke kuti abwerere kwathunthu.
Koma palibe chomwe chimandidetsa nkhawa.
Chimene chimandipweteka ine ndi nkhondo zina zamakono komanso zamagwiridwe, ndi Congressional zoyesayesa kuti aziletsa kuletsa iwo. Mipikisano tsopano yakhala ikudziwitsidwa kuti kulepheretsa kuchoka kwa asilikali a US ku Syria kapena South Korea kupita kulikonse pansi pa magulu ena, pokhapokha ngati zinthu zambiri zatha.
Kotero, Congress ikhoza kuganiza, kwa nthawi yoyamba, idzinenera zokha kuthetsa nkhondo komanso panthawi imodzi yothetsa nkhondo. Miyendo yonseyi idzakhala yopweteka kwa otsutsa malingaliro osakhalitsa. Zonse ziwiri zidzakhala kupambana kwa lingaliro la Constitutional dziko loyendetsedwa ndi bungwe losankhidwa. Pamodzi akhoza kutsegulira zambiri kuti afunse kuti Congress iwonere njira imodzi kapena ina pa nkhondo iliyonse yomwe ilipo komanso yatsopano. Ndiye, ife, anthu, tingatenge kupita kumtunda molimbana ndi nkhondo kuti tipambane nawo mavoti onsewa.
Koma kuphatikizapo zochitikazo zikanakhalabe zopweteketsa. Mphamvu yakulamula kuti nkhondo yosatha ingathe kuwononga kwambiri kuposa mphamvu yothetsera imodzi, pazifukwa zinayi.
Choyamba, Congress ingakhale ikugwiritsa ntchito ufulu wakulamula kuti chigawenga chichitike. Kutentha kwa US ku Syria ndi madera ena kumaphwanya Msonkhano wa United Nations, komanso Kellogg Briand Pact. Mipangano iyi ndi lamulo lapamwamba la nthaka ku United States pansi pa US Constitution.
Chachiwiri, kupanga nkhondo ndi ntchito zomwe zimakhalapo kupyolera mu malamulo zimakhazikitsa gawo losiyana la ufumu ndi malingaliro achifumu. Zimachotsa kunyenga kuti asilikali adatumizidwa kwinakwake kukonza zinthu, pambuyo pake adzachoka. Zimamveka bwino kwa dziko komanso kwa anthu a US kuti cholinga chawo ndi ufumu wosatha. Nchifukwa chiani North Korea iyenera kukambirana kapena kuchitapo kanthu pofuna kuthetsa zida ndi boma lomwe silingathe kubwereza?
Chachitatu, ngongole zothandizira kupeleka ndalama zimagwiritsira ntchito mphamvu ya thumba. Amaletsa ndalama za US kuchotsa asilikali a US. Izi ndizosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya thumba la ndalama, zomwe ziyenera kuyamikiridwa kwambiri. Komabe, kuchotsa maboma kumawononga ndalama zambiri kuposa maboma omwe amachotsa. Kotero ichi ndi chofunikira kuti muzigwiritsa ntchito ndalama zochuluka mwachizolowezi choletsera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama. Pentagon ikungotamanda kuti zizoloŵezi zikhale zozolowereka.
Chachinayi, Congress ikuoneka kuti ikupita ku chitsimikizo chofunika kwambiri cha mphamvu zake pa zifukwa zopusa. Izi zikutanthauza kuti, ngakhale ambiri ku Congress angakhale akuyankha kufunikira kwa anthu kapena makhalidwe ku Yemen, ambiri akuwoneka kuti akumvera nkhondo yosakayikira kapena chiyanjano kapena zoipa ku Syria ndi Korea. Ngati pulezidenti wa ku America anali a Democrat, ndikukutsimikizirani kuti chiwerengero cha a Democrats mu Congress akuyesera kumutsutsa ku Korea chidzasinthidwa mophweka ndi chiyanjano. Sizinali choncho kuyambira pamene United States inali kudzionetsera kuti ilibe asilikali ku Siriya, kapena kuti popeza kuti asilikali a ku Siriya ankaganiza kuti ndi oopsa. Tsopano, chifukwa chochoka kumudzi kapena kumenyana ndi nkhondo kapena kutsutsa-Russia kumbuyo nkhondo yoyamba ya padziko lonse, malingaliro asintha.
Mwina pali njira yogwiritsira ntchito mphamvu ya thumba. Kodi aliyense amene ali ndi ngalawa amakhala ndi mtendere padziko lapansi? Nanga bwanji ngalawa? Nanga bwanji ndege? Kodi ndege zilizonse sizikonda nkhondo? Nanga bwanji mitundu yonse? Nanga bwanji bungwe la United Nations? Nanga bwanji za osungira msonkho a msonkho? Kodi aliyense wa iwo angapereke ndalama kuti abweretse asilikali a US kuti achoke ku nkhondo ndi ntchito? Zinkapangitsa kuti South Korea isapereke zombo zonyamula sitima zapamtunda kuti zitenge asilikali a US ku California kusiyana ndi Trump ikupempha South Korea kuti ipereke ntchito yake. Kodi tiyambe kuyambitsa pulogalamu ya ndalama pa intaneti? Ine ndikutanthauza, Pentagon siinayambe yataya ndalama patsogolo, chabwino?
Ndikuganiza kuti sitingathe kudutsa nazo. Ngati Pentagon ingagwiritse ntchito ndalama zapadera kuti zithetse nkhondo zingakhale zotheka kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zina zapadera kuti zithetse zisanu zina. Kumbukirani Contras? Koma kodi sitinapange chiganizo? "Ndikulonjeza kuti ndikupereka ndalama zothandizira boma la US kuti ligwiritsidwe ntchito mobwerezabwereza kuti abwere kunyumba kwawo kumenyana ndi nkhondo." Komabe Congress iyenerabe kusintha lamuloli, ndipo tidzakhala tikukumba m'matumba athu osadalika pamene mabiliyoni ambiri adayima pambali kapena kuyang'ana ife kapena tinathamangira kwa purezidenti. Choncho, potsirizira pake, njira yowonjezerayi ndi yabwino kwambiri: Perekani ndondomeko ya ndalama zomwe zimapangitsa kuti asilikali abwere kunyumba kuti apereke ngongole polemba zomwe F-35 inakonzedweratu osati kumanga.
